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134e1285b31805fb6c83aff6682ba5bf0e4cc3b8 | (CNN)A war with Ukraine would be "apocalyptic" but will probably never happen, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. "I believe such (an) apocalyptic scenario is unlikely, and hope that it will never get to that point," he told Russian media Monday. Putin said he's confident the crisis will stabilize if the Minsk Agre... | Vladimir Putin says he hopes Russia and Ukraine won't go to war .
Polls show 81% of Russians have a negative view toward the U.S. |
135041fb388062afa7a905acff79be492278def2 | After a summer of discontent that saw hundreds of rioters roam the streets of the capital, the Metropolitan Police needed to take action. And it appears that this imposing 10foot high steel structure is their answer to the problem. The police cordon was erected at the north end of Whitehall near Trafalgar Square yester... | Police called in to help ambulance service in London as thousands of NHS workers go on strike .
999 calls 30% higher than normal on day of action . |
1350f42fabb9dc6476bbcf46f0dca05fa80db6f3 | The family of a Russian heavyweight boxer who was beaten into a coma last year has filed a $100 million negligence lawsuit against the state of New York. Magomed Abdusalamov, 32, suffered a stroke and languished in a coma for several weeks after his vicious November 2 fight against Cuba's Mike Perez at Madison Square G... | Magomed Abdusalamov, 32, was brutally beaten by Mike Perez in November 2 bout .
Despite Abdusalamov's obvious injuries, the referee and his own trainer made him finish the 10-round fight .
He suffered a stroke and put into a medically-induced coma when doctors surgically removed a blood clot on his brain .
The father-o... |
1350f8400a682cce975d56a30a0985150e2f5eac | Max Broderick remembers exactly what he did a year ago Tuesday. He ran down fences, drove through fields and over curbs to get his family out of the way of the historic tornado that tattered Moore, Oklahoma. The dark gray monster that killed 24, including 9 children, was in his rear-view mirror, lathing a 17-mile wound... | Tornado killed 9 children and lathed a 17-mile path into the landscape .
The damage was 1.3 miles wide at its largest point .
The EF5 whirlwind sheared houses, schools, businesses into sticks, bricks and shards .
Deadly, powerful tornadoes come often to that region of the United States . |
1351515ca5915b8c08bb67441728d6ec24da97a4 | They spent months together inside their mother's womb. But twins Axel and Alfie Perkins do not share a birthday - because they were born five days apart. The boys, who will soon celebrate their second birthday, were born at just 24 weeks after their mother Emma Day went into premature labour. But after giving birth to ... | Emma Day, 31, went to hospital when her waters broke at just 21 weeks .
Doctors managed to prevent the birth until she was 24 weeks pregnant .
The first baby, Axel, was born on July 19, 2012 weighing just 1lb 12oz .
Amazingly, Miss Day's cervix then closed again preventing Alfie's birth .
Alfie was born on July 24 afte... |
13517a69ec42b6ec64620680b669201e2976a504 | Seven U.S. Marines were killed in the midair collision of two U.S. military helicopters along the Arizona-California border, officials said Thursday. Six killed in the crash were based at Camp Pendleton, California, and one was from Yuma, Arizona, the Marine Corps said. The crash occurred during routine training operat... | Crash is a "stark and sad reminder" of the peril troops face, Arizona governor says .
The Marine Corps says the collision occurred during routine training .
A UH-1Y helicopter and an AH-1W helicopter crash midair .
Spokeswoman: Marines onboard were preparing to deploy to Afghanistan . |
13519607ff1cdc070b02ec214dae3122cb106ee3 | A man suspected of shooting two Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers on Saturday has been found dead. The officers were gravely wounded in the attack at a casino in the central Alberta city of St Albert at 3am. Following a city-wide manhunt spanning seven hours, police found the suspect, a white man aged 25-35, dead.... | Two Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers were seriously wounded after they were shot at a casino in the central Alberta city of St. Albert .
The suspect has been found dead, his identity has not yet been disclosed .
One office is in 'very grave condition', the other is 'serious but stable' |
1351aa71be56eb64a8daced246f3b482cd7946f8 | (CNN) -- In times of crisis, when there are great challenges and sorrow, a nation naturally turns to its leader. We see it in the aftermath of the Connecticut school killings, as we have often in the past. That is as it should be, because the president has more power than anyone to shape the course of events. No presid... | Frida Ghitis: "Lincoln" is brilliant because it shows that virtue is complicated .
Ghitis: Everything Lincoln did, at every step, was not free of ethical stain .
She says politics is full of morally ambiguous choices, but end goal matters .
Ghitis: President Obama can emulate Lincoln's courage in times of crisis . |
1352e8dc82edcf0d65789ad4100876bf0de05659 | Isis militants are locked in a fierce battle with Kurdish fighters for the northern Syrian town of Kobane just a day after the Turkish Prime Minister vowed to do everything possible to keep it from falling into the hands of the Islamists. This morning, Isis were reportedly just a few kilometres away from the strategica... | Kurdish fighters locked in fierce battle with Isis militants .
Militants reported a few kilometres from strategically important town .
Explosions and smoke seen as buildings are hit by mortar and shell fire .
Some 160,000 have fled town since Isis began its advance on September 16 .
Turkey massing troops, tanks and arm... |
1352f96979f0b2968aebd1f33617538cc35c0c7d | Shocking footage has surfaced of a Sudanese man being publicly beheaded in Saudi Arabia for being a 'sorcerer'. Crouched on his knees and blindfolded, Abdul Hamid Bin Hussain Bin Moustafa al-Fakki was executed in a car park Medina, in the west of the country, as dozens looked on last month. The grainy footage - which M... | 44 people have been executed in Saudi Arabia this year .
Alarming rise in killings since end of Ramadan .
Seven killed since Sept 5, when executions restarted .
140 prisoners facing the death penalty . |
13532f045a97e894b1f31e22283ae5ebd8874873 | A professional cage fighter has been jailed for 19 years for repeatedly stabbing his pregnant ex-girlfriend - in an attempt to kill her unborn child. Nicholas Leaning, 28, stabbed Lauren Oliver five times in the stomach when she was seven months pregnant in a bid to conceal that he was the father. A jury took just 90 ... | Nicholas Leaning knifed Lauren Oliver five times in the stomach, court told .
28-year-old carried out attack while Miss Oliver was seven months pregnant .
Stabbing happened after she discovered he had resumed a relationship with a former partner .
Leaning attacked Miss Oliver while he was wearing his cage fighting mask... |
1353bf23f805b109a92f73a06f85b91afa592ae0 | Angry and violent protests against austerity measures continue to flare across Europe, with thousands of students across Italy fighting cutbacks. Thousands of university and high school students clashed with Italian police during a number of marches in major cities, including Rome, Milan and Naples, where the crowds ch... | Students stage protests in major cities across Italy against prime minister Mario Monti's reforms today .
Six police officers injured in Rome .
More than 100 shipyard workers, who say they have not been paid for months, were arrested for storming a government building in Athens .
Their arrests were met with more protes... |
13542d77b6b0986d4bb016246b234d7a635fb561 | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 02:53 EST, 29 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:07 EST, 29 October 2013 . At least 61,000 households are still without power today as Britain began to recover after the deadly ten-hour St Jude's storm tore through leaving a trail of destruction. Engineers have worked through the night... | In total 600,000 lost electricity because of hurricane-force gusts but ten per cent are waiting to be reconnected .
Majority of southern England had problems but Surrey, Sussex, Kent and Essex are .
the worst areas affected .
17-year-old Bethany Freeman died after a tree fell onto the static home she was sleeping in at... |
135457f8e60387cbd7a7d600f44f14740dac0b57 | By . Kieran Corcoran for MailOnline . An interactive history project has breathed new life into an old treasure-trove of maps by matching them up to modern-day street layouts. The initiative, orchestrated by the British Library, unearthed and uploaded a huge trove of maps, which were made available to the public. Anybo... | British Library project asked members of the public to match old maps to real-world locations, with 8,000 done so far .
Inevitable march of progress from maps - mostly Victorian - can clearly be seen as urban areas grew .
But even in rapidly-developing cities such as London, some significant landmarks and layouts are t... |
1357f685117c72ec3ff33b1ccbf78f8679dad394 | (EW.com) -- The thing I find most surprising about Pompeii is that there aren't two rival Pompeii movies. The Paul W.S. Anderson movie has the look and feel of Deep Impact/Armageddon and Volcano/Dante's Peak (though, believe it or not, Roman Polanski was once attached to direct). Alas, Pompeii has the field to itself, ... | "Game of Thrones" actor Kit Harrington stars in the film .
"Pompeii" is a 3-D disaster film .
The film is getting mixed reviews . |
1358607e757b0de6b69688090dbe52b31725e05e | By . Allan Hall . Last updated at 5:30 PM on 26th February 2012 . Berlin wants to send German inspectors to Greece to ensure all taxes that are due are collected. The controversial move will see a 'foreign legion' of 160 or so taxmen head south to try and root out corruption and make sure national coffers are filled in... | 160 could be sent to Greece to root out tax corruption .
Athens resisting 'humiliating' German demands .
George Osborne says IMF should not fund another eurozone bailout . |
1358de2a4fc2f70699ade71a571be05ecff18ae1 | HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Zimbabwe's central bank is introducing a $500 million note -- the highest current denomination -- as the once-prosperous southern African nation battles against spiraling hyperinflation. Zimbabwe's new $500 million note . Finance Minister Samuel Mumbengegwi made the announcement about the new ... | Zimbabwe's central bank introduces $500 million note .
High denomination notes introduced this month failed to clear bank queues .
$500 million note worth about 8 U.S. dollars, enough to buy 8 loaves of bread .
Once-prosperous Zimbabwe is reeling under humanitarian and economic crisis . |
1358dfc92a7443fc1914a5d0e7386568f0467e04 | (CNN) -- Can beauty be defined by age, gender, color, body shape or size? Who gets to decide? Multibillion-dollar beauty and fashion industries both shape and depend on the cult-like worship of what physical attributes the public sees as beautiful. And most women feel the effects of those decisions. The photo exhibitio... | The Beauty Culture exhibit opened in May at the Annenberg Space for Photography .
The exhibit looks at cultural ideals as well as American standards of beauty .
Looking at the global perspective for beauty is enlightening for everyone . |
135929ec8d8180a96a6e0326fd07130dcdab907c | By . Fiona Macrae . PUBLISHED: . 06:47 EST, 31 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:16 EST, 31 October 2012 . The Alzheimer's Society, which funded the research, said the use of drugs already available could be a cheaper and quicker way of tackling dementia . Everyday medicines could be used in the battle against dementia ... | Alzheimer’s Society said using drugs already available could be cheaper .
and quicker way of tackling dementia .
Other possible treatments include acne and psoriasis drugs . |
13599e214ff83f1bbae0e76778bd4f41ab394241 | It would take a brave soul to strip off and bare all for new reality show Naked and Afraid. Deposited in the jungle without food and water, their breath jagged and shallow, and their nerves on edge,the contestants come face to face with hyenas and poisonous snakes, with one muttering: 'God, we're so screwed'. Six stran... | Reality show features naked men and women stranded together in remote locations who must also use their wits and bodies to survive .
The ratings-grabbing programme is billed as the 'Everest of survival challenges' |
135a25242dace80d8bc69f27587e7e1320b41ce8 | It once formed an imposing, 90-mile-long concrete barrier that ran through the heart of Berlin. But 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, little remains in Germany of the historic structure. The Wall, which divided West Berlin from the communist East after it was built in 1961, was the most potent symbol of the C... | Many sections sold off as souvenirs when the Wall was torn down in 1989 .
LA is home to the longest section of Berlin Wall in the United States .
Largest surviving stretch is 1.3km, located at the East Side Gallery in Berlin .
The Wall, which divided West Berlin from Communist East, was built in 1961 . |
135abe4e8b4dd82b6bdc12259b55b694cd2df4f9 | By . Kate Lyons for Daily Mail Australia . A Porsche worth $250,000 was destroyed last night after it spun out of control through a wall from a freeway and fell three metres into a casino car park. The incident occurred when the driver of the 2010 Porsche Panamera lost control of the vehicle while driving on Bolton Ave... | The driver of a 2010 Porsche Panamera is believed to have lost control of the vehicle .
The car was written off after it crashed through a wall and fell three metres .
The driver fled the scene and the passenger was unharmed . |
135ad2c541861607bf19ec07163d8fe34fffc383 | San Diego, Calif. (CNN) -- Twenty years ago, an editor at the Los Angeles Times told me the newspaper had changed the way it reported on Mexico. "Now we cover it as a local story," he said. Why not? There are more Mexicans living in Los Angeles than in any other city in the world except for Mexico City. From one end of... | Ruben Navarrette: Hispanics part of California cultural landscape .
He says last month Hispanics overtook whites as state's largest racial/ethnic group .
He says nativists balk, but Mexicans not new; they are long woven into fabric, loyal to U.S.
Navarrette: Americans need to study up on this group, and Hispanics need ... |
135be46e3c87c26f6c81aa96c2a4d7a5fd5efe51 | By . Graham Smith . PUBLISHED: . 11:11 EST, 1 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:19 EST, 1 August 2012 . A comedian well-known for poking fun at Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents has been shot dead in Somalia. Abdi Jeylani Malaq Marshale, thought to have been 43, was killed in Mogadishu late last night. He was targeted mi... | Abdi Jeylani Malaq Marshale was killed by gunmen after leaving a radio station in Mogadishu, Somalia . |
135cafff5143f2214879f3c677b5b668d5e9441f | (CNN) -- It is widely agreed that Wednesday night's presidential debate is crucial for Mitt Romney: This is almost assuredly his last chance to turn around the election. What is less obvious is that the stakes are sky-high for Barack Obama, too: This debate could have a powerful impact upon his ability to govern in a s... | David Gergen: Debate may represent Romney's last big chance to turn around the race .
He says the stakes are also sky-high for Obama, even if he wins election .
Obama needs a big victory to claim broad support for his plans for second term, Gergen says . |
135f1ebf43a8a3bb793850d99fdf629404a935ef | London (CNN) -- As tens of thousands of athletes, team officials and visitors gather in London ahead of the Olympic opening ceremony on Friday, security is paramount for the Games organizers and British authorities. And perhaps the biggest headache of all is the challenge of safeguarding the more than 100 heads of stat... | The government is deploying 18,200 troops to make up for a shortfall in security guards .
One headache is safeguarding more than 100 visiting heads of state and foreign dignitaries .
Private security contractor G4S has failed to recruit and accredit enough security staff .
Fighter jets are on standby, and a helicopter ... |
136090ede7ceed06c43de15be8193f765944540c | (CNN) -- Two American tourists and their guide were kidnapped Friday in the Sinai region of Egypt, authorities said. Bedouin kidnappers want authorities to release a relative who is in detention in Alexandria on drug charges, said Gen. Ahmed Bakr, head of security in the North Sinai. Kidnappings and armed robberies hav... | Guide is among three people taken hostage from a tour bus in the Sinai region .
Security official says Bedouin kidnappers want release of a relative held on drug charges .
Kidnappings, robberies are up since longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak was ousted last year . |
136290eb96c1c4cb42dbb45d977cb2961fbd0873 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The personal records of thousands of soldiers, employees and their families were potentially exposed after a laptop computer containing the information was stolen over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the military says. But information security experts for the Army say it's unlikely that the infor... | Employee's laptop containing personal data was stolen over holiday weekend .
Army says data guarded by layers of security and encryption .
Military sent letter to those affected two weeks after theft .
Risk assessment forced lag in announcement, military says . |
13667770b8f6932fc4d6870bef7e8e623cbb7b82 | (CNN) -- United States leaders have rightly said that defeating the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and resolving Iraq's deepening civil war will require urgent political change in Baghdad. But the military assistance that Iran and Russia are speeding to Shiite groups in Iraq imperils that change. It now appears that a... | Writers: Iran, Russia aid to Iraq imperils U.S. call for al-Maliki to make Iraq government inclusive .
Thus Al-Maliki is less likely to leave or to stop shunning Sunnis, they say .
They say Iran helps al-Maliki return "worst of the worst" to key positions to oppress Sunnis .
Writers: Tehran will see reforms U.S. wants ... |
1366f0430833c4d6a6447f6fb94a7e42b9bfbb50 | It would appear that Spring has finally sprung with thousands of people across the UK enjoying the sunshine as the Met Office has announced this winter has been the sunniest in records dating back nearly 90 years. While Britain has experienced fairly average temperatures and rainfall - unlike last winter which was the... | This winter has been the sunniest in records dating back almost 90 years, the Met Office has announced .
While Britain has experienced fairly average temperatures and rainfall, 2015 is on track to be the sunniest .
With just one day left to go of the meteorological winter the UK has already seen more than 189 hours of ... |
1366f527af14cd862d70547a9cb7561ece3f3175 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 9:08 PM on 31st January 2012 . A 25-year-old man held by police after the body of his pregnant prostitute wife was found on a dirt bike track has been placed on suicide watch. Justin Adams, who was arrested for the murder of his wife Jaymie and their unborn child on Friday, to... | Justin Adams, 25, told jailors he had thought about killing himself after wife went missing in December .
Body of Jaymie Adams, who was pregnant with her fourth child, found on dirt bike track in January . |
136729a254d959c0c459ce55599bdeaa27606431 | (CNN) -- A 22-year-old American woman has become an unlikely cricketing celebrity in England and Australia because her Twitter name happens to be "@The Ashes." Ashley Kerekes, a babysitter from Massachusetts, has been inundated with thousands of messages from cricket fans thinking her account relates to the Test series... | Cricket fans message @theashes thinking it relates to Australia-England series .
Ashley Kerekes from Massachusetts reveals it is a nickname given by her boyfriend .
Qantas offer to fly her to Australia to watch The Ashes after a Twitter campaign . |
13674908b97d2ea88e731c6a9114b77da47bc095 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Several Marines who were involved in the November 2004 offensive in Falluja, Iraq, are now the focus of an investigation into allegations that civilians were intentionally killed during the operation, several Pentagon officials have confirmed. Members of the 1st U.S. Marines Expeditionary Force ope... | Several Marines are the focus of 2004 Falluja civilian death investigation .
Allegations from former Marine called "credible"
Sources: Naval Criminal Investigative Services conducting the probe . |
1367c2f1b1500690f2688f305420a0323287e9d1 | (CNN) -- A 16-year-old North Carolina girl who disappeared while visiting family in Baltimore continues to be the object of an intense search by authorities, who now say they fear she was abducted or harmed. "We are enormously concerned," Baltimore police spokesman Anthony J. Guglielmi said Friday. "Every day that pass... | NEW: Baltimore police "more and more freaked out "about girl's disappearance .
NEW: Dozens of interviews and 40 hours of video have yielded no clues .
Barnes disappeared December 28; police fear she may have been harmed or abducted .
Authorities are posting billboards along I-95 in search of leads . |
13683e9d99c32d00bb5dedf02b2207892164fb6a | By . Alex Hawkes and Nick Craven . PUBLISHED: . 18:11 EST, 20 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:11 EST, 20 October 2012 . Earning power: Bradley after winning the Tour de France . Olympic gold medallist and Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins is slashing his tax bill by using an offshore scheme branded ‘abusive’ and ‘... | Seven-time Olympic medallist has joined a partnership that will save him thousands in income tax . |
136843881f7228e7fc038c509ffc6eff13f6adfe | By . James Rush . PUBLISHED: . 04:06 EST, 24 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:28 EST, 24 September 2013 . The father of a four-year-old boy allegedly starved to death by his mother has told a court he contacted social services about his son but was told it was a 'private matter'. Aftab Khan told Bradford Crown Court ... | Aftab Khan said he confronted Amanda Hutton over Hamzah Khan .
He said he contacted social services once about Hamzah but was ignored .
Mr Khan denied claims in court he was a 'wife batterer'
Court hears the four-year-old 'looked like a baby' and was 'very light' |
136952097b6ca2d11766ac93ebb6ed1ab1494842 | (CNN) -- Country music stars and fans alike honored George Jones on Thursday at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. It was a fitting site for the late country music legend, who had been a member of the show since 1956. Stars such as Randy Travis, Brad Paisley and Tanya Tucker paid homage to Jones, who died Friday at... | Stars and fans honored George Jones on Thursday at the Grand Ole Opry House .
Randy Travis, Brad Paisley and Tanya Tucker paid homage to Jones .
Laura Bush thanked Jones' widow, Nancy, for giving her the opportunity to speak . |
136976139b8be959377b57773ab96240ef1c9061 | By . Fiona Macrae . PUBLISHED: . 13:13 EST, 14 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 17:47 EST, 14 October 2012 . When you smile at your boss and he beams back, you might assume it means he is happy with your work. But don’t be fooled – he may just be taking pity on you. A study has found that those who feel powerful tend not ... | Researcher Evan Carr found those who feel powerful tend not to smile back at important people .
Findings suggest this is to avoid appearing over-friendly to those who could be a threat .
University of California study also found those who felt powerless smiled at everyone regardless of rank . |
136a95dc2750d0813d4a536b4512e91472aed1ec | Despite endless rounds of studies and tests, it seems no one has quite figured out if red wine is good or bad for our health. But one cardiologist made up his mind a long time ago – and has been doling out glasses of red to his patients for the past ten years. Dr William McCrea is convinced that the drink helps prevent... | Dr William McCrea, 58, even hands out glasses of wine on his ward rounds .
He says he has prescribed wine to 10,000 patients over the last 10 years .
He came up with the idea after discovering the French have fewer heart attacks than the British despite eating a fattier diet and smoking more .
He claims drinking red wi... |
136b0c53e39e233ccea72bc1855fcc6a5b5a6fa5 | A plus size model who once lost seven stone to be industry thin now makes it big as a swimwear model after deciding to put the pounds back on embrace her curves. Eva Believer, 34, who lives in London but is originally from Lithuania, once embarked on a health kick that saw her lose seven stone in eight months. But her ... | Eva Believer, 34, now 15st, is in the final of Miss Plus Size International .
She hated her size 24, 18st frame and slimmed to 10st 13lb and a size 8 .
But health complications due to weight loss impacted her career .
Put weight back on and moved to UK where people love her curvy figure . |
136b7feac290ef5f6c5b8d9706357ae87256b19c | Just looking at a McDonalds sign, or any other symbols of our ‘culture of convenience’, makes us sad, according to new research. Canadian researchers claim being exposed to symbols of fast food and other signs of disposable society could make the smaller, everyday things in life harder to enjoy. The study found that pe... | Canadian researchers said people who regularly see fast-food symbols, are not as likely to savour enjoyment of art and music .
University of Toronto researchers claim concentration of fast food restaurants in neighbourhoods predicted their tendencies to savour .
They think fast food symbols instill a sense of impatienc... |
136ca5e908048ebdbc46fb913abd115f3c17f917 | By . Eliza Scarborough . Last season, to many women’s despair, pink seemed to be the only colour for coats. Don’t all groan at once, then, when we tell you this spring’s must-have shade is even trickier: yellow. Thanks to early outbreaks of sunshine, High Street shops are struggling to keep up with demand for cover-ups... | Fashion editor ELIZA SCARBOROUGH gives tips on how to make yellow flattering . |
136d2c240d7f4d6f1b62fd4d578230c28c1a0b2b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:31 EST, 31 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:31 EST, 31 October 2013 . Hallmark has provoked outrage and ridicule from its customers after changing the words of a traditional Christmal carol on a festive ornament. The gaudy, red sweater ornament has dropped the word 'gay' for t... | Lyric from the 19th century carol has been changed to: 'Don we now our FUN apparel'
Hallmark said today: 'When the lyrics to Deck the Halls .
were translated from Gaelic and published in English back in the 1800s, .
the word gay meant festive or merry...Today it has multiple meanings, which we thought could leave our i... |
136d7ced37865f0ea3900475bc73d33f30a510c7 | (CNN) -- Don't ask Jerry Seinfeld about race. In a recent interview with Buzzfeed on "CBS This Morning" the comedian was asked about the fact that most of the guests on his Web series "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" have been white males. Seinfeld's initial response was "It really pisses me off." "People think [come... | Seinfeld questioned about lack of diversity on his Web series .
The comic said he has no interest in gender or race .
It's not the first time he's been criticized regarding diversity . |
136d879ee0bc242b00f3852b8ee763b812520a5f | By . Sally Lee . A video allegedly unveiling Subway's deceptive marketing tactics has been mysteriously leaked by an unknown source. It was uploaded on Tuesday by an anonymous user but was allegedly created by former Melbourne franchisee Arun Singhal as part of a suspected $35 million blackmail plot against the sandwic... | A video was released to reveal the sandwich giant's allegedly deceptive marketing strategy .
The footage emerged on Tuesday which may go against restraining orders issued by the court in May .
Former Melbourne franchisee Arun Singhal allegedly created the video but claims he did not release it as his laptop was previou... |
136e3c0ced9ac814e9f9d219fe001889ff01828f | By . Phil Gradwell . Follow @@GraddersOnline . Boyd Rankin has revealed he thought about quitting cricket following England's horrendous Ashes tour and says there was not a good atmosphere in the camp Down Under. The Irish fast bowler made his debut during the final Test in Sydney but went into the match with a shoulde... | Rankin made Test debut during the final Ashes clash in Sydney .
Irish fast bowler reveals he was injured going into the match .
'I felt I had to play', said Rankin after coming off with cramp .
The 29-year-old thought, 'should I still be playing cricket' after the tour .
England squad 'wasn't a great environment to be ... |
136e582fc26f645ae158dca59ca85329bfe5070e | (CNN) -- The family of a woman who faces charges of killing an 8-year-old playmate of her daughter's said Sunday the accusations are "completely out of character." The Tracy, California, family offered their prayers to the victim's family. Melissa Huckaby was charged with kidnapping and murder in the death of 8-year-o... | Relatives are in "absolute shock" at arrest of Melissa Huckaby, they say .
Huckaby faces murder charges in death of Sandra Cantu, 8, her daughter's friend .
Police sergeant says he "couldn't begin to theorize" about a motive .
Sandra disappeared March 27 after going out to play; body found Monday . |
136e65cf57b52e16c2dcc004b7c82f192d551581 | By . Victoria Woollaston . PUBLISHED: . 10:32 EST, 3 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:47 EST, 3 June 2013 . The controversy surrounding why Neil Armstrong's famous moon quote was misheard by millions of people worldwide may have been less to do with dodgy recording equipment and more to do with his unique Ohio accent. Whe... | Speech scientists studied Armstrong's accent during recordings of his famous 'one small step for a man, .
one giant leap for mankind' quote .
They also analysed the accents of 40 other people from in and around his hometown of Wapakoneta, Ohio .
Researchers found that participants typically blended their words and this... |
137006346d309c8b7d74e3877865bc6a2f95ba42 | A pensioner was bludgeoned to death with a slow cooker after a heated argument about presidential politics with her friend, a court has heard. On Thursday a suburban Detroit judge ordered that Tewana Sullivan be tried for first-degree murder following the death of Cheryl Livy, 66, at her home in a Livonia senior housin... | Detroit woman Tewana Sullivan is accused of murdering Cheryl Livy, 66 .
Court heard the pair were arguing about politics before the fatal incident .
Arguing about 'the controversy between Democrats and Republicans.'
Cord of a slow cooker was discovered wrapped around the victim's neck .
Livy died two days after the at... |
137019bb8262f8ab776ec6367a0ae4b020fa638e | A long-running losing streak dating back to 2006 in Washington has finally come to an end. Theodore Roosevelt has won the presidents' race at Nationals Park after more than 500 consecutive losses. For years, baseball fans have repeatedly watched the foam-headed version of the 26th president lose the traditional mascot ... | The mascot race involves four foam-headed caricatures of presidents .
Teddy Roosevelt had never beat Honest Abe and crew .
The rival Philadelphia Phillies' mascot gave him the help he needed .
The Nationals head into the playoffs, like Teddy, on a winning streak . |
1370ceb899bf99816b32a92aaeea2a5b336afd43 | By . Amanda Williams . PUBLISHED: . 09:13 EST, 15 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:21 EST, 15 January 2013 . Social worker Julie Ridsdale has been off sick for ten years after losing a string of legal battles against employers Birmingham City Council . A social worker has been off sick for ten years during a £45,000 le... | Julie Ridsdale last went to work in December 2003, before leaving with depression .
Since then she has spent £45,000 on legal disputes with Birmingham City Council .
She has launched several unsuccessful claims of bullying and disability discrimination .
But she has now vowed 'not to give up' because she has 'been wron... |
137118a23735644175267a6f329dd0d400771a70 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 16:47 EST, 10 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:35 EST, 11 September 2012 . The jailed Pakistani doctor who helped led the U.S. to Osama Bin Laden's hideout has revealed that Pakistan’s spy agency considers America its worst enemy. Dr Shakil Afridi was sentenced to 33 years in p... | Dr Shakil Afridi says Pakistan's ISI intelligence agency calls the U.s. it's worst enemy .
He was sentenced to 33 years in prison in June .
Dr Afridi helped the U.S. by setting up a fake vaccination programme that allowed him to collect DNA from bin Laden's children .
Pakistan suffered a black eye when it was revealed ... |
13713b35bc1d58a5d13d9306c9ef2b31ebf851f8 | Manchester United came from behind to beat Chelsea 2-1 in their Barclays Under 21 Premier League encounter at Leigh Sports Village stadium on Monday evening. Dominic Solanke gave the visitors the lead from close range after 55 minutes, before Andreas Pereira's deflected free-kick got the hosts back on level terms. And ... | Manchester United beat Chelsea 2-1 on Monday evening in the U21 fixture .
Dominic Solanke gave the visitors the lead on 55 minutes from close range .
Andreas Pereira's deflected free-kick got United back on level terms .
And defender Tom Thorpe's 84th minute header completed the turnaround .
United, like Chelsea, are ... |
13713c852efacf8be7f2cf1d369294617bdd1e30 | By . Lizzie Parry . Claire Hessan has been given the all clear after being diagnosed with the rare nasopharyngeal cancer . A mother-of-two who had a rare cancerous tumour growing behind her face was misdiagnosed by doctors who prescribed ear drops. Claire Hessan went to her GP after developing hearing loss, a strange i... | Claire Hessan complained of hearing loss, a strange itch in her ear and lumps in her neck to her GP in 2008 .
Experts carried out tests and prescribed ear drops as well as a grommet .
But further investigation revealed 39-year-old had a huge cancerous tumour .
Mother-of-two diagnosed with rare nasopharyngeal cancer .
E... |
1371925f3bfd3e67064b137b3e4f5680cdc397f8 | Beautiful and brutal in equal parts is the Perito Moreno Glacier in Patagonia's Unesco World Heritage-listed Los Glaciares National Park. The stunning expanse of ice on Lake Argentina covers about 97 square miles, the equivalent of 35,000 football pitches, but is constantly growing and ruptures every year. The 19 mile-... | Perito Moreno Glacier can be found in Los Glaciares National Park, which is Unesco World Heritage-listed .
Visitors can trek on the surface of the epic glacier which ruptures every four to five years .
The glacier, which covers 97 square miles and is 19 miles long, is 48 miles from the city of El Calafate . |
137359225791fec0e49d31e6bdcc269f0c48c333 | A World War II assault rifle that belonged to an SS officer was handed in to a gun buy-back organised by police in Connecticut. The rare find, which is worth up to $40,000, would have been sent home by an American soldier who had taken it from a prisoner of war or a German he had killed. Officer Lewis Crabtree, of the ... | Gun brought to the U.S. by American soldier and passed to his daughter .
It was developed in 1944, holds a 30-round magazine and can shoot 500 rounds per minute . |
137387b6f1161d9edbaa762d5eb55c5acc6dbee7 | Much as exit polls in the U.S. show after the election this week, the economy is a top concern for Chinese leaders as the ruling Communist Party (CCP) gathers Thursday for the 18th Party Congress. The party is expected to select Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang to become the president and premier, respectively, of China for t... | Economy is a top concern for Chinese leaders as the ruling Communist Party (CCP) gathers .
Outgoing leader Hu Jintao sets ambitious targets while noting the problem of "income disparity"
Study: China's wealthiest 10% control 57% of total income and 85% of total assets .
New leaders confront a slowing economy, aging wor... |
1373c574fec86c2df110aa93c893ab30ec8c40c9 | Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Haiti's economy is getting a boost thanks to a venture with one of Korea's largest companies that promises to bring 20,000 garment industry jobs to a new industrial park in the north of the country. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive were join... | The project began even before the January 12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti .
Clinton says it will inspire more investment in Haiti .
The plans include a textile mill and 5,000 homes . |
13741cb129fe26d78203814c9254a70a45e15013 | Sao Paulo (CNN)How's this for a miraculous outcome? A Brazilian man who was stabbed in the head during an argument survived despite the knife being lodged in his skull for over three hours. Motorcycle taxi driver Juacelo Nunes de Oliveira was at a party in a bar in the city of Agua Branca, in northeastern Piaui state, ... | Juacelo Nunes de Oliveira was stabbed three times in the torso and once in the head .
He didn't realize he had a knife stuck in his head for over three hours, doctor says .
The man has left hospital alive and well, with all his senses intact . |
137483b4139f16ebbf55975be5ab1bbbeb1b8551 | Tony Abbott never explained what he meant when he threatened to 'shirtfront' Vladimir Putin but that hasn't stopped it from being named 2014's Word Of The Year. The Australian National Dictionary Centre chose the term following Prime Minister Tony Abbott's somewhat undiplomatic threat to the Russian president over the ... | The Australian National Dictionary Centre has named 'shirtfront' as its word of the year .
'Shirtfront' came to prominence after Prime Minister Tony Abbott used the term to threaten Russian president Vladimir Putin .
The term made global news and was labelled 'unfortunate' by the Kremlin . |
1374e965cf091ce058b3db6fe0a2239355684086 | (CNN Student News) -- March 15, 2010 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . • New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut • British Columbia, Canada • Washington, D.C. Transcript . THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Yo... | Discover the reason why President Obama postponed a trip overseas .
Meet a high school, varsity football coach who stands out in the field .
Hear how one tutor helps out thousands of students around the world .
Use the Daily Discussion to help students understand today's featured news stories . |
13758d32e097e14193382d173ada06d27c2d0fcf | (CNN) -- An elderly woman who was known as Colombia's "Queen of Cocaine" was gunned down in the northwestern city of Medellin, police said Tuesday. Griselda Blanco, 69, was killed by two bullets at close range -- a violent end not unlike the ones that authorities say she ordered during her prime in the 1970s and 1980s.... | Griselda Blanco was a high-profile trafficker in Colombia and the United States .
She was released from a U.S. prison in 2004 .
She is believed to have been living a quiet life in Medellin .
She was gunned down Monday . |
1375b0049eca210fbd260f2af094f6cef106d8fe | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 15:14 EST, 19 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:14 EST, 19 March 2013 . A Canadian porn actor accused of dismembering his Chinese lover and mailing the body parts to political parties and schools has collapsed in court today, during the second week of his preliminary hearing. Luka M... | Luka Rocco Magnotta, 30, fell to the ground and curled into the fetal position in a packed Montreal courtroom today .
It is the second week of a pre-trial hearing to determine whether Magnotta will go to trial for the alleged murder of Chinese exchange student Jun Lin .
Lin's father earlier said: 'This is the worst thi... |
1376d22917a0c57df2e3e43bcd2c4331ce59a813 | A man who dedicated all his free time to giving back was tragically killed on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. Dionel Ramirez, of North Amityville, New York, pulled up to a local 7-11 and left his car running while he ran in to get a coffee and food to bring to a local soup kitchen. As he was inside, a man jumped in... | Dionel Ramirez of North Amityville, New York, stopped at a 7-11 early Friday morning to grab food to feed the homeless .
As he was in the store, a man jumped in his car and tried to drive off .
Ramirez jumped in front of the car and the thief ran him over, killing him .
Their is an ongoing investigation, but no suspect... |
1376ed9a497b127ac84a790e089ae8d61c0a3cb6 | By . John Stevens for the Daily Mail . Britain could face a eurozone-style currency crisis if Scotland votes for independence, leading bankers have warned. Goldman Sachs said a Yes vote 'could have severe consequences' for both Scotland and the rest of the UK. It cited the rush to withdraw money from Greece and Spain, ... | Bank firm likens risk to withdraw money from Greece and Spain .
Pound slumped to five-month low this week after polls showed Yes surge .
Latest polls show the Yes campaign is now just six points behind .
Labour voters backing independence up from 18%-30% in a month . |
137727608b0123d8024d5fa7480da4da8f69203f | Painted by the greatest ever artist, it is the world’s most famous picture, with the most famous smile. The painting has been imitated a thousand times, satirised, stolen and vandalised with acid, red paint, stones and even a teacup. And now, it seems, there might be a second Mona Lisa — a bigger Mona, with a less enig... | Isleworth Mona Lisa to be revealed by its owners on Friday in Geneva .
Swiss consortium argue their version is his first stab at the painting .
Opinion split over whether painting is a real Leonardo or later copy . |
137797fd34ea672ca506d1c8848d0da355baf7d9 | (CNN) -- Former South African rugby World Cup winner Ruben Kruger has passed away following a long battle with brain cancer. The ex-Cheetahs and Bulls flanker was first diagnosed with the illness during the early 2000s at the end of a successful career that saw him earn 36 Springboks caps. Kruger, who was just two mont... | Former South African rugby World Cup winner Ruben Kruger passes away .
The flanker dies aged 39 following a long battle with brain cancer .
Kruger was named Player of the Year in 1995, the year the Springboks won the World Cup . |
1377afc65ce4d8219cf66b5c38445cb9827dd20f | Usually airline passengers side with flight attendants when it comes to safety, but in the case of a US Airways flight Wednesday night, passengers rallied around a blind man and his guide dog and disembarked en masse. All 35 passengers on US Airways Flight 4384 walked off the plane after Albert Rizzi, a blind man from ... | Albert Rizzi, who is blind, boarded a US Airways flight with guide dog, Doxy .
Rizzi says he got into a heated exchange with a flight attendant over Doxy's placement .
Rizzi and Doxy escorted off the plane; other passengers followed in support .
US Airways says it is investigating and that the pilot canceled flight for... |
1379e758b38d441435e024d0345683827956a172 | The only known suspect in the disappearance of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham was in custody Wednesday night. Jesse Matthew, who had been sought on suspicion of abduction with the intent to defile, was arrested in Galveston County, Texas. He was found on the beach in Gilchrist on the Bolivar Peninsula, ac... | Jesse Matthew was reportedly camping on a beach in Texas .
Police have received some 1,500 tips in the case so far .
Matthew is wanted on suspicion of abduction with the intent to defile .
University of Virginia student Hannah Graham was last seen September 13 . |
137a10571702204baad352702502345783597b8d | A student opening fire with a handgun he took from his parents. Screaming students running for cover. A teacher, trying to help, shot dead. Two students wounded. The terror lasted just a few brutal minutes. As authorities investigated, details were still trickling out hours after a deadly shooting Monday at a Nevada mi... | Student says gunman shot teacher as he was asked to put weapon down .
There have been at least three other shootings at U.S. secondary schools and one suicide .
Brother says teacher who was killed was kind of man who tried to help those in need .
Two wounded students are in stable condition . |
137b01783c35e8deb977cd711e30f40d0ae342ea | By . David Mccormack . A South Carolina man who was arrested after strolling through a Walmart in the middle of the night wearing only black sneakers has blamed the awkward incident on some methamphetamine he had mistakenly ingested. The incident occured just . before midnight last Thursday, after employees at the Tega... | Kevin Hughes, 36, was spotted wandering the aisles of Walmart in Tega Cay, South Carolina, late last Thursday .
He was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct .
Hughes has admitted to 'drug problems' and said he had taken Meth which he thought was Ecstasy and 'it really made me crazy'
The incident isn't Hughes' fi... |
137b19b27b07c20be1640121d544f6e518e371a0 | By . Chris Murphy . and Sara Malm . A pair of conjoined gray whales has been found off the shore of Mexico, in what could be the first documented case of Siamese twin grey whales. Scientists in Mexico's Laguna Ojo de Liebre, or Scammon’s Lagoon, discovered the dead calves, believed to have been miscarried as a result o... | Conjoined gray whale calves found dead in Mexican lagoon .
Twins are believed to have been miscarried due to their disability .
Siamese calves could be world's first case of conjoined gray whales . |
137bce3a1dac194b4fc27f8125fa3ef88e37cff2 | (Mental Floss) -- In his victory speech on Tuesday night, Barack Obama promised his daughters Sasha and Malia that they'd get to bring a new puppy with them to the White House in January. President Bush's dog Barney, left, plays in 2001 with Spot, the offspring of George H.W. Bush's dog Millie. It's a good thing Obama ... | Barack Obama promised puppy for girls; past presidential pets have been strange .
What the heck? First lady Abigail Adams had a dog named Satan .
President Harding's dog gave "interviews" and had a seat at Cabinet meetings .
Original name of FDR's dog: Big Boy; President Grant had fighting gamecocks . |
137c5c29cca8405f8893056d739814ec2afb66bf | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 07:45 EST, 21 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:23 EST, 21 September 2012 . Smiling at the scene of a fatal bus crash in which 36 people died has led to a safety official losing his job. After photos emerged on the internet of Yang Dacai grinning on a highway in Yan'an, northern Shaanxi... | Photos of Yang Dacai smiling on 26 August were posted online .
Shaanxi province officials: Yang Dacai stripped of all his official duties for 'serious wrongdoing' |
137e8d0568156d30c20650cfcf4bff63f8bc7324 | 'I'm sorry': Millicent Waddell had wanted to stay in London, an inquest heard . A boarding school pupil hanged herself in her bathroom at home after leaving a note that simply said: 'I'm sorry', an inquest heard today . Tragic Millicent Waddell, 16, locked herself in the bathroom of her mother's £400,000 home before ta... | Millicent Waddell, 16, had left London to live in Somerset with her mother .
Boarding school pupil was 'angry with her situation', inquest heard .
'No prior indication' teen would harm herself, coroner said .
For confidential support call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch, or click here ... |
137eb581c3e886dfca60fb2e0eea91530f653a35 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Would you still watch your favorite television program if you had to cycle for an hour before you could view it? A computer-generated image of Club Watt, Rotterdam's human-powered club. Couch potatoes will be horrified, but fresh advances in human-powered technology -- where users power applian... | A Hong Kong gym and London dance club are part powered by human power .
Italian inventor Lucien Gambarota says human power is simple to use .
The concept could be taken to busy places like train stations or into homes .
There are some questions about the economic sense of human power . |
137eedd2c54a859b7fc25a65b6c0111bd8572875 | Choosing to get up on stage to tell jokes for a living while battling anxiety would be the job from hell for most people but not for Felicity Ward - she sees it as a gift. ‘I really love being on stage - it’s a lot of fun making people laugh it’s a really good job,’ she said. ‘Sometimes I was just performing for my lif... | Felicity Ward talks about living with anxiety in an ABC documentary .
Australian comedian's career almost ended until she sought help .
The 34-year-old also speaks to her colleagues about their anxiety .
Musicians Missy Higgins and rapper 360 also share their experiences .
Ward loves talking about anxiety as part of he... |
137f123750b16e88770be52c4eb30a5b903a76fe | By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 08:39 EST, 11 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 09:56 EST, 11 March 2014 . CCTV footage: The man told staff at the depot that he needed to borrow five huge metal road plates, weighing three quarters of a tonne each . A thief conned railway workers into using a forklift truck to load almost four... | It happened at Bounds Green transport terminal in North London .
Man wearing hard hat and jacket convinced staff he was co-worker .
Told them he needed to borrow five metal road plates worth £600 each . |
137f171d2ef03900474ac52d8e4cedb399a81775 | Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Outraged Pakistani Christians took to the streets of Lahore on Sunday, protesting a rash of violence against their community over the weekend. Demonstrators denounced the burning of more than 100 homes of Christians on Saturday -- a spree spurred by allegations that a Christian man made rem... | Some throw stones at police, saying the government isn't adequately protecting Christians .
More than 100 Christian homes were set afire by a Muslim mob .
The mob was outraged over a Christian's alleged anti-Muslim remarks .
Police: More than 150 suspects have been arrested in Saturday's arson spree . |
137f3b43ab9d87d057b12d29dee8cf7a31905ac2 | One of the most fascinating aspects of Kevin Pietersen’s autobiography for the public must be the revealing of all the frailties and insecurities professional sportsmen feel in the dressing room. It’s certainly not as harmonious or lovey-dovey as people might presume. Players are always getting on each other’s nerves o... | Kevin Pietersen’s autobiography has lifted the lid of all the frailties and insecurities professional sportsmen feel in the dressing room .
International cricketers are away from home for months on end and see more of their team-mates than their families .
There have always been cliques in the England dressing room and... |
137faef4eabaf2e7c868efe835075e946b23927e | (CNN) -- Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz has set off a political firestorm in Pakistan with his claims that he was brokering an offer from Pakistan's civilian leaders to the Pentagon to unseat the leadership of the Pakistani military. Those accusations forced the resignation on Tuesday of Pakistan's ambassa... | Pakistan's ambassador to the U.S. resigns over memo to Adm. Mike Mullen .
Peter Bergen, Andrew Lebovich: Memo spoke of ousting Pakistan national security team .
A Pakistani-American businessman disclosed the events in an opinion article .
Authors: It's unclear why ambassador would use go-between to make the "offer" |
138032806bf880767430434b7ca170abc5aae63e | Motoring enthusiasts can now buy a $2 million (£1.2 million) sports car that can be driven underwater. The ‘Submarine Sports Car’, inspired by James Bond's famous sub-Lotus, is powered by an electric motor that allows it to reach a maximum speed of 75mph (121kph) below the waves. It claims to be the only vehicle that d... | The zero emission ‘Submarine Sports Car’ is powered by an electric motor .
It can reach a maximum speed of 75mph (121kph) below the waves .
Vehicle is fitted with propellers and two water jets to provide lift .
Design is inspired by the submarine Lotus in The Spy Who Loved Me .
An on-board laser-guided sensor enables i... |
1380b4d75e4e87aa9cd9b18cd37e725687e47e47 | Pet owners looking to launch the next online sensation or just longing for a new view of their dog's dashing and digging won't have to shop for long to find the perfect holiday gift. Wrap up a dog harness that holds any durable, wearable camera and watch Frisbee fetch, lazy lap naps and every memory in between come ali... | GoPro Inc.'s Fetch dog harness fits over Fido's chest or back and holds the small, waterproof camera for attaching to the dog to film its activities .
Dogs will 'use the force' with Petco's line of 'Star Wars' toys and clothing like Princess Leia with a headband sporting her signature bun hairstyle .
After romping in t... |
1380eae2dc5f22e1d83228ef08bd6f140721d901 | While reporting on a top high school football recruiting event in Oregon, a FOX Sports newscaster got a little bit too close to the action. Amy Campbell, a reporter for FOX Sports Next, was in the midst of interviewing recruiting analyist Chad Simmons when rising star footballer Ermon Lane came crashing into her on the... | High school footballer Ermon Lane crashed into FOX Sports reporter Amy Campbell while she was mid-interview .
The incident, which was caught on video, took place at The Opening, an elite recruiting camp in Oregon .
Campbell was unharmed and later joked about the incident on Twitter . |
13811659130c5eb2566f3d11e2719de58ad28aa5 | Moore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Five days ago, Miranda Mann huddled in a science classroom at Southmoore High School. She should have been filed with pride, relief and excitement about her upcoming graduation. Instead, she was filled with fear as a devastating tornado powered through her central Oklahoma city. The 18-year-old... | NEW: People hold up picture of a graduate's mom who died in the tornado .
Three high school classes in Moore, Oklahoma, have their graduation ceremonies .
"It's ... the closing of one chapter and the opening of another," a student says .
Funerals continue to be held for some of the 24 killed . |
1381a35040cb62f0277c82cf1f0e4f7ea41ab77e | Exeter Chiefs qualified for the quarter-finals of the European Rugby Challenge Cup after they defeated Connacht 33-24 on Sunday. Connacht led 17-10 at half-time following tries from Matt Healy, Willie Faloon and Danie Poolman, with Exeter staying in touch through a penalty try after a succession of scrums and a penalty... | Exeter Chiefs beat Connacht 24-33 in Ireland on Sunday evening .
Chiefs qualify for quarter-finals of European Rugby Challenge Cup .
Penalty try and scores from Dean Mumm and Don Armand gave them win .
Matt Healy (2) Willie Faloon and Danie Poolman got home side bonus point . |
13820827b483e650d873ab9cdc039430637c0a30 | (CNN) -- Tennis hero, inspiring role model for African Americans, social activist and high-profile campaigner for the HIV and AIDS communities, Arthur Ashe died in 1993, but it is a measure of his influence that 20 years on his legacy burns as brightly as ever. The main stadium court at Flushing Meadows, where the U.S.... | Arthur Ashe won three grand slam titles .
First African American to achieve feat of winning a slam .
Died aged 49 in 1993 of AIDS related illness from an infected blood transfusion .
Stadium court at Flushing Meadows named in his honor . |
1383265cb51d293f8804ad251c04df341e026a30 | By . Sarah Griffiths . Whales are capable of swimming vast distances across oceans, but they are also expert divers. And now a study has revealed that the shy Cuvier’s beaked whale performs the deepest dives made by any mammal on the planet. Scientists were surprised to record one of the mammal's dives, which was 9,816... | One Cuvier's beaked whale dived 9,816ft (2,992 metres) below the waves and stayed below for 38 minutes .
The equivalent of 6.75 Empire State Buildings placed on top of one another .
Biologists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California tagged eight of the whales off San Nicholas Island in southern C... |
138349ad5a071ef5ba31d39cc61915985abe9c8e | Washington (CNN) -- A same-sex couple has asked the Supreme Court to intervene in a cross-state dispute over their efforts to have both of them officially listed as the parents of an adopted 5-year-old boy. The California couple filed an appeal this week with the high court, saying Louisiana, where the child was born, ... | Louisiana refuses to list two men as adoptive parents on an amended birth certificate .
The men argue they have a due process right to have both officially recognized .
The adoption was finalized in New York, but the child was born in Louisiana .
An appeals court has ruled against the same-sex couple . |
1383656b170ac4ffd76d30bd9d284af427bb7c0c | A Texas news reporter effortlessly rapped Blackalicious' lyrically complicated song 'Alphabet Aerobics' to warm up for a live broadcast. In a common ritual for live news reporters, Kim Powell of NewsWest9 warmed up her vocal chords for a live shot. But Powell didn't settle for the standard sally-sells-seashells-by-the-... | In a YouTube video, TV reporter Kim Powell raps the lyrics to Blackalicious' 'Alphabet Aerobics'
The Texas reporter effortlessly executes the lyrics of the complicated song .
The video has more than 30,000 views and nearly 100 shares on Facebook . |
13847b42d87a81a64252001547e423aa979bf4b5 | (CNN) -- A car bomb targeting the headquarters of Syria's ruling party killed 53 people in central Damascus on Thursday, opposition activists and state-run media said. The explosion was close to a Russian Embassy building complex. No one there was injured or killed, but there was damage to a building, Russia's Foreign ... | NEW: 210 people killed across Syria on Thursday, opposition activists say .
Car bomb detonated at a checkpoint in front of the ruling party's office .
The blast also damages the Russian Embassy in Damascus .
Syrian air force continues heavy bombing campaigns . |
1384f7d7f1b3cf06573f72c4fb94b98e1b3e90fc | Lakota warrior Crazy Horse has long been a controversial figure, so perhaps it's only appropriate that his memorial follow suit. Though he's best known for fighting against George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, Crazy Horse led his tribe numerous times against settlers and miners in the Dakotas, ... | Work on Crazy Horse Memorial began in 1948; it's unclear when sculpture will be complete .
Monument is planned for 563 feet, a few feet taller than Washington Monument .
Despite early controversies over statue and location, memorial officials say image is improving . |
1384fabd755c27aaf34c9143c22f0321eafe269b | A video warning Poles of the dangers of coming to Britain has been issued with the backing of the Government. Migrants who are unprepared could be ripped off, made homeless and even set on fire by thugs, it says. The three-minute film funded by Whitehall warns of the consequences of illegal working, sleeping rough and ... | Three-minute Polish-language film warns of dangers of moving to UK .
Urges immigrants to secure a legal job, home and £600 back up plan .
Shows story of out-of-work builder set on fire while sleeping rough .
Video funded by UK and Polish governments . |
1384fe5477b558acf63910dbc9c58961a132198f | (CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama's victory speech Tuesday night compares favorably with a number of historic orations, a linguist said Thursday. Barack Obama speaks at a rally in Chicago, Illinois, after winning the presidency Tuesday night. "His goal was to be understood by the widest possible audience during h... | Linguist says Obama's speech was on seventh- or eighth-grade level .
That's lower than King, Reagan speeches .
Speech was optimistic and forward-looking, expert says .
Lack of 9/11 reference was significant change in tone, linguist says . |
138521e58953e6ce7d8ee6f1ca7798264dae6a38 | He was a beefy 5-foot-10 but won an Oscar for playing the slight, 5-foot-3 Truman Capote. He had the booming voice of a deity but often played schlubs and conflicted characters. He could be heartfelt and giving, as with his male nurse in "Magnolia" or rock critic in "Almost Famous," or creepily Machiavellian, such as t... | Philip Seymour Hoffman was a rare breed in Hollywood .
The actor could disappear into -- and transcend -- any role .
He seemed to care more for his craft than celebrity .
Hoffman died of an apparent drug overdose at the age of 46 . |
1385beda3ff9f190b8a58890e452a33de847b38f | An open jail has been condemned as a laughing stock after a second prisoner went missing in a week – bringing the total on the run to 82. Burglar Greg Disbrey, 27, simply walked out of Ford Open Prison on Monday and has not been seen since. Three days before, thug Lucas Lamb absconded from the Category D facility in Ar... | Latest to vanish from Ford Open Prison, West Sussex, is Greg Disbrey .
27-year-old burglar walked out of Category D jail during three-year sentence .
Now figures reveal the whereabouts of 82 inmates are currently unknown .
Centre for Crime Prevention campaign group called the number 'appalling' |
1386658aa5f82645931f30b3882fbec1ee4462cc | By . Mia De Graaf . Crammed full of dusty syringes, bottled antidotes, and rattling equipment - with a half-smoked pipe on the table - the owner of this doctor's surgery could have just popped out. But in fact it has lain derelict for more than a decade - and gathered a thick layer of dust over the years. Abandoned in ... | House in Virton, Belgium, was once a doctor's surgery, filled with vials, syringes, bottled antidotes and crosses .
Has lain derelict for 30 years, walls crumbling, wallpaper peeled off, covered in cobwebs .
Photographer Matti Decaux discovered it smothered in dust but all equipment ordered perfectly . |
13899572286722dd8f6d90ca698eee43744c6e74 | A lunar light show circled the globe Saturday, rewarding many moongazers with bright, crisp detail of the full moon's craters and basins. Called a "perigee" moon by scientists, the phenomenon occurs once a year. NASA said the moon appears about 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full moons. See views of the moon fr... | "The colors were spectacular," writes CNN iReporter in Iceland .
Mainland U.S. experienced perigee at 11:34 p.m. ET .
Full moon appears about 14% bigger and 30% brighter .
The moon was at perigee, about 221,802 miles away, late Saturday . |
138a44a53740d7db265789fdfa2bea97a5076da6 | Elderly residents at a sheltered housing block have been banned from drinking alcohol in communal areas following complaints by tenants about rowdy and 'intimidating' behaviour. Residents in their 80s and 90s were said to be so frightened by the actions of two tenants that staff called in 24-hour security to keep the p... | Trouble began at Birch Grove, South Tyneside with row over Christmas tree .
Elderly residents intimidated by rowdy behaviour of two tenants .
Managers called in 24-hour security guard at first to calm atmosphere .
Now the guard's gone but residents are still said to be fearful . |
138aa98b1d19e2c685271347de51fd6d59d64ee7 | The entry for Indigenous Australian on Wikipedia was one of the most viewed pages during 2014 gaining 4.7million hits on May 24 alone . Popular pages on Wikipedia during 2014 have been revealed with one of the most read entries being 'Indigenous Australian'. For eight days running starting on May 18, the entry was the ... | Most read entries on Wikipedia daily during 2014 have been revealed .
For 8 days in May, the page for 'Indigenous Australian' was most read .
On May 24 alone, it received a peak of 4.7million hits on the site .
Other well-read entries last year included World Cup and Robin Williams .
More unusual popular pages included... |
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