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138b40f9867f9ca9f26c0502241f9d45bc73b1a3 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- A brain surgeon performed what he called a "life-saving" surgery on a teenager by removing a large brain tumor using a method he read about on CNN.com just three days earlier. Dr. Thomas Ellis is a senior neurosurgeon at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. Dr. Thomas Ellis, a senior neuro... | Surgeon unsuccessfully attempts to remove patient's brain tumor .
Later that day, he reads CNN.com story on a groundbreaking new surgery tool .
He contacts makers of the tool that could help in removing his patient's tumor .
Three days later, the patient is operated on again and all the tumor is removed . |
138b8abcabd74df13402a1b3e5f4e2a8ccf9169e | Abu Dhabi (CNN) -- The UAE recalled its ambassador to Iran on Thursday in protest of a visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to a disputed island. Abu Mousa is one of three Persian Gulf islands that are the subject of a longtime border dispute between the two countries. The UAE's Foreign Ministry said it was s... | Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited the disputed island of Abu Mousa .
UAE foreign minister described the visit as a "flagrant violation'' of his country's sovereignty .
The UAE and Iran are involved in a long-running dispute over three Persian Gulf islands . |
138b90c4c96f885b0dedc5f6e89b00e7fcebf5f7 | By . Joshua Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 09:02 EST, 2 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:17 EST, 2 October 2013 . Still missing: The 1988 case of missing Pinole, California girl Amber Swartz-Garcia was reopened Tuesday . Police in Northern California reopened on Tuesday the case of a 7-year-old girl who vanished from her famil... | Amber Swartz-Garcia disappeared from the front yard of her Pinole, California home on June 3, 1988 .
Over 1300 people joined Swartz-Garcia's mother and signed a petition urging authorities to reopen the case .
'I think he wanted to make a name for himself': The case was closed in 2009 after child killer Curtis Dean And... |
138bdd2c77914b8af8a44ef415509441fe3c225d | A man has been left without genitals and with three missing toes after a witch doctor told him that losing his body parts would make him rich. Chamangeni Zulu, from Malawi, has been hospitalised at Chipata General Hospital in Zambia, near the Malawi border, after he allowed the hyena to eat his manhood. Mr Zulu told th... | Chamangeni Zulu said was told that losing body parts would make him rich .
Said was 'instructed to be naked' by a witch doctor and to go into the bush .
Mr Zulu said witch doctor did not clarify that body parts would be 'lost'
Recovering in Zambian hospital and has lost three toes as well as genitalia . |
138c575e2fef915b11d8f1619b786bc33f8803a6 | Washington (CNN) -- Democratic congressional leaders unveiled a long-awaited $940 billion compromise health care plan Thursday, setting the stage for a final legislative showdown on President Obama's domestic priority. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs announced that Obama had decided to delay an upcoming trip t... | NEW: GOP effort to require up-or-down vote on Senate health care bill fails .
NEW: President delays trip to Australia, Indonesia to help push bill over finish line .
NEW: Bill cuts Senate bill provision that exempts Nebraska from paying Medicaid expenses .
Bill cuts deficit by $138 billion over 10 years; additional $1 ... |
138e5bddc0fb20e25c67bec4f65727f3b1293a61 | A little girl has gone from foster care to fairy tales as she lives out her fantasies through her dressing up box. Alice Lewis', 10 from Atlanta, Georgia, dreams became a reality after she was adopted by a photography couple who have encouraged their daughter's penchant for dressing up. Alice has assumed the identity o... | Alice Lewis was adopted by photography couple Kelly and James in 2012 .
Kelly encouraged Alice to live out her fantasies in cosplay photo shoots .
Kelly says that it has helped Alice overcome her painful past .
The family hope their story will encourage others to adopt . |
139060f66be202a3227a28e0ab955de472f0d204 | An American who trained at an al-Qaeda camp in Afghanistan in the spring of 2001 before losing his nerve testified Thursday how he encountered Osama bin Laden and the terror group's spokesman at a safe house — and that bin Laden hinted that a suicide attack on U.S. soil was in the works. 'Just know you have brothers wi... | Sahim Alwan was trained at an al-Qaeda camp in Afhganistan in the lead-up to the 9/11 attacks .
The Lackawanna, New York-native quit the terrorist group when he realized he might be used as a suicide bomber .
Alwan testified as a witness this week in the trial of Suliam Abu Ghaith - Osama bin Laden's son-in-law .
Ghait... |
1390b968c93793ec753115510eea305b1c7a2921 | Los Angeles (CNN) -- A bitter legal dispute between Michael Jackson's estate and a business partner of the late pop icon's mother was settled Tuesday, just before a trial on the matter was to begin, lawyers said. In the end, the lawyer for Katherine Jackson, who was not a party to the lawsuit, mediated the agreement, w... | Companies involved agree to pay the estate $2.5 million for copyright violations .
"This settlement seems appropriate for all concerned," Jackson's estate says .
Jackson estate accused Howard Mann of "wholesale misappropriation" of copyrights .
Mann's company published Katherine Jackson's book "Never Can Say Goodbye" |
1392f13ee8eb0474e103fa2676120229c5e3d222 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 21:06 EST, 30 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 21:08 EST, 30 November 2012 . Sir Cyril Smith has been accused of sexually abusing a 17-year-old in Parliament . Child abuser Cyril Smith groomed and abused a young activist inside the Houses of Parliament, it has been claimed. The lat... | Smith accused of assaulting a 17-year-old while other politicians walked by .
Victim said he was groomed over 18 months and attacks worsened over time .
Victim: 'I was and still am deeply ashamed about what I let him do to me.' |
13930436f15ad4739b3e41462c4cb18672c793f6 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:28 EST, 10 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:02 EST, 10 October 2012 . A young Russian woman has accused her ex-boyfriend of posting sexy pictures of her on a fake escort profile he created in a bid to get her deported from the U.S. Ruzilya Khusnutdinova, 24, claims Vladimir Dr... | Ruzilya Khusnutdinova, 24, claiming $16m damages from former boyfriend and company hosting profile .
Page boasted about her 'very touchy breasts' and had pictures of her posing on bed in thong and bra .
Vladimir Dranovsky, 42, 'sent link to the web page to immigration officials'
He denies setting up the profile and cla... |
13943ef2d9c3b737c9a900f0cdb32a9c39121e6f | By . Graham Smith and Kirsty Walker . Last updated at 8:03 PM on 3rd February 2012 . Britain's sporting heroes should wear the EU flag on their national team shirts under contentious plans passed by the European Parliament yesterday. The measures stipulate that the EU's blue and yellow flag should be worn by all our te... | Blue/yellow flag should be worn by all teams - including football, rugby, cricket and the British Olympic team . |
13948771c44ffc0a1592eaf0a6a94a754c1f829a | It may have just been the perfect weekend for John Terry following his side's 2-1 victory over Liverpool on Saturday. The Chelsea skipper topped it all off with some added sprinkles as he took a trip to an ice cream parlour with a difference whilst holidaying in Dubai. Posting a video on his official Instagram page on ... | John Terry posted a video on Instagram as he played catch with ice cream .
Terry showed fans he still has sharp reflexes as he joked with employees .
The Chelsea captain is enjoying some time off during the international break . |
139540d3d12afea5edce6e84e8739d55950827c1 | By . Mia De Graaf . Tragic: Liam Hardy, 14, had been hospitalised after a suicide attempt less than a week before he died, an inquest heard . A 14-year-old schoolboy who was about to become a father was found hanged days after being discharged from hospital following a suicide attempt. Liam Hardy was allowed to leave S... | Liam Hardy died less than a week after he was discharged from hospital .
Mother took him to hospital after suicide bid, she asked them to section him .
He had been expecting baby with his girlfriend, who was 7 months pregnant . |
13958abeb960c28e07a863a1254aea088602830a | By . Graham Smith . Last updated at 9:43 AM on 2nd November 2011 . Postmen have been ordered to boycott homes on 'unmade roads' because of health and safety fears. Householders in Benfleet, Essex, received the news that they would no longer be receiving mail on Saturday - in the post. The notification letters said the ... | Uneven road surfaces present an 'unacceptable risk'
Royal Mail bosses worried postmen will fall off bikes .
Householders in Benfleet, Essex, received letters informing them they will no longer receive post . |
139651baebf835aadc16eef5e487ad8f2cf11814 | By . Mario Ledwith . PUBLISHED: . 01:22 EST, 22 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:46 EST, 22 February 2013 . The British company that built the Shard has landed a contract to manage the construction of what will become the world's largest building - and plans reveal the two look remarkably similar. London-based Mace wo... | London-based Mace won £780m deal to build the Kingdom Tower .
Will stand 1km tall but designers have not revealed exact scale .
Will be four times bigger than western Europe's tallest building . |
139832fbb331d3a50ae18a7d7fd09126992551d5 | By . Sadie Whitelocks . UPDATED: . 13:24 EST, 9 November 2011 . A couple who had waited for two years to hear their daughter to speak were overjoyed after the first words she uttered were: 'I love you daddy.' Toddler Bronte Cassell, who was born extremely premature, was given a tracheotomy to help her breathe when she ... | Tube inserted below the voice box left Bronte unable to speak for 18 months . |
1398a9cb87b7f07d992c3c2cae41816f64abee7f | Andrew Lloyd Webber's driver was arrested after being caught stealing the Oscar-winning composer's housekeeping cash . Andrew Lloyd Webber's driver was arrested after being caught stealing the Oscar-winning composer's housekeeping cash. Police were called to the theatre impresario's £15million townhouse in Belgravia, c... | Lord Lloyd Webber's driver led away in handcuffs from Belgravia house .
Chauffeur arrested on suspicion of theft and cautioned at police station .
He was sacked according to Lloyd-Webber's Really Useful Group Ltd .
A source said hundreds of pounds had gone missing from £15m mansion .
The composer behind musicals Cats a... |
139a302a16c0a254c5207717102478fe8e2a6e32 | Washington (CNN) -- The Pentagon is making detailed plans to send about 34,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan in anticipation of President Obama's decision on the future of the eight-year-old war, a defense official said Tuesday. Obama held a lengthy meeting with top advisers Monday night and said Tuesday that he woul... | NEW: NATO allies will also be asked to send more troops, officials say .
Announcement on troop increase to come after Thanksgiving .
Obama met with national security team Monday night to discuss Afghanistan .
Obama wanted clarification on how, when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility . |
139ab4e3ad4d5b004e28baf6c96e6b02226fe53d | By . Simon Boyle . PUBLISHED: . 17:13 EST, 7 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:26 EST, 8 December 2013 . Career first: Lorraine did not want to abandon her UK success and move to LA . She's the glamorous former model turned TV chef, riding high with her own BBC show – but behind the scenes Lorraine Pascale has been de... | TV chef is said to be 'cut up' over collapse of relationship with music exec .
She was not willing to start again on other side of the Atlantic . |
139af81ef2d4443dc6aa4b9f536e8822fb16fc35 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 20:07 EST, 2 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:09 EST, 3 October 2013 . Beanie Babies creator Ty Warner has pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion after failing to report income earned in a secret offshore bank account. The businessman behind the stuffed toy animal craze in the 199... | Ty Warner failed to report income in an offshore bank account .
$25 million was hidden in secret Swiss bank accounts.
69-year-old plush toy-maker's 18-page plea deal calls for a prison term of four years . |
139bf83ea5b779dba9f33cd2a11325b2cc670419 | (CNN) -- When an epidemic occurs, getting even the most basic necessities to those in need becomes an exercise in logistics. The countries hit hardest by the Ebola epidemic -- Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone -- are dealing with human suffering on an unimaginable level. We have heard the stories of quarantines, medical... | More than 3,000 people have died from the Ebola virus since March .
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have been hit hardest .
The United Nations World Food Programme is feeding people in affected areas .
Workers use megaphones and "air bridges" to avoid contamination . |
139c43d52190b7df94e5114cba22e9c213d76e0b | (CNN) -- Defending world champion Jorge Lorenzo of Spain claimed victory in Sunday's Italian MotoGP at Mugello to close the gap on Casey Stoner in the overall title standings. Australian Stoner began the race in pole position and led for the opening 17 of the 23-lap race. But Lorenzo took the lead with a superb overta... | Jorge Lorenzo claims victory in Sunday's Italian MotoGP at Mugello .
The Spanish world champion beats Andrea Dovizioso and Casey Stoner .
Stoner maintains his world title advantage by 19 points from Lorenzo . |
139cc8e00752cc265bbcb1381411bea00a0311bc | By . Sarah Griffiths . People go house hunting with specific criteria in mind – from a certain number of bedrooms or a country-style kitchen to a spacious garden with room for a trampoline. But few are likely to specify that they must have a hidden spaceship inside their home. However, for people looking to battle alie... | £3.25million ($5.35million) house in south east London boasts eight bedrooms, a games room and wine cellar as well as a spaceship in the attic .
Kit reminiscent of many popular sci-fi films has been installed from numerous boxy computer .
monitors and flashing lights to mysterious air vents . |
139d08928177ff3a6eb54d584bdc60d900f3d55a | Khartoum, Sudan (CNN) -- A mutiny led by members of the Sudanese Armed Forces' Joint Integrated Units along the north/south border in Sudan has left up to 50 dead, officials said Monday. Fighting broke on Thursday in the city of Malakal near the airport when south Sudanese soldiers loyal to Gabriel Tang, a southern Sud... | Fighting broke out Thursday in Malakal, near the border dividing northern, southern Sudan .
Soldiers loyal to militia leader Gabriel Tang refused to turn in their weapons .
Tang had fought alongside government and loyalist forces in southern Sudan .
Southern Sudanese voted last month on a referendum for independence . |
139d4c8eeef0aea9bd9f0e7a231023f0e6dcc0c4 | (CNN) -- Halle Berry married French actor Olivier Martinez in a private ceremony in France on Saturday, her representative confirmed Sunday. It's the third marriage for the Oscar-winning actress, who announced in April that she is expecting a baby with Martinez. Berry, 46, and Martinez, 47, have been close companions s... | Halle Berry announced in April that she is expecting a baby with Olivier Martinez .
Berry, 46, and Martinez, 47, have been close companions since meeting on a set last year .
The actress has been married to pro baseball player David Justice and singer Eric Benet . |
139d77aef7d87e4d780961b1a41697fee7f78927 | Donald Sterling’s wife Shelly reportedly called the police when she learned that V. Stiviano was at his Beverly Hills mansion yesterday. The episode has sparked speculation that the disgraced former NBA owner is back together with his ex-assistant. When Shelly learned of the tryst she told Beverly Hills police that Sti... | V. Stiviano gained national notoriety earlier this year due to her alleged sexual relationship with ex-NBA boss Donald Sterling .
His wife Shelly called the police when she learned he was at his Beverly Hills mansion yesterday, telling them she'd broken into it .
Donald told police that she was actually an 'invited gue... |
139e1fbf7935b25c755d251467a4a90be3dbc3d0 | Whenever an endangered animal dies at the San Diego Zoo, researchers race out, regardless of the hour, to remove its sperm or eggs, maybe a bit of ear or eyeball, and carefully freeze the cells in liquid nitrogen. Today, the survival of the northern white rhinoceros and dozens of other species could hinge on the collec... | Whenever an endangered animal dies at the San Diego Zoo, researchers race out to remove its sperm or eggs .
They carefully freeze the cells in liquid nitrogen .
The collection, amassed over nearly 40 years, is known as the Frozen Zoo .
Stainless steel tanks hold the genetic material of more than 10,000 individual anima... |
139f803e8d7589c2a87270d9fc41abad7082225c | Dublin, Ireland (CNN) -- The situation in Syria is accelerating, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday, amid reports that President Bashar al-Assad's government may be preparing to use chemical weapons. "Events on the ground in Syria are accelerating, and we see that in many different ways. The pressure... | NEW: At least 89 people are killed across Syria Thursday, opposition activists say .
NEW: Panetta says intelligence "raises serious concerns" about chemical weapons .
A top Russian politician says Syria "is not up to the task" to do its job .
Clinton meets with the U.N. special envoy to Syria and Russia's foreign minis... |
13a1b6ff688074fdc26be5e945b0e3eb12c505da | (CNN) -- New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft would rather make a donation to charity than invest millions of dollars in a top European soccer club because the economics of football make no business sense. Analzying football's business model, Kraft insisted he would not follow the example of Abu-Dhabi owned English ... | Robert Kraft would rather give $100m to charity than invest it in soccer .
Kraft is the owner of NFL franchise the New England Patriots .
The 71-year-old has considered purchasing EPL team Liverpool .
Kraft said the absence of a salary cap in English football put him off investing . |
13a1babb5306052cb82ebe22b032a14bf8613b86 | PUBLISHED: . 15:57 EST, 25 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:48 EST, 26 February 2013 . Jon Snow, pictured with wife Precious Lunga, wrote of the unpleasant memories of his own abuse that had been brought up by the Savile scandal . Jon Snow told yesterday how the Jimmy Savile scandal has forced him to relive the abuse ... | Jon Snow said in blog post that scandal brought back guilt of abuse age six .
Said scandal showed media tolerance to sex abuse for big enough celebrity . |
13a330fa810b37e7ce68f26a5d8f558d0dff999c | The value of the rouble plummeted again today as Russia announced its economy had shrunk for the first time in more than five years. Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.5 per cent year-on-year to November, the economy ministry said, the first fall since October 2009. The announcement sent the rouble - which... | Kremlin said GDP contracted by 0.5% year-on-year in November .
The shrinking is the first recorded in Russia since October 2009 .
Rouble value shrank by 5% against the dollar as figures revealed .
Falling oil prices and Western sanctions continue to take their toll . |
13a366f303e6ea2f07c353a9f5fb49a44840f808 | Three-dimensional models of a 'priority area' in the Indian Ocean have been revealed as the search for MH370 ramps up. In the images huge mountains, deep trenches and dormant volcanoes are seen strewn across the search area - but there's no sign of the plane yet. The search for the plane is set to resume later this mon... | 3D models of the area MH370 is thought to have gone missing in the Indian Ocean have been revealed by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau .
They will be used to direct deep-sea equipment when the search for the plane resumes later this month .
The maps reveal various features including large ridges and deep trenches... |
13a3e1403eb47fa9e00c385177840bcabfc8975a | A lawsuit has been launched in an effort to reclaim millions of dollars from Australian businessman Geoffrey Edelsten in order to repay his huge debts in the US. On Wednesday the former millionaire's stateside bankruptcy trustee Soneet Kapila kicked off a case in the Melbourne Federal Court in a bid to seize local asse... | Geoffrey Edelsten's debts could top $50 million .
The businessman owes more than $4 million to the Australian Tax Office .
Other creditors include Carlton Football Club, NAB, and the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore .
A lawsuit has been launched by his US bankruptcy trustee to reclaim some of his local assets . |
13a40dd72ac77a576f3b2f50f55c86bbc3b3fca2 | He was derided for his co-commentary analysis during the World Cup, but Phil Neville has found an avid admirer in Hollywood actress Keira Knightley. The BBC received 445 complaints about Neville during England's 2-1 Group D defeat to Italy in June - with many criticising the former Manchester United and Everton star fo... | Phil Neville was lambasted for his World Cup co-commentary this summer .
The BBC received 445 complaints about Neville during England vs Italy .
Knightley believes criticism of Neville's analysis in Manaus was unfair . |
13a44fb5240123ef428e2f037e5db1d5f7f6b929 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:56 EST, 1 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 17:32 EST, 1 January 2014 . Two Pakistani students married mentally handicapped British women so they could stay in the UK with one being deported but the other now claiming he has a human right to family life with his young son, High Co... | Both women were married in Muslim ceremonies .
But disabilities meant they 'did not have the capacity' to .
consent to marry .
Stepfather of one of the women was paid £20,000 'in consideration' |
13a457d6ae8a252cb556a1b66057d0c11516562b | By . Daniel Martin and Chris Brooke . PUBLISHED: . 18:15 EST, 24 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:49 EST, 24 November 2013 . 'Pathetic': Labour leader Ed Miliband has come under fire for his bid to shift blame over the Paul Flowers scandal . Ed Miliband was described as ‘pathetic’ yesterday after he accused David Came... | Labour leader said PM was 'demeaning his office' and had political strategy to 'sling .
as much mud as possible in the hope that some of it sticks'
Outburst follows weeks of negative headlines and scandals for his party .
Include vote-rigging scandal in Falkirk and revelations about Paul Flowers .
Tory chairman said cl... |
13a4e386d7eda620560adde9d766f5d033da25c5 | If you have always fancied getting away from it all, this secluded island deep in the Canadian wilderness could be just the excuse. Mowgli Island in the remote Southern Gulf Islands, British Columbia, is the perfect getaway for any budding Bear Grylls or Castaway fans. However, buyers interested in the nine-acre islet ... | Mowgli Island is in remote Southern Gulf Islands, British Columbia - and is an hour boat ride from next main town .
Boasts 22-year-old, four-bedroom waterfront home - with an award-winning design .
Island and property on the market with Sothebys Realty, Canada, for £2million . |
13a528a34aef763df2c7b8ca3a74f28abad14d89 | By . Ruth Styles . Hannah Swanson was just 16 when she met the man who would change her life forever. The youngest daughter of a nurse and a policeman, she was still at school and looking forward to a bright future. Not any more. That boy turned out to be a pimp and by the time she was 18, Hannah, a bright, educated, m... | Hannah Swanson, now 18, was 16 when she first met her pimp .
Disappeared into Las Vegas vice underworld - much to horror of parents .
Detective Chris Boffman says violence against women is 'unreal'
Says pimps burn, rape and even water board the women they control . |
13a8d1376ba7d1ebfc5e64ba68ddd770557659bd | By . Ruth Styles . For Krissy, 21, home is a large, rubbish-filled storm drain in the business district of Jamaican capital, Kingston. Homeless since the age of 12, his life has been one of hardship, moving from place to place, each squat becoming progressively dirtier, flimsier and more dangerous. But Krissy's bad for... | Krissy, 21, has been homeless since coming out to his family aged 12 .
Left home because family could be stigmatised and lives in a storm drain .
Friend Sachaberry was ambushed by a gang and stabbed four times .
80 per cent of Jamaicans reportedly admit to being homophobic .
Gay sex is punishable by up to 10 years in p... |
13a9f8e3f8592be50b0f650ac7031510224c71f1 | By . Lydia Warren . A teenager killed his ex-girlfriend by strangling her and watching his friend stuff a sock down her throat before they tied her body to cinder blocks and dumped it in a river, authorities have said. Je'Michael Malloy, 17, allegedly had help from his 18-year-old friend, Dominic Lock, in the grisly mu... | Danielle Locker disappeared on March 11 and her body was found in the South River, North Carolina on April 3 .
Her ex-boyfriend, Je'Michael Malloy, 17, 'confessed to strangling her during an argument then dumping her body in the river'
His friend Dominic Lock, 18, 'shoved a sock in her mouth and helped Malloy drop her ... |
13aa38661eed5f36483931ccb238b9704a90c648 | By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 10:14 EST, 17 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:20 EST, 18 March 2013 . Ukip is storming ahead of the Conservatives when it comes to pleasing right-of-centre voters on policies of government spending, immigration and gay marriage, a poll revealed today. The voters, who are undecided over whi... | Right-of-centre voters say Ukip's Nigel Farage is better leader than PM .
'Switchers' would prefer Boris Johnson as PM, with Theresa May in third .
Another poll gives Labour 37%, Tories 28%, Ukip 17% and Lib Dems 9% . |
13accf402f237a36d259b372fda3ca833f286be3 | By . Bianca London . A mother, who wanted to create an extravagant cake for her daughter's fourth birthday, went all out - by baking a four foot tall Peppa Pig cake. Devoted Maria Young spent four days creating the 133,000-calorie treat to look like piglet George. She got builder husband Wayne to make a wooden frame an... | Maria Young, 30, created 133,000-calorie cake in four days .
Her husband made wooden frame and she built it up with ingredients .
Feeds 700 people - she wants to take leftovers to a food bank .
Has previously created a My Little Pony cake for other daughter . |
13ae602a42e3cdb7d645561d9a68bdb266e906bf | Striking images have revealed new insights into how the kidney develops from a group of cells into a complex organ. In a time-lapse video, a mouse kidney is seen developing, with cells growing out like the branches of a tree. It is hoped the images will help scientists to understand the early stages of development in m... | University of Edinburgh scientists took time-lapse kidney growth images .
They reveal structures called nephrons branching out like a tree .
These are instructed to do so by a key protein called beta-catenin .
By altering the protein activity, the researchers found that they could instruct the kidney to grow slightly d... |
13aea944206de647f95ef335966da646a422e111 | (CNN) -- Japanese authorities are expected to announce Friday that a "cold shutdown" has been achieved at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. That would mean the plant's crippled reactors have stayed at temperatures below the boiling point for some time. The announcement is a symbolic milestone. But experts say ... | The announcement means temperatures have stayed below the boiling point .
Experts say significant work -- with significant risks -- remains to be done .
Kyodo News: Scrapping crippled reactors could take 40 years .
80,000 people who lived near the nuclear plant remain displaced . |
13af1bad242b2f290b9218b24792511a3f7b22d0 | Kubrat Pulev has accused world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko of feigning injury to avoid taking on the Bulgarian challenger in an IBF title bout in Hamburg next month. Klitschko postponed the fight, scheduled for Sept. 6, last week, saying he had torn bicep muscles during training in Austria. Earlier this wee... | World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko postponed the fight due to an apparent torn bicep muscle in training .
Challenger Kubrat Pulev has accused Klitschko of having a 'fake injury'
The fight was due to be held on September 6 in Hamburg but will now take place on November 15 at the same venue . |
13af8a3b8f4518d92cf1ef12c89dcdfa7f6c752f | A 19-year-old Maryland woman who survived being shot by an ex-boyfriend has broken her silence with an emotional Facebook post just two weeks after the attack. Kristen Loetz first thanks both those who've helped her in her speedy recovery and CJ Abbott, the 19-year-old who died while protecting her from her attacker. L... | 'Thanks for being my hero': Kristen Loetz, 19, wrote her thanks to the friend who helped save her .
Ryan Shallue entered her home near Salisbury University in Maryland and shot and killed her new friend Charles 'CJ' Abbott then himself . |
13afdc1623d63c4355b8e021d73ffffa3c10981a | Notorious 'serial stowaway' Marilyn Jean Hartman has struck again. The 63-year-old California resident was arrested Monday in Jacksonville, Florida, after she allegedly snuck onto a flight from Minneapolis Sunday by using someone else's identity. Once in Jacksonville, the woman allegedly used a fake name, Maria Sandgre... | Marilyn Jean Hartman, 63, arrested in Jacksonville, Florida, on charges of fraud and trespassing .
Police say she snuck onto flight from Minneapolis by using someone else's name .
She then checked into Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort using a false name, but had to flee when the guest returned .
In August 2014, she... |
13b0a303ee2ca2e7324f490c1e4e0bdc3b278f0b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 03:28 EST, 20 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:28 EST, 20 June 2013 . Casey Anthony could be at risk of 'disappearing' if the defamation cases against her continue, according to her lawyers. The 27-year-old from Florida has been accused of slandering two people by implicating them i... | Anthony is being sued for defamation but cases have been on hold .
Lawyer says she will face death threats and could 'simply disapper' |
13b0cd071cf54d55c8a696d18f62016cde844830 | American football fans were ecstatic when the 2014 NFL season kicked off last week but few expressed their joy more perfectly than George the dog. When shown a recording of the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers in 2014 season opener, George couldn't contain his excitement - as he well shouldn't given his four-legg... | George the dog jumps up and down whenever the NFL is on TV .
The video shows the pooch jumping as Green Bay play Seattle .
The NFL season returned with the Packers vs Seahawks on September 5 . |
13b22389c48c4f0d43400820e9343827df1ff809 | By . Alasdair Glennie Tv Correspondent . Chris Evans is oficially the king of breakfast radio after attracting a record-breaking 9.83million weekly listeners (pictured with son Noah) He spent years in the showbusiness wilderness after his first stint at the BBC ended in disaster. But Chris Evans, 48, is now the king of... | Chris Evans attracts 1.7million more listeners a week than Terry Wogan did .
As Evans added 10,000 listeners in a quarter, Nick Grimshaw lost 400,000 .
However BBC Radio 1 presenter Grimshaw added 130,000 under-24s . |
13b2e785136113db462c48f1af68912230e62b4a | BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Tuesday blamed supporters of the Dalai Lama for recent violence in Tibet, and said Chinese forces exercised restraint in confronting unrest there. "There is ample fact and we also have plenty of evidence proving that this incident was organized, premeditated, master... | NEW: Chinese Premier says China's response to the protests was restrained .
NEW: Premier called Dalai Lama's claim of "cultural genocide" of his people lies .
Streets of Lhasa quiet but heavy security, witnesses say .
U.S. urges Chinese restraint; talks with Dalai Lama . |
13b2fec466834fd68c3dddd4cf2ab1a12a927e10 | Reuters is a global information company providing material tailored for professionals in the financial services, media and corporate markets. Its information is trusted and drives decision making across the globe. In October 1851 Paul Julius Reuter, a German-born immigrant, opened an office in the City of London which ... | Reuters was founded in 1851 by Julius Reuter, transmitting market quotations .
The company was first in Europe with news of President Lincoln's assassination .
Today Reuters has 196 bureaux serving approximately 131 countries. |
13b36e3d70f4e17498a7e576379d79f909275d5b | By . Harriet Arkell . PUBLISHED: . 12:34 EST, 22 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:34 EST, 22 January 2014 . James Edward Maxwell, 41, has been jailed after admitting 17 counts of fraud - he promised clients meetings with celebrities and luxury holidays . A conman who lured people into handing over tens of thousands of ... | James Edward Maxwell, 41, from Sittingbourne, promised bogus meetings .
He boasted of celebrity connections and offered five-star luxury holidays .
Maxwell persuaded friends to loan him money which he never repaid .
He spent money gambling and on expensive holidays for his own family .
Clients grew suspicious when the ... |
13b377edc2df2d1ba5bbdcea4fa8dc3b4ba1c6e9 | New York (CNN) -- Robbie Wilde thumbs through his iPhone as the sounds of voices and clinking glasses bounce all around him. His eyes never leave the phone's screen. During New York Fashion Week, Wilde, 27, passes the time with friends and management at an exclusive party in Hell's Kitchen before taking over the turnta... | Robbie Wilde lost his hearing due to ear infections as a child .
He refused to go to a special school, learning to read lips instead .
A friend's brother introduced him to the turntables .
Wilde has performed at the Sundance Film Festival and other events . |
13b3a95eccc169b738e74921518c14322d0b62d2 | A marketing manager who was too heartbroken to leave her dog at home every day has quit her high flying career of 20 years to open up a café for dogs. Lisa Owen-Jones, 44, from Stoke Newington, north London, was so distraught at leaving her Wire Fox Terrier, Florence, at home that she decided to do something about it. ... | Lisa Owen-Jones from Stoke Newington, was distraught at leaving her pet .
BBC Concert Orchestra marketing manager, left Florence at home all day .
Decided to quite and open Scooby's Boutique Coffee Bar in Muswell Hill .
Serves flap Jack Russels, dog-gestives and puppaccinos . |
13b3d47141986a25381e2976107b92a800d3112b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 15:35 EST, 27 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 17:37 EST, 27 February 2014 . A 30-year-old man who allegedly laced his pregnant girlfriend's pancakes with an abortion-inducing drug, killing the fetus, has been charged with first-degree murder. Scott Robert Bollig, from Wakeeney, Ka... | Scott Bollig, from Wakeeney, Kansas, 'crushed up an anti-abortion drug and served it to his girlfriend who was eight to ten weeks pregnant'
Naomi Abbott, 36, miscarried the child and suffered 'great bodily harm'
Bollig has now been charged with first-degree murder . |
13b405c65bfb4b0a57dc1bea181e52c6a32b6f6b | By . Bianca London . Made In Chelsea was back with a bang on Sunday night as TV's favourite toffs landed in New York for a stateside spin-off. Familiar faces such as loveable pug Spencer Matthews and pint-sized Louise Thompson returned to our screens - but there were also some newcomers to the show, including Binky's b... | Anna-Louise, 35, joins cast in New York this season .
Says whole family are relieved Binky is back to herself after break-up .
Believes Cheska is a wonderful and supportive friend .
Is a New-York based artist who loves painting at motorsport events . |
13b4454680a760e18901debbf45a9a5864bb12bb | (CNN) -- French scientist Francoise Barre-Sinoussi almost didn't get the chance to make one of the greatest medical discoveries of the 20th century. She shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with her colleague Luc Montagnier for identifying HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, a plague that has killed about... | Francoise Barre-Sinoussi co-discovered HIV, the virus that causes AIDS .
Barre-Sinoussi shared the Nobel Prize for her work in 2008 .
A male colleague once told her that women in science "never do anything" |
13b44fdaa796035c9495ae9abe511485c2b64bfd | By . Ashley Collman . PUBLISHED: . 10:07 EST, 1 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:36 EST, 1 August 2013 . Police in Bossier City, Louisiana are searching for the heartless thief who stole $200 dollars from a woman who had just been injured in a car accident. On Monday, Shannon Slocum was on her way to pay her rent when s... | Waitress Shannon Slocum was on her way to pay rent when she hit an SUV and flipped her car .
A passerby saw Slocum's money scattered on the street and grabbed about $100 without helping the injured woman .
Slocum was taken to the hospital and treated for a broken nose, fractured ribs,cuts and bruises . |
13b5d9c8f2e36c275d53e5270593b364138d9d37 | Luis Suarez appearing to bite Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during the World Cup shocked the football community and will certainly live long in the memory. Now, just a few months on, some fans have amusingly recreated the infamous incident using the new FIFA 15 game. In pictures posted to Twitter, fans have claimed ... | Images from the Fifa 15 video game appear to show the Uruguayan striker biting other football players .
Suarez was infamously banned for four months during the World Cup for seeming to bite Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini .
Fans have taken to Twitter mocking the striker with images from the game .
It is not really a... |
13b689c89da5c48e63e1dcae091f33979679d339 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:56 EST, 24 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:58 EST, 25 May 2013 . Jailed: Former traffic warden Robert Ives issued bogus parking tickets to former colleagues . A corrupt traffic warden who issued nine bogus tickets against a former colleague during a ‘campaign of bullying’ has tod... | Robert Ives, 59, dished out dodgy tickets to ex-colleague Kevin Phillips .
He also forged his signature on one handed to an innocent pensioner .
Jury convicted him of misconduct in a judicial or public office . |
13b6d127f2b4424c9ea6a90b4e149071e0926515 | (CNN) -- The United States and Afghanistan have reached a deal on the final language of a bilateral security agreement, guiding the role of American troops in that south Asian nation for years to come, America's top diplomat said Wednesday. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the accord was reached during conversat... | NEW: John Kerry says "it's up to the people of Afghanistan" to approve the agreement .
If they do, the deal would extend from 2015 through 2024 "and beyond"
It says U.S. "forces shall not conduct combat operations in Afghanistan" |
13b77262a366cda65873a76cdd6a2946429b4456 | (Travel + Leisure) -- Gunny, a devoted Peninsula Beverly Hills guest, often visits the posh hotel, and the staff joyously greets him as he strides along the lobby's marble floor. Retiring to his room, Gunny finds a specially monogrammed towel beside his bed and sits down to a grilled New York sirloin and scrambled eggs... | Some luxury properties go to extremes to pamper pets .
Pet-friendly hotels now offer amenities from massages to gourmet food .
Four-legged guests at The Ritz-Carlton New York can enjoy a "Pampered Pooch" package . |
13b8ced1ebb8a227b3d3f18239855ab768562b11 | Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- Sister Maria Gomez is an 87-year-old Catholic nun. This month, she appeared in a Spanish court escorted by police. She is accused of snatching an infant from her birth mother and putting the child up for an illegal adoption in 1982. Sister Maria Gomez flatly refused to testify and was jeered as s... | A nun appears in court on an illegal baby adoption charge that could be the tip of an iceberg .
At least 2,000 official cases have been filed with Spanish prosecutors .
So far, it seems the cases were individuals making money, not a coordinated network .
One man whose father told him they had bought him said: "We were ... |
13b906627d384e13b6ddeef6dd0bfabc8aee8dcd | By . Ashley Collman . PUBLISHED: . 19:12 EST, 4 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 06:31 EST, 5 January 2014 . From the end of Prohibition through the 1960s, New York's Stork Club was the epicenter of celebrity society. The night club in Midtown was founded by ex-bootlegger Sherman Billingsley, who kept his famous customers... | The Stork Club was an upscale Manhattan club located in Midtown from the end of Prohibition to 1965 .
In its heydey, the club owned by ex-bootlegger Sherman Billingsley attracted clients like Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly and Ernest Hemingway .
Billingsley created a secret hand signal to communicate with wait staff at his ... |
13ba5b5cd4a7453fe34cac8a6eb70ddfb9150e39 | By . Rob Waugh . Last updated at 2:25 PM on 30th December 2011 . The 'Great Firewall of China': The Chinese government has announced it is to work with search engines to protect Chinese citizens. China is the origin of many cyber attacks including several high-profile hacks of foreign government officials . The Chinese... | Will work with 10 search engines to tighten security for China's 485 million web users .
Many cyber attacks originate in China .
Several high-profile attacks on foreign officials . |
13ba860ab5b94789154d993ed39ff57f1c717fb3 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:18 EST, 21 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:47 EST, 21 December 2013 . Web investor Tim Draper has a grand vision to divide California into six new states, freeing Silicon Valley from the rest of the Golden State. The plan, which would need government approval, is to split th... | Tim Draper puts forward vision to create smaller states with better representation .
Dream may win support in Silicon Valley but it will need government approval . |
13bace3acc2ffa6e5b68e38c43f1c19b57c650d9 | (CNN) -- Nearly 4,500 American soldiers lost and 32,000 wounded. A trillion dollars of borrowed money to remove Saddam Hussein and create an Iraq that would not only be safe from possessing weapons of mass destruction but also friendly toward the United States. These are the United States' heavy sacrifices in blood and... | Ed Husain: U.S. spent vast blood and treasure on ousting Saddam Hussein, building Iraq ties .
He says when Nuri al-Maliki, Barack Obama met to formally end war, things were tense .
He says Iraq still wants U.S. help aid but avoids U.S. foreign policy aims, has ties to Iran .
Husain: If U.S. can't count on Iraq by now, ... |
13bb1053721e4f194556e0f4d44dc51aed50c7bd | (CNN) -- The U.S. Marine Corps on Friday identified the seven killed in a midair collision of two of its helicopters this week along the Arizona-California border. The Marines, who were preparing to deploy to Afghanistan, were killed Wednesday in a collision between an AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter and a UH-1Y Hu... | Six of the Marines killed belonged to a Camp Pendleton-based squadron, the Corps says .
One Marine was assigned to a Yuma-based squadron, the Corps says .
The cause of the accident remains under investigation, Marines says .
The Marines were preparing to deploy to Afghanistan, the Corps says . |
13bb8fc59d1e186ea0b45ab0e0c46edce362a52b | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 05:21 EST, 10 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:06 EST, 10 October 2013 . Construction workers who were put on a secret industry blacklist after they raised legitimate health and safety concerns will be compensated by companies who worked with the list's . More than 3,200 names, mainly o... | More than 3,200 names, mainly of building workers, were kept on the list, drawn up by a shadowy organisation called The Consulting Association .
Workers involved claimed they were denied work, often for merely raising legitimate concerns about health and safety on building sites .
Balfour Beatty, Carillion, Costain, Ki... |
13bd6e0f65c4361a74823290368c0a3128c5936e | (CNN Student News) -- November 25, 2013 . A preliminary agreement involving Iran's controversial nuclear program could signal the end of decades of diplomatic gridlock. On Monday, CNN Student News reports on the details of the deal and some vastly different reactions to it. We also discuss the potential impact of winte... | This page includes the show Transcript, the Daily Curriculum, and Maps .
Use the Transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary .
The Daily Curriculum offers the Media Literacy Question of the Day, Key Concepts, Fast Facts and Discussion Questions .
At the bottom of the page, please share your fe... |
13be5ec88e2670f4f9c71728f39f3dbe73847d41 | Stylish Samantha Cameron is known for her knack of dressing impeccably, whatever the occasion, and today the Prime Minister's wife chose a dramatic autumnal sari to take in London's colourful Diwali celebrations. Samantha, 42, chose a russet-coloured sari edged in gold for a visit to the Swaminarayan Mandir, the larges... | Swaminarayan Mandir is the largest traditional Hindu temple outside India .
Diwali is a five day festival of light celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains .
Prime Minister tweeted pictures of the couple to his 500,000 followers .
Samantha's husband stuck to a safe, navy suit and sensible tie . |
13c17f62c4ee8f7d7c574864542bcf74de11b25d | A 23-year-old Fairefield, Ohio resident was shot and killed on Saturday by a police officer called to regulate a fight between the 23-year-old and his father. Authorities say that the father and son scuffle started when Caleb Surface broke into his father Jeff Surface's house at the 2000 block of Spyglass Hill Court a ... | Caleb Surface broke into his father Jeff Surface's home where the two got into a fight and Jeff called the police .
When police arrived, Caleb ran from the house down the block where an officer fatally shot him dead .
Caleb's father believes his son was unarmed when he was shot .
Caleb was dead on the road for 8 hours ... |
13c2120556b0db25c9e2250b1605c670e3e75906 | The daughter of a Conservative politician who was murdered in the Brighton bombing 30 years ago has said she is friends with her father's killer. Sir Anthony Berry MP was one of five people who died when the IRA explosion ripped through the Grand Hotel on October 12, 1984. His daughter Jo now travels the world promotin... | Sir Anthony Berry MP was killed in the explosion on October 12, 1984 .
Patrick Magee received eight life sentences for the bombing in 1986 but was freed in 1999 after serving just 13 years .
Berry's daughter Jo, now 57, travels the world promoting peace with Magee .
She says: 'Forgiveness is such a difficult word. But ... |
13c27c104a0ab54c685b26d7ede4477be4ab0dd8 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:12 EST, 14 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:13 EST, 14 January 2013 . An 18-year-old boy discovered his mother bludgeoned to death at their home as his brother was charged with her murder, authorities said. The teenager, whose name has not been released, found Angela Lozano wi... | Justin Cody Collins facing murder charges in North Richland Hills, Texas . |
13c2a66c9998928909fc9f553fe99ca98af839c8 | By . Howard Fendrich . Marion Bartoli says she has no regrets about retiring shortly after winning Wimbledon a year ago. She also says she logs onto YouTube every couple of days to watch her last-point ace that ended the 2013 final at the All England Club. About six weeks after winning her only Grand Slam trophy, Barto... | Bartoli says she has no regrets following her retirement last year .
French star announced she was quitting six weeks after Wimbledon title .
It was her maiden Grand Slam crown in 47th attempt at victory .
Becomes the first woman since Steffi Graf in 1997 to not defend her crown . |
13c2cd1ad338bfb28c6a243e497d3ed2494ae44c | It’s not often that Tehran is considered a more popular tourist destination that Rome. But that’s the verdict according to Facebook users. The Iranian capital came in 32nd place in a list of 50 of the world’s top cities. By contrast, Rome came in 35th place. New York City is the most popular city in the world according... | List published of the world's top 50 cities according to Facebook 'likes'
Facebook's New York City page has more than 15 million likes .
London was ranked in third position with 8, 546, 175 likes .
Top ten has four North American cities and four European cities . |
13c3e78f203f5976762572400f38f3e2eafd1c69 | (CNN) -- South Korea's prime minister has offered to resign, his communications office said Monday, after failure to win parliamentary approval to stop relocation of government offices out of the capital, Seoul. Prime Minister Chung Un-chan verbally offered to resign, but President Lee Myung-bak did not accept his ... | South Korea's prime minister offers to resign .
President Lee Myung-bak declines to accept his offer .
President's Grand National Party has taken a beating in the polls . |
13c434a4a926505fec9b09bd7fe9e8546f4bbac0 | A Russian TV news presenter who said the country's behaviour in Ukraine was 'wrong' during a live broadcast is being sent to Crimea by the channel's bosses. Abby Martin, a presenter on the Russia today television channel - which is funded through the Kremlin - denounced Russian action live on air. She said she 'would n... | Russia Today news presenter Abby Martin said country was 'wrong'
Said: 'I will not sit here and apologize or defend military aggression'
Channel responded by saying they would send presenter to Crimea .
Said she should 'make up her own mind from epicentre of story'
Russia Today is funded through the Kremlin . |
13c489438d218d411dcfceaee225979df4c97c50 | By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 11:41 EST, 29 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:14 EST, 29 October 2013 . A health care assistant and her lesbian partner have been jailed for fleecing three quarters of a million pounds from a wealthy elderly recluse. Celia Brinkley, 45, was sentenced to seven years in prison after st... | Health care assistant Celia Brinkley, 45, and her partner nurse Kerry Davies, 40, were employed by Anthony Hornett as his carers .
But the pair began fleecing money from the vulnerable 80-year-old .
Brinkley stole more than £160,000 by forging cheques from Mr Hornett .
The pair also purchased luxury cars and designer h... |
13c640e0d9272486c48e01fa3ee623be492b6f18 | (CNN) -- Exploring Iceland's ancient landscape feels like stepping back in time. Breathtaking waterfalls, fjords, volcanoes, mountains and glaciers dot the map as landmarks on this seemingly small island. But adventuring across Iceland, you'll find that it is full of natural wonder and miles of undiscovered whimsy. "On... | Waterfalls, fjords, volcanoes, mountains and glaciers dot Iceland's landscape .
Don't be afraid to take a tour in order to make the most of your trip .
End your day with a lazy soak in Iceland's iconic Blue Lagoon . |
13c6ef48c6c1eb89f3613c04c861666d2c071ac8 | Republicans woke up Sunday to a wave of new polls that showed their Senate candidates surging ahead in key states -- including one in Iowa that looked particularly grim for Democrats -- giving the GOP a jolt of enthusiasm going into the 2014 campaign cycle's final hours. Two days from the midterm election, Washington's... | Polls from the Des Moines Register and NBC News had good news for Republicans .
GOP surrogates took to the Sunday shows to cheer their poll results .
Democrats say their ground game and campaigns will close the gap .
Both parties have their biggest names on the trail Sunday . |
13c71d244a01d58e4f01056f541d9130b2f773cb | He may have recently been named the richest man in America for the 18th consecutive year, but for Bill Gates a hamburger is still a hamburger. The Microsoft co-founder, and man with a $59billion wealth, told students during a talk at the University of Washington in Seattle, that beyond a certain point, it all tastes th... | While Facebook billionaire Sean Parker complains of a 'whole new set of problems' brought by wealth . |
13c862ead3d141f83ad91222695124609954c29d | The brother of Olympic wrestling champion Dave Schultz, who was shot dead in 1996 by multimillionaire John du Pont, has said it has taken him 18 years to come to terms with his brother’s senseless murder. Foxcatcher is a Hollywood film that tells the incredible true story of Mark Schultz and his brother’s strange relat... | Foxcatcher tells the story of Olympic wrestling champion Dave Schultz being shot dead by multimillionaire John du Pont in 1996 .
It is based on the newly-released memoir of Schultz's brother Mark who was also a gold medalist in the sport and also knew du Pont .
Mark Schultz, played in the film by Channing Tatum, says t... |
13c90c351d903f743cbb457ff809f531121235b0 | Green spender: People spend £30,000 a year on their garden, a third of which goes on planets . Homeowners spend £30,000 on their garden over a lifetime, a study has found. Researchers found the typical green-fingered adult will spend a third of the amount on plants alone. The rest of cost includes keeping the lawn, flo... | A third of the expense is spent on plants alone, researchers found .
Second priority is hard landscaping, homeowners change patio six times .
Green-fingered adults also spend £3,500 on spades, rakes and shears . |
13c91293d6e39d36b74933fb8ff53c2c646331e4 | (CNN) -- He is the player whose heart stopped beating for 78 minutes and who subsequently retired at the age of 24. Now the welfare of footballers is top of Fabrice Muamba's agenda and he has urged FIFA to put the wellbeing of players at the center of any decision on the scheduling of the Qatar 2022 World Cup. FIFA pre... | Fabrice Muamba wants FIFA to put player welfare at the center of Qatar 2022 decision .
Muamba retired after suffering on-field cardiac arrest in March 2012 .
The former England Under-21 midfielder's heart stopped for 78 minutes .
No decision on the scheduling of Qatar 2022 will be made until after 2014 World Cup . |
13caf3d019ebff6869916f1822c179a2c93c06a2 | The scope and legality of the government's warrantless electronic surveillance programs was discussed Tuesday as a federal appeals court reviewed a lower U.S. court's injunction that would block collection of data from two plaintiffs who are suing . Activist Larry Klayman, an attorney who heads the group "Freedom Watch... | Justice Department says safeguards ensure compliance with the law .
Case descended from revelations by whistleblower Edward Snowden .
One plaintiff has also sued the government for handling of the Ebola crisis . |
13cb71901531cdd2c929667ace7dfffdbde640b9 | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 13:39 EST, 30 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:41 EST, 30 April 2012 . A man accused of murdering a gay . supermarket worker embarked on a campaign against uncaught paedophiles . using 'military strategy' to track them down after overhearing convicted . prisoners planning new offences whil... | 'Cold-blooded killer' Christopher Hunnisett told court he used the internet and sources in prison to draw up a hit-list of men .
Court told there was not a 'shred of evidence' that victim Peter Bick, 57, was a paedophile .
Hunnisett bludgeoned lover Bick, who he met on the internet, to death with a hammer then walked i... |
13cc2bcf07513670c9784ad823f7919ce134ece8 | By . John Stevens . She is used to enjoying the luxury of multi-million-pound mansions set in vast grounds, with swimming pools, tennis courts and private driveways. But Anthea Turner has moved a rung or two down the property ladder and is now living in a rented terrace house, it can be revealed. The five-bedroom townh... | Miss Turner pays £6,000 a month for terraced house in South-West London .
It is a far cry from the grand properties in which she once lived .
She will have to use on-street parking and get used to having neighbours . |
13cc8373fe12e975cf90c83a41b59c3b969d9aec | George Osborne last night claimed a qualified victory over the European Union as he declared Britain will only have to pay half of its controversial £1.7billion budget surcharge. But the Chancellor faced an immediate backlash from critics who said he was taking credit for a discount that would always have been offered.... | George Osborne declares Britain will only pay half of EU budget demand .
Chancellor explained UK would only pay £850million instead of £1.7billion .
But critics say he is taking credit for a discount that would always be offered .
David Cameron had said Britain would not pay the bill by December deadline .
Shadow Chanc... |
13cccd0e46c4656474c271ceab42a0fff5a1f317 | Washington (CNN) -- The growing outcry over how the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell deal with incidents of domestic violence has reached the nation's highest office. Even President Barack Obama has seen the footage of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee. "The President was shocked by wha... | White House chief of staff: "The President was shocked" by punching video .
Lawmakers criticize the NFL and the league's commissioner .
"I'm waiting to see if there is a major cover-up," senator says . |
13cda7f6f22def10b36a48a0d689498baf59d518 | By . Mike Dawes . PUBLISHED: . 20:45 EST, 20 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 05:09 EST, 21 January 2014 . Richard Sherman didn't go into details about what happened, but somewhere during the offseason he felt slighted by San Francisco wide receiver Michael Crabtree. It made his final play of Sunday's NFC championship gam... | After Seattle beat the 49ers 23-17 in the NFC Championship game, Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman lambasted receiver Michael Crabtree .
'Don't you open your mouth about the best or I'm gonna shut it for you real quick!', he warned Crabtree .
Fox's Erin Andrews looked stunned and quickly handed back to the studio . |
13cefb708596e3c490339cffb0225f1836ebc1aa | By . Richard Shears . PUBLISHED: . 11:33 EST, 21 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:43 EST, 21 January 2013 . Four Dutchmen who spent a terrifying day trapped up a tree hiding from a crocodile finally rescued yesterday - luckily with only bites from mosquitoes and sand flies. The construction workers had been crab fishin... | They were crab fishing in Darwin, Northern Territory, when boat capsized .
The men couldn't overturn boat so swam to trees as crocodile approached .
They stayed all night, clinging to branches as crocodiles waited below .
Finally rescued after tide went out to retrieve beacon in upturned boat . |
13cf19409bb80fdf6c62da4c773a1d5b9e138bc9 | Roy Hodgson has given England Under 21 chief Gareth Southgate the pick of his senior squad for next summer’s Euro 2015 tournament in the Czech Republic. Senior internationals, including Jack Wilshere, Raheem Sterling, Calum Chambers, John Stones, Phil Jones, Luke Shaw, Ross Barkley, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Saido Be... | Calum Chambers, Luke Shaw, John Stones and Saido Berahino have all experienced Under 21 football under Gareth Southgate .
Jack Wilshere, Raheem Sterling, Phil Jones and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are all eligible for the Under 21 tournament .
England play the Republic of Ireland in Dublin on June 7 .
Roy Hodgson's side th... |
13cfb91a32be738b6d91c9ffcdfcc93158122659 | (CNN) -- A man suspected in the deaths of three people in Panama is now wanted in the slaying of an American woman whose body was found last week, Panama's national police said Saturday. The body of Cher Hughes, a native of suburban St. Louis, Missouri, was found Tuesday on the property of William Adolfo Cortez Reese, ... | The body of an American woman is found in a shallow grave in Panama .
The suspect is wanted in three other slayings .
Police say the motive is to kill people for their property . |
13d08744c0191531223364dc1ba943000dae544a | Supermarket giant Coles has again been caught out misleading customers over the freshness of its groceries. In commercials, aired in August and September, celebrity chef Curtis Stone makes reference to Tasmanian grown apples being fresh at Coles right now and suggests that you 'feed your family better, fresher, with sp... | Supermarket giant caught misleading customers over 'freshness' of apples .
Complaint lodged following commercials that aired with chef Curtis Stone .
The Advertising Standards Board deemed Coles had breaches the food act .
In response, Coles said it would not air the advertisement again . |
13d1d2e1c17754534277039fbd9aaae5e05d6059 | Victim: Model Derryn Gaiger, 18, was beaten and mugged by Lauren Simpson, 19, for a cigarette . A young model was mugged for her phone by a teenager who told her 'I'm going to gouge your eyes out' after demanding a cigarette. Derryn Gaiger, 18, was beaten by Lauren Simpson, 19, from Barry, South Wales, who has been jai... | Derryn Gaiger, 18, was beaten by Lauren Simpson, 19, in South Wales .
Model and actress has lost work because of the severe injuries she suffered .
'Very violent' Simpson wept in court when she was told she would be jailed .
Mugger, who is eight months pregnant, will give birth to child in prison . |
13d38cac89a649458a9d8451e1ba61e254c36484 | A man who served time in prison for two cold blooded-murders, and who judges recommended should never be released, has been declared a free man. Francis James Carter, 59, was released from the Southern Queensland Correctional Centre, west of Brisbane, on strict parole conditions on Wednesday,The Brisbane Times reports.... | Francis James Carter has been released from the Southern Queensland Correctional Centre on strict parole conditions .
The 59-year-old was first imprisoned for beating a man to death with a baseball bat for speaking to his girlfriend .
He received a second life sentence for stabbing a fellow inmate to death in his cell ... |
13d3db80d0f00806e251c90ae8dc685e523fef9b | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- North Korea has positioned what is thought to be a long-range missile on its launch pad, a U.S. counter-proliferation official said on Wednesday. A North Korean soldier stands guard in the border village of Panmunjom on December 1, 2004 in South Korea. The official confirmed a Japanese media report.... | NEW: U.S. Secretary of State Clinton says U.S. has no plans to shoot rocket down .
N. Korea positions what analyst is believes is long-range missile for launch .
Taepodong 2 rocket could launch either a warhead or a satellite .
North Koreans have said they intend to launch a communications satellite . |
13d40ef86400aa54fb142f44f52e430b6d423ffc | By . Graham Smith . PUBLISHED: . 07:37 EST, 9 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:49 EST, 10 October 2012 . Victim: Michael Saxby, 83, said he was screaming for help as a man and woman trapped him against his car in a supermarket car park and then made away with his life savings . An elderly war veteran today accused shop... | Man and woman trapped Michael Saxby, who uses crutches, against his car .
Robbery took place at 11.30am outside Tesco in Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire .
It is thought Mr Saxby's attackers had earlier filmed him entering his PIN . |
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