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13d426ec6ff22441595bdf4c8f5a72607d76d1b4 | Detectives working to find missing Madeleine McCann have given their counterparts in Portugal a new list of potential suspects and have urged them to investigate them . More than 20 new suspects in the Madeleine McCann investigation have been identified by British police. A Scotland Yard review of the bungled Portugu... | Met police have named 'a good number' of potential suspects to speak to .
DCS Hamish Campbell says his officers have done 'fantastic' case review .
He urged his Portuguese counterparts to investigate their fresh leads .
Kate and Gerry McCann are 'very, very pleased' about the new list of names .
Madeleine went missing ... |
13d49930f334e45637a501b42df9becb3ab553c7 | Leading liberal Senator Bernie Sanders has admitted he is considering running for U.S. president in 2016 in a move that could complicate Hilary Clinton's long-expected run at the White House. Mr Sanders, an independent from Vermont, could pose a challenge from the left to Clinton - widely seen as the front-runner for t... | Sanders could pose a challenge from the left to Clinton's White House run .
Liberal Senator currently stands as an independent in the state of Vermont .
But says he is considering whether to compete for Democratic nomination .
Sanders plans to travel to key battleground state of Iowa in the coming weeks to test appetit... |
13d4a6af802e1a34d6cc68de16306f681c69799d | By . Leon Watson . It's the news they've been waiting for... Next time you hear a child complaining that their science and maths homework is a waste of time, they might have a point. That's the conclusion of research carried on schoolchildren to find out what difference extra study at home makes. Waste of time? A study... | University of .
Virginia looked at data for tenth grade students across U.S.
Findings show homework assignments didn't translate into better grades .
Authors suggest more research on form and function of assignments . |
13d4f8beab379a5de3c7f4371fc6097a6a90738c | The rivalry between TV channels Sky Sports and BT Sport looks set to hot up after details of the £5bn split of Premier League rights were revealed. Sky seemed to get the better of the deal, securing five out of seven packages, including a new Friday night slot. But with BT Sport securing rights for the Champions League... | Sky Sports will acquire 126 Premier League games from 2016 .
BT Sport's Champions League and Europa League deal starts next season .
£5.136bn Premier League deal means each game will cost £10.2m .
Total figure is a rise of more than 70 per cent on the 2013-16 price .
Sky Sports' leading pundits include Jamie Carragher ... |
13d71480b559289b476528f1cdd2a75b9f787f04 | For the third time in less than 24 hours, F-16 fighter jets were scrambled Thursday to escort a hapless pilot out of a restricted area in place for President Obama's visit to Los Angeles. Fighter jets intercepted a single-engine Cherokee Piper around 9:30 a.m. (12:30 p.m. ET) minutes after intercepting a Cessna for the... | The area off limits to general aviation is called a "temporary flight restriction" or TFR .
Pilots violating TFRs face possible suspension or loss of their pilot's license .
The FAA keeps a list of restricted airspace on its website . |
13d86a08e734f6306ad43a83f040811aeff7b493 | A Florida waitress who went the extra mile after a customer left behind $1,000 in cash has been rewarded for her honesty, even though she returned the money to the wrong guy. Pregnant Samantha Knight, of Punta Gorda, found the stash of $100 dollar bills on the seat at one of her tables during her Tuesday night shift at... | Pregnant waitress Samantha Knight found a wad of $100 dollars bills left behind at a table Tuesday night .
She ran to the front of the restaurant to return the money to the customer she thought had left it but handed it to the wrong man .
The mystery man took the money but later returned it and gave her another $100 ti... |
13d96e83a211243b94a69675ec8c632cdc8f5692 | (CNN Student News) -- April 16, 2014 . A city pays tribute to the men and women who embody the phrase "Boston Strong" on the first anniversary of the Boston Marathon terrorist bombings. Dr. Sanjay Gupta shows us how scientists testing for Ebola have to protect themselves against the deadly virus. And a week-long event ... | This page includes the show Transcript and the Daily Curriculum .
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 feedback ... |
13d9f680692bbc93eb2e062011ef165f98ae484c | By . Mark Duell . This sprawling mansion with 19 bedrooms has become the latest 'mega mansion' to hit the London property market - for a staggering £45million. Number 7 Balfour Place was built in 1891 as an Arts & Craft-style mansion but just over 20 years ago it was converted into six apartments. But the building, in ... | Number 7 Balfour Place was built in 1891 as an Arts & Craft-style mansion but converted into six apartments in 1991 .
13,000 sq ft home was designed by Eustace Balfour and has five-storey brick façade with large entertaining rooms .
As six apartments, building has 19 bedrooms, seven reception rooms, six kitchens, 17 ba... |
13da8fb09390ac611493f43d6494acee0a5f31f3 | A cancer patient has been told the 'wonder drug' that doctors claim extended his life is too expensive for the NHS to fund. Kevin Hughes, of Canvey, Essex, took part in clinical trials of Abiraterone to treat his prostate cancer. But the 58-year-old has been left devastated by a decision this week by the National Insti... | Kevin Hughes told Aberiterone prostate drug is too costly for NHS to fund .
58-year-old says the treatment, taken in pre-chemo trial, extended his life .
Drug is given to men after chemo when they are running out of options .
Thousands of people could benefit from taking pill earlier, doctors claim .
But rationing watc... |
13dc088e82d3b89abae216578caf263d1cf2f83a | A luxury hotel with spectacular water and mountain views has been named the best boutique hotel in the world. The Saffire Freycinet in Tasmania was established in 2010 and has already won an accolade of design and architecture awards because of its location within the Freycinet National Park. The family run hotel, whic... | This family run hotel was established in 2010 in Freycinet National Park and it overlooks Great Oyster Bay .
Guests can go out onto the water in the hotel's very own private vessel onto the Freycinet Peninsula .
Other activities for guests staying at the Tasmanian getaway resort include bush walking trails and quad bi... |
13dc636cffbb013dcb1074d43908af08900bc8f0 | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 15:57 EST, 28 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:24 EST, 29 July 2013 . The Wolverine slashed monsters and minions to debut on top of the weekend box office. The Fox film featuring Hugh Jackman's sixth turn as the claw-wielding superhero opened with $55 million in North America, accordin... | The Wolverine topped the weekend box office with a $55 million haul .
The Conjuring was pushed into second place, pulling in $22.1 million .
Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine didn't make it into the top 10, but surprisingly earned more than $600,000 . |
13dcb73b4123d0c0e79f760e5ca7cb5d796df57d | (CNN) -- Syrian security forces flooded the restive cities of Daraa and Latakia on Monday, patrolling the streets, protecting government buildings and in at least one case clashing with protesters, according to witnesses. Both cities have been the scene of violent clashes between protesters and security forces in recen... | NEW: Witness: Syrian security forces move to disperse protesters in Daraa .
NEW: Mysterious black-shirted men terrorize residents in Latakia, witness says .
Daraa is extremely tense, according to a witness .
U.N.: At least 37 people have died in clashes between protesters and security forces . |
13dcef2528dc3f403703e43037592c8a79be1fae | BARCELONA, Spain -- Barcelona's Argentina striker Lionel Messi will be out of action for six weeks after tearing a muscle in his left leg during Tuesday night's 1-0 Champions League victory over Celtic. Messi is helped off the pitch after injuring his left thigh during Tuesday's 1-0 victory over Celtic. The Catalan clu... | Barcelona striker Lionel Messi is ruled out for six weeks with a thigh injury .
The Argentine sustained the injury in Tuesday night's 1-0 victory over Celtic .
It is third time in the last three years that Messi has suffered the same injury . |
13dd8a57e8ba0d5d419b0d2d6f0ec1e987807442 | (EW.com) -- "The Artist" and "Hugo" continued their domination of the early awards season, each racking up 11 Critics' Choice nominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, perhaps the only critics group that presages the Academy Award nominations with any accuracy. "Drive" and "The Help" each scored eight no... | Amongst the surprises in the acting categories: "Drive's" Ryan Gosling over "Tinker Tailor's" Gary Oldman .
"Drive" and "The Help" each scored eight nods .
"The Descendants" and "War Horse" received seven . |
13df0950ae828be40b1cb0192479dd2199ea96ad | By . Darren Boyle . A Commonwealth Games weightlifter is due to go on trial this week accused of sexual assault. Papua New Guinea competitor Toua Udia was arrested following a report of an incident at a Tesco supermarket near the Athletes’ Village in Glasgow. Udia, 22, competed at the Clyde Auditorium at the weekend fo... | Toua Udia is accused of sexual assault following an incident in Tesco .
He will face trial in Glasgow on Friday after pleading not guilty to the charge .
The weightlifter continued to participate in the games despite the claim . |
13df19c967605c55c9be401e33968586b89e35bb | Pierce Brosnan and wife Keely Shaye Smith have been married for 14 years. However, they haven't lost any of their passion for each other, as they were spotted on Thursday sharing a warm embrace on the beach in Hawaii. The duo own a property there, and frequently hop between the island and their home in Malibu, which ca... | The garage of Pierce's Malibu home caught fire on February 11 .
The blaze was put out in 30 minutes as the actor stood on the sidelines . |
13df1c9390636f2cf0bc8b12e3a158637aed471b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:14 EST, 21 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:28 EST, 21 August 2013 . Former Pope Benedict has said he resigned after 'God told me to' during what he called a 'mystical experience', a Catholic news agency reported. Benedict, whose formal title is now Pope Emeritus, announced his... | Benedict shocked world when he became first Pope to resign in 600 years .
He now lives in near total isolation in a convent in the Vatican gardens .
He is quoted as telling unnamed visitor: 'God told me to do it' |
13df49a1923dd79a1517b345bb18cc3af6ef7e95 | An Australian man has shocked onlookers by jumping off a boat and climbing on top of a dead whale carcass in open waters, despite sharks circling the body. On Saturday afternoon at approximately 1.30pm, Harrison Williams, from Mindarie, near Perth in Western Australia, swam to the body of the deceased humpback whale an... | The whale's carcass has been floating in the ocean off the coast of West Australia for several weeks .
Harrison Williams jumped off a boat and swam to the dead whale and climbed on top .
There were several tiger sharks and one white shark circling the carcass .
The Department of Fisheries have labelled the man's action... |
13e074165b731151e2388b15d0fd2adf397cd3c2 | Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court ruled for a Pennsylvania woman accused of violating laws tied to a chemical-weapons treaty when she attacked the other woman in a love triangle. The justices by a unanimous vote on Monday concluded the government overstepped its authority when prosecuting Carol Anne Bond, as part o... | Carol Anne Bond challenged her conviction on a federal chemical weapon charge .
She used poisons to try to get back at a woman who had an affair with her husband .
The case touches on the conflict between federal and state powers . |
13e0c7a486863c55d5a0b93c06c2667200766949 | Even by MIT standards, says Tom Leighton, Danny Lewin was special. "He was really exceptionally smart. MIT has a lot of really smart people, and Danny stood out even among that rarified environment," says Leighton, who was then one of Lewin's professors at the Massachusetts school's computer science laboratory. "He lik... | Danny Lewin was a math genius who co-founded Akamai Technologies .
Lewin's innovative algorithms allowed the Web to run faster, more efficiently .
Lewin may have been first person to die in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks .
He was likely stabbed to death on the first plane that struck the World Trade Center . |
13e139db5477a197e1ea0aca073aece138855678 | It started as a corner shop herbalist in Nottingham in 1849, and grew to become one of the most recognisable names on the British high street. Now Boots the chemist is the latest home-grown brand to be sold off to an American firm – in a deal worth nearly £6billion. US giant Walgreens already owns a 45 per cent stake i... | US chain Walgreens is set to buy the 55 per cent of Boots is doesn't yet own .
Italian tycoon Stefano Pessina, Boots chairman, set to make abound £1.5bn .
Boots’ HQ will stay in Nottingham, where business was founded in 1849 . |
13e2b1e257aca7d325aa9f33cbadb62cf01607fe | Taylor Lianne Chandler has revealed that swimmer Michael Phelps pursued her on Tinder – but that they are no longer an item. Chandler, 41, claims to have had a romance with the US athlete, 12 years her junior, before he went into rehab in September and that they became involved after he approached her on the dating app... | Taylor Lianne Chandler claims to have dated US swimmer Michael Phelps .
She was born an 'intersex' - with male genitalia but no testicles, and a uterus but no ovaries .
She began taking testosterone blockers as a teenager and had corrective surgery in her early twenties to get rid of her male genitalia .
Chandler claim... |
13e3253e02b1868fb720dc41ce0e8a28f1cad413 | A banned nerve gas has been used to wipe out masses of people 'several times' during the Syrian civil war, the French government confirmed today. Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the presence of Sarin was detected by researchers in Paris. France, which is pushing to arm rebels fighting President Bashar Al-Assad's a... | Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the presence of Sarin was detected .
Photographs have already been produced of victims, including children .
France is pushing to arm rebels fighting President Al-Assad's army .
Comes after UN report said there are 'reasonable grounds' to believe toxic chemicals have been used . |
13e34bb4d7ee6cbc6b23b822b7e4151aafef7eb1 | After a week of misery, the end is finally in sight for passengers aboard the nightmare Carnival cruise ship as the vessel makes the last leg of its journey in to port today. The ship's 3,143 passengers and 1,086 crew members have been stuck on the Carnival Cruise Lines’ 'Triumph' in the Gulf of Mexico since Sunday aft... | Some 4,200 people have been stranded on a Carnival cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico after an engine fire broke out on Sunday .
Passengers left sleeping on the decks because of no air conditioning .
The toilets wouldn't flush and passengers faced four-hour queues for food .
Vessel is being towed and is expected to dock... |
13e5305cc2f2e2c6033a42e3c29f4a82b3acf60a | Police are using a database of up to 18million mugshots to identify suspects despite no proper legal framework being in place. Forces across England and Wales have begun setting up the huge library of images without telling the Home Office or watchdogs. Many on the database would have been pictured on arrest but then n... | Forces in England and Wales have begun setting up huge library of images .
Many on database pictured on arrest but then not charged with any crime .
However pictures remain on file indefinitely which has concerned experts .
Police can search library for suspects using facial recognition technology . |
13e78015511049f3aeefe368fcd17660e9287ea9 | By . Emma Thomas . PUBLISHED: . 16:42 EST, 21 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:50 EST, 21 October 2013 . Police are searching for two teenage girls who went missing . from the same area on the same day in apparently unlinked disappearances. Concern is rising for the welfare of Shannon Bladen and . Jessica Brant, who ha... | Shannon Bladen and Jessica Brant went missing from Alway, South Wales .
Gwent Police not ruling out a link between the disappearances .
Both teenagers have not been seen since last Wednesday . |
13e89be392de3439f36f22db24778d197b2197d4 | By . Ruth Styles . PUBLISHED: . 04:08 EST, 12 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:28 EST, 12 November 2013 . Meeting someone new isn't always the easiest of tasks, so spare a thought for China's young women who face intense parental pressure to find the right man. As a result, women terrified of returning home without a ... | Rent-a-boyfriends can advertise their wares on Taobao.com .
Increasingly popular with women under parental pressure to marry .
Services include dinners and cinema visits. Hand-holding is free . |
13e8c06c1e2fd5dcfe93ff9fb084f7d2ae402cf2 | The kissing congressman has been dumped. Voters comprehensively rejected Republican candidate Vance McAllister's bid for re-election to the U.S. House of Represenatives on Tuesday - going against a tide of conservative wins across the country. The married father of five came to national prominence in April when he was ... | Vance McAllister's loss went against tide of Republican mid-term victories .
Known as 'kissing congressman' after amorous embrace caught on video .
Partner in the affair was wife of a friend of McAllister's since high school .
McAllister, married at the time, admitted 'personal mistakes' and ran again .
Failed to win e... |
13e8fdc3e3a613d102a90a89589060d9222a50ec | A French physician who treated Michael Schumacher for nearly six months after the Formula One champion struck his head in a ski accident says he is no longer in a coma and predicted a possible recovery within three years. Jean-Francois Payen, a doctor at the Grenoble hospital that treated Schumacher after his injury in... | Michael Schumacher is no longer in a coma, says French physician who treated him for nearly six months .
Schumacher was with his 14-year-old son in the French Alps when he fell, hitting the side of his head on a rock, cracking his helmet .
Schmacher could make recovery within three years .
'We hope, but we have to give... |
13e91c623854c2077374ab52f5e98684053a5c83 | By . Charlotte Griffiths . A poster advertising a satirical play about the Monarchy and, showing Prince Charles gagged, has been censored by London Underground because it fears it could cause offence. The advert for the critically acclaimed production of King Charles III features a punk-style portrait of the Prince wit... | Play poster featuring punk-style portrait of the Prince pixelated by TfL .
Advert for King Charles III blurred by company over fears it may offend .
Poster has already been displayed around London for three weeks . |
13e93ee4259fbaba2f88c8ece684f8935b169b56 | Adolf Hitler's grand plans for the 'supercapital' of the Third Reich, which he intended to rename Germania, are detailed in a new exhibition. Staged in a vast Nazi bunker, 'The Myth of Germania: Vision and Crimes' features the 'Hall of the People' which was to be twice the size of St Peter's Basilica in Rome with room ... | Myth of Germania: Vision and Crimes exhibition is held in a Berlin bunker .
It reveals Hitler's plans for Germania - the 'supercapital' of the Third Reich .
Hall of the People was set to be twice the size of St Peter's Basilica in Rome .
Hitler said city would be the biggest in the world and last for 1,000 years .
Arc... |
13e9d458b0e2c29661f8dadc342cab9266e5add3 | If you were feeling lucky pre-season, then you may have waltzed into your local bookmakers, seen Southampton priced at 6/1 to be relegated, and thought: 'Why not?' They'd just been stripped of Luke Shaw, Adam Lallana, Dejan Lovren, Calum Chambers and Rickie Lambert. Nicola Cortese, their chairman, had resigned. Their m... | QPR starred in The Four Year Plan documentary which recorded their rise in 2007 from the Championship to the Premier League .
This weekend marks four years since Southampton lost 2-0 against Tranmere Rovers in League One at Prenton Park .
Southampton are now knocking on the door of European trips to the Bernabeu, Nou C... |
13eac811c726ff1a23310a44fe40c43b3beae787 | There's now a confidential number to call if you're questioning your faith in a higher power. But instead of steering you back towards the flock, the volunteers behind the hotline hope to provide a sympathetic ear for your skepticism. CNN reports that Recovering from Religion, a secular group for those who have left or... | Recovering from Religion, a secular group for those who have left or are leaving their faith, launched a hotline Friday .
100 volunteers will take confidential, anonymous calls at 1-84-I-DOUBT-IT . |
13ebcc6e99bb9716f1be8f7391e368b94f806c59 | (CNN) -- Police on Friday arrested a second contractor employee in recent dry ice explosions at Los Angeles International Airport. Miguel Angel Iniguez, 41, was a supervisor for 28-year-old baggage handler Dicarlo Bennett, who pleaded not guilty Thursday to two counts of possession of a destructive device in a public p... | A second LAX contract workers is arrested in connection with recent blasts .
The first suspect pleaded not guilty to two counts of possession of a destructive device in a public place .
41-year-old Miguel Angel Iniguez, was the first suspect's supervisor .
No injuries were reported from the blasts . |
13ec6d03aac3f52359bf288296efff2eff1f4056 | By . Ashley Collman . You can only go so far on an American freeway before signs start popping up, advertising the nearest McDonald's, Taco Bell or KFC restaurant. But according to a new survey, Americans find the fare at the huge chains disgusting. The new study by Consumer Reports finds that Americans are eating more... | Consumer Reports surveyed more than 96,000 readers for the new study .
Readers asked to rank fast-food restaurants on a scale of 1 (least delicious) to 10 (most delicious thing I ever ate)
Results show that McDonald's, KFC and Taco Bell are some of the least popular restaurants in their respective categories . |
13ed274815b0b2372bc00176f974f24c9d713a1e | Comedian Bill Cosby, who has been dogged by accusations that he sexually assaulted more than a dozen women years ago, has canceled a Sunday evening performance in Boston, saying the heavy snow forecast for the area could make travel dangerous. Activists had planned to picket the evening performance at the Wilbur Theate... | Bill Cosby canceled a Sunday evening performance in Boston, saying the heavy snow forecast for the area could make travel dangerous .
Cosby has been dogged by accusations that he sexually assaulted more than a dozen women years ago .
Activists had planned to picket the evening performance at the Wilbur Theater, angry t... |
13eda2db5a5579cb60ae22065d174ae930f05b7f | (CNN) -- James Patterson may be the top-selling writer in the world; he might very well be the busiest, too. Patterson has three books near the top of the bestseller lists right now. His latest, "Guilty Wives," arrives in stores next week. With the help of his co-writers, Patterson is turning out about 10 books a year.... | James Patterson currently has three books on the best-seller lists .
Patterson turns out 10 books a year, with help from co-writers .
His latest, "Guilty Wives," arrives in stores next week . |
13edbd95256d2fa626b23d59a2d01bcd3ffebd63 | A couple who murdered a transvestite in order to claim his benefit money and left him to rot in a suitcase in their bathroom have been jailed for life for murder. Big Issue sellers Tracey Hurrell, 32, and David Hardman, 51, were told at Preston Crown Court they must serve a minimum of 23 years. Their victim Lionel Morl... | Drug addicts Tracy Hurrell, 32, and David Hardman, 51, kept Lionel Morl's decomposing body for several weeks .
Mr Morl's remains were only discovered after police noticed foul smells coming from Hardman's flat in Openshaw, Manchester .
The Big Issue seller initially tried to pass off the stench as coming from an absces... |
13ef2f0eb6ade1a7bc431340747c6e160dcf10d3 | Dan Davidson was nicknamed the 'fat one' during his party years when he would knock back a bottle of vodka in a weekend. The 26-year-old joiner would easily consume 6,000 calories in a day, while eating nothing but fast food and his weight shot up to 17st. He knew things had to change when he went on holiday to Majorca... | Dan Davidson was party boy who would drink bottle of vodka in a weekend .
The 26-year-old from Grimsby regularly consumed 6000 calories a day .
He felt pressured to lose the weight after being labelled 'The Fat One'
The joiner now has a body to rival that of David Beckham . |
13ef808681fcc073cf910ffdecf6886669f62bdc | By 2020, our day-to-day lives, relationships and even what to have for dinner could be controlled and run by digital versions of ourselves. According to futurist John Smart, within the next six years many of us could have so-called ‘digital twins’ that schedule our appointments and even have conversations with others o... | The claims were made by futurist and system theorist John Smart .
He believes we will have ‘digital twins’ within the next five years .
These twins could act like digital personal secretaries or agents .
They could also, one day, have human faces and hold conversations .
In addition, when people die, loved ones could c... |
13efaf627f3467c45d4aef3ed04c26ea7b099dff | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 11:22 EST, 27 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 11:25 EST, 27 January 2014 . A gym-obsessed father-of-two was found dead in his home just hours after he returned from a workout at the gym. Fitness fanatic Andy Hultum, 36 from Hull, complained of feeling exhausted in the weeks before his de... | Andy Hultum complained of feeling exhausted in weeks before death .
Died in his sleep, had been suffering with heart disease .
Andy, from Hull, said his two children and the gym were his life . |
13f086eb034064a74afd3600576b2f6f502c7e94 | By . Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 21:22 EST, 5 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:10 EST, 6 August 2013 . Civil War photographer Mathew Brady largely taught himself the finer points of the two pursuits that have linked his name to history: taking pictures and self-promotion. The son of Irish immigrant farmers ... | Matthew Brady was a self-taught photographer .
Through luck, and good timing, he carved a career out of Civil War picture taking .
A book featuring his work has recently been published . |
13f1e9a6475de60c5d5b321fc91f2f9a1bc6a657 | The massive wildfire still raging in the California wilderness may have been sparked by a illegal marijuana farm. During a press conference Friday, Todd McNeal, chief of Northern California's Twain Harte Fire Department, said that they now know that the fire was 'human caused' as there wasn't any lightening in the area... | Firefighter chief Todd McNeal said Friday that they 'highly suspect' the fire originated from an illicit marijuana grove .
The Rim Fire started August 17 in a remote area of Stanislaus National Forest, reachable only by air or a tough hike .
So far the fire has destroyed over 200 thousand acres of land and traces of sm... |
13f3b8280226b3827413da1d65a9f158155c2f18 | (CNN) -- Kenyan legislators voted to give themselves send-off bonuses of $110,000 each, despite the president's veto of their earlier attempt at another hefty payoff. Members of parliament approved the retirement package in a late-night vote this week, this time adding extra perks such as diplomatic passports, a state ... | They vote for a bonus of $110,000 each despite president's earlier veto .
Kenyan parliamentarians are among the highest paid on the continent .
An average Kenyan would have to work for 61 years to earn the bonus amount .
Protesters plan to take to the streets Wednesday to demand another presidential veto . |
13f401224bfda7adf2d09e098f4d1edc12a1e94c | (CNN) -- Undercover officers rescued a baby gorilla from suspected animal traffickers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a national park in the country announced Tuesday. This baby gorilla was rescued from a suspected trafficker in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The gorilla, thought to be about two years old, was ... | Undercover officers rescue a baby gorilla from suspected animal traffickers .
Congolese Wildlife Authority officers find gorilla hidden in bag .
Female gorilla was overheated and dehydrated after six hours in transit . |
13f41c74edb45d20106786407939fccf15996ea8 | By . Tamara Cohen . PUBLISHED: . 19:59 EST, 25 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:59 EST, 25 August 2013 . Minister for Welfare Reform Lord Freud said 'We are determined to catch anyone who commits benefit fraud' Fraud investigators have been deployed to clamp down on the £60million a year lost to benefit crimes committed... | Investigators have been deployed to clamp down on £60million a year lost .
Last year more than 2,000 cases of fraud committed abroad investigated .
Investigators will act on tip-offs from the public as well as intelligence .
Michael Higgs and Nancy Rutter, living in the Spanish seaside town of Malaga, who stole £39,000... |
13f650d09bd228e0ba5b9ba4e0cf79de6d6b1c43 | Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- On the surface, Seoul, the capital of economic powerhouse South Korea, is one of the most impressive cities in East Asia: Sprawling and prosperous, hi-tech and self confident. But eight times a year, the traffic comes to a halt and crowds disappear from the streets as an eerie wail resounds ... | Although no strangers to North Korean hostility, Seoul residents see this attack as different .
The sight of columns of smoke rising from an artillery strike sent a frisson of real fear .
It was the first such attack since the Korean War ended at midnight July 27, 1953 .
Seoul itself lies in range of massed, long-range... |
13f6ca4dff86ba384b77a98562ef2b4ac8011211 | Didier Drogba looked particularly surprised to see Chelsea striker Diego Costa back in training after the £32million signing's injury lay-off. The 36-year-old has been deputising for Costa, who spent one night in hospital after a virus hampered his recovery from hamstring and groin injuries, with Loic Remy also sidelin... | Diego Costa returns to Chelsea training after hamstring and groin injuries .
The striker spent a night in hospital after a virus hampered his recovery .
Chelsea welcome Queens Park Rangers to Stamford Bridge on Saturday .
Eden Hazard has said that his connection with Cesc Fabregas and Diego Costa took no longer than a ... |
13f86b382bd27287c2ed03c823d929a3155e9f18 | (CNN) -- In 1917, at age 24, Leo Foster went from being a musician to an instrument of war. The La Crosse, Wisconsin, native isn't in any textbook. His name didn't go down in history like MacArthur or Patton. But on Veterans Day, and every day, retired U.S. Navy Capt. Gary Foster remembers his grandfather. There are no... | As time passes, the stories of many World War I veterans have become lost .
Gary Foster shares the experience of his grandfather, a World War I bugler .
The American Legion and the War Letters Project allow these stories to be shared . |
13f9c361802369d5bfd985f4c99e216543433698 | (CNN) -- The simmering warfare and political instability in Iraq are probably far from over, and U.S. military involvement there could very well last years beyond the end of 2011 -- when all U.S. troops are scheduled to depart the war-torn nation, analysts who study Iraq say. Think-tank analysts who've written about wh... | Political stability is important for Iraq, analysts agree .
There are similarities between Iraq and South Korea .
U.S. troops could stay beyond end of 2011 . |
13fa36c7982b7f85b729c7493b786293c0c4c14f | A mourner got so drunk after a friend's funeral he woke up hundreds of miles away in Amsterdam and 'had no idea' how he got there. Inebriated Sainsbury's worker James O'Kane, from Orpington, south-east London, booked a 4am taxi to Gatwick Airport and bought a £232 ticket to the Dutch capital after a wake the night befo... | James O'Kane, 22, thought he was in Orpington until he woke at Schiphol .
'I remember waking up on the flight when .
the stewardess announced we had landed in Amsterdam. I had no idea how I .
got there,' he told MailOnline .
Sainsbury's worker's mother refused to pay for flight home because he 'had made his bed and had... |
13fb8c03e475f81728e8377886c426a8ad06349a | LONDON, England (CNN) -- In 1981, Dr Mohga Kamal-Yanni was preparing to leave Egypt for a clinical attachment in England when her father had a heart attack. He fell in the street, and was taken to a public hospital, where Dr Kamal-Yanni kept vigil at his bedside until he regained his strength. A doctor at a hospital in... | Oxfam: Lack of infrastructure is the greatest danger to health in poor countries .
WHO: 4.25 million more doctors and nurses needed worldwide .
Poor countries won't cope with SARS, avian flu .
Positive policy changes have seen number of children not in school fall by a third . |
13fbc908a2c9386b632339ff6c04557541899964 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 08:17 EST, 18 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:44 EST, 18 February 2013 . WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange believes election to the senate in his home country Australia will secure his escape from extradition to the United States. Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorian... | He believes election will secure safe passage from UK .
'UK and U.S. will want to avoid an international row'
Ecuador's president calls on Europe to settle his fate . |
13fc54287b0cb96a6485bbf94e0018a80a886a2c | By . Paul Revoir . PUBLISHED: . 12:50 EST, 2 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:33 EST, 2 May 2013 . A long-awaited report into bullying and harassment at the BBC, which was commissioned in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal, has revealed there were 37 formal complaints of sexual harassment over the past six years. No disc... | Report was commissioned in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal .
No disciplinary measures were taken and in some cases perpetrators were promoted .
Stars thought they did not have to adhere to the same rules as normal staff . |
13fca811eb70e3e7b95ce059a2137cfa688a73f4 | By . Jessica Jerreat . Binge drinking is becoming a deadly problem in the U.S. with New Mexico and Alaska topping the chart for the most alcohol-related deaths. A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that several mountain-region states have a higher than average number of deaths. Figu... | 88,000 Americans a year die from drink-related causes, health study finds .
Liver disease and car crashes top list of deaths linked to excessive alcohol . |
13fcf0bc4c345b13f73d590ffb0457b6cab5aa2d | By . Hugo Duncan . PUBLISHED: . 08:10 EST, 2 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:13 EST, 2 July 2012 . Worrying: A review of France's state finances - requested by President Francois Hollande - has revealed a massive £27billion shortfall in its economy, threatening the country's deficit goals . New French President Francois ... | President Francois Hollande now has task of explaining to voters that sweeping costs cuts will be .
inevitable - despite promising an end to austerity .
Government plans tax rises on the .
wealthy and on companies but unpopular .
welfare and civil service job cuts are likely next year .
Hollande's approval rating has s... |
13fe3d7410a407735b59a6a7c22c89f78bb55dfb | Iowa Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst canceled a meeting with the Des Moines Register editorial board Thursday, a move that the newspaper's publisher and president described as "rare." Ernst was scheduled to meet with the editorial board Thursday morning and skipped out in a "last minute" move Wednesday afternoon... | Iowa Senate candidate Jodi Ernst skips out on meeting with Des Moines Register .
The paper's publisher called the move "rare," but said it won't affect the paper's endorsement.
Ernst is in a neck-and-neck race with her opponent, Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley.
The Braley campaign pounced on Ernst's cancellation in a conf... |
13fe7021d740cf5630183c1487c12759fc5dbdd2 | Plano, Texas (CNN) -- Texas police are hunting for a man they believe broke into the homes of four former members of the same sorority, then sexually assaulted them. The alleged attacks took place over a span of months, and occurred in the Texas cities of Plano, Coppell and Corinth, according to police. No one has been... | 4 black women in their 50s and 60s were allegedly attacked while at home alone, police say .
They were all alumnae of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority .
The alleged attacker -- black and in his 30s or 40s -- knew personal info about his victims .
Authorities have not named anyone, though they've released a video of a pos... |
13ff27150e9295f5e772b1da609b7bc6adfac2d0 | Not so long ago the very presence of a father in the delivery room was virtually unheard of, with dads-to-be pacing maternity unit corridors while midwives patiently guided a woman through the most gruelling — and joyous — moment of her life. Times have moved on. Now fathers are expected to play an integral role. But s... | Williams sported his boy-band grin to soothe wife Ayda as she lay in agony .
Ayda played along earlier by twerking in the birthing suite .
The pair joked as Ayda showed off her Louboutins in the hospital .
‘Will it get on my gown?’ he quipped as she gave birth to their second child .
He danced obliviously as she went... |
1400bbe52c64d28f119f74c872516a29b42fa650 | By . Neil Sears and Chris Greenwood . PUBLISHED: . 12:26 EST, 8 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:53 EST, 15 March 2013 . Michael Buckley died in hospital after breaking a hip when he was struck with a shopping trolley . The victim of a ‘trolley rage attack’ in a Marks & Spencer store has died – meaning the suspect could ... | Michael Buckley, 60, was struck by a trolley before Christmas .
He was taken to hospital but police revealed today he has died .
Met homicide and serious crime officers are investigating . |
1401f556e033d9f10dbdf83e9b5bfcf6a84823d1 | Sergio Aguero has revealed that the first time he met three-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi he had no idea who he was. The Barcelona forward, who is considered by some to be the greatest player of all time, is now good friends with Aguero, and wasn't at all offended by the Manchester City star's ignorance. 'Yes th... | Manchester City's Sergio Aguero and Lionel Messi are good friends .
But Aguero revealed the first time they met he didn't know who Messi was .
Both featured in Argentina's 2-1 win against Croatia .
The Barcelona star scored a penalty in the clash . |
140325dc13434dff44e9aa663b46ba9fb7ca38bc | By . Jennifer Newton . Ukraine has refused to call a truce with pro-Russian rebels vowing to end their bloody insurgency with force unless they lay down their arms. Ukrainian forces have scored a string of surprise military successes since the weekend that forced most of the militias to retreat to the sprawling eastern... | Ukraine government refuses to call a truce with pro-Russian rebels .
Says it will only be possible if separatists 'completely lay down their arms'
Government forces have recaptured rebel-held city of Slavyansk .
Petro Poroshenko has ordered troops to blockade insurgents inside cities .
EU leaders have been pushing for ... |
14033d900fa90b4284557d78ebfa3feaf19e0a58 | Former New Zealand captain Chris Cairns appeared in court on Thursday charged with perjury linked to a libel action he brought in the UK in 2012. Cairns won £90,000 in damages after he sued Lalit Modi, founder of the Indian Premier League (IPL), over an accusation of match-fixing made on Twitter in January 2010. But th... | Chris Cairns appeared in court on Thursday charged with perjury .
Cairns won £90,000 in damages after he sued Lalit Modi over an accusation of match-fixing made on Twitter in January 2010 .
Cricketers from around the world are expected to give evidence in the case . |
14041d42fc0f003bddbc870446a724badd7c0582 | Women are now getting plastic surgery to look like their perfectly angled and flawlessly filtered Instagram selfies - in real life. While it's not uncommon for those seeking cosmetic procedures to request certain celebrities' features, the latest plastic surgery trend sees women using their own edited snapshots from t... | The American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery said this new selfie driven trend 'shows no sign of declining'
New York City-based plastic surgeon Dr Elie Levine said clients are bringing in filtered pictures of themselves and 'saying they want to look like that' |
1404e327ccbff9b506d0ddccbacc3cfe5ba29cef | By . Steph Cockroft for MailOnline . A mother has released harrowing footage which shows the moment her motorcyclist son was killed instantly in a 97mph crash. David Holmes, 38, was killed in June last year when a car turned into his path on the A47 in Honingham, Norfolk, where the speed limit is 60mph. The devastating... | WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT .
David Holmes, 38, died in the collision on the A47 in Honingham, Norfolk .
A camera attached to his helmet recorded moment he was hit by turning car .
Footage shows David shouting 'whoa' before being thrown to the ground .
His mother Brenda, 62, has released video as part of road safety campa... |
140542ad149336b11a24a53764df12cd42e030b5 | Santiago de Compostela, Spain (CNN) -- The driver of the train that derailed in northwestern Spain was charged Sunday with 79 counts of homicide by professional recklessness and an undetermined number of counts of causing injury by professional recklessness. At least 79 people died as a result of last week's crash. A c... | The train driver is charged with 79 counts of homicide by professional recklessness .
He faces an undetermined number of counts of causing injury .
A court grants him conditional release; the driver must report weekly .
At least 79 people died in the train crash near Santiago de Compostela in Galicia . |
1405a31fa3ddc589e72cbf2a9fbbd507c6d7c241 | By . Tom Kelly . Last updated at 11:39 AM on 5th October 2011 . Roman Abramovich believed it was his ‘moral obligation’ to hand fellow Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky £1.3billion to fund his lavish lifestyle, a court heard today. The Chelsea owner gave his former friend the cash because he felt it was part of the ‘co... | Abramovich is being sued for more than £3billion by fellow Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky . |
14070c2ab2740c07d60c8418bb5dcd613bd626bf | By . Stephen Wright . PUBLISHED: . 17:01 EST, 14 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:08 EST, 16 October 2013 . Twitter trolls posted vile messages about the parents of Madeleine McCann yesterday in the run up to the Crimewatch appeal on their missing daughter. Kate and Gerry McCann were subjected to appalling taunts as th... | The parents received a torrent of abuse on Twitter and on internet forums .
One troll tweeted a picture of the McCanns as the Moors murderers .
Police say they are monitoring internet for abusive messages . |
140827f1ecef96f90ab68ff79593bd0fc1c1cd1f | By . Daniel Bates . Selfies are fuelling a rise in plastic surgery because people are putting their faces under a ‘microscope’ every time they take a picture on their smart phones. The trend of taking your own portrait means that we are becoming increasingly narcissistic and want to go under the knife to improve our lo... | A third of members of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery report increase in procedures due to social media .
Saw a 10% rise in nose jobs and a 7% rise in hair transplants .
Trend particularly strong in young people with 58% rise last year .
Britons now take 35 million selfies every month ... |
140893172db865ff1bfd8d688e699f55a7b09598 | (EW.com) -- E.L. James' ought to revise the title of her publishing juggernaut, 50 Shades of Grey, to 50 Shades of cold hard cash. After all, the author raked in an estimated $95 million this year, making her the world's top-earning author, according to Forbes. Rounding out the top five on Forbes' list are familiar nam... | "50 Shades of Grey" has been good to its author .
E.L. James raked in an estimated $95 million this year .
J.K. Rowling was much lower on the Forbes list . |
1409521d7378511d5c149bd5694d86bf4b01bc71 | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 05:41 EST, 4 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:52 EST, 4 November 2013 . She has won four British Style Awards, inspired Mulberry's best-selling bag and was even dubbed 'beautiful' by 'king of mean', Karl Lagerfeld. And now, as one of fashion's most famous muses, Alexa Chung has given ... | Model, 29, has released £35 capsule make-up line for Eyeko .
Was hand-picked by brand because she is 'obsessed with eyes' |
1409cdd5f59083f40e8d62957a989216939275fd | (The Hollywood Reporter)For those who would give almost anything for a chance at superstardom, "American Idol" might be the entertainment industry's version of a Faustian bargain: Through 14 seasons, the very successful Fox show has exploited the fact that there are millions of singers who are willing to sign onerous d... | "Idol" winner Phillip Phillips unhappy with his deals .
Phillips claims deals are "oppressive" |
140b3ee80c1c97a831394be0b8f4376c47acdfda | Jordan Henderson insists Liverpool will go into their clash with Chelsea full of confidence. The England midfielder cited the need for Liverpool to be brave as they seek a positive result at Anfield. The 24-year-old acknowledged that Chelsea are in fine form, but the task of beating them is not insurmountable if they w... | Jordan Henderson says Liverpool can thrive off the atmosphere on Sunday .
Liverpool face Chelsea at Anfield and lost this clash 2-0 last term .
Henderson insists Liverpool need to put in a team effort . |
140e3f323895a7923531524481e3d4f1c7a6c4a9 | By . David Martosko . PUBLISHED: . 15:15 EST, 13 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:05 EST, 13 September 2013 . Former presidental adviser David Axelrod was the victim of a putsch within Obama's re-election campaign inner circle, according to a new book . The man most responsible for getting Barack Obama to the White H... | Axelrod wanted campaign manager Jim Messina fired, but he wound up the odd man out himself .
Palace intrigue led 'Axe' to refer to Messina and White House messaging chief David Plouffe as 'two strongmen running the Kremlin'
The two men resented Axelrod for getting rich by taking a percentage of the hundreds of millions... |
140f946e56f0cce87a57711acb89f7ea8a508fd1 | These chilling images taken inside the home of one of America's most prolific child porn collectors reveal his sickening hoard of pacifiers and girl's underwear. The 52-year-old pedophile, who stored one million indecent images of children on discs and hard drives, was arrested in 2013 when police stormed his Orlando a... | Naval officer is one of America's most prolific child pornography collectors .
He spent years downloading hoard of images to his Orlando apartment .
Bought children's underwear, diapers and pacifiers as part of 'fetish'
The 52-year-old was arrested in 2013 in a 'mind-boggling' swoop .
He is now serving a 20-year senten... |
140fd00d443e04e5c54c24217db592a61d6765c7 | Welcome to a real-life Temple of Doom where you can re-enact Indiana Jones' wildest adventures by sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters. The water slide styled as a Mayan temple sends thrillseekers hurtling up to 35-miles-per-hour down a 60-foot-long chute. The ride finishes underwater by going through... | One of the world's largest water parks has created life-sized Mayan temple .
Indiana Jones-style ride sends visitors plummeting at 35mph . |
1410227a01322fd4ad6b7386615d2d4dae669bc8 | Fort Meade, Maryland (CNN) -- A military prosecutor said Bradley Manning acted as a "determined insider" in leaking classified information about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and should be locked up for 60 years at least, but the Army private's lawyer contended he can be rehabilitated and should not "rot in jail." T... | Prosecution calls Manning a "determined insider" in largest leak of classified information .
Asks judge to send a message to other would-be leakers with prolonged prison sentence .
Defense says Manning is an excellent case for rehabilitation; He faces up to 90 years behind bars . |
141207c356044009e0b1709b2e6f4ad75bbc743f | Orlando, Florida (CNN) -- "These people saved my family from an almost certain fiery death." Doug White speaks highly of the air traffic controllers and flight instructor who helped talk him through landing a plane last year after the pilot died. He and his family finally met the team last week, after they received the... | Last year, Doug White took control of twin-engine plane after pilot died .
White and his family were returning home from a funeral .
A year later, they met flight experts who helped them land . |
1412850e1f518d7ab1a84d0295c4fc7ccfa3e27b | San Cristobal, Venezuela (CNN) -- The wives of two jailed Venezuelan opposition politicians have won landslide election victories while their husbands remain behind bars. The votes Sunday in the cities of San Cristobal and San Diego were symbolic triumphs for the South American country's opposition, which has argued th... | The local election victories are significant symbolic triumphs for Venezuela's opposition .
Patricia Gutierrez de Ceballos says the votes were sentences of justice and freedom .
Her husband was arrested after authorities said he failed to stop anti-government protests .
"The people will remain peacefully in the streets... |
1412a6d59ec16a07dcab86b3f3f2b4fe7b861fa6 | (CNN) -- Now that the campaign is over and Barack Obama has won a second term, the hard business of governing begins again. There's a presidential inbox waiting and it's not too hard to figure out what's in it. Problems don't have Democrat or Republican stamped on them: they just are. So here are my top five issues fac... | Elaine Kamarck: In his second term, there are five immediate challenges for Obama .
She says he must find United States' footing in fragile Arab world .
Kamarck: He must reach a grand bargain with GOP to avoid fiscal cliff .
Kamarck: He must find way to deal with fractious Republican party; confront climate change . |
141338f8a185efa4d543d812faec8e7ad083040a | By . Tara Brady . Guilty: Sir George Castledine started a relationship with an 83-year-old widow out of sexual desire and financial greed, a panel has ruled . A knighted nurse who had an affair with an 83-year-old widow he was counselling following the death of her husband was struck off today. Sir George Castledine, 6... | Sir George Castledine, 67, counselled the woman after her husband died .
Her daughters became suspicious and monitored their phone calls .
Professor was heard telling the woman he needed to work out at the gym 'or I won't be able to make love to you' |
14139ac92003bf148cc2803c774ac5376d28784b | Michael Gove's education reforms have suffered a fresh blow after his flagship policy of giving universities a say over the content of A-levels was discontinued. He wanted universities to take 'ownership' of the exams by dictating their syllabus and reviewing them annually. The reforms were designed to address concerns... | Under Michael Gove, universities were to take 'ownership' of A-levels .
Aimed to address concerns from academics they were not rigorous enough .
But now advisory body of professors to oversee this has been mothballed . |
14148632f0b7c1ebc50894a18287672caad1d790 | By . Martin Domin . Follow @@martin_domin . David Haye has confirmed he is planning a return to the ring in the autumn. The former heavyweight world champion has not fought since he knocked out Dereck Chisora at Upton Park almost two years ago. Haye twice pulled out of a fight with Tyson Fury through injury and had sur... | David Haye confirms he expects to return in the autumn .
The former heavyweight world champion has not fought for two years .
He twice pulled out a fight with Tyson Fury through injury . |
1414a4a366b80ce5705a61e90557b9a86335ffda | Former NFL superstar Chad Johnson left a $300 tip for a waitress at a restaurant in Montreal on Sunday and wanted the world to know about it. Leaving modesty aside, the footballer tweeted the check for his meal adding a reason for his generosity: 'Sundays are slow, this should help,' he wrote. Giving himself a huge pat... | Former Bengals star and current Montreal Alouette Chad Johnson racked up a bill for $351.92 and another $300 as a tip .
Johnson made an error in his math incorrectly calculating the final total . |
1414c3060a8ec4f8fdba2e3ee7560be9b1ee90d8 | By . Kieran Corcoran . Parts of Chile were evacuated today after the nation was struck by a strong earthquake. Amid fears a tsunami could follow the tremor, thousands in the South American country were warned to leave their homes and seek higher ground. The earthquake struck 37 miles from the port city of Iquique, at a... | Powerful tremor struck 37 miles from port city of Iquique today .
Chilean Navy feared tsunami could follow and said to seek higher ground .
But other geological experts disagreed that a tsunami was likely . |
1414d5a1f2305af120a2dc64afe35558e28bf565 | A man who is paralysed from the neck down has become the first such patient to move his hand by the power of thought alone. Thanks to a chip implanted in his brain, Ian Burkhart ushered in what doctors are calling a ‘bionic age’ which could revolutionise treatment for the disabled. All he had to do was think intensely ... | Ian Burkhart, 23, has ushered in what doctors are calling a 'bionic age'
Team from Ohio State University and research firm put chip in his brain .
All the US patient had to do was think intensely about moving his hand .
Medical experts claim 'Neurobridge' could offer hope to stroke victims .
He broke his spine in 2010 ... |
14150ad9cbb46d53626fcf11aa07ffcf07c43019 | (CNN) -- Actress Dixie Carter, best known for her role as Julia Sugarbaker on the TV show "Designing Women," has died, her agent said Saturday. She was 70. She was 70. Carter died from complications arising from cancer, her publicist, Steve Rohr, said Sunday. Carter was drawn to roles portraying steely Southern women. ... | Actress Dixie Carter dead at 70, agent tells CNN .
Carter was best known for role as Julia Sugarbaker on "Designing Women"
Carter was married to fellow actor Hal Holbrook . |
1415d8ade0821ecd3f1aea497388cad3498e3c16 | By . John Stevens . Speaking out: Dr Charles Alessi said doctors treat patients as 'conditions rather than people' Many older patients’ lives are becoming a misery because they are being prescribed up to 18 tablets a day for different illnesses, a senior government health adviser has warned. Dr Charles Alessi said mode... | Health adviser say elderly are fed up with pills dominating their lives .
Dr Alessi said patients are treated as ‘conditions rather than people' |
1415ddb7870661a9dc4ca3d070517c85b49667fa | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:07 EST, 18 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:17 EST, 19 June 2013 . A former Boston mob hitman has revealed even more chilling details in his second day of testimony at the trail of his long-time boss, James 'Whitey' Bulger. John 'The Executioner' Martorano, who has admitted to ki... | John 'The Executioner' Martorano has admitted to 20 murders .
He worked for James 'Whitey' Bulger in for decades and is expected to reveal many details of Bulger's alleged crimes .
Martorano, 72, served just 12 years in prison after striking a deal with the federal government .
He currently lives on social security on ... |
14160ef182d08523040eeec07aaaa417ebc38287 | Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- The Kenyan Supreme Court on Saturday upheld Uhuru Kenyatta's victory in the presidential election, dismissing a challenge by his chief rival and ending a drawn-out case that has riveted the nation. The nation's highest court declared the election "free and fair," ending weeks of uncertainty afte... | Highly-anticipated ruling means Kenyatta will be sworn in April 9 .
Prime Minister Raila Odinga says he accepts the court decision .
Kenyan Supreme Court says presidential election was "free and fair"
The ruling ends a drawn-out case that has riveted the nation . |
14174ca71611a52be10f3acc49626794ae6d9ef3 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 5:40 AM on 28th June 2011 . The son of a sheriff's deputy has today pleaded not guilty to the brutal killing of a 16-year-old girl, despite earlier admitting to police he carried out the crime. Robert Schwander, 17, of Traverse City, Michigan told police he did kill Carly Lewi... | Carly Lewis had been missing since June 2 .
Five-inch deep slash to neck was fatal blow .
Suspect Robert Schwander admitted killing teen but said it was an accident .
Schwander stayed with family for two months earlier this year .
He was Carly's brother's classmate . |
14178c325228ff25afcd325500a6f1f01313f5d8 | The rift between teachers and Michael Gove widened yesterday when a moderate teachers’ union passed a motion of no confidence in the Education Secretary for the first time in its history. The Association of Teachers and Lecturers voted overwhelmingly that Mr Gove and Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw showed an ‘abject f... | Association of Teachers and Lecturers condemns Education Secretary and chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw .
Accuse pair of being like 'Blood Brothers' in attacking teachers' work . |
1419116815f94109ec064cbef8354f33c42e1a53 | By . Rachel Quigley . PUBLISHED: . 08:32 EST, 5 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:05 EST, 5 June 2013 . Whatever the outcome was going to be, they were sure to lose their son. So the Lammars decided to do what was for the greater good - they turned him over to police. Last year, Tricia Lammers found a receipt for an $865 s... | Blaec Lammers followed a male clerk for more than two hours with a knife in his hand when he was 18 .
Hearing his name called over the PA system and seeing his father at the store made Lammers stand down .
Lammers said he was inspired by recent reports of mass shootings .
'Loner' arrested when his mother reported his s... |
141a5beeffb24aefa86bdcaac7158e37f65aac29 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 8:05 PM on 1st March 2012 . A woman has gone missing from a cruise ship after she disappeared while it sailed across the Atlantic Ocean. The 47-year-old, who has not been identified, was reported missing from the Celebration Cruise Line ship by her boyfriend when it docked at ... | Canadian last seen by boyfriend on board . |
141aa33615c4e79a4fd93016b915aca8f6a3a61a | A sacred tunnel discovered . in the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan is filled with 50,000 ritual objects and may lead to royal tombs. The entrance to the 1,800-year-old tunnel was first . discovered in 2003, and its contents came to light thanks to . excavations by remote-control robots and then human researchers, ... | Sacred tunnel was discovered in the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan .
Entrance to the 1,800-year-old tunnel was first discovered in 2003 .
Artifacts include finely carved stone sculptures, jewelry and shells . |
141af2d8db7aa325c7b453ddcbb6e262cda15522 | The average parent will spend £51,000 on their child before their 18th birthday but one mother has decided to spend almost half of that elsewhere. Kerrie Williams,33, has spent over £20,000 on just seven lifelike dolls, while refusing to spend anything but the necessary on her two daughters. Kerrie a mother-of-two from... | Kerrie Williams has spent thousands of pounds on lifelike 'reborn' dolls .
The mother-of-two began started her collection following a miscarriage .
Her addiction to the dolls led to the break-down of her marriage . |
141b2606824411921bed78acb99d77cf11d33014 | By . Julian Robinson . A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of 53-year-old grandmother Jean Campbell, pictured . A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a grandmother - almost seven months after her body was found in a park. Jean Campbell, 53, was last seen heading towards Cr... | Jean Campbell last seen walking her dog towards Cranhill Park in Glasgow .
Her 53-year-old's body was found the next morning in December last year .
At the time, police said she had suffered a 'particularly violent attack'
A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with her death .
Another man, 22, arrested in c... |
141c28ddbb2e82a4e33fa565a10c29168687a42e | A rabbi at one of Washington D.C.'s most prominent synagogues has announced that he is gay and divorcing his wife of 20 years. Rabbi Gil Steinlauf, who has three teenage children with wife Batya, herself a rabbi, sent the email to members of Adas Israel Congregation on Monday. He said that Batya has long known about th... | Gil Steinlauf, 45, sent a letter to his Washington congregation on Monday .
He explained that he had long fought his sexuality but realized he would be a better leader if he was honest with himself and others .
He said that his wife, Batya, herself a rabbi, has known he is gay and has supported him .
The congregation p... |
141c4098e3da16a853c0554afbbce90415f995a1 | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 07:00 EST, 28 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 09:01 EST, 28 January 2014 . 2013 may well have been the year of Cara Delevingne, but 2014 looks set to be her best friend Suki Waterhouse's time to shine. The 22-year-old model - and gorgeous girlfriend of Bradley Cooper - has been unveiled ... | Model, 22, new face of Brit Rhythm .
Best friend Cara last year modelled for Burberry Body fragrance .
Suki dons leathers and heavy eyeliner in sultry campaign .
Been dating Bradley Cooper for a year and they seem closer than ever . |
141cf90a96ba516dad09628368a8853385a33ee5 | A couple who had been married for 60 years died within 72 hours of each other after the husband was mugged by two drug addicts as he sat on his mobility scooter. Kenneth Duxbury, an Army veteran, was attacked and robbed while on his way to pay a bill last August. The following day, after hearing of Mr Duxbury's ordeal... | Kenneth Duxbury, 82, was mugged on his way to pay bill last August .
Addicts Stephen McLeish and John Carroll stole £250 from army veteran .
Day after Mr Duxbury told wife Iris, 79, of ordeal she suffered stroke .
Great-grandmother was taken to hospital where she died on 12 September .
Mr Duxbury fell ill the following... |
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