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14ae1cec5d88c1d350cf14f63df2cd4ead88c498 | By . Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 07:35 EST, 8 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:18 EST, 8 August 2012 . Gruesome: A police Evofit of the thug who plunged a syringe into the neck of a woman on her doorstep . A thug plunged a hypodermic needle into the neck of a woman as she stood at her front door in a gruesome but appare... | Victim tested for hepatitis and Aids but given all-clear .
Police investigating the attack issue e-fit of suspect .
They are following theory that it was mistaken identity . |
14ae29c75e23ebbabdea5e9ac9a37904ce11bb1c | By . Sam Creighton . With two double bedrooms, a large garden and planning permission for an extension, you might think £320,000 would be a bargain for a 'quaint' Surrey cottage. However, this house in Addlestone gives more the impression of long term project than family home, complete with rusty cars and a caravan hid... | House in Addlestone, Surrey originally had an asking price of £299,950 .
Estate agents described it as a 'blank canvas' but admitted it needs work .
Owner has stopped viewings after receiving an offer of £320,000 . |
14af69641d2a03b44f6baea5a2a47026eaf2aec4 | We will soon be able to watch live footage of Earth from outer space thanks to HD webcams that are about to be permanently fitted to the International Space Station. The cameras blasted off from Russia today and once installed, will beam live footage of our planet to Earth. People will be able to access the live footag... | Canadian company UrtheCast's cameras blasted off from Russia today and once installed on the ISS, will beam live footage of our planet to Earth .
There are two cameras, the world's first .
1-Metre Class, high-resolution Earth video camera and a .
medium-resolution imaging camera .
The webcams will be used to provide hi... |
14aff1aa3338887018090f54b882ab59c703338d | The family of a surfer who had his hand and part of his arm torn off in a shark attack have launched an appeal to help fund his long road to recovery. Sean Pollard is now in a stable condition at the Royal Perth hospital after he was mauled by a shark at Wylie Bay, east of Esperance on Western Australia's south coast o... | Family launch facebook appeal for Sean Pollard's recovery .
Fisheries examinations have revealed bite marks on Sean's surfboard were likely caused by a Great White shark .
Results were inconclusive as to whether the two sharks killed were involved .
A separate online appeal for Sean has raised more than $5000 .
Beaches... |
14aff4bda8a30d92589ceb47d512ea410dfc35ad | (CNN) -- A whistle-blower whose research on athletes' literacy caused a firestorm of controversy at the University of North Carolina is leaving, she told CNN on Monday. Mary Willingham said it's her choice. She said she hasn't yet turned in a final letter of resignation but simply informed her boss that she plans to le... | Mary Willingham said her research exposed some athletes' poor reading ability .
The University of North Carolina countered that experts found her results flawed .
Willingham said she stuck it out this long because of 'promises to my students'
She said she hasn't turned in a final letter of resignation but told her boss... |
14b040cd48283a5e89f517dfd71fac98db297d59 | (CNN) -- U.S. star Mikaela Shiffrin produced a stunning slalom run to claim her first ever World Cup race victory at Are, Sweden on Thursday. The 17-year-old clocked the fastest aggregate time over two legs to see off home favorite Frida Hansdotter and championship leader Tina Maze of Slovenia. The teenager, racing in ... | Mikaela Shiffrin won her first ever World Cup race after finishing first in Sweden .
Teenager becomes second youngest American to win a World Cup event .
Home favorite Frida Hansdotter came second with Tina Maze of Slovenia in third . |
14b0b98ca5e376f872258431e1608953f237580b | An openly gay former Dominican friar insisted today that homosexuality is the ‘ticking time bomb in the Catholic Church’ and that homosexual men are ‘massively over-represented’ within the Church. Mark Dowd, who is now a journalist, said research for his 2001 Channel 4 documentary Queer and Catholic suggested that at l... | Mark Dowd says gay men are 'massively over-represented' within Church .
Ex-Dominican friar insists half of those attracted into seminaries are gay .
Openly gay Dowd also blasts 'culture of secrecy and guilt and repression'
He researched homosexuality in Catholicism for a Channel 4 documentary . |
14b15fc7b4d19902606897bf960afce67153b452 | Energy Secretary Ed Davey is dodging his own green taxes – by switching his gas and electricity supplier to a company exempt from the charges slapped on domestic bills. The Cabinet Minister is now spared from paying the average £112-a-year ‘green duty’ added to most domestic bills after he moved his account to a firm t... | Ed Davey recently changed from Sainsbury’s Energy to Green Star Energy to supply gas and electricity to his Kingston constituency home .
Green Star despite its name, is not an eco-certified company .
It does not have to pay green taxes because it is a new firm with fewer than 250,000 customers .
If Mr Davey’s decision ... |
14b269d06a0aa629b61d617e723be01c6f3b76fc | Savannah Guthrie has shared an adorable new photograph showing her growing daughter Vale as the little girl turns one month old. In the photograph shared to her Facebook profile on Wednesday, the 42-year-old Today show co-host grins as she hugs baby Vale, who sports a large button reading: 'One month.' After Guthrie, w... | The Today show co-host updated her Facebook profile with a grinning image of her tightly holding her newborn daughter .
Guthrie, who is on maternity leave, has been keeping fans updated on her daughter's progress since her birth on August 13 . |
14b2867195cab4bb71719ad9508d50f45dad4050 | By . Sarah Griffiths . PUBLISHED: . 08:14 EST, 28 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:02 EST, 28 October 2013 . Google has mapped the wreck of paddle steamer the Mary Celeste, which sank in 1864. The wreck was catalogued as part of Google Street View using images from the Catlin Seaview Survey and allows computer users to... | Google has mapped the wreck of the paddle steamer that sank in 1864 and played a crucial role in the American Civil War .
The search giant used images from the Catlin Seaview Survey .
The wreckage of the Mary Celeste is a popular dive site that lies close to the shore of the south coast of Bermuda, around 55 feet under... |
14b449e9647f703a76c1d2649d4336be8aa79a9a | By . Louise Boyle . PUBLISHED: . 11:28 EST, 13 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:05 EST, 14 December 2012 . Mick Jagger has caused outrage after making a tasteless joke at Wednesday night’s Sandy benefit where he compared the killer superstorm to London rain. During his set at Madison Square Garden, the Rolling Stones'... | Rolling Stones frontman made remark to global audience of two billion .
Fans expressed dismay over Jagger's 'scumbag' remark on stage at Madison Square Garden .
Storm is responsible for 140 deaths and damaged 300,000 homes . |
14b49da0c059b713f5dbc6351963b1ad57413ffa | Thibaut Courtois denied Adam Lallana Liverpool's winner in the first leg of the Capital One Cup semi-final on Tuesday with a tremendous one-handed save - and the playmaker still can't comprehend how the Chelsea goalkeeper managed to do it. Lallana connected perfectly with a knock-down from Raheem Sterling and his strik... | Thibaut Courtois was man of the match in Liverpool's draw with Chelsea .
The goalkeeper made a number of saves to keep Liverpool from scoring .
His best stop was from Adam Lallana's spectacular long-range drive .
READ: Jose Mourinho asks fans for '25 percent of the Anfield's emotion' |
14b54d95652cb0f7ca88da9685b4037a449590d8 | (CNN) -- Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued a sharp warning to ISIS militants, saying after the United States is done grieving the death of two American journalists, their killers will have to answer for their actions. "They should know we will follow them to the gates of hell until they are brought to justic... | Of the U.S. journalists' killers, vice president says, "We will follow them to the gates of hell"
"Because hell is where they will reside," he added. "Hell is where they will reside"
Biden referenced 9/11 and the Boston bombings as examples of American resolve . |
14b5d02dbdfc48fca462b3a04ce6e11f7367f804 | Sarah Palin today defended a photo she shared of her six-year-old son Trig standing on his service dog as she accused PETA of a 'hypocritical double standard' for criticizing her for the image. The former Alaska governor spoke about the controversy on the Today show on Tuesday after the photo was met with outrage on so... | Sarah Palin posted an image to Facebook on New Year's of her son-year-old son Trig, who has Down syndrome, standing on his service dog .
PETA said the photo showed that Palin had 'no apparent sympathy for the dog,' labeling her a 'callous woman'
Palin responded on Facebook by asking PETA why they never attack other cel... |
14b63c3acb582ee499a51b54701c532d047418d4 | Cesc Fabregas faces Arsenal for the first time since leaving the Emirates this weekend as Chelsea host the Gunners at Stamford Bridge. We asked Arsenal fan site Highbury House just what the supporters feel about a former captain and hero lining up for their bitter rivals against them, especially since he's been playing... | Cesc Fabregas faces Arsenal for the first time since leaving the Emirates .
The Spaniard signed for Chelsea in a £30m deal in the summer .
Arsene Wenger decided against taking up option to bring Fabregas back .
Fabregas has started the season in top form for Jose Mourinho .
Arsenal fan site Highbury House believes Weng... |
14b6c7c6e9971f9f7d7f0663a294dcb93cbc1dd0 | (CNN) -- In Masai culture, it is traditional to open a conversation with "Casserian engeri," which means "And how are the children?" The prominent value that the Masai place on the well-being of their children has me thinking about the well-being of our own children here in America. We rejoice with those who crossed th... | For the first time, 80% of young Americans graduated from high school on time .
Alma Powell: We can't disregard the well-being of the 20% who didn't .
Powell: Many of them object to the term "dropout"; they just decided to change course .
She says we must offer support, identify them early, show we care about their fut... |
14b6d7d06c6ff1837b38eac0d9e84384967974ed | Billy Joe Saunders is set to fight for the vacant WBO world middleweight title, according to the sanctioning body’s president. Saunders, who is ranked No 2 with the organisation, looked to have been overlooked after light-middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade announced his intention to move up a division. But not onl... | Billy Joe Saunders was originally meant to fight Chris Eubank Jnr on October 25 but revealed that Eubank Jnr had not signed the contract .
Now it appears that Saunders will instead fight Russian Matvey Korobov in London, according the World Boxing Organisation president on Twitter .
31-year-old Korobov has won all 24 o... |
14b8c0863f128d1e2636be1eec3db7cfc2ec72e1 | Usain Bolt's injury-plagued 2014 may have allowed American Justin Gatlin to slip in and take advantage to become the world's top sprinter, but the Jamaican speedster showed he is still the sport's undisputed king of cool. In a week that has seen him strike his famed 'lightning bolt' pose in front of a packed Times Squa... | Usain Bolt posted the handshake with friend Edino Steele to his Instagram .
The Jamaican sprinter announced he has plans to retire in London in 2017 .
But Bolt is looking forward to preparing himself for a comeback from injury . |
14b8c3c59feacbdc736e4685eae8e30a59c9d827 | After paying five homeless people outside his studio in Manila to help chew 700 pieces of bubble gum, Louie Cordero began to wonder what he had undertaken in the name of art. "Well, it certainly took longer than I imagined it would, and they thought it would, too" he recalls. After two days of aching jaws, the potent m... | Manila-based artists finding their feet on the international stage .
Louie Cordero's visceral paintings and sculptures full of Philippine culture .
Unique mix of cultures and history creates diverse group of artists, says Cordero .
International art collectors more open to Philippine art, says head of Hong Kong Art Fai... |
14b923c46d309f8d5664949aef85666c2c489c0b | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 08:18 EST, 27 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:47 EST, 27 May 2013 . A taxi driver who drove onto a beach had to be rescued by holidaymakers after being stranded by the incoming tide. Polish driver Krzysztof Tomaszek was seen driving through the waves as the water surrounded his vehicle. Conc... | Polish driver Kryxdztof Tomaszek rescued from his Ford Mondeo .
He was still trying to drive on as water lapped around the vehicle . |
14b9e034da71584984ceb4771ca02a694ae2a360 | Stylist to the stars Clare Harries narrowly avoided a prison sentence after admitting twice driving while four times the drink-drive limit . A stylist to the stars crashed her car while nearly four times the drink-drive limit twice in the same week. Clare Harries, 50, of Tufnell Park, north London, was told she 'could... | Clare Harries once counted Bruce Willis and Jude Law among her clients .
But court hears she suffered a 'slow decline' after collapse of marriages .
She admitted twice driving in London at four times the drink-drive limit .
Court told on both occasion she drove off after collisions with other cars .
Judge says hers is ... |
14bb401528242bd4746fe97c99ac07e82913bab3 | By . Mark Duell . Last updated at 7:49 AM on 9th February 2012 . One posing craze was meant to honour an NFL player fast becoming a hero among fans of every team for his open faith and no-nonsense playing style. The other isn’t quite as complimentary. Americans aren’t letting New England Patriots veteran quarterback To... | New England Patriots lost 21-17 to New York Giants in Super Bowl game .
Americans mimic Tom Brady, 34, sitting on floor with hands between legs .
People post pictures of themselves pulling post to 'Bradying' website .
Comes after 'Tebowing' in honour of Denver Broncos' Tim Tebow, 24 . |
14bc36a218377318737d4396b4cfbde93c1d6013 | NEW YORK (CNN) -- After arguing with her husband, Liza Murphy walked out of their home in Emerson, New Jersey, leaving behind her purse, her cigarettes, her cell phone and her three children, her husband told police. There has been no sign of her since August 19, 2007. Liza Murphy has been missing from her home in Emer... | Woman disappeared after argument with husband .
Husband tried to kill himself after disappearance, denies involvement .
Cadaver dogs detected Liza Murphy's scent near George Washington Bridge .
Know something? Call 201-262-2800 . |
14bc3dcbe3f12bf84b9e38c3cfcda99ed48001fd | By . Sarah Griffiths . PUBLISHED: . 12:04 EST, 8 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:33 EST, 8 August 2013 . U.S. engineers have photographed water droplets using a high-speed camera mounted directly above the real liquid beads to investigate how they behave. They found that a moving - or 'oscillated - drop of water can fo... | U.S. engineers discovered moving water droplets can form 30 shapes .
The researchers from Cornell University made an imaging platform to .
look at drops from above in order to identify different shapes .
They believe their research shows .
how droplets behave and could have applications in everything from inkjet .
prin... |
14bd449df731b31b7bcd91f98f6939e544ca6067 | (CNN) -- Robin Dehaven usually replaces windows. On Thursday morning, after a small plane crashed into an Austin, Texas, office building, he was breaking them, having rushed into the burning structure to help people escape. Dehaven, an Army veteran who works for a glass company, was driving to a job when he witnessed ... | Army vet was driving work truck when he saw plane hit building .
Robin Dehaven used ladder from his truck to reach trapped workers .
He and other bystanders helped people out of burning building . |
14bedb638135cf38a97361ef7f2d89df4b9d76ce | (CNN)Mark Zuckerberg likes to make resolutions for the New Year. Once he decided he must only eat meat that he had killed himself -- an admirable, if quirky, resolution for any vigorous young man with a rifle. Another time he decided to learn Mandarin Chinese -- not a simple task. I wonder how that turned out? Now h... | Jay Parini: Zuckerberg starting book club. He should read books that illuminate humanity .
He says classics by Twain, Gordimer, Tolstoy, Achebe, Dillard among 10 must-reads . |
14bee5370c14a16515c3146ea5591a240cab092d | Cadbury is to stop selling chocolate bars aimed at individuals containing more than 250 calories as part of a government anti-obesity initiative. The former British favourite, controversially bought by American-owned confectionary firm Mondelez International in 2010, will phase out its most calorific bars as part of a ... | Dairy Milk, Whole Nut and Fruit and Nut bar and a half products affected .
Former British favourite bought by US-owned confectionary firm in 2010 .
Company says at least two other brands it owns could be altered in size .
Public Health Minister says: This is encouraging but more must be done . |
14c11888e48224f1fd117c95527f50233870dccc | By . Sophie Jane Evans . Scientists have claimed there has never been life on Mars - because the red planet is too cold. They believe ancient riverbeds on the planet were created by brief warm spells following volcanic eruptions, asteroid impacts and changes in orbit. But these would not have lasted long enough to allo... | Scientists claim ancient riverbeds on Mars were created by warm spells .
These arose from volcanic eruptions, asteroid impacts and orbit changes .
But they would not have lasted long enough to allow organisms to develop .
Study was carried out on craters at 3.6billion-year-old Aeolis Dorsa region .
Comes just weeks aft... |
14c15f0fada8f72953e5c47c73791060ddfb5d28 | In a bold political and legal move, the Obama administration formally expressed its support for same-sex marriage in California, setting up a high stakes political and constitutional showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court over a fast-evolving and contentious issue. In a broadly worded legal brief on Thursday that senior go... | Obama administration files formal brief in same-sex marriage appeal .
Brief says that gay and lesbian couples have equal protection right to wed .
But administration refuses to argue that right should be extended .
Two same-sex marriage cases now before the Supreme Court . |
14c179649a86d85e95b4fdb427cb0b0bcd7d7aef | By . Paul Collins . PUBLISHED: . 09:38 EST, 23 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 10:26 EST, 23 January 2014 . Wayne Rooney's agent has been locked in talks with Manchester United chief executive Ed Woodward over a new deal for the England star. Rooney, who has 18 months left to run on his contract, has attracted interest f... | Wayne Rooney has 18 months left to run on his Manchester United deal .
Rooney's agent Paul Stretford held discussions with United chief executive Ed Woodward at the club's Carrington training base .
The England star, 28, has attracted interest from Chelsea and Real Madrid .
United legend Gary Neville has questioned whe... |
14c2c3ad384f2b414ff367b968f3ee5633c36421 | (CNN) -- Chris Lighty, who managed several of hip hop's biggest artists, apparently shot himself to death in his Bronx, New York, apartment Thursday morning, a New York police spokesman said. Lighty, 44, was found with a gunshot wound to his head and a semi-automatic firearm next to his body at 11:30 a.m., the police s... | Lighty, 44, was found with a gunshot wound to his head and a gun near by .
Investigators will wait until the medical examiner's report before concluding it was suicide .
Rapper 50 Cent says he's "deeply saddened" by word Lighty is dead . |
14c366353b9348c74622757dd83d7e662991b1cf | (CNN) -- European leaders are under pressure from the U.S. to step up the EU sanctions against Russia, following the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. The U.S. announced expanded sanctions targeting two banks, two energy companies, Ukraine separatists and defense companies last week, before the plane, carrying 29... | European foreign ministers are in Brussels to discuss potential further sanctions against Russia .
The U.S. has announced more sanctions. EU leaders said they intend to increase sanctions .
EU was previously reluctant to follow the U.S. lead due to its economic links with Russia . |
14c380a4e41b4cb934713a3568ee87b2db0d21c1 | Brad, Texas (CNN) -- Authorities were working on plans Friday for residents who were forced to flee a wildfire in northern Texas to return home, a day after firefighters made progress battling the blaze that destroyed dozens of homes. The blaze in Palo Pinto County scorched 6,200 acres by Thursday, according to the Tex... | A wildfire in northern Texas is 50% contained, the authorities say .
The wildfire has destroyed 40 homes, a fire official says .
Some evacuations have been lifted, an official says .
Firefighters are still battling hot spots in Oklahoma City . |
14c38ce9078967567b2101333c613a540ee351b5 | By . Sean Poulter . PUBLISHED: . 09:35 EST, 16 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:26 EST, 18 September 2013 . If you want to know what the latest ‘It Bag’ is, the one on Angelina Jolie’s arm is usually a pretty good place to start. At the moment that’s Louis Vuitton’s Capucines handbag, which is selling out across Euro... | French fashion house repositioning themselves as exclusive brand .
Launched Capucine leather handbags in June .
Michelle Williams was face of campaign .
Angelina Jolie has been seen with the £3,000 bag .
Louis Vuitton boutiques across Europe have reported shortages .
All have long waiting-lists with stock not expected ... |
14c440ba332ccc4c44e99ce30eb06f8ed0f20bf8 | An ex-marine who endured 214 days in a Mexican prison after accidentally carrying loaded rifles across the U.S. border said he was treated 'like some kind of animal in a cage' and that his ordeal drove him to a suicide attempt. Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, 26, described how spending nearly seven months in the Mexica... | Andrew Tahmooressi, 26, attempted suicide after a failed escape bid .
Described being beaten and strapped naked to a bunk .
Andrew Tahmooressi was released October 31 and returned to Florida .
The 26-year-old crossed border in March with loaded guns in his truck .
He was arrested on weapons charges spent nearly seven m... |
14c56c0365757efb26f132318158ff1abeab1f73 | Tortured: Celeste Fronsman, 29, was found at the side of an Ohio road with visible burns, and the passerby who discovered her moaning could tell she had been raped . A woman was found naked and burned with a rope wrapped around her neck after she was raped and tortured before being left for dead at the side of a rural ... | Celeste Fronsman, 29, died shortly after being taken to hospital Sunday .
Police say 'gruesome' crime was not a random attack .
Fronsman had a criminal record with 25 arrests over the past nine years . |
14c6e41a3699f3d8a1a1f030e561129c156ebded | This is the moment a New Jersey driver gets spooked in the dark after being brought to a halt by two cones blocking the road. Ivan Tukhtin, 24, was traveling along the I-78 just after midnight on Sunday morning when he spotted the suspicious scene. Dash camera footage shows him slowing down to avoid the cones, when all... | Ivan Tukhtin, 24, was traveling along the I-78 just after midnight on Sunday morning when he spotted cones blocking the road .
Dash camera footage shows him slowing down to avoid them, when all of a sudden a man wearing a hoodie comes out of the shadows . |
14c82f699978347401ecce654f931ac83d716e6a | Syrian rebels have killed at least 190 civilians and taken 200 hostages as the country's bitter civil war rages, Human Rights Watch claimed today. As a chemical watchdog won the Nobel Peace Prize today for overseeing the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, government forces and rebels clashed across the ... | HRW said villagers executed by militant groups, some linked to al Qaeda .
Rebel groups overran army positions and moved into villages nearby where members of President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect lived, HRW claims .
HRW identified five rebel groups instrumental to funding, organising, planning and carrying out the L... |
14c8787f2608c8777c79b4f3b8367a97780746ac | (CNN) -- With more than 2,400 Ebola deaths in Liberia alone, the killer virus may not sound like the most obvious subject to write a song about. But health officials are using all means at their disposal to educate Liberians on how to contain the spread of the disease. The United Nations Children's Fund -- UNICEF -- ha... | The Ebola virus has killed more than 2,400 people in Liberia .
UNICEF and local musicians created a popular song with a health message .
Lyrics include "Ebola is real, it's time to protect yourself"
A John Hopkins group is also using entertainment for health education . |
14c9497b920d82c9bac083bf443a0550ca84b3ff | By . Elliott Bretland . Follow @@EllBretland . Louis van Gaal got off to a perfect start as Manchester United manager with a 7-0 victory. New boy Ander Herrera, signed from Athletic Bilbao for £24million this summer, stole the show with an impressive display in midfield as he created chance after chance for his new tea... | Ashley Young scores brace courtesy of assists from Ander Herrera .
Defender Reece James fires home to score Red Devils' fourth goal before scoring side's fifth .
Wayne Rooney scores his second to give Man United 3-0 lead at half time .
Rooney scores from the penalty spot to double Man United's advantage .
Danny Welbeck... |
14c9b2f9c3d0cb79414c5103917165a714bce3e2 | (CNN) -- Global wine production is booming with vineyards springing up everywhere from China to the United States, Chile and New Zealand. But when a recent report authored by Morgan Stanley Research predicted a looming global wine shortage, vinophiles took to social media to express their dismay over the bleak news. Th... | World is facing a significant wine shortage, according to Morgan Stanley report .
Industry experts release global production report countering Morgan Stanley findings .
Old world wines continue to stabilize after poor harvests in recent years, say experts . |
14ca09940fa3446b76bcfafd30b1711b5734fd39 | By . Ryan Gorman . PUBLISHED: . 17:48 EST, 11 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:57 EST, 11 July 2013 . Wanted for amassing a collection of photos and images numbering in the hundreds and suspected in a sex attack last year, authorities had Stanley Simms in their grasp, even questioning him while searching his home.But Simm... | Stanley Simms has been missing since June 7, when investigators let him leave his home after discovering child pornography on his computer while executing a search warrant .
The computer held over 200 images and movies .
Simms is also wanted for questioning in an alleged sexual assault that happened in December . |
14ca8f98879af6cc92b809b4e68925935948c3cb | (CNN) -- Police have arrested a man in the killing of Auburn University freshman Lauren Burk, who died this week, according to the Auburn, Alabama, assistant police chief. Courtney Larrell Lockhart, 23, of Smiths, Alabama, is charged with capital murder during a kidnapping, capital murder during a robbery, and capital ... | Courtney Larrell Lockhart, 23, charged with three counts of capital murder .
Auburn University student Lauren Burk found shot Tuesday, died at hospital .
Burk's car found minutes later engulfed in flames in campus parking lot . |
14caa273088e8bf8ceae5294974f1340c8e0183b | By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 21:45 EST, 14 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:45 EST, 14 April 2013 . With tears in his eyes as he holds roses in his left hand, Petro Mischtschuk poignantly stands on the grounds of a Second World War concentration camp where more than 50,000 people lost their lives. The 87-year-old Ukrai... | Ceremony held for anniversary of liberation outside Weimar, Germany .
At least 56,000 men, including 11,000 Jews, died there from 1937-1945 .
Around 250,000 people from across Europe were kept in Buchenwald .
Forced labour source for Nazis who carried out medical experiments . |
14ceee275f283e9da2aec11b5c031fc07264f47d | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Iran's efforts to develop its nuclear program have been stymied by a raft of challenges from international sanctions and set back by the 2010 Stuxnet cyberattack, two new reports from a Washington nuclear think tank conclude. The reports by former weapons inspector David Albright's Institute for Sci... | New reports cite the effects of international sanctions on Iran's nuclear efforts .
A cyberattack also had a crippling effect on an enrichment site .
But Iran has more than enough enriched uranium for its research reactor .
Reports: Iran appears on a trajectory "to producing weapons-grade uranium" |
14cf4319b06d399078fb0b1447d19bc80742cb23 | In the shadow of the iPhone 5 reveal, Apple rolled out updates to its most enduring mobile product, the iPod, on Wednesday. They include a bigger, yet lighter and thinner, iPod Touch that mirrors the stretched-out new iPhone and a bigger screen on the tiny iPod Nano. The new Touch is 6.1 millimeters thick, making it th... | Apple on Wednesday unveils a new, upgraded line of iPods .
iPod Touch mirrors upgrades on iPhone 5 .
Nano gets thinner, but with a bigger 2.5-inch touch screen .
Overshadowed by iPhone, iPad, iPods are still relevant, developers say . |
14cf4e95b1dd26285e2b64c7eaaf22d5aa187f1f | (CNN) -- For some survivors of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, escaping the inferno of the doomed rig made them feel like they'd cheated death. But living with the scars of what they witnessed that night, and the memory of the 11 men who perished when the rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana a year ago, has in many ... | Survivors say the scars from the disaster have taken their lives away .
Medical records: Survivors have been diagnosed with multiple mental issues .
One says he wakes up screaming from nightmares .
Transocean says its focus is on providing support for employees . |
14cf56c7005fd7166a6fd76266cf0b6a20365558 | West Ham manager Sam Allardyce will not be making any more new signings before the transfer window closes on Friday night. Allardyce, who boosted his squad with Italian pair Marco Borriello and Antonio Nocerino signing loan deals until the end of the season last week, was unsuccessful with a £3million-plus bid for Leed... | Allardyce signed Borriello and Nocerino until the end of the season .
Hammers boss expected to go back in for Leeds forward McCormack .
Initial bid for McCormack was £3m rising to £4m based on appearances .
Relegation-threatened Hammers face Chelsea on Wednesday . |
14d021c72f5be055eb5f980c8e6a5bf837f62973 | Madrid (CNN) -- The conveyer belt of a baggage carousel that killed a 5-month-old at an airport in Spain was not moving when his mother set him on it, a Spanish Civil Guard spokesman in Madrid said Friday. But soon afterward it started moving, and the child was carried to the end, where his head was injured by the caro... | The conveyer belt did not start moving until after the mother placed her baby on it .
The child was fatally injured by the carousel's rollers, authorities say .
The mother, an American, also had another young child with her . |
14d0c3accb1e3e0dc2619e79a64edd569e804655 | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 05:55 EST, 3 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:15 EST, 3 January 2013 . Her former lover is steeling himself for battle as the Italian election race heats up, but Silvio Berlusconi's ex-girlfriend Nicole Minetti is enjoying a far more relaxed start to the new year. The bikini-clad pol... | Silvio Berlusconi's former girlfriend has been soaking up the sunshine in Miami, Florida, U.S.
The 26-year-old became embroiled in the 'Bunga Bunga' scandal after being accused of supplying escorts for the former PM's lavish parties .
Her ex is preparing to seek office once again in Italian elections next month . |
14d1d7189873baf204663c73c5e36a24c42cda08 | By . Chris Parsons . Last updated at 12:26 PM on 18th November 2011 . A brave cancer sufferer who filmed herself asking Hollywood star Joseph Gordon-Levitt out on a date has become an internet sensation. Pretty brunette Lindsey Miller, who suffers from pancreatic neuroendcrine cancer, decided to solve her dating crisis... | YouTube video viewed 250,000 times in three days .
Hollywood star plays cancer sufferer in film 50/50 . |
14d235eb877c49fad959d1c87ed1227666fe583b | Editor's note: Pedro A. Noguera is a professor at New York University and director of the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education. He is editor of "Unfinished Business: Closing the Achievement Gap in Our Nation's Schools" and author of "The Trouble With Black Boys: And Other Reflections on Race, Equity and the Future o... | Pedro Noguera: It's good that Obama is emphasizing education's importance .
He says president needs to be wary of taking sides on volatile issues .
He says merit pay and charter schools could alienate key allies .
Noguera: Obama needs teachers on his side to improve schools . |
14d3956645561cd790383dcade57dfba413d3e4a | New York (CNN) -- Dumpster-lined streets and sidewalks strewn with destroyed art hint at the damage Hurricane Sandy wreaked on New York's most important art district last week; but as electricity slowly returns and flood waters recede, the impact of the "super storm" is still uncertain in New York's downtown Chelsea ne... | One gallery owner anticipates losses to the art world in the "hundreds of millions"
"Chelsea is the center of America for contemporary art," another says .
Flooding from the Hudson River quickly filled basements and street-level facilities .
Sculptor says he and thousands of pounds of metal were knocked down by the sur... |
14d4943e636b0174dd37583c58d9ac78435a0952 | A mother whose weight ballooned to 19st after snacking on crisps and chocolate every two hours has shed more than nine stone. Rachel Baker, 32, from Addlestone, Surrey, had gained weight steadily since her teens, eating big meals including frozen ready meals and takeaways and frequently snacking on crisps, chocolate an... | Rachel Baker, 32, had been overweight since her teens due to a bad diet .
She 'loves food' and as an adult, ate ready meals, takeaways and snacks .
Before the birth of her son, her BMI was classed as 'obese' at 43 .
After gaining three stone, a GP told her it was now 'off the scale'
She also realised she was breathless... |
14d4a457e39d9e2d3aecba8f58c7c6d62a1d3e89 | By . Graham Smith . Last updated at 3:22 PM on 20th January 2012 . A teenager who became the youngest person in Britain to have a full sex change is hoping to be crowned Miss England. After four suicide attempts, Jackie Green, 18, from Leeds, underwent surgery to become a woman on her 16th birthday. Ever since she was ... | Jackie Green - formerly Jack - underwent surgery to become a woman in Thailand on her 16th birthday . |
14d515ed48458997b6e6e0057a2ef431da1b22d2 | (CNN) -- The head of European football has told players not to walk off the pitch if they are racially abused, saying any decision to stop a match should be left to the referee. UEFA president Michel Platini's comments come just one week after AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli, who was subjected to "monkey chants" in a ... | Michel Platini urges players not to walk off the pitch if racially abused .
The UEFA president insists the decision to stop a match rests with referees .
The Frenchman also reiterates his stance against goal-line technology .
Platini remains behind the Qatar World Cup in 2022 being played in winter . |
14d742a0abb53d89ff9d7ea0044b36bae766165d | By . Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 04:21 EST, 21 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:08 EST, 21 January 2013 . Victim: Kayla Ann Hendrickson was found shot to death along Highway 6 . A 16-year-old girl found killed on a motorway died of gunshot wounds, Oregon state police said. Kayla Ann Hendrickson, from Beaverton, Oregon was... | Kayla Ann Hendrickson, 16, was found dead by Highway 6 on Friday night .
Suspect Jacob Allen Green, 24, shot himself in his car the next day .
Green was the only suspect and later died in hospital . |
14d77743a81bc566a32bbd892d1ee522b000a1f6 | By . Emily Allen . PUBLISHED: . 07:11 EST, 18 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:37 EST, 18 July 2012 . A nurse stabbed her four-year-old daughter to death and tried to kill herself by drinking bleach after she faced the sack for leaking patient details to an accident 'cash for claims' law firm. Dawn Makin, 33, who is now p... | Dawn Making stabbed her daughter Chloe to death, slit her own wrists and drank toxic fluid to try and kill herself .
She was found unconscious next to her daughter's body after a worried relative alerted a neighbour .
The 33-year-old is permanently wheelchair bound and lives under 24 hour care in a rehabilitation unit ... |
14d7b4942d3f0ef0eb4d5da28d8dd11bda7aea61 | By . Emma Innes . PUBLISHED: . 07:30 EST, 5 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:31 EST, 5 November 2013 . Girls are going through puberty earlier and earlier, a new study has found. This is thought to be because of increasing rates of childhood obesity . Girls are going through puberty earlier and earlier, a new study ha... | African American girls now start to develop breasts at eight years and ten months, on average, and white girls at nine years and eight months .
This is about four months earlier than in the 1990s .
Heavier girls start to develop breasts at an earlier age than slim girls .
This could be because carrying excess fat tissu... |
14d8bdd7751402250b15c6b8f7011ae6130892c5 | Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) -- There is a predictable pattern that ensues following any tragic news in Nigeria. There is at first a collective sense of shock and grief. There follows official visits to the scene of the tragedy. Families are condoled and money is doled out in compensation. A period of mourning is inevitably an... | Gyado says there were signs that Dana Air standards had slipped in the last six months .
The airline faces accusations of penny-pinching and aircraft overuse .
Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, the country's airline industry regulator must be questioned too . |
14da9e4cf78ce14a9d0cbf630783e5b53ff79d8f | KHARTOUM, Sudan (CNN) -- Hundreds of angry protesters, some waving ceremonial swords from trucks equipped with loud speakers, gathered Friday outside the presidential palace to denounce a teacher whose class named a teddy bear "Mohammed" -- some calling for her execution. An undated amateur photo of Gillian Gibbons, wh... | Some demonstrators demand execution of Gillian Gibbons, 54 .
Gibbons found guilty of insulting religion, sentenced to 15 days in jail .
Teacher arrested after her class named teddy bear "Mohammed" |
14dacd040de3153396b6d4b98451b71de9f2feca | London (CNN) -- India has launched a rocket it hopes will allow it to join an elite group of space explorers to Mars. The country's space research organization (ISRO) launched its orbiter to the Red Planet on Tuesday -- only NASA, the former Soviet Union and the Europeans have previously been successful in operating pr... | Only NASA, the former Soviet Union and Europeans have succeeded with Mars probes .
India's spacecraft will explore the planet's surface features, minerals and atmosphere .
ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan says one of the biggest technological challenges is just getting there .
NASA is due to launch its MAVEN probe to Mars... |
14db2dd6f335b5f92fb62e036d3dcbddf504d4b0 | (CNN) -- The new coach of Penn State's embattled football program acknowledged criticism from alumni over his hiring, vowing to work to earn their trust and saluting the team's iconic former head coach Joe Paterno. Bill O'Brien's selection as the Nittany Lions' next coach has stirred the ire of some former Penn State f... | NEW: Bill O'Brien acknowledges criticism of his hiring and vows to earn alumni's trust .
NEW: He praises iconic, and recently fired, Penn State coach Joe Paterno .
Paterno himself says that he respects O'Brien's coaching record .
Patriots coach Bill Belichick lauds O'Brien, saying he and Penn State are a "great match" |
14dbd33e35ca950e0e70f40566a1a9f605ffe6e1 | A father has been arrested after allegedly stabbing to death his five-month-old baby daughter and a family friend and critically injuring two others in a domestic-related knife attack at a Wisconsin home. The suspect, who is yet to be identified, reportedly fatally stabbed his defenseless daughter as she lay in her cri... | Suspect allegedly stabbed to death five-month-old daughter in her crib'
Also 'murdered man, 39, and stabbed ex-girlfriend and her new partner'
Woman managed to call 911 as she was being attacked Friday morning .
She and her boyfriend are undergoing treatment at a Wisconsin hospital .
Suspect, who is yet to be identifi... |
14dbd492f4f66416a374a2d57fb6787d450832f4 | (CNN) -- The institution of marriage is unique. It is the one institution that binds women and men together to form a family, and this serves broad societal purposes. In California, a U.S. District Court Judge last week overturned Proposition 8, the California Marriage Protection Act. It was passed in November 2008 by ... | Bishop Harry Jackson: The institution of marriage is unique in our society .
The institution serves broad societal purposes, Jackson writes .
Jackson: Gay marriage will lead to degradation of the nuclear family .
Family structures that promote positive environments should be culture's aim, he says . |
14dc4f7acb9feae8cc936c424476d8af6c497334 | By . Niamh O'doherty . PUBLISHED: . 05:21 EST, 15 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:12 EST, 15 December 2012 . A French bell foundry in Normandy has cast the final bronze bell of eight huge replacements bound for the . north tower of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The bell, called Anne-Genevieve, was cast using medieva... | Many of the original bells were looted during the French Revolution .
It is thought the looted bells were melted down to make cannon balls .
Medieval foundry in Normandy tasked with making new bells . |
14de0f90cbd9cb70bd885fb04e41e9f8c38849c8 | (CNN) -- U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel will bring a "tough-minded" and "pragmatic" approach to the White House when he becomes President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff, according to people who know the Chicago, Illinois, native. Rep. Rahm Emanuel has experience in the White House, on Wall Street and on Capitol Hill. Eman... | NEW: Rahm Emanuel will be White House chief of staff, Barack Obama says .
Emanuel's direct style has ruffled some feathers on Capitol Hill .
House minority leader calls pick "ironic" for candidate who ran on change .
Emanuel is a veteran of Clinton White House, Wall Street and Congress . |
14de1aa4d1e15692cc0cde3a6f6938f4f9ff9063 | David Moyes' first home game as the new Manchester United manager will be against Jose Mourinho's Chelsea. Barclays Premier League champions United face a nightmare start to the 2013-14 season with trips to bitter rivals Liverpool and Manchester City in the opening five games. United begin at League Cup winners Swansea... | Premier League fixtures for 2013-14 season announced .
Man United face Chelsea, Liverpool and Man City in opening five games .
Play-off winners Crystal Palace start with London derby at home to Spurs . |
14de371643ab375ef117a056a445614d796f2801 | The story of Lady Godiva’s naked ride through the streets of Coventry has been a cornerstone of British folklore for 1,000 years. But now a Belgian chocolate manufacturer has sparked outrage by claiming it has exclusive rights to both her name and the famous image of her on top of a horse. The situation was exposed whe... | Confectionery giant's lawyers have sent warning letter to Lady Godiva pub .
Owner Glen Simons given 90-day ultimatum to remove any references to her .
Godiva famously rode horse naked into Coventry opposing oppressive tax .
Locals warns 'if Belgians try to enforce this in Coventry, there'll be protests' |
14e01c30fd8aea5f198d9559fba09555021068a8 | UKIP is on course to take enough Tory votes to put Ed Miliband in power next year, according to a poll of marginal constituencies. The survey of ten Conservative-held seats suggests the anti-EU party could tip the balance in favour of Labour in all but two of them. The findings will reinforce the central Tory message t... | Nine out of 11 marginal Tory seats are likely to vote for Labour in 2015 .
In each of the constituencies Labour finished second to the Tories in 2010 .
Survey by Lord Ashcroft found an overall 5% swing from Tories to Labour . |
14e15a0f256edbeb8c9c0397c76ecf2c1c9d2e49 | A fearless teenager has snapped these vertigo-inducing pictures while dangling 700ft in the air from some of London’s tallest skyscrapers. Harry Gallagher, 17, from Essex was able to dodge security to scale the likes of the ‘Walkie Talkie’, the ‘Cheesegrater’ and the unfinished London Pinnacle. The adrenaline junkie an... | Harry Gallagher, 17, has scaled iconic London buildings such as 'Walkie Talkie', 'Cheesegrater' and Pinnacle .
Avoiding security and without safety equipment he has climbed cranes to capture series of amazing photos .
Teenager and his friends are part of a growing community of cityscape adventurers known as Urban Explo... |
14e19837993cac7c3f398d9e560d17908edec5f5 | By . Sarah Griffiths . You may think that people living 100 years ago in cities of smog and steam-powered machinery could scarcely imagine our modern world today. And yet old postcards drawn by artists reveal scarily accurate predictions of 21st century gadgets from the vacuum cleaner and FaceTime, to large submarines.... | Sketches called En L’An 2000 were drawn between 1899 and 1910 in France .
Artists predicted 21st century gadgets such as the iPod and ski mobiles .
While the gadgets are futuristic, people's clothing in the scenes remained traditional - and women wear dresses while water-skiing .
Postcards were originally published in ... |
14e2493241a6996b43cbfc876a3f2fd646b5c546 | ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN) -- Police used pepper gas and water cannons to disperse crowds of demonstrators who took to the streets Tuesday to protest a meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. A protester fires a catapult at police during demonstrations in Istanbul. Some protesters broke shop windows ... | Police use water cannons to disperse anti-IMF protesters in Istanbul .
Some protesters broke shop windows in and around Taksim Square .
IMF delegates are in the city to discus ways to battle poverty . |
14e2786a3770bbbe84ba91a3db2c0839424f7970 | The anxiety had niggled away at me for a week. I knew what I had to do - I just didn't know if I had the courage to do it. Standing at the front door of my friend Sarah's idyllic cottage in the Gloucestershire countryside, I realised I couldn't put the moment off any longer. After I knocked, I could hear her singing in... | Sonia caught her friend's husband with another woman .
When she revealed the affair, it was her friendship that was over .
She became the scapegoat .
Now believes honesty isn't always best policy . |
14e2ccc36e68b3faa8876fc47039857b351a55e5 | He seemed somewhat out of place amid the traditional, old-fashioned ceremony of Changing the Guard. But this heavily armed soldier in combat fatigues proved every bit as much of an attraction to the camera-wielding tourists at Horse Guards Parade in London yesterday. Troops with machine guns have been deployed alongsid... | Soldiers with assault rifles seen outside entrance to Horse Guards Parade .
Increased presence comes after a soldier was shot dead in Canada .
Corporal Nathan Cirillo was killed as he stood guard at a war memorial .
Decision to deploy armed guards at the entrance made by local commanders .
MoD regularly reviews securit... |
14e3679ff80e1d255f5996318a4b904c95eb81a4 | It was at the center of a controversial Rolling Stone article about a brutal gang rape. But that didn't stop a wave of spring rush hopefuls from attending the newly-reinstated University of Virginia fraternity Phi Kappa Psi's open-house event on Thursday, according to reports. During the event, the group's centrally-lo... | Wave of hopefuls reportedly attended Phi Kappa Psi's open-house event .
One undergraduate said: 'It was crowded and lively. I had to wait in line'
Fraternity president,Stephen Scipione, affirmed: 'We had a good crowd'
Event on Thursday came just three days after fraternity was reinstated .
It had been at the center of ... |
14e3768b190d456ecbdc69e05ae5151af26b52a9 | By . Sarah Griffiths . High speed cameras allow researchers to see things that they would normally miss, from the beating wings of a hummingbird to how a boat cuts through water. Now researchers in Japan have developed what they believe is the world’s fastest camera, which can take 4.4 trillion images a second. The dev... | Scientists from the University of Tokyo and Keio University in Japan created the camera, which uses a technique called motion-based femtophotography .
It maps the movement of an object over time into a ‘burst stream’ of photos .
Camera takes high resolution images at the rate of 4.4 trillion per second but is not compa... |
14e3b796cce30cbd7cdae63ccf3b690d1eea23b2 | A mother-of-two who once weighed 24 stone and hated her size thought her life would be transformed when she had a gastric wrap to help her slim down. But while the weight loss surgery - similar to having a gastric band - did help Melissa Foreman shed 12st, it didn't leave her with the body of her dreams. Instead the 44... | Melissa Foreman, 44, from London, reached 24st 5,000 calories-a-day diet .
After having twins, she wanted to be a healthier, more active mother .
Left with rolls of saggy skin after shedding 12st with weight loss surgery .
US-born mum had ops to remove skin and is now 11st 5lb with taut tummy . |
14e4b0cca6bad6c5f9741d2a6adc15112812e20f | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 05:44 EST, 22 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:56 EST, 22 November 2012 . Callous Sharon Greaves duped an elderly man out of his life savings. She has been jailed for more than three years . A drug addict conwoman left a . 'proud' pensioner penniless after duping her way into hi... | Sharon Greaves, 52, pretended she would marry vulnerable OAP .
The conwoman, from Layton, Lancs, duped victim out of nearly £3,000 .
She spent money on drugs and left him penniless . |
14e517e4141e2c7dc20c4e3bb3e888f13b5a5899 | Brown Ideye’s proposed move to Qatar club Al Gharafa has taken an intriguing twist with West Bromwich Albion now willing to lower their demands for the striker from £6million to an initial €5million – around £3.8million. Negotiations are ongoing and they suggest frantic work is taking place to recoup cash for a fresh f... | West Brom lower demands for Brown Ideye from £6million to an initial £3.8m .
The Baggies brought Ideye in last summer for a record £10m fee .
The Nigerian has scored two goals in 17 matches so far this season .
Tony Pulis looking at West Ham's Carlton Cole or Liverpool striker Rickie Lambert as a potential replacement... |
14e5d9b6bbc8e43bfe742aa4dcae66cdd12b1b27 | (CNN) -- Earlier this year, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-New York, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, expressed support for raising taxes only on households earning $1 million or more, a higher threshold than the $250,000 dividing line backed by President Obama. Eventually, Schumer and Pelosi declared their... | Earlier this year Sen. Schumer, Rep. Pelosi proposed raising taxes on millionaires .
Reihan Salam says their idea of a higher threshold than Obama's $250,000 could work .
Salam: It wouldn't raise as much money, but would be more politically palatable .
He says another plus is that it wouldn't risk as much of an economi... |
14e68b2411dfee7b33e9dda0056002635a706d30 | By . Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 04:09 EST, 20 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:24 EST, 20 February 2013 . The stepmother of a 13-year-old boy who died after he was beaten and kept in a dog cage has been sentenced to 35 years in jail. Kimberly Kubina, 47, pleaded guilty to felony neglect over teenager Christian Choate’s ... | Kimberly Kubina pleaded guilty to felony neglect over the boy's death .
Christian Choate's malnourished body was found in a shallow grave .
His father, Riley Choate, was sentenced to 80 years in prison last month . |
14e6bbe05aa53530cda56b7e76b45a40d440c3c9 | By . Pete Jenson . Follow @@petejenson . Lionel Messi’s failure to have any impact against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night and coach Gerardo Martino’s inability to do anything about it dominated the inquest into Barcelona’s dismal Champions League exit. 'He ran only one mile more than goalkeeper Pinto' ran one headl... | Lionel Messi ran 4.2 miles during the 1-0 Champions League loss to Atletico .
Coach Gerardo Martino was unable to affect the situation .
Barcelona have played Atletico five times this season and not won .
The Madrid side went through to the semi-finals 2-1 on aggregate . |
14e74935beef1ce9218a8d7ad5b0543fc07eca05 | SEASIDE, Oregon (CNN) -- One day in 1957, when Jeff Daly was 6 years old, his little sister, Molly, disappeared. Jeff Daly's efforts to find his sister, Molly, led to a new Oregon law about records for institutions for the disabled. Every night at dinner, he would ask his parents the same question, "Where's Molly?" Eve... | People increasingly seek reunions with once-institutionalized relatives .
Most sent to institutions had some form of developmental disability .
In 1967, as many as 100,000 children were housed in 162 state facilities in U.S.
Advocacy group The Arc creates online registry, search service, to help reunions . |
14e7a5ce9ab8139d4f052e81d46e605e07a2f42b | By . Tamara Cohen . PUBLISHED: . 18:00 EST, 16 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:49 EST, 16 October 2013 . Victor: Elanor Laing won the Deputy Speaker position by 257 votes to 240 . Tory MP Eleanor Laing has been elected Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, beating six other candidates. The Conservative MP for Epping... | Miss Laing, MP for Epping Forest, won the election by 257 votes to 240 .
She will replace Nigel Evans, who stepped down to fight sex offence charges .
Miss Laing triumphed despite being caught up in the 2009 expenses scandal .
Her position carries a salary premium of £36,360 . |
14e9020b70c7abaa14c9fc4a1862c882766a64b4 | By . Hayley O'keeffe . PUBLISHED: . 05:53 EST, 26 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:59 EST, 26 October 2013 . A disabled man died after he plunged head first down a flight of stairs in his wheelchair after drunkenly leaving through the wrong door. Council worker David Henley had drunk ten pints with friends in a hotel b... | Council worker David Henley had drunk ten pints of beer with friends .
Used wrong door when leaving to meet taxi and plunged down flight of stairs .
Hotel had been given clean bill of health by safety officials in inspection . |
14e9277305573121cac1026960d8d71c8a885ebf | A £25billion rival to the Panama Canal could be built across Nicaragua – funded entirely by the Chinese. The hugely ambitious engineering project would give China control of a vital waterway to challenge the one completed by the US in Panama nearly 100 years ago. Legislation paving the way for a new canal was given the... | Proposal fast-tracked through the ruling party-controlled congress .
It happened despite a lack of details about the huge project .
Supporters claim the canal could double the GDP of Nicaragua .
But route hasn't been set out, or funding arrangements with China . |
14ebc4c9e11e89837df955ceae5bc2b862ba65eb | By . Louise Cheer for Daily Mail Australia . Men are more likely to make women hot under the collar by switching on a blender than turning on a power tool, according to new research. A team of neuroscientists were flown in from London to conduct scientific testing on 20 Australian couples to determine what domestic dut... | The new research was carried out on 20 real-life Australian couples .
Reactions of female partners were monitored by London neuroscientists .
They were more turned on when their partner was making a cup of coffee .
This was compared to their significant others ironing, drilling or sawing .
Seven out of 10 women likened... |
14ec5c67c7a34c11fc0f91e47e45e3bf3a8e69f2 | A plunging neckline closing three inches below a woman's cleavage is the new super-low-cut trend being worn by the the biggest names on the red carpet. At one time, a pair of silicone breasts were the ultimate accessory when it came to pulling off the look - just look to Katie Price and Pamela Anderson for proof. But f... | Stars shunning silicone for natural breasts despite plunging cleavage trend .
Katie Price and Pamela Anderson championed fake breasts a decade ago .
Brits requesting more modest implants over the last five years .
Most requested cup size is now a C . |
14ed360b3155eb7df1725ad135f6ea8e2415fb53 | By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 07:42 EST, 28 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:18 EST, 28 January 2013 . A closeted gay man who embezzled £170,000 from his employer has claimed that he used the money to pay off his wife after she started blackmailing him over his sexuality. Christopher Brown is facing jail after being fou... | Christopher Brown spent money from company cheques on school fees .
Claimed his wife threatened to out him if he did not lavish spending on her .
Faces jail after being found guilty of theft . |
14ed71f12d371bd7b238520aac99c2e60b111cc6 | By . Simon Cable Showbusiness Correspondent . PUBLISHED: . 17:30 EST, 16 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 03:33 EST, 17 January 2014 . The 43-year-old said she hasn't been as slim since before the birth of her youngest child . Staying trim could hardly have been a problem for Susanna Reid, a busy working mother who also f... | The 43-year-old said her arms, legs and stomach were more toned .
Miss Reid said help from her husband and family allowed her to commit to gruelling rehearsals . |
14edfeff9426c0c1c4b300af6945e9efa145bccc | Alan Pardew suffered his first defeat as Crystal Palace manager in frustrating fashion as his side failed to respond to conceding an early goal against Everton. It was bitty, gritty and grinding from Everton. There were delayed free kicks and balls pettily poked away when the whistle had gone. But that is exactly what ... | Everton defeated Crystal Palace 1-0 in their Barclays Premier League clash at Selhurst Park .
Romelu Lukaku scored the winner by bundling home from a Steven Naismith cross after only two minutes .
New manager Alan Pardew had won his previous four games since returning as Eagles manager . |
14ee16d218943c45aa6a6c5705012b3d2411593c | By . Katherine Faulkner . Last updated at 1:21 AM on 14th December 2011 . Celebrations: Corey Brown, 20, escaped being tagged so he can go out for his 21st birthday and over Christmas . A judge agreed not to fit a criminal with an electronic tag because of his 21st birthday plans – and that only a ‘tyrant’ would impose... | Corey Brown, 20, who was caught with the keys to a £30k car, repeatedly failed to turn up for unpaid work .
Recorder David Hall refuses to give him an electronic tag - and instead adds an extra seven hours to his community punishment .
Brown says he saw punishment as a 'bit of a joke' |
14effa203487d4a72823fcb9a3f9083fac11cf70 | By . Chris Greenwood . The leaking of secret surveillance techniques by Edward Snowden has made the world a more dangerous place, a top officer warned last night. Cressida Dick said the former US National Security Agency contractor’s disclosures, printed by The Guardian newspaper, caused ‘enormous damage’ and ‘hand[ed]... | Former CIA agent Edward Snowden leaked secret surveillance techniques .
Scotland Yard's Cressida Dick said his actions caused 'enormous damage'
The assistant commissioner said it 'hands the advantage to terrorists' |
14f0a1517217b272e76088f38e82bae295311a1b | (CNN)Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie married over the weekend in France, a representative for Jolie confirmed Thursday. The couple, who are the parents of six children, have been together for almost a decade. They got married Saturday in a small, private ceremony in a chapel at Château Miraval in the village of Correns. P... | The couple married in France over the weekend .
They are the parents of six children .
Pitt and Jolie have been together for almost a decade . |
14f0d6fdeecd117a6d00dcc01416758768902d32 | Memory swipes: Samantha McDonald says she has been abducted by aliens . A British woman claims she has been abducted by aliens on repeated visits since she first made contact with them in the 1990s. Samantha McDonald told a sceptical Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby on This Morning how she has experienced superna... | Samantha McDonald said aliens have visited her since the 1990s .
She doesn't remember experiences as she has her 'memory wiped'
But she wakes up with injuries including needle marks .
Survey finds one in three Brits have seen UFO . |
14f18aaa79787025776a68c19f439cdaafbe8ac0 | (CNN)President Obama admitted Friday that his basketball game is suffering and he prefers golf nowadays, but for Attorney General Eric Holder it's nothing but net. In a town hall event Friday, President Obama said he's fallen a long way from his days "dominating" the court. "I'll be honest with you, my game is a little... | President Obama says he leans more toward playing golf these days .
Meanwhile, outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder draws oohs and ahhs on the basketball court . |
14f3f9e26715e93702431696f348fdd699fa7387 | (CNN)The first major storm of 2015 is amounting to just about every kind of ornery mess by Old Man Winter. This weekend's storms will threaten havoc everywhere east of the Rockies with possible record cold, rain, snow and even tornadoes. Even West Texas was receiving heavy flurries Saturday, with up to 6 inches near Am... | "The coldest outbreak of arctic air" since last winter may threaten Northern Plains .
Snow, freezing rain will fall in Northern Rockies, Great Plains, toward New England .
Tornadoes could hit Gulf Coast as rains should soak Southeast . |
14f42d116b19157349d07a9bc31e30eec28a56e7 | An incredibly offensive selection of costumes offers men the chance to dress up as 'fat women' this Halloween. The costume collections, which are available through a variety of online retailers, including Amazon.com, feature designs such as 'Tinker Belly', 'sexy fat cheerleader' and 'fat fairy' - there's even a 'fat la... | Available outfits include a 'sexy fat cheerleader' and 'Tinker Belly'
The disrespectful dress-up items can be bought from a number of popular online retailers including Amazon.com . |
14f4dfa3b780f0e8cbcee3ab9e281d4723e8b138 | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 09:46 EST, 8 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:18 EST, 9 July 2013 . From spinning to Zumba classes, there are always new ways to try and make the dreaded exercise regime more fun. And now, a new exercise device that has taken America by storm has landed in the UK and the makers claim that... | Hydrofit is a pod containing an exercise bike or treadmill submerged in water .
Power jets claim to massage legs and banish cellulite whilst working out .
Users burn at least 300 calories in 30 minutes .
Craze started in U.S. and has now landed in luxury Chelsea gym . |
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