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14f6bdb085095e841ccb7fea8e48c23c1c324f26 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 06:43 EST, 16 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:28 EST, 16 May 2013 . Sirens blazing, traffic officer Mark James was in hot pursuit of a speeding driver doing 52mph in a 35mph zone. But Officer James had to abandon the high speed chase - to save a mother and her two ducklings from the... | Portland Police officer Mark James gave up his chase to save the family .
Traffic officer James was chasing a car doing 52mph in a 35mph zone . |
14f6fbd2596d818cd694339436bb13253647c2f8 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Friends: Kirstine Hamilton, who has a ten-year-old daughter with former partner Neil Trotter . The ex-girlfriend of lottery winner Neil Trotter may have missed out on his fortune, but is still happy after finding love with the man two doors down. Kirstine Hamilton, who lived with Mr Trotter a... | Kirstine Hamilton heard about Neil Trotter's win while on honeymoon .
Met her new husband on same street, after she split with Mr Trotter .
She sent him a joking text message: 'That's just typical of you, Trotter'
Pair remain on good terms and have a ten-year-old daughter together . |
14f978711287f145199aae56932b8f7d6a2b6d22 | Washington (CNN) -- The systems that control U.S. military drones have been infected with a computer virus, a U.S. defense official confirmed to CNN on Monday. Despite the infection of the classified program, the virus has not "stopped flights worldwide," the official said. The official declined to comment on how the s... | The virus has not "stopped flights worldwide," defense official says .
The infection was first reported by Wired magazine .
Drones have targeted suspected militants in such countries as Pakistan and Yemen . |
14f9dc709ece812995777aea4feffdb9a28186c9 | A government minister today pleaded with civil servants to let him have a games console in his ministerial office. Ed Vaizey revealed he had been told not to have gaming equipment wired up to his office TV because it would look ‘frivolous’. But the Tory culture minister said he was going to ‘renew’ his campaign, arguin... | Culture minister Ed Vaizey wants a games console in his departmental office .
Civil servants tell him it would be 'frivolous'
Like Prime Minister David Cameron, he is addicted to playing on his iPad . |
14fa8748d2148110c2a83450746ac926a35792c7 | A western lowland gorilla has been born at London Zoo as part of breeding programme for critically-endangered species. Following an eight and a half month gestation period, 15-year-old mother Mjukuu gave birth to the baby, her second infant, last night. The new arrival was discovered by delighted Zoo staff this morning... | 15-year-old mother Mjukuu gave birth to the adorable baby overnight .
The infant is important for European conservation breeding programme .
In the wild western-lowland gorillas are critically endangered . |
14fcaef3a144b1f60726e365a4aeccd39e9f2bc1 | Los Angeles (CNN) -- -- The mother of a 24-year-old California woman whose decomposed remains were found in Malibu Canyon in August said Monday she believes her daughter was murdered and asked that the coroner exhume the remains and the FBI crime lab examine her clothing. Mitrice Richardson was last seen leaving a Los ... | Mitrice Richardson went missing after she left a Los Angeles County Sheriff's station .
Eleven months later her remains were found in a remote mountain area .
Her mother asks authorities to exhume her daughter's remains . |
14fdaaf09e08e8f11c9c9683a3ab4821bd46e177 | By . Sam Adams . PUBLISHED: . 07:40 EST, 17 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:55 EST, 17 May 2013 . A grieving husband has been accused of assaulting a traffic warden who tried to ticket cars outside his home while he waited for his wife's funeral cortege. Angry relatives confronted the warden as he was allegedly preparing ... | Mac Page accused of assaulting warden who tried to ticket relatives' cars .
Family was waiting for funeral cortege of his wife Rena at the time .
Mr Page, 66, left stunned by assault allegation which he said he will contest . |
14fe2ae87d2b8acea9f8671d8cf40518a63f3b22 | By . Ashley Collman for MailOnline . A woman was rescued after she backed into a 17-feet deep sinkhole that opened up in her tanning salon's parking lot in Ross Township, Pennsylvania yesterday. Allegheny High School teacher Natalie Huddleston had just finished a session at Hollywood Tans around 4:30pm when she heard a... | Natalie Huddleston was leaving an appointment at a tanning salon when she backed into a 17-foot deep sinkhole .
Sinkhole merged when storm drain collapsed underneath store .
Tanning salon's owner rescued Huddleston from her car before it fell completely into the hole .
Repairs to the storm drain and sinkhole will take ... |
14ffe4c9a9c3fb8f16797dcf167da6df17afb9c4 | By . Simon Tomlinson and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 23:19 EST, 12 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 23:52 EST, 12 December 2013 . Ritual: Chun Michael Deng died after being knocked unconscious during a fraternity hazing . The 19-year-old New York college student who died from brain injuries after a hazing has been... | Chen Deng died after being brought to hospital by fellow students .
Fraternity failed to seek medical help for nearly an hour, police claim .
Freshman suffered 'major brain trauma' after being knocked unconscious . |
150017a4e0f73fba84dca95314c04479b0ea9090 | (CNN) -- While most first-person shooter games want players to kill as a means of completing a mission,"Bulletstorm" takes that premise to the next level by having players "kill with skill." The new first-person shooter from Epic Games, People Can Fly and Electronic Arts ends up being a campy, over-the-top offering, fe... | "Bulletstorm" follows Grayson Hunt, an assassin-turned-mercenary .
In the game, the more outlandish the killing, the more points you get .
It is not only about using the different weapons, but also the environment . |
15005fc85ff170f25e2c08cd2ad77e8c0f53b852 | By . Lucy Waterlow . PUBLISHED: . 05:42 EST, 12 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:12 EST, 12 April 2013 . One couple have the magic moment they became engaged captured for posterity after a romantic father-to-be went down on one knee during a professional photo shoot. Matt Beards, 32, stunned his pregnant partner Kirsty L... | Pregnant Kirsty Leneveu was stunned when Matt Beards proposed .
He surprised her at photo shoot organised for her birthday .
Equally surprised photographer captured moment on camera . |
150067f8663821a219e5e74d996915ec9e47b8a5 | By . James Rush . PUBLISHED: . 14:03 EST, 3 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:08 EST, 3 March 2013 . Britain's youngest schoolgirl racer Jamie Chadwick has beaten the boys to win a £40,000 track deal. The fourteen-year-old is studying for her GCSE exams during the week - but at weekends she will soon be swapping her unifo... | Jamie Chadwick to race in 2013 Ginetta Junior Championship .
14-year-old beat dozens of teenagers to win full funding worth £40,000 .
Teenager wants to become Formula 1 driver like hero Jenson Button . |
150116c6d9be4bc139855bb4251db5029b06cb0a | (CNN) -- People keep asking me what my dad might like for his 90th birthday on June 12. I think I can answer that one. He'd like to jump out of an airplane and feel that freedom one more time. He'd like to have his family and close friends around him for a quiet celebration. He'd like a good martini with a couple of ol... | His son says former President George H.W. Bush wants more than a skydive for his 90th .
Neil Bush: Dad wants to continue to encourage people to serve the community .
He says encouraging volunteer service was a hallmark of 41's presidency .
Neil Bush: Volunteer as a way to honor my dad -- or yours . |
150277be5f77a137278ba9651d0052853e0af9bf | In order to use many websites and social networks, you have to forfeit a certain amount of your privacy. But one San Diego firm is willing to pay you for the privilege of following you around as you browse the web, make searches and use social networks. For $100 (£60) a month, Luth Research will track your every move o... | The ZQ Intelligence scheme is run by Luth Research .
It pays preselected participants a monthly fee to collect their data .
This information is collected on behalf of company clients .
All information is securely routed through the Luth Research’s server .
It tracks website visits, search entries, time spent on social ... |
1502c908714049cea1330bd9a2479838460355ac | (CNN) -- Authorities have identified three of the four women found dead this month in two incidents in Detroit, an investigator with the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office said Friday. Three of the women have been linked to a website that accepts ads for escort services, police have said. In the latest case, one of... | One of the two bodies found Christmas Day has been identified .
Three of the four women are linked to a website that accepts ads for escort services .
Lawyer: Not clear website was involved in deaths . |
1502d1e2ce9d657fbfc05d1e366476f6b48179d0 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:14 EST, 28 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:43 EST, 28 March 2013 . A baby gorilla being temporarily raised by human surrogate parents is doing well while learning to roll over, sit up and nearly walk on all fours. Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden primate specialists say two-m... | Baby Gladys was born in Texas to a first-time mother who showed little maternal instinct .
Ohio zoo plans to raise her for the first few months themselves before introducing her to a few potential new gorilla mothers .
Western lowland gorillas are critically endangered in the wild . |
1502eadbee8dd26201c7e90d9c9c3f7cfc3ec141 | By . Nick Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 17:14 EST, 7 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:14 EST, 7 April 2013 . Tests: David Nutt wants to investigate whether magic mushrooms work in treating depression . Campaigners have criticised a decision . to award £550,000 of public funds to a sacked government drugs tsar so . he can inve... | Professor David Nutt given cash by Medical Research Council .
Wants to investigate whether magic mushrooms work in treating depression .
Team given £550,000 grant for trial involving 60 sufferers .
Sacked in 2009 for claiming ecstasy less harmful than horseriding . |
150397d3b2765e07aa2dcad08a626a2268887fa5 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:21 EST, 13 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:27 EST, 13 January 2013 . The Church of Scientology has vehemently denied claims made in a sensational new book that Tom Cruise auditioned a host of Hollywood beauties including Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan and Kat... | A controversial new book claims that Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan and Kate Bosworth were 'auditioned' to be Tom Cruise's wife .
He eventually settled upon Katie Holmes in 2005 .
According to 'Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison Belief', Cruise also harbored political ambitions toward t... |
15050103702a56981c082c69c415f8667f1f2115 | Posted pictures of himself with Bill Clinton and Silvio Berlusconi . Called for a 'boycott' of Arab businesses . The Israeli prime minister's 19-year-old son posted disparaging and obscene comments about Arabs and Muslims on his Facebook page, an Israeli paper reported today. Earlier this year, Yair Netanyahu posted th... | Posted pictures of himself with Bill Clinton and Silvio Berlusconi .
Called for a 'boycott' of Arab businesses . |
1507524e79b13d1dc26935bfa7c318ce89b22e7c | Clearly Jesus was sexy. After all, He is the Son of God. I don't mean to be disrespectful, but as I watched the trailer for the new movie, "Son of God," I found myself gawking at the actor portraying Jesus. Diogo Morgado is one hot dude. His Jesus looks more like Brad Pitt than that nice man with the beard in all those... | A film starring Diogo Morgado as Jesus opens this week .
Carol Costello says he inspired the hashtag "HotJesus"
Costello: Is physical attractiveness necessary for a religious figure in today's culture? |
150947e91521e6705951debd0c45de95bb03049e | By . Derek Hunter . Arsene Wenger has backed Jack Wilshere to take the World Cup by storm after revealing the Arsenal star’s rehabilitation from a broken foot will ensure he is in peak condition for England this summer. The 22-year-old has not played since suffering a hairline fracture to his left foot during England’s... | Arsene Wenger claims Jack Wilshere will prove his class at the World Cup .
England star hasn't played since breaking his foot against Denmark .
Wenger has assured Roy Hodgson that Wilshere will return rejuvenated .
The 22-year-old is set to comeback for the West Brom game on May 5 .
Wenger insists that Arsenal have not... |
15096688fb681576d2632cb116fd56c00ceb7723 | A new species of shrimp has been discovered living deeper than any seen before in the world's most extreme deep sea volcanic vents. British scientists made the discovery while on an expedition to explore boiling undersea springs - which may be hotter than 450C - on the Caribbean seafloor. Some 5,000 metres down, in a r... | Rimicaris hybisae was found 5,000m beneath the Caribbean sea . |
1509a2b391ec01b5bb791d1a1b143d0c183921e5 | From the Rampant Rabbit to Love Egg, there are thousands of gadgets and devices that promise to boost your sex life. But which ones are any good - and which can help problems between the sheets? Now, leading sexual dysfunction nurse, Wendy Hurn, has compiled her top 10 - based on years of experience helping couples ove... | Leading sexual dysfunction nurse, Wendy Hurn, has compiled her top 10 .
Based on years of experience helping couples and them trialling products .
Some help women to orgasm, others help with erectile dysfunction . |
150a47862ba63d12680b43e5072a82afd8cd6021 | What could be so horrible? Grade-school math. As schools around the U.S. implement national Common Core learning standards, parents trying to help their kids with math homework say that adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing has become as complicated as calculus. Stacey Jacobson-Francis (right) works on math hom... | Some parents say math homework involving adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing has become as complicated as calculus .
Common Core, adopted by 44 states, is a set of English and math standards that students should know .
Comedian Louis C.K. has taken to Twitter to vent about how ridiculous he thinks the standar... |
150bf07194320cd59f1d1a54ff6313b9fb4b9c30 | (CNN) -- There can't be many people whose image has sat side by side on a front page with Colonel Gaddafi, the now expired former dictator of Libya. But Sepp Blatter, the president of soccer's governing body FIFA, is one of the few to hold this dubious honor. It was June 2011, and The Sun -- a British tabloid newspaper... | Sepp Blatter has been criticized for saying players cannot "run away" from racism .
FIFA president's comments came after Kevin-Prince Boateng walked off pitch in protest .
Ghana international was playing for AC Milan in a friendly against fourth division Pro Patria .
Blatter has been president of world football's gover... |
150caa7c0d134c62b07efcb2bce5642055903967 | Washington (CNN) -- The Chamber of Commerce is launching an ad featuring Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a favorite of libertarians, to build support for Alaska Republican Senate hopeful Dan Sullivan, who faces a challenge from libertarian third party candidate. Republicans and their allies have begun work to limit how much s... | Republicans fear third party candidates in several key Senate races, including Alaska .
The Chamber of Commerce has launched ads featuring Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul .
Paul is a favorite of Libertarian leaning Republicans . |
150cc0d5ce9a8cee26dbe9564ec34bd0688abdad | (CNN) -- American actor David Carradine has been found dead, hanging by a nylon rope in a hotel room closet in Bangkok, Thailand, according to a Thai police official. David Carradine became famous in the 1970s after starring in the television series "Kung Fu." Carradine became famous in the 1970s when he starred in the... | Actor was found in a Bangkok hotel hanging by a rope in a closet, police say .
Rope was believed taken from the hotel room curtains, police say .
Carradine became famous in the 1970s after starring in the TV series "Kung Fu"
Carradine, 72, was also known as "Bill" in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" films . |
150e428430dc353da3436606caf3f7a90f8d0182 | By . Darren Boyle . Armed robber Charles Bronson, who was born Michael Gordon Peterson attacked a dozen staff at Full Sutton prison in York . Charles Bronson is to sell off pieces of his artwork to raise money to send his mother on holiday as an apology for attacking 12 prison guards after the FA Cup final, it emerged ... | Bronson, 61, asked Ronnie Kray's ex-wife Kate to sell several of his paintings .
The armed robber wants to send his mother Eira, 85, on holiday as an apology .
The Tottenham Hotspur fan was incensed by Arsenal's latest FA Cup win and went on the rampage .
He smeared himself in Lurpack butter before attacking a dozen pr... |
150e6992166c29eb8ef1a52602d1969e4141ba15 | Former deputy speaker of the House of Commons Nigel Evans has appeared in court this morning accused of a string of sex offences. Evans, 55, who was charged with two counts of indecent assault, five of sexual assault and one of rape earlier this month, spoke only to confirm his name, address and that he understands the... | Evans, 55, is accused of two counts of indecent assault, five of sexual assault and one of rape .
The MP for Ribble Valley appeared for a ten minute hearing at Preston Magistrates' Court .
He will now appear at Preston Crown Court for a preliminary hearing next month .
Although he stood down as deputy speaker, Evans st... |
150eca66c7a95533da5505457d1e2d24b0a2c445 | Everett, Washington (CNN) -- Sprawled out before us sits the exterior of the world's biggest building by volume. They make airliners here. Big ones. "Let's go see some airplanes!" says our Boeing VIP tour guide. I remind myself: This doesn't happen very often. Yeah yeah yeah, Boeing offers public tours of this 98.3-acr... | Boeing allowed aviation fans unique factory access during a February convention .
"Avgeeks" toured factories for 737, 747, 777 and 787 Dreamliner .
Growing avgeek community challenges legacy news media . |
150ed3beeedf4d0f96f99b36427898d1fcf2690f | Motorola has stolen a charge against Apple and its rumoured iWatch by officially launching its Moto 360 device. The Android Wear-powered watch is now available in the US for $249.99, and is set to launch in the UK at the beginning of October costing £199. Motorola also unveiled the new Moto X 5.2-inch phone, its next-g... | Motorola’s Android-powered smartwatch is on sale in the US for $249.99 .
It is set to launch in the UK at the start of October for £199 .
The watch has a 1.56-inch display and 4GB of storage .
It is water-resistant and compatible with phones on Android 4.3 and higher .
Motorola also unveiled the new Moto X 5.2-inch pho... |
150f8c28b60000f594d8526b42368defbc6fb30b | Chelsea are virtually certain Eden Hazard will sign a new five-year contract worth £200,000 per week in the coming weeks. The Belgian's representatives and Blues officials have been locked in discussions for months over an improved contract. And the process is finally coming to a positive conclusion for Chelsea, with H... | Eden Hazard close to signing new five-year-deal at Chelsea .
Hazard has been a key player for Chelsea since he joined back in 2012 .
The new deal will end PSG's hopes of signing the Belgium international .
READ: Eden Hazard picks THREE Arsenal legends in Chelsea star's FIFA 15 Ultimate dream XI .
READ: Chelsea's curren... |
150fd76037e6ff8fdcdc8524a67e63c6d68b0e66 | Next up: the debt ceiling. The White House continues to issue dire warnings about the economic consequences should Congress fail to raise the debt ceiling this month. President Barack Obama told Wall Street to be "concerned" and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said Congress is "playing with fire." But despite all the drast... | W. House continues to issue dire warnings about consequences about debt ceiling .
Some Republicans in Congress aren't buying it; one calls it "false demagoguery"
Critics see the debt limit fight as an opportunity to shrink the size of government and pay off interest .
The financial markets could be the biggest indicato... |
151041c0510b69237193908decf5f51d76de139c | (CNN) -- It takes a real man to make the moves on the wife of the most powerful man in the biggest country in the world. Especially when the wife is a civilian major general, her husband is sitting next to her, at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Beijing, hobnobbing with the President of the United State... | David Rothkopf: It takes a real man, Putin, to "make moves" on China leader's wife at APEC .
Putin put shawl on her, and media went nuts because public is an adolescent boy, he says .
Forget climate deal, ISIS, Ebola, he says, when focus is on Obama chewing gum .
Rothkopf: These nonevents have increased in recent years... |
15108ec4395c9bb3f5c3fadc97ab441f65cdaede | By . Simon Cable for MailOnline . It was the most famous coffee shop in sit-com history. And now a replica version of Central Perk – the fictional hangout in long-running comedy series Friends – is set to open in New York next month. Fans visiting the city will be able to step into the shoes of actors Jennifer Aniston... | The pop-up cafe opens its doors to customers on September 17 .
It will offer photo-ops on the same orange couch that was used in the show .
Cafe made famous by Chandler, Monica, Phoebe, Joey and Ross and Rachel . |
151179b38bee1c6c3f356db396b5c9a9c47d31dc | Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Three people were killed when a parked car rigged with explosives blew up Saturday in Najaf on the eve of parliamentary elections, the Interior Ministry said. At least 54 others -- 17 Iraqis and 37 Iranians -- were injured in the attack near the Imam Ali Holy Shrine, which houses the tomb of Ali,... | Explosion near Imam Ali Holy Shrine kills 3 on day before parliamentary elections .
Seats in the 325-member parliament are up for grabs .
Elections were supposed to be in January but were delayed by political disagreements .
18.9 million people are eligible to vote, and will choose from about 6,200 candidates . |
1512cbf8c5f2b079695a725d980379241bf0fd77 | By . Associated Press Reporter . An Alaskan teenager has been accused of using an assault rifle to shoot dead two state troopers as they tried to arrest his father in a remote village. Nathanial Lee Kangas was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and a count of third-degree assault when he appeared in court o... | Nathaniel Kangas, 19, charged with two counts of murder .
Troopers Gabriel Rich and Patrick Johnson had been responding to calls about someone brandishing a gun .
Courtroom was packed with police for teenager's first court appearance .
His father, Arvin, was also arrested and has been charged with assault . |
1513c481db232bd887c1f5e6d48ab8d42043be4b | (CNN) -- Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel is the new Formula One world champion after winning the title-deciding race in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. The German produced a peerless drive from pole position to take the checkered flag ahead of the McLaren pair of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, who led t... | Sebastian Vettel becomes youngest-ever F1 world champion .
Red Bull ace takes title after winning title deciding race in Abu Dhabi .
Fernando Alonso sees his hopes disappear after finishing seventh .
McLarens of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button take second and third . |
15147df3499d96904ae991042f5a54a02988f6df | By . Matt Blake . PUBLISHED: . 05:51 EST, 29 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:18 EST, 29 June 2012 . Trouble ahead? Stephen Hester, the CEO of RBS, will face the same tough questions as his Barclays counterpart Bob Diamond, who has come under increasing pressure to resign in the wake of the scandal . Royal Bank of Scotlan... | RBS admit guilt of offences similar to those committed by Barclays' traders .
The bank is thought to have accepted .
that it will probably have to pay about half as much as the £291 million .
in fines imposed on Barclays .
But a settlement could be several months off . |
1514a7bc89fa6a0385eb8dfa55a7728aa0498517 | London (CNN) -- A British lawmaker said Thursday that he and 17 others have been awarded payouts over phone hacking by the News of the World newspaper, in settlements totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars. News International, the parent company of the now defunct News of the World newspaper, issued a statement conf... | NEW: News International confirms it agreed to settlements, but gives no details .
Jude Law, awarded £130,000 in damages, says News of the World's behavior was appalling .
A journalist who worked for other News International papers had his phone hacked .
Lawyers for the claimants say News International tried to destroy ... |
1515d01cf36861192950434eb271efad7bdcde5c | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 08:07 EST, 29 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:07 EST, 29 June 2013 . If you are short of something to do this weekend and grimly looking forward to another night in front of the TV you are not alone. Brits are much less happy with their social lives than most ... | League table reveals people in the UK get less satisfaction from socialising .
Denmark, Austria and Luxembourg are most happy with their social life .
Under-25s and over 55s enjoy life most, but couples with children do not have time to go out . |
151696d797697d13b50c48292af516dab88d2086 | A court ruling has stated that fingerprints are not protected by the Fifth Amendment, which could mean police can access devices such as iPads and iPhones more easily through their touch ID. The decision in Virginia by Judge Steven C. Fucci stated that defendants do not have to give up passcodes or pin numbers to acces... | Virginia court decision says officers will be entitled to use defendant's prints .
However, they do not have to give up their passcodes or pin numbers .
The Fifth Amendment protects a citizen's memorized information .
Stemmed from a case involving allegedly strangler David Baust .
He is said to have stored a video of t... |
1516f7b82c34c69bb0d9992435c5da21532dfde3 | By . Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 03:58 EST, 21 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 15:21 EST, 21 January 2014 . Police in Texas have released a sketch of a suspected robber, but unless they are looking for Morph, they might struggle to locate him. The e-fit was sent out by Lamar County Sheriff’s Department after two women were ... | Texas police release 'cartoon' e-fit sketch of suspected robber .
The person on the sketch lacks lips, irises and even eyebrows .
It depicts a suspect in an armed robbery which took place last week .
A man held two women at knife point in Lamar County, Paris . |
15184d469e78b3a357b4281a2aeb80e947341dd2 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 02:17 EST, 7 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:03 EST, 7 November 2012 . About a dozen Sandy victims taking shelter in a Brooklyn high school came down with a contagious stomach virus. Mayor Bloomberg said John Jay High School will be closed on Wednesday as the school is shut dow... | Storm refugees taking shelter at John Jay High School in Brooklyn came down with a contagious stomach virus .
The school will be closed on Wednesday for precautionary cleaning .
An additional 47 New York City schools will remain closed to students on Wednesday . |
151858364d576e988d8717ac9ebe35c70c934755 | (CNN) -- U.N. officials on Tuesday put the number of rapes and other sexual attacks in eastern Congo since late July at more than 500, more than double the previous estimate. In remarks prepared for delivery to the Security Council after returning from a fact-finding trip to the region, U.N. Assistant Secretary-General... | The figure is more than double the previous number .
All women in one village may have been raped, according to some reports .
A U.N. Daily Field Security Report cited July 30 rape .
"The women of eastern DRC deserve better," says U.N. official . |
1518803f30c09bd21e45ec1a6c67296b17b49bf5 | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 05:57 EST, 29 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:30 EST, 29 November 2012 . A father has miraculously survived after he was hit on the head by a speeding train as he leaned over the edge of a platform to vomit. Stephen Wright's two terrified sons watched as their father's skull was struc... | Father-of-two escaped with only whiplash, shock and swelling to his head .
Stephen Wright, 34, had leaned over platform edge to vomit after he began to feel unwell .
Police searched the tracks in Essex for a body . |
151887a6fd9f81ae26e1335b5b5ca7e47404295a | Public officials could have been behind a ‘deliberate cover-up’ of the Rotherham sex abuse scandal, MPs will warn today. In a damning report, they call for an urgent investigation into the loss of crucial files on the abuse of at least 1,400 vulnerable young girls by mainly Asian men. Their inquiry into the scandal hea... | MPs will warn public officials were involved in 'deliberate cover-up'
Damning report calls for investigation into loss of crucial files .
At least 1,400 vulnerable young girls abused by mainly Asian men in Rotherham . |
1518f074717ef7a2b2e09e8e2f248107c6e57b17 | By . Rachel Quigley . PUBLISHED: . 11:01 EST, 30 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:45 EST, 30 August 2013 . He has stared death in the face and come out the other side to tell his story - so swallowing an amputated human toe should be child's play. The man who paid $500 for the privilege of gulping down a pickled toe was... | The 40-year tradition was started by Captain Dick after he found a severed toe in a jar .
Those up for the challenge must make sure the toe touches their lips .
Josh Clark is the only person to have deliberately swallowed the toe .
The fine for swallowing it has now gone up to $2,500 .
Downtown Hotel are now searching ... |
151916dba2b7e5e444f349bfd50dae0093a89d71 | The antique dealer jokes that his photo is proof Nicolas Cage is more than just an a-list actor - he’s also a vampire who lived during the American Civil War. An eBay seller claims to have a 4” by 2.5” carte de visite photo from around 1870 of a man who looks exactly like the 47-year-old star of Con Air, Ghost Rider an... | Antique photo dealer wants huge price for 1870 photo of Tennessee man .
EBay seller Jack Mörd says it's a genuine 4” by 2.5” carte de visite photo .
Picture was found in back of album of death portraits from Civil War era . |
15195bdf8bf57d19233af10e8c523e64ea0e6cb8 | (CNN) -- North Carolina State University women's basketball coach Kay Yow, who won more than 700 games in nearly four decades of coaching, died Saturday after a long struggle with breast cancer, the university said. North Carolina State University's Kay Yow, in 1996, was one of only six coaches to amass 700 wins. She w... | Women's basketball coach dies at 66 after struggle with breast cancer .
Yow's North Carolina State teams won 4 ACC titles, reached Final Four .
Yow coached the 1988 women's Olympic basketball team to a gold medal in Seoul .
Yow helped establish the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund . |
1519a70778aa7f0a32c228cda6f1a036720d3c43 | Former Everton star Tim Cahill was on target as Australia struggled to a tepid 1-1 draw in an international friendly against an under-strength South Africa in Sydney on Monday. More than 50,000 turned out at the Olympic Stadium to bid farewell to the Socceroos before they depart for the finals but the home side struggl... | Australia struggled to a 1-1 draw with South Africa at the Olympic Stadium .
Former Everton and Millwall player Tim Cahill equalised just one minute after Ayanda Patosi had put Bafana Bafana in front .
More than 50,000 turned out for Australia's last match Down Under ahead of Brazil 2014 . |
1519ac572888fd94833bfa8001aef0b4847e1c72 | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 03:22 EST, 8 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:13 EST, 8 May 2013 . Scores of firefighters from two counties converged on the Yorkshire Moors to battle widespread fires that blazed through the night. More than 40 firefighters from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service joined West Yor... | Fire crews from two counties battled moorland blazes overnight .
Pockets of fire stretched across border from Yorkshire to Manchester .
Crews remained overnight damping down threatened properties .
Firefighters began fighting flames again at first light this morning . |
151c112b63016b42c85d111ac5e9b5a2fbc40a4c | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:19 EST, 11 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:21 EST, 11 March 2013 . Claims: Brooklyn Democrat Vito J. Lopez is accused of saying that he found a 14-year-old intern 'sexy' A powerful New York lawmaker is accused of saying that he found a 14-year-old intern so 'sexy' that he wishe... | Brooklyn Democrat Vito J. Lopez, 71,told his fantasy to person in his office .
Made the crude comments about daughter, 14, of Brooklyn Judge Pamela . |
151c8054937cbdaaf22f14c477817133e076fda1 | By . Travelmail Reporter . It's the perfect gadget for holidaymakers who fancy an impromptu picnic on the beach or in a city park - but just don't fall out over dinner. The portable Napkin Table, suitable for two people, has been designed to encourage conversation between diners by connecting them together. The product... | Napkin Table fastens around each person's neck so they are face-to-face .
It was designed by graduates in Taiwan to encourage conversation .
Product folds out from a slim bag and has pockets for cutlery . |
151c9e875865b20538879098c19744c8f7e378a7 | An alleged bank robber was arrested after she posted a video on YouTube claiming to have stolen more than $6,000 at gun-point. In the bizarre YouTube video Hannah Sabata, 19, is seen fanning herself with a wad of cash that she said was stolen using a 'gun, a pillow case and a note'. In a series of subtitles and hand-wr... | Hannah Sabata from Nebraska posted the video claiming to have stolen more than $6,000 at gun-point .
Said the alleged crime spree was 'the best day of my life' in clip watched more than 7,000 times . |
151cf4bf3df4b7ff80d39481f2fa5f7e97d3ce79 | By . Michael Seamark, David Wilkes and Emine Sinmaz . PUBLISHED: . 06:17 EST, 15 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:42 EST, 18 March 2013 . Shy Keenan is devastated after her 14-year-old son Ayden Olson was found dead at their Colchester home . A leading campaigner against child abuse claims her teenage son was ‘bullied to... | Teenager Ayden Olson was found dead at home in Colchester .
Mother Shy Keenan claims 'beautiful, kind-hearted boy' was bullied to death .
Unclear if Ms Keenan believes he was bullied at school or elsewhere .
Stepfather Stanley Claridge jailed for 15 years when she secretly filmed him . |
151cf8552349ca96be686ceb83d193f247104992 | They are heavily armed and known for carrying out dangerous and remote pursuits in night time helicopter raids. But for the first Navy SEALs that would have been something of a luxury as they landed on beaches in the dark on two-man motorised rafts dubbed 'flying mattresses'. Often members were only armed with knives a... | New book tells story of early commando force - known as Maritime Unit .
It pioneered many of commando-style tactics used by today's Navy SEALs .
Members were armed with knives and only had two-man motorised rafts .
Whereas today they are heavily armed and carry out helicopter raids at night .
Frank Monteleone, 89, is t... |
151d06cef37de2618245506d5f6adb1aa01d89b8 | Let Toys Be Toys are celebrating today after retail giant Marks and Spencer announced that it will ensure all toys stocked in store are gender neutral by the spring. The parent-led group campaigns against gender stereotyping in toy shops, and started putting pressure on Marks and Spencer at the beginning of the year. M... | Parent-led group Let Toys Be Toys campaigns against gender stereotyping in toy shops .
M&S was found to be one of the most gendered stores on the High Street .
Retailer has now pledged to make all toys gender neutral by spring . |
151e7613b05804aa2a2387659b8325047c9288a8 | By . Rebecca Camber . Last updated at 11:46 PM on 4th January 2012 . 'Flirting': Elizabeth Filkin warned police to watch out for hacks who might try to get them drunk to reveal information . Police officers have been warned they face the sack if they have ‘improper’ communications with journalists. A review into the re... | New guide for Scotland Yard urges officers to keep a note of every conversation they have .
with journalists .
Report urges officers to 'watch out'
for 'late-night carousing' and 'yet another bottle of wine at .
lunch - all media tactics to get you to spill .
the beans' |
151ea6f1dc4a40cf854a8b2d9fed22ea457d2afa | (CNN) -- R&B power couple Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz have tied the knot, Keys' representatives confirmed to CNN on Sunday. The two were married Saturday at a private residence overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Keys, 29, a 12-time Grammy-award winning singer, wore a Grecian-inspired, one-shoulder Vera Wang gown. Her g... | Keys, 29, and Swizz Beatz are expecting their first child together .
They were married at a private residence overlooking the Mediterranean .
The bride wore a one-shoulder Vera Wang dress . |
151f57616012e6dcc0cb0df16dd4107fc3feca63 | By . Ulla Kloster . PUBLISHED: . 07:40 EST, 12 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:11 EST, 12 July 2013 . Darren Feldman was given £20,000 compensation after a tribunal agreed his position at HCA International had become intolerable . A Jewish surveyor received £20,000 in compensation today after a tribunal found that his bu... | Darren Feldman, 33, hounded out of his £47,500-a-year job with private hospital group HCA International .
His manager, Chris Oates, made string of offensive comments about Jews .
Construction project manager sued firm for race and religious discrimination, harassment and constructive dismissal . |
1521b42f277385ada8095c5ef47cbb1cfcda8653 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:22 EST, 9 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:58 EST, 10 January 2013 . Office workers who spend all day behind their desks should consider working standing up instead, according to new research. Staying on your feet for an extra three hours a day would burn off 8lbs (3.6kg) of f... | Standing for 3 hours a day can burn 8lbs of fat a year .
Higher desks suggested to stop workers sitting all day .
Writer Ernest Hemingway was a fan of standing while writing . |
15226132ea5181ca63fec944fa0d47198099e397 | After David Hasselhoff he's the world's most recognised lifeguard but Bondi Rescue's chief lifesaver Bruce 'Hoppo' Hopkins says it's not all fun in the sun, shark-spotting and getting chatted up by girls. The 46-year-old grew up on Sydney's Bronte beach and got into lifesaving as a casual job when he was still at schoo... | He's done thousands of rescues but one where a snorkeller was getting smashed against the rocks was the scariest .
It took Bruce and fellow lifeguard and friend Rod 'Kerrbox' Kerr 30 minutes to rescue the semi conscious man and get him back to shore .
It was 'touch and go' because he kept sinking the surfboard, and if ... |
1522da440cb538c8fc60f254efcb65e8378065a1 | Raheem Sterling will miss England's final warm-up game against Honduras on Saturday after he was sent off during the draw with Ecuador in Miami. The Liverpool forward saw red with 11 minutes remaining after a wild sliding tackle on Manchester United counterpart Antonio Valencia sparked a late brawl. Substitute Sterling... | Raheem Sterling was sent off for a late challenge on Antonio Valencia .
England drew 2-2 with Ecuador in Miami on Wednesday night .
Valencia also saw red for his reaction . |
152303728eee8993846b9ecc7a77ae3b8a16c48c | (CNN) -- The mother of missing American teen Natalee Holloway met with the man suspected in her daughter's disappearance this week at the Peruvian prison where he is being held in another woman's death, attorneys for both sides said Friday. Beth Holloway is in Peru with a Dutch documentary maker. Producers for the the ... | Van der Sloot's attorney provides insight into the conversation .
Peruvian news program reports van der Sloot called off the meeting .
Van der Sloot is jailed in Peru accused of murdering a Peruvian student .
Dutch journalist says he visited the jail with Natalee Holloway's mother . |
152665312b72ff075643aed209ae0d06faa66118 | Actor Warren Clarke, known for his role in TV drama Dalziel And Pascoe, died today at the age of 67. Warren Clarke's gruff northern accent was familiar to millions who watched him play the taciturn Superintendent Andy Dalziel in the popular BBC drama. The Oldham-born actor played the surly police officer for 61 episode... | The actor's career on TV, film and stage spanned over 40 years .
Early roles included Coronation Street and a role in A Clockwork Orange .
Biggest role was Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel in hit BBC show .
He was raised in a council house in Oldham by a working class family .
He leaves behind a wife, Michelle, an... |
152764841ded25def44c8726018136d5b62d541e | By . Emma Glanfield . Jess Rowles, 24, was left needing stitches to her lip and chin after allegedly being punched in the face by a taxi driver following a night out in Bristol on July 27 . These photos show the horrific injuries a woman suffered after being punched in the face by a rogue taxi driver following a night ... | Jess Rowles needed stitches to her lip and chin after being punched in face .
The 24-year-old claims taxi driver attacked her after she couldn't pay the fare .
She asked to be driven to cash point but was taken to isolated Bristol street .
Cabbie drove off and police have closed investigation due to lack of evidence . |
1527a20f941ca73ee541a8aacc88f4a20f11274f | She is the model of the moment after starring in one of the sexiest Super Bowl adverts last night - watched by the highest TV audience in history. As Charlotte McKinney sashayed through the Carl's Jr. commercial, it was a million miles away from her high school days at Boone High School in Orlando, Florida. There, she ... | The 21-year-old model is starring in racy Carl's Jr. advert .
She is following in the footsteps of Kate Upton and Heidi Klum .
She now has Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue on her hit list .
Super Bowl XLIX has the highest ratings in Superbowl history - with 114.4 million viewers watching on NBC . |
1527e61aec435e3b697b922fa20aacfa36cda143 | By . Mia De Graaf . PUBLISHED: . 05:31 EST, 15 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 11:13 EST, 15 February 2014 . Angry: Freddie Starr has blasted police and the CPS for 'tarring me with the same brush' as Jimmy Savile . Freddie Starr has pledged to bring Operation Yewtree 'down on its knees' after his fourth arrest over his... | TV comic blasts repeated arrests, latest on Wednesday, as 'unlawful'
Claims he is being 'tarred with same brush' as Jimmy Savile .
His lawyer is filing judicial review into conduct of police and CPS .
Suffered health scare last year, and vehemently denies the claims . |
1528525a53bc4fd3cb4711dd1bb9f62e9ad4f33e | By . Robin Cottle for MailOnline . Every morning Sportsmail brings you the biggest gossip and headlines on the continent, giving you your early morning fix from the biggest leagues across Europe. In Italy, the papers focused on Juventus who continued their 100% start to the new Serie A season. Argentine former Man City... | Carlos Tevez and Claudio Marchisio scored as Juventus beat Udinese 2-0 .
Ashley Cole's Roma are the only other team to have a two wins out of two record after defeating Empoli 1-0 .
In Spain the big news was Atletico Madrid beating city rivals 2-1 in the Bernabeu .
Goals from Tiago and Arda Turan ensure Diego Simeone's... |
1528d52cef712933279e7b590e98918c713cb4db | Garry Monk is ready to take his place in the 'madhouse' after being appointed as manager of Barclays Premier League club Swansea. Monk has spoken with several of his new managerial colleagues in English football's top flight after landing a three-year contract at the Liberty Stadium. 'A lot of them said "welcome to the... | Gary Monk signed a three-year deal to become Swansea manager .
Had been in temporary charge since Michael Laudrup's sacking in February .
Next season will be the Welsh club's fourth consecutive one in the top flight .
Monk also announced his retirement from playing on Friday night . |
1528e94386eef874d645fddf9beb8e52ccfa54d5 | By . Katie Amey for MailOnline . Are petrol prices keeping you from heading off on a mini-getaway this Bank Holiday weekend? You aren't the only one. New research from supermarket Tesco reveals that record high fuel prices are preventing Brits from enjoying car trips around the UK. Scroll down for video . New research ... | New research reveals high fuel prices are preventing Brits from travelling .
One-third of respondents have had to cut back on family day trips .
Stonehenge, Edinburgh Castle and seaside visits top Bank Holiday wishlist . |
152909648b39fcd53a968c2ab19d7f2ae50e6a80 | A family of beavers is to continue living free on a Devon river, officials have ruled. Ministers wanted the remarkable animals, believed to be the first wild beavers to breed in England for 800 years, to be rounded up and put in a zoo after they were spotted last year. But Natural England, the government agency in char... | Beavers have been living and breeding on the River Otter, in Devon for five years and went completely unnoticed until a year ago .
They are the first wild beavers to breed in England for 800 years .
Ministers called for the rodents to be rounded up and put in a zoo .
But now Natural England has they will stay wild - wi... |
15293215343aa5b1941a635365495ad2082c863a | (CNN) -- Oil company Royal Dutch Shell will pay $15.5 million to settle a lawsuit against its Nigerian subsidiary by the family of executed Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and other dissidents, the plaintiffs announced Monday. A team from Royal Dutch Shell works amid spilled oil in Atali, Nigeria. The law... | Executed environmental activist's family sued oil company .
About half of settlement will go to help people of Ogoni region .
Residents have long complained that Shell was polluting land . |
152a20f9e693b3626edf6e49925b1e79e436f49d | (CNN) -- A University of Pittsburgh research professor accused of killing his wife with a lethal dose of cyanide pleaded not guilty Tuesday, according to Mike Manko, spokesman for the Allegheny County District Attorney's office. Robert Ferrante was extradited from West Virginia to Allegheny County Jail in Pennsylvania ... | NEW: The wife wanted another baby, a neighbor says .
Client is "devastated not only for losing his wife but being accused of it," lawyer says .
Robert Ferrante pleads not guilty at arraignment in Pennsylvania .
His wife, 41-year-old Autumn Klein, died on April 20 . |
152a80d4aa5a90e6117de73bb0d5923c56ccbafb | By . MailOnline Reporter . A 4.2-magnitude earthquake shook Guthrie, Oklahoma, on Tuesday morning. While no injuries have been reported, two local news anchors got quite the scare on air. KAUT co-hosts Lacey Lett and Emily Sutton were talking about healthy food options about 7:41am when the studio began to shake. 'Ear... | Co-anchors Lacey Lett and Emily Sutton were on air at 7:41am when the KAUT studio began to shake .
The 4.2-magnitude quake struck near Guthrie, Oklahoma .
There were no injuries or major damage reported . |
152ae98ec0e2b40458875c915464232dac883cb8 | London (CNN) -- Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran have increased this year, particularly over Bahrain and Syria, and relations are likely to worsen on the news of the alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington. But ironically, the rise of more representative governments in key Arab coun... | Kinninmont: Dividing region into two 'camps' is too simple .
Egyptian-Saudi rivalry will be a 'defining feature' of future .
Iran will rise as foreign policy heavyweight in region . |
152c26a2cd712ef4846882a2614b511b33009d9a | By . Jack Doyle, Home Affairs Correspondent . Free: More than 750 foreign criminals - including killers, rapists and paedophiles - are walking the streets after jumping bail, it has been revealed . More than 750 foreign criminals – including killers, rapists and paedophiles – are walking the streets after jumping bail.... | More than 750 foreign criminals are walking the streets after jumping bail .
Released from detention under human rights laws and then gone on run .
Among those at large are violent criminals, including rapists and killers .
Burglars, robbers, violent thugs and drug dealers are also walking streets .
Home Office is refu... |
152c941ee2a1fcb78131e5f835e24ffbc6240ccd | A man who is risking his health thanks to his addiction to illegal tanning injections says he would rather die than be pale-skinned. Ryan Ruckledge, 22, from Blackpool, regularly injects himself with Melanotan - a synthetic hormone that makes the skin turn darker - before enjoying his six sunbed sessions a week. The ja... | Ryan Ruckledge, from Blackpool, regularly injects himself with Melanotan .
The synthetic hormone makes the skin turn darker .
But it hasn't been regulated so long term effects to health are not known .
Side effects include nausea, panic attacks and high blood pressure .
22-year-old doesn't care if jabs lead to early gr... |
152f019e80a4bfde00d6c5336e223378809b42d8 | A Kurdish primary school teacher has spoken of how she quit her job to fight ISIS on the frontline near Kobane in Syria. Denis Sipan left her school in the Syrian part of Kurdistan five months ago to join the a rebel enclave of the Kurdish People's Protection Units(YPG) as a sniper. The Kurdish forces made fresh advanc... | Denis Sipan, a former teacher, joined the fight in Syria five months ago .
The group is so under-equipped the sniper is forced to share her rifle .
She fights with local volunteers: farmers, housewives and shop owners .
Last week, ISIS fighters admitted they had been defeated in Kobane .
Kurdish forces advanced yesterd... |
153025ee89223314982d254b1d08542ccdcad6d4 | (CNN) -- Six weeks after he was released from Taliban captivity, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl spent his first day of regular duty working at the headquarters of U.S. Army North in Texas, the army said Tuesday. Bergdahl, like many soldiers at a new assignment, spent much of his day on Monday getting paperwork straightened out, sp... | The sergeant will work at the headquarters of a unit based in San Antonio .
Much of his first day was spent dealing with paperwork .
Army spokesman wouldn't say how much longer Bergdahl will serve .
Bergdahl was captured after disappearing from his base in Afghanistan in 2009 . |
15303ddc5ae668f8de02d713e562f815ed6b0a9c | Trevor Gibbon, 48, of Harrow, north west London, was remanded in custody when he appeared at Hendon Magistrates' Court today charged with the murder of his neighbour Alison Morrison (pictured) A man has appeared in court today charged with the murder of his neighbour who was stabbed to death on her way to work. Trevor ... | Trevor Gibbon appeared in court charged with murder of Alison Morrison .
Satellite TV engineer, 48, remanded in custody by Hendon magistrates .
Mrs Morrison died after being stabbed on her way to work on Thursday .
45-year-old, from Harrow, described as a 'wonderful and caring' mother . |
1530b4a481cb28f45b26e958a5839d4278eee6f7 | The defending Super Bowl champions Seattle Seahawks beat the Carolina Panthers 31-17 on Saturday, putting them one win away from a return trip to the NFL's championship game. The top-seeded Seahawks, who are trying to become the NFL's first repeat champion in 10 years, used a suffocating defence and explosive fourth qu... | Seattle Seahawks are just one win from another NFL championship game .
Seahawks are trying to become the NFL's first repeat champion in 10 years .
Seattle will next host the winner of Sunday's game between the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys in NFC Championship game on January 18 .
Pete Carroll, Seahawks head coac... |
1533a364cf783f077e87562b8a6d13fde0f088c2 | Wolfe pictured here at the internment camp where he was held . When American pilot Roland Wolfe crashed his British Spitfire into a peat bog in Ireland during World War Two, few thought it would ever be seen again. The pilot who bailed out immediately wanted to climb into the cockpit of another military aircraft and co... | Recovered Spitfire 'one of the first ever made'
U.S. pilot lost American citizenship to fight for Britain .
Roland Wolfe later fought for U.S. in Vietnam war .
Allied troops and German opponents mixed together at 'relaxed' World War Two prison camp . |
153448de6210f1c4a16008a516dfbf50fd3c6e3d | From an officer 'endowed with a certain lethal gentleness' to another who 'supervises a part-time wife', these hilarious remarks prove that even intelligence bosses are simply human. The comments, featuring misused vocabulary, strange phrases and inadvertent connotations, were made by CIA supervisors during performance... | Comments were made by CIA supervisors during appraisals in the 1980s .
Feature misused vocabulary, odd phrases and inadvertent connotations .
Include: 'He is endowed with a certain lethal gentleness', 'I both like and dislike this officer' and 'Although unmarried she has growth potential'
Quotes among hundreds of docum... |
153492aee852d55951f38d4e1d329cc193b2c2bf | By . Chris Brooke and Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 03:13 EST, 23 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:48 EST, 23 April 2013 . Killer: Heather Butler who knocked Sam Brown, 15, off his bicycle and killed him in Eastrington, East Yorkshire . A drunk nurse mowed down a 15-year-old boy while driving to work and left him to die – bu... | Heather Butler drank three gin and tonics and wine before driving to work .
Care home nurse hit Sam Brown's bicycle before driving off in East Yorks .
67-year-old was jailed for five years and four months at Hull Crown Court . |
1534c8d2c260e079772e6de80f315431f25db0a4 | With less than three months to go before the birth of her first baby, the Duchess of Cambridge is clearly in the mood for a little nesting. And who better to take on a shopping trip to furnish her future prince or princess’s new nursery at Kensington Palace than her mother, Carole Middleton. The pair were spotted in up... | The Duchess and her mother were spotted shopping in South Kensington .
They left the Blue Almonds store with a large white wicker Moses basket .
Kate is to move in with her parents for six weeks after the birth of her child . |
1534df96ba3c2bf4327440596677a829566f17cc | Intense storms swept through the Southwest on Saturday, snapping trees and shrouding metropolitan Phoenix in cascading showers while also bringing flooding to parts of Nevada. The skies above downtown Phoenix were completely gray in the afternoon as strong winds, thunder and rain hit the region. The outside visibility ... | Storm .
forces authorities to close a section of Interstate 17 for more than .
hour due to flooding .
Flight departures and landings halted for an hour at Phoenix Sky Harbor .
International Airport .
The Salt River Project utility said that about 31,000 customers were without power as of Saturday afternoon . |
15358db3d52619113d39999b4bd7b51c94523a7e | A bungling jihadi hacker has targeted a small part-time football club's website to declare that 'I am not Charlie' after mistaking it for a Premier League team. The Muslim hacker, who called himself Abdellah Elmaghribi, targeted Chatham Town Football Club's website on Saturday ahead of its clash with Tilbury FC - which... | Muslim Abdellah Elmaghribi hacked Chatham Town FC's website .
He posted an image of a machine-gun wielding man wearing a gas mask .
Message said: 'I am not Charlie' and asked 'where is the security?'
Website was closed ahead of clash with Tilbury FC - which attracted 63 .
Bosses said hacker probably mistook small club ... |
1536544d54782814bb5380bd8177ec96ec2e1911 | By . Lydia Warren . A police officer shot dead a beloved family dog and then called the killing 'awesome', the animal's family has claimed. Sarah Brown, from Ardmore, Oklahoma, said she is devastated after her beloved pit bull Cali was gunned down by officer Brice Woolley after it hopped over their garden fence last We... | WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES .
Cali the pit bull was gunned down by officer Brice Woolley after she jumped over her garden fence in Ardmore, Oklahoma last week .
Woolley said watching her collar fly into the air after shooting her in the head was awesome, according to Cali's owner, Sarah Brown .
Brown is now calling for jus... |
15372359addcd770a4ee68698658ba23aa88dfcc | Officials have stepped up the security presence at Gallipoli ahead of the annual Anzac Day commemorations in April, amid terrorism fears in the area. Terrorism concerns were raised after a female bomber killed herself and an officer on Tuesday after walking a police station in Istanbul's Sultanahmet district, disguisin... | Security presence has been stepped up in Gallipoli ahead of Anzac Day .
Terrorism concerns were raised after a female bomber killed herself and an officer on Tuesday .
Nearly 4000 Turkish police and troops have been drafted in to protect tourists .
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has urged Australian to exercise caution ... |
15372424d2f08da3f3d295c2cb1e5f8a2e284f4d | Kennedy Space Center, Florida (CNN) -- Floating 245 miles over the Earth Tuesday, NASA engineers Michael Fossum and Ronald Garan tethered themselves to the International Space Station and paused to absorb the view. "My goodness, Mike, look down ... absolutely breathtaking," Garan said as they floated over the Yucatan P... | NEW: Engineers Mike Fossum and Ronald Garan begin excursion .
NEW: Garan: "Welcome back to our other office"
The Atlantis crew is delivering supplies and spare parts .
The mission is the last of the 30-year space shuttle program . |
153790aa8ecf657b9f9c49a98f3c21dcd84c69fb | TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Japan has joined the growing number of major economies that are back in black. Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso's $150 billion stimulus helps nation out of recession. Japan's economy grew 3.7 percent on an annualized basis from April to June this year, the first time the world's second largest eco... | Japan's economy grows by 3.7 percent on an annualized basis .
First growth in the world's second largest economy in 15 months .
Ends the nation's worst recession since World War II . |
1537dc9cfa15a6a5ba6edf77584b921d0e29c6e6 | LONDON, England -- A Colombian sculptor has created a mystery at London's Tate Modern gallery by refusing to reveal how she seemingly managed to crack open a concrete floor. "Shibboleth" is Colombian artist Doris Salcedo's first public commission in the United Kingdom. The work by Doris Salcedo begins as a hairline cra... | Work by Colombian sculptor at London's Tate Modern is crack in concrete floor .
Doris Salcedo refuses to reveal how she created the huge work of art .
"Shibboleth" represents gap between white Europeans and the rest of humanity . |
15389ca1dd09d0a0d0b70e0de47d7882c6cce391 | Former Cardiff City midfielder Gary Medel required mouth surgery after being elbowed by Ricardo Cruzado and losing two teeth during Chile's 3-0 victory over Peru. Medel scored for Chile before the clash with Cruzado towards the end of the first half, which earned the Peruvian a red card in a game that also saw QPR loan... | Gary Medel required mouth surgery after an elbow from Ricardo Cruzado .
Former Cardiff midfielder scored in Chile's 3-0 friendly win over Peru .
QPR loanee Eduardo Vargas netted a brace and Alexis Sanchez starred .
Claudio Bravo became Chile's most capped player on his 85th appearance . |
1539cd6df413b33a006ded9abdf017fcc22bf52e | Cynthia Osokogu had it all: Beauty -- she was a former model -- intelligence and business savvy. She also modeled herself on her idol, Tyra Banks, and was emerging as a successful businesswoman. "She was hardworking, loving, industrious and beautiful," said her mother, Joy Osokogu. "She had achieved so much at age 24."... | Police say Cynthia Osokogu was lured to Lagos using social networking sites under false pretenses .
Suspects targeted her as they believed she would be carrying large amounts of cash, police say .
In Lagos, she was taken to a hotel, drugged, and sexually assaulted, before being murdered, they say .
Nigerians are some o... |
153ac7ba292559348f408b562ab6322a91922b4b | By . Louise Cheer . A crocodile expert has told how a ring on his finger saved his arm when he was attacked by one of his 2.5m maneaters . Craig West spent five days in the Royal Darwin Hospital and needed plastic surgery and stitches on his left arm when his saltwater pet, named Lucifer, turned on him while he was doi... | Craig West needed plastic surgery and stitches on his left arm .
He was attacked by 2.5m Lucifer while doing work in its pen .
A ring given to him by his son saved the Darwin man's finger .
The 43-year-old has warned pet crocs can turn on you at any time . |
153b1704032c5c4a402a61729da5ae8f541be8f9 | Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has argued that his side's performance in their 1-1 draw at Chelsea on Saturday proved there is still plenty of life left in the title race. City, bidding to be the first team since Manchester United in 2009 to retain the Premier League crown, trail Chelsea by five points after... | Manuel Pellegrini says there is plenty left to play for in the title race .
League leaders Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw with Manchester City .
City midfielder David Silva scored to cancel Loic Remy's opener for Chelsea .
Jose Mourinho's side lead the table by five points .
But Pellegrini says City can catch them up ... |
153eede9e0cfeb239e9fd6611ba966cbe426a751 | Australian triathlon legend Jackie Fairweather was always striving for perfection and didn't realise what a difference she made to the world of sport, according to Triathlon Australia CEO Anne Gripper. The Perth-born 46-year-old, who was grappling with crippling depression, tragically took her own life on Sunday. Ms G... | Jackie Fairweather was always striving for perfection .
She didn't think she 'contributed enough to the sport'
Jackie tragically took her own life on Sunday .
She was suffering from crippling depression .
Jackie was always battling with herself and wanted to be better .
Triathlon Australia CEO Anne Gripper paid tribute... |
153fdbd4b7035dec24dc47be9bab1d691b864caa | By . Daniel Martin . PUBLISHED: . 14:11 EST, 17 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:00 EST, 18 July 2013 . David Cameron spent thousands of pounds of public money on a 140-mile helicopter flight to Lincoln instead of taking a car or train. The Prime Minister snubbed public transport and travelled by military aircraft to atte... | Choice of transport is thought to have shaved just an hour of the journey .
Mr Cameron may have chosen to fly to take his daughter to nursery that day .
John Prescott uses Twitter to mock the PM's decision to travel by helicopter . |
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