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1540168e92fcfcbabfe23e31208a0e4dc342b21f | (Mental Floss) -- President Barack Obama turns 48 on Tuesday. While the first family encourages you to send contributions to your favorite charity in lieu of the White House, if you insist on doing some last-minute birthday shopping for 44, you might consider a pair of jeans or a case of Bud Light. For some historical ... | The president of Argentina gave George W. Bush 300 pounds of lamb meat .
JFK received a carved peach pit in his likeness .
A bowling alley was installed in the White House as a birthday gift to Truman . |
15410e6a43e5068618f10c7c94c58e0c94d52667 | (CNN) -- Don't miss a goal during Euro 2008! Get all the latest goals and match updates on CNN's Euro 2008 mobile site: http://cnnmobile.com/euro2008 . Plus, the first 10,000 people to sign up will get FREE SMS goal and match alerts. To subscribe, send a SMS to +447800001266 with your favorite team's country code as th... | Get goal alerts, Euro 2008 news on the move at http://cnnmobile.com/euro2008 .
Visit http://cnnmobile.com/ for details about using CNN Mobile . |
15424729d2a6ca55dbfa9df17ad348e4a1e16bfe | (CNN) -- For about 13 minutes, Team USA sat at the top of its World Cup soccer group, ahead of the mighty Germany and star-powered Portugal. Then Portugal struck back. With seconds left to play, Cristiano Ronaldo set up a header for his teammate Silvestre Varela, leaving the final score tied at 2-2. It was a harsh blow... | Sunday's tie with Portugal makes it more difficult for USA to achieve its World Cup dreams .
The Americans secure a place if they beat or draw with Germany .
Netherlands tops Group B with victory over Chile .
NEW: Brazil, Mexico advance to the Round of 16 with convincing victories . |
154495aeaf8c92e00f215959e516e191d2db1c15 | New York (CNN) -- Officer Rafael Ramos sat in the driver's seat. Officer Wenjian Liu was at his side. The two cops weren't at their usual precinct -- normally, the pair was assigned to downtown Brooklyn, but they were working a "critical response" detail in an area with higher crime, police said. That's where they were... | Baltimore police reached out to NYPD .
Two NYPD officers, Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, shot in Brooklyn .
Police have named Ismaaiyl Brinsley as shooter .
Both officers shot ambush-style while sitting in a patrol car . |
1545c0d8b8fc630396bf8a67d11466893fb8ae00 | A P-plate driver who was filmed repeatedly swearing at a police officer and taunting him over his weight will be slapped with more than $700 in fines after footage of his encounter was uploaded to social media. The man, believed to be in his early 20s, was pulled over by an officer in Sydney on Saturday for driving wit... | Two young men were pulled over in Sydney for driving without P-plates .
Passenger recorded policeman after the pair waited 15 minutes for a fine .
Video uploaded to Facebook has been watched almost 80,000 times .
Driver will face two fines - one for not displaying P-plates and another for abusive language .
Police Asso... |
15461902476bb1def2a03257a7c8830ec0f3325a | By . Phil Duncan . Follow @@PhilDuncanF1 . Nico Rosberg has admitted that he was unhappy Lewis Hamilton refused to move over for him in Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix. Hamilton, on a different strategy to Rosberg, was told to let his only rival for the World Championship through on two occasions; an order he twice ignor... | Hamilton controversially defied team orders in Hungary race .
The Briton didn't let title rival Rosberg through despite order from Mercedes .
Hamilton said he was 'very shocked' with instruction from Mercedes pit wall .
Rosberg still leads Hamilton in F1 championship ahead of summer break . |
1546439eb9e758f7a7b914f468b86076783357df | The founder of file-sharing website Megaupload was today remanded in custody after denying charges of internet piracy and money laundering. Kim Dotcom - nicknamed 'Dr Evil' - a German national, smiled and waved to around 20 supporters in court before being denied bail. Prosecutor Anne Toohey argued at the bail . hearin... | Denied bail because of access to funds and authorities believe he has multiple IDs .
Defence lawyer says at 6ft 6in and 20stone Kim Dotcom couldn’t run without being spotted .
Lawyer added Dotcom 'collected' credit cards after 45 seized in mansion raid .
FBI estimates Dotcom personally made around $115,000 a day during... |
15468e9c370e73982742e9e249f90d9651659011 | (CNN) -- Defending champion Roger Federer and world number two Rafael Nadal were sent crashing from the Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati Friday. Federer, unbeaten at the hard court tournament since 2008, went down tamely to eighth seed Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, losing 6-2 7-6 in just over 90 minutes. Earlie... | NEW: Novak Djokovic survives scare to beat Gael Monfils in Cincinnati .
Champion Roger Federer beaten by Tomas Berdych quarterfinals .
Mardy Fish also shocks second seed Rafael Nadal in straight sets .
He will play Britain's Andy Murray who beat Gilles Simon in straight sets . |
1546d6f4627542fc250bb8f2a04208eb7ec331f1 | T. Candice Smith, 31, and her friend were driving down a three-lane Las Vegas interstate in 2012 when her steering wheel began to lock up. The car's engine stopped and Smith's friend had to push the car to the side of the highway to avoid being hit. Smith told the New York Times that the car's shutdown wasn't due to a ... | T. Candice Smith had to have her car pushed out of on-coming traffic .
Starter Interrupt Devices allow auto lenders to 'shut down borrower's cars at any moment'
The devices emit flashing lights, beeping noises and then shuts down the car and prevents it from starting .
These devices have been installed in more than two... |
1546e82aec1efaa57e6734ee79105af709cfe87a | It's "just the tip of the iceberg." That's what a congressional committee chairman investigating allegations of delayed care and cooked books at Veterans Affairs health care facilities told CNN. Rep. Jeff Miller, a Florida Republican who heads the House Veterans Affairs panel, on Thursday forecast more serious developm... | House Veterans Affairs Committee chair says more to come in VA scandal .
House speaker says he's getting closer to calling for VA Secretary Shinseki to step down .
VA officials don't show up for a meeting with House committee on scandal .
VA Secretary Eric Shinseki has not offered to resign, aims to reassure veterans i... |
1546fdfb20097d5a80d50ba313d55a7aeb09788f | By . Daniel Miller . New Ukrainian Defense Minister Valeriy Heletey has pledged to retake Crimea from Russian control . Ukraine's newly-appointed defence minster has pledged to to retake Crimea from Russian control promising a victory parade in the key city of Sevastopol. The parliament in Kiev erupted with cheers foll... | Former policeman Valeriy Heletey, 46, has been brought in to revitalise army .
Kiev parliament erupts with applause as he promises to retake peninsula .
Government troops continue offensive against pro-Russian rebels .
Around 250 civilians, 200 soldiers and 800 rebels have been killed since April .
Ukrainian astronomer... |
1547026cb832a5f4b1839011a193c9448b30f167 | (CNN) -- A grand jury has indicted a northern California couple accused of holding Jaycee Dugard captive for nearly two decades, authorities said Friday. Phillip and Nancy Garrido face 18 counts, including kidnapping, rape and false imprisonment. They are also accused of possessing child pornography. Both had previousl... | NEW: The husband and wife showed little emotion in court .
Phillip and Nancy Garrido are accused of holding Dugard captive for nearly 20 years .
They were indicted on 18 counts, including kidnapping and rape .
The next hearing is scheduled for November 4 . |
154809aaf3b73e93fa34730f9523bfe4b18fb604 | HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- On the tape, Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al Nahyan appears to burn with rage. Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al Nahyan, pictured here, allegedly tortured a business associate on videotape. Believing he was cheated in a business deal, the member of the United Arab Emirates ruling family was trying to extract a ... | Former business partner of Sheikh Issa of Abu Dhabi suing royal .
Bassam Nabulsi's tape shows sheikh severely torturing grain merchant .
Nabulsi, of Houston, says he himself was tortured in jail, sheikh owes him $80M .
U.S. senior officials say case is holding up a U.S. nuclear deal with the UAE . |
15483579b03c823655a6df00965a46df5ab7bf25 | A holiday with engineer Trevor Cox would certainly be a memorable one. While his fellow travellers are holding up cameras, Professor Cox is likely to be holding up a dictaphone. And instead of taking in the sights of the Alps, the sound engineer is much happier jumping into sewers and camping out in abandoned buildings... | Trevor Cox from the University of Salford has created an interactive map documenting some of the world's most interesting sounds .
It details his trips to mausoleums, eerie caves and creaking icebergs .
Map also includes the whispering gallery in London's St Paul's Cathedral .
Sounds also come from natural structures s... |
15494fc4b6ba1e9cddcc98b25603991686c51dba | (CNN)About a third of American parents harbor some degree of "vaccine hesitancy" that leads them to resist getting recommended vaccines. It's also true that nearly a third of Americans think the evidence supporting climate change is shaky. Both these beliefs can be very dangerous. And those of us who make and purvey ... | Ford Vox: Some parents have been forgoing measles vaccines for kids. Scientists need to better understand why people reject science .
He says experts now compete with Internet charlatans and misinformation. Doctors must now rebuild doctor-patient bond . |
1549f981c4cfc15150895f9f7de31571b2c87f39 | American Patrick Reed has been cast in the role of bad guy at the Volvo World Match Play Championship at the London Club, and how he is relishing it. Up against Europe’s latest Ryder Cup darling Jamie Donaldson on Friday, he turned up for the part dressed appropriately in black trousers and black sweater. Outside the r... | Patrick Reed beat Welshman Jamie Donaldson on Friday .
The American interacted with the crowd as he did during the Ryder Cup .
Reed forecast he would be among the top five in the world soon .
He faces South African George Coetzee on Saturday . |
154a3e467a4f2dafb689f924467a890f10d5b760 | A seven-year-old boy who was thrown into a pit and left to die after being beaten and strangled by his stepmother has been found still alive three days later. Ting Liang, 30, attacked the boy to get back at her ex-husband Gang Jian,40, after he filed for divorce. Liang went to her step son Jen's school and told his tea... | Ting Liang's husband Gang told her he wanted a divorce .
So she picked his son up from school then took him to a deserted coal pit .
She pelted him with bricks and stones and strangled him with her scarf .
When he lose consciousness she assumed he was dead and left him there . |
154a554f9000b26b043185e3c3bc2ca2287d8966 | By . Snejana Farberov . PUBLISHED: . 19:09 EST, 13 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 22:18 EST, 13 October 2012 . A woman and her boyfriend were shot to death in cold blood by a lone gunman in the parking lot of a Bronx motel early Saturday, according to police. Witnesses said the female victim, identified as 38-year-old T... | Tracy Bennett, 38, and Wayne Hamilton, 50, was shot in the head execution style .
Hamilton was a reggaeton singer who went by stage name Captain Barkey .
Slain couple were celebrating a special occasion at Holiday Motel in The Bronx . |
154b76e02cfc4abed7d4aab2cdbefeac265bb0e2 | Aston Villa midfielder Fabian Delph has lost his appeal against the red card he received in Sunday's draw with Sunderland. Delph became the third Villa player to be sent off in four games after being dismissed for a challenge on Jordi Gomez in the 0-0 Barclays Premier League stalemate with the Black Cats. The dismissal... | Fabian Delph is suspended for three games after losing appeal .
Delph will miss Palace and Leicester plus FA Cup clash with Blackpool .
Kieran Richardson and Gabby Agbonlahor also sent off in recent weeks . |
154bc48af7e56e33fad30a117d6c820faed720b3 | The troubled development of the Circuit of Wales now faces a public inquiry in March, throwing into doubt next year's staging of the British round of MotoGP. Work should have commenced on the £315million motorsports venue on the outskirts of Ebbw Vale in February last year. However, the organisation behind the project,... | The development of the Circuit of Wales has hit further problems .
Work on the £315m venue was intended to resume in February last year .
An inquiry will now be made after a number of planning permission hurdles .
CoW chiefs were forced to hand this term's British event to Donington Park . |
154c002b08e0944fbb8199fea85faff8294d4e5c | (CNN) -- Consumer demand for mobile media is growing fast, but the smartphone app market has quickly become heavily saturated and fairly confusing. Perhaps one of the best ways for a company to increase its customer base is to go after the kinds of phones that the majority of mobile users in the U.S. and elsewhere curr... | Facebook just bought Snaptu, a platform for apps that run on feature phone models .
About 72% of U.S. cell phones are feature phones .
Wireless carriers would have to play ball for the feature phone app market to grow . |
154e0bf2558900ddfd2eaa8aefb8c1d01402aa19 | Rare behind-the-scenes photographs taken on the set of classic movie Jaws are to be sold at auction after surfacing almost 40 years later. The pictures include shots of star Roy Scheider, who played shark-hunting police chief Brody in the legendary 1975 film, and director Steven Spielberg. There are also several pictur... | Pictures include shots of star Roy Scheider and director Steven Spielberg .
Also several images of giant mechanical rubber shark from the 1975 film .
Archive was amassed by nautical technician who worked on set of the film .
It is being sold by his family through LA auctioneers with pre-sale estimate of $30,000 . |
154e15a8c0ba02b403f3790009d6bf76c4c51aa6 | Kate Moss's model sister has been forced to apologise after sending an 'ill thought-out' tweet using the N-word. Lottie Moss, 17, took to her account at 4am last night to tweet a lyric from Chris Brown's song Loyal which includes the offensive word. She went on to tell her 7,000 followers how it had been a 'successful ... | Teen tweeted lyric from Chris Brown song which included offensive word .
Then said it was a 'successful night' as she had thrown a drink over her ex .
A spokesman said she was 'hugely apologetic' for any offence caused .
Lottie raised eyebrows last year after telling followers she 'hated chavs' |
154eab24d37855a2fc0e2b59916fe5ae98e94eb6 | TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday he did not call for a ban on Facebook during the country's presidential election. President Ahmadinejad's challengers are using new technology to spread their message. "I should make an inquiry and ask about this," he said when asked about reports ... | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he did not call for a ban on Facebook .
Ahmadinejad: "I believe in maximum freedom of expression"
Ahmadinejad's opponents are using new technology to spread message .
Reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi created Facebook page for campaign . |
154efc355864e2ec5b2a52a79e21dc8ef60947d6 | (CNN) -- One week ago, the chief of Pakistan's Army Staff, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, told graduating cadets in the city of Abbottabad that the "back of terrorism" in Pakistan had been broken, thanks to the sacrifices of Pakistan's soldiers. Kayani was speaking at the "passing out parade" at the prestigious Kakul milit... | Abbottabad is home to Pakistan's equivalent of West Point .
It is on a key road, and is something of a way station for terrorist groups .
Other wanted terrorist leaders have been found in the city . |
154f08418a892408b919f6d2ebc5bfc55752107c | (CNN) -- Rafael Nadal insists he is more motivated by winning titles than retaining the No. 1 ranking as the tennis season makes its quick switch from clay to grass this week. The Spaniard has swapped Paris for London after clinching a record-equaling sixth French Open title on Sunday as he begins preparations to defen... | World No. 1 Rafael Nadal seeking to win his third title on the grass at Wimbledon .
He retained his ranking after claiming a record-equaling sixth French Open crown .
Nadal says Paris semifinalist Novak Djokovic deserves to be the No. 1 .
Roger Federer pulls out of German tournament to rest his groin injury . |
154fee043d6922893086e703320a34f7ecb5ceff | (CNN) -- Between GPS devices on your car's dashboard and digital maps of almost any locale in the world on your smartphone or laptop, it's hard to get lost these days. Each orange Tele Atlas mapping van has six cameras, two side-sweeping lasers and a GPS on its roof. We may take these 21st-century services for granted.... | CNN goes behind-the-scenes at Tele Atlas, which does digital mapping .
The company crisscrosses the globe in vans with cameras, lasers and GPS .
Tele Atlas creates "base maps" for Google, MapQuest and others .
Next step will be to combine lasers and camera images to make detailed 3-D maps . |
155161f14a34b39c7abc0ed177ebe51d6075e295 | By . Chris Pleasance . PUBLISHED: . 07:38 EST, 25 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:38 EST, 25 October 2013 . Greenland has voted to allow the mining of uranium, other radioactive materials, and rare earth metals. The decision is sure to attract interest from China which currently exports 90 per cent of the world's 'rar... | Greenland lifts cap on mining radioactive and 'rare earth' materials .
Move to help Greenland win economic independence from Denmark .
Island national relies on former colonial power for subsidies .
Selling uranium could put two nations on diplomatic collision course . |
15516e07a08943687673b7c54334a81cc8877608 | Ambushed: David Cameron in white tie last night . David Cameron and Theresa May narrowly avoided humiliation over the European Arrest Warrant last night amid scenes of chaos, confusion and recrimination in the Commons. Speaker John Bercow prompted uproar as he attacked the Government for denying MPs a specific vote on ... | Prime Minister is just nine votes from defeat in crucial debate .
Forced to rush back from annual speech at Lord Mayor’s Banquet .
Speaker John Bercow hits out at ministers over 'sorry saga'
Home Secretary urges MPs to back pan-Europe law and order measures .
UK has to decide by December 1 whether to continue to rejoin... |
15525a8ed65f3c69ae656bbc444aa5160174c754 | By . Mark Duell . Last updated at 2:23 PM on 22nd December 2011 . A mother would always want to do her best to support her daughter as she gives birth, but Jessica Rotter had a baby of her own to deliver. Ms Rotter, 35, of Elgin, Illinois, gave birth to a baby boy just six hours before her daughter Briana Guerrero, 17,... | Jessica Rotter, 35, and Briana Guerror, 17, gave birth .
Illinois mother had baby six hours before daughter did .
Dr Alex Lipowich helped deliver both in adjacent rooms . |
155283bad2eee7b2a83531166064b4e18150b2fd | NHS hospitals have resorted to asking zoos and vets to scan patients who are too obese to fit into hospital scanners. The bizarre requests to use CT scanners, normally intended for four-legged animals, at the UK’s leading veterinary college in north London were revealed as hospitals face pressure to adapt beds and ward... | Standard sized CT scanners too small for obese .
CT scanners customised for horses could accommodate growing problem .
Dr Dharamshi, said he was told to refer patients to zoo . |
155294f39a0046c874726bbb9f22d71a7ebbfeac | (CNN)Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown was placed in a medically induced coma Saturday after being found facedown and unresponsive in a bathtub full of water, a source close to the family has told CNN legal analyst Sunny Hostin. Brown, 21, "was not breathing" when a man identified as her husband and a fri... | Bobbi Kristina Brown has been placed in a medically induced coma, a source says .
Daughter of singer Whitney Houston was found in a bathtub full of water, police say .
Her mother died after being found in a tub at a California hotel in 2012 . |
1552dca0e0224641860d4b6c5a4242213a98518e | (CNN) -- Piracy is expected to pick up in the high seas off Somalia after a lull caused by monsoon season, maritime officials warned Monday. Suspected Somali pirates sit behind bars during the first hearing in their trial at Aden port court on July 15. The Combined Maritime Forces urged crews to take up safety measures... | Earlier this month Somali pirates release German ship held since May .
Its crew was unharmed, NATO says .
Gulf of Aden, off northern Somalia, has the highest risk of piracy in the world . |
1554bafeeec9d379eb651a17f318e31b3d01003a | New York (CNN) -- Amtrak Northeast Corridor service between New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, continued to be affected by ongoing signal problems Wednesday in New Jersey, Amtrak said in a 10 a.m. statement. In addition, while New Jersey Transit's Northeast Corridor service improved as the morning progressed, the... | NEW: New Jersey Transit started Trenton train service again in the late morning .
Train signal problems continued throughout the morning, extending Northeast Corridor delays .
A signal failure early Wednesday caused delays between New York and Philadelphia .
The issues were affecting both Amtrak and New Jersey Transit ... |
15556d75e9cd13d416db9247824eb8219df43701 | For patriotic Scots, home-produced smoked salmon is as cherished a part of the national heritage as Nessie, kilts and Robbie Burns. But now, in an astonishing cross-border power grab, politicians in Westminster are seeking to claim the delicacy for England. Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss has said she believes ‘L... | Westminster politicians seek to claim Scottish smoked salmon for England .
Minister calls for salmon to have same protection as Cornish clotted cream .
Claim put forward by reputed East End fishmonger H. Forman & Son .
Firm says salmon's taste comes from curing process invented in London . |
155726819d306dd5a00f27fe192931ac992f4fac | By . Emma Clark . PUBLISHED: . 11:08 EST, 26 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:35 EST, 26 October 2012 . A former concierge who ‘lost his way’ after he was sacked from his role at a luxury apartment block was stabbed to death on a busy west London street. Police have launched a murder investigation into the death of the... | Police launch murder investigation after body of 64-year-old man found stabbed to death in west London .
Former concierge described as 'loosing his way' after being sacked from job at luxury apartment block . |
1557343bd7d8a82a1683c386d2be154853f58c18 | Flanked by his family and before Spain's Parliament, Felipe VI was formally proclaimed the new King of Spain Thursday, following the abdication of his father, Juan Carlos. The new King, clad in military uniform, promised to head a changed monarchy "for new times," in an address before the packed parliamentary chamber. ... | New king and his family wave to cheering crowds from balcony of royal palace .
Felipe VI is formally sworn in as king at proclamation ceremony in Parliament .
The royal family has been touched by several scandals .
Juan Carlos ruled for 39 years and helped shepherd the country into democracy . |
15575111bf5a01cd0c19f03864659e39e6404d07 | By . Ellie Zolfagharifard . PUBLISHED: . 12:21 EST, 24 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 04:35 EST, 25 February 2014 . Koichi Wakata, a Japanese astronaut onboard the International Space Station, has shared these incredible photos from his 200-mile-high perch. The breathtaking images reveal an unrivalled view of aurora ov... | The images were taken by Japanese astronaut, Koichi Wakata, and shared with his 71,000-strong Twitter army .
They include several shots of the Southern Lights taken 200 miles above Earth on their way across Australia .
51-year-old Wakata also posted a stunning image of the moon setting in Earth’s blue atmosphere . |
15578c84c1f2a025402abccde84f4c32f0f21c7d | Manchester City striker John Guidetti may yet join Celtic on loan after the Scottish FA confirmed it will appeal to FIFA on the club's behalf to get the loan move ratified. Guidetti travelled to Glasgow on Monday for talks as Celtic moved to complete their second striker signing of Deadline Day following the capture of... | John Guidetti travelled to Glasgow for talks on transfer deadline day .
Deal collapsed after paperwork failed to go through before transfer deadline .
However the Scottish FA have appealed to FIFA on the club's behalf .
Celtic signed Stefan Scepovic from Sporting Gijon for £2.2m . |
15597afbd23526dc4fb58cf593d7584c5a5d2e47 | By . Nina Golgowski . PUBLISHED: . 17:37 EST, 7 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:15 EST, 7 October 2012 . A gunman jumped into a car and opened fire immediately killing two of five victims inside before pushing out the driver’s body and taking off with his three surviving passengers still inside. Police in Camden, New ... | Police say the Camden, New Jersey gunman who killed two people is still at large .
Driver Jewel Manire, 18, and Khalil Gibson, 20, were both killed at the scene .
A 20-year-old woman injured by a spray of bullets to her face managed to escape after a brief chase by the gunman on foot .
A 16-year-old woman shot in the h... |
155983efb097fafd35af36fd6e42c19f907b24c1 | (CNN) -- Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni says "it is clear for us here in Israel" that chemical weapons have been used in Syria, and an international response to the crisis should be "on the table in the discussions between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Obama" during the president's trip to Israel. When p... | An international response should be "on the table" amid Obama visit, justice minister says .
She doesn't say if there's evidence that Syrian leader ordered use of the weapons .
Syria crisis and Iran nuclear showdown are among top issues as Obama visits Israel .
Tzipi Livni says U.S. leadership can make a crucial differ... |
155a3204041a886181dd864a31f50ebc55ed053c | The Federal Communications Commission has voted to approve rules that make internet services in the US should be in the same regulatory camp as telephones. This means, providers like Comcast, Verizon and AT&T, will have to act in the 'public interest' when providing your internet connection. The goal is to prevent thos... | Net neutrality is the principle that internet providers should give consumers access to all content and applications on an equal basis .
Goal is to prevent providers from creating paid internet 'fast lanes'
It means Netflix, for instance, can't be slowed if it competes with ISP .
Some say that by doing this the governm... |
155a38b9a277cc64fe699f79c6379e982e78e9d2 | The Pope last night backed military action in Iraq to stop the bloody persecution of thousands of Christians by Islamist fanatics. In a dramatic intervention, Pope Francis said military force could be justified against the murderous extremists of Islamic State in order to counter their ‘unjust aggression’. He also reve... | Pope Francis intervenes in debate on Iraq, saying military action is justifiable .
He is considering a trip to Iraq to show solidarity with persecuted Christians .
David Cameron facing further criticism for going on another summer holiday .
Cameron: 'Wherever I am... I am always within a few feet of a Blackberry'
US Pr... |
155c685ae07a71ed1b12310b86eebcc07e59610a | Tianjin, China (CNN) -- In a gleaming classroom at Chong Hua High School in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin, students peer at onion slices under microscopes. Their biology teacher calls on Abdurrahman Mamat to explain what he sees. "Plasmolysis," he replies in perfect Mandarin. Mamat is Uyghur, a mostly Muslim min... | Mamat is Uyghur, just one of many from China's ethnic minorities studying far from home .
Many have been placed by the government in eastern China, the heartland of the majority Han .
At the same time, many Han have been encouraged to moved to Xinjiang, where Uyghurs are from .
This has created tensions that have frequ... |
155d94efec787483902e0bd01924537179155675 | In demand: Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown declared income worth £1.37million last year, but used all of it to run his private office or donate to charity . MPs earned an extra £7million from jobs, speeches and directorships last year, new figures show. Almost half of MPs declared earning money from outside the Comm... | 295 out of 650 MPs have extra income from outside Parliament last year .
Gordon Brown declared £1.37million but gives it to his office or charity .
Critics question whether constituents are getting value for money . |
155daca69d1d866b2b14ae2d07b946d5ae214f6c | A teenager used a bounced cheque to swindle £13,400 worth of liposuction from a top London plastic surgery clinic, a court heard today. Racine Peters obtained the treatment dishonestly from the EF MEDISPA clinic in Kensington, London in August, Hammersmith Magistrates' Court was told. The 18-year-old is accused of ob... | Racine Peters accused of using bounced cheque to pay for liposuction .
Teenager obtained £13,400 worth of treatment from EF MEDISPA clinic in Kensington, London, court hears .
The 18-year-old indicates not guilty plea when she appeared for first hearing at Hammersmith Magistrates' Court .
Court told she was challenged ... |
155ec2dc0ef8cbda16010b1af4b1d900b9ed8bf2 | (CNN) -- An explosion in the Maldives' capital of Male Saturday injured at least 12 people, Maldives officials and the British Foreign Office confirmed to CNN. Two of those injured in the 1:30 p.m. blast (4:30 a.m. ET) were British tourists, the Foreign Office said. Maldives Minister of Tourism, Dr. Mahamood Shougee, t... | Maldives govt: At least 12 foreign tourists injured in homemade bomb blast .
NEW British tourists suffered significant burns in the explosion .
Chinese and Japanese tourists among those hurt in incident in capital Male .
Govt toursim minister: "It is a sad day for The Maldives" |
155efa7320c65224d4e65a87c8b1f19517591721 | Men's brains are wired to make them ignore food when sex is on the menu, researchers have claimed. A study found that men can suppress their hunger in order to focus on finding a mate. The study by the University of Rochester Medical Centre point to how subtle changes in the brain's circuitry dictate differences in beh... | Study found that males suppress hunger to focus on finding a mate .
Research looked at a microscopic roundworm called C. elegans .
claim results show subtle changes in the brain's circuitry dictate differences in behaviour between males and females . |
155f21b6f98d654f16f9ec237c2fae3c1db99ad5 | A British soldier who suffered life-changing injuries while serving in Afghanistan after being hit by a roadside bomb has been found dead at his home in Manchester. Private Bradley Paul, 23, was heading up a supply patrol in Helmand Province in 2012 when an explosion severed an artery in his neck and left him with mult... | Bradley Paul, 23, had artery in neck severed by roadside bomb in Helmand .
Flown back to UK where he spent a year coping with life-changing injuries .
But was found dead in home in Manchester last week with 'neck injury'
If you have been affected by issues in this story, contact Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 or Combat S... |
155f4b883bf89310a554496e3b8729132ccc96e8 | (CNN) -- Hill Harper, star of the CBS series "CSI: NY," founded the Manifest Your Destiny Foundation to empower young people through mentoring, scholarship and grant programs. Harper, who is also a best-selling author and a graduate of Harvard Law School and the Kennedy School of Government, served on the Blue Ribbon P... | Hill Harper is encouraging youth through his Manifest Your Destiny Foundation .
The "CSI: NY" star says we're not expecting enough out of young people these days .
Harper says CNN Heroes inspire him to be better: "Change happens from the bottom up" |
156080a039d585aabe1dcf7ab471a359b8114b04 | (CNN) -- Books, movies, magazines and newspapers repeatedly refer to addiction, usually concerning drugs or alcohol. It is only recently, in the modern realm of celebrity addictions that the public discourse has added sex to the list of potential afflictions (see: Tiger Woods, David Duchovny) and the general public is ... | "Shame" is a penetrating, deeply unsettling look at addiction and obsession .
Brandon (Michael Fassbender) is constantly in pain; sex is the only relief .
He is thrown off the rails by a visit from his equally but differently damaged sister . |
15614abd00114b8a798d86a8f07c8417c4b7fee1 | A leading sandwich firm has cut the size of its baguettes and is no longer putting two tea bags in large cups, it emerged today. SSP, which runs outlets including Upper Crust and Caffe Ritazza in more than 100 stations and airports, has reduced the length of baguettes by nearly ten per cent. The company admitted that, ... | Company behind Upper Crust and Cafe Ritazza cuts length of baguettes .
The firm has also stopped putting two tea bags in large cups of tea .
It claims reduced size 'in line with competitors' and tea bags are stronger .
Follows series of revelations about the shrinking size of food portions . |
15619fba126d26ad582ef3aa3e7d85c68a0c94b5 | (CNN) -- In the most comprehensive speech he has delivered on terrorism, President Barack Obama declared last month that the "core of al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan is on a path to defeat." On May 23, the very same day that Obama delivered this keynote speech at the National Defense University in Washington, Ayma... | President Barack Obama said al Qaeda's core is headed for defeat .
Peter Bergen: Terror group's leader is still acting as if al Qaeda matters .
He says Ayman al-Zawahiri intervened to block merger of Iraqi and Syrian wings .
To avoid tracking, al-Zawahiri likely using a courier to deliver messages, Bergen says . |
15620eb20d31f99ca2f17e94ea4fdd4f62958fb5 | Will England qualify for the knockout stages? Will England qualify for the knockout stages? Now share your opinion . Italy recorded an astonishing 93.2 per cent passing accuracy during their 2-1 win against England on Saturday night which is the highest ever recorded in a single World Cup game since 1966. With players ... | Italy recorded 93.2 per cent passing accuracy during World Cup win against England .
The Azzurri completed 561 of their 602 passes .
Andrea Pirlo made 108 passes, the most so far in a 2014 World Cup match .
Steven Gerrard made 62 accurate passes as England lost in Manaus . |
15628b49b74b83a1f8a9c0a18b15600f7427118c | By . Ted Thornhill . PUBLISHED: . 10:47 EST, 17 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:11 EST, 17 September 2013 . The 12 days of Christmas has been extended to 100 days as the nation's favourite supermarket launches its festive season - in mid-September. The first packets of mince pies, plum puddings, stollen and Santa sh... | The 'seasonal aisle' at The Meadows .
supermarket in Camberley, Surrey, features piles of mince pies and chocolate Santas .
Tesco says it is trying to 'spread the cost of Christmas' for its customers . |
1563056b0d6cb8fc18ed0b6b974349dd5689e36a | A tattooed model who became an internet sensation after posting a video of herself jiggling her boobs to Mozart on the internet has released a festive version of her party trick - moving her breasts to the tune of Jingle Bells. The original clip, which showed Sara X Mills moving her boobs individually and simultaneousl... | Tattooed model first became internet star by jiggling her breasts to Mozart .
Sara X recently revealed she had received death threats after the first video .
She has since filmed another clip just in time for Christmas . |
1565af280881ab0e8077bf0b387085af3bee87b5 | Lawsuits filed today against Harvard University in Massachusetts and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill argue that affirmative action policies should be banned at colleges across the nation. The federal suits allege Harvard and UNC rely on race-based affirmative action policies that impact admissions of hi... | Lawsuits argue that affirmative action policies should be banned in U.S.
It also argues that Harvard limits the number of Asian Americans .
It claims Harvard's acceptance rate for 'legacy' applicants whose family members are alumnus is about 30% . |
1565d51ec8e2d53c23821dadea86787ed0e7a5d0 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Key Republicans on Capitol Hill blasted the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve on Wednesday for orchestrating an $85 billion bailout of insurance giant American International Group, and the White House for not informing them of the plan. Some lawmakers complained Wednesday they didn't know... | Senate Banking Committee member: AIG "put greed ahead of responsibility"
House GOP aide: Top Bush economic adviser to brief House Republicans .
House Speaker Pelosi: Bailout shows President Bush is "failed manager"
Sen. Reid: No immediate law changes, because "no one knows what to do" |
1567c0c0f478c5a8931549a05b784359a9689a4b | (CNN) -- More than 20,000 civilians were killed in the final months of Sri Lanka's civil war -- nearly three times previous estimates, The Times newspaper in Britain reported Friday. Refugees gather behind barbed wire at one of Sri Lanka's camps for those displaced by recent fighting. The Times said it had acquired con... | UK paper claims death toll in final months of Sri Lanka conflict more than 20,000 .
More than 1,000 civilians killed daily in April-May, Times claims .
Death toll estimates based on confidential U.N. documents, U.N. sources .
Sri Lankan government declared victory over Tamil separatists May 19 . |
1569aaf6bac3e79d1686c93ee3b31b8f03927db9 | Swat, Pakistan (CNN) -- In a message of defiance to the Taliban, authorities in Swat have decided to rename a government college after Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old girl who was shot in the head after demanding education for girls. The college offers high school and undergraduate education for 2,000 girls and young... | Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head for speaking out .
"She sacrificed her life for us, for education," says an admirer .
"Without an education, girls and boys are nothing," says another .
Taliban claimed responsibility for shooting Malala, who remains hospitalized . |
1569e5363f65d7bd6560df3edfa79a90218dc043 | (CNN) -- There's nothing like getting stuck into a good book -- but getting stuck in a good book store is a different matter. Just ask David Willis, a tourist from Texas who was inadvertently locked inside a London retailer for several hours, after strolling in minutes before the store was closing. Willis, from Dallas,... | Texan David Willis wandered into London book store to use free WiFi .
Willis made phone calls after realizing he was locked in, but no one initially came to his aid .
He was released after three hours when his social media posts were spotted . |
156a69ed97ce46c24601f1ce4145b6bd2e2234bf | A police officer today accidentally revealed plans to seize Julian Assange 'under all circumstances' if he steps outside the Ecuadorian embassy. The document - headed 'Restricted' and 'Decisions - Supporting Rationale' was carried by the officer and made clear their determination to arrest the WikiLeaks founder should ... | Assange to be detained if he emerges in 'dip' [diplomat] car - or 'dip' bag .
UK in talks with ambassadors sheltering 41-year-old .
Foreign office writes to Ecuadorian embassy to end diplomatic row .
Diplomats say Assange is free to stay at the embassy in London for 'however long he wants' |
156be0d78de30d12647111f998b1fadcf2c489e5 | Arsene Wenger insists he would splash a club-record transfer fee on Mesut Ozil again as he came out in staunch defence of his under-fire playmaker. Ozil, Arsenal’s £42.5million signing from Real Madrid, was heavily criticised after his dismal performance in midweek. He was hauled off after 62 minutes against Borussia ... | Arsene Wenger has backed Arsenal's record signing Mesut Ozil .
The German has been heavily criticised for his performances this season .
Ozil was hauled off after 62 minutes in the 2-0 defeat to Borussia Dortmund .
Jack Wilshere and Aaron Ramsey's good form in central midfield has seen Ozil moved to the left wing .
Ar... |
156c1832c9a0a5d91fed9a358b6eb65099051e99 | By . Naomi Greenaway . For most couples, a romantic proposal involves Champagne, roses, chocolates or something equally indulgent, but this daredevil climber popped the question 2,500ft in the air. Richard Crabtree asked Angela Jones, 45, to marry him while hanging precariously off the edge of a cliff-face - just momen... | Richard Crabtree proposed to Angela Jones at the peak of Napes Needle .
It was the couple's first climb of the iconic 20-metre-high Lake District rock .
He hid diamond solitaire ring in his bag during the hour-long hike .
She said it was a huge surprise as they had agreed not to get married . |
156f370bdfe1549b127dd9983fa0ed38bb1edbcf | Miami (CNN) -- State investigators concluded there were "no safety threats" at the home of a 10-year-old girl two days before she was found dead in her adoptive father's pick-up truck near her seriously ill twin brother, according to a report released Monday by Florida child welfare authorities. Both of the twins' adop... | NEW: A Florida man, like his wife, is charged with murder and child abuse .
NEW: A police director calls the behavior "subhuman," pointing to "long-term abuse"
A state investigator found no reason for concern in the household .
A 10-year-old girl was found dead in plastic bag, her twin brother was burned . |
156fc36bb5b0b3edb081808c9cd53134b3d753f6 | These kind-hearted divers removed a fishing hook from the jaws of a 6ft silky shark after coaxing it into a natural trance. Friends Cameron Nimmo, 26, and Mickey Smith, 25, grabbed the fish by the tail and twisted it upside down, paralysing it in a state called tonic immobility. It is a well-known phenomenon that affec... | Cameron Nimmo, 26, and Mickey Smith, 25, often dive near Jupiter, Florida .
They say three-quarters of sharks they find have fishing hooks in them .
So they turn silky sharks upside down by tail, temporarily paralysing them .
'There is danger there but the last thing I'm thinking about it getting bitten' |
1570b12ab03271443a2c25fe1413f377c892363e | (CNN) -- Mark Kessler, the small-town Pennsylvania police chief who posted videos of himself firing automatic weapons while cursing about gun control, has been given a termination notice. The borough council of Gilberton, population 750, voted 6-1 to fire him at a meeting Thursday night, said council chairman Daniel J.... | Mark Kessler blasted gun control supporters while firing weapons on YouTube .
Gilberton, Pennsylvania, town council voted 6-1 to terminate Kessler, pending appeal .
Kessler's attorney says he will request public hearing .
Earlier council meeting drew thousands of his supporters to Gilberton, population 750 . |
15723955f0961d853e378ec4d95905755832aaa3 | (CNN) -- Government agents used tear gas to disperse demonstrators, and beat and kidnapped a human rights lawyer, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said Saturday, citing witnesses. Protesters in Tehran linger after powerful cleric Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ended his Friday prayers. The advocacy gro... | International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran cites witnesses of kidnapping .
Human rights lawyer Shadi Sadr was pushed into a car and driven off, witnesses say .
"This was an illegal, arbitrary and violent arrest," Amnesty International director says . |
1572706cdc9aad0d0d224f71d16d52313df2c14b | By . Claire Elliott . PUBLISHED: . 21:01 EST, 3 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:15 EST, 4 November 2013 . Aged only 60 minutes, Keira Robertson had suffered more than most people do in a lifetime. Not only had her heart stopped beating for 25 minutes, she then needed surgery as doctors battled to save her. Her parent... | Keira Robertson was just 60 minutes old when her heart stopped beating .
Doctors managed to revive her before carrying out two heart operations .
The seven-month-old is now healthy and happy and learning to crawl .
Mrs Robertson and her husband, a 29-year-old engineer, are raising funds for Yorkhill Children’s Charity ... |
1572e92451f5ac1b866cdab76f4643b68ff9a7dc | The assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 shocked the world and became a watershed moments in American history. But few people know that his successor, Lyndon B. Johnson, narrowly avoided being shot to death just hours after his impromptu inauguration aboard Air Force One. On the night of November 22, 1963... | Historian Mel Ayton's new book hunting the President tells how a Secret Service agent pointed a sub-machine gun at President Johnson's chest .
Ronald Reagan was stalked by a man who called himself 'Catman' because he sent letters accompanied by photos of felines .
Franklin Roosevelt was nearly shot by a bricklayer from... |
157302e27fab22f0cb048f868065a932586006ba | MIT researchers have created a camera which can take images so fast - one trillion of them in just a second - that it can capture light as it travels across objects. Nothing can go faster than the speed of light, which thanks to the work of scientific legends such as Leon Foucault and Einstein, we know to be 299,792,45... | Even 'travelling at the speed of light' cannot defeat the 'world's fastest camera'
MIT researchers film a beam of light hitting Coke bottle and tomato, and slow the footage down for a slow-motion replay . |
1574487e61caf8e1a0a1a230dabd56c914c4774d | A task force has been formed to investigate the disappearance of three girls in the same area of Connecticut 40 years ago. Thirteen-year-old Debra Spickler of Mystic disappeared in 1968, while walking to a swimming pool in Vernon. Janice Pockett was 7 when she was last seen riding her bicycle in nearby Tolland in July... | Debra Spickler, 13, disappeared walking to a Vernon swimming pool in 1968 .
Janice Pockett, 7, last seen riding a bike near Tolland in July 1973 .
Lisa White, 13, went missing after walking near a Vernon park in Nov 1974 .
Task force offering $150,000 for information that could lead to an arrest .
The team will determi... |
157585254f39ad34ba355642eafa9491f7e3ee7f | (CNN) -- Reaction to North Korea's nuclear test -- its third since 2006 -- poured in Tuesday from around the world: . Barack Obama, U.S. president: . "This is a highly provocative act that ... undermines regional stability, violates North Korea's obligations under numerous United Nations Security Council resolutions, c... | Obama: The danger posed by North Korea warrants further action by the world .
The Chinese government says it "resolutely opposes" the nuclear test .
Russia condemns North Korea's actions but admonishes its adversaries .
Office of Ban Ki-moon: The U.N. secretary-general is "gravely concerned" |
1575b45f1e266d73d487a3811613cc517ac24a11 | (CNN) -- It's no surprise that travelers flock to Paris, New York and London. The lasting draw of these destinations is borne out in TripAdvisor's fifth annual Travelers' Choice Destinations awards. The awards, announced Tuesday, are based on the popularity of destinations and take into account insights from millions o... | TripAdvisor's Travelers' Choice destinations named .
Paris, New York and London are the top three spots worldwide .
In the U.S., New York, San Francisco and Chicago top the list . |
1576b53a78d0ba77f412dc5d6c57af94e0a1d5c8 | By . James Rush . Kyle Randall was dragged 300ft in his car following a collision with a moving train in Jefferson, Oregon . An alleged drunk driver who was dragged 300ft after his car collided with a moving train managed to free himself from the wreckage before knocking on strangers' doors to ask for a place to sleep.... | Police claim Kyle Randall drove through stop sign before colliding with train .
Car was dragged 300ft by the train with Randall inside the vehicle, police say .
Randall is due to appear in court next month on a misdemeanor DUI charge . |
1576bd646278ec005c269934262b0ad51328fc81 | (CNN) -- You can't get much more "inside baseball" than this: the story of how statisticians trump scouts when it comes to putting together a winning team. But thanks to a great script by Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, a quietly compelling performance from Brad Pitt and shrewd direction by Bennett Miller ("Capote"), ... | "Moneyball" is a fascinating portrait of a man who gives his life to baseball .
The writing is always sharp and smart .
Brad Pitt has a watchful, introspective quality . |
15779369ab10caa5629ac6730c7381b6a900a852 | By . Anthony Bond . Last updated at 12:22 AM on 10th January 2012 . New findings: Researchers have discovered that babies understand what their mums say - even though they don't know the language she is speaking . Babies understand what their mothers say, even when they speak in a language their children have never he... | Babies reacted in the same way to their mother whether she was speaking in English or Greek . |
1577e25487622bac76e5b1fa24b0fedbda322801 | By . Lizzie Parry and Lucy Osborne . PUBLISHED: . 10:56 EST, 29 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:30 EST, 30 October 2013 . When Sam Burch and a few of her friends promoted their new Women’s Institute group on Facebook, they were stunned by the response. More than 350 women turned up to join at the church hall they had ... | More than 100 turned away as hopeful new recruits queued for three hours .
President Sam Burch 'amazed' at surge in support for her new group .
WI's success boosted by The Great British Bake Off and Facebook . |
1578f13c95ccc3fbed4769372c9e7f708ee6ec2a | By . Annette Witheridge . The parents of Justina Pelletier - the teenager 'imprisoned' by Boston Children’s Hospital for the last year have today made a desperate plea for her return exactly a year after she was 'snatched' from them. When 15-year-old Justina was transferred to a residential psychiatric unit at the end ... | Justina Pelletier, 15, admitted to Boston Children's Hospital a year ago suffering from flu on suggestion of normal doctor who was away .
She hasn't returned home since and had been locked in psychiatric ward where staff have told her 'she is never going home'
Tufts doctors said she had Mitochondrial Disease but doctor... |
1579bf54b842acced81f66d975f3bd82d1365842 | The American doctor who made a miraculous recovery from a battle with Ebola has spoken out in his first sit-down interview while recovering at home with his wife and three children. Dr Kent Brantly was treating Ebola patients in Liberia at the end of July, during what is currently the largest outbreak of the disease ev... | Dr Kent Brantly caught Ebola in July while working in Liberia .
In August, he and a missionary worker were flown to Emory University Hospital where they were treated with an experimental serum .
Both survived the disease and have since been discharged from the hospital .
Dr Brantly has now spoken out about his battle w... |
1579eb1501dbd4f918fcf2f70f866b98cee33763 | (CNN) -- You're in a restaurant, or at an airport, or on a crowded street. The man or woman next to you crumples to the ground. Do you know what to do? Anyone trained in CPR knows the first step: Check for breathing, and check for a pulse. If there's no heartbeat -- what then? That question has been the subject of inte... | Pressing on chest in a hard, quick rhythm can keep cardiac arrest victims alive .
Oxygen can't nourish cells unless circulated by beating heart or chest compressions .
In Arizona last year, rescuers saved nearly a third of "saveable" cardiac arrest victims . |
157aefbf77f190656c80c0e2ba1b3083d204ea4f | London, England (CNN) -- AB de Villiers has broken the South African record for the highest individual score in a test innings with an unbeaten 278 against Pakistan in the second Test match at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. It is the 10th time the 26-year-old has passed 100 in test matches and beats the previou... | AB de Villiers scores highest individual innings by a South African in test matches .
Record-breaking 278 not out surpasses Graeme Smith's 277 vs England in 2003 .
India in command of third Test against New Zealand in Nagpur .
Tourists all out for 193; India finish day 99 runs ahead with eight wickets in hand . |
157c940a6f601e3f153c41f066459cf01b55eb2d | By . Lucy Waterlow . PUBLISHED: . 12:02 EST, 24 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:55 EST, 25 June 2013 . Kim Sears wasn't showing the strain of supporting Britain's number one tennis player as she arrived at Wimbledon today to see him take victory in his first match. While Murray's mother Judy was seen earlier looking trie... | Britain's number one beat Benjamin Becker 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 .
His girlfriend was smiling as she arrived on centre court .
But she's admitted she doesn't look forward to Wimbledon . |
157d04910741355f4984958c4c42ff8eb59ba332 | Charges are expected in the death of a New York City college student who was injured during a fraternity ritual on a trip to Pennsylvania, a prosecutor said Thursday. Monroe County District Attorney E. David Christine told CNN that criminal charges were likely in connection with the death of Baruch College freshman Chu... | Pi Delta Psi "revokes" affiliation with Baruch College chapter after student death .
Chun "Michael" Deng fell and struck his head during "glass ceiling" ritual, affidavit says .
Pi Delta Psi members tell authorities that Deng was pushed, document says .
Deng suffered severe brain trauma, tested negative for alcohol, do... |
157d6fd1ebb018151b04c894ec7c82e0fc46a7c8 | By . Glen Owen . The UKIP candidate who could push the Tories into third place in a by-election this week is being backed by a bizarre figure who calls himself ‘Lord Lust’ and once appeared in a pornographic film. John Bickley - who polls predict could come second to Labour in Thursday’s Wythenshawe and Sale East vote ... | John Bickley tipped for second place in Wythenshaw and Sale by-election .
He was nominated by 'womaniser and bon vivant' James Hadfield-Hyde .
Mr Hadfield-Hyde hosted adult show Lord Lust's Lovelies in the 1990s .
He also appeared in pornographic film Up At The Crack Of Dawn . |
157db2595d2814e751251848cc16b76a97b97390 | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 09:21 EST, 24 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:02 EST, 24 April 2013 . Fall: Jared Maillet, 21, plunged to his death while climbing Snowdon, north Wales . An American student who was leading friends up Mount Snowdon slipped and plunged 500ft to his death off an icy ridge. Jared Maillet, 21,... | Jared Maillet, 21, volunteered to walk across the ridge first .
Arizona State University student was on a UK exchange programme .
Sea King search and rescue plane called but he could not be saved .
He was racing to climb the 15 tallest peaks in Wales in 24 hours . |
157dee8db0b65c0b7e8aa89b552fe8edbdb1dfc4 | By . Tom Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 05:03 EST, 7 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:41 EST, 7 June 2013 . Even the most diligent of AS-level students may not have been fully prepared for one of the questions in their recent Latin exam. Young classicists – usually aged between 16 and 17 – were asked to read and offer a ‘personal... | Students aged 16 to 17 were marked on their 'personal response' to the erotic poems .
Leading academic questions appropriateness of racy passages .
Exam board defends inclusion of Ovid's The Amores . |
157e42c0ca27a161d26ce345f4227a5433a20616 | The Federal Reserve said today that it will keep interest rates near zero until wages grow, long-term unemployment falls, and the economy shows other signs of consistent growth. The central bank retained language signaling its plans to keep short-term rates at historic lows 'for a considerable time' after it ends its m... | The Fed intends to keep its benchmark rate near zero until inflation remains under control and wage growth and long-term unemployment are under control .
The central bank officials say it plans to keep short-term rates low for a 'considerable time'
Investment Strategist Mike Arone says: 'the economy still has work to d... |
157ed23d3361e5145048d78a70175d17df69d3bc | (CNN) -- They're late to the party, but the spooks have finally joined Twitter. And -- who knew? -- they have a sense of humor. At 1:49 pm ET on Friday, the Central Intelligence Agency sent its first-ever Twitter message, from a verified account with the simple handle of @CIA. With characteristic secrecy, it said: "We ... | The Central Intelligence Agency finally joins Twitter, Facebook .
Its first Twitter message: "We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet"
Within two hours the message had been retweeted more than 85,000 times . |
157f09b4e411275056b4ce899f97005578e653de | (CNN) -- Dozens of children called for freedom, held anti-government signs and criticized President Bashar al-Assad in at least two Syrian cities on Sunday, a day before al-Assad planned to make another speech to the unsettled nation. In a video posted on YouTube, showing a demonstration the cameraman claims took place... | NEW: Videos show children in two cities apparently protesting against Syria's government .
President Bashar al-Assad will give a speech Monday, state-run media reports .
The head of the Red Cross is visiting Damascus for talks with officials, the group said .
More than 1,100 people have died in the unrest, Amnesty Inte... |
157f2970638031a91dfab7a720fb740d101aa01a | Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic believes his side have a 'good chance' of progressing to the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Opponents Chelsea hold a slender advantage over PSG thanks to Branislav Ivanovic's crucial away goal, however Ibrahimovic is confident his side can secure a positive result... | Chelsea hold advantage over PSG thanks to Branislav Ivanovic's away goal .
PSG striker Edinson Cavani netted a second-half equaliser for his side .
Zlatan Ibrahimovic remains confident his side can progress to next round .
The Swedish international heaped praise on Chelsea's Thibaut Courtois . |
158082b74d9a82fde840b6ef0c5ed93ebc4d24b9 | By . Nick Pisa . Raffaele Sollecito has paid a secret visit to the grave of murdered student Meredith Kercher, it has emerged. Computer studies graduate Sollecito, 29, is currently back on trial accused of the brutal knife killing, along with his former girlfriend Amanda Knox, 26. The news that he went to Meredith's gr... | Sollecito went to the cemetery in Coulsdon, Surrey, in March with a friend .
Computer studies graduate with his former girlfriend Amanda Knox, 26 .
The pair are accused of the brutal knife killing of Meredith Kercher .
Kercher family had previously asked Knox to stay away from grave . |
1580b8a66b716a871b162aaf8a62271d10fea900 | (CNN) -- Ted Haggard, the former megachurch pastor and former National Association of Evangelicals chief whose career was undone by a sex and drugs scandal in 2006, will appear in a cable TV special this month. "Ted Haggard: Scandalous" will explore his fall from grace, he said. "It shows the drama and the intrigue" th... | Haggard said he got a massage from a man who said the pastor had paid him for sex .
He said he purchased crystal meth, but threw it away .
Haggard was once pastor of the New Life Church megachurch in Colorado Springs, Colorado .
TLC special on him will air on January 16 . |
15811e60cdc9e9adc12db6bd15aab082dd8cd7a2 | By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 06:15 EST, 14 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:36 EST, 14 October 2013 . A newlywed couple had their wedding day ruined when police interrupted them while they were dancing and told them that their house had been burgled. It turned out that the culprit was a relative who was not invited to ... | Annwen and Jonathan Bell's wedding was interrupted by the police .
They were told their home in West Wales had been burgled by Ceri Davies .
Furniture had been slashed, TV broken and ornaments smashed .
Davies, a relative of Mrs Bell, has been sentenced to three years in jail . |
1581beaa0ea4ce8d16f7232a3fba1753398e9e1b | Five men who were wrongfully jailed for the 1986 rape of a Central Park jogger are pursuing $52 million in damages from the state in the Court of Claims. It comes just six months after the men - Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Kharey Wise, who are known as the 'Central Park Five' - wo... | Five wrongfully convicted men won a landmark settlement in June this year .
But now they are seeking a further payout from the state of New York .
Convicted of the April 1989 rape and beating of 28-year-old investment banker Trisha Meili .
Crime stunned nation after Meili was left for dead and with no recollection .
Al... |
158223f8fdbbea286932424b3962edbbeccbf7b4 | By . Claire Bates . PUBLISHED: . 04:45 EST, 23 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:30 EST, 23 July 2012 . Tummy troubles: There is increasing concern that climate change may be driving bacterial waterborne infectious diseases . Climate change could be driving an increase in illnesses such as cholera and gastroenteritis in no... | Vibrio bacteria, which is normally found growing in warm and tropical waters, now thrives in the Baltic Sea .
Bacteria strains will multiply as seas warm, predict researchers .
The bacteria causes illnesses from cholera to gastroenteritis . |
1584579e70c302dd97026ee5436b879ec3d5314e | By . Emma Glanfield . Mary Berry has revealed her unlikely game face by jumping for joy and performing cartwheels in mock celebration of England’s potential World Cup glory. The 79-year-old presenter shows off unbelievable tekkers in the promotional video for the new series of BBC One’s The Great British Bake Off, whic... | Mary Berry celebrates England 'goal' in style in BBC promotional video .
The 79-year-old watches football with Mel and Sue and Paul Hollywood .
She performs cartwheels and replicates Peter Crouch's 'robot' after 'goal'
The star also runs outside and flings herself onto her knees in celebration .
Hilarious video release... |
158485dcd25def23faa9479e23d48ee63aec2ad1 | Billionaire casino mogul James Packer has been declared unwelcome in Sri Lanka, with the country's new Prime Minister announcing that the Australian should not 'come to the country in this lifetime'. The strong backlash from the Sri Lanka's new government come after Packer withdrew from long-standing plans to build a $... | The new Sri Lankan Prime Minister declared James Packer unwelcome .
The warning comes after Packer withdrew from development plans .
The Aussie billionaire had a long-standing agreement to build a $350 million resort with casino in city of Colombo .
The new government reneged by banning new casinos and revoking a promi... |
158530aecdabc11b9963ff50d2983bd56051922d | (CNN)Take one look at these images and you experience a range of city-life emotions. You feel the noonday sun beating down on your back, surging waves of people on every side of you. You sip your overpriced beverage and stare into the distance for a reprieve from the crowds and from a morning spent on your feet. You se... | Photographer Bas Losekoot is fascinated by city life and its people .
He took photos in major cities across the world to study how its residents interact .
In 2007, a U.N. report said 3.3 billion people live in cities -- 3% of the world's surface . |
1585faef6556e63dc8f8296059a6921ceadf0bdc | By . Emma Reynolds . PUBLISHED: . 10:37 EST, 8 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:46 EST, 8 August 2012 . A former aide to Mayor of London Boris Johnson who admits to having a 'strange sex life' was today cleared of possessing extreme pornography 'likely to cause serious injury'. Simon Walsh, 50, smiled as he was acquitte... | Charges of having 'extreme' images and an indecent image of a child dismissed in unanimous verdict .
But 50-year-old said allegations had damaged his 'career and personal standing'
He was fired by London Mayor Boris Johnson after allegations emerged .
Added that he had not given up his right to a private sexual life wh... |
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