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15d0bf9bbe2f3334fae7ea10cb780f851611e7b4 | By . Snejana Farberov For Mail online . and David Mccormack for MailOnline . and Associated Press . and MailOnline Reporter . and Zoe Szathmary for MailOnline . The woman whose massive personal closet supposedly full of luxury goods was robbed earlier this month has admitted some of her personal items are in fact 'cost... | Theresa Roemer has admitted there are 'some costume things' inside her massive 'she cave' personal closet .
The Houston Press was contacted by the alleged burglar saying that Theresa Roemer's stolen valuables were actually worthless .
The newspaper received a package containing 10-15 items from socialite's collection, ... |
15d0e33a61d1f5be8feeb5ee90d24e45a7e03dcb | (CNN) -- Western intelligence missed a chance to capture or kill the suspected terrorist thought to be behind the Nairobi mall massacre, according to a former informant for both the CIA and the Danish intelligence service. Morten Storm, who worked as an informant for five years, had forged a close relationship with the... | Ex-spy says intelligence agencies missed a chance to capture suspected terrorist .
Al-Shabaab militant Ikrima is thought to have planned the attack on Kenya's Westgate Mall .
Morten Storm is a former informant for the CIA and Danish intelligence service PET .
CIA refuses to comment on Storm's claims; PET refuses to con... |
15d11a986fa83c150295ee8695c8b45a3067f1c5 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 02:21 EST, 22 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:37 EST, 23 December 2013 . Jimmy Fallon hosted the Christmas episode of Saturday Night Live for the second time last night, joined by his personal friend and rapping buddy Justin Timberlake as musical guest. The Christmas special is... | Outgoing Mayor Michael Bloomberg was one of the celebrities that made a surprise appearance for the Christmas episode .
Mayor Bloomberg also joked that he applied to be a Spanish teacher at a few universities, but was told his accent 'isn't quite bueno'
As usual, Bloomberg was asked about a potential presidential run i... |
15d20b674764a7983ee82ce9999168c258f44a06 | By . Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 04:00 EST, 11 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:13 EST, 11 November 2013 . Shiva: Katarzyna . Dryden-Chouen said the cannabis was . to have been offered to the god ahead of Dec 21 last year, when she . believed the world would end . A woman who said she grew cannabis to . sacrifice to t... | Katarzyna Dryden-Chouen and her husband Clive grew cannabis at home .
Prosecutors alleged they made £277,000 through dealing in six years .
But they insisted that most of the drug was to be burnt in sacrifice .
It would have been offered to Shiva before end of the world on December 21, 2012 .
Mrs Dryden-Chouen also cla... |
15d20bf4f67c5cfb6dbf4e978c089617a1147510 | By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 05:30 EST, 16 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:32 EST, 16 August 2013 . A retired family doctor killed himself after he wrongly convinced himself he had cancer, an inquest heard yesterday. Dr Philip Squire, 59, was found hanged at his home where he'd left a note saying he found 'the id... | Dr Philip Squire, 59, was found hanged .
at his home in Taunton, Somerset .
Retired GP left a note saying he found 'the idea of .
operations and long suffering just unbearable'
But inquest heard tests gave him the all clear for cancer and he brought on the symptoms on himself physiologically .
West Somerset coroner Mic... |
15d23f7dcf4e092de4c9191396b3a75a7c9b5bf3 | A young black bear just overcame its own bucket challenge in western Pennsylvania with the help of some daring rescuers. The Bucket Bear, as it had come to be called, had been roaming through Perry Township, Clarion County, for over a month with a black bucket-like object stuck on its head. The Patriot-News reports tha... | The young black bear was roaming Perry Township, Clarion County, in western Pennsylvania with a bucket-like object stuck on its head .
Bucket Bear was rescued by Dean Hornberger and Samantha Eigenbrod, who have done animal rescue work in the past .
The Pennsylvania Game Commission was contacted but told locals they cou... |
15d2521365d81923e91b80b547a01cca479a17af | A Melbourne man has prompted concern after offering women money for sex on the dating site OKCupid. Daniel, 28, asked several women if they have 'ever been offered money', before naming prices and urging them to consider the offer. None of the women reported the messages to police, as the messages are not considered i... | Daniel, 28, offered several women money for sex on the app .
None of the women reported the messages to police since they were legal .
Daniel offered $500 to several women then raised the sum incrementally .
One woman said he has been messaging her intermittently for years . |
15d392a52eea6b0758dd25fceae519300df66e4d | It's billed as the race that stops a nation and the Melbourne Cup didn't disappoint as racegoers turned Flemington into party central on Tuesday. More than 100,000 punters flocked through the gates and thousands more around the country enjoyed countless lunches, parties and glamorous functions to get in the spirit of A... | Australia comes to a standstill on this day every year for the feature race - the Melbourne Cup .
Race goers let their hair down and party hard at the Flemington track .
Plenty of punters can be seen crashed out on the ground among piles of rubbish after a hard day .
British jockey Ryan Moore won the race on German sta... |
15d3d8a91849e3128b3632d9ded7c0f278059229 | Dylan Farrow's brother has broken his silence to dismiss claims that his father Woody Allen sexually assaulted her - instead saying that their mother Mia Farrow poisoned their minds against him. 'Of course Woody did not molest my sister,' Moses Farrow, who is estranged from Dylan and Mia Farrow but remains close to his... | Moses Farrow has broken his long silence to lambast his estranged mother for 'poisoning' her children against Woody Allen .
Moses and Dylan were both adopted by Farrow and Allen; the 2 children - along with a third, Ronan - were at the center of a bitter custody battle .
He claims that his mother hit them when they wer... |
15d466aabf34fdf67404734f396a2e9578bf1cd2 | (WIRED) -- From the earliest days of aviation, pilots have relied upon paper maps to help find their way. Even in an era of GPS and advanced avionics, you still see pilots lugging around 20 pounds or more of charts. But those days are numbered, because maps are giving way to iPads. The Federal Aviation Administration i... | The FAA has approved iPads instead of paper charts for a charter company's pilots .
iPads are popular among pilots but were only OK for reference .
This allowance applies to only Executive Jet Management for now . |
15d4c007b0f57dd50c4d0bd054fbdc228032b5d6 | (CNN)Each day, CNN producers select a user-submitted photo to be our Travel Photo of the Day. Click through the gallery above to see stunning shots from around the world, and be sure to come back every day for a new image. Have a gorgeous travel photo of your own to share? Submit it for the gallery at CNN iReport! | See more iReport galleries: Glorious Ireland, beautiful beaches .
Follow us on Twitter @cnnireport and @CNNTravel . |
15d5e47a9199782e7ee6fa4027197b4f1a9e7eb8 | From the Zara cornflower blue dress she wore after announcing her engagement to the vibrant pink jeans she wore to play hockey in ahead of London's Olympics, whatever the Duchess of Cambridge wears generally turns to retail gold. Her wardrobe choices used to send high street sales soaring with shoppers desperate to emu... | Jeetendr Sehdev, a celebrity branding expert, says so .
People can relate to fashion choices of reality TV stars .
Michelle Obama is 11 times more influential than Kate . |
15d623caf47ec201a0854858653c7ceeeb13ef4a | By . Ellie Zolfagharifard . The GOCE satellite is expected to meet its fiery death in the next few days as it plunges to Earth - but no one knows where it will land. The Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) has been in its low Earth orbit for an extra two-and-a-half years on its planned miss... | GOCE has spent 4 years mapping Earth’s gravity with incredible precision .
Return will be the first uncontrolled re-entry of an ESA satellite since 1987 .
The risk of an individual being struck is lower than being hit by a meteorite .
Around 25 per cent of the satellite's parts are expected to hit Earth . |
15d6c5089f6801a6c0460cb3cc2aa1b9f757df45 | Andy Murray has been handed a relatively benign opening to his Wimbledon title defence with the draw proving more favourable than it initially looked twelve months ago. The 27 year-old Scot was handed a first round against Belgian David Goffin, the world number 104 who might be mistaken for being the member of a boy ba... | Andy Murray handed favourable draw as he looks to defend Wimbledon title .
Scot will face David Goffin in the first round of the competition .
Belgian is ranked No 104 in the world .
Murray is in the same half as Novak Djokovic with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal on the other side . |
15d8584a28dcd0af0375121ac0ca042b18a47810 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:22 EST, 28 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:43 EST, 29 March 2013 . Sean Iceton, who committed 250 burglaries before he was 17, has been jailed weeks after being released from a young offenders institution . A teenager who was jailed for breaking into more than 250 homes before ... | Sean Iceton, 19, was jailed in 2011 for committing more than 250 burglaries .
But just 12 weeks after release, he has been convicted for the same crime .
Teenager told court he was forced to burgle as he couldn't get a job .
Iceton was jailed for two years and four months at Leeds Crown Court . |
15d8a4baa15d96e768b9647fdb1860a42e1abbc5 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Mechanics have created the world's longest Mini Cooper limousine - and it is almost as long as a double-decker bus. The 27ft six-wheeler British classic began life as a humble Mini Cooper S before being flown to Las Vegas for a £65,000 makeover. Specialists cut chopped the car in half and add... | A regular Mini Cooper S was given a £65,000 specialist makeover .
It was cut in half in Las Vegas and an extra 16ft of space was added .
The 27ft six-wheeler has interior disco ball, champagne fridge, TVs and DVD players, neon .
lights and blacked out windows .
Owner Kamran Akram said it is like 'the Italian Job gone m... |
15d8c78a81f3bf5dac4fa3615008d82546c681a3 | (CNN) -- This section of CNN Business Traveller aims to keep you up to date with the latest developments in the high flying world of the road warrior. CNN's Richard Quest puts the Xshot through its paces with the help of a tourist in Basel. Each show we check out new gadgets and give you our opinion on their usefulness... | This month Smart Traveller road tested the Xshot in Basel, Switzerland .
The Xshot is a three-feet long telescopic stainless-steel rod .
A camera can be mounted on the end to allow you to take pictures of yourself .
CNN's Richard Quest gave the gadget the thumbs up . |
15d8cc634a8f3e496cfef547297bf5193ab04ed8 | NEW YORK (CNN) -- "Late Show With David Letterman" bandleader Paul Shaffer is a walking Wikipedia of rock 'n' roll history -- and now he's added his own story to the mix. Paul Shaffer has been David Letterman's bandleader for 27 years. Shaffer's new memoir, "We'll Be Here for the Rest of Our Lives: A Swingin' Showbiz S... | Paul Shaffer: The David Letterman viewers see on air is who he really is .
Shaffer's new memoir has stories of "Saturday Night Live," Letterman .
Shaffer was offered chance to play Jerry Seinfeld sidekick at one point .
Bandleader legendary for his "Celebrity Seders" |
15d8fcf719952167c023d8958e362279f5d8c797 | By the end the Leicester players were all smiles, cavorting in a corner celebrating a famous FA Cup victory in front of their fans. Jeff Schlupp, who might have been at the African Nations’ Cup had the Ghanaian FA pushed harder for his inclusion, was at the centre of a scrum of ecstatic players, as two goals in the las... | Andros Townsend opened the scoring for Tottenham after Roberto Soldado was brought down for a penalty .
Veteran goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer was making his debut for the Foxes .
Leicester City's record signing Andrej Kramaric booked for diving, although he appeared to have been fouled .
But Leonardo Ulloa and Jeffrey Schl... |
15d91d1153d8d06da1612e205896d5c7c9b92d82 | Battle: Jennifer Wederell died at the age of 27 from lung cancer. She had a transplant to try and save her from cystic fibrosis . She delayed her wedding for two years while she waited for a lung transplant to save her from the cystic fibrosis that had claimed her brother’s life. The operation was a success, and last a... | Jennifer Wederell was given the lungs of a 20-a-day smoker .
A year after the operation she died of cancer .
Husband says she would never have agreed to transplant had she known . |
15d9a3c6917fd7e2477f549200e9a26105f3fb1b | (CNN) -- Apple's Mac Pro, the high-end show horse of the company's desktop line, goes on sale Thursday, restoring some luster to deskbound computers that have been overshadowed by the mobile revolution. In some ways the Mac Pro, which will be available for preorder on Apple's website and Apple stores, is like the fancy... | Apple's new Mac Pro starts at $2,999 .
The high-end desktop is designed for power users .
The cylinder-shaped computer stands less than 10 inches . |
15da9c12c5acea33d52f362d83fe8f965f0406ee | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 07:45 EST, 15 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:43 EST, 15 October 2012 . Albert Chambers smiles for the camera, his radiant fiancee's hand clasped in his own as they stand outside church on their wedding day. Just eight months later Mr Chambers set off in a Lancaster Bomber in the early hou... | Poignant picture shows wedding of RAF hero Albert Chambers, who was killed in World War Two .
The flight lieutenant had only been married eight months when he was shot down .
Brother speaks of sadness he felt when he discovered the fate of his long-lost sibling .
Eight decorated servicemen died when MK III Lancaster wa... |
15db66dc42f9b228220dd2c9265d0ee2c831d11f | Washington (CNN) -- A Mississippi man was indicted Monday in the mailing of ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and two other officials. The five-count indictment charges James Everett Dutschke, 41, with producing and using the deadly toxin as a weapon, using the mail to threaten Obama, Republican Sen. Roger ... | The indictment says the defendant tried to blame another man .
The other man was arrested, then later released .
The 5-count indictment charges James Everett Dutschke with using ricin as a weapon .
Letters were sent to Obama and two others . |
15dd965f497fefff7e2a7e63c926e734fd4aacdf | Scores of young Roma women have been paraded before potential suitors at a Bulgarian 'bride market' where poor families are given the chance to arrange financially beneficial marriages for their children. Here the potential brides are provocatively dressed, donning gobs of mascara and wearing flashy jewellery, towering... | Teenage girls are matched up with future husbands at the 'bride market'
The open-air market is held in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, four times a year .
Poor Roma families use it to arrange financially beneficial marriages .
The event's reputation as a 'bride market' dates back generations . |
15ddffc1bdb3c0c2cbe8d33bb0bc4ded45f1d0aa | Swansea face a major striker crisis after Bafetimbi Gomis cast uncertainty over his future and indicated that promises of playing time have been broken. The 29-year-old is unhappy about the lack of starts he was given following his arrival on a Bosman transfer from Lyon in the summer. That situation has changed in the ... | The 29-year-old striker has started Swansea's last four matches .
Bafetimbi Gomis has only scored one Premier League goal this season .
Swansea boss Garry Monk's only other senior striking is Nelson Oliveira . |
15e0074a9489fb698d29d982d4208e624016b9b6 | By . Kerry Mcqueeney . UPDATED: . 05:20 EST, 23 February 2012 . Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has insisted its 787 Dreamliner jets - the world's first carbon-plastic passenger plane - are still safe to fly, despite 'flaws' found in the fuselage of one of its models. Boeing reported signs of 'delamination' on a support s... | Boeing reported signs of materials separating in fuselage .
It is the latest in series of glitches in developing revolutionary jet . |
15e167d1ef809fe7074d68886bb3374b123e9ab4 | By . Annabel Fenwick Elliott . Less than a year after giving birth to their respective babies, Jenna Dewan Tatum and Kristen Bell have taken their clothes off for Allure's May issue. 'Chan was really on board with it,' said Mrs Dewan Tatum, 33, who gave birth to Everly, her first child with Channing Tatum, her husband ... | Channing Tatum's wife bares all less than a year after birth of their first child .
New mom Kristen Bell admits she 'talks a big game' about being comfortable in her skin .
Actresses Minnie Driver and Nia Long also strip down . |
15e316bf1a1ab3e2efeea1445e1d4c2297f17f2c | (CNN) -- What Kanye West wants, he gets. After all, he wanted Kim Kardashian for years, and is now set to marry her in May. (They already welcomed their first child together, North, last June.) So should we be surprised that the rapper, who's previously campaigned for his bride-to-be to appear on the cover of Vogue mag... | Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are on the cover of Vogue magazine's April issue .
West had previously said he believed there was no reason Kardashian shouldn't be on the cover .
The couple's daughter North was also present at the photo shoot .
The issue arrives digitally March 24 and on newsstands March 31 . |
15e4e211905f0deec2bf01b0500c7b24c63d4768 | Enner Valencia announced himself to the Premier League on Monday night when he scored a stunning goal for West Ham in their 2-2 draw with Hull at the KC Stadium. The Ecuadorian's effort, which was blasted into the top corner from 25 yards, left keeper Allan McGregor with no chance and put the Hammers back on level term... | Enner Valencia netted a brilliant goal against Hull on Monday night .
The striker's effort was struck cleanly off the turf at the KC Stadium .
Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville asked fans to tweet him their favourite Premier League goals that where hit with the ball on the ground .
Thierry Henry and Cristiano Ronaldo feat... |
15e5a305ebe5ca2c627e710feaa42b8e63803d86 | (CNN) -- "Moments like these, terrible as they are, don't show our weakness; they show our strength." These words were spoken by Suffolk County, Massachusetts, District Attorney Dan Conley after Monday's terror attack in Boston. A day later, signs of that strength are seen in the stories of people -- you might call the... | NEW: Wounded woman searches for her personal hero, Tyler .
NFL's Joe Andruzzi downplays carrying a victim to triage tent .
Carlos Arredondo, at the Boston Marathon to honor his late son, helped a man survive .
Dr. Vivek Shah was finishing the race; he and other medical professionals rushed to help . |
15e66e232175647f566d912dc586138f3a5364a5 | Passport Office staff received bonuses totalling nearly £700,000 this summer at the height of the backlog shambles. Taxpayer-funded payouts worth up to £5,000 were paid out to staff as the agency was mired in crisis and hundreds of thousands of holiday-makers waited for their travel documents. Details of the payouts sp... | Thousands of holiday-makers forced to wait for documents this summer .
At one point, the backlog of applications reached half a million documents .
But despite the scandal, Passport Office staff got £700,000 in bonuses .
Nearly 4,000 members of staff rewarded with payouts of up to £5,000 each .
Labour, who uncovered fi... |
15e75364f5f1fb7806c2d8b249b3a58eb79edc25 | Having attacked their own players last week, fans of Peruvian club Alianza Lima turned on each other as they crashed out of the Copa Libertadores on Wednesday. The oldest team in the Peruvian First Division could only manage a goalless draw with Argentina's Huracan in the second leg of South America's equivalent to the... | Peruvian side Alianza Lima crashed out of Copa Libertadores to Huracan .
Supporters turned on each other as violent scenes marred the game .
Fans reportedly attacked their own team after the first-leg defeat at home . |
15e8e42765aab740c7c831a0c03a442beb7d2e18 | Mitchell Starc believes Australia's Tri-Series victory over England can help 'reopen a few scars' from last winter's miserable Ashes tour. England were whitewashed in the 2013/14 Test series down under and also lost both limited-overs legs, leaving the country humiliated and downtrodden. A year later they are back for ... | Mitchell Starc took two wickets in the first over of the match .
Australia beat England by three wickets to win the Tri-Series opener .
Starc says the victory can help reopen England's scars from the Ashes .
England were humiliated in the 2013/14 Test series . |
15e9e1f85b03dbba4051d9fec1b7ff69aa7f0bd3 | A fake paramedic jailed for tricking a terminally ill pensioner into thinking he was a real medical worker and even drove his own ambulance has been sent back to prison for 'befriending vulnerable people'. Joshua Martyn had bought a fully marked paramedic first response vehicle and medical equipment online, despite ha... | Joshua Martyn, 21, bought a first response vehicle and medical equipment .
He had never completed any training apart from a basic first aid course .
Woman, 71, and couple in their 80s tricked into thinking he was a paramedic .
He was jailed in August for fraud, but released the following month .
Martyn has now been ret... |
15ea4886c821cebd0482b0641b26ad1a9d07b0e2 | By . Simon Jones . Glenn Hoddle insists Luis Suarez must be banned for his alleged bite on Giorgio Chiellini, adding that such an incident is worthy of a prison sentence. 'Kids are watching the World Cup all around the world, and what Luis Suarez did is the worst thing you could see in football. If that happens on the ... | The Uruguayan striker appeared to bite Giorgio Chiellini as Uruguay beat Italy 1-0 to qualify for the round of 16 .
It is the latest in a long line of controversies surrounding Suarez .
Former England boss Glenn Hoddle has called for him to be banned . |
15eb9100f031b955c44045eff4b008f54490fa11 | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 10:58 EST, 2 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:32 EST, 2 October 2013 . Kayleigh Renwick was forced to cancel her wedding plans when she gave birth just hours after finding out that she was pregnant . Most brides dread something unexpected happening on their big day - the flowers not tur... | Kayleigh Renwick unaware she was pregnant when she went into labour .
Gave birth 18 months after not realising she was pregnant with other baby .
Wedding plans have now been put on hold after unexpected arrival .
Throughout both pregnancies 24-year-old was taking the contraceptive pill every day and had periods every m... |
15ebb456370cf1d00d64a1f76c32c01abdd2634a | A Florida judge Friday sentenced Michael Dunn to life in prison without parole for the 2012 shooting death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis. The sentence, imposed nearly two years after Dunn shot and killed Davis during an argument over loud music, also carries an additional 90 years for three convictions of attempted murde... | Michael Dunn is sentenced to life in prison without parole .
He was convicted for the 2012 shooting death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis .
Death happened during an argument over loud music .
Judge Russell Healey: "Mr. Dunn, your life is effectively over" |
15ebd3746eb99ee3adb9cef20f6e863056473f59 | (CNN) -- The dreadful shooting sprees of the past few months, which claimed dozens of innocent lives, shocked and unnerved millions of Americans. The specter of some heavily armed madman turning a theater, a temple, a mall or a school into his personal battle zone has become all too real and terrifying. The latest epis... | James Fox: LA rampage case is typical of mass murders; like most, planned, methodical .
He says mass murderers tend to be aggrieved middle-aged men, aiming to regain 'power'
He says in Dorner case, some killed were not actual targets, but cases of 'murder by proxy'
Fox: Assailant usually thrilled at attention, satisfac... |
15ec3937e2a9efaa00bd7b090f11279f1b3d3050 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 9:43 AM on 8th November 2011 . Councils should be allowed to close down betting shops which are 'blighting' traditional high streets, local authority officials have argued. Regional government officials have warned that attempts to keep betting shops away from Britain's town c... | More bookmakers 'lead to increased policing and health costs'
Some areas of London have eight bookies on a single street . |
15ed17946fef66cdc51b76c3939c3a55c3056b1a | (CNN) -- George Lopez told CNN's Piers Morgan that he's not ruling out the idea of running for mayor of Los Angeles -- eight years from now. The actor and comedian appeared on Tuesday's "Piers Morgan Tonight." He provides the voice for Grouchy Smurf in the new movie "The Smurfs." "This is a great city, and it's my city... | George Lopez stars as the voice of Grouchy Smurf in the new movie "The Smurfs"
Lopez and his wife of 17 years recently divorced .
"I was not equipped with a lot of the tools that a person would need to be a partner" |
15ed8f6e176af1557fd9042cc3c70e9fb2634908 | 12-year-old Tia Sharp, pictured, whose mother Natalie says she was tormented by sick pranksters in the week leading up to the discovery of her daughter's body . The grandmother of schoolgirl Tia Sharp will face no further action from police in connection with her death. Christine Sharp was arrested on August 10, on sus... | Grandmother's partner due to stand trial for Tia's murder next May . |
15f133162ed882713faadc7fe8e36276f6e3f087 | (CNN) -- It all started with Madonna -- the original Madonna -- and the 16th-century Italian artists who paid tribute to her with chalk and pastel artwork they drew directly on the street. Madonnari, as the artists came to be called, made a living traveling from town to town and collecting coins from people who admired... | Sixteenth-century Italian artists did street artwork as a tribute to Madonna .
A chalk art festival has categories for copyists, free artists and 3-D artists .
Every patch and crack is important when the asphalt is your canvas . |
15f155e5a4359f3c9c5011c8b09448e5ef778f27 | (CNN) -- The two bodyguards injured in an attack on a convoy transporting Britain's ambassador in Libya are "safe and in good condition," an embassy representative in Tripoli said Tuesday. The incident took place Monday in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. One of the guards is in stable condition. Another had surger... | NEW: Libya's Interior Ministry issues a condemnation of the attack, calls for boost in security .
The incident took place Monday in Benghazi .
The ambassador was not injured in the attack . |
15f1b55754f2049e7a63a01539fb527df300a96b | Washington (CNN) -- It's the punchline of a joke no one bothered to write the set-up for: Warren Buffett's secretary pays a higher tax rate than he does. It's a joke about the fishnet our tax code turns into when it snares a golden snapper instead of a few million sardines, a joke about the kind of man who still employ... | Megan Carpentier: Political discussion revolves around "Warren Buffett's secretary"
She says the word "secretary" conjures up images of a bygone era, of pearls and sweater sets .
This is another case in which a secretary is in shadows behind powerful, wealthy man, she says .
Carpentier: Secretary is a "work wife," rath... |
15f207e01881be6ac57dc8f234a1fb8df841e0a7 | A senior Justice Department official told a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on Thursday that several agencies including the FBI are investigating partisan political activity inside the IRS, and that former official Lois Lerner's disappearing emails are on the menu. A criminal investigation, Deputy At... | Deputy attorney general testifies that the DOJ is looking into the 2011 disappearance of years of Lerner's emails following a hard drive crash .
Republicans believe the emails would show the former IRS official's leading role in a scheme to target conservative nonprofit groups .
A House Oversight subcommittee is hearin... |
15f2a5aa83d00fa392b2dadfdf6e59e9b906a643 | By . Associated Press . Volunteer researchers have uncovered mass graves in a South Texas cemetery that they believe contain the bodies of immigrants who died crossing into the U.S. illegally, according to published reports Saturday. The discovery at Sacred Heart Burial Park in Falfurrias came in the last two weeks, as... | Researchers have discovered a mass grave they believe contains the bodies of immigrants who died crossing the border .
The grave in Falfurrias, Texas, contains bodies buried in plastics bags or sometimes without any container .
The immigrants are believed to have died of thirst or heat exhaustion while traversing the t... |
15f446a48bb7997cc0d2dfa34dff916858eb7f85 | (CNN) -- Husband-and-wife stars of the popular reality TV show "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a slew of federal fraud charges. Their trial has been scheduled for October 8. Attorneys for Teresa Giudice, 41, and Giuseppe "Joe" Giudice, 43, spoke Wednesday afternoon before the couple ... | Teresa and Joe Giudice are accused of 39 counts including mail and wire fraud .
Their trial is set for October 8 .
Their show's network had no comment . |
15f6955b5c82819cefb6f6c26cd6618e116058a2 | (CNN)It was a story that sounded like something out of a horror film: Two young brothers strangled by a 100-pound snake that came crashing through the ceiling as they slept. But this was no work of fiction. It was the all-too-real fate suffered by brothers Connor and Noah Barthe in August 2013 at a sleepover in the hom... | Pet store owner Jean-Claude Savoie arrested in connection with 2013 deaths of young brothers .
Connor and Noah Barthe were strangled by a 100-pound python that escaped from Savoie's pet store .
The boys were at a sleepover at Savoie's apartment above the pet store . |
15f6a0745a793e5d43a9243e392002aefd720737 | Incredibly deceiving images of what can easily be mistaken for snow-covered Australian mountains have been released. But do not be fooled. Instead, what the pictures really show are stunning pyramids of plain, white salt. These were taken five years ago, when Emma Phillips was on a mission to find the perfect location... | Emma Phillips took photos of a salt refinery in West Australia's Nullabor Plain back in 2010 .
This was for the Melbourne-based photographer's final assignment for her photography course .
The 25-year-old described the landscape as 'desolate, eerie and beautiful'
About 18 images of the vastly treeless Nullabor Plain ha... |
15f74b07db1e6707e62c07e273416effe1901756 | Washington (CNN) -- The split screen told the story -- when Mitt Romney was speaking, President Barack Obama was looking down; when Obama was speaking, Romney was looking at the president. "It has killed jobs," Romney said during Wednesday's debate about the politically charged health care law pushed by Obama. "Obamaca... | Democrat Van Jones: "I think [Barack Obama] did not expect [Mitt] Romney to be able to throw that kind of heat."
Democrat James Carville: "I just got the sense that the president would have preferred to be somewhere else."
CNN Poll: 67% of registered voters who watched the debate said Romney won.
In the same poll, 25% ... |
15f982b8f08797ca3b1f60016b2fb3af53615d6a | A two-year-old boy has been left paralysed from the chest down just hours after walking up the stairs for the first time in his life. John James Michalowski , known as JJ, will never walk again after suffering severe spinal injuries when Daniel Thrower crashed into his family's car on March 8. Thrower, 34, from Doncast... | Two-year-old left paralysed after Daniel Thrower crashed into family car .
John James Michalowski - known as JJ - will never walk again after crash .
Thrower, 34, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving on A628 in West Yorkshire .
Also admitted aggravated vehicle taking prior to crash on March 8 this year . |
15fa2ce55cc9e864666325840d8799e033b30745 | Ipswich Town have handed trials to Craig Bellamy's 17 year-old son Ellis. Like his father Ellis can play as a winger or striker and has been with Cardiff City's youth squad as well as being capped at various levels by Wales up to U17. Bellamy senior, a close friend of academy coach Kieron Dyer from their time at Newcas... | Like his father Craig Bellamy, Ellis can play as a winger or striker .
The 17-year-old has been with Cardiff City's youth squad .
Bellamy senior asked for the trial and was spotted in Ipswich on Tuesday . |
15fa6f8c1fccd0dabb9139876fbc0e4ee0420a89 | (CNN) -- Artist Damien Hirst doesn't have a problem with money. The multi-millionaire is estimated to be the wealthiest living artist, but believes he remains true to his artistic integrity. "I've always tried to be in the situation where money's a by-product of what I'm trying to do. No matter how big the money gets, ... | Damien Hirst is thought to be the wealthiest living artist .
Latest exhibition in Hong Kong features pink diamond encrusted baby's skull .
He does not believe that money has got in the way of his art . |
15faf65646406547d9d5340a098d86ef10924742 | By . Martha Kelner . Follow @@marthakelner . Louis van Gaal dropped the heaviest hint yet that he will appoint compatriot Robin van Persie as captain when he takes over at Manchester United, claiming the pair have a similar outlook on life. The Holland manager has grown close to the striker, who captains his country, a... | Louis van Gaal hinted he will appoint Robin van Persie as Man United captain .
The Holland manager looks set to favour RVP over Wayne Rooney for the skipper's armband at Old Trafford .
Van Gaal gushed about Van Persie after the Dutch striker's superb goal in Holland's 1-1 World Cup warm-up draw with Ecuador . |
15fb1ae65bb1b9554c0a865aac3592663b9dcb44 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:03 EST, 27 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:19 EST, 28 November 2012 . Two young boys who were playing at a pool last summer discovered they looked incredibly similar – they even had the same walk. But Isaac Noltin, 12, and Dakotah Zimmer, 13, were in for the shock of their l... | Brothers Dakotah and Issac were separated when their 16-year-old mother gave up Issac for adoption .
Both boys biological mother died five-years-ago - but Dakotah's grandmother had told him that he had a brother who had been given up for adoption to a woman named Dawn .
Were re-united when Dakotah thought he noticed si... |
15fb3a0795a73d672493acbe942c9f4ac8c3ed0e | London (CNN) -- Authorities arrested eight people Saturday -- including five journalists of Britain's bestselling Sun newspaper -- as part of an inquiry into alleged illegal payments to police and officials. The other three are a police officer, an employee of the Ministry of Defence and a member of the armed forces, t... | NEW: All eight are free after posting bail, police say .
Rupert Murdoch will continue to own and publish Sun, an executive says .
The executive names the five Sun employees who've been arrested .
A police officer, a member of the military and a Ministry of Defence employee were also arrested . |
15fc5db7c5979a6dffa90459234f5d13813c1251 | The husband of the 36-year-old Brooklyn teacher charged with having repeated statutory trysts with one of her high school students wants a divorce, it has been revealed. A source told the New York Post that Jimmy Lathrop, 39, is now looking for a lawyer to help him divorce his wife Erin Sayar, who is accused of statuto... | Alleged affair uncovered when 16-year-old's girlfriend hacked his Facebook account .
Teacher Erin Sayar allegedly exchanged an astonishing 3,856 text messages over a 17-day period with her student .
Now angry husband Jimmy Lathrop 'looking for divorce lawyer'
Walked out of court in front of her, not with her . |
15fc701b6a976f9dde143800e8d22c4156c6a49c | (CNN) -- Japan's re-emergence into global motorsport has gathered pace after Suzuki confirmed it will return to elite motorbike racing in 2015. Suzuki withdrew from MotoGP at the end of the 2011 season, blaming the global recession for its decision to leave the sport, but has had a rethink to partly help develop its ra... | Suzuki to rejoin MotoGP for the 2015 season .
The Japanese manufacturer pulled out of the sport in 2011 .
Nobuatsu Aoki and Randy De Puniet rode for the team in Monday's test .
Honda will return to Formula One in 2015, supplying engines to McLaren . |
15fd11025b6247fea42f54f9664cf8352299bdd2 | President Barack Obama plans to nominate the first U.S. ambassador to Somalia in more than two decades, a top State Department official said Tuesday. Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman called the decision "a reflection both of our deepening relationship with the country and of our faith that better times are ahead."... | State Dept. official: Move reflects "our faith that better times are ahead" for Somalia .
U.S. has no immediate plans to open an embassy; the ambassador would work from Kenya .
U.S. closed its embassy in Mogadishu in 1991, but has maintained diplomatic relations . |
15fd472c0989f9c14fb0c162241d61179a0d8ee3 | A financial services CEO worth $70 million told the Daily Show on Tuesday that he opposes the minimum wage because workers are simply 'worth what they're worth.' 'I'm not going to say that we're all created equal,' Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital and outspoken libertarian, told correspondent Samantha Bee. Sch... | Investor and financial commentator Peter Schiff was on the Daily Show arguing against a minimum wage hike .
'I'm not going to say that we're all created equal': Schiff said people should be free to accept the wage the market judges them to be worth .
The multimillionaire investor attended Beverly Hills High School and ... |
15fe2e72e741cd23503069aecfa2bf0008f1c602 | A ceasefire negotiated between rival Muslim and Christian militias brought a brief respite Saturday to a Central African Republic town after two days of violent clashes. The truce between the Muslim Seleka militia and the Christian anti-Balaka in Bossangoa allowed aid agencies to begin assessing the needs of the popula... | The number of African Union troops will rise from 3,500 to 6,000, France says .
French troops have arrived in the war-torn northern city of Bossangoa .
A ceasefire between rival Muslim and Christian militias brings some respite there .
Aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres says refugees urgently need international help . |
15fe5b25fde60c2b94c05cf2a9d9d6142efdc96d | Linda Motten has been receiving death threats for years. On a Sunday in 1984, Father's Day, she found herself caught in the crossfire of the bloodiest bikie clash in Australia's history - the infamous 'Milperra massacre.' Linda was sitting in her car outside a pub in Sydney's South-West, when screams and gunfire erupte... | This Fathers' Day, September 7, marks 30 years since the bloodiest bikie gang clash in Australia's history, the 'Milperra massacre'
The shootout between rival clubs the Comancheros and the Bandidos left 7 dead, including an innocent 14-year old girl .
43 people were charged with murder .
Feared bikie boss and Comancher... |
15fe8ef1a1d3160c594b770167c196071414bcf2 | This is the shocking moment an alleged mistress was stripped naked and brutally kicked, punched and slapped in the street by a gang of ruthless stiletto wearing love rivals. The incident is the latest in a spate of copycat attacks in which young women have been beaten and stripped in a humiliating punishment for attrac... | Incident took place in Jinan city, in eastern China's Shandong Province .
Shocking clip one of many love rival gang beatings to have surfaced on web .
Women either wait in hiding for alleged mistress or meet her by chance .
As one films, others slap, punch, kick and strip victim in ultimate humiliation .
After her top ... |
160000996f3eb5d26d3b616e4d89b045d7702b6a | Billionaire Texas fund manager Fayez Sarofim - one of the richest men in America with a net worth of $2 billion - has furrowed some brows among Houston's wealthy social set after reportedly proposing to his son's mother-in-law. The 85-year-old father-of-five - born into Egyptian royalty and co-owner of the Houston Texa... | Egyptian American fund manager Fayez Sarofim, 85, considered 273rd richest American .
Proposed to Houston businesswoman Susan Krohn over the weekend .
Sarofim's son and Krohn's daughter were married in May .
Sarofim's net worth estimated at $2 billion . |
16006c1f5206699553a10c488a697f91c2d12a21 | Egyptians head to the polls to vote for their next president on Monday and Tuesday. There will be just two candidates, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Hamdeen Sabahi. Egypt had an election recently. So why are they having another one? Egyptians are voting again because Mohamed Morsy -- Egypt's first freely elected president -... | There are just two candidates in Egypt's presidential election, with polling due on May 26, 27 .
Ex-general Abdel Fattah el-Sisi faces left-leaning politician Hamdeen Sabahi .
The election follows last year's ouster of Muslim Brotherhood President Mohamed Morsy .
CNN's Reza Sayah says both candidates have generally rem... |
160228fe18f272761b969b08622ba868ad65b206 | By . Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 11:34 EST, 5 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:00 EST, 7 May 2013 . The body of a 52-year-old woman who fell to her death in the Pyrenees was devoured by Griffon vultures before emergency services were able to retrieve it. Furious locals are demanding that authorities take action against the... | Carrion-eaters swooped on the woman after she fell from the Pic de Pista .
Only bones, clothes and shoes were left, local police reported .
Fear of the protected birds is growing and farmers want right to shoot them .
EC ruling means their traditional prey, dead livestock, must now be burned . |
1602e1b939060067be19edb59697310003dfbb87 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Inside a former church on a suburban London street, a room has been designed to recreate the conditions found in Siberian salt mines. CNN writer Anouk Lorie relaxes in Britain's first salt cave, in Wandsworth, London. The floor and walls are covered with a thick layer of natural sea salt while ... | A salt cave clinic in London says it can treat respiratory illnesses like asthma .
Treatment is based on a room recreating the conditions of Siberian salt mines .
The process is called salt therapy, also known as halotherapy . |
16032c5ee785586dd13cf05818718744c15f9bea | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 06:29 EST, 20 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 08:21 EST, 20 February 2014 . Harrowing footage has emerged of the moment a thug stamped on his victim's head three times before leaving him unconscious in the middle of the road. CCTV shows Lee Harvey punching, kneeing and kicking a man the m... | Lee Harvey is seen punching, kneeing and kicking a man in Middlesbrough .
The 26-year-old admitted wanting to knock him out, to 'neutralise' him .
Harvey was jailed for five years by Teesside Crown Court .
Harvey told jurors the victim threatened to stab the woman at the house . |
16034f0532acd7a1ecc02c4862b5c3cf8fa68106 | (CNN) -- Last month, two political scientists published one of those rare op-eds that gets the political community talking. The thesis of the piece was contained in the title: "Let's just say it: The Republicans are the problem." In case that was not clear enough, the authors elaborated: "We have been studying Washingt... | Op-ed from respected political observers says the core problem with government is GOP .
It says GOP is extreme, won't compromise, is irresponsible, ignores evidence .
David Frum: GOP's radicalization is the result of changes in politics and economy .
Frum: Rich GOP voters could lose the most, others fear change in thei... |
1603598bb616d6d017b732422d84ceb96938c82b | LANSING, Michigan (CNN) -- Mike Green's family is good at making things. Through four generations of putting cars together, they've built a city, created a community, and forged a legacy. Portrait of an auto worker legacy -- three generations of the Green family gather at Lansing's UAW meeting hall. Green, 48, is presi... | Four generations of one family have worked for General Motors .
Legacy at risk of ending if GM doesn't survive financial crisis .
Michigan family proud of contributions to industry, military, community, union . |
1603607ea925bb0bc4ff10f49039b63c37991921 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Water with trace amounts of radioactivity may have leaked for months from a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered submarine as it traveled around the Pacific to ports in Guam, Japan and Hawaii, Navy officials told CNN on Friday. The USS Houston arrives in Pearl Harbor for routine maintenance, during which the l... | Leak was found on the USS Houston during routine maintenance last month .
Navy officials say amount of radiation leaked into water was virtually undetectable .
Sub spent time at ports in Guam, Japan and Hawaii .
Officials: Radiation was "negligible" and an "extremely low level" |
1604ae887f90b77cd5eafff3712effdeb6908f10 | Manchester United midfielder Anderson is in danger of becoming European football’s most unwanted man after it emerged there has not been a single official enquiry for him during the current transfer window. The 26-year-old – who cost in the region of £20m when United bought him in 2007 – has not played a game for the c... | Manchester United midfielder Anderson has not played since August .
Former Brazil international's officially for sale but no bids have been made .
Anderson is available on a free when his contract runs out in the summer .
Click here for Manchester United transfer news . |
1605cabd4782a981df3db6f0df6fc7003597b382 | By . Associated Press and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 22:47 EST, 11 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:45 EST, 12 February 2013 . A Republican congressman in Texas asked Ted Nugent, who has referred to President Obama's administration as 'evil' and 'America-hating,' to attend the State of the Union address with h... | Nugent, who sits on the board of the NRA, has not made his feelings toward gun control a secret .
Rocker invited by Rep Steve Stockman, a Texas congressman who's also anti-Obama . |
1608d1ec4711fe35fa372f2eff20ff69989b988f | Proud of her job: Rebekah Brooks leaving the Phone Hacking trial at the Old Bailey in London . Rebekah Brooks spent £159,000 to buy the story of a prostitute caught performing a sex act on Hugh Grant, the phone-hacking trial heard yesterday. Divine Brown was paid $100,000 (£64,000) directly by the News of the World for... | Divine Brown was paid £64,000 and was also paid £95,000 for a private jet .
Payments were made to ensure News of the World had exclusive .
She denies there was a 'dark arts' department for phone hacking . |
1609f3e7029f78b1c7c85fe1a0f504e4ba3013ab | By . Liz Hull . PUBLISHED: . 19:30 EST, 27 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:42 EST, 27 December 2013 . The makers of Full & Slim claim that of 500 women who drank it before every meal, 70 per cent lost a stone or more in six weeks (file picture) It sounds too good to be true. A diet drink which claims to help people l... | Full & Slim is a new health drink containing amino acid l-caratine .
The acid makes the stomach expand so the drinker feel full .
Makers claim that 70 per cent of women drinking it before every meal lost a stone or more in six weeks . |
160ab5dd1d5b29e1cc4243aeb116a74640c8aa41 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:59 EST, 3 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 13:00 EST, 3 January 2014 . President Obama took a break from the golf course during his Hawaii vacation yesterday to make a brief visit to his grandfather's grave. The president, who has played eight rounds of golf since arriving on Dec... | First Family makes brief visit to Stanley Dunham's final resting place before private zoo tour .
Second World War hero was father figure to Obama when he was a boy .
Earlier in the day president played golf with New Zealand's prime minister . |
160ae7945ee26ab10c6b145d8890ee424d0e8236 | (CNN) -- Nico Rosberg capped a memorable week by winning the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim but Sunday's race will also be remembered for a frightening opening lap incident involving the unfortunate Felipe Massa. The veteran Brazilian was clipped from behind by McLaren's Kevin Magnussen and his Williams performed a sp... | Nico Rosberg wins German Grand Prix at Hockenheim .
Extends lead in Formula One title race .
Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton fights his way through field for third place .
Felipe Massa survives spectacular first lap crash . |
160baf77d6e25ab8fac1787049e35e183f10466a | By . Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 01:23 EST, 31 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:18 EST, 31 May 2013 . Chilling video from Chicago reveals the moment a Lebanese immigrant planted a bomb near iconic Wrigley Field - hoping to kill dozens of revelers in September 2010. Fortunately, the bomb was a fa... | Samir 'Sami' Hassoun, 25, believed the bomb he planted on a crowded Chicago street in September 2010 would have destroyed a city block .
Judge said attack would have made Boston Marathon bombing look like a 'minor incident'
Hassoun was given a fake bomb by undercover FBI agents . |
160c2c63eb5b510b9fb7db013eee5cb6fc9c2d5c | They were once the proud centrepiece of a family's Christmas decoration decked in fairy lights and baubles. But now, with the festive season well and truly over, these trees were left discarded in the street along with the other rubbish ready to be taken away by the bin men. Over the past few days, homes up and down th... | With festive season over, Christmas trees have been left out for collection .
Across the country, families have been taking down their decorations .
Comes after the Twelfth Night, when according to tradition all decorations should be taken down . |
160cc712765d07f458c5cd310256e87cddd77788 | By . Rob Davies . PUBLISHED: . 05:19 EST, 25 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:03 EST, 25 October 2013 . Eight hundred jobs at the Grangemouth petrochemical plant were saved yesterday after an 11th-hour climbdown by Unite. Owner Ineos had announced it was going to close the operation after the union rejected a survival ... | Ineos revealed plans to shut the petrochemicals division of the plant .
Followed stand-off with unions over demands for cost-cutting .
Unite last night agreed to accept changes 'warts and all' to save 800 jobs . |
160cd76f964d0f7511aa766a24ebcc2148675cf3 | PUBLISHED: . 05:07 EST, 26 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:24 EST, 26 April 2012 . Neglected: Molly Darby, seen shortly before her death in 2007, had been a resident at the Beeches home for just a few weeks . A coroner has launched a scathing attack on a care home after an emaciated pensioner was admitted to hospital we... | Molly Darby, 94, was suffering from pneumonia, sores and infections after just a few weeks in a privately-run care home in South Yorkshire .
Previous inquiry into her death in 2007 found the mother of six had suffered abuse through 'neglect by omission' |
160d1e4f2a1c2e55952a6c0567e84c41c6e9ed54 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 05:53 EST, 3 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 06:09 EST, 3 March 2014 . Birmingham FC owner Carson Yeung is facing 14 years in prison after being found guilty of five counts of money laundering by a court in Hong Kong. The 54-year-old had denied laundering £55.4million through his ban... | Carson Yeung denied laundering the money between 2001 and 2007 .
Prosecutors say £55.4 million was 'criminal proceeds'
Judge said he found the tycoon, 54, 'was not a witness of truth'
Yeung was accused of exaggerating profit made by his hair salon business .
He will be sentenced on Friday and faces 14 years in jail .
H... |
160db4544ffcd01961f2df6bcf010e1d53795566 | One video shows more than 100 prisoners paraded across the desert in their underwear, then lying face down as militants unleash a hailstorm of bullets into their bodies. Other images show crucifixions and public executions in towns overrun by terrorists. And recent footage showing the beheading of a second American jou... | ISIS militants are getting increasingly tech- and media savvy .
Some of their videos rival Hollywood features in production quality .
Beheadings by ISIS have increased after al Qaeda disowned the group .
"Our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people," a militant warns Obama . |
160e42801fef7eb896d40da6259a766c4f27fed7 | (CNN) -- A Malaysia Airlines passenger jet crashed in a rebel-controlled part of eastern Ukraine on Thursday, spurring swift accusations from Ukrainian officials that "terrorists" shot down the aircraft. The United States has concluded a missile shot down the plane, but hasn't pinpointed who was responsible, a senior U... | NEW: U.S. official: Obama administration believes Ukraine didn't have capability to shoot down plane .
Analyst: In volatile region, will there be "a really objective, international investigation?"
Ukrainian officials accuse pro-Russian separatists of shooting down the plane .
Putin: Ukraine's military campaign against ... |
160e7b2da8eb52d39b11b326bf1d255327d0c787 | NEW YORK (CNN) -- Sunday night's "2009 MTV Video Music Awards" will feature a personal tribute from Janet Jackson to her late brother, MTV said. Michael Jackson receives the Legend Award during the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards. Michael Jackson fans also will get their first peek during the MTV show at the behind-the-sce... | MTV says Janet Jackson will give tribute to her late brother .
Also promised: First look at documentary of pop star's final three months .
The show airs live starting at 9 p.m. ET Sunday . |
160e917c0d109ee84f6e4d2505668e3f910f4714 | A pub has created the world's meatiest burger made with 15 kinds of bacon and containing a whopping 2,500 calories - to raise money for charity. The 15 Shades of Bacon burger is made from chicken-fried bacon, unsmoked and smoked back and streaky bacon, and a generous slice of mortadella (Italian sausage). The gut-bust... | 15 Shades of Bacon burger available at Custom House, Barnstaple, Devon .
Pub owner Matt Spencer created burger to raise money for local hospice .
Topped with bacon cream cheese and served with bacon-dusted chips . |
160efba90d2219be19a095b0b940d52b4d18240d | (CNN) -- A young Indiana mother was gagged with chloroform and held captive for two months, forced to wear a dog collar tethered to an "intricate restraint system" and kept in a wooden cage built by one of her "sadist" captors, police said. The woman was repeatedly beaten and raped until a stranger risked his own life ... | 30-year-old Indiana woman returns home safely after being missing for two months .
Couple charged with holding her against her will inside their mobile home .
Victim says she was repeatedly raped and beaten, forced to wear a dog collar .
A stranger risked his life to rescue her after seeing her in a dog cage, police sa... |
160f1014fc899e984f7866670e327ff90ff04bd9 | As authorities attempt to contain home-grown terrorists and stop them from leaving the country, it seems some have still managed to slip through the cracks. Australian Federal Police commissioner Neil Gaughan told a parliamentary committee on Thursday that a group of people managed to leave the country this week, but ... | A group of Australians left the country undetected this week .
Authorities were only alerted 'after the fact' and are now powerless .
AFP officer Neil Gaughan told parliamentary committee authorities need more powers .
He also said authorities were struggling to keep up with the number of those being radicalised . |
160fc3f1c17c8feab2ca23a7ac6adda57941c98f | (CNN) -- Singaporeans don't normally gather in public protest. Decades of single party rule and an iron hand when it comes to dissent has shaped a somewhat meek public. But a proposal by the government to allow more immigrants to come to Singapore in the next few decades to make up for a population shortfall has embold... | Singapore government wants to increase population by allowing more immigrants .
Protesters say they worry about losing jobs, overcrowding .
Government says foreigners are needed to take care of rapidly aging population .
"Imagine a place where you can be a stranger in your own home," protester says . |
16120c615adc7db0a536f07804e67cbf1ea1830f | By . Jill Reilly . A 30-year-old has admitted he was killed his girlfriend's unborn child by crushing an abortion-causing medication over a pancake she ate. Scott Bollig, 30, of WaKeeney will be arraigned September 9 after prosecutors provided ample evidence during a two-day preliminary hearing to have him bound over f... | Scott Bollig, 30, admitted putting the pill in his girlfriend's food .
Gave it to Naomi Abbott, 36, who was between eight and ten weeks pregnant .
Charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery . |
1612697a8397b50b0667d5a7d6357a3fff217ba3 | United Nations (CNN) -- The wives of the British and German ambassadors to the United Nations have taken on Syria's first lady in an online video, calling on Asma al-Assad to "stop your husband" and "stop being a bystander." The roughly four-minute video, posted to YouTube, juxtaposes pictures of an elegant al-Assad, t... | NEW: Asma al-Assad should "get her act together," Voss-Wittig says .
The video contrasts images of Asma al-Assad against pictures of dead and injured children .
It is the latest in a series of polished videos aimed at stirring people into action .
"We want her to speak out for the end of violence," says Voss-Wittig . |
161378c48b01d2c7809627427f654520977536da | By . Paul Donnelley . There are some bizarre friendships in the animal world and probably none more bizarre than that between a green tree frog and a snail. The unlikely pair living in Jakarta, Indonesia and the frog is a pet belonging to photographer Lessy Sebastian, 50. Mr . Sebastian went into his outdoor studio to ... | Frog is pet of Indonesian photographer Lessy Sebastian, 50 .
Decided he wanted some photos of pet frog enjoying the sun . |
16137a4fe0dcade3f8a6ca618a97c21423e57aa0 | Atlanta (CNN) -- Twice-convicted killer Warren Lee Hill was granted final-hour stays of execution on Tuesday, his attorney said. The stays came from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the Georgia Court of Appeals. "I think we were within about a half hour of the execution," said Brian Kammer, an attorney for Hi... | The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the Georgia Court of Appeals grant the stays .
Warren Lee Hill's attorney says they came within a half hour of the scheduled execution .
Hill's defenders say he's mentally disabled .
Hill was convicted of beating to death another Georgia inmate in 1990 . |
1613d62fb26acd60456c13afe66a6101c3aaa79e | Philosopher Neil Van Leeuwen states there are two 'beliefs’ - religious and factual - that co-exist because we can form 'secondary cognitive attitudes' Proponents of science and devout disciples of religions around the world regularly clash about their views. But Georgia-based philosopher Neil Van Leeuwen believes it m... | The claims are presented by Georgia-based philosopher Neil Van Leeuwen .
He states there are two interpretations for 'belief’ - religious and factual .
Professor Van Leeuwen compares religious belief with imaginative play .
For example, a child playing with a Playdough cookie knows not to bite it .
It imagines it's a c... |
1615740f41c5d4ee72daa775638c50e8b5a4f1aa | CERN's Large Hadron Collider will be restarted in March after a £97 million upgrade that could help solve some of the universe’s greatest remaining mysteries. The world's biggest particle collider, located near Geneva in Switzerland, has been undergoing a two-year refit. Its two proton beams — each with a diameter less... | The world's biggest particle collider is located near Geneva, Switzerland .
It has been undergoing a two-year refit at a cost of £97 million .
It was shut down in February 2013, but will be switched on in March 2015 .
A year ago, the Large Hadron Collider identified the Higgs boson .
Physicists are sifting through data... |
1617ec144c5cac7a67eda17d4795e235630ebcf6 | A grandmother, three grandchildren and the children's mother died early Tuesday in a house fire, New Orleans firefighters said. Fire Chief Timothy McConnell said the fire was reported around 12:15am Tuesday at the yellow, two-story home in the city's Broadmoor neighborhood. McConnell said first responders on the scene ... | A grandmother, three grandchildren - aged seven to 12 - and the children's mother died early Tuesday in a house fire in the Broadmoor neighborhood .
The children's father, Derrick Anderson, tried to re-enter the house to rescue the family, but the flames blocked his way .
It took firefighters around an hour and a half ... |
16181abac9417e57a3d385b9b7daf548dbd7cdfa | Swansea City will dig their heels in to prevent unhappy Bafetimbi Gomis from plunging the club into a major striker crisis this month. Sportsmail has been told by senior sources at the club that despite their anger with the Frenchman’s apparent agitations for a move, they are forced by sheer necessity to keep the 29-ye... | Bafetimbi Gomis is forcing a move away from Swansea City .
Senior members at the Welsh club believe they are being 'held to ransom'
Gomis took to a French media outlet to air his ill-feeling towards the club .
The Frenchman claims Swansea broke their promise of agreed game time .
Sources close to the 29-year-old claim ... |
161834a92ca9c2df36eeca99165c5499594bdfc7 | Srinigar, Indian-administered Kashmir (CNN) -- Indian authorities flooded the streets of Srinagar with security forces Thursday to quell four days of violence sparked by the death of a schoolboy. Authorities were attempting to disperse anti-India protesters Sunday when a tear gas shell hit the 13-year-old boy, Whamiq F... | Indian security forces in Srinagar to quell violence sparked by death of schoolboy .
Authorities trying to disperse anti-India protesters when tear gas shell hit 13-year-old .
Police say 100 people wounded in clashes between Muslim protesters and security forces . |
16183e3cf997373e3fbc9647c404e505d0c495fe | Missing: While one teenagers in Oklahoma has been charged with the murder of Anne Hill, 16, her body has not been recovered . Nine months after the disappearance and alleged murder of Oklahoma teen, Anne Hill, her parents are pleading for the public's help to find her body. In October, authorities charged 16-year-old C... | Anne Hill, 16, went missing in April last year and her body has not been found .
The Edmond, Oklahoma teenager was allegedly strangled by Chadd Raymond, 16 .
Chloe Marie Thomas, 17, has allegedly told investigators she helped Raymond dispose of the body .
The teens dumped the body in a rural area outside of town but Th... |
161924a2cc05a65cd69d0ac9fdf3a362fbd59736 | (CNN) -- Calling capital punishment in California an "empty promise," the father of murdered teen Chelsea King said he supported a deal to take death off the table for his daughter's killer in order to bring closure to the community. "We stand here because of a despicable evil act committed against our beautiful daught... | John Albert Gardner III admits to raping, murdering Chelsea King, Amber Dubois .
Plea deal sparing Gardner the death penalty also includes attack on jogger in December .
Without plea, not enough evidence to charge Gardner in Dubois' death, prosecutor says .
Chelsea King's dad says he wanted to avoid agony of trial, bri... |
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