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165a01ddb03ba724828f623270c8687a3fa483d6 | Washington (CNN) -- Here are six things you learned on "Inside Politics." 1. GOP jitters in Florida: The special House election in Florida's 13th Congressional District is Tuesday, but many plugged-in Republicans there are predicting defeat -- and are already finger pointing. It's a competitive district, but the seat h... | The special election for Florida's 13th district is Tuesday and the GOP predicts defeat .
Republicans at CPAC had little to say to women, minority and young voters .
Chris Christie is to focus on his anti-abortion message .
Christie and Bobby Jindal have little to say to each other . |
165a0e8897d167fe1624f4349eaec6bca7a6639d | (CNN) -- Everyone knows that Super Bowl host New Orleans can throw a party better than almost any other city in the world. But If you can't get there anytime soon, know that the cities sending teams to Sunday's game also know how to have a good time. San Franciscans cheering the 49ers will tell you they have much to ce... | Sit with the Ravens fans in Baltimore's Cross Street Market and enjoy seafood in season .
Head to Fell's Point to see where famous shipyard helped build a young nation .
Eat your way through a San Francisco marketplace, then head to the city's coastal parks . |
165abdcf120b51cb1f013138cc783f1754f70ca5 | By . Sarah Griffiths . PUBLISHED: . 05:47 EST, 3 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 10:39 EST, 3 March 2014 . It might be 9,000 years old, but the body of an bison looks as if it could have died just days ago. The ancient animal was discovered in July 2011 in a remote part of Russia, but scientists are now performing an autop... | Autopsy is thought to be the first in the world on such an old bison .
Ancient animal was discovered in July 2011 in the Sakha Republic, or Yakutia, a remote part of Russia where mammoths have been discovered .
Scientists are conducting a full anatomic autopsy, including .
removing every organ and .
microbiological and... |
165b5b54c2371413679156a1eb2af65efa6d0da1 | (CNN) -- An American lawyer based in Moscow who used to work at the U.S. Embassy there was expelled from Russia two weeks ago, his law firm said on Monday. Thomas Firestone was refused admission to Russia on May 5, according to the law firm Baker & McKenzie. "We have no reason to believe that our colleague has engaged ... | Former legal adviser for the U.S. Embassy in Moscow is denied re-entry to Russia .
Thomas Firestone was working for Baker & McKenzie when he was expelled May 5 .
Another American, Ryan Fogle, was kicked out, accused of trying to recruit spies .
Russians are saying "they're not our friends," ex-government official says ... |
165d706be2ad90324a2a1751687e4d1249751593 | By . Sophie Borland . Last updated at 1:58 AM on 23rd February 2012 . The NHS is paying GPs to look after 2.5million ‘ghost’ patients, ministers admitted last night. Doctors are receiving an estimated £162million a year – footed by the taxpayer – for non-existent patients on their books who have moved house, left the c... | 55 million people registered with a doctor in England - despite population being 52.5m .
Surgeries regularly fail to update patient lists when people die or move away .
32,668 dead patients were on lists, including 157 who died more than 30 years ago .
10,000 failed asylum seekers who had left the country were on the b... |
165def77dcc1f6c21f64f887680ce998e4a2d344 | By . Joshua Gardner . Laid back Australians have been ranked as the happiest people on earth for the fourth year running as measured by the OECD's Better Life Index. The Paris-based economic organization's annual look at eleven categories of wealth, health, and other factors saw Oz take top marks in all but one. Americ... | The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ranks all the world's developed nations on its Better Life index .
The index looks at factors including housing conditions, income, job security and civic engagement among many others .
Australia got top marks in more categories than most with the Scandinavian ... |
165e3b82d4241b5679a2e4472398f614ab3e98a9 | A two year-old boy raised mainly by goats has been taken into care by social workers in Russia. The malnourished wild child named Sasha T was kept in a room with the animals by his mother Marina, 40, in Rostov region and has not learned how to speak, eat or use a potty. 'He played and slept together with goats, which l... | The malnourished wild child named Sasha T was kept in a room with the animals by his mother Marina, 40 .
He has not learned how to speak, eat or use a potty .
Boy weighs a third less than a typical child of his age . |
165ee3c7fd120fa870dac168d8729e3c0d77ba63 | (CNN) -- Since the beginning of time, man has looked up into the cosmos at those shiny, twinkling stars and thought, "I wonder if lizards would do each other up there?" So, finally, after all these years, and for the sake of humanity, Russian scientists decided to find out once and for all. Because Russia. Really, it w... | Russia's space agency sent five geckos into space to observe reproduction in zero gravity .
That's right ... space sex geckos .
For several days, mission control lost contact with the satellite .
If you want to know what happened to the geckos you actually need to read the story . |
165fadf13b42afcff52d996dfcc9090000221e30 | A man who murdered an underworld figure, dismembered his body, and dumped it in the ocean off Perth will spend 23 years behind bars. Aaron Carlino shot 56-year-old Stephen Cookson twice in the head with a rifle as he slept on the couch in their East Perth apartment on December 15, 2012. After the murder, the 30-year-ol... | Aaron Carlino, 30, who murdered an underworld figure, will spend 23 years behind bars .
Stephen Cookson, 56, was shot twice in the head as he slept on the couch in their east Perth apartment, in December, 2012 .
Carlino took more than a week to dismember the body before dumping it in the ocean .
He pleaded guilty to ma... |
1660498fb3bd2c499be68a1a52760219c37dff4d | He admitted that he had 'no idea' who pop singer Christina Aguilera was. But when it came to the classics, Prince Charles was on safer ground. The future king and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, enjoyed a tour today of Global Radio in London, which owns stations including Classic FM - Camilla's favourite, apparently... | Charles and Camilla visited radio stations as part of day to celebrate radio .
Met DJ Toby Anstis as he was playing Aguilera song on Heart FM .
Spoke to Classic FM DJ John Suchet about love of Beethoven and Wagner .
Admitting offering 'gentle persuasion' to Kate to help her choose I Was Glad to walk down the aisle .
Me... |
16604bd076d7ba6bc7e731233c78aba74e25ab3c | A 19-year-old suburban Denver woman who federal authorities say intended to wage jihad has pleaded guilty to trying to help the Islamic State militant group in Syria. Shannon Conley pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Denver to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organiza... | Shannon Conley, 19, appeared in court on Wednesday after authorities arrested her in April trying to board a flight on her way to Syria .
The Colorado teen allegedly met an ISIS fighter online she intended to marry .
Today, she pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist... |
16604ed2399eeccbf47652a43ed2ea37aad28d04 | They've been relegated to moth-filled lofts, garages and basements all over the world. But it could be time to wipe away the dust from once-loved toys, as your 'vintage' dolls, consoles and games may be worth more than you think. Pokémon trading cards could fetch you £1,200 (1,870), Barbies may be worth up to £974 ($1,... | St Albans-based Two Little Fleas have created a quiz to help you find out .
Barbies are now selling for £974 ($1,521) and a Dream Phone for £89 ($139)
Vintage Tamagochis, the handheld digital pets, can sell for £240 ($375)
But collectible Ty beanie animals are now only likely to fetch £1 ($1.56) |
1660e9b3da041b39f71ef52686831a0428621fff | (CNN) -- Burkina Faso's fairytale at the Africa Cup of Nations will have one more enthralling chapter after it overcame the might of four-time champion Ghana to seal a place in the final for the very first time in South Africa Wednesday. In a contest which was marred by a number of mystifying refereeing decisions, Burk... | Burkina Faso will play Nigeria in Africa Cup of Nations Final .
Burkinabe saw off Ghana 3-2 on penalties following 1-1 draw .
Nigeria thrashed Mali 4-1 in Durban to seal place in final .
Ghana will play Mali in playoff for third place on Saturday . |
16621171c9b61e7254d703ae45f730eafef1db48 | By . Emma Innes . Life expectancies across the are increasing, with Iceland and Japan boasting the oldest citizens. Worldwide, a girl born in 2012 can expect to live to 73 and a boy can expect to live to 68, according to a new report from the World Health Organisation. This is six years longer than the average global l... | A girl born in 2012 can expect to live to 73, a boy can expect to live to 68 .
This is six years longer than the life expectancy for a child born in 1990 .
Japanese women have the highest female life expectancy in the world at 87 .
Iceland has the highest male life expectancy - the average man lives to 81 .
UK: Life ex... |
1662fbd564ecb5498203413b1381c82ceee7b56c | By . Katherine Faulkner . PUBLISHED: . 17:50 EST, 8 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:34 EST, 9 August 2012 . Celebration: Brash and friend at the Greenwich party on Monday . He said he hoped winning a gold medal would improve his chances with the ladies. But show-jumper Scott Brash yesterday admitted it hadn’t quite wor... | Brash, 26, was one of the British riders who won gold in the team show-jumping on Monday .
Made the comment during interview with BBC presenter Claire Balding . |
16638896bf23f1443b43bd43c21bda066492b2ea | A black woman who had recently moved into a wealthy Washington DC suburb awoke to find 'N**** go home' painted on her garage door, police have said. The victim, who has not been identified, was reportedly alerted to the racial slur by a neighbor who was walking past her house in Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, on Monda... | Woman was alerted to racial slur by a neighbor on Monday, police said .
The pair worked together to remove offensive words, before dialing 911 .
Police are now investigating the incident in Chevy Chase as hate crime .
Town is one of US's most affluent areas, with median income of $250K . |
16646db7d51a0863351f9151f428750ffdb9b9cf | By . Harriet Arkell . PUBLISHED: . 10:44 EST, 16 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:11 EST, 16 December 2013 . Glennis Brierley, 64, was found stabbed to death at her home in Littleborough, near Rochdale . Detectives investigating the killing of a respected marriage guidance counsellor were quizzing her son on suspicion... | Glennis Brierley, 64, was killed at her home in Littleborough, near Rochdale .
Her son, who has not been named, was arrested eight hours later by police .
He is now being questioned and detectives are not looking for anyone else .
Counsellor Mrs Brierley, who was attacked on Saturday, was a keen painter . |
16667688b4d5e8557079431ed8ab79dfe517a68c | (CNN) -- Protesters demanding that the newly installed military government step aside clashed with security forces in Burkina Faso's capital on Sunday as regional leaders pleaded for calm. After the resignation of President Blaise Compaore -- who himself faced violent protests over his desire to extend his 27-year rule... | Protesters clashed with security forces in Burkina Faso's capital on Sunday .
The protesters want the military government to step aside .
The AU and ECOWAS call for peace and a transition to elections . |
1668664adb23492bfd3f6283ef8c2b43c5690af9 | Famous musician Bob Dylan is being sued along with the . French version of Rolling Stone Magazine for ‘racist’ comments in the cover . interview of September’s edition. A Croatian group in France didn’t like Dylan’s answer to the . question about whether or not he sees similarities between America today and . the civil... | A French Rolling Stone interview with Bob Dylan stated, Just like Jews can sense Nazi blood and the Serbs can .
sense Croatian blood,’ in regards to the ongoing dispute between Croatians and Serbians .
Bob Dylan has long been a proponent of the civil rights movement .
He was awarded The Medal of Freedom in 2012 . |
1668a8f95ce8b0b3df00e6109b9623bae86d994b | Kim Kardashian's 20-carat diamond engagement ring, a remnant of her 72-day marriage to NBA basketball player Kris Humphries, was auctioned Tuesday in New York by Christie's for $749,000, US Weekly reported. Christie's auction house confirmed the sale of a 20-carat ring to an anonymous buyer. It did not reveal whether i... | The 20-carat diamond ring exceeded the presale estimate, an official says .
US Weekly reports it was the ring Kris Humphries gave to Kim Kardashian .
Christie's did not confirm whether it was Kardashian's ring .
The couple was married for 72 days before splitting up . |
1668cdad0bafa53b52a41f641509ef61487ec811 | Kobe Bryant eclipsed Michael Jordan on the National Basketball Association's all-time scoring list on Sunday, surpassing the legendary scorer during the second quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers' game at the Minnesota Timberwolves. Bryant entered the game needing nine points to top the retired Jordan's mark of 32,292 po... | Kobe Bryant moved into third place on career scoring list .
Los Angeles Lakers star leapfrogged the great Michael Jordan .
Bryant reached the mark with a pair of free-throws against Minnesota .
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387) and Karl Malone (36,928) ahead of Kobe . |
1668f1eb7d7f597d145a6941270b064355165259 | New York (CNN) -- The University of Connecticut men's basketball program will be penalized for recruitment violations, including a suspension for head coach Jim Calhoun, the NCAA announced Tuesday. "The case includes more than $6,000 in improper recruiting inducements, impermissible phone calls and text messages to pro... | Allegations include improper recruiting inducements, prohibited phone calls and texts .
Head coach Jim Calhoun on his three-game suspension: "I am very disappointed"
Penalties include recruitment restrictions, scholarship reductions, 3 years probation .
The NCAA is being criticized for being too soft on punishing the U... |
166917904c9ed8dfac091ba7e52c9af87b3f86c9 | By . Mail On Sunday Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:32 EST, 10 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:03 EST, 10 August 2013 . Benefit cheats who claim millions of pounds in state handouts while living abroad face being extradited back to Britain to stand trial and possibly jail. The Government is planning an unprecedented clampdo... | Government planning clampdown on expat fraudsters .
British police could travel to ‘abroad fraud’ hotspots to bring back cheats . |
16691885be6374bb93ad9d68d88d40660a72b2c4 | By . Simon Boyle . PUBLISHED: . 18:16 EST, 10 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:30 EST, 10 August 2013 . Naomi Campbell has been allowed back on British Airways flights after the airline lifted a five-year ban . Naomi Campbell is back on board . British Airways – five years after she was arrested for being abusive . on ... | Supermodel was allowed to board a First Class BA flight to Milan in May .
Airline lifts five-year ban imposed after she ranted at cabin crew .
Some staff said to feel model was given 'special treatment' |
166937e9146807d5a9e9cb354746810c6b4b116d | (CNN)The call to police was for cardiac arrest. But the strangulation and trauma wounds on the 18-year-old woman suggested something far more violent happened. Karlie Hall was found in her dorm room Sunday morning at Millersville University, about an hour west of Philadelphia, the Lancaster County District Attorney's O... | 18-year-old Karlie Hall was found fatally injured in her Millersville University dorm room .
Her boyfriend is charged with criminal homicide after an autopsy revealed strangulation wounds . |
16694dbfdcb6adb1238a16676b267a2514af13da | Matthew Macklin was sore, obviously heartbroken, but gracious in defeat. A thunderous right hook from Jorge Sebastien Heiland of Argentina had knocked him out in the 10th round of their WBC world middleweight title eliminator at the 3 Arena on Saturday night. He is now left with the unappealing and likely decision to r... | Matthew Macklin knocked out by Jorge Sebastian Heiland in the 10th round .
Birmingham-based Irishman was behind on points in middleweight bout .
The 32-year-old was floored by a left-right combination from Argentine .
Macklin could be nearing retirement after latest loss . |
166cd652cd118c0c2b928be7a8b297c9dd68f26e | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 09:27 EST, 19 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:51 EST, 19 September 2013 . Nine out of ten men lie about liking sports to impress friends or to get ahead at work, it was revealed today. Football was the game that men most faked a love of, with two out of three admitting they gushed... | Only nine per cent of men have not lied to others about enjoying a sport .
Football was the most fibbed about, with 61 per cent hiding their dislike .
The national game was followed by F1, cricket, gold and rugby .
One in three admitted to lying because they thought it would aid their career . |
166dd3f6e16ab425f8466d996e26cec1f6fa488d | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 03:42 EST, 14 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:10 EST, 14 August 2013 . 'Hen do from hell': Katherine Gillanders and Chelsea Montgomery attended the hen party in Essex . A hen party appalled by a foul stench at their seaside guest house discovered it was coming from a decomposing corp... | Hens told of 'disgusting' stench at Benson's Guest House in Southend .
Bride-to-be spent her hen night vomiting due to the smell .
Cleaner discovered man's body in another room following morning . |
166e8a8af599b51323edf24f1aa27c46dbc93486 | (CNN) -- He travels in private jets and is one of the world's highest-paid athletes, but Fernando Alonso's humble beginnings are never far away from his thoughts. He recalls with fondness those childhood days when he used to race go-karts -- the precursor to his enormous success on the Formula One circuit -- free of an... | The foundation for Fernando Alonso's success stems from his family .
The Spaniard remembers with fondness his childhood days of go-karting .
Alonso looks forward to starting his own family one day: "It is a goal of life"
But for now the 32-year-old says he wants to win more Formula One titles . |
166ec1ba14aa17434be22c7070d4a2e5be94c22e | By . Ashley Collman for MailOnline . Donald Trump's 'pitbull' adviser is suing a Hamptons homeowner for 'ruining his summer'. Michael D Cohen rented an $8million Sagaponack mansion from NYU Dr Ali Guy, but says the physiatrist lied to him about the home's state. When Cohen and his extended family arrived at the home on... | Michael Cohen is an executive vice president of the Trump Organization and special adviser to the Donald .
He rented an $8million Hamptons home from NYU Dr Ali Guy for the month of August at $150,000 .
But when he arrived on August 2, Cohen found the air conditioning wasn't working and that most of the beds were too sm... |
166eeb25a0cbb5a31556fba4d6c6a1529d6f284f | By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 10:47 EST, 10 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:47 EST, 10 August 2013 . Twin baby girls abducted from a hospital have been rescued after police arrested nine suspects on suspicion of baby trafficking in northwestern China. It comes after another baby taken from Fuping County Maternal a... | The girls were taken from Fuping County Maternal and Child Health Care in Shaanxi province shortly after being born on May 29 .
Obstetrician Zhang Shuxia 'convinced the parents to give them up because they had health problems'
Zhang was allegedly involved in 25 other baby abductions from the hospital .
First baby to b... |
166fda9e40a7c119adde3b258dee78b41d900048 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A government report released Thursday paints an alarming picture of an unstable future for international relations defined by waning American influence, a fragmentation of political power and intensifying struggles for increasingly scarce natural resources. The report aims to better inform policyma... | Report says China will have growing impact, second largest economy by 2025 .
There will be an unprecedented global transfer of power because of oil, report says .
Indonesia, Iran, Turkey, will likely see power, desire for natural resources increase .
"Unprecedented" growth means demand for basic resources will outweigh... |
166fe0c3d3f400a48ec5fd716c675384512f152c | A former top 40 radio DJ has announced he is undergoing surgery to become a woman. Simon Hirst, 39, who worked for Capital FM in Yorkshire until June, has revealed in an interview that she is now called Stephanie, and is halfway through gender reassignment treatment. The well-liked DJ left Hirsty's Daily Dose breakfast... | Fomer Capital FM Yorkshire presenter, Simon Hirst, will now live as Stephanie .
Well-liked DJ left breakfast show in June, to shock of listeners .
Said he will become a woman because he 'doesn't want to hide anymore' |
1670886a7bd6d0af8db501f9c0a0bb0220989c2b | By . Associated Press . and Daily Mail Reporter . General Motors says a 'pattern of incompetence and neglect' is to blame for a long-delayed recall on dangerously defective ignition switches which have been linked to the deaths of 13 drivers. Company CEO Mary Barra released the results of a 'deeply troubling' internal ... | On Thursday, company CEO Mary Barra held a press conference where she announced the findings of an internal investigation .
The company is currently the focus of a criminal investigation by the Dept of Justice for their defective ignitions .
Barra has since fired 15 employees, including the ignition's designer - for th... |
16709200925a4eed6120bf5022bd8530645b938c | By . Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:19 EST, 30 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:43 EST, 30 September 2013 . As many as four dozen people were injured when two Chicago Transit Authority trains crashed at a station west of the city. CTA spokeswoman Lambrini Lukidis says the crash ha... | The crash happened Monday morning during .
rush hour, just before 8 a.m.
An out-of-service eastbound train .
hit a westbound train that was stopped at the Harlem station in Forest .
Park, about 10 miles west of downtown Chicago .
Dozens of people were taken to local hospitals complaining of back and neck pain .
Officia... |
1670bf1e0f08f0ac161096f8e8812418963c238c | By . Ian Garland . PUBLISHED: . 10:48 EST, 24 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:00 EST, 24 May 2012 . A baby boy has cheated death after crawling through an open window and falling 30 feet. The 22-month-old tumbled onto the roof of a shop below his flat in Lower Clapton, London and then teetered towards another 20 foot drop... | 22-month old was about to fall another 20ft when a passerby rescued him .
Incredibly he escaped with just a broken jaw, cuts and bruises .
Four young children admitted to ONE London hospital in 24 HOURS after falling through windows .
Parents warned not to open windows during heatwave if young children can crawl out of... |
167136458fbfe21a58768f18e15cc324594ec504 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 06:42 EST, 2 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:08 EST, 2 July 2012 . Leading: Robert Peston has broken a series of scoops on the Libor scandal, but has previously been accused of being a 'stooge' He was at centre of the Northern Rock crisis leading to accusations his exclusive story ... | Revealed Barclays chairman was to quit and alleged involvement of Bank of England .
Follows series of 2008 financial crisis scoops which led to Business Editor being labelled 'government stooge' |
16714fcb8037ba1e514866b1ebe451095574bf51 | (EW.com) -- Corey Feldman and the late Corey Haim — known at the height of their popularity as "the Two Coreys" — were iconic '80s teen stars who dealt with more adult problems behind the scenes. In his upcoming memoir Coreyography (Oct. 29), Feldman, 42, details the sexual abuse he and Haim experienced while working i... | Corey Feldman has an upcoming memoir titled "Coreyography"
In it he writes that the late Corey Haim was sexually abused in a movie set .
Feldman says he was also exposed to sexual abuse . |
16722659eb0eca325e6df630dcb88d6bf33df2c7 | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 11:24 EST, 23 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:26 EST, 23 August 2012 . Cold case: Tammy Zywicki, 21, was returning to university in Iowa in 1992 and was found raped and murdered nine days after she went missing, hundreds of miles away . After her car broke down along an Illinois fre... | Tammy Zywicki, 21, was driving along Illinois freeway in 1992 when car broke down .
One witness said there was man stopped by the side of the road appearing to help young student .
Her body was recovered hundreds of miles away in Missouri .
Rapist and murderer still remains at large . |
16725f066cbac895cebf70fa8fa3ef814322610e | Fearful: Popular Commons Speaker George Thomas dreaded interest in his sexual proclivities . The row over claims of an establishment cover-up of an alleged paedophile ring took a new turn last night over fresh claims concerning former Commons Speaker George Thomas. When late Tory MP Geoffrey Dickens tried to expose pub... | Fresh claims concern former Commons Speaker George Thomas, who later became Viscount Tonypandy .
MoS has been told of claims that Labour MP Thomas propositioned young men in Speaker’s official grace and favour apartment in Parliament . |
1672625e192cdbf9dff9e13b00d678a5888e9fe0 | London, England (CNN) -- British troops dressed in red jackets and black bearskin hats put on a military spectacle in London on Saturday to mark Queen Elizabeth's official birthday. They marched to music as other troops sat on horses for the annual ceremony, known as Trooping the Color. It took place on the Horse Guard... | Annual Trooping the Color held to mark queen's birthday .
Ceremony considered most celebrated annual royal event .
Queen Elizabeth turned 84 this year .
Grenadier Guards, recently in Afghanistan, trooped the color this year . |
1673bc2eb8c51f63fa7d5606a127c22340a8b174 | Sao Paulo, Brazil (CNN) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it had detained shipments of orange juice and concentrate from Brazil and Canada after finding traces of the unapproved fungicide carbendazim. The agency discovered the substance in 11 shipments, six from Canada and five from Brazil. The FD... | U.S. government detains orange juice sent from Brazil, Canada .
Agency has said products posed no health risks .
FDA does not allow traces of unapproved fungicide . |
1673c9c0b6e2a2229c42a0fabe6fb1eb104a9d33 | Failed presidential candidate Mitt Romney revealed today that he believed in his heart he was going to win the election and go on to the White House, and that ‘it kills me’ not to be president. The former GOP candidate, 65, said today in his first interview since losing the election that while he believed he was going ... | The former presidential candidate said 'it kills me' not to be president and has likened experience of running for president to a roller coaster ride .
Also talked about thinking he would win election until hearing early results from Florida .
Said that he didn't appeal to minorities like he should have...
...and addre... |
167426eb7e7b44dde1c6454a2383ae3f49113993 | By . Lillian Radulova for Daily Mail Australia . Sydneysiders who opted for a late-night stroll by the ocean would have been treated to a romantic sight on Sunday night as the ocean literally glowed blue with each rolling wave. As delighted Manly Beach locals shared snaps of the strange phenomenon across social media, ... | Breaking waves at Manly Beach in Sydney's north were glowing bright blue on Sunday night .
The colour came from a group of single-celled phytoplankton called Noctiluca scintillans .
The cells glow when they senses a pressure change - like that of a wave breaking - which indicates that a predator is about to eat them .
... |
1675278fcf6083799b51ba784f85a0dd14da40e7 | By . Martha De Lacey . PUBLISHED: . 08:09 EST, 8 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:10 EST, 8 January 2013 . Romeo Beckham's Burberry modelling debut has been published British Vogue, despite editor Alexandra Shulman saying the 10-year-old was too young to appear in the magazine. The youngster's shoot has appeared in the... | Editor said shoot did not meet Vogue health initiative to only use models aged over 16 .
Romeo has been used in February edition in advertising feature . |
1675332735a8a6bda427c3dbe5579657861c5f99 | (CNN) -- Poof. Gone. That's what will happen to many of the vacation days workers don't use by December 31. Americans are expected to subject two days to this unfortunate fate in 2012, according to a study released Thursday. What's more, that sacrifice comes from a smaller overall pool of days. In 2012, Americans repor... | Americans are expected to let two vacation days expire this year, study finds .
Americans expected to take 10 days, while Japanese workers are likely to take five of 13 .
Europeans are the champions of making the most of their 25 to 30 vacation days . |
16755dd5d5c0134cee17fd41f43b92e3eb845771 | Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi walks Anjali Rao through the streets of Tokyo. She stunned global cinema audiences with her controversial and Oscar-nominated performance as a lonely deaf girl in the film "Babel." Rinko Kikuchi is one of Japan's hottest young actresses and models, recently working with Karl Lagerfeld as ... | Rinko Kikuchi was Oscar-nominated for her performance in the film "Babel"
She has recently worked with Karl Lagerfeld as the new face of Channel .
She challenges the traditional demure image of the Japanese woman . |
16786ea4ae60236da9b409322deccd1a824b5890 | The glaciers that accompanied ice ages are responsible for carving out enormous swathes of rock on Earth, but these periods of cold weather may have built up its crust too . Colder spells caused water to be drawn up into glaciers, and in turn this caused sea levels to drop, allowing more magma to seep out from underwat... | UK researchers say lower sea levels caused the crust to thicken .
During ice ages sea levels could be up to 330ft (100 metres) lower .
This is because water is drawn up into the glaciers and ice sheets .
In turn, this reduces pressure on the ocean floor, allowing more magma to seep out from the gaps between plates .
Th... |
167930cbc388bf6d95f6cf9dfe83b3a992a0a382 | (CNN) -- Twelve years ago, New York City taught the nation about resilience in the face of a massive attack. On Tuesday, New York again taught the nation that character counts. There is, of course, no comparison between the horror of 9/11 and a mayoral primary in America's largest city. But while the shadow of the twin... | John Avlon: New York's primary election sent an important message .
He says voters chose to reject comeback attempts of Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer .
Avlon says Republicans wisely chose not to nominate candidate with the most money .
Voters also didn't vote strictly along ethnic or demographic lines, he says . |
16794715a14277f82d9074992ecaf67f2e10060a | A new phone app calculates how many cows a South African bride-to-be is worth. The 'Lobola Calculator ' - Lobola means bride price, or dowry - calculates a woman's marital value and then determines what she is worth based on the dowry averages in different South African provinces, which vary. In Gauteng, which includes... | The app asks for a woman's measurements as well as her marital history .
The developer said it provided a 'guideline' for men looking to marry .
But said it wasn't intended to replace 'true cultural protocols'
South African's have been calculating and tweeting their dowry worth . |
167b21ce52d716ae56a22797c58c6ab89a4c17bc | A 54-year-old . white man has been left barely clinging to life after he was brutally beaten by a group of black men when he got out of his car to check on a young black boy he accidentally hit. Steve Utash, . from suburban Roseville, was beaten into a coma Wednesday by an angry . mob in a poverty-stricken Detroit neig... | Steve .
Utash, 54, accidentally hit David Harris, a 10-year-old black boy, with his truck when he .
darted out into the busy street, surveillance footage showed .
Utash stopped to make sure the boy was okay and was instead savagely beaten by as many as 12 people, said police .
Police have ruled out the beating being a ... |
167b281a74fb9537148e7fa24b3501542cc74b6b | Washington (CNN) -- More than half of all adult Americans say they don't want to get the H1N1 flu vaccine, according to a new national poll. The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Wednesday also indicates that the number of adults who have tried to get the vaccine but were turned away is higher than the n... | CNN poll shows 55 percent of adults don't want to get the H1N1 vaccine .
Many believe the vaccine has dangerous side effects, polling director says .
Poll shows number who were turned away is higher than number who have gotten a shot . |
167c1a637e0bc6cbab1d4c46d3fe1161a3167df8 | By . Mia De Graaf for MailOnline . At the time, you wouldn't bat an eyelid at hundreds of sheep clattering down Kendal high street in Cumbria. But alas, cars came along - making this 1953 photo a souvenir of a bygone era. More than 60 years later, however, residents have been treated to a bizarre case of deja-vu as li... | 150 ewes clattered through the Cumbria street to celebrate the wool trade .
The original shot was taken in 1953 Joseph Hardman of every day life .
Hundreds lined the streets for yesterday's re-enactment 61 years later . |
167cb9289c12c5e55edd825e4d6300cdd0da10b5 | (CNN) -- Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Josh Brent was arrested on suspicion of intoxication manslaughter after a Mercedes he was driving in Irving, Texas, flipped and caught fire early Saturday morning, killing teammate Jerry Brown Jr., police said. Brent's car was allegedly traveling at a high speed when it hit a curb, a... | Josh Brent was arrested in 2009 on DUI charges .
Jerry Brown, a passenger was pronounced dead at a hospital .
Brent, 24, in his third season with the team, was booked into the Irving City Jail .
The incident occurred one day before Dallas plays Cincinnati . |
167d3a0f35678b618e8284979c5329da580667d7 | A budget-conscious mother has won the £5.8million lottery jackpot - but she was too worried about money to call the hotline in order to claim her winnings. Tracy Tyler was only persuaded to ring up Camelot after her partner promised to foot the bill for the phone call. Nearly a week after their massive win, the couple ... | Tracy Tyler, 37, had been struggling since partner Adam Young lost his job .
When she won the jackpot on Friday she was worried about ringing hotline .
She only agreed to call when Mr Young said he would pay the phone bill . |
167d7749c6f39043f8b0786693f73031b9ec8680 | By . Jenny Hope Medical Correspondent . Full of beans: Increasing coffee intake could cut the risk of diabetes, a study has found (file photo) Drinking more coffee may further reduce the risk of diabetes, say researchers. Increasing consumption by one and a half cups a day cuts the chances of developing type 2 diabetes... | Researchers from Harvard University used data from more than 20 years .
They also found people who reduced their coffee drinking had a higher risk .
Dr Frank Hu said benefits can be achieved in a relatively short time period . |
167dfcfa36a50bed7f42220d6ffbafce62ec8693 | HANDS OFF IN THE BOX is our new campaign to rid football of the dark arts of the penalty box. Whether it is wrestling, grappling, shirt pulling - or the outrageous headlocks witnessed in the Manchester United vs Chelsea match - the area has become a free-for-all for cheating. And that means fewer goals in the Barclays ... | Sportsmail has launched a campaign to rid football of the dark arts in the penalty area: HANDS OFF IN THE BOX .
Manuel Pellegrini agrees that something needs to be done to stop the amount of infringement at set pieces .
The Manchester City boss reveals this issue was discussed with referees at the start of the season .... |
167e86636d30b434491958f14d4a7ed850e5e775 | It took 60 chefs, 600 wait staff and 40 management staff to cater to 4,000 guests at last night's BRITs . Music superstars Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Kanye West and Rita Ora as well as Hollywood A-listers Robert Pattinson and Russell Crowe feasted on a banquet of British ingredients at the pre-award dinner in O2 Arena.... | More than 4,000 guests tucked into sumptuous three-course menu .
Regional UK ingredients featured heavily in the contemporary menu .
Japanese inspired starter, and classic British flavours for main course . |
167eaad5c1fb87cab509d3592d1fd94284359dd8 | (CNN) -- Hours after being released from jail, a man walked through an emergency door at San Diego International Airport, onto the tarmac and sat down on a United Express plane Tuesday, according to San Diego authorities. "He completely bypassed TSA screening," San Diego Harbor Police Chief John Bolduc said. "He was in... | Hours after leaving jail, man boards plane with no ticket .
Police say he bypassed TSA and went out an emergency exit .
Passenger says everyone left the plane, bags were searched before man was found . |
167f20b433f58d0cff462708c7424c35307ba4df | By . Shari Miller . Preserved for thousands of years, the ancient mummies of Egypt have literally kept their secrets under wraps - until now. Thanks to a new exhibition at the British Museum, the public can finally gain a glimpse into what lies beneath after eight mummies underwent CAT scans at London hospitals, provin... | Eight mummies from British Museum scanned at London hospitals .
Results show ancient patients suffered high cholesterol and dental issues .
One woman had a tattoo of Archangel Michael inked onto her inner thigh .
Fascinating results shown in new exhibition opening to public in May . |
167f8273395b81ac522a9e0d41f595de71d75f73 | Washington (CNN) -- Republican Scott Brown was sworn in Thursday as the new U.S. senator from Massachusetts to fill the seat formerly held by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, and immediately signaled opposition to President Obama's spending plans. Brown's new Senate colleagues applauded after the ceremony on the floor of the... | NEW: Newly sworn-in senator stresses opposition to President Obama's fiscal policies .
NEW: Brown noncommittal on prospect of filibustering over some Obama nominees .
Scott Brown is sworn into office Thursday, becoming crucial 41st GOP vote .
Brown won a special election to fill the remainder of the late Sen. Ted Kenne... |
167fdb37fc3011d14132a8a0196927a87f07cce7 | By . Peter Allen . People who make more than 15 hours of mobile telephone calls a month are three times as likely to develop brain cancer, new research suggests. French scientists claims that sales and business professionals are particularly at risk as they travel from meeting to meeting while communicating with client... | Research carried out at University of Bordeaux found cancer link .
Those who clock up more than 900 hours during the course of their career are particularly prone to developing a brain tumour .
French pressure group has called for tougher regulation . |
167fee6e6dcba9f280771c12ef42e7825f236fb9 | By . Amy Oliver . PUBLISHED: . 04:29 EST, 12 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:00 EST, 12 October 2012 . Tragic: Greg Bear, 17, had been examined by three doctors and a paramedic six days before he died of septicaemia. They all dismissed his condition . A teenager died of blood poisoning after medics dismissed his illne... | Greg Bear's condition was dismissed by three doctors and a paramedic six days before he died .
Mother was told his condition did not warrant a hospital visit, even when he began coughing up blood .
Paramedic told Elizabeth Bear: If I was to take every 17-year-old boy coughing up blood, the system would grind to a halt' |
1680a2126bf36923a9f34c19d6c59dc9a520b8ce | (CNN) -- World number one Novak Djokovic came back down to earth with a bump Thursday after being demolished 6-2, 6-2 by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the third round of the Toronto Masters. His honeymoon period following victory at Wimbledon and his recent wedding was quite literally over as he bowed out without even a wimper... | World number one Djokovic humbled in Toronto .
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beats Djokovic 6-2, 6-2 .
Tsonga now meets Andy Murray in the quarters .
Stan Wawrinka also knocked out by SA's Kevin Anderson . |
1680b07296e6d2caf363d5f5db5f9bacc6d8c217 | By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 04:24 EST, 3 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:18 EST, 3 April 2012 . Controversial: Private security guards would be able to impose £80 on-the-spot fines for rowdy patients in hospitals under radical new plans being discussed by the government . Private security firms could impose on-the-... | Security guards would also be allowed to confiscate alcohol .
The Police Federation is concerned about 'the gradual erosion of warranted police officers' but the Government claims it will reduce violence on the wards . |
1681db5a97ca9eceb0557d1bc834fd2ffe97e6ea | (CNN) -- Dozens of people have been killed in flooding in northern and eastern India, while the death toll in Nepal has passed 100, government officials in the two countries told CNN. At least 56 people have died in flooding and rain-related incidents in northern and eastern India over the weekend, with 28 deaths repor... | Dozens dead after heavy rains in northern and eastern parts of India .
More than a 100 dead, thousands missing in Nepal .
Heavy rains in recent days have caused flooding and landslides across the region . |
168493a0160c64366899150135867a7ec7fda3aa | (CNN)Walter Cronkite had a golden rule for all wartime reporters: never self-aggrandize. Even though Cronkite had been the first reporter to fly over the beaches at Normandy on June 6, 1944, he minimized the experience. When asked decades later whether he had flown over Utah or Omaha Beach, Cronkite shrugged. "I think ... | Douglas Brinkley says Williams should have heeded Cronkite's golden rule for war reporters: never self-aggrandize .
He says the newsman got tripped up when he tried to also be a showman . |
1685d1cf8edf75fe2a853b41daef4ad4811b2259 | Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) -- Protesters in Ukraine remained defiant and continued their mass demonstration against President Viktor Yanukovych over the country's U-turn away from the European Union Monday, the same day masked men raided the headquarters of the opposition party Monday, according to opposition party leader Ars... | Masked men raid opposition party's headquarters, its leader says .
Opposition leader Vitaly Klitschko urges police to stay calm .
U.S. Vice President calls President Viktor Yanukovych, urging talks with opposition .
Ukraine president supports proposal by a predecessor for "nationwide panel discussion" |
168621f74d3ae5f0ec9e81970e1407a2f21ca374 | By . James Rush . PUBLISHED: . 08:33 EST, 20 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:53 EST, 20 May 2013 . The Met Office has issued severe weather warnings for south east Scotland and higher ground through central parts of England, where heavy rain is expected to fall today . It might have been reasonable to believe spring was f... | Warnings in place for central parts of England and south east Scotland .
Heavy showers, flash flooding and huge hailstones expected today .
Country will mostly be dry tomorrow with temperatures in the mid-teens .
East-west split expected on Thursday and Friday .
Scotland has seen heavy rainfall this afternoon, at times... |
168643682320ace0e1478ce702a58ffa55b3396e | Andy Gray is at the centre of another sexism storm after video footage emerged of him aiming inappropriate comments at Sky Sports reporter Clare Tomlinson. The former Everton and Scotland striker, who made his return to British television after a three-year absence last weekend as pundit for BT Sport in their FA Cup fo... | Andy Gray and Richard Keys were on camera speaking to Clare Tomlinson .
They wolf-whistled and chanted: 'Get your t**s out for the lads'
Both had been sacked from Sky Sports when they were caught making derogatory remarks about female official Sian Massey .
Gray also made an inappropriate gesture to Sky Sports' Charlot... |
1686d6bf377b1f38b16161bba2a2dc03038dad37 | (CNN) -- You insisted the first Jeff Gordon wild-driving viral video was a fake. What do you think of the second one, Travis Okulski? Oh, this one is "unequivocally, one hundred percent, totally, absolutely real," he says. How would he know? Because he's in it, the victim of a prank and Gordon's revenge. A year ago, Ok... | Auto blogger Travis Okulski made Jeff Gordon mad when he said a popular video was fake .
Gordon decided to take the blogger on a wild ride of his own .
Okulski swears his panicked screams are real, that he thought he might die .
A few conspiracists don't buy it; they think there are clues that this one is fake, too . |
1688e81596f0c0f2fbc4ff98f866af788fcd7f81 | A Syrian refugee who piloted more than 700 illegal migrants on the Italian 'Ghost Ship' has claimed a trafficking gang offered him nearly £10,000 to be 'captain' of the abandoned vessel. Sarkas Rani, 36, took charge of the Blue Sky M, one of two large ships that were locked on a course towards Italian shores this week... | Sarkas Rani, 36, took charge of Blue Sky M, intercepted near Italy last week .
Claims he was offered free passage by human traffickers if he piloted ship .
Ship close to running aground in potential fatal sinking with 770 on board .
Migrants also paid up to £5,000 to board second runaway ship, Ezadeen .
Both vessels br... |
16891819e12c08ca1c7c1e279b401f57d67c5911 | JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, has temporarily banned YouTube to block access to a video that many Muslims consider anti-Islamic. Protesters demonstrate against an anti-Islamic film in front of the Dutch embassy in Jakarta. Indonesia's Communications and Information Mini... | Indonesia temporarily bans YouTube to block video many say is anti-Islamic .
Govt. asks YouTube to remove "Fitna," by Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders .
Film, which juxtaposes terrorism and verses from the Quran, has sparked protests .
Last week students broke into Dutch consulate compound in Jakarta to demonstrate . |
16893ca8bc398826fee162cdecb29362d5acb704 | By . Amanda Willliams . Peter Thompson, 48, struck the behind of stewardess Agnieszla Kowalczyk during a Ryanair flight from Alicante but said it was an accident . A bridegroom has been spared prison after he drunkenly struck the bottom of an air hostess while he was flying home from his stag night. Peter Thompson, 48,... | Peter Thompson, 48, 'struck behind' of stewardess Agnieszla Kowalczyk .
She told court he told her she .
was very pretty and that he 'loved her'
Court accepted he accidentally hit Miss Kowalczyk while swinging his arms .
Thompson is teacher at language school in Poole and a charity volunteer .
Let off with community se... |
168aeb63b4e38f6380dcddd3f8989871b90a9883 | An Israeli soldier has been spotted laughing and drinking in a bar wearing a T-shirt with the slogan 'Deployed, Destroyed, Enjoyed, Gaza 2014' emblazoned on the back. The man, thought to be an army reservist was pictured wearing the shirt while enjoying a drink and chatting with friends at a bar in Jerusalem in the ear... | Army reservist pictured wearing the T-shirt while drinking in a Jerusalem bar .
Had the slogan 'Deployed, Destroyed, Enjoyed, Gaza 2014' on back .
People disgusted with the shirt have taken to Twitter to express their views .
Comes as a 72-hour ceasefire is due to expire at midnight . |
168bbc22194cd5f5ec9e517ea58b6bd9b3706045 | A high school valedictorian denied her diploma after delivering a speech deemed too racy by her principal says she will not apologize for her choice of words. Appearing on NBC's Today show, recent graduate Kaitlin Nootbaar from Oklahoma's Prague High School said she doesn't need her diploma nor does her school need her... | Kaitlin Nootbaar told her use of the word 'Hell' in her speech to her graduating class required an apology to receive her diploma . |
168ce00564e1659cf55c92525b0c73c6f77255b3 | (CNN) -- In many ways, airplanes are a retailer's dream come true. They serve a captive -- often bored -- audience who have proven their income is disposable enough to afford air travel. It's no wonder that in the last few years, airlines have adapted an increasingly sophisticated approach to parting customers from the... | To make money, airlines are pushing everything from craft beer to cars .
In addition to Mini Coopers, airBaltic sells branded shoes .
airBaltic was also the first airline to accept Bitcoins for payment . |
168da7811a0408b62eeac65b0351ea4b52ea0b28 | A Myanmar court has denied a New Zealand bar manager bail after he was arrested for allegedly insulting Bhuddism in Facebook marketing for his nightspot in the capital Yangon. Philip Blackwood, general manager of the newly opened VGastro tapas bar and nightclub, posted a promotional image of a psychedelic Buddha wearin... | A New Zealand man has been arrested in Myanmar for allegedly insulting Buddhism in Facebook advertising for the Yangon bar he managed .
32-year-old Philip Blackwood was arrested on Wednesday, along with the bar's owner and another Myanmar employee .
The trio were remanded in custody by a Myanmar court on Thursday and c... |
168f2f2633faf659fc790bf73d1166fae51830e6 | By . Simon Tomlinson . PUBLISHED: . 07:58 EST, 7 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:08 EST, 7 April 2012 . A boy who was once so sick he was read his last rites three times is preparing to celebrate becoming a teenager. Connor Shaw’s family thought they would never see him grow up after he was diagnosed with a rare heart d... | Brave Connor Shaw planning to throw party to raise money for heart charity .
Family feared the worst when diagnosed with rare heart defect as a baby .
But has made incredible recovery after getting a new heart nine years ago . |
168f42b78b7534650fef069d91c9b70de75c3774 | Eight Los Angeles police officers violated department policy for use of deadly force when they shot two women during last year's manhunt for renegade ex-officer Christopher Dorner, police chief Charlie Beck said Tuesday. "I sympathize with the officers, but I have a very high standard for the application of deadly forc... | "I have a very high standard for the application of deadly force," police chief Charlie Beck says .
Discipline for the eight officers could range from retraining up to termination .
Emma Hernandez was shot in the back and Margie Carranza was injured by broken glass .
Ex-officer Christopher Dorner declared war on police... |
168faedfb21d6a48bd9070241020b5b866b7e41b | (CNN) -- Just when many colleges have started sending out their acceptances, director Paul Weitz's "Admission," a comedy set in a fictionalized Princeton University admissions office, has debuted in movie theaters across the country. The film is off to a so-so start at the box office, but its timing could not be better... | Nicolaus Mills: New film starring Tina Fey exaggerates the plight of college admissions staff .
He says admissions officers don't have to go to extraordinary lengths to admit unusual applicant .
Film properly sends message not to lose perspective over college admissions, Mills says .
Mills: Landing a spot in a prestigi... |
169300fdbf523b0c41a9c5aee7484d22660c9696 | If you ever need inspiration to hide the chocolate tin then Lorraine Fisher and her daughter Fay are it. The chocoholic duo managed to lose eight stone combined after ditching their beloved treat. Lorraine, 45, and Fay, 19, from Lichfield, West Midlands, would munch on their favourite chocolate bars throughout the day... | Fay used to be a dress size 26 and weighed 18st 2lbs .
Her mother Lorraine weighed 16st 2lbs .
They used to consume at least four bars of chocolate a day .
Often skipped meals in favour of the snack .
Changed their ways after joining Weight Watchers .
Now Fay weighs 12st 12lbs and Lorraine 13st 5lbs . |
169350eee5d85ddca9e56899451f55492099dcd3 | (CNN) -- The Archdiocese of Dublin and other Catholic Church authorities in Ireland covered up clerical child abuse until the mid-1990s, according to a government-commissioned report released Thursday. The Dublin Archdiocese Commission of Investigation's 720-page report said that it has "no doubt that clerical child se... | New report examines abuse abuse between January 1975 and May 2004 .
Earlier report detailed allegations of child abuse in institutions across Ireland .
Some of those institutions were linked to religious orders .
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin: "No words of apology can be sufficient" |
169373088c69b19c13fa446ec02c0edc6ccb08a3 | By . Matt Blake . Murdered: Rohan Gucchait, a pupil at the All Saints High School in Mumbai, was kidnapped more than a week ago by an electrician hired by his father, a jeweler, to wiork on the family home near Mumbai . A murder-kidnap gang are facing the death penalty in India after the dismembered body of a 12-year-o... | Rohan Gucchait was strangled and chopped to pieces with an electric saw .
Ishtiyaq Sayyed Shaikh, 37, and 4 accomplices now face the death penalty .
Shaikh plotted the kidnap for 11 days, spying on family from vantage point . |
169490707a09596e092e04d19186791e31b5e7de | A stray kitten who lost her right front paw in a mousetrap while looking for food has been adopted by new owners. The tiny black and white cat was almost killed by her curiosity when the trap slammed shut on her leg and left her facing an agonising and slow death. But luckily a passer-by heard her faint cries coming fr... | Kitten got paw caught in trap while looking for food in Oxfordshire garden .
Blue Cross vets feared cat, named Babybel, would never be re-homed .
Adopted by animal lover Tasha Henderson as friend for her cat George, 4 .
Despite having three legs, Babybel 'jumps all over the place like a rabbit' |
1694d12af4f510cd51449600fa3363a0cba38aad | (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama cautioned supporters Thursday against becoming complacent during the final days leading up to the election, noting he lost the New Hampshire primary despite a lead in the polls. After debating Sen. John McCain, Sen. Barack Obama says there's still plenty of campaigning to be done. "For those ... | NEW: Palin in North Carolina: Pay "close attention" to Obama's record .
Obama to New Hampshire crowd: McCain has become "all about me"
McCain says "I thought I did pretty well" in Wednesday's debate .
Obama: I was ahead in New Hampshire, and we wound up "getting spanked" |
169528202d6e56c3dddae261247a2e634bac0779 | (CNN) -- Much-needed rain fell across drought-stricken Texas on Sunday, offering relief but no end to what's been one of the state's driest years on record. Some areas received more rain in a day than had fallen all summer. Waco, Texas, where temperatures hit at least 100 degrees Fahrenheit 78 days this year, received ... | Some areas receive more rain in a day than they had all summer .
Drought conditions are expected to persist .
Texas has been scarred by one of the worst fire seasons in memory .
Baseball playoff game postponed till Monday . |
16962c83c4c078d0a3675758aa8f4b643364e57f | Kate Middleton may get the most royal media attention, but there's another royal who is set to take the world by storm - Maria-Olympia of Greece. The 18-year-old, whose parents are Crown Princess Marie-Chantal and Crown Prince Pavlos, is quickly becoming the new royal 'It' girl, thanks to her mother's Instagram page, w... | Maria-Olympia's parents are Crown Princess Marie-Chantal and Crown Prince Pavlos, whose father was the King of Greece until the monarchy was abolished in 1973 .
Her mother is the daughter of American billionaire Robert Warren Miller, who co-founded duty-free shopping . |
1698597bf18f27a032f6526f7698705da961b8f3 | Theses are the first heartbreaking photos to emerge of Alanna Gallagher, the little six-year-old girl found horrifically stripped, bound and and murdered in a quiet suburban Fort Worth neighborhood. The photos reveal an adorable child with no shortage of smiles for the camera. Neighbors said she was an inquisitive 'spi... | Teens playing in the street found the body of the girl .
Her hands and feet were bound and she was naked except for a pair of purple underwear .
FBI has joined the investigation and deemed the case a murder .
Police looking for red pickup truck with green splotch that was seen in the area when the girl's body was found... |
169910f6d108c4cd97c400c8f54083394c6ec6bf | Beaming broadly in jumpers emblazoned with snowmen, reindeers and even a penguin, these images are proof that even the A-list aren't immune to the charms of of a thoroughly naff Christmas knit. This group of kind-hearted celebrities, including Myleene Klass and Julie Walters, have volunteered to show theirs off in publ... | The trio joined a host of other celebrities for the charity photoshoot .
Images released to promote Christmas Jumper Day on December 13th .
Other A-listers to feature include Lorraine Kelly and comedian Dom Joly . |
1699425975cae5e52dfcf96ea82943de6aeb919b | By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 15:22 EST, 14 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:52 EST, 14 February 2013 . A Nike advert featuring Oscar Pistorius and describing him as like a 'bullet in the chamber' has been removed from the sprinter's website hours after he was charged with shooting dead his model girlfriend. A banne... | A Nike advert featuring sprinter was taken down from his website yesterday .
The advert featured the slogan 'I am the bullet in the chamber'
It was pulled hours after Pistorius was charged with murder .
Billboards featuring Pistorius have also been taken down in South Africa .
Comedians Frankie Boyle and John Cleese cr... |
169a4dd93b62e5fd70bc61aab8d6df1879101572 | By . Leon Watson . A man has been arrested on suspicion of subjecting the mother of murdered toddler James Bulger to vile abuse on Twitter and claiming to be the child's 'ghost'. Sussex Police confirmed today a 62-year-old man was taken in for questioning before being released on bail pending further investigations. It... | Sussex Police confirm suspect has been arrested and released on bail .
It follows messages tweeted from fake 'James Bulger's Ghost' account .
Troll cruelly contacted the murdered toddler's mother Denise Fergus .
She responded: 'Look at what c**p I am getting off some idiot'
Anonymous account holder also .
published ref... |
169a6b1962a925c0623e6129aadeb32a1844ba55 | For weeks leading up to the 2013 off-year elections, prominent Texas Democrats directly blamed the state's new voter ID law for problems in registration. First, Judge Sandra Watts said she had a problem because the name on her driver's license and the name on her voter registration card did not match. It turns out she ... | Prominent Texas Democrats blamed the new voter ID law for problems in registering to vote .
Bryan Preston: But problems due to expired driver's license, maiden names not updated .
Preston: Voter ID foes say it suppresses votes; if so, 2013 turnout would be lower .
He says 2013 turnout increased by 63% over turnout in 2... |
169b76712d1b3593ccf1a73c2470119745568474 | A Chilean college security guard has been arrested in the murder of an American graduate and ordered held in jail, an appeals court unanimously ruled on Wednesday. Erica Faith Hagan, 22, from Kentucky, had been in the southern Chilean city of Temuco on an exchange program after graduating from Georgetown College. She w... | Domingo Cofre, 44, is being held in the September 6 killing of Erica Faith Hagan .
Hagan, 22, was a psychology graduate from Kentucky .
She was found in bathtub in her Temuco, Chile, campus apartment with three wounds to the head .
Chilean police said they have found no sign of forced entry in Hagan's home, suggesting ... |
169beeb67b3144373e764972689e9912c13a2185 | How many lightning strikes are taking place around the world every minute? If your answer is anything less than 300, you're in for a shock. A stunning interactive map has revealed just how much of Earth is subjected to lightning strikes every second, with an average of five taking place at any one time. And the scienti... | Researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel have created a map showing lightning strikes around the world .
The map was creating using a global network of 70 lightning stations that detects radio waves .
The peak time for lightning strikes was found to be 1900 UTC, with low activity at 0300 UTC every day .
Scientists ... |
169c8907a7a905036b4f8aec7304e19d4503b8dd | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 11:01 EST, 7 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:38 EST, 8 May 2013 . Two daredevil cyclists ride down a near vertical dam in these terrifying images. Ben Miller, 18, and Adam Flint, 27, rode down the 140ft high slope in a breathtaking stunt in Perthshire, Scotland. They flew down the 70 degree ... | Dam which Ben Miller and Adam Flint cycled down has a 70 DEGREE drop .
Adam, 27, has previously performed first ever bungee on a bike jump . |
169dc376ac54240e52683830a0054f48af4ba5c4 | Severe storms tore through the Midwest and South on Friday, killing at least 32 people. Tornadoes were reported from Alabama to Ohio. This comes only days after another deadly line of storms spawned multiple tornadoes, damaging hundreds of homes and businesses across seven states. Disaster relief organizations are mobi... | Tornadoes touched down in several states this week causing widespread damage .
Dozens were killed and hundreds of homes destroyed by the storms .
Disaster Relief organizations are mobilizing to help victims and begin cleanup .
Towns in Kansas, Illinois and Missouri are coordinating cleanup volunteers . |
169eab99eec8a418ab60ad29e357ed4412c9f25a | Islamabad (CNN) -- The spotlight on so-called "honor" murders in South Asia and across the world in recent days has raised awareness about the deaths of countless innocent victims, but condemning the act and its perpetrators does little to end the murders or address the root causes of the problem. I started my career a... | Dania Gharaibeh: Condemning the act and its perpetrators does little to end the murders .
As an aid worker, she blames the wealthy, powerful elite for failing to humanize the masses .
She says feudal system in Pakistan is preventing equality and the chance to battle ignorance .
Gharaibeh: Dehumanizing living conditions... |
169f5f6ab3818fc14b9f2471ee0d8dbd61d5e566 | Pasadena, California (CNN) -- When President Barack Obama formally ended "don't ask, don't tell" in July 2011, ending a 17-year ban on gays serving openly in the U.S. military, Tracey Cooper-Harris felt liberated about her future as a veteran. As a sergeant in the U.S. Army, she received more than two dozen medals and ... | Veteran Tracey Cooper-Harris married her same-sex partner four years ago .
In 2010, she was diagnosed with a disease connected to her service and received benefits .
She later sought additional disability compensation for her spouse .
The VA denied the additional benefits, and the couple filed a federal discrimination ... |
169f6203951f39a056e7a94bb8db4bbda45e4ae2 | (CNN) -- The widow of a man who set free 56 exotic animals he owned before apparently committing suicide will get back the five animals that survived, Ohio agriculture officials said Monday. A state review board concluded Monday that the animals, which have been kept at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, are free of "dange... | Board concludes animals are free of "dangerously infectious or contagious diseases"
Officials: Marian Thompson plans to keep two leopards, two monkeys, bear on her Ohio farm .
State officials raise concern about safety of cages, which they aren't allowed to inspect .
"We have the zoo on speed dial" in case of trouble, ... |
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