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16eb079e90a6147319e2c64612ebeee414acc8d9 | (CNN) -- Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth was charged in Florida on Wednesday with killing a pedestrian while driving under the influence, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade County state attorney's office said. Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth has been charged with DUI manslaughter . Authoriti... | NFL player is expected to surrender in court Thursday; bail expected to be $200,000.
Donte Stallworth's blood-alcohol level was 0.126 percent; state's legal limit is 0.08 .
If convicted, Stallworth could face up to 15 years in prison. |
16eb8fd3baeec8de20fc65ede92606b441c87b0a | (CNN) -- Honduras suspended diplomatic relations with Argentina on Tuesday in retaliation for having its ambassador expelled from Argentina last week. Riot police stand in front of marchers supporting ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on Tuesday. The move stems from tensions between the two countries over a June ... | Honduras takes action after its ambassador is expelled from Argentina .
Argentina ousted ambassador because she backed new Honduras government .
Argentina among nations demanding that ousted Honduran president be restored .
Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya ousted in military coup in June . |
16ec8892e8eb61ff2c27e437cd3f3276cca1c1b6 | (CNN) -- Former President Clinton published a list of donors to his foundation Thursday to help clear the way for his wife to become secretary of state. Bill Clinton speaks to at the Clinton Global Initiative conference in Hong Kong in early December. The donations to the William J. Clinton Foundation include amounts o... | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia gave between $10 million and $25 million .
Bill Gates, Univision TV owner also gave millions .
Kuwait and Qatar governments are also on list .
Clinton agreed to release list to help nomination of wife as secretary of state . |
16ecb7b71c9f1cdab3c676acb42927a399d2f45d | Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Thousands of people who filled the streets of Cairo on Tuesday hope their demonstrations against corruption and failing economic policies will cause upheaval in the government, like the similar protests in Tunisia that inspired them. But analysts caution that in Egypt, the protesters are up agains... | Analysts: Egypt is a different story from Tunisia .
Analyst: Tunisia "a little bit unique"
Time writer says Egypt "not ready" for revolution .
Protesters believe Cairo demonstrations can help trigger change . |
16ed43c906f3d928571557587cfe2b9f811320f4 | Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The half brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai was shot dead at his home in Kandahar on Tuesday, authorities said. Ahmed Wali Karzai, the Kandahar provincial council chief, was killed during a gathering, said Tooryalai Wesa, provincial governor. He did not know a motive. While the governo... | NEW: White House condemns "in the strongest possible terms" the killing .
Provincial council member says shooter was a trusted guard for Ahmed Wali Karzai .
Gen. David Petraeus calls the shooting "unfathomable"
The Taliban claim responsibility, saying the guard was working for them . |
16ee51f1f04db908dc12515d02857774b8b66ee4 | (CNN) -- Poor Steve Ballmer. The burly Microsoft CEO, who announced Friday that he will retire next year, has been the victim of some unfortunate timing. When he took over leadership of Microsoft in 2000 Ballmer had to follow iconic co-founder Bill Gates, who had built the software titan into the most valuable company ... | Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced Friday that he will step down in the next 12 months .
Under Ballmer's reign, Microsoft has had a mixed record of success with its products .
The Xbox console has been a consistent seller, while the now-defunct Zune music player was a dud . |
16eedea791de84660539e59a0cf4c8019af1dffd | At 16 her gangly beauty saw her become the face of the 1960s. Fifty years on, Twiggy’s still very much in fashion. At 65, the model and Marks & Spencer designer has been named as the latest ambassador for L’Oreal. From face of the 1960s: Twiggy in her heyday (left) ... to face of the 60 somethings, in an M&S design (ri... | At 16 her gangly beauty saw Twiggy become the face of the 1960s .
Now 50 years on she has been named as the latest ambassador for L'Oreal .
She will model for the brans'd Professionnel line of hair products .
Says she is 'absolutely delighted' and proud to model for the brand . |
16ef40f742f058591c4605d04373011de729374c | New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- Encouraged by results so far, BP and the government agreed Saturday to another 24 hours of testing of the recently recapped Gulf well. BP's 48-hour window for pressure testing expired Saturday afternoon with no reports of flowing oil or evidence that the giant sealing cap caused further ... | NEW: Government, BP encouraged by well pressure testing .
Testing will continue; pressure is still rising, though slowly .
Scientists are pouring through undersea images and data .
No oil has gushed into the Gulf since Thursday . |
16ef6fd77f7352e4ed9ef09f744d262299c4ea34 | A woman was forced to leave a plane because passengers were being disrupted by her travelling companion - a pot-bellied pig. The unidentified individual boarded the US Airways flight to Connecticut with the animal on Wednesday. She took the creature, said to weigh up to 70 pounds, to her seat and then attached it to he... | Woman boarded US Airways plane in Connecticut on Wednesday .
Tied the pig to an arm rest when she sat down and it began to walk around .
It became disruptive, so the woman was asked to leave the aircraft .
A passenger said he was 'terrified' when the animal started walking around . |
16ef7c76154436ae504882d8d04e490bac0d399b | By . Will Stewart . PUBLISHED: . 13:18 EST, 7 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:48 EST, 7 May 2013 . The media magnate Alexander Lebedev yesterday protested his innocence over a charge of hooliganism motivated by ‘political hatred’ as a Russian judge lifted a travel ban allowing him to fly to Britain. The businessman, whose... | Former KGB spy faces up to five years in jail over hooliganism charge .
Lebedev, 53, travels to London today .
insisting he won't seek asylum .
His family own Independent titles and the London Evening Standard . |
16f0177a7b90b1d1c986adc3f7e8ffad9c120560 | (CNN) -- When was the last time you looked at the label on your clothes to check where they were made or what they are made of? A few years ago, I was living a paradox familiar to many Americans: eating local and organic food, carrying reusable bags to the grocery store and choosing eco-friendly products wherever I cou... | Elizabeth Cline: Major fashion brands should reduce water and energy use, and waste .
The average American consumer spends $1,700 a year on apparel .
About 3% of apparel is produced in the United States . |
16f14fbfe989a39e3dc6b83710faeacfe5873267 | Republican opponents of White House-backed legislation that would rein in NSA surveillance programs narrowly blocked the Senate from taking up the bill Tuesday after warning it could help terrorists escape detection. On a tally of 58 to 42, a procedural vote failed to get the supermajority 60 votes it needed to advance... | Supporters of bill that would curb NSA fail to get supermajority of 60 votes .
White House, liberal Democrats and some libertarian Republicans supported the bill .
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell led the charge against the bill .
Under bill, government could no longer keep large amounts of call information in ... |
16f22f2a94a42f5e90e76690b24a45940c5bd653 | Furious railway staff called in police after discovering an airline's marketing team at one of their busiest stations - trying to lure their customers away. Managers at First Great Western were angered when they spotted Flybe workers at Exeter St David's train hub in Devon handing out coffees and promoting flights. The... | Flybe marketing staff were promoting carrier's new London to Exeter route .
Stood outside Devon's main station in early rush hour to 'spread the word'
First Great Western railway said the guerilla campaign was 'an obstruction'
Police were called and marketing crew with budget airline agreed to move on .
Bemused passeng... |
16f25923a023286e5b443db5235e5f51819d91d5 | A girl who overheard part of an incident involving Florida teenager Trayvon Martin can help prove he was killed "in cold blood" by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, an attorney for Martin's family said Tuesday. The girl, who was dating the 17-year-old, "completely blows Zimmerman's absurd self-defense ... | Sanford police say they asked all witnesses to come forward .
Governor says he will work to see "justice prevails"
George Zimmerman was bleeding from the nose and back of his head, a police report says .
The 17-year-old was not armed when he was killed last month in Florida . |
16f25a0c21c0df3a79f3c9a7d7e1896a82b6d60e | (CNN) -- Brazilian military police say they destroyed a small explosive device over the weekend after discovering the item in a bathroom near a sanctuary Pope Francis is scheduled to visit later this week. The device was found in Aparecida, where Francis is scheduled to visit a historic Roman Catholic sanctuary Wednesd... | Police find "homemade explosive" near site of upcoming papal visit .
The device was destroyed "without any further risk," police said .
Francis landed in Brazil for World Youth Day on Monday . |
16f3a76ef00928e45006db8d6b4cc775ebc7e313 | This clip captures a woman's disastrous attempts to line up her car with the fuel cap at a petrol station. And embarrassingly, it takes her an astonishing five attempts to park her car with the cap on the correct side. Captured on CCTV footage, a security worker can be heard laughing as he records the woman make blunde... | Takes her five attempts to park her car with the cap on the correct side .
Captured on CCTV footage, a security worker can be heard laughing as he records the woman make blunder after blunder . |
16f3b02fecfdbf5a38384862fe5d770a0bc3e44f | One of the most authoritative anti-doping figureheads has blasted the governing body of global athletics, the IAAF, for failing to act upon serious allegations of systemic state doping in Russian sport first revealed 16 months ago by this newspaper. Dick Pound, the former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA... | Dick Pound says it is 'sadly typical' of IAAF to not follow up the allegations .
Pound is the former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency .
The Russian Athletics Federation has called the claims 'lies' |
16f43bad39068823000e47d8d39c674b37ec7b07 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . A photographer whose unforgettable image of a crowd of people watching in horror as the World Trade Center burned is trying to locate his subjects. Patrick Witty was on the scene in Manhattan’s Financial District 12 years ago and the image he caught has since been published dozens of times wo... | Patrick Witty's photo of people staring up as the South Tower began to crumble has been republished dozens of times worldwide .
He's now met two of his subjects, including Benjamin Tabile, but he's posted his image on social media to meet more of them . |
16f526015d9a1089f6742f991aaf9ca76d8ae504 | Hong Kong (CNN) -- In the latest stomach-churning food scandal to hit China, authorities have seized over 30,000 tons of chicken feet contaminated with hydrogen peroxide, according to state media. Thirty eight people have been arrested on charges of producing the tainted items, while 11 suspects remain at large. Images... | Authorities have seized over 30,000 tons of contaminated chicken feet .
Chicken feet are a popular snack in China .
Hydrogen peroxide is used as a disinfectant and bleach, but is harmful to eat . |
16f540484ea4f95a034d781aa260ede1c95013a1 | (CNN) -- Oklahoma State University women's basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant coach Miranda Serna were killed when their plane crashed on the way to a recruiting trip in Arkansas, university officials said Friday. Former Oklahoma state Sen. Olin Branstetter and his wife, Paula, also died in the crash Thursday, u... | Plane crash kills two OSU women's basketball coaches, ex-state senator and his wife .
Crash a "profound loss" for Oklahoma State University, NCAA president says .
It's the second fatal plane crash for OSU basketball since 2001 .
The school calls off games for Saturday and Sunday . |
16f64b7f792c3a59641a7b0d4eb062df2de73be1 | (CNN Student News) -- September 10, 2013 . The U.S. Congress is debating the issue of Syria, President Obama is planning a speech to the nation, and Russia is offering a proposal regarding Syria's chemical weapons. On Tuesday, CNN Student News examines how the crisis in Syria reached its current state. We also catch up... | This page includes the show Transcript, the Daily Curriculum, and Maps .
Use the Transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary .
The Daily Curriculum offers the Media Literacy Question of the Day, Key Concepts, Fast Facts and Discussion Questions .
At the bottom of the page, please share your fe... |
16f666b3502d564810e98eb8f0eb85287545dd42 | While Surrey were being beaten by Durham in their One-Day Cup group match, Kevin Pietersen was relaxing on the beach with his family. The former England international has been playing for Surrey on a game-by-game basis, but he was not present as they lost by five wickets at Chester-Le-Street. Pietersen was spotted wit... | Kevin Pietersen on holiday with wife Jessica Taylor .
Former England international has been playing for Surrey .
Surrey lost to Durham .
Surrey haven't won a one-day game since Pietersen last played . |
16f7882a03e711cf029c4a1ec6d1669f831b70d7 | By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 06:31 EST, 6 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:21 EST, 6 February 2013 . Gifted: Swimmer Chloe Waddell has collapsed and died hours after celebrating winning a clutch of swimming awards at a sports ceremony . A gifted schoolgirl tipped to represent Team GB at the next Olympics collapsed... | Chloe Waddell, 16, had gone to a party after presentation .
evening .
But the talented swimmer was taken ill at home the following morning .
She was rushed to hospital but died minutes later .
Police examining claims Chloe tripped at party and hit her head .
She represented Great Britain and was tipped .
to swim in Oly... |
16f843e4643be07f3295d4c5470a5f9bd67f085c | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- From land, water and air, tens of thousands of police officers, federal agents and National Guardsmen are being deployed in an unprecedented effort to make sure the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama is safe. A law enforcement agent looks toward Capitol Hill ahead of the inauguration on Tu... | Officials say Obama's historic inauguration poses high security risk .
FBI has been especially aggressive in examining white supremacy groups .
A major unknown is how large the crowd will be for Tuesday's activities .
Security planners have drawn up procedures to deal with bombs, weapons . |
16fab9d4c0c15613ab54c0f31f7894bd2ad5a379 | (CNN) -- Dallas has long been a sociological curiosity. With its mix of sweeping ranches and high-end shopping, it's sort of a "country meets culture" destination. And you don't have to drive all over the metroplex (as the locals call the Dallas-Fort Worth area) to have a good time. All the food, fun and fanciness can ... | Dallas has more restaurants per capita than New York City, officials say .
The city's arts district stretches across 17 continuous square blocks .
Businesses are housed in preserved 19th-century buildings in the West End . |
16fb1298787bb260db79a2ec9d042c44709769b5 | By . Ben Ellery and Amanda Perthen . PUBLISHED: . 04:42 EST, 25 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:39 EST, 28 May 2012 . A devastated teenager told last night how her friend drowned after they leapt off a bridge and into a river hand-in-hand to cool down. Megan Simmons had no idea that her companion, Hussain Mohammed, was un... | Hussain Mohammed got into difficulties after leaping into the Thames from a bridge in Oxford .
He had jumped into the water hand-in-hand with his friend Megan Simmons . |
16fbb11447fbce4f0900a6e32e9ebecddd378fbb | 'It's a real honour to join Manchester United' - read what Victor Valdes had to say after sealing his switch to Old Trafford . 'David de Gea is the best goalkeeper in the world' - and click here for his view on the man he'll battle for a place in the United line-up . Manchester United have moved a step closer to securi... | Manchester United are confident of tying David de Gea down to new deal .
De Gea's current deal expires at the end of the 2015-16 season .
Agent Jorge Mendes is keen on concluding a deal for his client .
Victor Valdes will provide back up for De Gea after joining on free transfer .
Click here for all the latest Manchest... |
16fc89449f24f4dae171feefceabd7fe412e28b1 | By . Derek Lawrenson . He showed up and played 18 holes, but there the good news endeth concerning Tiger Woods. If only there was an instant cure for his game to go with the one for his latest back problem. Instead, there was just more evidence of his alarming decline, vividly illustrated by the coarse shriek at his 11... | Woods was doubt to tee off at Valhalla after back spasms .
Cards round of 74 to leave him on three-over .
Lee Westwood and Kevin Chappell share early clubhouse lead . |
16fe91a54d9817da57de0c1c7f94c5263a106fac | It's another small sliver of information in the expanse of mystery surrounding Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. A failed satellite phone call suggests the missing passenger jet may have turned south slightly earlier than previously thought during its enigmatic journey, Australian authorities said Thursday. After Flight 37... | Official: Airline staff tried to reach the plane by satellite phone after it dropped off radar .
The call failed, but later analysis has given experts a better idea of MH370's position .
The Indian Ocean search zone for the missing aircraft remains the same .
Some areas a little to the south may be of "particular inter... |
16ffd9f386ca82b16dfca2b9a1eec5b50ba272d7 | By . Michael Zennie . and Daily Mail Reporter . The New York Police Department reportedly has assigned nearly three-dozen detectives from various units to figure out who who scaled the Brooklyn Bridge Monday night and hoisted white flags above the New York City landmark. Investigators have reportedly identified some of... | Vandals managed to slip unnoticed past police officers and surveillance cameras guarding the Brooklyn Bridge early Tuesday and install white flags .
Police say they know the nicknames of some the suspects .
They boarded up the lights illuminating the flags so that nobody noticed the white banners until daybreak .
Earth... |
1700d071bb6a347283ad4067bf7c9a987bd361c5 | An ecologist who fell to his death at a beauty spot where he regularly went birdwatching was suffering depression triggered by a battle to land his 'dream job', an inquest heard. Antony Wainwright, 42, from Westhoughton, Bolton, was said to have struggled to get the career he wanted after securing a 2.1 honours degree ... | Antony Wainwright, 47, found at bottom of Cox Green Quarry in Egerton .
Inquest heard father of two suffered depression since leaving university .
He separated from his wife earlier this year and had moved in with friends .
Bolton coroner described ecologist as 'a very intelligent man' at inquest . |
1700fddb57a77126294cd03b196790d7e27301c9 | Despite reports Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus bends in a pocket, and critics claiming its a carbon-copy of Samsung devices - its popularity hasn’t been dented. T-Mobile boss chief executive John Legere has revealed that the larger, phablet device is 'exceeding expectations' - and is on par with the smaller iPhone 6 model. He s... | iPhone 6 Plus is exceeding sales figures, according to operator T-Mobile .
Boss John Legere said he expected the model to constitute 20% of sales .
But this figure was closer to 45% - more than twice his firm's predictions .
Apple released 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus and 4.7-inch iPhone 6 in September .
Analytics firm addit... |
170142e81aa4862bc60e94b30d54f73707c9b4c7 | It's the Spain squad no one watching the Premier League back in January would have thought possible. Coach Vicente del Bosque named his 23 for Brazil yesterday and Juan Mata and Fernando Torres made the plane at the expense of Alvaro Negredo and Jesus Navas. ‘It breaks my heart to leave Navas behind,’ said Del Bosque.... | Manchester City players Alvaro Negredo and Jesus Navas have missed out on Spain's World Cup squad .
Fernando Torres will go to Brazil despite his poor form for Chelsea .
Spain won their penultimate warm-up game against Bolivia 2-0 in Seville .
Diego Costa, David Villa, Juan Mata and Cesc Fabregas also make cut . |
1701edd5d86fc2a3b7ee0955c7cc5cc2f5068a2b | (CNN) -- A TV show can be wildly popular online, inspiring binge-watching marathons and feverish Twitter chatter, but it's still the number of people turning in via a regular television set that are counted most by networks. In a sign of our increasingly connected age, the Nielsen Company will finally add streaming vie... | Nielsen, which measures TV ratings, will begin tracking online-viewing habits .
A new software development kit will be released to clients in November .
While most people still watch TV on televisions, a growing number stream shows online . |
1702143a88668377a4d10948d4013b14d719fcf5 | (Health.com) -- Parents who believe that playing video games is less harmful to their kids' attention spans than watching TV may want to reconsider -- and unplug the Xbox. Video games can sap a child's attention just as much as the tube, a new study suggests. Elementary school children who play video games more than tw... | Video games were at least as strong as TV at predicting attention problems, study said .
TV and video games have a similar relationship to attention problems .
AAP recommends that parents limit "screen time" to less than two hours per day . |
170235abf6483f888f8411c96d319709b9d9a0aa | (CNN)More Chris Pratt equals even more awesome. The "Guardians of the Galaxy" star appears in an adorable fan "pop culture mashup" You Tube video of two of his projects, "Parks and Recreation" and the upcoming "Jurassic World." Scenes with Pratt's "Parks" character Andy Dwyer are spliced into the trailer for his new fi... | The video combines his "Parks and Recreation," "Jurassic World" characters .
The "Jurassic Park" sequel will be released in June . |
1702401061081ba7060d0e6526de95a9b48c117c | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:09 EST, 1 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:13 EST, 1 December 2013 . Microsoft has been accused of alienating its female customers after providing a sexist note to gamers promoting the new Xbox One. With the holidays approaching, the company released an online form letter for... | With the holidays approaching, the company released an online form letter for men to send their girlfriends in a bid to convince them the latest model console would be a good present, for the both of them .
The note 'We got your back,' began: 'Hey honey... You'd rather knit than watch me slay zombies, but hear me out o... |
17037e60a34b62505e08d74da780c9a28d78f1ea | By . Paul Bentley . The distraught wife of a sergeant major broke down as he was convicted of sexually assaulting a lesbian soldier, screaming: ‘You promised me you didn’t do it.’ Warrant officer Timothy Jones, 40, was yesterday found guilty of attacking the 21-year-old after a debauched party on Army barracks. The fat... | Warrant officer Timothy Jones, 40, found guilty of attacking 21-year-old .
Wife Stacey, 36, a charity fundraiser, stood by him throughout case .
She was not in court but waited to be .
told of outcome in a room outside .
Later, she could be heard .
screaming ‘you promised me you didn’t do it’
He assaulted the lesbian s... |
1704059783fb01ba0538e87710b637f149586461 | By . Richard Moore . Usain Bolt was a late withdrawal, but in his absence his young pretender, Kemar Bailey-Cole, sprinted to an easy victory against a world class field in Zurich on Thursday night. Bailey-Cole is the double gold medallist from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow who trains with Bolt under Glen Mills, an... | Kemar Bailey-Cole won 100m final at Diamond League meeting in Zurich .
Comonwealth double gold medallist was only man to run below 10 seconds .
World record holder Usain Bolt pulled out of the meeting with injury .
Briatian's Desiree Henry, Anyika Onoura, Asha Philip and Ashleigh Nelson won the women's 4x100m relay . |
17042de0be9cada759b9056974d1d98cf7b3776f | The future may be renewable, but evidence of ancient civilizations isn't always reparable. "Time for Change; The Future is Renewable" was the message of Greenpeace activists protesting at the ancient Nazca Lines UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Peruvian desert on Monday. The activists placed yellow letters next to a f... | Greenpeace hosted a stunt at the ancient site to focus on climate change .
Peru says the group's activists destroyed part of the famous Nazca Lines .
Greenpeace has apologized for the action . |
170461ef167df9082bac5232f4849028ea72435a | (CNN) -- Authorities in Santa Monica, California, fatally shot a mountain lion Tuesday, acting on public safety concerns after it tried to escape from an office building courtyard in the city. Initial efforts to tranquilize the animal failed, and "police were forced to use lethal force to prevent that animal from escap... | Authorities in Santa Monica fatally shot a mountain lion Tuesday when it tried to escape .
Initial efforts to tranquilize the animal failed .
The animal was first reported just before 6 a.m. in downtown Santa Monica .
Mountain lion spottings are common in Southern California this time of year . |
170486ae5d2113450c582b5d5d4896900faeefaf | Craig Kieswetter has taken to Twitter to show off his battle scars after being struck in the face by a cricket ball. Kieswetter suffered a broken nose and fractured right cheekbone whilst at the crease for Somerset during their LV= County Championship match at Northamptonshire on Saturday. Accompanied with the light-he... | Craig Kieswetter posts picture on Twitter of his horrific eye injury .
Kieswetter suffered a broken nose and fractured cheekbone during Somerset's LV= County Championship match at Northamptonshire .
Kieswetter had a bloody right eye after a cricket ball was lodged into his helmet whilst batting on Saturday .
The wicket... |
170561a1619cffbb8d62b5183c1fffd45b072372 | By . Emma Innes . PUBLISHED: . 16:04 EST, 5 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 08:43 EST, 6 March 2014 . Scientists have modified genes in the blood cells of HIV patients to help them resist the AIDS virus. The American researchers say the treatment seems both safe and promising. The results give hope that this approach might... | Scientists modified genes in cells of patients to help them resist the virus .
If effective, this could mean they no longer need antireteroviral drugs .
As a result, it could be classed as a 'functional cure' - HIV would still be present in their bodies but they would need no treatment to control it .
Yesterday, doctor... |
1705c9930e02566f5e6494ba367a721eb49d54fe | Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan marked its 10th year Friday having passed two major milestones: The Taliban has been forced out of power and Osama bin Laden is dead. But there was little observance by U.S. troops in Afghanistan, where a month earlier many participated in commemorations to ma... | The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan began October 7, 2001, with an air campaign .
More than 2,700 NATO troops have died during the war, according to a CNN count .
Of those killed, 1,780 are American, 382 are British and 157 are Canadian, according to the count .
The U.S. and most NATO nations have announced plans to withdr... |
17065e72751f771959e4a4a935b87b5f75d3ef92 | By . Emma Innes . PUBLISHED: . 05:23 EST, 1 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:28 EST, 1 May 2013 . Catharine Bell has felt permanently airsick since flying to Turkey in 2005 . A mother-of-two has been battling a constant feeling of travel sickness since taking a flight eight years ago. Catharine Bell, 46, was left strugglin... | Catharine Bell started to feel unwell after a flight to Turkey in 2005 .
Suffers from sickness, dizziness, balance problems and headaches .
Struggles to read, watch TV, and sit still as she feels like she is moving .
Diagnosed with Mal de Debarquement Syndrome after finding it on internet .
Only way she gets some relie... |
1706999cc039d722f01757a03cd478521c4ca002 | Los Angeles (CNN) -- Andrew Dice Clay, one of the hottest and most controversial comedians two decades ago, sits on his front porch late at night, plotting his comeback. "I was almost like self-exiled from the business, you know, other than going out and making a living for myself, I wasn't really making any career mov... | Dice's resurgence started last year with a role a role in HBO's "Entourage"
Clay rose to iconic status in the 1980s, selling out hundreds of large arenas .
His first TV special in 17 years is on Showtime on New Year's Eve .
"I make no apologies for anything I did on that special," Clay tells CNN . |
1706dafa83236fca286cd971a4f86110933291a0 | A 56-year-old 'Teacher of the Year' lured one of his 14-year-old students with a fake Facebook profile before raping her in his car, it has been claimed. Joaquim Andrade, who teaches English at Brockton High School in Massachusetts, allegedly engaged the teenager in conversation about soccer via the popular social netw... | Joaquim Andrade, 56, allegedly contacted his student, 14, via Facebook .
Engaged her in conversation about soccer, before picking her up in car .
Then reportedly drove the teenager to another location and raped her'
Andrade arraigned Friday and charged with rape, among other charges .
He is being held on $20,000 bail a... |
1707b801f033829fda5a34f98e62696e8e6ef96f | Defending champions Exeter made it two wins from as many matches in the LV= Cup after coming from behind to beat Bath 18-6 in front of a record Sandy Park crowd of 11,785. Gavin Henson and his opposite number Gareth Steenson exchanged first-half penalties before the former added a second after the break to give Bath a ... | Defending champions Exeter make it two wins from two in LV= Cup .
Victorious over Bath in front of record crowd of 11,785 at Sandy Park . |
1708406a1a0116d2782a8a373d58d8c0c5ace5ce | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Manchester United fans all around the world will be eagerly scouring for transfer news and gossip over the possible arrival of new players during the close season. Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney sports the club's new kit for the forthcoming season . But just as important to many support... | Manchester United and Chelsea reveal kits for the forthcoming campaign .
The sale of shirts can be a big source of revenue for many football clubs .
Some shirts have been good, others bad and some downright ugly . |
1708b757795b922be2729ac44077872d8f364e94 | A young woman who says she's addicted to sunbeds admits even getting skin cancer hasn't put her off tanning. Lucy Simm, 29, from Morecambe, was keen to get back on a sunbed as soon as she had recovered from an operation to remove a cancerous mole on her leg. She told Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on today's Th... | Lucy Simm, 29, from Morecambe, has had skin cancer .
She and her twin sister Sam used sunbeds daily as teenagers .
Sam has also had to have a mole removed .
Despite getting the disease, Lucy still uses sunbeds .
She said: 'I tried fake tan and it's just not the same' |
170948acc50f38a4112593b1a74f09d86d3db53d | The Belgium team enjoyed the 'Red Devils Family Day' on Saturday ahead of the nations Euro 2016 qualifier against Andorra next month. Having reached the quarter-finals of the summer's World Cup finals in Brazil, only to be beaten 1-0 by eventual finalists Argentina, Marc Wilmots and Co spent time with supporters in the... | Belgian squad entertained fans by signing autographs and posing for photos .
Eden Hazard took a turn as a DJ on the decks .
Belgium take on Andorra in their first Euro 2016 qualifier next month . |
170b4936602df252f31747caea85fdb2b0acfc9c | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 10:30 EST, 16 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:44 EST, 16 December 2013 . On trial: Neville Neville, the father of England footballers Gary and Phil, stands accused of sexual assault which his alleged victims claims happened when she dropped him home . The father of former Mancheste... | Neville Neville, 63, denies a single count of assault on unnamed woman .
His successful footballer sons were both at Bolton Crown Court today .
Alleged victim claims he 'lunged' at her after 'far too much drink'
Neville told police afterwards incident happened but it was consensual .
Woman gave evidence and told jury: ... |
170c5d2cd949d66da05d2094bdb594ee89d42d03 | A spy plane equipped with a thermal imaging camera has found that more than 6,000 outbuildings in one town could be 'beds in sheds' converted by rogue landlords. Slough Borough Council is the first local authority in the country to pay for the specially-adapted aircraft to fly over streets picking up heat from sheds an... | Slough Borough Council spends £24,000 building up 3D map from air .
Authority uncovered 6,350 suspicious sheds and garages emitting heat .
Thousands could be living in converted outbuildings without permission .
Plane criss-crossed streets, picking up heat signals from outbuildings .
Analysis of images from night fligh... |
170cd57c0f2b6c521c300d861d2fcad9a393a517 | The deadly Ebola virus is more likely to claim the lives of those aged 45 or older, scientists have claimed. A new study carried out in Sierra Leone - one of the West African nations worst hit during the outbreak - has produced the most complete picture to date of how the virus affects sufferers. From its discovery in ... | 47 health workers at Kenema Government Hospital in Sierra Leone conducted comprehensive study of Ebola patients .
Seven of the team died during study - six from the virus .
They found age is a key factor establishing the fatality rate for over 45s is 94% while for those aged up to 21 is 57% .
Study is significant becau... |
170f4ce21b1791c53bff5f80f0e1874dc6c7db1b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Certain parts of England have twice as many immigrants as previously thought, revised figures have suggested. There are three times more foreigners in one part of Lincolnshire than previously estimated, while areas in Herefordshire and London have twice as many immigrants. Revised figures fro... | London's immigrant community is 16 per cent higher than thought - at almost one million . |
170fa7400a25b00904bbc33a29f14cd258bf72f0 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:02 EST, 29 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:35 EST, 29 October 2013 . A jury has awarded more than $150 million in damages to a 13-year-old girl who watched her family burn to death in a fiery crash on a Southern California freeway. 'It's hard for her to comprehend' the scope ... | Car crash in 2009 claimed the lives of Kylie Asam's parents and older brother in Southern California .
Kylie and her other brother Blaine watched as the three burnt to death in the family's mangled SUV on Interstate 210 after hitting a truck illegally parked in the freeway shoulder .
Blaine killed himself following the... |
171096aaeb067d6303d8abeff87d0bd5b88719bf | By . Paul Donnelley . and Sam Creighton . An album of messages kept by a nurse during the First World War and written in by the soldiers she saved, is to be sold at auction. The book, once belonging to Red Cross nurse Hilda Stephen Thomas, also contains photographs and drawings and has been unearthed in Derbyshire. The... | The album contains pages of messages, photographs and sketches .
They were left by wounded soldiers during WWI for the nurses who tended to their wounds .
It has been uncovered and will be auctioned on Monday . |
1711c4314eda26a09c91d85442a1eeecd484ccbc | Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany is in line for a timely return to action in the Champions League in Rome on Wednesday night. The City skipper has missed the club's last two games with a hamstring injury and was not expected to make the flight to Rome ahead of a game Manuel Pellegrini's team must win if they are... | Captain Vincent Kompany set to return for crucial match against Roma .
The Belgian has missed City's last two matches with a hamstring injury .
Manuel Pellegrini's team must win to advance in Champions League .
City may also welcome back David Silva for Stadio Olimpico clash .
But striker Sergio Aguero could be out for... |
1712d6a3a9ac92d2d9ba953ab7bc79ad21fc81be | (CNN) -- A tip led to Wednesday's arrest in Louisiana of a suspected serial bank robber dubbed the "Granddad Bandit," federal authorities said. Michael Francis Mara, 52, was captured at his home in Baton Rouge, FBI Special Agent Sheila Thorne told CNN. The FBI went to the residence to execute an arrest warrant when Mar... | NEW: Tip led to arrest of bank robbery suspect .
Michael F. Mara, 52, currently charged with one count of robbery .
Authorities say the "Granddad Bandit" is responsible for some two dozen bank robberies .
Suspect was arrested at his home in Louisiana on Wednesday . |
17147169a0f8925bc17c51a9fd503149dd3c0a4c | (CNN) -- A Colorado convict serving time for attempted murder was recaptured Wednesday after breaking out of prison over the weekend, and a female hostage with him was released unharmed, prison officials said. Douglas Alward was caught near Yuma, Colorado, about 145 miles east of Denver and about 50 miles south of the ... | Douglas Alward broke out of an eastern Colorado prison Sunday .
He was recaptured Wednesday about 50 miles away .
A hostage with him was released unharmed, prison officials said . |
17149ebf4f465068ecab8b025a31c5c2ec6c8191 | (CNN) -- Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who is serving a life sentence for his role in the killings of peaceful protesters during the revolution that eventually deposed him, will get a new trial. Mubarak and his former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly had appealed their life sentences. A judge agreed, the stat... | NEW: Adviser to current president said they're looking forward to second trial .
Hosni Mubarak was found guilty last June of killing protesters .
Former president to remain in custody, lawyer says .
The court also accepted appeals by Mubarak's co-defendants . |
1714b87d31c961dbaa9fc636b4f69e78110be3a4 | By . Ruth Styles . PUBLISHED: . 11:35 EST, 8 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 03:57 EST, 9 January 2014 . His home is a graveyard, his job, shoplifting and his skin, cracked and pitted with psoriasis - the result of sleeping rough and a raging addiction to heroin and crack. Shanki, a 30-something from India's Punjab regio... | Among those to appear is Shanki, a crack addict who sleeps rough .
Oksana, a former addict who now lives on benefits, also features .
Some go home, among them Setal, who says he had a better life in India .
Government has increased fine for employing illegal migrants to £10,000 .
Shanki says this means he can't find wo... |
1715599930d3112ab75a6bebd52120e43a8b8e01 | Tokyo (CNN) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday described as "dangerous" and "regrettable" the actions of a Chinese navy ship that Tokyo says put a radar-lock on a Japanese vessel last week. His comments come amid severely strained relations between the two Asian powers over a set of disputed islands in ... | China rejects complaints about its navy patrols by Japan .
Japan had accused China of using radar to track a Japanese ship and helicopter .
Taiwan, China and Japan are disputing a group of islands .
China says it is patrolling its waters near the islands . |
17170a747d1816e3228da5f644dec2ee3e5b9d72 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia (CNN) -- Health officials continued on Monday to investigate the causes behind the mysterious deaths of 64 children in Cambodia after saying they had made an important discovery over the weekend. The Institut Pasteur in Cambodia tested samples taken from 24 patients and found 15 had tested positive... | Dr. Sanjay Gupta says the syndrome is "merciless" in the way it attacks .
Fifteen of the 24 patients screened have tested positive for Enterovirus Type 71 .
But officials say further analysis is necessary to fully solve the outbreak .
At least 64 children have died mysteriously over the past three months . |
17171d35d8d046fc2703be19ef9bea44a2a18acc | Ayaan Hirsi Al, a vocal critic of Islam and staunch feminist, has today hit back at a Massachusetts university which withdrew its offer of an honorary degree following student protests. Brandeis University announced in a statement yesterday it would not honor the Somali-born activist at next month's graduation ceremony... | The Massachusetts university announced the plan last week .
The award was cancelled yesterday after more than 6,800 staff and students signed an online petition against the decision .
Critics said Hirsi Ali's 'Islamophobic' views were inconsistent with the university's 'core values'
The Somali feminist today denounced ... |
1717293c591121bea0ad1e1c5f1b3a2ed9e9109a | A teenage girl died after doctors failed to carry out basic checks that may have revealed she was suffering from life-threatening brain damage, an inquest has heard. Doctors at Basildon Hospital in Essex didn't check if Amie Miller, 15, could open her eyes or examine her pupil size after she was admitted suffering head... | Amie Miller was admitted to Basildon Hospital in Essex after she'd been vomiting and fitting .
She was admitted to an adult ward because there were no beds in the children's ward .
One doctor said he 'didn't worry too much' about the checks because Amie was 'getting better'
Amie died in November 2008, but it has taken ... |
171823b02e9b54c1e4ef07e845a85d8fa6679e96 | But Newt Gingrich said he is willing to go before the NAACP and . urge blacks to demand paychecks, not food stamps . By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 07:52 EST, 6 January 2012 . Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum engaged in a hostile exchange over gay marriage on Thursday, when asked to explain why he... | Debate at College Convention 2012 in Concord drew jeers from college and high school crowd .
Equated same-sex marriages to multiple marriages .
Said 2003 interview was misconstrued .
Denied reports he singled out 'black people' in earlier reference to federal aid programmes .
But Newt Gingrich said he is willing to go ... |
171895e25f0de7efc3c118b2719c88436c8638f1 | (CNN) -- Basketball is often viewed as a game of opposing sides. But one man is using the game to bring young Catholic and Protestant men together on the same team in Belfast, Northern Ireland. After graduating college, Michael Evans coached basketball at two high schools in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Former college ba... | Michael Evans on organization to forge friendships in Northern Ireland .
He put Protestant and Catholic high school students on one team .
Even after graduating from school, the former teammates are still friends .
The friends communicate via Internet because it's too dangerous to visit . |
171cdeac08a1e0d39768ada9c499f4f8abf92d7b | By . Emily Allen . PUBLISHED: . 09:52 EST, 30 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:14 EST, 30 October 2012 . Who is he? Poster appealing for information about nineteenth-century serial killer Jack The Ripper. He has now been identified as an Essex doctor . British serial killer Jack the Ripper has been identified as an Ess... | Eduardo Cuitiño identified the Ripper as an Essex doctor called Stephen Appleford who said he was a surgeon in Whitechapel .
He claims he was around 36-years-old, .
what he deemed 'the appropriate age of a psychopath', and had an IQ well .
above average . |
171d0b6b89233b0a9e35426cb0363fbee21cbe99 | (CNN) -- A federal court on Monday sentenced a Somali man to 30 years in prison for acts related to high-seas piracy, according to a statement by the U.S. Attorney's office for the Eastern District of Virginia. "Today marks the first sentencing in Norfolk for acts of piracy in more than 150 years," U.S. Attorney MacBri... | NEW: A Somali man is sentenced to 30 years in prison in high-seas piracy attempt .
Jama Idle Ibrahim is one of a group of would-be pirates who were captured .
He has admitted to trying to seize a U.S. merchant vessel and hold it for ransom .
Until this year, the last piracy-related conviction in the United States was i... |
171ddc77618dece373e4e19a8bc35762d6732c14 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 23:40 EST, 21 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:57 EST, 22 November 2012 . Victim: Six-year-old Jersey Bridgeman was found dead in an empty house Tuesday, and authorities are ruling hear death as a homicide . A six-year-old girl, whose father and stepmother were arrested and jail... | Jersey Bridgeman was in the care of her biological mother DesaRae Bridgeman at the time of her death .
Her body was found in a vacant house close to where she lived with her mom and mom's boyfriend .
Police have classified case as homicide pending autopsy results .
Father and stepmother both serving lengthy prison sen... |
171e56b2c37c9e659454d1cf1438c9d61da5bd87 | Amid the warm waters of the Blue Lagoon spa in a lava field in south-west Iceland, Lee Cattermole relaxes and reflects with his girlfriend. Three years ago, it was he who was erupting, the then Sunderland captain arrested and later accepting a police caution for damaging five vehicles in Newcastle during a night out wi... | Gus Poyet took over as Sunderland manager in October 2013 .
Poyet was cautious of Lee Cattermole due to his reputation at first .
But Cattermole admits he has 'matured' under Poyet's management . |
171fce51f82062f28c679bda0969ecf1ea384231 | (CNN) -- Four people died when a small plane with 10 aboard crashed in southwestern Alaska on Friday evening, authorities said. The Cessna 208 went down near St. Mary's village after it was reported missing the same day. Its wreckage was later discovered. The relatives of the deceased have been notified, said Megan Pet... | NEW: NTSB is investigating .
The Cessna 208 went down near St. Mary's village .
It was reported missing the same day .
The relatives of the deceased have been notified . |
1720c9c01d3d2666a9acbb672a0486ad24dea66d | By . Anna Hodgekiss . PUBLISHED: . 10:10 EST, 5 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:21 EST, 5 November 2013 . A mother who became pregnant after months of gruelling cancer treatment suffered further heartache when her baby son was diagnosed with meningitis. Nikki Anderson, 28, had feared she would never have another chil... | Nikki Anderson, 28, had feared she would never have another child after suffering a rare cancer of the adrenal gland .
But after months of gruelling treatment, she discovered she was pregnant .
Baby Cody arrived on September 14 weighing a healthy 6lb 1oz .
But just three weeks later he was diagnosed with potentially fa... |
17210ebaf3240098c56f0f7ab39fd9fc52ab0be3 | New York (CNN) -- Miss USA Rima Fakih is a Muslim with Lebanese heritage, but her family is "not defined by religion," Fakih said. "I'm an American girl," Fakih said. "And just to be clear, my family comes from many different backgrounds and religions." The newest Miss USA, crowned last weekend, was interviewed Wednesd... | Miss USA Rima Fakih downplays significance of photographs that emerged online this week .
She says pole-dancing pictures were part of radio station promotion .
She says her family is from Muslim background but not defined by religion . |
1722f209595f2f97cd03888cd25e578d749e7aad | (CNN) -- Grammy-winning trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, a leading figure in jazz during a five-decade career, has died at age 70, about a month after suffering a heart attack, his publicist said Tuesday. In the 1970s, Freddie Hubbard made a series of funk- and fusion-oriented albums, such as the 1970 hit "Red Clay." Hubbard... | Grammy-winning trumpeter long fought heart disease, spokesman says .
Hubbard played with major jazz figures including Art Blakey and Herbie Hancock .
Hubbard was named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master in 2006 . |
17234e7436a00004ec67bb72d47b48e43d8ad16f | (CNN) -- Once the most popular smartphone, the BlackBerry has been losing ground in the past year to iPhone and Android models. So Research in Motion is trying to carve out a new market with the PlayBook (the upcoming BlackBerry tablet) due to hit stores in the U.S. and Canada on April 19. Prices start at $499, same as... | BlackBerry's PlayBook tablet hits stores April 19 and will start at $499 .
In an effort to make the PlayBook more attractive, BlackBerry is opening it to Android apps .
But few Android app developers may be willing to jump through hurdles for an unproven tablet .
The PlayBook also falls short in terms of supporting int... |
1723c18dab98919c28c2e505790d7ee41e65a225 | (Wired) -- After releasing two generations of iPhones with exactly the same form factor, Apple is expected to show off a new chassis design -- and possibly new materials -- in its sixth-generation smartphone. And a little-known alloy that Apple has quietly been using for the past two years could be just the ticket to m... | Korea's IT News reported that the iPhone 5 is likely to be housed in 'Liquidmetal'
Liquidmetal was discovered at the California Institute of Technology in 1992 .
The molding process is still a relatively new technology, and it's fairly expensive . |
1724bd9bf22ed8ac9757b2674129438e6b0e30ca | Cairo, Egypt (CNN)It was news Lois Greste hoped to hear for more than a year. "I sort of dreamed about it quietly, not daring to think about it too much," she said Monday, grinning as she described her relief at learning her son was released from prison and safely out of Egypt. Australian Al Jazeera journalist Peter Gr... | Australia's foreign minister says journalist Peter Greste was released "unconditionally"
Greste is "safe, healthy and very, very happy to be on his way home," his brother says .
He says the Australian Al Jazeera journalist "won't rest" until his colleagues are also freed . |
17256593a4bea94933fb368d25e247ae4f040546 | (CNN)Here's the complete list of nominees for the 87th Academy Awards. The Oscars show will be held February 22. Best Picture . "American Sniper" "Birdman" "Boyhood" "The Grand Budapest Hotel" "The Imitation Game" "Selma" "The Theory of Everything" "Whiplash" Best Director . Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" Ale... | Oscar nominations were announced in Hollywood Thursday morning .
"Birdman" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" led with 9 nods apiece .
"The Imitation Game" received 8 nominations . |
17271772198999984826904553adf1efdc9863e1 | By . Emma Glanfield . This is the moment an Argentinian polo player broke the royal protocol by placing a hand on the Queen’s back as she presented a winner’s trophy at the Cartier Polo Cup. Sportsman Facundo Pieres placed a tender hand on the top of the Queen’s back and again on her shoulder as Her Majesty presented h... | Facundo Pieres placed a tender hand on the Queen's back after polo match .
Her Majesty attended the annual event in Windsor with Duke of Edinburgh .
According to protocol, Queen should not be touched except for handshake . |
1727576ef74d4458c9f6c1a5a1fd69d4172949f6 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor and Becky Barrow . PUBLISHED: . 06:32 EST, 13 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:03 EST, 14 November 2012 . The crippling rise in university tuition fees has fuelled the biggest increase in the cost of living for more than a year, official figures revealed yesterday. Inflat... | Consumer Prices Index rises by bigger-than-expected 2.7 per cent .
Near-trebling of tuition fees to £9,000 and floods wiping out potato and carrot harvests blamed .
Treasury says rise is 'disappointing' as experts predict it will top 3 per cent by January . |
1727dbbcd8a52702587e761f464c3f9ad6247ab5 | Craig Kieswetter suffered a horrific eye injury after a cricket ball hit him in the face during Somerset's LV= County Championship match at Northamptonshire. The 26-year-old was struck off the bowling of David Willey whilst at the crease for Somerset. Ouch: Somerset's Craig Kieswetter was hit in the face after mistimin... | Craig Kieswetter suffered a horrific eye injury during Somerset's LV= County Championship match at Northamptonshire .
Kieswetter had a bloody right eye after a cricket ball was lodged into his helmet whilst batting .
The wicketkeeper was struck in the face off the bowling of David Willey and had to retire hurt after sc... |
17283e60cfbcd76106e100e3958327209ca1bc5c | (CNN) -- Gunmen launched grenades and used machetes against Muslims being evacuated in a truck convoy in Central African Republic, killing at least three children and 19 adults, a humanitarian group said Saturday. At least 23 more people, including children, were injured in Friday's attack and were being treated in a h... | "It is a sign of the still fraught and highly dangerous situation," aid leader says .
Attackers strike a convoy carrying Muslims, Save the Children group says .
The African country is wracked by violence between Christians and Muslims .
At least 23 more people are injured and being treated at a hospital the group suppo... |
17288bf7103fab9459507c8331368c6f252f1709 | By . Ap . and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 21:27 EST, 7 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 07:57 EST, 8 January 2014 . A Florida inmate was executed Tuesday for fatally stabbing a prison guard with a sharpened spoon while on death row for abducting and killing a Miami couple. Askari Abdullah Muhammad, previously known... | Askari Abdullah Muhammad murdered a Florida couple and a prison guard .
Muhammad killed the guard with a sharpened spoon .
Muhammad had been on Death Row for nearly 40 years . |
1728b9a1dcba7fa792374cfc1d3b4b86c4344c6d | Americans are more skeptical of climate change than people in other leading countries, according to an international survey. Global Trends 2014, a survey of more than 16,000 people in 20 countries, also revealed how divided Americans are over the cause and treatment of global warming. When asked if climate change is la... | 16,000 people in 20 countries interviewed for Global Trends 2014 survey .
54% of Americans believe climate change is largely human-caused .
But only 57% think we're headed for environmental disaster unless we change our habits . |
172a83e31be04816afa95453ee5395518a2d1771 | An al-Qaeda linked terror group has issued a chilling propaganda video threatening Western shopping centres and singling out 'Jewish owned' Westfield malls as targets. In a 76-minute long message issued overnight, a masked militant purportedly from the al-Shabaab organisation encouraged Islamic fundamentalists to strik... | Westfield shopping centres singled out in terror group video threat .
Threat was released by the al-Shabaab jihadist organisation who were responsible for the bloody 2013 Westgate siege .
The Australian shopping company co-founded by Frank Lowy owns scores of stores in Australia, the UK and the United States .
'Just im... |
172c150e7d2016e63c3f2d535b3fa965966d3ef9 | SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- South Korea's Incheon International Airport has been voted the best in the world, according to a 10-month survey of airline passengers. Seoul's Incheon, pictured, edged out Hong Kong's International Airport and Singapore's Changi Airport. Incheon, located about 70 km (43 miles) from Seoul, o... | Incheon boasts a golf course, spa, private sleeping rooms, casino, indoor gardens .
Survey asks 8.6 million passengers at 190 airports to rate facilities .
Incheon barely edges out Hong Kong's and Singapore's airports .
Dubai voted tops for duty-free shops; Helsinki-Vantaa voted least likely to lose bags . |
172c98952c6b774b12e34419e9071042ba9cb96c | Los Angeles (CNN) -- Actor Charlie Sheen voluntarily entered an undisclosed rehabilitation center for treatment Friday, his representative said. "He is most grateful to all who have expressed their concern," Sheen representative Stan Rosenfield said. The announcement came a day after Sheen was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Me... | Porn actress says she's "very happy" Sheen's going to rehab .
The decision to enter rehab comes a day after he was rushed to a hospital .
CBS puts "Two and a Half Men" on "production hiatus"
His rep blames the hospital visit on "a hernia condition" |
172d2668b011501c20181b4925ebb6ba582f9a2f | (Real Simple) -- October 31 seems to creep up on us every single year. Still set on treating Junior to that one-of-a-kind disguise? Frightened by the idea of making your own costume from scratch? Don't be. Get into the spirit with creative ideas that can be pulled together with cupcake liners, coffee filters, and more ... | Make last-minute Halloween costumes from cupcake liners and coffee filters .
Star-shaped stickers and colored tape can transform regular clothing .
Never underestimate the power of felt and pipe cleaners on Halloween . |
172d6226f2e8bf0d36546cec5973ac4474fc9587 | (CNN)It's long been known that dogs and cats, with their highly developed sense of smell, can be trained to identify the volatile chemicals released by human illnesses. In some cases, researchers have even trained household pets to detect cancer or predict epileptic seizures. But what if we could fine tune that sense a... | Researches know that dogs and cats can sometimes detect diseases with their keen sense of smell .
Owlstone has created a microchip that can detect chemical molecules in the air with great accuracy .
Eventually the company wants to enter the healthcare space with a breathalyzer that could detect diseases .
Its 'digital ... |
172dc212091a37f6a5500edeec8682cb3e7fc61b | Critics of Uber have attempted to crash the taxi app in any way they can, one of which is getting drivers to rate passengers just one star and thereby making the rating system meritless. A Daily Dot journalist named Nimrod Kamer was fed up with Uber's privacy issues, their desire to dig up dirt on journalists, and thei... | Nimrod Kamer was fed up with Uber's privacy issues, their desire to dig up dirt on journalists, and their assault allegations .
Kamer decided to shake Uber's rating based system so that he could cause chaos for the popular app and fuel the anti Uber revolution .
Kamer believes passengers asking for one star 'will throw... |
172e42c1855e7a08654e701bc7a9a382ccdf2971 | They look like two typical fans posing in front of Kayne West as he performs at the wedding of the favourite grandson of Kazakh dictator Nursultan Nazarbayev. But the pair with their eyes on Kim Kardashian's boyfriend are two eligible Kazakh 'princesses', from enormously powerful clans in the oil and gas rich ex-Soviet... | Pair looking at Kim Kardashian's boyfriend are two Kazakh 'princesses' |
172e805bed2098f6d77419739fd637a627e44de2 | By . Bianca London . Rosie Huntington-Whiteley has a body most of us can only dream of possessing - until now. Bodyism, the lifestyle brand that Rosie swears by, has just launched a delivery service offering all the food and supplements that the supermodel lives on. Rosie, 27, religiously follows Bodyism's Clean & Lean... | Rosie, 27, follows Clean & Lean diet .
Founders partnered with The Detox Kitchen to create daily delivery service .
They say it will boost energy levels and help with healthy weightloss .
British Dietetic Association say some meals aren't balanced enough . |
1731407f71214cee3b3418a7ad6514a4155fbb07 | By . Helen Lawson . PUBLISHED: . 08:28 EST, 11 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:44 EST, 11 March 2013 . An student's rubber band ball started making a ball of rubber bands in class - and 65,000 bands later, it had stretched into the world's bounciest office chair. Industrial Design student Preston Moeller, 26, spent 336 ... | Industrial Design student Preston Moeller spent 336 hours making the chair .
His creation earned him a $3,000 prize at Appalachian State University . |
1731db7fdf93f1c13c05719566cf0aa8ffe5a72d | By . John Drayton . World Cup sticker albums will cost, on average, £450 to complete, according to new research by two mathematicians in Switzerland. With 640 stickers in the current Panini World Cup sticker album and 50p for a pack of six it should cost just £63.99 to complete the collection. However, allowing for dup... | Real cost of World Cup sticker albums is revealed by Swiss mathematicians .
Completing an album could cost as much as £450 and take 899 packs . |
1731f2797f8269d00f5cd87120e35b0ae7a7710e | The mystery of the Loch Ness monster has drawn millions to the Highlands in the search of the mythical beast. More than 80 years since she was first photographed, a recent spate of Nessie sightings has added weight to the claims that there really is something lurking in the depths of the loch. But the numerous sighting... | Loch Ness monster sightings may actually be logs, Woodland Trust say .
Driftwood could be to blame for all Loch Ness sightings, the charity said .
Several people claim to have seen the creature in the last few weeks . |
17329a436a5f99bb018a6faca885d8d3bd1896f8 | Looking as impeccable as the Queen clearly takes some effort - and she certainly doesn't travel light. A van crammed with shoes, hat boxes and bagged dresses accompanied her as she arrived in Scotland today. After the royal couple, who were celebrating their 67th wedding anniversary with a trip to Moray, had been drive... | The Queen visited RAF Lossiemouth which was home to the famous 617 Dambusters Squadron .
She was met by cheering crowds as she stepped off the train in Elgin and was presented with a posy .
Staff then filled a van with her mobile wardrobe of hat boxes, suitcases and clothes bags .
Joined by the Duke of Edinburgh on roy... |
1732a71716c54da942e03bad8612522366b0cabd | A 20-year-old Russian footballer has been shot dead while driving home in a region that has become the focus of Islamic militant activity. Anzhi Makhachkala midfielder Gasan Magomedov was driving home last night when his car was pelted with machine-gun fire. He died while being taken to hospital. No arrests have been m... | Anzhi Makhachkala player Gasan Magomedov shot dead driving home .
He was pelted with machine-gun fire and died while being taken to hospital .
The footballer was shot in the region of Dagestan in North Caucasus .
That region has been the focus of Islamist militant activity in Russia . |
1734ed12f7e374594f7ab89b8c2f03ad0b037d39 | Two British researchers detained in Qatar while looking into the poor treatment of migrant workers as the Gulf state prepares to host the 2022 World Cup have been released. Researcher Krishna Upadhyaya, 52, and photographer Ghimire Gundev, 36, from London, went missing in the Qatari capital of Doha on August 31 as they... | Two researchers had been looking into poor treatment of migrant workers .
They went missing on August 31 while preparing to leave the country .
Their employer has said the men have been set free but not yet left Qatar . |
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