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191947fd26bf7be13edda0ae8e327cc7298e9dc1 | By . Steve Robson . PUBLISHED: . 07:40 EST, 16 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:41 EST, 16 August 2013 . Battle: Tom Brown, 67, says he has been the victim of a 'relentless pursuit' by the Post Office in the past five years . A sub-postmaster accused of stealing £85,000 by the Post Office has won a five-year battle to c... | Tom Brown, from Durham, suspended after shortfall was discovered in 2007 .
Grandfather-of-three always maintained it was the result of a computer glitch .
Police found no evidence of criminality but Post Office pursued civil case .
Company finally dropped the claim just months before case was due to begin . |
191b580aa68cce951763afc64f4cdf8ad865eeb4 | With his five goals, his bright yellow jersey and his boyish looks, James Rodriguez has attracted the attention of Brazil. Precocious and virtuoso are just two of the words used to describe the 22-year-old playmaker ahead of Colombia’s World Cup quarter final against Brazil on Friday. Just 22, he is already Colombia’s ... | Rodriguez made professional debut aged 15 for Colombian team Envigado .
Just 22, he is already Colombia’s top scorer at a World Cup .
Faustino Asprilla says Rodriguez 'can be the best Colombian player ever' |
191b8ce1e3fedf889fda212732d3f5ffd85e7c8c | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 08:55 EST, 14 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:46 EST, 14 November 2013 . Prince Harry and the wounded servicemen and women he is trekking to the South Pole with got a warm send off for their gruelling charity race today. The 29-year-old royal and his team of adventurers were at London'... | The 29-year-old royal and his team of adventurers will travel 208 miles .
It is part of the Walking With The Wounded challenge .
Harry's .
participation in the challenge is one of his toughest tests yet . |
191bd519edb85cfffa5d6c968b1def7c3ddc6ccf | By . Ruth Styles . 'I'm wearing a shirt by Marks and Spencer and a pair of Calvin Klein jeans,' beams Eric Foreson, a trader from Ghana's capital, Accra. 'It happens like that sometimes.' But Mr Foreson's designer threads didn't come from a boutique. Instead they arrived in a batch of second-hand clothes sourced from a... | Charity shop clothing is sold to wholesalers in countries like Ghana .
They sell it on and can make up to £25,000 a day selling cast-offs .
Known locally as 'oboni wawu' or 'dead white man's clothing'
Second hand clothing trade has decimated local textile factories .
Poorest people are sold tattiest clothes and pay aro... |
191c09c67b7ee257d34f8094781c80e4fc5ba7ac | By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 03:23 EST, 24 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:39 EST, 24 January 2013 . A 64-year-old car dealer nicknamed 'Yoda' by workmates and subjected to jibes from colleagues about his age has won an unfair dismissal case. Workers at Evans Halshaw in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, changed Michael Nol... | Michael Nolan was subjected to taunts about his age by colleagues .
Bosses at Evans Halshaw wanted to replace him with someone younger .
He was put on a 'shortlist of one' when redundancies came around .
A tribunal ruled that he was discriminated against because of his age . |
191c66c66d2d82796d687c36499fb62f6e6395ff | By . Anna Hodgekiss . and Lizzie Parry . Hasina Ganchi was given the all-clear after a CT scan last July, but in August she suffered a brain haemorrhage . A mother-of-four suffered a brain haemorrhage after doctors gave her the all-clear when part of her brain scan results went missing. Royal Blackburn Hospital has apo... | Hasina Ganchi had a CT scan at the Royal Blackburn Hospital last July .
The mother-of-four had been suffering headaches for more than a decade .
Days after her scan the 42-year-old was given the all-clear .
But in August she collapsed at work, suffering a brain haemorrhage after an aneurysm - a swelling of blood in an ... |
191d221c96f160c6abdec545a7f76e3d4d7f8898 | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 07:51 EST, 19 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:02 EST, 19 February 2013 . Banned: David Bradley, 55, cannot teach for at least two years after he . admitted streaking across a field with a group of year 8 pupils (file picture) A grammar school teacher who streaked naked in front of ... | David Bradley, 55, admits he acted 'inappropriately' by stripping .
He also undressed in an area where children, aged 12 and 13, were naked .
Mr Bradley was found guilty of misconduct by the Teaching Agency .
They banned him today for at least two years . |
191e3cd8a9bd1ec9d86566bec07b79121e03c585 | By . Dan Bloom . PUBLISHED: . 01:46 EST, 21 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 07:32 EST, 21 January 2014 . Considering they included mustard gas and trench foot, the dangers to soldiers in the First World War were all too obvious. But their wives and daughters hardly lived comfortably either - toiling on dangerous machines... | Rare images show women manufacturing oil cakes, grain for food and deadly asbestos for fireproofing .
They were taken by official Home Front photographer GP Lewis, who specialised in images of heavy industry .
Monumental 16ft prints have gone on display at the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester . |
191e9bbbc5e3b2b7247b36681f18061a136dc28c | By . Mark Prigg . PUBLISHED: . 08:03 EST, 2 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:12 EST, 3 November 2012 . These incredible new images of Mars, taken on 6 June by the high-resolution stereo camera on ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, show the stunning beauty of the Martian landscape - and reveal the telltale signs that water... | Images show one of the largest impact basins on Mars, known as Nereidum Montes .
Show multiple fluvial, glacial and wind-driven features - and scientists believe there could still be ice under the surface in some of the craters . |
191eaaa9771c5d2ce27025c6b395f09bd1ca5b24 | Liverpool welcome Arsenal to Anfield this weekend and we could be in for a festive feast of goals - because this fixture has brought about the most hat-tricks in Premier League history. Five trebles have been scored in this match-up since the inception of the Premier League, one more than has been netted in Newcastle U... | Liverpool host Arsenal at Anfield in the Premier League on Sunday .
This fixture has produced most hat-tricks in Premier League history .
Five trebles have been netted during Liverpool and Arsenal matches .
Robbie Fowler (twice), Thierry Henry, Peter Crouch and Andrey Arshavin have all scored three or more times in a s... |
191fb2568da6d18e5f41a24d6db28537f48750b9 | Cesc Fabregas has been running the show in more ways than one this season. The Chelsea star, who’s been an integral cog in Jose Mourinho’s winning machine, has covered more ground than any other player in the Premier League this season. Indeed Fabregas became the first player to complete more than 100 miles in Chelsea’... | Fabregas covered almost 102 miles in his 14 Premier League appearances .
The Spaniard has been in excellent form since his arrival from Barcelona .
He's joined on the list by Nemanja Matic and Hull's Jake Livermore .
They are the only three players to have run more than 100 miles this term .
Is Fabregas the signing of... |
19201a2f495fed38a5acf719aee518e8fe157778 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 15:43 EST, 23 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:46 EST, 23 February 2013 . A woman who asked Joe Biden a question on gun control during an online debate said yesterday that she found the vice president's reply 'poor advice' and 'sexist.' During the town hall on Tuesday Kate Ernes... | Kate Ernest asked vice president about gun control during online chat .
Biden told her she didn't need a AR-15 rifle and 'buy a shotgun' instead .
Ernest said yesterday she felt his words were 'sexist' |
1921fa7aba03cc41adda05ebd20d94c5cd0b6ef6 | Istanbul (CNN) -- Police barricaded Istanbul's main Taksim Square and used water cannons to disperse crowds on Saturday to prevent demonstrators from entering Gezi Park, the site of protests for more than a month. Interior Minister Muammer Guler said the government won't permit "illegal" demonstrations in the park. "We... | NEW: Video shows men using machete, stick .
Government won't allow "illegal" gatherings, interior minister says .
Witnesses reported use of water cannons and tear gas .
Court overruled parts of Taksim development project, including plans to rebuild barracks . |
19223605e0287809a065f145050147a69f2ef02b | You wanted to know more about greenwashing, and Scot Case, from environmental marketing firm TerraChoice, answered. Greenwashing expert Scot Case of TerraChoice . "Why are green products often more expensive than ones that don't say they are green or environmentally friendly? Is it just because green has become a new f... | Scot Case answers your questions on greenwashing .
Has green become a new form of "premium brand"?
What green words and phrases should raise a red flag?
Click here to read more answers to your questions . |
1922cdc819d255e1cf27cc7580cf86691701ef45 | By . Ruth Styles . He's guzzled blood direct from the veins of a cow, spent weeks enduring sub-zero temperatures and gone hunting in the desert equipped with nothing more than poison-tipped arrows. Meet biologist turned explorer, Hazen Audel, 40, from Washington: the star of National Geographic's new survival show, Sur... | Hazen Audel, 40, has lived with some of the world's most isolated tribes .
Among them are the Samburu, the Inuit, the Huaorani and the Kazakhs .
During his time with the Samburu he lived on cow's blood mixed with milk .
Says he almost froze to death while living in an Arctic igloo with the Inuit .
Appears in new Nation... |
19233120ba417179b89a9ad9ba897d7430a048a6 | A simulated school shooting in Massachusetts showed what 'active shooter' technology could do to help police catch a gunman if the horrific threat ever strikes. In the live demonstration, the 'gunman' entered the school armed with an assault rifle, opening fire with dummy rounds first in the school library and then r... | Simulated shooting in Massachusetts showed how system could aid police .
In live demonstration, 'gunman' entered school armed with an assault rifle .
He opened fire with dummy rounds in the library, hallways and classrooms .
Smoke alarm-sized sensors in building were activated by sounds of gunfire .
Police were immedia... |
192606bd21c558bddc7c2373635911df4c22d5ac | A former party-lover has given up cocktails, cigarettes and burlesque dancing and converted to Islam after falling for a Muslim man nine years her junior. Mother-of-three Claire Birkill, 37, from Nottingham, overhauled her lifestyle after a trip to Gambia in January where she met fiance, Sarif Jallow, 28. In her days o... | Mother-of-three Claire Birkill, 37, from Nottingham, overhauled her lifestyle .
Used to love boozing and burlesque dancing, wearing nipple tassels .
Has given up her hedonistic ways after meeting Muslim fiance Sarif Jallow .
Learnt about his religion and decided to convert .
Changed her name to Jameela, wears a hijab a... |
1926c2a96864ce6cccab395483b30cd843f1cd64 | (CNN)The first doses of the Ebola vaccine were on a commercial flight to West Africa and were expected to arrive on Friday, according to a spokesperson from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) one of the companies that has created the vaccine with the National Institutes of Health. Another vaccine from Merck and NewLink will also be... | The first vials of an Ebola vaccine should land in Liberia Friday .
Some 37,000 people are expected to be involved in the first large-scale test of the vaccine .
Health care workers will be the first to get the vaccine as they are most vulnerable . |
19272f76067a3afe0a35874d0a603176cb22493c | Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN) -- In a classroom tucked away from the world in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, students practice spelling. Ranging in age from 6 to 11, these girls all have one thing in common: They have either been raped or suffered through the rape of a loved one. Even the 6-year-old is a rape survivor. The b... | The Elman Peace and Human Rights Center became Somalia's first rape crisis center in 2011 .
U.N.: At least 1,700 women raped last year in camps for displaced people in Mogadishu .
Somalia's new government has said it will take steps to tackle sexual violence .
Reforms are needed of security services, judiciary and soci... |
1927465d0b0887a0e32e94d99ff5d34f9a59dd1f | A woman who ‘rescued’ what she thought was a stray kitten ended up in court after selling the animal. Mother-of-four Suzanne Gilmore, 30, found the £400 pedigree Siamese kitten under a bush and took it back to her Blackpool home. For a month she cared for the creature, but after deciding the expense was too much, adver... | Suzanne Gilmore found Siamese kitten and took it to her Blackpool home .
For a month she cared for cat, but decided it was too expensive and sold it .
New owner later discovered that the cat had been lost by original owner .
Cat and original owner were reunited and Gilmore found herself in court . |
19281aedd1c30570ad623390510ef968d59c35bd | (CNN)A little more than 20 years ago, Dubai was an arid desert outpost on the shores of the Persian Gulf. Today, world famous architecture rises high above the city's streets, vast columns of cars roar along highways that reach out to its ever expanding suburbs while offices for some of the world's largest firms popula... | Dubai has grown at a rapid pace in recent years as has its property market .
Residential property prices have risen by 27.7% in last year, according to Knight Frank .
Dubai authorities keen to ensure property bubble does not develop .
International investors continue to flow into Dubai, luxury real estate agents say . |
192a61905a3accaa342ceb9cb9b29147ca35921e | By . Tom Goodenough . PUBLISHED: . 09:15 EST, 10 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:42 EST, 11 July 2012 . A circus acrobat who starred in Britain’s Got Talent lost his 'Wheel of Death' stunt act after a disgruntled nephew stole it and sold it for scrap, a court heard today. Wayne Vanderwesthuizen, 46, was planning to use t... | Wayne Vanderwesthuizen, 46, spent £6,500 on the 'Wheel of Death' but his nephew sold the act for just £585, it is alleged .
Court also hears that Jeremy Vanderwesthuizen sold his uncle's van on eBay after claiming he was owed money for performances .
Vanderwesthuizens were set to star in the second round of Britain's G... |
192ac5a634682a3c98bcae73717ba416f60480dc | (CNN) -- Doctors in Havana, Cuba, completed a six-hour surgical procedure on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday evening in a televised address. The state-run Venezuelan Television's website said in a headline, "The operation was a success." Maduro thanked Venezuelans who had pr... | NEW: state-run media says the operation is a success .
Official says Chavez is absolutely confident he will overcome his illness .
"It's a very delicate operation," Ecuador's president says .
Analyst: Some speculate Chavez's health problems are not life-threatening . |
192ad60ac3f5e1bf2def4287febafdf75d5f5fc8 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 3:19 PM on 20th July 2011 . Under pressure: David Cameron leaves Downing Street on his way to address the Commons about phone hacking . Rupert Murdoch's company was guilty of ‘deliberately thwarting’ the criminal investigation into the News of the World, according to a hard-hi... | MPs 'deplore' News International response to original hacking probe .
Murdoch company 'deliberately thwarted' criminal investigation .
Senior Scotland Yard figures are branded 'unprofessional'
David Cameron to make emergency statement to Commons today .
Senior Royal staff voiced 'real concern' over Andy Coulson appoint... |
192c299f49906a718198dec084c04860563e60ee | Home Secretary Theresa May has ordered a review into claims police are misusing controversial anti-terror powers to uncover journalists’ sources . Home Secretary Theresa May has ordered a review into claims police are misusing controversial anti-terror powers to uncover journalists’ sources. Home Office officials will ... | Theresa May has ordered review into claims officers are misusing powers .
Concerns police bypass legal protections meant to safeguard whislteblowers .
Interception of Communications chief Sir Paul Kennedy launched an inquiry .
The probe comes after revelations police secretly obtained private records .
Sir Paul said it... |
192d0440d7d518351b744864df8e0ac1a020afe6 | By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 12:27 EST, 18 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:22 EST, 19 October 2012 . They were the tools of a father and son's horrific interest in the bloody and illegal sport of cock fighting. This sickening stash of metal spurs was found by RSPCA inspectors who raided the homes of Mark Giles snr... | Cruel Mark Giles snr, 48, and son Mark Giles jnr, 26, ran a massive illegal bird network and owned 484 cocks bred for fighting .
The pair even took their animals to fights across the globe including Brazil, the Philippines and France .
Their standing in the blood sport was so .
high that Giles snr even featured on the ... |
192d848d2653fe0f8fe7ccd4648dbe208a1ca0fa | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Bill Clinton has claimed his wife isn't out of touch with ordinary Americans after the former First Lady claimed to have been 'dead broke' when leaving the White House. As the former first couple appeared at an event to talk about the gap between rich and poor on Tuesday, Clinton was forced t... | Bill was speaking at Clinton Foundation event on income inequality .
Former First Lady Hillary recently said the Clinton family was 'dead broke' when Bill's presidency ended .
Clintons are the wealthiest living family to have left the White House . |
192f17fcf8e1cce8694f59c8c416baf6f99eadc4 | A Czech porn star who played a prisoner in one of her films has been arrested after allegedly leading police on a 136mph high speed car chase through Prague while high on crystal meth. Sona Muellerova who goes by the stage name of Laura Crystal had been asked to attend her local police station after earlier being caugh... | Sona Muellerova was arrested after leading police on high speed car chase .
Came after she went to police station to hand in her licence due to ban .
She then went to her car to drive home and officers chased the 25-year-old .
When they finally caught up with her she was going at 136 miles per hour .
She was arrested a... |
192f7eceefb2176d10b375533d6267e000e13250 | The strain placed on the NHS by patients from abroad is revealed by figures showing that around half a million immigrants sign up at GP surgeries every year. The startling finding has come from independent research because the Government has failed to look into the impact of immigration on the health system. Adding to ... | Many surgeries are leading new arrivals to believe that all care is free .
This is despite the fact migrants should pay for expensive treatment .
Around 500,000 immigrants are signing up with GP surgeries every year .
Experts believe that 200,000 of those signing up are from within the EU . |
192fe5a585fff9f70bd622bbc8d8b2a891e54302 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- College football's perennial armchair-quarterback argument over the need for a clear-cut national champion came to Capitol Hill Friday. College football teams play in the BCS for the national championship trophy. The House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection held a hearing to di... | Bowl Championship Series decides college football's national champ .
Perennial argument is that a playoff system would be a better way to decide .
House committee hears testimony from officials, coaches on both sides . |
193080e846e92ce7c6f72c9c5b6e72d5408161f9 | Detectives in New York are holding a 'person of interest' in the brutal murder of a British football coach who was stabbed to death and had his ear sliced off. Michael Jones, 25, was left in a pool of blood yesterday after the 'frenzied' assault near Union Square, a popular destination for tourists in Lower Manhattan. ... | Michael Jones, from a village near Southport, moved to U.S. five years ago .
Jones worked as a youth coach with the New York Red Bulls soccer team .
He was stabbed multiple times through neck and chest .
Passersby believed it was an early Halloween prank .
Video footage shows possible suspect walking away from scene . |
193142f33705764e2617e4ca2519d0c4921e20f1 | By . Emma Reynolds . PUBLISHED: . 03:44 EST, 5 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:06 EST, 6 November 2012 . Investigated: There are now 300 child abuse allegations against Jimmy Savile . Jimmy's Savile's youngest victim was just eight years old, it has emerged after she came forward to sue the late DJ's £4.3million esta... | Woman says she was abused while in hospital recovering from operation .
Craig Biven's mother had an affair with Savile when she was a teenager .
He is haunted by idea that his his father was a paedophile .
Liz Boothe, now 70, says 'Sav' was 'mean and arrogant' and did not let her eat when they went to restaurants .
She... |
1933230701eb024b59b947a34739e22da5f000a4 | (CNN) -- The last time most New Yorkers focused on pillaged antiquities from Cambodia was likely after the release of the Angelina Jolie film "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider," which featured the heroine's adventures through the country's famous archaeological wonder, Angkor Wat. Now, real "tomb raiding" is making the news as ... | Writers: Met and Sotheby's have ancient figures thought to have been looted in Cambodia .
U.S. authorities have attempted to seize Sotheby's figures; now Cambodia seeking those at Met .
Vlasic, Davis say some in art world act the victim because Cambodia wants its art back .
Writers: Why would anyone want stolen art? Bo... |
1933892e85ff240307d9da05dab3ad9ece0cfab3 | A futuristic train that could on day become the future of underground rail travel has been unveiled. A full-size concept model of Inspiro - a driverless train that is more energy efficient than current models in use with more creature comforts for commuters, will go on show at an exhibition in London. Siemens, the comp... | Siemens' Inspiro concept train is 30% more energy efficient with more capacity than similar modern metro trains and boasts full air conditioning .
Company hinted that next generation trains could be built in UK .
The full-size concept model goes on show from October 8 on the site of The Crystal in Royal Victoria Docks,... |
1934c21679dcb5465e89bacb9bb7d29c4d2051c0 | By . Louise Eccles and Keith Gladdis In Mombasa, Kenya . PUBLISHED: . 17:08 EST, 26 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:11 EST, 27 May 2013 . Anti-terror police in Kenya have accused the British of ignoring their warnings that Woolwich murder suspect Michael Adebolajo was a dangerous radical. Adebolajo was arrested in Kenya i... | Kenyan police arrested Woolwich suspect Michael Adebolajo on suspicion of leading a jihadist plot to cross into Somalia .
Kenyan authorities claim they presented their evidence to British Embassy .
However, they say British insisted Adebolajo had no criminal record .
It is claimed that soon after he was targeted by MI5... |
19351209d547bbd0ddad6ffecc925c29694c4640 | NEW YORK (CNN) -- Two customers are suing Wal-Mart for negligence after being injured in a mad rush for post-Thanksgiving bargains that left one store employee dead, the men's attorney said Tuesday. A temporary worker at this Wal-Mart was crushed to death when shoppers rushed into the store last week. Temporary Wal-Mar... | Men suffered injuries after being carried along in rush for bargains, suit claims .
Customers also filed claim against police, say they didn't maintain order .
One store employee killed in post-Thanksgiving rush for bargains . |
1935ed0bc87c62db4360f1ba549c758954a4f722 | By . Bianca London . Holly Branson, the eldest daughter of Sir Richard Branson, is expecting twins. The 32-year-old doctor shared the exciting news on her father's company website, as well as via her Twitter account. Writing on Virgin.com, she explained that she wouldn't be taking part in the Virgin Strive Challenge, a... | Doctor Holly shared the news on Virgin's website .
Explained she won't be taking part in Strive Challenge due to pregnancy .
Met Freddie Andrews at school in Oxford and tied the knot in 2012 .
Richard Branson has long been keen for Holly to have children . |
1935f86bccacde9a7d5591e1d081c4c70468cbda | It's only three days in, with some of the biggest acts still to come. But for the models catwalking at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2015 in New York City, things are in full swing. There's early starts, late finishes, mad rushes through Manhattan from show-to-show, and a never-ending stream of hair-and-make-up chair... | Saturday marked day three of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2015 .
Models from all over the world descend upon New York City .
Social media flooded with selfies and backstage snaps .
Event runs until February 19 . |
19372cb7e1de66813965efe4238276887832d1fb | By . Nazia Parveen . PUBLISHED: . 09:39 EST, 15 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:16 EST, 15 November 2013 . A soldier returned home from the front line to find the dead body of his fiancee, who had hanged herself after suffering from postnatal depression. Linzi Mannion had told friends she was looking forward to marry... | Lance Sgt Robert Kopicki discovered Linzi Mannion's body .
Inquest told Miss .
Mannion's depression began after the birth of daughter .
Friends say she gave no indication she was contemplating .
harming herself .
Coroner recorded an open verdict . |
1937667ed80ea8f30b5da75ffa142792b996c7d7 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:00 EST, 8 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:54 EST, 9 June 2013 . A photographer scaled the world's highest skyscraper to shoot vertigo-inducing photos of the brave workers who perform essential maintenance at its very peak. Joe McNally ascended more than half a mile to the very t... | The Burj Khalifa stands 2,722ft over the city of Dubai .
It has been the world's tallest building since 2010 . |
1938800662421e2a424c3e71e2310a30836fcb25 | (CNN) -- Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal made light work of their opening matches on the 2010 ATP Tour circuit on Tuesday, but a man who has beaten the world's top two tennis players suffered an embarrassing defeat. No. 1 Federer brushed aside unseeded Belgian Christophe Rochus 6-1 6-2 in the first round of the Qatar Op... | Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal win their opening matches on the 2010 ATP Tour circuit .
The world's top two players triumph in straight sets in first round at Qatar Open in Doha .
Robin Soderling, who has beaten both recently, loses as top seed at Chennai Open .
Younes El Aynaoui, 38, becomes the oldest player to win o... |
1939dea6acd8c2c33d60a0b44e26e5a467f68e5a | By . James Nye . PUBLISHED: . 10:31 EST, 9 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:30 EST, 9 April 2013 . The teen hiker who was rescued after spending five days lost in a Californian national park has revealed she began eating dirt and hallucinating a snake was eating her during her ordeal. Suffering from hunger and severe deh... | Kyndall Jack, 18, revealed that while she was lost for five days in the Californian wilderness she began to hallucinate .
Thinking that a snake was eating her alive, Jack was suffering from severe dehydration and exhaustion .
She and her friend, Nicolas Cendoya, 19, became lost near Trabuco Canyon last week after walki... |
1939e931ffae4895b2e78dcc30bb89c5e57e3bf6 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Sitting on the pavement next to his dog and sleeping bag, Simon Wright looked to all the world like a homeless beggar. But what the passers-by who gave him cash didn’t know was that he was earning over £50,000 a year and living in a £300,000 council flat in west London. At the end of every da... | Simon Wright, 37, sat in ragged clothes with his dog in Putney High Street .
Packed up sleeping bag at end of day and headed to plush Fulham home .
Handed an Asbo banning him from begging in London or entering SW15 .
Duped commuter: 'I gave him about £20. I wonder if I can get that back?' |
193aa61026004f5bf0131d04546461074c69def8 | By . Ruth Styles . PUBLISHED: . 07:53 EST, 20 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:26 EST, 4 March 2013 . The French and Italian contingent may beg to differ, for Rihanna, no one beats the British when it comes to getting dressed. 'Britain has the most fashionable kids in the world,' the singer said. 'These kids inspired ... | The singer spoke out ahead of her debut London Fashion Week show .
The Rihanna for River Island collection is due to hit stores on 5 March .
Ad images shot by Mario Sorrenti and styled by Rihanna released today . |
193af28b4ded4080694d20359144c9777000d467 | Every morning Sportsmail brings you the biggest gossip and headlines on the continent, giving you your early morning fix from the biggest leagues across Europe. In Spain, Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos has created somewhat of a media storm - by claiming the Champions League holders are 'God's team'. Ahead of Saturday's FIF... | Real Madrid face San Lorenzo in Saturday's FIFA Club World Cup final .
Pope Francis supports San Lorenzo but Sergio Ramos has joked that Real are 'God's team' and can make 'history' on Saturday .
Neymar has had a tattoo of a tiger inked on to his left forearm .
Inter Milan are reportedly chasing the signature of Aaron ... |
193bed3da535f68f996b9512bd3794b80c220ee8 | Editor's note: John M. McCardell Jr., president emeritus at Middlebury College, is founder and president of Choose Responsibility, a nonprofit organization that seeks to engage the public in debate over the effects of the 21-year-old drinking age. John McCardell says the 21-year-old drinking age isn't preventing widesp... | John McCardell: 135 college officers joined in questioning 21 as drinking age .
He says binge drinking is flourishing in locked rooms and remote areas .
He says U.S. is one of very few countries with such a high drinking age .
McCardell says alcohol is a reality in lives of 18- to 20-year-olds . |
193cd2027d2efb9b0ac38bd2c0b3a52328df9d6a | He said it was his job to 'seduce, amuse and entertain'. And a now a new exhibit shows how the legendary fashion photographer Helmut Newton succeeded on all three fronts. From this Saturday dozens of his glamorous color and monochrome images, taken between the mid-Sixties and late Seventies, will go on display at the A... | More than 100 of Newton's 'sexy and edgy' prints will be displayed at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles from June 29 . |
193dd6280235816e6d0f19dbcc61a91cc14e41e6 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 04:46 EST, 26 August 2011 . The television historian David Starkey brought his profession into disrepute when he made controversial race remarks on BBC's Newsnight, a group of leading academics have said. More than 100 historians, academics and graduate students signed an open lett... | Open letter criticises Starkey's 'crass generalisations'
Academics question BBC's choice of historian as a Newsnight panelist . |
193e73844ff3c9b70f8f147d8850ad516529d86d | Liverpool are set to open contract talks with Steven Gerrard later this week. The 34-year-old has eight months left on his current deal and would be free to sign a pre-contract agreement with foreign clubs from January 1. However, Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is anxious to keep Gerrard at Anfield and has recommend... | Steven Gerrard has eight months left on his current Liverpool contract .
The Reds captain would be free to sign a pre-contract agreement with foreign clubs from January 1 .
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is keen to keep Gerrard at Anfield . |
193f554411682532b6cbaa48d787d0bc7285242f | (CNN) -- Oppressed by war and poverty for generations, the Sudanese have struggled with terrible hardships. But the people of this vast country have a narrow window of hope to achieve progress by ridding both their nation and the world of a horrible disease forever. With support from The Carter Center and others in one... | Jimmy Carter: Sudanese have chance to rid nation and world of a horrible disease .
Guinea worm sufferers endure 3 foot-long worm emerging painfully from skin, he writes .
The Carter Center helping Sudan with education, eradication efforts .
Sudanese have been most successful during periods of relative peace, Carter say... |
193fde2eab851a9850a867f87fefc52b36c2539d | By . Jack Doyle . PUBLISHED: . 18:18 EST, 9 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:18 EST, 9 August 2013 . In talks: Illegal immigrants living in 'beds in sheds' are desperate to leave Britain and return home, Gurmel Singh-Kandola, secretary-general of the Sikh Council, has said . Illegal immigrants living in ‘beds in sheds’ ... | Gurmel Singh-Kandola said many illegal arrivals from India were stuck here .
He said they were unable to work and wanted Home Office help to go back .
His remarks are in contrast to .
fury provoked by poster campaign .
The posters stated: ‘In the UK illegally? Go home or .
face arrest.’ |
1941eb429fe17ae2ea8850d7c096ae8f835388ec | (CNN) -- As last night's Republican presidential debate over national security issues demonstrated, credibility is crucial to winning a debate. Think of credibility like money you have in a bank. Each time you stretch it thin, you have less the next time you might need it. It is your own personal bank of believability.... | Todd Graham: Key currency in debates is your stock of credibility .
He says Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman added to their credibility .
Credibility of Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Herman Cain running low, he says .
Graham: Newt Gingrich successfully defended unpopular stances . |
194274c363d32ca75081393f425c33d26101f0e9 | West Bromwich Albion have received ‘no enquiries whatsoever’ for Saido Berahino, according to head coach Alan Irvine. Tottenham and Liverpool have been heavily linked with the England Under 21 striker, but neither have registered an interest with his Midlands club. Talks over a new, improved contract following his impr... | Saido Berahino has been linked with a move to Liverpool and Tottenham .
However Alan Irvine is 'sure' Berahino will remain at The Hawthorns .
The forward has scored eight goals in 20 games for West Brom . |
19431fec9d5e8d46957b02b861c8219b02e7bf08 | These amazing pictures show the life-or-death struggle faced by Kurdish fighters as they battle through rubble-strewn streets against ISIS extremists in the battle for Syrian border town of Kobane. Images from the front-line show the trail of destruction left in the town, where weeks of fighting have taken place as Isl... | Images from the front-line show the trail of destruction in the war-torn town where there has been weeks of fighting .
Islamic State militants have been making their advances on Kobane since September as residents are forced to flee .
Men can be seen carrying guns as they patrol rubble streets as others cower in one of... |
194323eb01baa0b789787682adb394496ff004f1 | Robots may well replace factory workers over the next decade, but they don't pose a serious threat to middle class jobs, claims billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel. Venture capitalist Thiel, who co-founded PayPal and was early backer of Facebook, dismissed claims that machines pose an imminent threat to American... | Dismissed claims that machines pose an imminent threat to American workers .
Said it could be 100 years before middle class jobs are threatened by artificially-intelligent robots .
New research claims falling cost of industrial robots will allow manufacturers to use them to replace more factory workers over the next de... |
19468722a458b630b7fb3cd37e205ecaff9c4ec8 | By . Daily Mail . PUBLISHED: . 18:21 EST, 4 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:47 EST, 5 July 2012 . Complaints about cold-calling telemarketing firms and spam text messages rose more than 40 per cent last year. The latest figures reveal there were more than 7,000 complaints from the public to the Information Commissioner's... | Panorama claims some companies ignore people's wishes to have cold calls blocked .
New legal powers mean worst offenders face fines of up to £500,000 . |
194737787b8840275506a52e0e66b647c2a1218c | By . Sportsmail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 03:18 EST, 9 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:19 EST, 9 October 2012 . Adam Hammill has been bailed following allegation of assault. Above, in action for Huddersfield . Former England prospect Adam Hammill has been arrested over claims he attacked a female paramedic called out to... | Adam Hammill, 24, bailed following alleged assault outside Liverpool vodka bar . |
1948f84613a7da56c1f6da90d92b6024bc7c5e12 | Editor's note: Timothy P. O'Neill, a professor at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois, has written and lectured widely on criminal law and criminal procedure. Among his articles was a 2007 piece for the Oklahoma Law Review: "The Stepford Justices: The Need for Experiential Diversity on the Roberts Court."... | Timothy P. O'Neill: No judge on Supreme Court now has legislative background .
He says none of the nine have held, or even run for, elective office .
O'Neill: All but one attended Harvard or Yale Law School .
He says court would perform better if its membership had broader backgrounds . |
19497ecab6273cbb17bc38c93c6b1b76a2efd05e | By . Sarah Griffiths . Imagine being able to run an optical fibre to any point on Earth or in space. That is what one physicist says could be possible in the future, opening up the possibility of communicating with colonies of people on Mars via a kind of broadband, for example. Professor Howard Milchberg believes that... | Air waveguide could be used to improve light signals from distant sources .
Guide is a ‘wall’ of low-density air surrounding a core of higher density air .
It works like an optical fibre, guiding beams of light over long distance .
This could improve laser communications and help detect pollution in air .
Technology co... |
1949db03b04d0ef92f34072acb966e9ea673ba97 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:16 EST, 12 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:55 EST, 12 July 2013 . Oakland police have arrested the father of a missing 21-month-old girl on suspicion of endangering the girl's life by leaving her in a parked car with his mother, who suffers from dementia, while he ran to the sto... | Daphne Viola Webb, aged 21 months old, was snatched from father's SUV parked near Oakland store .
John Webb, 49, faces child derangement charge for leaving Daphne with dementia-stricken 87-year-old grandmother .
Witnesses saw a woman come up to SUV and carry toddler away . |
194b2af0ab8b3804458624794f7767cb50623fdd | (CNN) -- Americans should avoid all but essential travel to all or parts of 14 Mexican states, the U.S. State Department warns as violence has spread. Shootouts, kidnappings and carjackings have climbed, as have cartels, also known as transnational criminal organizations (TCO), the State Department said this week in a ... | Americans are urged to avoid travel to all or parts of 14 states .
Shootouts, kidnappings and carjackings are cited .
120 U.S. citizens were reported killed in Mexico last year . |
194c0e5d7b13c7386ec715b363378a88355d61a5 | Loic Remy will not be wearing Chelsea’s cursed No 9 jersey this season. The exit of Fernando Torres had freed up the shirt traditionally worn by centre forwards. But Remy, who has joined Chelsea in a £10.5million deal from Queens Park Rangers, has opted for No 18, confirmed on Wednesday night when Premier League clubs ... | Chelsea announce full list of squad numbers for the 2014/15 season .
Fernando Torres' No 9 shirt has been left untouched .
New striker Loic Remy has selected the No 18 shirt . |
194c35c2cc98d02dbf1eb396a151d4b6c50dfbad | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 22:33 EST, 13 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:29 EST, 14 June 2013 . What does half a million dollars buy you in one of Hollywood's trendiest neighborhoods? Not much, is the answer. A petite property with one bedroom and one bathroom has been put on the market in California for a w... | The 480 square feet bungalow in Los Feliz is currently on the market .
Built in the 1920s, it comes with one bedroom, one bathroom and a very cute garden . |
194c4a13ec5f5c534c7854784274963c5b6151f8 | By . David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 10:40 EST, 6 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:55 EST, 6 November 2013 . Democrats in New Jersey outnumber Republicans by 700,000. But Chris Christie, the state's swaggering GOP governor, won re-election easily on Tuesday night in what was certainly a preview of... | Christie will hit the road as the new chief of the Republican Governors Association, visiting states that will play big roles in 2016 .
The New Jersey governor win big among traditional Democratic constituencies, giving the GOP new hope for broader appeal .
'He's proved that a conservative Republican can get votes from... |
194ffd7f7acb3285cf2ecc813679d54b50fa2605 | By . Associated Press . and Ellie Zolfagharifard . At London's Royal Free hospital, scientists are growing noses, ears and blood vessels in the laboratory in a bold attempt to make body parts using stem cells. It is among several labs around the world, including in the U.S., that are working on the futuristic idea of g... | London's Royal Free hospital is among several in the .
world that are working on the futuristic idea of .
growing custom-made organs in the lab .
Few have .
received the lab-made organs so far - including ears and windpipes - but researchers hope they will soon .
transplant more .
They hope to transplant world's first... |
1950c9bd754a8b2868e3082c01d67c46fecf3f15 | By . Jennifer Smith . PUBLISHED: . 13:20 EST, 31 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:04 EST, 1 September 2013 . A staple in most kitchen cupboards since the 1950s, Heinz Baked Beans have been around for a while. It's easy to see how the brand has changed advertising tactics to remain popular among British households after ... | Heinz beans have been a staple in British home since the 1950s .
First TV commercial in .
1955 reminded housewives of the beans' value .
The seventies encouraged a series of .
print advertisements called 'Exoticz!'
Modern adverts, such as the 'Snap pots' campaign, have shown Heinz to be a brand of convenience . |
1951e5c1580c39044fea59e34256b00fdc2161c1 | A devoted cat owner claims her beloved moggies saved her life by alerting her to the fact she had cancer. Stephanie Doody, 55, had no symptoms of the disease - but says her three feline friends repeatedly nudged her stomach. Her doctor later discovered a tumour on her appendix – a rare cancer usually has no symptoms an... | Stephanie Doody, 55, claims her cats saved her life by 'smelling' her cancer .
Cats Rennie, Dinky and Jaffy began following her and poking her abdomen .
Months later she found a small lump which turned out to be cancerousas diagnosed with rare appendix cancer that normally goes unnoticed .
Had a 12 hour operation to re... |
1952d71fa224184e20e736398d086c912d3b4890 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:40 EST, 23 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:40 EST, 23 August 2013 . Hospital administrators have taken a 10-year-old patient's parents to court to force them to allow her to get life saving chemotherapy treatment. Sarah Hershberger has leukemia and her parents brought her to A... | Sarah Hershberger, 10, has leukemia and doctors say she will die unless she receives chemotherapy .
Her Amish parents initially allowed her to receive chemotherapy- and her visible tumors disappeared- but they stopped the treatment because she said she was in too much pain .
Doctors are now trying to have the court gra... |
1954a55a84460eeaf00211a3a3cf12c73ede733c | A tennis fan who claims she suffered serious injuries after fainting from the heat at an Australian Open tennis match is suing the organisers for negligence. Susan Carman, 57, claims she suffered serious injuries after collapsing during a scorching Andy Murray match at Hisense Arena in Melbourne in 2013. The woman from... | Susan Carman is suing the organisers of the event for negligence .
She said there was not enough cover as players endured 40 degree heat .
She suffered a fractured left ankle, ligament damage, and scarring .
She is claiming damages for lost income and to compensate her family .
A five-day County Court trial is schedule... |
1956ca81610dc550b6ada39b9a29ec811f11a865 | By . Associated Press . and Zoe Szathmary . Staffers were evacuated from the American embassy in Libya on Saturday and sent to Tunisia safely, officials said. 'All embassy personnel were relocated, including the Marine security guards who were providing security at the embassy and during the movement,' Pentagon Press S... | The United States shut down its embassy .
in Libya on Saturday and evacuated its diplomats to neighboring Tunisia .
under U.S. military escort .
American personnel at the Tripoli .
embassy, which had already been operating with limited staffing, left .
the capital around dawn and traveled by road to neighboring Tunisia... |
1956f3bcadda444b66860624e8596697d680bed8 | By . Alex Greig . A Texas real-estate developer is in possession of footage of John F. Kennedy's motorcade from that fateful day in Dallas that he believes supports the theory that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone. Whether or not the footage is genuine isn't yet known, but if it is, it would represent a dramatic dev... | Texas real-estate developer Stephen Bowen claims to have footage of JFK's assassination .
He says he footage was taken by a Houston news producer on November 22, 1963 .
The tape reportedly depicts a second shooter hiding in the bushes along the route of JFK's motorcade .
Bowen is hoping to sell the footage to the highe... |
1957d0701bb64aaa36249f2b9b0a0e43ef31410b | Was a police officer justified in shooting and killing Michael Brown? That's the question at the heart of the looming legal battles over the controversial case. What charges could Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson face? What would state and federal authorities have to prove in order to pursue charges? And does the ... | A Missouri grand jury is considering whether to bring charges against Darren Wilson .
A federal civil rights investigation is also underway .
Analyst: Federal civil rights cases are difficult to prove .
Former prosecutor: "Jurors are extremely sympathetic to police officers" |
19581f32c352f810885f32aa735da27df0bfc4a7 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . A footballer has died from an injury suffered on the pitch following a horror challenge during an Indonesian Premier League match. Persiraja striker Akli Fairuz was injured after taking a boot to the body from PSAP Sigli goalkeeper Agus Rahman as the pair raced for the ball in the area. Playe... | Footballer dies after being injured in Indonesian Premier League match .
Suffered internal injuries after taking a boot to the body from goalkeeper .
Persiraja striker Akli Fairuz later passed away in hospital . |
195a0cfc4ca8f3bf0d48461d89d401e8a994c1c2 | (CNN) -- A U.S. default on its debt would be "devastating" for the global economy and would hit the poor particularly hard, World Bank president Jim Yong Kim told CNN's Richard Quest Wednesday. Quest spoke to Kim in Washington D.C., where the world's economic and political world leaders have gathered for the annual mee... | World Bank head says U.S. debt crisis could be 'devastating' for global economy .
Jim Yong Kim spoke Richard Quest in Washington D.C., where economic leaders are gathered .
Kim said those involved in the political wrangling needed to remember it would hit the 'little guys' hard . |
195a29a5dc3bb4f43121c9c73561159de0170453 | ((Mashable)) -- Be honest: has Facebook chat ever been your favorite form of instant messaging? For many of us, Gchat, Skype or even AIM are our preferred defaults. Now, a new gimmick is making us like Facebook's built-in chat function a whole lot more. As demonstrated in the photo above, you can make the profile pictu... | Facebook chat gimmick lets you insert faces of friends, others .
A pair of double brackets around a profile ID name or number makes it happen . |
195d382536ba946c4bc49973680e208a493d733a | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Grayson Clamp's parents tried everything to help their deaf 3-year-old son hear. But when a cochlear implant failed to fix his auditory disability, Len and Nicole Clamp turned to an untested method that had never before been used on children in the United States: an 'auditory brain stem impla... | Grayson Clamp is the first child in the U.S. to have an auditory brain stem implant .
About 1,000 people in the world have auditory brain stem implants .
Auditory brain stem implants were first used in humans in 1979 . |
195d662825941b766b6fdb489d10168632876898 | By . Jason Groves . PUBLISHED: . 16:22 EST, 14 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 20:56 EST, 14 January 2014 . Britain will increase aid to Nigeria this year despite its introduction of harsh anti-gay laws. David Cameron warned last year the UK would review its massive aid programme if the country pressed ahead with legisla... | Anti-gay law was signed by President Goodluck Jonathan on January 7 .
Criminalises same-sex marriage, civil unions and even gay organisations .
Last year, David Cameron vowed to review aid if legislation went ahead .
But Britain will increase handouts to Nigeria this year, it has been revealed . |
195d82b78bffff2005fadf16b6f6fe977468a535 | (CNN) -- A study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics indicates about 1 percent of children ages 3 to 17 have autism or a related disorder, an increase over previous estimates. Children at the Marcus Autism Center in Atlanta, Georgia, receive instruction on March 5, 2009. "This is a significant issue that needs ... | Study indicates about 1% of children 3 to 17 have autism or related disorder .
Results based on national telephone survey of more than 78,000 parents .
CDC official: "This is a significant issue that needs immediate attention"
Researchers saying finding could reflect heightened awareness of disorder . |
195f5a397dcad7fe95e30b1976b5dec2d33f04d3 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . Pressure is mounting on John Bercow over claims he is too biased against the Tories to remain as Commons Speaker. An anonymous Commons motion is already circulating in Parliament demanding he go after failing to ‘live up to the tradition of impartiality’ of his predecess... | Letter circulated in Parliament claiming Speaker is not being impartial .
Condemns 'systematic bullying and humiliation of staff' - which he denies .
Draft motion proposes an election for a new Speaker with him excluded .
Follows claim he told Commons Clerk Sir Robert Rogers to 'f*** off' |
195fea4f54e838c5f05c8ff37db14bb7fcff9bf1 | By . James Chapman . PUBLISHED: . 19:18 EST, 20 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:47 EST, 21 October 2013 . Under attack: Clegg's 72-hour U-turn has drawn criticism from both his Conservative colleagues and his own party . Nick Clegg is under attack from the . Tories and even his own party after performing a 72-hour . U... | Clegg made attack on the government's flagship education policy .
It comes just 72 hours after it was backed by a Lib Dem education minister .
His comments have enraged both his own party and the Tories .
Deputy PM accused him of pandering to Labour ahead of 2015 election .
One source warned his name had ‘become a bywo... |
1960336c302e4299df70b1d3bb3e4b4931820ec2 | By . Tom Kelly and Claire Ellicott . PUBLISHED: . 08:32 EST, 11 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:38 EST, 11 March 2013 . A socialite and friend of the stars has been found murdered in his £2million Mayfair home. Robert Troyan, 63, was discovered with a gash to his head in a pool of blood by his horrified maid in the kitc... | Robert Troyan, 63, found by cleaner 'in pool of blood in his kitchen'
Caretaker: 'She was on her knees screaming, just uncontrollable'
Mr Troyan was ex-partner of interior designer Anthony Feldman .
Pair were first in London to enter into a civil partnership in 2005 .
Victim was 'a drinker who lived alone and very rare... |
19619b5fe09ab3f61691de350cb34d551b824451 | By . Jack Doyle . PUBLISHED: . 19:54 EST, 23 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:20 EST, 24 October 2013 . They sound like fairly obvious requirements for any employee, let alone an upholder of the law: Don’t turn up for work drunk; don’t have sex on duty; be honest. The police force, however, thinks otherwise. So much so... | Draft Code of Ethics was unveiled by the College of Policing yesterday .
Comes after warning that public confidence has been hit by scandals .
Includes guidance for officers to 'respect and obey the law' |
1961ca6c001e8403590b160db9882b3027e791e3 | The owners of a 'monster' 130-pound pit bull Niko that mauled to death a young girl only one week before her fifth birthday are refusing to talk to investigators, police said. Mia DeRouen and mother Megan Touchet, 27, were attacked by her boyfriend’s pit bull last week in their Houma, Louisiana, home while watching tel... | Mia Derouen was attacked by the dog, one of two at the home in Houma, Louisiana, last week and died in hospital from her injuries .
Officers were called to the home around 7 p.m. by the girl's mother, Megan Touchet, who was also injured as she fought the crazed dog off her child .
Touchet and her boyfriend have refused... |
1961f888029fbcaa44ef002d4e55faa4d00e7bc5 | (CNN) -- A veteran New York firefighter who darted into a burning high-rise building looking for trapped residents has died. "New York City and the FDNY suffered a terrible and tragic loss when one of our bravest, Lt. Gordon Ambelas, died while trying to save lives," New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said. "We have lo... | NEW: Fire is ruled an accident from an electrical cord .
More than 100 firefighters responded to the high-rise blaze in Brooklyn .
Lt. Gordon Ambelas was looking for trapped residents in the high-rise . |
196477d04bbd0b5b8840ed5bce42a04babaa041b | Damaging leaks are the bread and butter of political reporting, but a leak of a different kind has got parliament aflutter. A thunderstorm over Canberra has exposed a leak in the ceiling of the House of Representatives chamber. Speaker Bronwyn Bishop ordered a bucket and mop. 'I notice that our roof is leaking,' she sa... | Australian MPs were forced to deal with a leak at parliament house .
Speaker Bronwyn Bishop called for a mop and bucket .
The nation's capital was pelted with rain, hail and lightning as a severe thunderstorm passed through Wednesday afternoon . |
1964d12d450d92e1f0ef23f926f9693f34673795 | By . James Rush . PUBLISHED: . 08:41 EST, 26 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:16 EST, 6 January 2013 . This baby penguin clearly wasn't camera shy as he posed for a picture before hungrily snapping his beak around the cameraman's legs. The tiny King Penguin was among a gang of chirpy chicks which surrounded wildlife p... | Wildlife photographer captured the King Penguins on South Georgia Island .
The peckish baby birds swarmed at his feet and hungrily snipped at his legs .
The island, in the south Atlantic Ocean, is a breeding ground for penguins . |
1964efdb59e3be70478049b8f7938bb58065dd87 | By . Louise Boyle . PUBLISHED: . 16:43 EST, 29 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:43 EST, 29 August 2012 . Religion does not seem to have been a factor in the vicious assault on a Jewish college student, police said. East Lansing police Captain Jeff Murphy said there was no dispute that Zach Tennen, 19, was seriously assa... | Zach Tennen, 19, beaten unconscious at party close to Michigan University .
Teenager said attackers were in the KKK and yelled 'Heil Hitler'
Zach had surgery to have his jaw wired after vicious assault .
Police said assault was 'not likely a hate crime' but refused to elaborate .
Father Bruce Tennen said the police's c... |
1965013da87a50fb2fac680825d5d931f7c2be42 | (CNN) -- They call it "The List." On it: the names, ages and addresses of 21 people accused by police of buying sex from a 29-year-old fitness instructor. And it's the talk of Kennebunk, the historic, picture-perfect Maine town that had been -- until recently, at least -- best known for its bygone shipbuilding industry... | Police add ages and addresses to list of 21 alleged johns .
"You can't go anywhere" without hearing about "The List," says local editor .
Court denies request to shield clients' identities from the public .
Authorities: Clients paid fitness instructor for sex at her studio in Kennebunk, Maine . |
19652b1d167cb554906ab7028e2512cf0869468f | Bryn Parry-Jones was given a £90,000 Porsche as part of his contract with Pembrokeshire County Council . A shamed council boss at the centre of a row over misuse of public money drove a taxpayer-funded Porsche that his employers kept secret for eight months. Bryn Parry-Jones, 62, was provided with the £90,000 sports ca... | Bryn Parry-Jones oversaw thousands of cuts at Pembrokeshire Council .
The 62-year-old was given a £90,000 Porsche Panamera in his contract .
He left the position earlier this year with a £280,000 severance package .
Public petition called for his resignation over 'corruption' in council .
More than 1,000 staff faced pa... |
19655e0c13224f443618c2db921c01b576c74224 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 01:01 EST, 27 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:52 EST, 27 May 2013 . A pioneering electric car company, which planned to set up networks of battery swapping and charging stations to end drivers' concerns about running out of power has folded. Electric car company Better Place has fil... | Better Place has filed a motion in an Israeli court to wind up the company .
The firm planned to create a system combining charging terminals with battery swap stations .
But only a thousand cars on the road in the two countries where it began operating . |
1967a514488a236f11473f49797f712e1c1fb2ed | Britain's biggest lottery winners have answered a mother's plea for help by donating almost £30,000 to pay for her three-year-old daughter to have an operation to help her walk. Chris and Colin Weir, who scooped a record £161million Euromillions jackpot in July 2011, dipped into their huge fortune to pay for spastic di... | Chris and Colin Weir have donated some of their £161million Euromillions win to help three-year-old Skye Swinton have a life-changing operation .
Skye was born prematurely and suffers from spastic diplegic cerebral palsy .
After spending much of her life in a wheelchair, the operation should help Skye walk . |
19681aab9687f60b6f0687d7a373aae935db12b6 | I've worked around politics and politicians for more than 25 years. And I thought I'd seen it all when it comes to political cynicism. Look at the long view and all the parties are as bad as each other, making promises they know can't be delivered or pledges they've no intention of honouring. But in nearly three decade... | Miliband criticised for promising Labour would speed up cancer tests .
Has been accused of making pledges he has no intention of honouring .
Labour leader yesterday said anyone who suspects they have cancer will be given results of tests within one week of first seeing their GP . |
1968a71ec2ffe4e13961c75a9d076a780344841e | (CNN) -- The motorsport community was in mourning on Monday as competitors from across various racing disciplines paid tribute to Marco Simoncelli, the Italian MotoGP rider who lost his life after a crash in Malaysia on Sunday. Simoncelli, 24, sustained critical injuries when he was struck by compatriot Valentino Rossi... | The motorsport community is in mourning after death of Marco Simoncelli .
Simoncelli lost his life after a fatal crash in Malaysia on Sunday .
MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi has described Simoncelli as like a brother . |
1968e1db693e48ed7754e908ce0fae46fc28c410 | By . Ian Drury . The true cost of Britain’s military operations since the Cold War could be as high as £72billion. Most of it has been squandered on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan seen as ‘strategic failures’, claims a respected defence think-tank. Toppling Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein helped radicalise young Muslims in... | Most of it squandered on 'strategic failure' wars in Iraq and Afghanistan .
Toppling Saddam Hussein 'helped radicalise young Muslims in the UK'
Iraq war 'left UK open to homegrown attacks such as July 7 bombings' |
196a07ac5c2065a9378e675068986234f9e29f28 | Washington (CNN) -- Bomb plots targeting the New York Stock Exchange and the city's subway were among more than 50 terrorist acts worldwide thwarted by top-secret surveillance programs since the 2001 al Qaeda attacks on the United States, security officials said Tuesday. The startling details disclosed at a House intel... | Officials disclose details of plots to bomb New York's subway system, stock exchange .
Secret surveillance programs helped uncover more than 50 terrorist acts, officials say .
The NSA chief says intelligence leaks about the surveillance programs harmed security .
NEW: Official: "If you're looking for the needle in a ha... |
196a26d373f3db8f83dc247248225fc9fc39565b | A Manhattan teen was distraught when she found the message 'trash like you' scrawled in her takeout box from trendy New York City burger spot Umami Burger, but learning the truth behind the message would make her feel even worse. Juliette Borghesan, 15, found the message on Sunday as she recovered from a nasty bout wit... | Juliette Borghesan, 15, was distraught to find the message written the takeout box her father brought her as she recovered from pneumonia .
The Manhattan teen felt even more ill when she learned from the burger restaurant employee responsible that it had held actual garbage .
The employee who wrote the note told Borghe... |
196bef4543d3d2c222ec59c68d336f699b381c7f | By . Rebecca English Royal Correspondent . PUBLISHED: . 10:20 EST, 23 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:21 EST, 23 September 2013 . In just a few days’ time the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be moving into their new home at Kensington Palace following a £1.5 million overhaul. Filled with priceless antiques from t... | Kate loved shopping at Homebase while William was on RAF patrol .
The Duchess picked up a faux leather letter rack for £22.99 .
She also bought a red 'Love' pillow for just £9.99 .
The royal couple has lived on Anglesey for the past three years .
They are due to move into Kensington Palace this week with Prince George ... |
196e2f9d2749c511394c386f6b2df26435e7dda2 | Sir Dave Brailsford likened it to the ‘initial jabs of a boxing match’; a moment when the main contenders in this year’s Tour de France flexed their muscles for the first time. That moment arrived on the steepest gradient the riders will encounter during this entire three-week race. It came on the 33 per cent incline o... | Italian takes race lead after second of three stages in Great Britain .
Froome showed his power by easing away from competitors on climb .
Mark Cavendish withdrew from Le Tour after crash on Saturday .
Alberto Contador was 13th and Chris Froome 19th for the stage .
Stage three on Monday takes riders from Cambridge to L... |
196e5544739553fe9cac18a65dcf7ad464d952c8 | (CNN) -- Goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has been dropped from Stuttgart's first-team after he paid an unauthorized visit to the Oktoberfest just hours after his side's defeat to Cologne. Goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has been dropped from Stuttgart's first-team after he paid an unauthorized visit to the Oktoberfest. The 39-year-old... | Stuttgart goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has been axed from the club's first team .
The 39-year-old made an unauthorized visit to the Munich beer festival .
Only hours earlier Lehmann had played in Stuttgart's 2-0 defeat to Cologne .
Hamburg midfielder Ze Roberto has targeted a Bundesliga title challenge . |
196f076f17d582ce5f394d916ad5b26c9b267701 | By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 11:13 EST, 8 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:02 EST, 8 May 2013 . With an 18ft-high ceiling, stained-glass windows, whitewashed internal walls and an estimated price of only £50,000, it looks like a property developer’s dream. But being surrounded by gravestones could make selling it som... | St Paul’s Church in Staverton, Wilts, closed after parishioner .
numbers fell .
The 13th century building is now being sold by the Diocese of Salisbury .
But the buyer will not own the graveyard which remains open to mourners . |
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