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1a0e051dd5d840120e8ec2ae228808e53d6b39d4 | New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- Oil left on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico is breaking down naturally now that the flow of crude has been cut off beneath the surface, a Coast Guard admiral said Sunday after touring the scene. Rear Adm. Paul Zukunft said the remnants of Tropical Storm Bonnie did little to affect the ... | NEW: Admiral says oil on the surface is breaking down "very quickly"
NEW: Drill ships returned to the well site Sunday .
Tropical Storm Bonnie forced ships to evacuate Thursday night .
"Static kill" effort could start August 1, Allen says . |
1a0ecdb82a8ab787bb9ce038cd7b5273681ca461 | At last night’s Democratic National Convention, there were many moments of cheering, chanting, and caterwauling. But one speech – made by former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm – seemed wholly bizarre, and was full of fist pumps, extreme facial expressions, and screaming. In her fiery address, Mrs Granholm attacked... | Two-term Michigan governor delivered energetic speech to DNC .
Was filled with fist-pumps, thumbs up, and theatrical facial expressions .
Attacked Romney's response to Detroit bailout but praised Obama for saving one million jobs in industry .
Was drowned out by cheers and chants of 'USA, USA!' |
1a0fcba46d26ea918f2c3fd78b82f7e8d7d8f3fd | A 21-year-old man was left in a coma and eight others were hospitalized after attending a weekend pool party in the Mexican city of Leon where organizers of the event poured liquid nitrogen into the water. According to authorities of the Health Department of Leon in the state of Guanajuato, the party that took place Sa... | Victim Jose Ignacio Lopez del Toro remains in a coma after suffering damage to his cardiovascular system .
Pool party was organized in the city of Leon by German alcoholic drink maker Jagermeister .
Liquid nitrogen dumped into the pool displaced oxygen, leaving partygoers unable to breathe . |
1a0fe50575a9617fb10338c51b1e1110d2c694d2 | By . Janine Yaqoob . PUBLISHED: . 12:06 EST, 29 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:31 EST, 29 November 2012 . A pair of binoculars that once belonged to the captain of the Titanic’s rescue ship are being sold on eBay by cash-strapped museum bosses. They have been forced to make the heartbreaking decision to sell off one... | Captain Arthur Rostron's binoculars are up for sale on auction website eBay .
He sailed The Carpathia, which rescued Titanic passengers .
Titanic of Lancashire Museum in Colne has been forced to sell because of financial pressures . |
1a1148eceafdbf496a0b77aaadec0ac47ff68795 | A Spanish nurse who treated an Ebola victim in Madrid has become the first person in the world to contract the deadly virus outside of Africa. The 44-year-old is said to have spent the last 15 years working at Madrid's Carlos III Hospital, where the two Spanish missionaries infected with Ebola died. The woman, who is m... | Unnamed nurse believed to be part of team that treated Manuel Garcia Viejo .
First test on the woman has come back positive after going to hospital today .
Spanish missionary was brought back from Africa last month for treatment .
He died on 26 September at Madrid's Carlos III Hospital from deadly virus . |
1a11b9b9023c6c59067b2b43ccffae5a72fac9d5 | By . Gerri Peev, Political Correspondent . PUBLISHED: . 19:14 EST, 26 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 03:21 EST, 27 January 2014 . Fear: Friends of the embattled Lord Rennard have warned he could expose Liberal Democrat sex scandals if he is expelled from the party . Friends of the embattled Lord Rennard have warned he c... | Liberal Democrat peer has denied allegations of sexual harassment .
Sources say he could go 'nuclear' if he is not allowed to rejoin party .
Friends feel Lord Rennard has been treated 'cruelly' and could retaliate .
According to one source, he has a ‘little black book’ filled with many politician and activists’ darkest... |
1a1243cdb80698db7398d90edb64ceff949d4aaf | The parents of Reeva Steenkamp today backed calls for Shrien Dewani to give evidence over the murder of Anni Dewani - supporting her parents' campaign to ensure the case is not dismissed. Barry and June Steenkamp urged the judge to make the accused face justice on Monday, and offered their condolences to Vinod and Nila... | June and Barry Steenkamp want Dewani to face full trial for murder .
They offer support during emotional call with Anni's grieving parents .
Barry Steenkamp: 'We are in the same boat as Anni's family'
Both shootings shocked South Africa and exposed gun crime epidemic .
Dewani decision is due Monday with Pistorius case... |
1a1315599031dccadf1e4d1b595c29168a03ea34 | Los Angeles (CNN) -- Rapper 50 Cent entered a not guilty plea to domestic violence and vandalism charges in a Los Angeles County court Monday. The 37-year-old artist -- whose real name is Curtis Jackson -- was ordered to return to the Van Nuys, California, courtroom on September 4 for a pretrial hearing for one count o... | The rapper's next court date is September 4 for a pretrial hearing .
Model-actress Daphne Joy accuses 50 Cent of kicking her, trashing her bedroom .
Joy has a child with 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson . |
1a138839dec2ba904763780654d7c006dcf56b7a | (CNN) -- Rafael Nadal is on course for a comeback double as he bids for two titles at the VTR Open in Chile on Sunday. The 11-time grand slam champion will seek his 37th clay-court crown and 51st overall when he takes on 73rd-ranked Argentine Horacio Zeballos in the singles final at Vina del Mar. He will then team up w... | Former world No. 1 Rafael Nadal reaches singles final in Chile comeback tournament .
Spaniard will seek his 37th clay-court title as he faces Horacio Zeballos in Vina del Mar .
Nadal can complete a Chilean conquest in the following doubles final on Sunday .
Roger Federer to return to action this week as he defends his ... |
1a148c8fd898154da03cd8ab8cce1669e40d60a3 | (Mashable) -- The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), with the cooperation of Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN, has quietly shuttered 12 torrent websites in the U.S. and at least 39 sites abroad by filing copyright violation complaints with the sites' hosting providers. The names of the sites themselves remain ... | MPAA shuts down 12 torrent websites in the U.S. and at least 39 sites abroad .
Names of the sites remain unknown but major players seem to be unaffected .
Torrent and file-sharing sites have even taken to hiring lobbyists . |
1a153481ac07cb61f099827e69ca9c24ed8e9774 | Curbing immigration to Britain would be a 'disaster', Tony Blair has claimed in a warning against Labour copying Ukip policies. The former prime minister said Labour must be 'really careful' of saying things that suggested Nigel Farage's party is justified in its policies. The intervention comes as Ed Miliband faces th... | Former Prime Minister warns against copying Nigel Farage's party .
Miliband must be 'really careful' about saying Ukip justified in its policies .
Labour leader under pressure to take a tougher stance on immigration . |
1a16f10f9c13b8ef6b3ac3b5817cb41e18545d96 | Jourdan Dunn has been revealed as the first solo black model to grace the cover of British Vogue for more than 12 years. The 24-year-old Londoner shared the cover image of the fashion magazine on Instagram to her 954,000 followers after speculation on Twitter today. She wrote: 'I'm so Happy to finally say I'M ON THE CO... | Is the first solo black model to grace the magazine since 2002 .
Jourdan previously starred on a joint cover but this is her first solo effort .
Recently announced as the face of Burberry SS15 with Naomi Campbell . |
1a17cb518c0f19a09968e3035834226184df9183 | By . Lucy Thackray . A ten metre sinkhole in the middle of the Gold Coast Highway at Broadbeach is causing extensive delays to traffic and will not be fixed for at least another 48 hours. Motorists have been warned to avoid the area as one southbound lane remains closed on the Gold Coast Highway at Margaret Avenue on t... | Burst water main creates serious road collapse on the Gold Coast Highway .
Motorists advised to avoid area with delays expected for at least 48 hours .
Crews still waiting for clearance to start repairs on water main and road .
One southbound lane remains closed on the Broadbeach road .
The ten metre sinkhole has force... |
1a17efe2d7dbe854a26446045f50e5392e8d8277 | It is one of the most recognisable and popular of all instruments, and yet its design has remained almost unchanged for 100 years. But now Hungarian musician Gergely Boganyi claims to have reinvented the grand piano after spending 8,000 hours and almost £1million building his own in a workshop in Budapest. With its edg... | Feted classical musician Gergely Boganyi, 41, build his own grand piano .
Spent 10 years, 8,000 hours and £1million developing new instrument .
Made from ultra-modern carbon fibre with two legs that project sound .
Musician says sound is like 'being in a spaceship hovering above gravity' |
1a198a8d5ef6a08e95d6ab669d459046d62174be | The dining table could become a relic of . the past as nearly a third of Britons now confess to eating there only a . few times a year. New research suggests that the number of us who now eat at our dining or kitchen table is shockingly low. Just five per cent of those polled ate every meal at the table, compared with ... | Only 5% of Britons eat every meal at a table, 13% eat one meal a day there .
26% confessed to eating at the table just once or twice a month .
Nearly a third (30%) admitted to using it just a few times a year .
Three per cent admit they didn’t even own a dining table . |
1a19ca7f2c0b411415c511a8649002c473807dfb | Brendan Rodgers spoke slowly and quietly to add weight to his words. Mario Balotelli’s name had just been brought into the conversation and Liverpool’s manager had a message to broadcast. ‘I think in terms of goals, he needs to improve,’ Rodgers said. ‘It is as simple as that. Any striker — not just him — is judged on ... | Mario Balotelli has scored just once for Liverpool since £16m move .
Italian striker was once again disappointing in defeat by Basle .
Liverpool have lost four times already this season .
Brendan Rodgers admits Balotelli 'needs to improve' |
1a19d96b92ae9bf75c9782b93229b293f6ac5436 | Two Liberal Party MPs have quit the party after sensational allegation were aired in the Independent Commission Against Corruption, including that New South Wales MP Andrew Cornwell was offered $10,000 in a brown paper bag by Newcastle mayor Jeff McCloy just before the 2011 State Election. The boss of the Federal Liber... | Liberal MPs Andrew Cornwell and Tim Owen have resigned from the Liberal Party after sensational evidence at the Independent Commission Against Corruption today .
Dr Cornwell - the MP for Charlestown in NSW - is alleged to have accepted $10,000 in cash in a brown paper bag.
ICAC heard the bag full of $100 bills was pres... |
1a1a21336716e0d03fdc4ed1480e5f300c40c3c1 | London (CNN) -- Three "extremely traumatized" women are being cared for by a charity after managing to leave a London house where they had allegedly been held captive for more than 30 years. One of the women -- a 30-year-old Briton -- "appears to have been in servitude for her entire life," Metropolitan Police Detectiv... | A couple is alleged to have held three women captive in London for more than 30 years .
Experts and charities explain how they might recover from their ordeal .
Time of the essence when suspected victims of slavery or imprisonment are rescued .
Captives in similar situations draw strength from each other, experts say . |
1a1c2839d82cb89ee86f0daf3218a1e7f628b681 | By . James Salmon . Follow @@JamesSalmon79 . Chief executive Ross McEwan used his opening address at RBS annual meeting to signal a retreat from the high street . More RBS branches will shut because some of them ‘hardly see a customer’, the bank’s chief executive warned yesterday. Ross McEwan and chairman Sir Philip Ha... | Ross McEwan said RBS faced 'tough decisions' about closing branches .
The bank has already earmarked 100 of its 1,900 UK branches for closure .
'No excuse' for depriving communities of a branch, say campaigners . |
1a1c645bd4f5a07013295baf5d85027c58f17da6 | A marine science instructor snorkeling off the Southern California coast spotted something out of a fantasy novel: the silvery carcass of an 18-foot-long, serpent-like oarfish. Jasmine Santana of the Catalina Island Marine Institute needed more than 15 helpers to drag the giant sea creature with eyes the size of half d... | Huge oarfish found in waters off Santa Catalina Island near Los Angeles needed 16 people to drag it ashore .
Inspiration for ancient 'sea serpent' legend can grow to 50 feet long and weigh 600 pounds .
Female snorkeler dragged giant carcass by the tail for more than 75 feet to prove to co-workers she had seen legendary... |
1a1c9bd7e188a184da7852cdc0957a451695ce70 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 20:36 EST, 15 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 21:30 EST, 15 July 2012 . They may have been bitter enemies during the Cold War space race, but these days the U.S. and Russia work together to transport astronauts through the cosmos. And it's just as well - for since the demise of the sp... | Russian, Japanese and U.S. crew blasts off successfully .
Moscow hopes to restore confidence in space programme . |
1a1cefcfca60cce777bc36dde2ca7cebd5bfabad | By . Wendy Leigh . PUBLISHED: . 16:14 EST, 20 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:54 EST, 24 April 2013 . At the height of the Swinging Sixties, the decade’s biggest names – Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Terence Stamp, Peter Sellers and Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis – enjoyed an enviable existence, partying the nights ... | Four-bedroom home of late writer Peter Evans on sale for £1million .
Secret hideaway for Swinging Sixties' big names in south London .
Often visited by Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Peter Sellers . |
1a1d99bf2d28dae643e982a100835775ededc149 | By . Emily Allen . PUBLISHED: . 06:37 EST, 18 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:39 EST, 18 October 2012 . A toddler had to be resuscitated after holding his breath while he had a tantrum playing with his brother and sisters. Donna High feared her son Kyle Parker had ‘gone’ when he stopped breathing and went ‘grey and fl... | Donna High feared her son Kyle Parker had 'gone' when he stopped breathing and went 'grey and floppy' |
1a1ec0aff3b3630e3f18eb58eca4b8d5550fd184 | By . Claire Bates . PUBLISHED: . 06:48 EST, 24 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:03 EST, 24 September 2012 . The parents of a two-year-old girl have to live in perfect peace - because any loud sudden noise could trigger an epileptic fit. Blisse Mellens, two, suffers from a rare medical condition where any sudden noise... | Girl can fit if she is startled by noise. During most severe attacks mother treats her with life-saving emergency medicine .
Doctors don't believe Blisse will ever walk or talk .
Mother says: 'As long as she smiles, that is what gets us through the day' |
1a1fbf3e0ddf42442b26b15cfbd97e2310818670 | By . Claire Bates . PUBLISHED: . 07:31 EST, 14 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:50 EST, 16 August 2012 . A schoolboy who stunned his family with his bravery after he was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour, has died this morning. David Langton-Gilks, 16, who battled the disease for five years, had thought he had beat... | 16-year-old managed to go to his school prom where he won award for 'Most Optimistic Person'
David's mother praises Marie Curie nurses who provided nighttime relief in final weeks .
Brain tumours kill more children than meningitis or leukaemia . |
1a20072077a451b0ff275d7b59eb0adfe7b7b024 | Barack Obama's historic peace-deal with Cuba after 50 years of cold war hostility was a breakthrough not to be sniffed at. But that didn't stop the US president having a try, when he got close and personal to a Cuban on Wednesday ... not a citizen, but a cigar. Significantly, it was the first time in 52 years that a US... | Obama was attending the White House Hanukkah reception on Wednesday .
Hours after the historic peace deal with Cuba, a guest handed him a cigar .
He ran it under his nose before guests and declared it 'pretty good'
JFK ordered secretary to stockpile cigars before signing embargo in 1962 .
Obama has said he struggles wi... |
1a208bddbb5c68c9d959fdc36ebd7dfa7301f596 | By . Associated Press . A better outlook for global manufacturing pushed the stock market to an all-time high on Tuesday. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed within two points of 17,000 for the first time after separate surveys showed that manufacturing expanded in China and the U.S., the world's two biggest econo... | Chinese manufacturing has expanded for the first time in six months .
The American manufacturing sector has had its 13 straight month of growth .
Even beleaguered General Motors had a sales increase of 1 percent despite months of historically huge recalls . |
1a21c2eafecc62e91479e58edcce59b9b8f87cc3 | By . Inderdeep Bains . PUBLISHED: . 16:40 EST, 9 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:40 EST, 9 September 2013 . Shantelle Clarke has life-threatening injuries following the 70ft fall on Saturday . This is the 15-month-old girl who survived a horrifying 70ft plunge from her tower-block bedroom. Shantelle Clarke has life-... | Shantelle Clarke has life-threatening internal injuries after the fall .
Her family say child safety locks recently fitted to her window did not work .
Couple believed to have been asleep in another room when 15-month-old Shantelle fell from the fifth floor flat on Saturday . |
1a2563f0ac871eda43c5333300135cba8a2e141f | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 06:30 EST, 19 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:57 EST, 19 July 2013 . The entire Cabinet was sent into a panic thinking that the royal baby had arrived during a meeting at Chequers. But the piece of paper rushed into a meeting yesterday was not an update from t... | Prime Minister spotted in the crowds at Lords for the second Ashes test .
Mr Cameron describes England's battle against Australia as 'the big one'
He is expected to take two holidays this summer - in Cornwall and Scotland .
House of Commons not due to sit again until September 2 . |
1a2567410290945927b903653f2298ccbc4ccb5c | Anti-NSA protesters took to the streets in cities across the United States on Thursday, using the Independence Day holiday to call attention to recent disclosures about the U.S. government's telephone and Internet surveillance programs. The movement, called "Restore the Fourth," says the government programs such as Pri... | Protesters in cities across the United States called for an end to NSA surveillance programs .
They are calling their movement "Restore the Fourth"
They say Internet and phone monitoring violates the Fourth Amendment . |
1a257b5b33bbbadf814606c2e02d929c46d81457 | Sometimes it's difficult to know what to wear while travelling. Do you opt for smart - looking good but feeling slightly restricted - or wear casual clothes for optimal comfort? If you're the Bathrobe Crusader you go for none of the above - instead, touring the world wearing a dressing gown. Bathrobe Crusader: The USC ... | University of Southern California student visits famous attractions .
Only wears a bathrobe and posts photos to Instagram .
Is currently in Europe, and has visited London and Paris . |
1a25a114f3fd650a973ede59e792a8cdf4907754 | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 11:32 EST, 7 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:11 EST, 7 January 2013 . A student pilot narrowly avoided disaster after he was forced to land with one of the wheels missing. The 21-year-old Chinese man made a dramatic landing at Mangalore . Airport, north of Melbourne this morning. He was... | The 21-year-old Chinese man made a dramatic landing at Mangalore Airport, north of Melbourne this morning .
Forced to circle the airport for five hours to burn off fuel . |
1a26bf072f4ee5d555a46e3eb7249a5e5d343d61 | By . Harriet Hernando . While parts of Britain are mopping up after flash floods and others are basking in warm weather, stranger things appear to be happening in the sky. One photographer captured sun streaming through the clouds which looked like a spaceship was about to land or something out of 70’s movie Close Enco... | Photographer Adrian Campfield captured the image at Beachy Head, Sussex .
He compared the sighting to something from alien movie Close Encounters .
Meanwhile an Exeter resident took a photo of what looks like a flying carpet .
But Met Office said it's just a rhombus-shaped cloud formed by jet exhaust . |
1a2769393e716173cd956476c72617419e08fc77 | By . Gerri Peev . PUBLISHED: . 18:46 EST, 7 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:37 EST, 8 January 2013 . Five technology giants that earned nearly £500million from taxpayer-funded government contracts paid no UK corporation tax last year. Oracle, Xerox, Dell, CSC Computer Sciences and Symantec had UK turnover of more than... | Microsoft, which took £700m in government contracts, paid only £19million in tax .
Oracle, Xerox, Dell, CSC Computer Sciences and Symantec also under fire . |
1a29a6526f5dd9cfb3b8a413568595c74c916597 | By . James Chapman . PUBLISHED: . 18:13 EST, 23 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:26 EST, 24 June 2013 . Defence firms have been caught trying to charge the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of pounds for Christmas parties, magicians and even ‘anticipated car accidents’. Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has uncovered a string... | Philip Hammond said firms were billing the MoD for ‘inappropriate activities’
Mr Hammond and George Osborne will be clamping down on MoD spending . |
1a29c44266729ea6955e8138e93952c61e759ab8 | Two-year-old girl among the dead . Mosques targeted and homes destroyed . Troops and tanks also enter central city of Homs . By . Sara Nelson . Last updated at 11:25 AM on 15th August 2011 . Syria turned gunboats on the Mediterranean coastal city of Latakia last night, killing at least 26 people protesting against Bash... | Two-year-old girl among the dead .
Mosques targeted and homes destroyed .
Troops and tanks also enter central city of Homs . |
1a2a4413bbd96ae19b9a082d75e81859d8aed1fa | By . Ruth Styles . From a snowy Christmas lunch in Antarctica to the spectacular light projections currently brightening the facade of Sydney's St Mary's cathedral, the world is gearing up for Christmas in style. But for festive fun, little compares to London's very own Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park, which, as these s... | In Sydney, St Mary's cathedral is being lit with stunning light projections of religious images .
The crew of the Royal Navy's ice patrol shop HMS Protector had an Christmas lunch in Antarctica .
At home, Londoners took in the sights and lights of Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park .
Beamish Open Air Museum got a festive m... |
1a2bd063f5d1b57fa8d6da9154e852a05e373d84 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 13:06 EST, 18 January 2012 . Google will claim solidarity with thousands of websites preparing to 'go dark' at midnight tonight, Eastern Time, in protest against draconian plans to police the . internet and combat piracy. Some of the world's biggest tech . companies are planning to... | Blackout of 7,000 websites expected from midnight EST on Tuesday .
until the same time on Wednesday .
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales called the move an 'extraordinary action' against the endangerment of free speech .
CEO of Twitter says his site will not 'go dark' calling the blackout 'foolish' |
1a2d41bd1845fe90ed00573d75c8ce8e42e417ab | The French media today reacted mockingly to Mr Cameron’s refusal to pay Britain’s EU budget contribution – likening him to an angry diner out of Fawlty Towers. All major outlets highlighted the Prime Minister’s fury, with the Dauphine Libere running the headline: ‘Angry Cameron refuses to take out his cheque book for E... | Major outlets highlighted PM’s fury, likening him to Fawlty Towers customers .
One wrote 'a diner unconvinced by proposed EU menu..refusing to pay bill'
Another spoke of him 'abandoning traditional English reserve' in his rant . |
1a2dd3abbb07f9168335b2ba6b4f2dd74d1f96e5 | By . Associated Press . and James Rush . Police have released the frantic 911 call made from the soccer match where referee John Bieniewicz was knocked unconscious after he was punched in the head by a player. The 44-year-old died at a Detroit hospital on Tuesday following the attack on Sunday at a park in Livonia. 'Th... | Police release 911 call made from soccer match where referee was punched .
Father-of-two John Bieniewicz, 44, died at a Detroit hospital on Tuesday .
On Sunday he was punched while refereeing adult-league soccer match .
Baseel Abdul-Amir Saad has been charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm .
Defense l... |
1a30131354d9c9e49d7b403b4e63ba5b1818e4b6 | ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Tyler Perry has, for the first time, revealed graphic details about the sexual, physical and emotional abuse he says he suffered as a child. "I'm tired of holding this in," Tyler Perry wrote on his Web site, "... so I've decided to give some away." Perry recounts in a message posted on his Web... | Tyler Perry said seeing "Precious" brought back memories of abuse .
Perry, who co-produced the film, wrote a blog entry about "raw emotions" it stirred .
Turning to God helped him forgive and heal, Perry says .
"Precious" is about an illiterate, obese Harlem girl who is abused . |
1a3147aa700e8504497119a072b24085b075a7d5 | By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 11:27 EST, 28 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:28 EST, 28 October 2013 . John Force hoists the Funny Car World Championship Trophy after beating his daughter Courtney . A drag racer has won a record 16th title but had to compete against his teammate who happens to be his youngest daughter... | John Force, 65, won three straight events beating his daughter Courtney .
Drag racing, also known in the industry as Funny Cars, has been dominated by Force . |
1a31604c7a0860a959f1a59107821170776d302c | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 8:46 PM on 23rd January 2012 . An investigative hearing has recommended that an American soldier be court-martialed over hazing that allegedly led to a fellow infantryman's suicide in Afghanistan, but dismissed the most serious charge against him. Specialist Ryan Offutt is one... | Private Danny Chen, 19, found dead on duty in October .
Bullied by other soldiers who racially teased him . |
1a328d1ddac528994ae4e96a4d2bbb9eac2172b4 | Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has said he will allow Yaya Toure to play through his difficult period rather than take him out of the firing line on compassionate grounds. Pellegrini, who will be without captain Vincent Kompany at QPR on Saturday, has been talking to the troubled midfielder on a daily basis ... | Yaya Toure has struggled to find his best form for Man City this season .
Toure scored but was then sent off in Champions League loss to CSKA .
The midfielder will not be sold by the champions despite his slump .
Boss Manuel Pellegrini has defended the Ivorian ahead of QPR match .
Pellegrini described Toure as a 'very ... |
1a32c5017d7aa277060a1c305b97a82df21d9955 | Boris Johnson today waded into the Westminster tax avoidance row – after insisting people had the 'right to minimise' how much they pay. The London Mayor said everyone should pay their 'fair whack' but defended people's right to limit their 'obligations'. His intervention came after Ed Miliband became embroiled in a fu... | The London Mayor said everyone should pay their 'fair whack' in tax .
But Mr Johnson defended people's right to limit their tax 'obligations'
Comes after Ed Miliband became embroiled in furious row over tax dodging .
He said David Cameron was a 'dodgy PM surrounded by dodgy donors'
Aides likened Miliband's stance on ta... |
1a340165f2c36a574e6e3a2dc79f5b2ba4b04a01 | This distressing last photograph of a dying mother of four crawling on a hospital floor in agony shocked the nation. Margaret Lamberty’s family complained she was ignored by medics and left to die in a side ward. Despite their pleas for an apology, the Royal Stoke University Hospital refused to admit any wrongdoing in ... | Margaret Lamberty, 45, was pictured crawling on a hospital floor in agony .
Her family complained that she was ignored by medics and left to die .
But Royal Stoke University Hospital refused to admit any wrongdoing .
A year on, a damning report confirms the family's complaints were justified .
Medics were 'too busy' to... |
1a34f00e97c4814fe127431d6d15ee81a0efaeec | By . Laura Cox . A young mother and her two infant children were strangled to death by her ex-con friend, police revealed on Friday, as the friend was charged with their murder. 23-year-old Heather Jackson's body was found brutally slain at her home in Ohio on Saturday, alongside her three-year-old daughter Celina and ... | 23-year-old Heather Jackson found strangled to death at her Ohio home .
Her body was wedged down side of bed, her two children's in a closet .
Curtis Clinton, 41, has been charged with their deaths .
He had become friends with Jackson shortly after being released from a 13-year jail term on a previous manslaughter char... |
1a356118bd024a4ed45f958258c8fb6f8603cc00 | Mohamed Salah, dubbed 'the Egyptian Messi', was seen at Anfield . Barcelona have joined United and Madrid in chase for Ilkay Gundogan . Newcastle midfielder Yohan Cabaye has refused to rule out PSG move . West Ham consider Wayne Hennesey to replace Jussi Jaaskelainen . Luuk De Jong could be the answer to Stoke's strike... | Mohamed Salah, dubbed 'the Egyptian Messi', was seen at Anfield .
Barcelona have joined United and Madrid in chase for Ilkay Gundogan .
Newcastle midfielder Yohan Cabaye has refused to rule out PSG move .
West Ham consider Wayne Hennesey to replace Jussi Jaaskelainen .
Luuk De Jong could be the answer to Stoke's strike... |
1a372ca9edaa3c7963ca1f0c7dbbf9103e696610 | Retail giant Big W has come under fire for selling novelty Christmas shirts with inappropriate slogans that activists claim sexualises young girls. A festive shirt with the slogan 'nice baubles' has targeted the attention of one outraged shopper, who has started a campaign to have the shirt removed after spotting it in... | Big W is selling a novelty girls Christmas shirt with the slogan 'nice baubles' across the front .
An outraged shopper has created a petition to have it removed from stores .
Activists say that the shirt sexualises girls and could be harmful .
Big W removed girls 'Scratch and Sniff' underwear range earlier in the year ... |
1a37c5577c8cc55b49157a09e79702d0450b5a36 | Most landlords prepare themselves for some less-than-appealing personal remnants when a tenant leaves, so when this man found more than £600,000 hidden under a bed, it was this shock of his life. Ma Guangdi was cleaning up after one of his former tenants in an apartment in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China when he ma... | Chinese man finds £616,000 hidden under former tenant's bed .
Ma Guangdi found the money several months after occupant left . |
1a37d8f2b22da0ea00fffa69d86f2ce3eed13abe | David Moyes was escorted into Borussia Monchengladbach's stadium by Toni Kroos' agent on Friday night after being alerted to a contract stand-off between the Germany midfielder and his Bayern Munich bosses. Bayern striker Mario Mandzukic and Monchengladbach midfielder Patrick Herrmann were believed to be the two main p... | David Moyes in Germany for Borussia Monchengladbach v Bayern Munich .
Interested in Mario Mandzukic and Monchengladbach's Patrick Herrmann .
But Toni Kroos has emerged as target due to contract stand-off .
Bayern chief Karl-Heinz Rummenigge stresses desire to keep Germany star . |
1a387e31630102aa549771b0a7413d6b000d5695 | By . Josh Gardner . Snowfall expected in Detroit tonight could help push Michigan over the all-time record despite spring-like temperatures that neared 70F as late as 11pm Sunday. If more than 1.9 inches drifts down over the Wolverine State before winter finally releases its icy grip, snowfall will exceed the 93.6 inch... | The Motor City saw temperatures in the high 60s on Sunday but expects flooding rains followed by snow tonight .
A snowfall over 1.9 would put Michigan over the 93.6 inches record set in 1880 .
Meanwhile, the East Coast is experiencing summer-like temperatures, but only until Tuesday when the mercury will dip below free... |
1a398d4322fcd5c29067b43fe657cb3ed360bd8e | (CNN) -- The million-dollar questions have been answered. What are the Powerball numbers, and have any winning tickets been sold? Lottery officials released the winning numbers for the largest multistate Powerball jackpot: 22, 10,13,14, 52, and the Powerball number is 11. One winning ticket was sold at a Publix superma... | Saturday's jackpot is a record $590.5 million .
Powerball is played in 43 states and the District of Columbia .
Largest jackpot was $656 million in Mega Millions game in 2012 . |
1a3a14942a17bc9b29964e3384a940838c0cd47c | Paris may be at risk of losing its reputation as the city of love after installing glass and wooden panels on a historic bridge where tourists from around the world have famously attached tens of thousands of ‘love locks’. Glass panels have replaced the traditional railings and wire fencing on part of Pont des Arts to ... | Two glass panels have been installed as part of a pilot project .
Paris officials plan to expand the experiment to other bridges .
A railing collapsed under the weight of the locks in June . |
1a3aa5e5f40f0d8dab27b739a5ba6bae7ec32cef | Floyd Mayweather Jnr has named May 2 as the date for his shotgun wedding with Manny Pacquiao. Speculation that the richest fight in boxing history is close to being made has been rife since the Pacman put on an impressive performance to defeat Chris Algieri in Macau two weeks ago. Now Mayweather, put under pressure by ... | Floyd Mayweather looks set to finally fight Manny Pacquiao .
The Money Man said it would 'absolutely' happen on May 2 .
Talks behind the scenes over Mayweather and Pacquiao's purse split .
Amir Khan looks set to miss out on a mega fight with Mayweather . |
1a3ab8f2ed55ac9329983887bff36983f3154233 | By . Ryan Gorman . and Michael Zennie . A friend of the 26-year-old gunman who opened fire on a Seattle university says the shooter is a' sweet kid' but is haunted by his struggle with addiction. One student died and three others were wounded after Aaron Ybarra stormed the campus of Seattle Pacific University Thursday ... | Friend Nate Flesch had dinner with shooting suspect Aaron Ybarra the night before the rampage .
The two attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings together .
Ybarra wasn't a student and had no connection to Seattle Pacific or his victims .
A 19-year-old man was killed and a 20-year-old woman remains in critical condition .... |
1a3b13257d7c7ddc61454b8ddc2be4c35f8eedce | By . Sam Adams and Thomas Durante . UPDATED: . 02:57 EST, 19 February 2013 . Death: New images of Osama bin Laden's corpse have been discovered, but won't be released to the public if the Justice Department has its way . Additional images of Osama bin Laden taken shortly after his death in a daring Navy SEAL raid have ... | Images discovered in Freedom of Information request filed by Judicial Watch, a right-leaning legal watchdog .
Photos taken following killing of Bin Laden by Navy Seals in May 2011 raid on his compound in Pakistan .
President Obama has said that releasing photos could incite violence against the U.S. |
1a3c1f1fc90abfd23340000fef33572770c6ec7f | A Conservative school board made the controversial decision to remove information about contraception from a biology book because it flouts state law. Members of the Gilbert Public Schools board, in Arizona voted 3-2 on Tuesday night to take out two pages from ‘Campbell Biology: Concepts and Connections’ which dealt wi... | Members of the Gilbert Public Schools board, voted 3-2 to take out two pages from ‘Campbell Biology: Concepts and Connections’
The board covers at least 38 schools and 39,000 students in Arizona .
There were complaints the book described the use of the morning-after pill .
This challenged a law that states students sh... |
1a3d698f1c57c321dada8ed7a9918e56109ed617 | The Christmas presents stolen from Great Ormond Street Hospital have been replaced by a 'long-term supporter,' hospital staff confirmed last night. The 20 gifts, worth £2,000 and bought . with donations from well-wishers, were destined for patients on the . intensive respiratory care ward, too ill to go home for Christ... | Theft from intensive care ward at Great Ormond Street cause outrage .
Gifts were meant for children too ill to go home for Christmas .
A 'long-term supporter' replaced presents, hospital staff confirmed last night .
About 20 wrapped items were taken between Friday and Monday from a cupboard in a part of the hospital no... |
1a3eafbdef46d0f18c5e25bcaac9862581afcc76 | (CNN) -- Afghanistan's president is speeding up the transfer of the U.S.-run prison at Bagram to Afghan control within a month after hearing a report citing problems at the facility, including human rights issues. President Hamid Karzai on Thursday assigned a commission to conduct the move. He made the decision after a... | Detention facility in Parwan, Afghanistan, was built in late 2009 .
The U.S. Embassy in Kabul says it takes abuse allegations seriously .
Human rights groups have criticized abuses at Bagram in the past . |
1a403f2be92a82223a88151b2b1fe688ae3713b3 | Steven Gerrard will leave Anfield at the end of the season. Click here to read Dominic King and Neil Ashton's story . Liverpool's American owners have told Steven Gerrard he is welcome to return to Liverpool at any time, following the announcement of his departure at the end of the season. Gerrard made his Liverpool de... | Steven Gerrard will leave Liverpool at the end of the current season .
He has said he will not join a direct rival of the Anfield club .
Liverpool's American owners have said he is welcome back at any time .
They say the news has stirred strong emotions for everyone at the club . |
1a405be1459179c2940eb26c018d79363828fbc1 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 15:37 EST, 23 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:42 EST, 24 April 2012 . Former Democratic presidential contender John Edwards was today described as a 'master manipulator' at the start of a trial that could see him handed a lengthy prison sentence. Prosecutors are trying to prove th... | Former Democratic presidential contender called a 'master manipulator'
He faces a lenghty prison sentence if convicted over $1m donations 'to hide his affair from family'
Defence argues that money was 'private donation' and reveals one-night stand of star witness . |
1a40b63bbd88ee9b7de6d1a06c5a7107344765fd | By . Sadie Whitelocks . 19 Kids and Counting star Michelle Duggar has revealed that she sticks to a $5 per person daily food budget in her bustling 20-person household. The 47-year-old, who has nine daughters and ten sons ranging from three to 26 years old with her husband Jim Bob, 48, writes in her blog for TLC that s... | The devout Christian spends an average of $3,000 a month on groceries .
Broccoli Casserole, Poor Man's Pizza and Three Bean Chilli are among the family's favorite money-saving meals . |
1a40c7f1cbe9bc59e5cb55d214440d58f6e05beb | When it comes to the gender pay gap, the cynics have used smoke and mirrors to deny the truth while Congress continues to come up short on critical legislation. So now, the President is not waiting another minute to make real progress. He is taking action. On Tuesday, President Barack Obama continued his "year of actio... | Maya Harris: President Obama had no option but to sign orders on Equal Pay .
Congress, she says, now must pass the Paycheck Fairness Act .
Wage-gap deniers, she says, are trotting out the same old tired arguments . |
1a413ac9d0bbb5e1ae178f6c8df0588a5c75c961 | Thousands of patients are dying in hospital each year because of bad handwriting, errors in maths and poor monitoring by nursing, according to a study. The death rate at two hospitals fell by 15 per cent after nurses were given electronic devices in place of handwritten paper notes to record patients’ heart rates and b... | Researchers calculated 750 deaths prevented in a year at the hospitals .
Nurses are meant to measure patients’ heart rate, blood pressure and oxygen levels .
Often these readings aren’t taken regularly enough, sometimes an 8hr gap .
To address the problem, hand-held devices were given to nurses at Queen Alexandra hospi... |
1a41969c4bd387f2849540a6a429907db3f589cc | By . Amanda Williams . PUBLISHED: . 05:55 EST, 17 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:00 EST, 17 September 2013 . A police officer disturbed the scene of Whitney Houston's death by moving a sheet which covered the dead singer's naked body to comment on how good she still looked, it has been claimed. Beverly Hill police ... | Beverly Hill police sergeant Terry Nutall allegedly made the comments .
Detailed in claim filed by former Beverly Hills SWAT .
supervisor Brian Weir .
'Nutall was nearly touching the singer’s body' as he pulled back sheet .
Claimed he examined body and said 'Damn, she’s still looking good, huh?’ |
1a41a7088f487471d8c237d703db5dcc5eba6600 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Chinese couples are in a race against time to have a child in the Year of the Horse instead of 2015’s ‘dreaded’ Year of the Sheep. Some Chinese believe sheep are meek and babies born in that year will grow up to be followers rather than leaders. According to superstition, the children are des... | Many couples believe Year of the Horse brings luck to those born during it .
According to superstition, those born in 2015's Year of the Sheep are meek . |
1a42c402dade7eaf3502484c47763375ff50ea0e | Big collection: Bill Cosby and his wife Camille will open up their collection of African-American art to the public as part of the Smithsonian exhibit . Bill Cosby and his wife Camille plan to showcase their private collection of African-American art that they have amassed over a period of four decades for the first ti... | Entire Cosby collection will go on view in November .
Collection will include works by leading artists such as Gerard Sekoto .
Cosby, 77, best known for smash hit show 'The Cosby Show' |
1a42e73d0d76e788679208d51870a028d83f40a8 | By . Ted Thornhill . PUBLISHED: . 05:47 EST, 24 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:00 EST, 24 January 2014 . Getting the sack is never pleasant – unless the sack contains a £200,000 cash bonus and you’ve not actually been fired. In scenes reminiscent of Wolf Of Wall Street, one firm in China – a nation that’s still offic... | Workers at a land development firm in Henan province got big cash bonuses .
They were paid out at a party in scenes reminiscent of Wolf Of Wall Street . |
1a4354b16f0aec8360897d37df55baa7a6c1c5c8 | By . Louise Boyle . A multimillionaire mother-of-five who gave up her Chinese daughter for re-adoption and attempted to cut her out of the $250million family estate is now suing a gardening company whom she claims ripped her off to the tune of $3million. Christine Svenningsen, 56, who inherited millions from her late h... | Christine Svenningsen, 56, who has a $250million estate from her late first husband, is suing a groundskeeping firm owned by her second husband .
The alleged fraud only claim to light in March when after Ms Svenningsen, of Westchester, had divorced John Chiarella after three years of marriage .
Svenningsen, who has fiv... |
1a437f83a314bb8ab7d3653cd11120afa69fa327 | (CNN) -- Facebook and its photo-sharing subsidiary Instagram Wednesday announced new policies aimed at stemming online sales of illegal guns. The social media platforms have agreed to remove reported posts that evade gun laws, restrict minors under the age of 18 from viewing posts about firearm sales and provide educat... | Facebook and Instagram to regulate posts about illegal gun sales .
Social networks to remove posts that evade gun laws, restrict minors from gun-related content .
Gun-control reform groups lobbied the social media company to change rules . |
1a44a92d2d4d77233229788e17524d02e94aeb15 | By . Mark Prigg . PUBLISHED: . 08:10 EST, 20 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:10 EST, 20 February 2013 . Flick through the TV channels on a Saturday morning, and it seems almost every one is showing a cooking show of some kind. However, finally there is one with a difference - it's hosted in space. Canadian astronaut ... | Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield demonstrates how to make a peanut butter and honey tortilla in space on YouTube clip .
Astronaut reveals bread is banned because of crumbs causing problems .
Velcro and string are used to attach utensils to station walls . |
1a45724d502cbb0cdc30b4854010c0f0149d2abc | Addison Cresswell died of a heart attack after taking cocaine at a Christmas party, an inquest heard . A top showbiz agent who represented Jonathan Ross and Michael Macintyre died of a heart attack after snorting cocaine at a Christmas party, an inquest heard. Addison Cresswell, 53, who helped launch the careers of man... | Comedy agent Addison Cresswell, 53, died on December 23 last year .
Woke up in the night gasping for breath and later died in hospital .
Had taken cocaine at a Christmas party 72 hours before, inquest heard .
Mr Cresswell also represented Alan Carr, Jo Brand and Jack Dee . |
1a475ef40c31a01cf45c8c702e9472884b41b5f1 | By . Rachel Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 07:25 EST, 26 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:44 EST, 26 July 2013 . The heart has long been a symbol of love, devotion and sensuality but advanced medical techniques are now turning the organ into a thing of beauty. These stunning images show this year’s winners of the British Heart Fo... | Winners of the British Heart Foundation’s Reflections of Research science image competition have been announced .
Winning image was 'The Broken Heart' which reveals the remarkable structure of an adult mouse's heart .
Other images include image a developing baby zebrafish heart, a scan of the inner compartments of a hu... |
1a4a7ea0df9599c4ab12d85efd50df3b3e5025fb | Rory Clegg booted 15 points as Newcastle claimed a 20-10 Aviva Premiership victory over Gloucester at a wet and windy Kingston Park. Clegg overcame a difficult start, when he gifted the visitors a try in the opening minute, to find the target with five penalties while Sinoti Sinoti crossed the whitewash for the Falcons... | John Afoa scored a Gloucester try after just one minute .
Before Bill Burns made it 7-0 from the conversion at Kingston Park .
But Rory Clegg kicked Newcastle to victory with five penalties .
And Sinoti Sinoti scored the Falcons only try of the match . |
1a4a9999ab5adb223b99ad743d0330da2cfb9452 | West Bromwich Albion have made an improved bid for Callum McManaman with Tony Pulis determined to land the Wigan winger. An offer understood to be £3.5m was rejected by the Championship strugglers, but Albion have returned with a revised deal of around £4m. Wigan are thought to want as much as £6m for the 23-year-old, ... | Wigan had already rejected £3.5m bid from WBA for Callum McManaman .
Championship side value winger at £6m but could settle on lower fee .
Tony Pulis keen to bolster West Brom team with two new signings . |
1a4add50c06023ce469f8afc4aee35bb22f56649 | By . Emma Reynolds . PUBLISHED: . 06:50 EST, 15 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:43 EST, 15 January 2013 . An amateur footballer was gunned down by a gangland hitman in front of 150 spectators as he was warming up for a match with teammates. Alan Jopson, 27, was doing stretch exercises just before kick-off at a playing... | Hitman jogged on to the pitch just before kick-off and shot Alan Jopson, 27 .
He then fled in silver getaway car as crowd ran for their lives .
Liverpool is currently in the grip of a string of tit-for-tat shootings . |
1a4bd61f2150eef512c999c0ba9ec8f056764808 | Pauline Cafferkey has made a full recovery after battling ebola for almost a month . A British nurse struck down by ebola said last night she had come so close to death fighting the killer virus that she had told herself: ‘That’s it.’ Pauline Cafferkey, 39, was speaking after making a full recovery and being discharged... | Pauline Cafferkey was discharged from the Royal Free Hospital in London .
The NHS health worker contracted ebola while volunteering in west Africa .
She was put into hospital's isolation unit after returning to UK last month .
The 39-year-old credits hospital's staff and 'lots of Irn Bru' with recovery . |
1a4cf9e66cf130d5fcf19b37d245a1d4b029324b | By . Chris Waugh . Follow @@ChrisDHWaugh . India's Ravindra Jadeja has been fined 50 per cent of his first Test match fee after his involvement in an incident with England bowler James Anderson at Trent Bridge. The all-rounder was found guilty of 'conduct contrary to the spirit of the game' at an International Cricket ... | Jadeja was involved in an incident with Anderson at Trent Bridge on July 10 .
Jadeja found guilty of 'conduct contrary to the spirit of the game' by ICC .
Anderson will learn if he too will be punished at ICC hearing on August 1 .
India lead five-match series 1-0 following 95-run victory at Lord's .
Third Test begins a... |
1a4d568ab1af12b0d84daa907ebac52e90d6f76f | By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 15:21 EST, 25 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:28 EST, 26 June 2012 . A mother has been arrested after allegedly throwing her two young sons to their deaths from a 15th-floor balcony because she was 'fed up' with them. Galina Ryabkova, 30, was seen looking emotionless on surveillance video... | Galina Ryabkova, 30, was seen looking .
emotionless on surveillance video from the block of flats following the incident .
Neighbours in the complex were alerted after hearing the bodies of the boys hitting the ground .
The mother said she was 'fed up with children,' and 'decided to get rid of them' |
1a4e537bf222f007cd92ef3a8fcce12ff631894a | By . Andy Dolan . PUBLISHED: . 13:56 EST, 19 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:02 EST, 19 July 2013 . Phil Dawn, 34, was found with his headphones hooked up to his mobile phone after the collision . A cyclist was killed on a level crossing while seemingly oblivious to the approaching train because he was listening to music... | Phil Dawn 'did not flinch' when the train's horn sounded twice .
Two walkers shouted to get his attention but he seemed oblivious to them .
Father-of-three was found with headphones hooked up to his phone . |
1a4e549fb3d12ae36875ec73fc1737755c6e54e0 | By . Richard Arrowsmith for MailOnline . Not only did Petr Cech get dropped for Chelsea's opening Premier League game against Burnley but, to add insult to exclusion, the keeper's name was misspelt as a substitute on the official team sheet. Jose Mourinho has chosen to start with the returning Thibaut Courtois for Mond... | Petr Cech was dropped for Chelsea's opening game against Burnley .
Jose Mourinho has chosen Thibaut Courtois to start at Turf Moor .
Cech, Felipe Luis and John Obi-Mikel all had their names mispelt on the official team sheet .
PSG are interested in taking 32-year-old Cech to Ligue 1 . |
1a4f40cb291ac5e9e75cf88edcd3e44ff257dc46 | BEIJING, China (Reuters) -- A panda once believed to be male and sent to Japan to breed with a female without success gave birth to twin cubs this week, state media reported on Thursday. An estimated 1,600 wild pandas live in nature reserves in China's Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi provinces. The panda, "Jinzhu", gave bi... | A panda once believed to be male gave birth to twin cubs this week .
The panda was sent to Japan in 2000 to mate with a female... that didn't work out .
The giant panda is one of the world's most endangered species . |
1a515ca3258658fca4226dd254cf755a443fece0 | Los Angeles (CNN) -- Adam West became a pop icon with his original portrayal of Batman 45 years ago, but the actor is now offering a different portrait of the caped crusader. West will drive the original Batmobile to a Beverly Hills, California, art gallery for the opening of the first exhibit of his paintings and draw... | Adam West began painting privately 40 years ago .
His art is "cultural pop art expressionist"
West says he's opening "a new phase" of his career . |
1a542077a516fd7bf9f4ea49be6fa0afba719c28 | Mystery: Archaeologist Dr Jacqui Wood has found dozens of witch pits including one believed to be from the 1970s . A secret coven of Cornish witches first formed in the 1640s has been digging pits lined with animal skins, bird carcasses and feathers as recently as the 1970s as part of a fertility ritual, it was reveale... | Dr Jacqui Wood has found dozens of witch pits in village of Saveock .
Rectangular holes linked to bizarre fertility ritual dating back to 1640s .
Contain animal or bird carcasses, unhatched eggs and pile of pebbles .
The pits may be an offering to saint of newborn babies to aid fertility .
Latest hole contains bones wr... |
1a553c1ee15c3a16cb3329b2a0306729c39b232f | DNA testing has lead the investigators to D'Marcus Tucker, 15, who was charged with first-degree murder on Monday . A 15-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of a young woman who was found stabbed to death at her Florida home five months ago. Nicole Franco, 19, who worked as a pastry chef at the Boca Raton Res... | Nicole Franco, 19, was found stabbed to death in her own bed on June 3 .
Five months later police have charged D'Marcus Tucker, 15, after DNA testing linked him to the crime scene .
Tucker has since confessed to the murder and cops found a knife with blood on it at the apartment block where he lived in Oakland Park, Fl... |
1a554ba4ffd5383a5fb61f52902c0f87111ad1d2 | By . Elliott Bretland for MailOnline . Follow @@EllBretland . Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has played down the injury suffered by star man Cristiano Ronaldo against rivals Atletico in Tuesday night's Super Cup first leg. The Portugal international was replaced at half-time after he was seen to hold his back as t... | Cristiano Ronaldo was replaced as half-time in Real Madrid's Super Cup clash with Atletico .
Carlo Ancelotti has said that Ronaldo will go for tests on Wednesday .
Real Madrid boss claims that the injury does not seem serious however . |
1a55ac0b88868cc93356a0a41bfb90418194c47e | Charlton are closing on a deal to sign Tony Watt from Standard Liege. The 20-year-old, who shot to prominence when he scored Celtic’s winner in their 2-1 Champions League victory over Barcelona in November 2012, may join the Championship side on an initial loan with a view to a permanent deal. Watt began his career at ... | Celtic sold Tony Watt to Standard Liege for £1.2million last summer .
But now Charlton want to bring the striker back to the UK .
The Championship side may opt for a loan deal initially . |
1a5629350b348e35b411bf8175f018f344663124 | By . Harriet Arkell . PUBLISHED: . 12:55 EST, 17 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:46 EST, 19 December 2012 . A former Beaver leader appeared in court today accused of sexually assaulting a child during after-school activities. Jason Asthana, 32, appeared at a Crown Court hearing held at Brighton Magistrates' Court acc... | Jason Asthana denies abusing the young boy in after-school activities . |
1a56a0de4fe19f4f457d3e7e5eb3031f4624042a | (CNN) -- As we approach the Christmas and Hanukkah season, we should remember that the American commercial republic, too often criticized for greed and excess, is unparalleled in generosity. Canadian radio commentator Gordon Sinclair said in the 1970s, at the height of American criticism abroad, that the United States ... | The U.S. is unparalleled in generosity, says William J. Bennett .
Capitalism has its critics, but when disaster strikes, the world still turns to America, he says .
America's largest companies made $4.9 billion in donations last year, Bennett says .
Bennett: American generosity is not dependent on the government or pub... |
1a56b9c8a127cd4ce1426a5aca7894130fe8b4b6 | By . Martin Keown . Follow @@martinkeown5 . After the trophy had been presented and the players had finished spraying Arsene Wenger with champagne, I went down on to the Wembley pitch to say my congratulations. The last time Arsenal won a trophy — in 2005 — I hadn’t even been that bothered about going to the game and I... | After winning the FA Cup against Hull City, Arsenal must carry on their success .
I was watching with Olympic champion Mo Farah .
Aaron Ramsey has grown hugely this season, he is Arsenal's No 1 player .
As good as Olivier Giroud has been, Arsenal need a striker in the Thierry Henry or Nicolas Anelka mould - that will m... |
1a5881c6cfbfcf220ce1a12d6436991a9248d079 | Mini toiletries bottles and free teabags may be considered fair game. But some hotel guests have a hard time resisting the urge to pilfer anything they can get their hands on, with robes, coat hangers, slippers and sheets being common temptations. So an intuitive hotel in Australia has employed the art of reverse psych... | The QT hotel group listed coveted items and placed a menu in each suite .
List of 14 objects includes coffee mugs, coat hangers and a cocktail shaker .
Prices range from £5 for an eye mask to £96 for a bath robe . |
1a5c637648a5cec6f83ecefde0cb6f42a9e823c9 | By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 07:32 EST, 28 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:06 EST, 28 January 2013 . Fined: Laura Howells, 24, was given a £75 on-the-spot fine when she dropped a packet of salt in a car park in Llanelli, west Wales . A young woman has been fined £400 for dropping a packet of salt on the ground i... | Laura Howells, 24, dropped the KFC salt sachet - measuring 2.5cm by 5cm .
She was spotted by a council litter enforcement officer and given a £75 fine .
Miss Howells was taken to court when she failed to pay the fine and charged a further £316 in court costs and a £15 victim surcharge fee . |
1a5d3f2738d10ffd3a44ffcd28149449f819efcd | (CNN) -- Babylon was one of the glories of the ancient world, its walls and mythic hanging gardens listed among the Seven Wonders. Founded about 4,000 years ago, the ancient city was the capital of 10 dynasties in Mesopotamia, considered one of the earliest cradles of civilization and the birthplace of writing and lite... | In recent years, the Iraqi authorities have reopened Babylon to tourists .
Despite the site's remarkable archaeological value and impressive views, there are few tourists .
The city still bears the marks of poor attempts at restoration by Saddam Hussein .
Babylon faces ongoing threats of development encroaching on its ... |
1a5d4c9faf65215997f3f23f6c18849b4992f3b9 | Cristiano Ronaldo moved to within one goal of Raul's Champions League scoring record with his opening strike against Liverpool on Wednesday night. The Portugal star had failed to score at Anfield in all of his previous five visits, but made no mistake with a neat half-volley in the 23rd minute. It took Ronaldo's Europe... | Real Madrid beat Liverpool 3-0 in Champions League tie at Anfield .
Cristano Ronaldo opened the scoring with his 23rd-minute strike .
The Portugal star is now just one shy of Raul's scoring record .
It also marked Ronaldo's first goal at Anfield in six attempts .
Some Liverpool fans applauded Ronaldo when he was substi... |
1a5e3c59108b30c01afc0f91dbf82b0a1421215a | By . Helen Pow . Toronto mayor Rob Ford has declared 'rehab is amazing' and that it reminds him of 'football camp' as he vows to return fighting fit to 'kick butt' in October's election. The embattled mayor, who is on a leave of absence to tackle his drug and alcohol use, said he feels 'great' and is benefiting from th... | The controversial Toronto mayor announced he was taking a leave of absence and pausing his re-election campaign to enter rehab last Wednesday .
He said he feels 'great' and is benefiting from the self-imposed exile .
Ford wouldn't reveal which treatment center he was at or whether it was even in Canada .
It was earlier... |
1a5fa2350faa5627f951266c5ac9f559abc38fcb | (CNN) -- While the likes of Roger Federer and Serena Williams strut their stuff at Wimbledon, spare a thought for the grass under their feet -- which will take a double pounding in the next two months. Just 20 days after the men's final at the All England Club, the tennis competition at the 2012 London Olympics will be... | Wimbledon is also hosting the 2012 Olympic Games tennis tournament .
Olympic competition starts just 20 days after the championships finish .
Groundsman Eddie Seaward is in charge of preparations for his final year .
Courts are tested at a special turf research facility in northern England . |
1a60b999988ac21126722ddc7bdb31966b2a4bbd | Washington (CNN) -- A Marine who used his Facebook page to criticize President Barack Obama has been discharged, a Marine Corps spokesman said Wednesday. Sgt. Gary Stein was given an "other-than-honorable" discharge, said Capt. Brian Block, a spokesman for the Marines. Among other comments posted to his Facebook page, ... | Sgt. Gary Stein was given an "other-than-honorable" discharge, official says .
On Facebook, Stein had called president a liar, suggested he would not follow some orders .
Military board found Stein broke rules limiting political conduct, recommended discharge . |
1a6111ebc1e719bb2ca643ead7fbfdd16beb7257 | By . Associated Press and Daily Mail . PUBLISHED: . 00:18 EST, 20 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 00:59 EST, 20 October 2013 . A man has been arrested at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport after authorities discovered a trench knife and several other blades in his carry-on bag. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey P... | Timothy Schiavo, Jr, 29, was stopped at Terminal 5 when security personnel detected weapons in his carry-on luggage .
Authorities discovered various knives, lighters and scissors in Schiavo's baggage .
He has been charged with criminal possession of a weapon . |
1a6171b00e96cb4215d8ff9db5d94320f81605aa | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 05:02 EST, 30 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:08 EST, 30 May 2013 . It's a global brand that is enjoying billions of pounds worth of profits. And it appears that Apple's phenomenal success is down to one Irish woman - an accountant called Cathy Kearney. One of the heads of Apple's Europe o... | Accountant Cathy Kearney is director of Apple satellite company that earned the brand $22billion in 2011 .
Her 'shrewd direction' believed to be driving force behind success .
Apple's tax strategy under scrutiny by U.S officials .
Legally able to shift profits from around the world to pay less tax . |
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