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1aee724f86e675b627eec87bb323e771644bd6a7 | Sydney Swans veteran Adam Goodes has revealed his friendship with Eddie McGuire is over following the racial comments he made about the player last year. The dual Brownlow Medalist today broke his silence over McGuire's on-air gaffe when he suggested Goodes, 34, be part of the promotion of King Kong the musical. It hap... | Adam Goodes today said he longer regards Eddie McGuire as a friend over 'King Kong' comments .
Goodes said he considered McGuire 'a friend' before comments were made on radio .
The Collingwood President apologised, and said it was a 'slip of the tongue' |
1aee7af97d6fb5b54f66f977e36e7f39332f82a2 | Cigarettes enhanced sex appeal, signified rebellion and oozed glamour when used by film stars in the golden age of Hollywood. But tobacco companies hoping that e-cigarettes will receive similar treatment are in for an unpleasant surprise. Oscar nominee Michael Shannon has argued that the vaporising devices are ideal p... | Oscar nominee Michael Shannon says e-cigarettes are ideal props for villains .
He claims devices were crucial to his scheming character in 99 Homes .
The Tourist, starring Johnny Depp, was one of the first films to use devices .
Films restricted from showing cigarettes in 1998 due to product placement .
Cigarettes den... |
1aeef715af1109622e8e78fc012442910f7bab32 | By . Chris Greenwood . PUBLISHED: . 18:15 EST, 4 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:15 EST, 5 October 2012 . Resigned: Sir Norman Bettison will step down next year . The head of West Yorkshire Police will stand down after being accused of smearing fans in the wake of the Hillsborough tragedy. Sir Norman Bettison said the... | Sir Norman Bettison will retire from £225,000 post on March 21, 2013 .
Officer forced to apologise for criticising Liverpool fans' behaviour in tragedy .
Sir Norman alleged to be 'most senior officer in black propaganda campaign'
Families of those who died 'delighted' at his departure . |
1af136d27058853fa4e6f80ac9bbc27b06c2d41f | By . Alex Gore . PUBLISHED: . 06:09 EST, 25 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:12 EST, 25 January 2013 . Sacked: Paul Kellerman lost his job as a delivery driver after being wrongly recorded doing 103 mph when he was only driving at 34 mph . A delivery driver who was wrongly recorded speeding at 103 mph has been sacked d... | Company would not relent despite the police apologising for the blunder .
Paul Kellerman's van had a speed limiter stopping it going above 70 mph .
He has since signed up for housing benefit and is struggling to pay his rent .
Mr Kellerman has lost a stone and a half in weight since being sacked . |
1af25efc16a137f24ce06eec1b33d639e6db9ef7 | By . Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 13:22 EST, 19 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:07 EST, 20 July 2013 . Jailed: Bank manager Celia Zarebska, 52, stole £315,000 from elderly and vulnerable customers . A bank manager who stole over £300,000 from elderly and vulnerable customers’ accounts so she could ‘fit in with the golfing wi... | Bank manager defrauded elderly and vulnerable customers .
Celia Zarebska, 52, siphoned £315,000 over seven years .
She spent money on holidays and expensive dresses to 'fit in'
Caught when a woman found her aunt's £62,000 account empty . |
1af29ee2b83c3ef1a0f41e26b6da26e33db21a3b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 11:48 EST, 8 November 2011 . Tesco shoppers across the country cleared shelves of thousands of chocolate bars after a mistake saw the treats being sold at just a fraction of their usual price. Customers filled their baskets and trolleys after a fresh supermarket glitch saw tubes of... | Latest glitch hits 1,285 Express stores .
Smarties tubes, normally sold for 45p, sell for 5p .
Kit Kat Chunkys on sale for just 10p .
And Aeros go for 12p as opposed to 40p .
Blunder comes after cheap Chocolate Orange fiasco . |
1af2ad74218d8a6818c3c4ebe6eca840d2cdca66 | (CNN) -- It was one of the most disturbing sights Wimbledon has witnessed. Serena Williams, a 17-time grand slam champion, disorientated, unsteady on her feet and unable to serve properly on Court No. 1. Her doubles match alongside sister Venus lasted just three games, with Serena unable to get the ball over the net wh... | Serena Williams returns to action after being hit by illness at Wimbledon .
The 17-time grand slam champion had to retire from doubles match .
She says she is back to full health and was surprised by the commotion .
Williams to face the Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova on Wednesday . |
1af2aff2739df8132c8164a421e9190133423221 | By . Tim Shipman . Ed Miliband is turning off voters with ‘vacuous sloganeering’ and the ‘torturous repetition of political mantras’ like ‘One Nation’, one of his leading backbenchers said yesterday. Simon Danczuk, the MP for Rochdale, complained that Labour MPs are ordered to ‘parrot’ the phrase in every public uttera... | Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk says Labour MPs ordered to 'parrot' phrase .
Hailed One Nation speech as 'nation-grabbing moment' but offered warning .
Said public is not accepting of such simple messaging any more . |
1af2ea4ae9caffa06f9b47bdfcbfbe55f41a09ca | (CNN) -- Costa Rica's appeal against its recent 1-0 defeat by the United States played out in a snowstorm has been blown away by soccer's global governing body FIFA. The Costa Rican Football Federation complained to FIFA following last week's 2014 World Cup qualifier in Colorado, which was played in blizzard-like condi... | FIFA rejects Costa Rica's appeal over 1-0 defeat to United States .
Costa Rica unhappy with the snowstorm conditions in Colorado .
The win was the U.S.'s first of the 2014 World Cup qualifying competition .
Jurgen Klinsmann's team play neighbors Mexico on Tuesday . |
1af3e7eef02dcd86b31c6337aa20cfe865bfa151 | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 05:35 EST, 22 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:55 EST, 22 July 2013 . Thief: Amy Luck, 23, lied about being mugged after stealing £10,000 from her own grandfather . A young mother pretended she was mugged to steal £10,000 from her grandfather. Amy Luck, 23, from Cadishead, Greater Mancheste... | Amy Luck, 23, couldn't 'resist the temptation' to take the money .
Asked to cash in the Premium Bonds for her grandfather Barry .
Smith .
Handed it to her boyfriend Jonathan Stevens, 21, who buried it in the garden . |
1af68515c1f2373ea2627c92477bbfde9a5a7f19 | (CNN) -- At first glance, my 11-year-old son seems like your everyday, all-American kid. He loves baseball and basketball, plays Xbox with his friends when they come over, and posts innocuous pictures of the family dog on his Instagram feed. Given these mundane facts about the boy, you can imagine my surprise when, whi... | Howard Samuels: Supporters of pot say that it helps those who have health problems .
Samuels: But the argument is exploited by people who aren't using it for medical reasons .
He says some passionate defenders of pot legalization just want to smoke and get high .
Samuels: To marijuana abusers everywhere: Are you really... |
1af6fd1fa743163560ff1780149ef96249eb2f8d | With barely a month until the World Cup opens in Brazil, violent protests and strikes are breaking out across the country by groups angry about the changes the sporting event has brought -- and what it hasn't. Demonstrations were held in 18 cities Thursday. The biggest and most violent was in Sao Paulo, where police sh... | The World Cup opens in Brazil on June 12 .
Some protesters say government should spend more on housing .
Other groups taking advantage of event to air their grievances . |
1af7169c8e464e69b0ec196f8c46d762a1e0dee8 | By . Marissa Charles . UPDATED: . 05:08 EST, 27 February 2012 . It was ladies’ night at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards when the film The Help swept the boards. The female ensemble cast walked away with three major awards - for leading actress, best supporting actress and ensemble cast. There wasn’t a dry eye in t... | Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer take top female acting honours .
Jean Dujardin beats Pitt and Clooney to take best actor .
Christopher Plummer scoops best supporting actor - his second major award this season . |
1af71d922d5b9db5330769be1900df748abd8231 | (CNN) -- Big, big sigh of relief among Russia's super-rich, as the West announces "smart sanctions" against a group of Kremlin officials and members of Russian parliament in response to the referendum that took place in Crimea and produced a result resembling the elections in the old Soviet Union: 96.7% of the people w... | On Sunday, 96.7% of voters in Crimea's referendum chose to leave Ukraine and join Russia .
The EU and U.S. subsequently imposed sanctions on some Russian, Ukrainian officials .
Alexander Nekrassov says Putin has gone too far to pull back -- regardless of sanctions .
He says it's time for Russia and the West to start fi... |
1af7fc8582ad9866835201b2ef5920c8d517a4af | Kylie Radatti, 34, was given a six month jail sentence after she upset a stranger's child by spinning them too fast on a merry-go-round . A woman who upset a stranger's child by spinning them too fast on a merry-go-round has been given a six month jail sentence. Kylie Jean Radatti, 34, was attending the Bongo Beat even... | Kylie Radatti, 34, was attending the Bongo Beat event at a Gold Coast park .
She upset a stranger's child by spinning them too fast on a playground ride .
Ms Radatti was given a six month jail sentence but was released on parole . |
1af8459bf0a122fc43153aa8ce4165f1abeb472d | He had up to 50 confused tourists stranded outside his home each day after they blindly followed incorrect sat-nav directions. And even saw tour buses full of French schoolchildren dumped on his doorstep in a quiet cul-de-sac - a mile away from the Big Pit coalmine tourist attraction in Blaenavon, South Wales. So Nigel... | Nigel Winfield, 62, has put up eight realistic road signs near his house .
More than 50 tourists were stranded in his quiet cul-de-sac each day .
They were trying to find Big Pit coalmine in Blaenavon, South Wales .
Mr Winfield said his signs have led to a 90 per cent reduction in traffic .
Torfaen Council are making n... |
1af93492302fd69b61c8386d2557aee1e4ecbfa8 | Vivica A. Fox is a serial cougar! The 50-year-old star of films like Independence Day, Kill Bill and Soul Food has been quietly dating an actor almost 20-years her junior, and this isn't the first time she been with a much younger man. Fox has found love with 31-year-old co-star Robert Ri'chard. The two met on the set ... | Serial cougar Vivica A. Fox is quietly dating her Chocolate City co-star Robert Ri'chard, 31 .
Ri'chard plays a college student recruited to be a stripper in the film and Fox plays his mother .
Fox will compete in the new season of Celebrity Apprentice . |
1af9672d1dfcf2a90a923e105d8a3a9a650f257f | Prince George of Cambridge's first birthday is to be marked with a commemorative £5 coin. The . Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's young son is the first member of the . royal family to have his first birthday honoured with a new UK coin. William . and Kate, along with George's great-grandmother the Queen and . Chancellor... | William .
and Kate approved the design of the sterling silver .
piece .
Bears heraldic royal arms and the year 2014 .
There will be a limited mintage of 7,500 of the birthday coins .
Will cost £80 each . |
1afa4088ffe321922cac777c45f3840f4993e779 | A prostitute and her unemployed partner, arrested over the murder of a Gold Coast man after luring him with an online advertisement for sex, have faced court. 33-year-old mother of three, Peta Lorang-Goubran,and her 28-year-old partner Mark Dayney were arrested on Wednesday over the murder of Gold Coast man Mark Emanue... | Mark Emanuel Spencer was found bludgeoned to death at his Gold Coast home .
Police claimed he had replied to an advertisement for sex on the classified website Craigslist, which was part of his killers' ploy to rob him .
A 33-year-old mother of three and her 28-year-old partner were arrested on Wednesday over his murde... |
1afab93e029359768b0633700ad04df78d5d06b8 | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 05:54 EST, 6 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:55 EST, 6 November 2013 . Jimmy Savile asked BBC security staff to allow girls and women free passage to his dressing room when the paedophile demanded, a letter revealed today. A handwritten note, scrawled by the DJ on Stoke Mandeville ... | Scrawled letter was written on Stoke Mandeville Hospital headed paper .
Reads: 'BBC security friends please admit these three ladies to my room, ta'
Savile used signature with smiling face added within the 'J'
Paedophile is believed to have abused many victims on BBC premises . |
1afb5886582678fb05e17cde2af1730f5fddfe7d | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 09:04 EST, 28 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:34 EST, 28 February 2014 . It's the most important social event on the A-list calendar with 40.4 million viewers tuning in to watch Tinseltown's biggest names arrive at the Oscars. The world's most famed designers work overtime to ensure ... | From Cher's belly dancer .
catastrophe to Celine Dion's reversed white suit .
The stars of this year's gongs probably won't take inspiration from this lot . |
1afbecff6534c636a03630250852c8fc8d3e3081 | It was the alchemical quest that was midwife to the birth of modern science: how to transform common elements into precious gold. Now researchers have found a bacterium that could fit the bill as a modern day philosophers' stone, by turning a toxic chemical compound found in nature into solid, 24-carat gold. A team fro... | Professors describe their work as 'neo-alchemy' and exhibit findings in the form of art-science installation now on display in Austria . |
1afbfd2cdee2652c9fd1c43917b2113ff45a753d | By . Ruth Styles . PUBLISHED: . 06:59 EST, 23 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:52 EST, 24 September 2013 . Actress Naomi Watts shocked the world when she announced the late Princess Diana had given her 'permission' to play her on screen. But she is not the only one who believes the tragic royal is communicating with ... | Jo and Ken Dobson, from Gloucestershire, say Diana sends them signs .
She also, say the couple, once appeared on a Christmas tree fairy .
They have so much memorabilia, they are building an extension to house it .
The pair have met Diana's family and friends, including butler Paul Burrell .
Superstars and Superfans is ... |
1afcddfaa9988535e6a47a5033a7d1f80d48088c | By . Claire Bates . Last updated at 11:04 AM on 1st December 2011 . Police had to ferry sick patients to hospital last night as over-stretched NHS services struggled to cope with yesterdays strike. Desperate ambulance chiefs made a plea to the Metropolitan police yesterday evening as they were hit with a deluge of emer... | Met police helped to ferry patients to hospital because of demand on NHS services .
The Government estimates around 400,000 medical staff, cleaners and administrators went on strike action . |
1afda0213f4bb50263d79da0c269041e3a97f8a0 | By . Marcus Townend . Amateur jockey JT McNamara has returned home to Ireland 15 months after suffering serious injury in a fall at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival. McNamara was riding Galaxy Rock in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup when he fell at the first fence and was immediately taken to hospital. He was moved... | JT McNamara returns home 15 months after falling at 2013 Cheltenham Festival .
Amateur jockey was moved to a specialist treatment ward in Southport .
The Irish Turf Club release statement on behalf of McNamara and his wife Caroline . |
1afdc3a820c18f9df73970a2dc28671089b0e70b | (CNN) -- Satellite imagery that may show debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is raising hopes that investigators can narrow what has been a needle-in-a-haystack search operation. The images, obtained and analyzed by the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation as "a possible indication of debris south of th... | Satellite images give hope that MH370 debris may have been spotted .
Remote part of Indian Ocean now focus of search .
Weather and ocean depth might be stumbling blocks to search of area . |
1afdedc8dc5bca2f6758bb2e70310beb26d22067 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 21:08 EST, 27 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:48 EST, 28 August 2012 . A trainee physics teacher has been declared the best Scrabble player in the UK, after a gruelling Bank Holiday weekend showdown. Kevin McMahon, from Dublin, clinched the crown when he managed to conjure up the... | Kevin McMahon from Dublin took the crown with eight-letter word over two 'triple word score' squares .
Prompted celebrities to discuss their favourite word . |
1afe469bfb1554602058a131e5218c4477b5c7cc | Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler says Luis Suarez's time at the club could be up after dragging their name through the mud yet again. Suarez has created another storm in world football by appearing to bite Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini in Uruguay's tempestuous 1-0 Group D win over Italy to reach the World Cup last 16.... | Luis Suarez faces FIFA action after appearing to bite Italy's Giorgio Chiellini .
Liverpool icon Robbie Fowler would not be surprised if Suarez left the club .
Fowler says Suarez has dragged Liverpool's good name through the mud .
Suarez's Uruguay side triumphed 1-0 over Italy to reach the last 16 . |
1aff01ba66da88ff2d895bcd3dcc3fe9e21b8f21 | (CNN) -- Why not use those last few vacation days? Given an average of 14 annual vacation days, Americans left four days on the table over the past year, according to Expedia.com's 13th annual vacation deprivation study. That's twice as many as the previous year. "No one retires wishing they'd spent more time at their ... | Americans will not use four vacation days this year, study says .
Workers worldwide get an average of 20 vacation days .
Workers in France get 30 days and use all of them . |
1b00b2d2edef396855ad392f08a6e74550af569b | (CNN) -- Woodpecker. Spider species. Nuclear particle. For anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, the varied list of namesakes keeps growing. In July last year, just in time for his birthday, scientists named a prehistoric woodpecker after him, adding to the many tributes for South Africa's first black president. The wood... | A woodpecker is officially named Australopicus nelsonmandelai .
'Paravanda Nelson Mandela" in Singapore is also named after the former president .
In Britain, a nuclear particle is also named after him in Britain . |
1b0187a5dd249bb2104b22f94a7f80985ff6d183 | A planning lawyer and self-styled 'mosque buster' claims he is fighting to stop the 'tide of Islam' by successfully blocking plans for the building of mosques across the UK. Gavin Boby, once linked to the far-right English Defence League, boasts he has already blocked plans for 16 out of 17 mosques being built. Under t... | Gavin Boby, once linked to EDL, calls for people to come to him for help .
Lawyer boasts he has already blocked plans for 16 mosques being built .
He claims Islam encourages paedophilia, sexual abuse and pimping .
EDL endorses organisation, referring Twitter followers to Boby . |
1b01c3cf8c818843dbb423ad7b0261066be26d00 | By . Claire Bates . Last updated at 1:31 PM on 31st October 2011 . Only a third of UK homes currently have a carbon monoxide alarm, while just one in five people realise the gas can kill, according to a new study. Campaigners are trying to cut the annual toll of deaths and injuries caused by carbon monoxide poisoning, ... | Just one in five realise odorless gas can kill .
Carbon monoxide poisoning left 4,000 Britons needing hospital treatment last year .
'We could have all died': Family's lucky escape from deadly gas . |
1b02390c9344daad8b70acc92a074e200b0b9498 | Lola Wang, a 28-year-old marketing officer in Shanghai, makes a six-hour trip to Shandong province in eastern China to see her parents twice a year -- once during the Lunar New Year and again during the National Day holiday in October. "I feel like I should visit my parents more but having a job in the financial indust... | New Chinese law requires children to visit elderly parents .
Care of growing elderly population a big challenge for China's leaders .
One-child policy and economic reform have broken up extended family .
Some say law controversial and hard to enforce . |
1b032c8a50892dca9657ee4de8b32ab4c5d7afcc | Los Angeles (CNN) -- "We are One"? Not quite. Singer Jennifer Lopez, who was supposed to perform the official song of this year's World Cup at the opening ceremony this week, has pulled out. "Regretfully Jennifer Lopez will not be attending this year's World Cup opening ceremonies," her rep told CNN in a statement late... | Singer pulls out of opening ceremony performance .
She recorded "We are One (Ola Ola)" with Pitbull and Claudia Leitte .
No reason was given for her withdrawal . |
1b0369fdfa9e7b8aceae7df175e2236bd4602e88 | A trip to a shopping center in Lake Worth, Texas, ended in a tragedy on Saturday when a 7-year-old girl was mowed down by an out-of-control pickup truck that also injured five other people. The incident happened at around 2:00pm in the parking lot of the Target and Ross stores in the 6300 block of Lake Worth Avenue whe... | Vincent Martinez, 84, plowed into several people at Lake Worth, Texas, shopping plaza .
Total of six people, four of them children, were injured .
Martinez's daughter said her diabetic father may have forgotten to take insulin . |
1b0445b1d5bef9f435feee8f90429e2223e10b18 | (CNN) -- IN FOCUS: MEDICAL TOURISM . Visiting Jordan can often be an eye opening experience, from its ancient ruins to its vast deserts. But travelers also head to Jordan to enjoy its medical benefits. Advanced expertise at affordable prices make the country a world leader in medical tourism. As MME found out, its also... | Advanced expertise at affordable prices make Jordan a world leader in medical tourism .
MME finds out how healthcare tourism is contributing to the country's economy .
Zaid al Siksek, the man behind Abu Dhabi's health authority, shares his views on healthcare investment . |
1b0458d70ad870bbff5b8eafcf8898c898b8488f | (CNN) -- Real Madrid went down to a 2-0 second leg defeat to Levante, but still eased into the quarterfinals of the Spanish Cup, 8-2 on aggregate. Levante's two second-half goals by Xisco Nadal and Sergio Gonzalez were not enough to overturn Real's massive first leg advantage, but it was a boost for the Valencia-based... | Levante beat Real Madrid 2-0 in their Spanish Cup second leg tie .
Real through 8-2 on aggregate to reach last eight .
Barcelona reached quarterfinals on Wednesday night .
Holders Sevilla also progress as do last year's runners-up Atletico Madrid . |
1b05701fbec62ed4de6ff21310f885d2c229b3be | European rugby’s elite competition returns this weekend under an unfamiliar guise with a new name, a new format and a new trophy. And former Wales international Ieuan Evans says he is ‘salivating’ at the prospect of watching the continent’s best in action in a revitalised tournament. It has taken more than two years fo... | European rugby's elite competition returns this weekend under new guise .
Heineken Cup has been re-formatted into the new tournament .
Set to get underway on Friday night when Harlequins face Castres .
Sky pundit Ieuan Evans 'salivating' at the prospect of the competition . |
1b0576979addc4de3015d334805cf0d6d3b477cd | And so it was true, after all. When Manchester United chief executive Ed Woodward conceded, under questioning from reporters in Los Angeles this summer, that the ailing Premier League club were prepared to eclipse the British transfer record this summer, he meant it. This week’s imminent acquisition of Angel di Maria w... | Angel di Maria signing is a statement of intent from Ed Woodward .
Argentine's huge wages show United can compete with European elite .
Questions remain about the player's best position and United must still strengther elsewhere .
But mega-signing will appease the fans after poor start to the season . |
1b05ac39b55e71da7e8291457dad9f5a46318965 | By . Meghan Keneally . PUBLISHED: . 14:59 EST, 7 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:54 EST, 7 January 2013 . Two of the Kennedy cousins spoke out about their battles with addiction, saying that their family’s history with substance abuse contributed significantly to their own health problems. Christopher Kennedy Lawford ... | JFK's nephews Christopher Lawford Kennedy and former Congressman Patrick Kennedy talk about their battles with substance abuse .
Christopher started drinking when he was 12-years-old .
Patrick resigned from Congress in 2010 and has been sober since .
Long history of drug and alcohol abuse in extended Kennedy family . |
1b06b902aaeb01a4990549d923e32264d6a88095 | A French skier has captured the terrifying moment he did a 360 degree flip over the top of a police car. Candide Thovex filmed the daredevil stunt in France using a headcam attached to his helmet. It is thought the 30-year-old may have got into trouble with the police as after he removes his skis a siren rings out and ... | Candide Thovex filmed the daredevil stunt using a headcam .
A police car is seen stopping him after the prank . |
1b07101f86a345a4aa9d5bdedea347567499fdf3 | By . Katy Dartford . PUBLISHED: . 13:24 EST, 15 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:55 EST, 15 September 2012 . A child has been taken to hospital after cowpats in a park caused an E. Coli outbreak. Seven people, including five children under eight, have been infected with E. coli O157 from the same park in Birmingham i... | 5 children under 8 years old also infected in same park .
HPA says likely cause was cowpats and rabbit droppings .
Cows are free to roam around the park in Sutton Coldfield . |
1b089f2c2a671ffac83afe1c0bb6f8b0f1007e4b | Cleveland (CNN) -- Seldom does a daughter use such harsh words to describe her own father. Ariel Castro's daughter called him "the most evil, vile, demonic criminal" she ever heard of during a CNN exclusive interview Thursday. "He is dead to me," Angie Gregg said of the father police say kidnapped, held captive, raped ... | Angie Gregg describes the strange behavior of her father, Ariel Castro .
When she visited him, he took forever to answer the door, she says .
She also says the basement was always locked, and he wouldn't let her go upstairs .
Ariel Castro beat his wife, his daughter says . |
1b0a6f4c269d6586796314650ec970904e37bb4a | (CNN) -- Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Tuesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is using his claims of a successful rocket launch to shore up his political strength within his country. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discusses North Korea on CNN's "American Morning" on Tuesday. Albr... | Former secretary of state: U.S. made "huge mistake" stopping talks with North Korea .
Madeleine Albright says North Korean leader is seeking respect internationally .
Kim Jong-Il also using rocket launch for internal political reasons, Albright says .
Albright says President Obama proving U.S. leadership in response to... |
1b0a7f87e5faa9da26ff09713a7edff32c83d2e9 | (CNN) -- After 13 days of staying in campers, in trailers or with out-of-town relatives to escape a raging wildfire, the 200-plus residents of Nutrioso, Arizona, were allowed to go home Wednesday. The Wallow fire, raging in eastern Arizona and western New Mexico, has grown into the largest fire ever battled in Arizona,... | NEW: 50 structures damaged or lost to another fire .
Resident who returns home talks about kindness of strangers .
Wallow fire is Arizona's biggest ever but not the most destructive to buildings .
Residents of Nutrioso go home 13 days after an evacuation was ordered . |
1b0a871c2c8bb97dc2c923774070ef73294e6ba8 | By . Laurie Whitwell . Follow @@lauriewhitwell . Fernando, the player Manchester City have bought to irritate opponents in the depths of their midfield, breaks into a smile when he considers his nickname ‘The Octopus’. For fans at his former club Porto it appeared he had eight legs, such was the frequency he flicked th... | The Brazilian moved to the Etihad from Porto for £12m earlier this summer .
Manuel Pellegrini signed him to shore up City's midfield as they look to retain their Premier League title and challenge for the Champions League .
Fernando was nicknamed 'The Octopus' by Porto fans after his performance against Cristiano Ronal... |
1b0b1376dca14d61cbc1152fc4f4633dcee05592 | By . Emma Reynolds and Rupert Steiner . PUBLISHED: . 03:30 EST, 6 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:58 EST, 6 November 2012 . Fat cats at Britain's top companies have defied the financial crisis and awarded themselves pay rises that take average earnings to £4million. While their basic salaries have remained roughly th... | Top earner was Angela Ahrendts, chief .
executive of Burberry, with £15.9m .
While pay has stayed roughly the same, incentives have soared .
Huge earnings boosts comes as ordinary workers struggle financially . |
1b0b7c684500c816531b9839469783eff651fa73 | Erica Camus prepares for a walk in the forest . Rummaging through charity shops, going for a walk through the forest, tending to my little potted garden, or enjoying every bite of a six-course meal at the 17th Century Weston Park with my partner – these are all things that make me feel happy. I do them as often as I ca... | Erica has paranoid schizophrenia and has spent time on psychiatric ward .
She says activities such as walking and gardening are highly therapeutic .
Makes her own 'happy book' recording all of the good things in her life .
Says best technique for happiness is to count 'three blessings' a day . |
1b0babb853f5ef9cb1f7d5e562ccd46eed245f8d | Sydney siege survivor Louisa Hope has turned down the chance to tell her story on national television, despite significant financial offers, because she doesn't want to 'exploit' the incident which saw three people killed. Ms Hope, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, has also closed down a funding account to help aid ... | Louisa Hope, 50, was used as a 'human shield' by self-styled Sheikh Man Haron Monis and was shot in the foot .
Ms Hope has refused to accept money in exchange for sharing her story on national television along with other siege victims .
She has closed down a fund to help aid her medical bills despite only being entitle... |
1b0bb2ef1c5525f8a708d9fe860b0735f7e9aad7 | Calvert County, Maryland (CNN) -- Getting out of her car, the wife of a furloughed government worker walked toward a small building full of free food. She approached the door with her head down. An attendant asked for her name, she looked up and began to sob. "It's ok, it's not your fault," the volunteer said as she wr... | Some furloughed workers say they can't feed their families without help .
"These folks (furloughed employees) don't know how to be poor," said head of one food pantry .
"It's a damn shame," Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, told CNN. |
1b0bf9de45351803c58cca7faa5de9b40eea9304 | Against a backdrop of a tumbling Big Ben and Houses of Parliament, a grinning ISIS commander has been taunting Britain with his plans to launch an attack on the West. Abu Omar al-Shishani, one of the most feared military commanders of the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq, has issued the image as part of a campaign to in... | Abu Omar al-Shishani is one of ISIS' most feared military commanders .
Has now issued chilling image showing destruction of London landmarks .
Red-bearded militant known to have recruited at least two Britons to ISIS .
One Abdul Waheed Majeed took part in a Aleppo Prison suicide attack .
Image released after militant k... |
1b0d6e8980c90c62bfc9bc8444b1eae07523fb5f | A pensioner says he is a prisoner in his own home after a busy bus stop was placed at the end of his drive. Retired caretaker Ivor Souter, 66, came home one day to find the yellow bus stop markings outside his bungalow. Mr Souter, of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, says local services now regularly pull up in front of his ... | Ivor Souter, 66, came home to find markings outside his bungalow .
The passenger pick-up point now sits squarely at front of his home .
And buses arrive at the stop every three minutes .
Mr Souter, from Sheffield, South Yorks, said: 'It's absolutely barmy' |
1b0de1e4e68dadcd8b29f4e957d8e8267977a3b7 | Smartphones will be sending and receiving scented messages by the end of next year, experts say. The concept is one of ten emerging technologies forecast by innovation charity Nesta to make it big 2015, with others including life-saving apps and food waste feeding millions of people. It comes six months after scientist... | Scientists sent smell of champagne from Paris to US with iPhone in June .
oPhone Duo device can recreate smell out of palette of 32 available scents .
And the Scentee iPhone attachment can release aroma upon receiving text .
Emerging technologies forecast by innovation charity Nesta to make it big .
Others include life... |
1b0ed34d839279ee364b53ee9b80bbfbe262755f | By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 10:41 EST, 31 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:41 EST, 31 July 2013 . 'Ridiculous': Alfie Waine and his mother Emma Hardy were unimpressed by security staff at Leeds Bradford Airport who confiscated the five-year-old's toy weapons . Airport security staff seized a five-year-old's Teenage Mu... | Staff at Leeds Bradford Airport confiscated three of Alfie Waine's toys .
The toys were in mother Emma Hardy's hand luggage at the time .
The West Yorkshire airport has a ban on flying with imitation or toy guns .
But angry mother Emma Hardy, 31, described the policy as 'ridiculous' |
1b102b21a4929c5e87a203537ac4415b747dd249 | It all ended in smiles, but when Sydney Sixers opener Riki Wessels was cracked in the head by a 144.7 km/h delivery in his side’s Big Bash match there was a sharp intake of breath all around the Adelaide Oval. The tragic death of Australian batsman Philip Hughes last November when he was struck in the head by a similar... | Sydney Sixers opener Riki Wessels gets cracked in the head by a 144.7 km/h bouncer from Adelaide paceman Kane Richardson .
The ball got lodged between the peak of Wessels' helmet and the protective face grill .
It brought back memories of the tragic incident when Australian batsman Philip Hughes died after getting hit ... |
1b10af3e3047c5e061278d1295e9ecb82ddb49d8 | By . Steve Robson . PUBLISHED: . 08:21 EST, 4 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:32 EST, 4 June 2013 . Murdered: Police have confirmed that 17-year-old Georgia Williams died from 'pressure to the neck' Teenage murder victim Georgia Williams was probably choked to death with a ligature, police have revealed. Earlier today De... | Detectives earlier said 17-year-old died from 'pressure to her neck'
Jamie Reynolds, 22, appeared at Stafford Crown Court charged with murder .
He did not enter a plea and will return to court on September 6 .
Police renew appeal for return of her phone, jacket and make-up bag .
Inquest into teenager's death was opened... |
1b10f474b61fe8d778ab83ee7882a6f748c42b45 | The full scale of violence and corruption in Libya since the fall of Colonel Gaddafi has been laid bare in an Amnesty International report accusing the world of 'turning a blind eye' to war crimes. Since the dictator's death in October 2011, the then Western-backed rebel groups have split into two rival camps - one b... | Former anti-Gaddafi rebels are now deeply divided along religious lines .
One group is hardline Islamist while other backs largely secular regime .
Both using armed gangs to torture and murder rivals, Amnesty says .
Accuses Western leaders of choosing to ignore 'chaos engulfing Libya' |
1b122b2e623c6c7070f1ec7269ec11169f3be718 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . If you're in the market for some $100 million bling, a Fifth Avenue diamond dealer-to-the-stars claims to have the rarest 'super gems' on Earth. From the newly trendy $1 million 'Power Rings' popular on Wall Street to 100 carat diamonds for the mega-rich, David Birnbaum and his extensive netw... | New York-based David Birnbaum and his extensive network of contacts scour the globe for the most incredible rocks .
His company Rare 1 are specialists in top-of-the-line diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires and pearls, selling to 'VIP clientele types .
Birnbaum deals with elite slice of the market . |
1b1257d57739e4eea16696a6586b5a1e922b8c72 | By . Emma Innes . PUBLISHED: . 08:46 EST, 30 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:28 EST, 30 October 2013 . For most people, waking up covered in blood is the stuff of horror films. But for 22-year-old Stephanie Walker it became a horrifying reality of life. Miss Walker used to self-harm in her sleep and woke with injuries... | Stephanie Walker had a form of sleepwalking which saw her cut her legs .
She would wake up to find her bedclothes soaked in blood .
She feared she might hurt her parents or brother in her sleep .
Doctors tried giving her sleeping pills to put her into such a deep sleep that she wouldn't get up during the night - they d... |
1b12bb1d849dfb4223d81562d5cbd08408fb99f2 | Hours before Robert Xie allegedly murdered five members of the Lin family he shared a dinner with three of them, a court has heard. Lian Bin 'Robert' Xie, 50, is accused of murdering his brother-in-law Min 'Norman' Lin, 45, Mr Lin's wife, Yun 'Lily' Li Lin, 44 and their sons Henry, 12, and Terry, 9 in the early hours o... | Lian Bin 'Robert' Xie denies murdering five members of his family .
Court told he bludgeoned three adults to death - before turning on the children .
It's alleged he was motivated by 'bitterness and hatred'
He had dinner with brother-in-law Min and his three children the night before victims' bloodied bodies found .
Al... |
1b13241477b64ed7e8f5b9e7114f843d29ad9a15 | London (CNN) -- Wrapped in heavy coats against the November chill, thousands of visitors crowd onto the paths circling the Tower of London to catch a glimpse of the extraordinary "sea" of crimson filling the castle's moat below. The blood-red tide which flows from one of the palace's windows and laps at its ancient sto... | More than four million people have visited poppy art installation at Tower of London .
"Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" is made up of more than 880,000 ceramic flowers .
Each poppy represents a British or Colonial soldier killed in World War I .
Final bloom will be planted on 11 November; flowers will then be "picke... |
1b13295c9541377f1684f9f4094cf086852e8132 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . The baby gorilla who came down with pneumonia after being born in a rare Caesarean section at the San Diego Zoo has improved enough to begin drinking formula from bottles and to breathe on her own, zoo officials said on Wednesday. The baby gorilla, a girl, was delivered by C-section on March ... | The 4.6 pound baby gorilla girl was born with breathing problems on March 13 .
San Diego Zoo veterinarians discovered collapsed lung after chest x-ray .
Is now recovering well from pneumonia developed after emergency C-section birth .
The cute baby still has no name more than a week after her birth . |
1b13677e38eeee2a72ed9abce81dd066c93a8618 | It was up against spectacular seascapes and even a portrait of a Hollywood actress. But judges chose this 'honest' image of a bare-chested man displaying enormous calluses spreading across his shoulders as the winner of the world's longest-running photography exhibition. Italian photographer Antonio Busiello's The Cull... | Winners unveiled in 156th annual Royal Photographic Society exhibition .
The Cullatore raises 'valid questions about body image', judges said . |
1b1479bb6e290e86e4b2a1e862e06909a0a62f8e | By . Steve Doughty . PUBLISHED: . 13:36 EST, 18 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:11 EST, 19 June 2013 . Girl Guides will no longer pledge their loyalty to God and country under radical changes revealed yesterday. Youngsters joining the Guides and Brownies will instead promise ‘to be true to myself’ and ‘serve my community... | Leaders said different words were needed so all girls can be included .
Members have been required to make a pledge to God since 1910 .
Church of England appealed to the Guides to keep promise to God . |
1b14a0a427f994648217c771e02dc1a460805cd1 | (CNN) -- Manchester United clinched a record 19th English league title on Saturday, while local rivals City ended a 35-year wait to win a football trophy. United came from behind to draw 1-1 at Blackburn, as Wayne Rooney equalized with a controversial penalty, to move past arch-rivals Liverpool in the all-time standing... | Wayne Rooney scores the goal that gives Manchester United a record 19th English title .
United come from behind to draw 1-1 draw at Blackburn to end Chelsea's reign .
Local rivals Manchester City beat Stoke City 1-0 in FA Cup final later Saturday .
Victory ends City's 35-year trophy drought, with Yaya Toure scoring the... |
1b159c8887c07d6c06404b36e3d85885e16d0e61 | (CNN) -- The head of a survivors' group Saturday dismissed an apology issued five decades later by the German manufacturer of a drug that caused thousands of babies to be born with disabilities. Pharmaceutical firm Gruenenthal apologized Friday for the first time over its drug, thalidomide, which caused babies to be bo... | NEW: Campaigner says drug manufacturer should offer compensation as well as apology .
Children whose mothers took thalidomide during pregnancy were born without limbs .
The drug was taken by women to counter morning sickness in the 1950s and 1960s .
Drugs firm Gruenenthal expresses regret, says 50-year delay is result ... |
1b15a6c15df0ff9af89f78757a69fb92dd8bde60 | Angry travellers have taken to social media in frustration after Jetstar's website and phone lines crashed in the midst of a one day sale frenzy. Thousands tried to snap up cheap $88 flights from Australia to Bali when seats went on sale at 4pm on Monday, but Jetstar's systems crashed soon after it began. The cheap fli... | Thousands of Jetstar customers tried to snap up cheap $88 flights from Australia to Bali on Monday at 4pm .
The airline's website and phone lines crashed shortly after sale began .
Jetstar apologised to its customers saying demand for the sale put significant pressure on the booking system .
It comes as the airline ann... |
1b1613ab45fd34bd19c1ae4ed475f35afba0ce7d | A 26-year-old aid worker who was kidnapped from Syria last year has been confirmed as the third hostage held captive by the Islamic State (aka ISIS). The terror-group has demanded a $6.6million ransom for the woman, as well as the release of imprisoned neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui, ABC News reports. The hostage's fami... | The terror-group has demanded a ransom for an American aid worker kidnapped from Syria last year .
The hostage's name has not been released, at the request of her family .
ISIS has also demanded the release of neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui, who is being held in Texas .
Ransom comes a week after U.S. journalist James Fo... |
1b1802ebb89afd32aad3203999d9f35441902f1e | By . Sophie Jane Evans . and Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 05:10 EST, 13 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 07:43 EST, 13 March 2014 . The world's largest-selling brand of cigarette is under fire for allegedly encouraging teenagers to smoke. Marlboro, which is owned by Philip Morris International (PMI), is accused of targeting ... | Marlboro accused of targeting teenagers in its 'Don't Be A Maybe' campaign .
Adverts feature young people partying, snowboarding and playing guitar .
Allegedly draw on youth images of 'freedom, risk-taking and falling in love'
Cigarette firm Philip Morris International accused of 'breaching ethical code'
Campaign has b... |
1b186f8b0c3d50b8a46ee9ee9358607544cd0f08 | Lady Gaga is known for her love of outlandish fashion and her outfits never fail to grab headlines. But the eccentric fashionista went one step further this week with a staggering 16 outfit changes. The 28-year-old changed up to five times each day as she promoted her new album with Tony Bennett. Scroll down for video ... | Singer, 28, wore three different outfits yesterday and five on Wednesday .
Pop star has been promoting her album with Tony Bennett .
Changed clothes a staggering 16 times in the last seven days . |
1b190c179d8d7df0e5ae5cddfdaf10be3c0473e4 | Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has apologised to referee Kevin Friend for criticising his decision making in a TV interview after Sunday's 3-0 FA Cup victory over Watford. Mourinho was angry with the official for not awarding the Blues a second-half penalty when defender Craig Cathcart handled the ball as he blocked a shot... | Chelsea beat Watford 3-0 in the third round of the FA Cup on Sunday .
Jose Mourinho was initially upset when his side was not given a penalty .
Referee Kevin Friend later explained his decision to the Chelsea boss .
Loic Remy netted the Blues' second goal after a Craig Cathcart handball . |
1b194cd3ead7c12197090c99b22c0c86c8b09d2f | By . Associated Press . and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 20:48 EST, 6 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 07:05 EST, 7 March 2014 . A Rhode Island boy battling leukemia for the second time who wants to become a police officer has received the surprise birthday party of a lifetime. Tyler Seddon turned seven on Thursday an... | Tyler Seddon has always wanted to be a police officer .
He is battling leukemia for the second time .
For his seventh birthday, he was made honorary police chief of Burrillville, Rhode Island .
Hundreds of first responders came to support him from as far away as Kentucky .
He was given an escort to his swearing-in cere... |
1b1b94c02e1ddd1e84840073da59ddf22bc8f199 | (CNN) -- "My last boss was a woman. All she did was micromanage everyone." "Every woman boss I've ever had was extremely passive-aggressive in their leadership." "It (was) much easier being managed by a male because he didn't put up with the pettiness or the gossip." Sorry, ladies of the working world. Those are commen... | After a CNN column on women and work, many commenters said they prefer working for men .
New Gallup survey finds more Americans still choose a male boss, but the gap is narrowing .
In survey, 23% said they prefer working for a woman, the highest number in study's history .
A double standard contributes to the gender ga... |
1b1ccd0d0632c30b0465b8bc959fd0fb9c11bb32 | By . Richard Marsden . PUBLISHED: . 00:01 EST, 4 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 09:32 EST, 4 February 2014 . Mujeeb ur Rehman Bhutto has admitted being the 'boss' of a high-profile kidnapping gang . A Ukip campaigner who helped to boost the party’s multi-cultural credentials has been revealed as the former leader of a ... | Mujeeb ur Rehman Bhutto has admitted being 'boss' of kidnapping gang .
35-year-old admitted charges in a UK court under a different name in 2005 .
Now Ukip try to distance themselves from Bhutto, saying he has resigned . |
1b1e80875b9413c217950cf8b336fc097b0e1e23 | Amanda Knox has become engaged to a 27-year-old musician who wrote to her while she was in an Italian prison. The 27-year-old will reportedly marry Colin Sutherland, who Knox has known since middle school. But as their families celebrate in Washington, a legal back and forth continues in Italy as Knox and her co-defen... | Knox was engaged last week to musician Colin Sutherland, who she's known since middle school. No date has been set for the nuptials .
Knox's last known boyfriend was also a musician--classical guitarist James Terrano, who she reportedly lived with in Seattle, Washington .
The case surrounding the 2007 murder of British... |
1b204d0c476de17f3f9d1f825f2e2ded94c3f3d8 | By . Victoria Woollaston . PUBLISHED: . 10:01 EST, 26 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:39 EST, 26 June 2013 . The Moon could soon become a robot colony of mechanical apes exploring the lunar landscape, thanks to a monkey robot designed in Germany. Engineers from the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI... | The iStruct Demonstrator has been designed to move and behave like real-life primates .
It is being tested on mock lunar landscapes in the hope it will soon be able to explore the Moon .
German engineers are looking at more agile alternatives to the wheeled rovers used in current space missions . |
1b20e2b841bcf62ea6151c5ae164168dfab43926 | A New Hampshire man has been accused of putting the two-year-old son of his girlfriend in a clothes dryer and turning it on, seriously burning the boy. According to a police affidavit, Adam Morton, 27, admitted to investigators that he lowered the child into the dryer in early August, leaving the child with second degr... | Adam Morton is charged with aggravated assault and has admitted his guilt to police . |
1b222804a7afae14aa27ef66b14c07656fbcfc3e | A group of 11 boys have been rescued from a factory in India where they were working 12-hour shifts for just £1. The children, aged between 11 and 17 years old, were trafficked from rural areas in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, in northern India, and taken to Delhi to work. They were forced to work 12-hour days stitching sho... | Boys forced to sleep on a mat, not fed properly and never taken to doctor .
They are paid just £1 a day - around half the average minimum wage in India .
They were trafficked from their homes - some by their parents - to Delhi .
Children forced to handle 'hazardous' equipment and all looked 'so frail'
One boy said: 'I ... |
1b226dd6f397df37935521199077ce09e94d96e5 | The huge difference in wages between Premier League and Football League bosses has been revealed in a new report by the League Managers Association. The average yearly wage of a League Two manager is £50,000 - £25,000 less than bosses in the division above. But both salaries pale in comparison with the average wage in ... | Premier League managers earn an average of £3million a year .
But Jose Mourinho leads the way in the top flight on £8.37m .
League Two managers take home £50,000-a-year on average .
League One bosses earn an average of £75,000-a-year .
Only 4.4 per cent of managers appointed since 1992-93 are black . |
1b22c0d1edf620f9c8404177d8900888f65ba401 | Britain's biggest chain of bakers was left red-faced today after the logo that appears when it is searched on Google was changed to: 'Greggs: Providing s*** to scum for over 70 years.' The chain, which has flourished on the high street over the last decade and has more than 1,600 shops, fell victim to an unknown pranks... | Offensive logo was seen on Google results page for popular bakery chain .
The 1,600-shop business contacted Google about the logo .
Gregg's Twitter team quipped: 'All publicity is good publicity? *weeps alone in a corner*' |
1b22dad2dfc3e34fdd5e0bdb41b49e708ce2eeaa | (CNN) -- Davis Cup champions Serbia will be without world No. 3 Novak Djokovic as they begin the defense of their title in the men's team competition against India this weekend. The Australian Open champion led Serbia to an historic victory over France in front of a home crowd in Belgrade in the 2010 final, but has ch... | Novak Djokovic to miss Serbia's opening Davis Cup tie to focus on U.S. hard-court season .
Defending champions face India at home in world group tie without world No. 3 .
Rafael Nadal returns to action in team competition this weekend after injury .
Former world No. 1 Dinara Safina loses in second round of Malaysia Ope... |
1b23026625bb4877695b1f04246b181249d11923 | (CNN) -- In D-Town on business and looking for the best places to eat, drink, sleep and squeeze in a bit of play? This mini-guide highlights the best of the best. Tackle them all and they might just make you an honorary Texan. Fastest, most comfortable airport transport . Whether you're headed uptown or downtown, Premi... | The rooftop pool at The Joule juts out over the street below .
The NYLO Dallas South Side hotel is set in a former Sears warehouse dating to 1911 .
White Rock Lake has nine miles of paved trails for joggers and bikers .
Dallas' art district, spanning several blocks, is the largest art district in the United States . |
1b248d11b4f7a7f8bccde87d6b405611bc922eb4 | LONDON, England -- A military-grade laser that blinds temporarily is the latest security technology available to wealthy superyacht owners afraid of pirate attacks. The SeaLase laser temporarily blinds pirates -- preventing them from attacking the yacht. The "SeaLase" laser, similar to weapons used for crowd control in... | Lasers that blind pirates are now available to wealthy super-yacht owners .
The lasers only temporarily impair eye-sight and make the assailant nauseous .
Systems such as SeaLase are on the increase with growing piracy figures . |
1b258b7e5d7f53daeda018831a42e77971261638 | (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday to accept the six-point U.N.-Arab League plan offered by envoy Kofi Annan as a way to halt the violence in Syria. "Take this path. Commit to it. Or face increasing pressure and isolation," Clinton said addressing al-Ass... | The six-point plan for halting the violence in Syria won unanimous Security Council approval .
"The council has now spoken with one voice," Clinton says .
Meanwhile, she says, the United States is working on multiple fronts . |
1b260eed9c4e8e9810104247f68d24f8c2dccb57 | By . Alexandra Klausner . and David Mccormack . A house party in Michigan got out of hand on Saturday night after the organizer advertised the event on Facebook and more than 2,000 guests, some as young as 14 years old, showed up. According to organizer James Taylor, 21, the event at his parent’s remote home in Hinton ... | James Taylor threw a birthday party for his friend on Saturday night and things got out of control after 2,000 people showed up .
The event was organized and allegedly promoted on Facebook as #ProjectP and some of the revelers were as young as 14 .
Taylor and his parents, who own the property, now face police charges .... |
1b262ce6751dce1c851c460172b6d183bbd71b94 | By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 03:20 EST, 18 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:21 EST, 18 May 2012 . Chef Kevin Viner, who runs Michelin-starred Viners Bar and Restaurant in Truro, Cornwall, has been the victim of an ongoing dispute with his landlord . A wealthy businessman has been given a suspended prison sentence aft... | Country club owner Eric Randle has avoided jail over campaign of harassment against Kevin Viner .
Dispute started over rent and utility bills . |
1b2659720a53949e236d87b5afbfb0d93e2bfa8a | By . Snejana Farberov . When Jodi Gholson Oliver's 19-year-old told her that he was going to live as a transgender male, the Las Vegas mom took to Facebook to let her family and friends know how proud and accepting she was of her child. 'For about 18 1/2 years we thought he was a girl, who just happened to like bugs, t... | Jes Oliver, 19, was born Jessica, but says he's never felt like he was supposed to be a girl .
Mother Jodi Gholson Oliver posted a Facebook message letting her family and friends know that her son decided to live as a transgender male .
Mr Oliver had his name officially changed last year and obtained a new birth certif... |
1b26dada2d96de49c039d4e0aa6d375597135263 | (CNN) -- This isn't your classic Western movie where you'll find a solitary tumbleweed rolling through a desolate landscape. These are neighborhoods around Colorado Springs, where a strange takeover of tumbleweeds started last week. The clusters of twisted foliage are causing a lot of problems, says Mahkya Askew, a res... | Tumbleweeds began invading neighborhoods in Colorado last week .
The dried plants are piling up in doorways and driveways, residents say .
High winds are being blamed for the large number of tumbleweeds . |
1b2712a9ef587eb9a245aefc5c7065aed48e953d | Washington (CNN) -- Q. What does NASA's "Green Ninja," calm wives and military weapons in Afghanistan have in common? A. They all made Republican Sen. Tom Coburn's annual book of government waste. The Oklahoma Republican, a devout believer in small government, said the federal government wasted $28 billion in 2013 on "... | GOP Sen. Tom Coburn released his annual report on government waste .
He highlighted 100 government programs and $28 billion worth of "questionable" spending .
Coburn cites programs and other spending in many government agencies .
Agencies in question consider the spending legitimate . |
1b271ff9039b2304558b2c5a28a47c0886ac25c3 | David Moyes enjoyed a crisp as Real Sociedad crashed out of the Copa del Rey following a 2-2 home draw against Villarreal. Moyes, unhappy that a number of decisions had gone against his team, argued with referee Carlos Carballo Velasco with nine minutes to go and was ordered to the stands after gesturing that the offic... | Gerard Moreno gives Villarreal lead with brilliant curling effort .
Carlos Vela poaches goal before half-time to give Sociedad hope .
Giovani do Santos looked to have settled the tie with second half strike .
David Moyes sent to the stands for argument with referee .
Scottish boss shares bag of crisps with a fan while ... |
1b2727f05a8117f64713bf2cc529cc81c1174ce7 | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 07:34 EST, 14 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:37 EST, 14 August 2013 . Brave: Victim of abuse John McCabe has successfully campaigned for a new police investigation into sex crimes at a Durham borstal . A borstal boy who was among hundreds abused by a paedophile ring in prison while ... | John McCabe has waived his anonymity and spoken of his horrifying abuse .
At 17 he was sexually assaulted at Medomsley Detention Centre, Durham .
Hundreds more boys may have been attacked in 1970s and 1980s .
Two men were convicted of sex crimes but there were allegedly several more .
Police are appealing for victims t... |
1b2812847abc60398ee8515bec06439133d8e85a | By . Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 11:48 EST, 4 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:54 EST, 6 December 2012 . One of only two prototypes of the very first magnetic strip credit cards developed by IBM is up for sale for the first time. Sotheby's are offering the relic of financial history for sale at their New York branch, ... | One of only two in existence - the other is held in California's Computer History Museum .
IBM team came up with the idea of using the magnetic strip to speed up the processing of credit card transactions .
This example has been kept in the wallet of the design team leader ever since the late Sixties . |
1b281d4630a5f53acbdf0add94372b0dbf52ccac | By . Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 07:33 EST, 11 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:44 EST, 11 January 2013 . Archaeologists have uncovered treasure buried by the desperate citizens of a town under siege by the Roman army some 2,000 years ago. Hundreds of bronze coins, and various items of gold, silver and bronze jewellery... | Hundreds of bronze coins and various items of gold, silver and bronze jewellery uncovered at site of Artezian in modern-day Ukraine .
2,000 years ago there stood a fortress there where residents of the area made an ill-fated last stand against invading Roman legions .
Research shows the people of Artezian had a culture... |
1b284b50483b0d6fec05b9084148469eb64eada7 | (Mental Floss) -- It's hard to walk down the aisle of a liquor store without running across a bottle bearing someone's name. A costumed reveler at a Captain Morgan party celebrates the rum named after the 17th century privateer. We put them in our cocktails, but how well do we know them? Here's some biographical detail... | Capt. Morgan married his own cousin, plundered Cuba and won a knighthood .
Jack Daniel died after losing a fight with a ... safe?
Which best-selling bourbon whiskey was originally called "Old Tub?"
Gin-maker Tanqueray descended from three-generations of clergymen . |
1b29db07d10737274b210ca5a300152826e90142 | Italian Paolo Di Canio has criticised the inability of English footballers to adjust the pace of their game to suit the hot conditions expected at the World Cup. 'As a coach, it happened to me several times,' said the former Sunderland and Swindon manager. 'I would ask for a lower tempo to respond to certain technical ... | Former Sunderland manager slams English players for not being good enough to play at a slower tempo .
Di Canio claims England will be exhausted and will lose to Italy .
Italian says England's reserve players 'are not up to scratch' |
1b2b696043f4fcc8bd2ff11d8abc860c36872301 | (CNN) -- Even without the looming threat of civil war in Syria, flirting with a Middle Eastern ruler is dangerous business. Not that the practice of extramarital affairs and illicit rendezvous is uncommon: Brutal autocrats from former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to erratic Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and their son... | Leaked messages reveal women's affection for Syrian president .
One sent a photograph allegedly showing herself in skimpy underwear .
Al-Assad would rather flirt with his wife, however, messages show . |
1b2bbba2cff149e184570c214ac51f374748725f | Top European football clubs are set to lobby for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to take place in May, according to reports. The European Club Association, an umbrella organisation representing the interests of 214 teams from the continent, is a powerful voice in the ongoing negotiations around when the tournament will be ... | Umbrella organisation representing 214 teams favours May tournament .
May temperatures would be similar to Japan and South Korea in 2002 .
A World Cup in November and December would disrupt domestic leagues . |
1b2d112070aba9119d6ab8522b269febdd32aab2 | Bellefonte, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- When all was said and done, Jerry and Dottie Sandusky did not ask the judge for mercy. They did not try to extol Jerry's virtues, list good deeds or express regret. Instead, they depicted the boys he sexually assaulted as ungrateful and called them liars. They blamed the young men -- i... | In letters to judge, Sanduskys portray themselves as virtuous victims .
The letters all but guaranteed a maximum punishment, legal observers say .
"Sentencing is a time to ask for mercy, not to attack others," one expert says .
NEW: Adopted Sandusky son disappointed by his parents' smearing of his character, lawyers sa... |
1b2edc38db000ccdb10032a1c89bf70b9d79ab2a | (CNN) -- David Beckham's glittering international career has been brought to an end after England coach Fabio Capello announced his fate in a pre-match television interview. Capello said the 35-year-old Beckham was now "a little bit old" -- ending the former Manchester United and Real Madrid star's hopes of adding to h... | Fabio Capello indicates that David Beckham will not play for England again .
Italian coach reveals that Beckham is "a little bit old" before match against Hungary .
The 35-year-old missed out on his fourth World Cup after suffering Achilles injury .
Midfielder will not be fit before start of England's Euro 2012 qualifi... |
1b2f577bce7c8d163c0f2610df1d66765ad93e30 | (CNN) -- A fire raced through a motel on the New Jersey shore early Friday, killing four people and injuring at least 8 others, authorities said. While authorities said earlier they were trying to determine the whereabouts of about 10 others, all remaining occupants were accounted for by Friday afternoon, fire official... | NEW: Death toll from fire is now at four, officials say .
NEW: All remaining occupants at motel in Point Pleasant Beach have been accounted for .
NEW: Firefighters rescued woman who was taking refuge in shower, fire chief says .
The cause of the blaze is not immediately known . |
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