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1bc39a84009d5020ffbb67ec405fedd87e1bafe9 | The daughter of a murdered California porn mogul has been sentenced to two years in prison for credit card fraud and identity theft. Jasmine Mitchell learned her fate Wednesday at San Francisco federal court. The 34-year-old Mitchell was arrested in February outside a Tiburon hotel on suspicion of obtaining cash advanc... | Jasmine Mitchell, 34, was sentenced to 27 months behind bars, followed by three years' probation, and she must pay $1million in restitution .
Mitchell is the daughter and niece, respectively, of San Francisco adult entertainment pioneers Artie and Jim Mitchell .
In 1991, Jasmine Mitchell's uncle shot dead her father du... |
1bc3cd7028950088a69cde56e108170529872e99 | Washington (CNN) -- Rep. Edward Markey on Monday challenged the assertion by oil giant BP's chief executive that no underwater oil plumes have formed because of the Gulf of Mexico spill. In a letter to BP, Markey, D-Massachusetts, said scientific evidence showed such plumes have formed and he asked for BP CEO Tony Hayw... | Rep. Edward Markey calls for BP to prove claim of no underwater oil plumes .
Markey also says BP must provide more information on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill .
Markey is head of the House Energy and Environment subcommittee .
BP CEO Tony Hayward said Sunday all the spilled oil was rising to the surface . |
1bc3e66521e42bc840a125d62b0e4a13871f7e39 | New pictures show the effects dredging and dumping has on Australia's Great Barrier Reef Heritage Area, after a ship was photographed dredging in Cairns' waters, north-Queensland. Dredging removes sediments from the bottom of harbours, lakes and rivers. It is also used to avoid the spread of contamination that could p... | A ship was photographed dredging in Cairns .
The images reveal the impact the activity has on Australia's Great Barrier Reef Heritage Area .
Lissa Schindler from the Australian Marine Conservation Society has spoken out against the activity, warning it will destroy the tourism and fishing industry . |
1bc523a5d598f8337b399d441a5c9b7390fd7dfe | Had initially declined offer from Brazilian President for medical assistance . Spoke after a pre-Easter mass to beg God to spare his life . Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has called on God to spare his life, in an emotional speech to the Catholic community. Chavez cried and his voice broke in the televised speech mad... | Had initially declined offer from Brazilian President for medical assistance .
Spoke after a pre-Easter mass to beg God to spare his life . |
1bc6a17bbe518ac3e53230baab95fbb69d3b97f6 | Greece was threatened with expulsion from the European Union for at least a decade if it dared to press ahead with a referendum on the single currency rescue deal, it emerged last night. On a day of drama worthy of the Greek stage, prime minister George Papandreou hovered between defying Brussels, resigning and forming... | Greek PM's government could collapse as he faces confidence vote at 10pm tonight .
George Papandreou calls OFF referendum .
He tells MPs: 'We are bearing a cross and, on top of that, that they are throwing stones at us' |
1bc808a2d22ab0956215fd3e0ac3693378ab4fed | (CNN) -- Japanese electronics company Panasonic has plunged from profit to a record annual loss of 772.2 billion yen ($9.68 billion), prompting its shares to fall to a 30-year low. The company blamed the annual loss on a number of factors including a drop in domestic demand due to electricity shortages in the aftermath... | Panasonic posts annual loss of almost $10 billion, prompting shares to drop .
Company attributed fall to drop in demand after earthquake, tsunami and higher yen .
Follows record loss for rival Sony announced Thursday of $5.7 billion .
Both companies hit by extra competition, sluggish sales of flat-screen TVs . |
1bc8a516f0d715d358e204f2a75ffe095cd54fc9 | By . Daily Mail Reporter and Reuters Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 20:37 EST, 18 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:52 EST, 19 September 2013 . Decision: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced that the progression towards a stronger economy is taking longer than originally expected . Wall Street had their best day h... | Chairman of US Federal Reserve says that it isn't time to stop using the emergency measures put in place during the financial collapse .
US share prices rose to record highs after announcement . |
1bc987decdb2ca7abacae805a8117c46ce22eacf | By . Associated Press . Life-sized figures sketched into red rock cliffs in Canyonlands National Park were drawn 1,000 years more recently than thought, a team of Utah State University scientists has claimed. The team used modern luminescence dating techniques to analyze when the art went up in what is known as the 'Gr... | Researchers used modern luminescence dating techniques .
Sketches found in 'Great Gallery' in southeastern Utah's Horseshoe Canyon.
The researchers now believe the figures were created 1,000 to 2,000 years ago instead of the previously thought 2,000 to 4,000 years ago . |
1bca95a5dd0fd96b7bcccf9b80a3e6d260baff73 | (CNN) -- Chad Dickerson's shoulder bag is made out of an old bomber jacket, sewn together by a craftsman in Germany. Out of it he pulls a few of his favorite things - a linen laptop case, and a travel document holder made from Johnny Cash's "I Walk the Line" album cover. It's a little dog-eared, but then it is from 196... | Etsy was founded in 2005 and became profitable in 2009 .
It has received $91 million in funding from investors including Accel Partners .
It has 900,000 active "shops" and attracts 60 million unique visitors a month .
CEO Chad Dickerson says its provides an "antidote" to mass retail . |
1bcb1cdd0dfad73c349cf72b5e5ea7c448289933 | By . David Wilkes and Luke Salkeld . PUBLISHED: . 06:19 EST, 4 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:09 EST, 5 December 2012 . He can trace his ancestry back to the Duke of Wellington, has a handsome trust fund and owns a portfolio of properties. She has far humbler origins, eight children from a disastrous marriage, and i... | Paula Carlton claimed £107,705 over a 10 year period .
She was living with Wellington's great-great-great-great grand nephew .
Mother claimed Richard Wellesley was her landlord but he is her lover . |
1bce8a4242db6614d00a6f08ffce40e9b9823283 | Hong Kong (CNN) -- Australian police say seven people have been arrested in Romania as part of a joint international criminal investigation into the largest credit card data theft in Australia's history. Among those detained by the Romanian investigative agency was Gheorghe "the Carpathian Bear" Ignat, a Greco-Roman he... | "Operation Lino" involved 14 countries and uncovered credit card transactions worth $31M .
Victims were small businesses and retailers, who often have less-secure payment gateways .
65% of bank card fraud cases reported in Australia in 2011 were perpetrated overseas .
Gheorghe "the Carpathian Bear" Ignat, a Greco-Roman... |
1bcf861fca197cb629499b982c093252a78c0be6 | (CNN) -- Frank Welker's name may not immediately ring a bell to you, but you almost certainly know his voice. He's acted in nearly 700 films and television shows. From Fred in "Scooby Doo" to Ray in "The Real Ghostbusters" to the most recent "Garfield" -- if it's an animated show, there's a very good chance you'll hear... | You may not recognize their faces, but some voice actors are working steadily .
One of the most famous, Seth MacFarlane recently hosted "Saturday Night Live"
Actors say the Internet has helped to grow their fan base . |
1bcf8d168aa44e4a2b261b575d82d8ee164cd994 | Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Land mine explosions have killed at least 73 people in Yemen's Abyan province since al Qaeda fighters were defeated two weeks ago, the Yemeni Defense Ministry said. Among those killed were 23 soldiers. The ministry said that tens of thousands of land mines were planted before militants were driven... | Yemen's Defense Ministry says thousands of land mines were planted by al Qaeda militants .
At least 73 people, including 23 soldiers, have been killed by the mines, the ministry says .
Local residents say many more people have been injured by mine explosions .
Ministry: The militants planted the mines to retaliate for ... |
1bd07544b8c155e4d8e9ffd3586cc97abd017300 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:05 EST, 31 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 17:19 EST, 31 December 2012 . Outgoing North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue has pardoned the Wilmington 10, a group wrongly convicted 40 years ago of firebombing a local grocery store after police shot a black teenager. Nine black me... | Outgoing North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue pardoned the group today, though four have already died .
Nine black men and one white woman were given prison sentences totaling nearly 300 years in notorious Civil Rights-era prosecution .
Three key witnesses recanted their testimonies and the prosecutor in the case was... |
1bd07d7efa94f0a07eff9065e48ebaeeef1b9410 | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 04:28 EST, 27 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:20 EST, 27 November 2012 . The remains of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat were exhumed from his grave today so international forensic experts could search for additional clues to his death. Just hours after being removed, the corp... | Arafat died in November 2004 in a French military hospital, a month after suddenly falling ill - immediate cause of death was a stroke .
Persistent speculation in the Arab world that Israel poisoned him. Israel has denied such allegations .
The corpse was reburied hours later with full military honours . |
1bd29a919ffe8acf02580628a0c84d1084ba250a | (CNN) -- A lone blonde woman, wrapped in nothing but a sarong, leads four camels and a little dog across one of the most uninhabitable environments on Earth. Startlingly beautiful, with skin roasted a deep chestnut from the desert sun, the petite 26-year-old in flimsy leather sandals appears the unlikeliest adventurer ... | Remarkable woman who crossed Aussie outback on camel .
Book "Tracks" became bestseller and now a feature film .
Nat Geo photographer and lover documented epic trip .
Journey took nine months, with searing 120F heat . |
1bd2b8b92d352ba5c1bdfc67eb27fa0d1da35ce9 | By . Jonathan O'Callaghan . Since that discovery, however, questions have arisen not only on its validity, but also its implications for science as a whole. And now if might force us to reconsider how the universe formed, with some suggesting the cosmos didn’t start with a Big Bang but rather a ‘Big Bounce’. Researcher... | Researchers in China and Canada propose a new theory for the universe .
They say it may have had repeated Big Bangs after collapsing previously .
The Big Bounce theory says our universe was never a singularity .
Instead it 'rebounded' after collapsing from its previous state like a spring .
If true the theory would hel... |
1bd3944c5ce370fe70454c055dd905e0b72f9185 | Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Tuesday took his most definitive step yet toward running for president, announcing plans to 'actively explore' a campaign and form a new political operation allowing him to raise money for like-minded Republicans. In a holiday message posted on Bush's Facebook page and Twitter account, t... | Former Florida governor is brother of former President George W. Bush and son of former President George H.W. Bush .
Announcement came Tuesday morning on Facebook and Twitter .
Run could be hampered by fears of a third Bush in a presidential 'dynasty'
Conservatives object to his stance on immigration, which closely mir... |
1bd437b3919b8867d17210e695ceab9bb715e871 | Pro athlete: East Lansing Police say Charlotte Hornets forward Jeffery Taylor has been arrested in Michigan on domestic assault charges . East Lansing Police say Charlotte Hornets forward Jeffery Taylor has been arrested in Michigan on domestic assault charges. The police department said in a release Thursday that the ... | The 25-year-old Sweden native was arrested at the East Lansing, Michigan Marriott, but few additional details were given police .
He was charged with one count of domestic assault, one count of assault and one count of malicious destruction of property .
Just days ago, NBA commissioner Adam Silver vowed to 'take a fres... |
1bd62c385198026f157f7a38d77d0b3d171b1eaf | By . Sarah Griffiths . PUBLISHED: . 07:53 EST, 12 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:36 EST, 12 August 2013 . Ad men and social media gurus have been scratching their heads trying to work out why some videos and advertising campaigns go viral on Twitter. But now the social network has confirmed what many might have feared... | Twitter examined three viral video .
hits - Ryan Gosling 'refusing' cereal, Chris .
Hadfield singing Space Oddity and Dove's Real Beauty campaign .
Gordon Macmillan of Twitter UK said there are no rules to 'virality' with some videos spreading like wildfire and others like ripples across a lake .
The social network pro... |
1bd76b6120f0dd2a9e916e47871d7a5d8cff57bf | Click here for Sportsmail's brilliant Match Zone from Everton's draw with Swansea . Swansea manager Garry Monk allowed himself a wry smile just 24 hours after clear-the-air talks with refereeing bosses Mike Riley and Howard Webb. His influential midfielder, Jonjo Shelvey, had just been sent off and his side were also d... | Swansea hold Everton to a 0-0 draw in the game at Goodison Park .
Jonjo Shelvey sent off for a second bookable offence with 18 minutes to go .
The midfielder had been cautioned in the first half for kicking the ball away .
Romelu Lukaku left on the bench for Everton with Samuel Eto'o preferred up front . |
1bd9958e7aa8360a3cf243d7ae9e2278726fb999 | James Milner is learning Spanish so that he can communicate with Manchester City team-mates such as David Silva and Sergio Aguero - and manager Manuel Pellegrini. The England midfielder has been having the lessons for the last couple of years, revealed his former City colleague Micah Richards. It is a very different ap... | Micah Richards revealed James Milner has had Spanish lessons .
Milner has been learning the language for 'a couple of years'
Spanish speakers at Manchester City include David Silva, Sergio Aguero, Pablo Zabaleta and Martin Demichelis .
Richards moved to . |
1bd9d3488b1a1ee5f4bf4452f9f30dd4d93019de | By . Ian Sparks . French film star Gerard Depardieu has sparked fresh outrage in France by defending Vladimir Putin's clampdown on his opponents and declaring: 'The masses are stupid.' The actor - who recently became a French tax exile and was given a Russian passport - also defended sending the three members of Pussy ... | Actor says punk trio deserve to be in prison camp for cathedral protest .
Criticises Russian opposition saying 'unfortunately, the masses are stupid'
Depardieu has been slammed in native France after taking Russian passport . |
1bdad35e60f6f82b81a15fa6ac3d3b17605e69a0 | New York (CNN) -- Three people who contracted cholera at a wedding in the Dominican Republic before returning to New York have recovered, and the risk of their infecting anyone else is low, officials said Sunday. None of the three adults had to be hospitalized, said Erin Hughes, spokeswoman for New York City's health d... | The 3 adults were guests at a wedding in the Dominican Republic .
They did not have to be hospitalized, according to New York's Health Department .
The risk of secondary infection is low, officials say . |
1bdaf0d9e80943eb59f8e426e46d3de85d914cd6 | (CNN) -- They might make you punch the air or bring a tear to your eye: this month on the Screening Room, we've picked our top ten life-affirming moments from the movies. Our number one: Jimmy Stewart discovers life is sweet in "It's A Wonderful Life" From heartwarming classics to instant blockbusters, these are the on... | Films full of life-affirming moments include "Casablanca," "Silent Running"
"It's a Wonderful Life" tops list from "The Screening Room"
List by no means complete; send us yours . |
1bdc20e90f6d59e0b48d9169aeed459d8d9ed684 | Another day another diver! Referees are struggling to accurately identify what is simulation and what isn’t in the Premier League. There is an inconsistent approach to this major issue and makes you consider the subjectivity of a lot of the incidents. Here, Sportsmail columnist Graham Poll looks at the incidents from r... | There were lots of contentious decisions in Premier League this weekend .
Simulation is returning to the game and it needs to be eradicated .
Here, Sportsmail's Graham Poll talks through how to resolve this problem .
Chelsea’s Willian and Diego Costa cautioned for simulation while Gary Cahill was not during the Blues' ... |
1bdcf62b48e0156a320a6be6619981d0e30308b5 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Drugmaking giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has agreed to buy independent U.S. skincare specialist Stiefel Laboratories for up to $3.6 billion. The new business will operate under the Stiefel identity within the GSK Group. In a statement Monday, the two companies said the deal would create a new wor... | GSK is the world's second-largest drugmaker .
U.S.-based Stiefel is world's largest independent dermatology company .
GSK will acquire total share capital of Stiefel for $2.9 billion .
Global business will operate under Stiefel identity within GSK Group . |
1bde49983075c767d4fde8ba2f986afee3215fb0 | With a full head of ringlets, a dash of period-appropriate make-up and a darling hat, it has to be admitted that Eddie Redmayne makes an adorable young woman. Indeed, the actor — strongly tipped for an Oscar next year for his performance as physicist Stephen Hawking in The Theory Of Everything — spent much of his teens... | The actor is strongly tipped for an Oscar for his performance as Hawking .
Photos of him in Twelfth Night show his good looks at a young age .
He tied the knot with Hannah Bagshawe at Babington House on Monday .
Having excelled at drama at Eton he went on to Trinity College, Cambridge . |
1bde96bb794f4f3f169d575522294ed19d0916a2 | Paul Whiteley of West Yorkshire Police is pictured leaving Scarborough Magistrates Court after being found guilty of the assault . A shamed murder squad detective who tore off his shirt before drunkenly attacking a holidaymaker while boasting 'I'm a copper, I will do what I like', has been sacked. Award-winning police ... | Det Sgt Paul Whiteley had been found guilty of the 'unprovoked' assault .
He had been drinking at a pub in Whitby, North Yorkshire, for seven hours .
Spotted leaving the Yorkshire pub and heading for his car with his partner .
He attacked Carl Sarsfield, 41, after he said they were too 'legless' to drive .
The homicide... |
1bdedd3e5627fef3d2bd9e2aaa17be15fcd1f79f | By . Rachel Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 08:22 EST, 26 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:16 EST, 26 April 2013 . Being overweight and drinking alcohol dramatically increases the risk of developing fatty liver disease, according to a study presented at the International Liver Congress. A study of over 100,000 British women found ... | UK study confirms the dangerous link between drinking alcohol, being overweight and liver disease .
Liver disease is the fifth .
biggest killer in the UK .
Number of people dying from condition has risen by 20 per cent over the past decade . |
1bdf54e2c419520074600509566a8e681f89cde7 | By . Steve Robson . PUBLISHED: . 10:18 EST, 12 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:51 EST, 12 August 2013 . A mechanic is believed to have murdered his wife and then killed himself when he was hit by a train. Nigel Maude, 58, died on the tracks near the rural village of Hoghton, Lancashire, on Sunday morning. British Trans... | Nigel Maude, 58, died after being hit by a train in Hoghton, Lancashire .
Police later found the body of his wife in upstairs bedroom of their home .
Neighbours speak of shock at the deaths of 'happy and quiet' couple . |
1be101910b77bcc6c91e5ab33b5305ece54dbb10 | By . Louise Boyle . PUBLISHED: . 18:06 EST, 15 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:02 EST, 15 January 2013 . A young woman, who was abandoned as a newborn in a hospital bathroom stall, has made an emotional return to the scene last week in a quest to find her birth mother. The 20-year-old, who did not want to reveal her r... | The young woman, known as 'Baby Katie', has decided to look for the woman who left her at a hospital in Salem, Oregon in July 1992 . |
1be11519172f81b5448ce09f3a8f5d7d571d3bb0 | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 10:05 EST, 25 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:10 EST, 25 June 2012 . Long-time Japanese rivals Sony and Panasonic are working together to develop next-generation TV panels called OLEDs in a reversal of decades of rivalry as they try to catch up with South Korea's Samsung Electronics. The c... | Said they will share core technologies to develop organic light-emitting diode panels .
Both Sony and Panasonic have posted big losses after falling behind Samsung Electronics .
They are aiming for low-cost mass production by 2013 . |
1be17d57dd5ed78fcc3bfb60da3c26d4504184ab | Paris, France (CNN) -- You thought maybe le foot (soccer) was the national sport of France? Wrong. It's la politique. And this year there's a doubleheader! For the first time since 1988, the U.S. and France are holding presidential elections in the same year. Generally speaking, the French feel a strong political kinsh... | For the first time since 1988, the U.S. and France are holding presidential elections in the same year .
Poole: French find U.S. politics both simultaneously entertaining and horrifying .
French are shocked by the massive amounts of money U.S pours into campaigns . |
1be62f2a6ce4c91e5a3a7d5d6a57ab2baff4083a | By . Marie-louise Olson . PUBLISHED: . 20:25 EST, 7 December 2013 . A man has died after allegedly falling through the gap between two New York City subway cars before being being truck by the fast-moving train. The tragic incident happened on the southbound 6 train between the 59th and the 51st street stations in Manh... | Man died after Saturday's incident on the southbound 6 train between 59th and 51st street station in Manhattan .
The train’s lights and air-conditioning system were switched off, leaving the packed train filled with hundreds of commuters in the heat . |
1be68b94413120c0b2c7514ffd14b9cfc4413f90 | Millions of people given extortionate car parking charges outside train stations, NHS hospitals and supermarkets could be in line for a refund thanks to a new campaign. Cambridge law graduate Michael Green, 22, is leading a legal battle to have the 'fines' overturned in what could be Britain's largest ever group litiga... | Millions of people given large 'fines' by private firms could be owed a refund .
Includes charges issued outside hospitals, train stations and supermarkets .
New campaign claims that penalty charge notices breach contract law .
Trying to gather 100,000 cases together to go to High Court to end charges . |
1be6f30240943b6cf57ffd50eef7b5701c1adb50 | By . Ashley Collman . PUBLISHED: . 16:21 EST, 9 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:42 EST, 9 September 2013 . Police in Wall Township, New Jersey have filed juvenile charges against a current sixth grader who allegedly planned a school shooting in the vein of Columbine or Newtown. As the suspect in question is a minor,... | Officials at Central Elementary School found a note by a student last April that contained violent threats .
Police searched the boy's computer and found a more detailed plan for a school shooting - including a hit list of 40 students .
The boy was suspended and is now attending an alternate school program .
Police hav... |
1be76c53b888e062b552870453a0b9a2c420b090 | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 11:25 EST, 10 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:25 EST, 10 March 2013 . Michael Kitchen will reprise his role as Christopher Foyle who will tackle Cold War crime . The long-awaited return of beloved television detective Christopher Foyle was almost over before it had begun when its creator ... | Anthony Horowitz met the cast to decide whether to embark on new series .
Michael Kitchen, who plays DCI Christopher Foyle, wanted to return .
The eighth series, due to air this year, will see Foyle tackle Cold War crime . |
1be77379938706663685b98f4f7cebaccff693aa | DAVOS, Switzerland (CNN) -- Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has called on the United States to halt its drone attacks against al Qaeda and Taliban fighters on Pakistani soil and warned that the missile strikes were fueling militarism in the country's troubled tribal border region. Pakistani Prime Minister ... | Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani: No agreement with U.S. over drone attacks .
Missile strikes fuel militancy by uniting militants, local tribes, Gilani says .
Gilani dismisses western skepticism over Pakistani commitment to fighting militancy .
Gilani urges U.S. President Obama to respect Pakistan's sovereignty . |
1be7c1480a85cf369942f54171e12a391027b169 | Accused: Dustin Kent, 36, allegedly raped a 13-year-old relative as her father watched . The uncle of missing Alabama teenager Brittney Wood raped a 13-year-old relative as her father watched, a police detective has testified in court. Dustin Kent, who stands accused of sodomy and sexual abuse in multiple cases, is jus... | Brittney Wood, 19, vanished in May as she went to visit an uncle .
He shot himself dead two days later - just before he was to be quizzed by police in a sex-abuse investigation .
Brittney's brother, cousin, aunt and 2 uncles arrested on different charges .
Three of the men are accused of raping 12-year-old girl . |
1be8e21ffcabec519f305f35643821670b485181 | New York (CNN) -- Diplomacy hasn't worked. Sanctions have achieved little. Relations between Iran and the United States are, at best, chilly. So why not try music? On Saturday night, for the first time, Iranians were the headline performers at New York City's famed Carnegie Hall. A father and son from Iran led America... | Hafez Nazeri and his father Shahrem play hybrid of Iranian and Western music .
They played for enthusiastic crowd at Carnegie Hall on Saturday night .
Son says he wants to show "another dimension of Iran ... to the Western people"
Nazeris' music based on 13th-century Persian poet and philosopher Rumi . |
1be9352cc63fc7db7a46d2fea3bf1a81e9773f66 | The Southern Plains of the United States are likely to see a continuation of a severe drought this winter, while the Pacific Northwest will be colder and wetter than average, according to data released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. La Nina is expected to influence weather patterns acr... | Strong Arctic weather patterns can overwhelm or amplify La Nina .
Drought conditions are expected to continue in the South and Southwest .
The Pacific Northwest will be wetter and colder than average . |
1bea2fc0b0945ba6d276ac2b2b24339004a034d7 | He sparked outrage amongst Jewish groups after releasing a pig-shaped balloon featuring the Star of David was released into the sky during a concert in Belgium. And now rock star Roger Waters, who has urged others to boycott Israel, has earned himself another enemy - Israeli model Bar Refaeli, who has demanded he stop ... | Supermodel ordered him to stop using her image in his concerts .
Comes after former Pink Floyd frontman demanded a boycott of Israel .
Has accused country of 'apartheid' and 'racist foreign policies'
Balloon was released at former Pink Floyd frontman's concert in Werchter .
Giant pig featured symbols of organisations a... |
1beb6d00727715f77736a04a91df593983723445 | There are times when you watch Eden Hazard and wonder how the Chelsea winger is supposed to cope with all this attention. He does not seek fame, is rarely pictured outside of a football stadium and behaves impeccably when he is wearing Chelsea colours. Instead Hazard pays a heavy price for those dancing feet because wh... | Chelsea drew 1-1 with Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes .
Branislav Ivanovic opened the scoring before Edinson Cavani equalised .
Eden Hazard was fouled nine times by PSG's players .
Marco Verratti in particular targeted the Belgian winger .
CLICK HERE for all the latest Chelsea news . |
1beb9151ec337c5f1b9227cce02c373f8ee987cf | By . Michael Zennie . A 14-year-old Texas boy is clinging to life after he was brutally attacked by his own friends as he was walking home from his middle school class. The four teens, age 14 and 15, stabbed Manuel Sendejas more than 20 times with a screwdriver, slashed his throat and hit him in the head with a rock i... | Manuel Sendejas, 14, was walking home from school with his friends when they got into a fight .
The boys slashed Sendejas' throat, hit him with a rock and left him for dead .
All four boys have been arrested and one confessed saying that they 'had a problem' with Sendejas . |
1bebb32b146a6b2783047aa8a7cfb53bf595e13c | By . Jack Doyle . New rights to flexible working will ‘make workers happier’ and improve their productivity, a minister has claimed. From today, all 30million workers in Britain will get the right to ask for flexible hours – instead of just parents and carers. Liberal Democrat business minister Jo Swinson said it was a... | 30million workers in Britain will get the right to ask for flexible hours .
Workers can demand part time hours, working from home or job sharing .
But employment lawyers predict surge in number of workplace grievances . |
1bec2288069eb9246fce522752d15971ae1f1f70 | By . Jaymi Mccann . PUBLISHED: . 12:26 EST, 19 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:38 EST, 19 July 2013 . Tragic: The six-figure donation since Susan Taylor's death has turned out to be a hoax . The family of a charity swimmer who died while attempting to cross the Channel have said they are 'disappointed and upset' after a ... | Susan Taylor, 34, collapsed one mile from France as she swam the Channel .
Her death has sparked thousands of pounds of donations to her charities .
But two donations of £150,000 have turned out to be a hoax .
Her family said they are 'disappointed and upset' by the appalling act .
Genuine donations have reached more t... |
1bec91c73b7e2aacedb124de1c44198b85ffba9e | (CNN) -- "China is not on the Internet, it's basically an intranet. Everything is banned by the Great Firewall," says Sherman So, co-author of "Red Wired: China's Internet Revolution." Sherman So, author of "Red Wired," talks about China's online habits and Internet culture. With 338 million Internet users in June 2009... | China counts 338 million Internet users, but only 25.5 percent of its population .
Majority of Chinese Netizens are low-end users in search of entertainment .
Internet in China has made information and popular culture accessible to all .
Chinese "sea turtles" bring back knowledge and resources from Silicon Valley . |
1beceb13122c58a5e030fa8179dbbf1c0a631f0d | After three days of poring over photos and video, investigators appealed to the public to help them identify two men now considered suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. The men were photographed walking down Boylston Street, one behind the other, near the finish line of Monday's race. Suspect 1 was seen wearing a ... | The FBI gets a "large volume" of calls after releasing photos of suspects, official says .
"Somebody out there knows" the 2 suspects in the case, an FBI agent says .
The 2 men walked away from the scene "pretty casually," a federal official says .
At an interfaith service, Obama tells Boston attackers: "We will find yo... |
1bee684ad5e726e6f4fa2e3afd8b03a71c350c05 | By . Simon Tomlinson . PUBLISHED: . 07:33 EST, 27 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:55 EST, 27 December 2012 . A father is preparing to kiss his newborn baby for the first time after he went the whole of 2012 without shaving. Dave Phillips, 27, took part in last year's Movember, but thought one month without shaving wa... | Dave Phillips, 27, preparing to finally lop beard off on New Year's Day .
Will be able to give newborn baby girl a smooth kiss for the first time .
Challenge so far raised £1,000 for armed forces charity Help 4 Heroes . |
1beebb79d21171ec35d6a0ab4a86a006ea2827ec | Aliens are here and they have chosen the perfect landing pad - the lush green fields of a wind farm in Devon. That is, if you choose to believe these photos of a bizarre shape hovering in the sky in broad daylight. The images show what appears to be a UFO floating above turbines at Fullabrook wind farm. Scroll down for... | Mysterious object captured hovering above Fullabrook wind farm in Devon .
It was caught on camera by a professional photographer last Saturday .
Grey-coloured shape can be seen floating above turbines in broad daylight . |
1bf09be63f3ca895402bc0d785984c8219cb7664 | Strutting along a hospital corridor, naked from the waist up, a jealous husband heads for the intensive care ward where his wife works. Moments after this image was captured on CCTV, drug addict Royston Jones launched a savage attack on nurse Claire Jones in front of seven critically-ill patients she was treating. The ... | Rhyston Jones, naked from waist up, was captured on hospital cameras .
He was seen making his way to intensive care unit where he strangled wife .
39-year-old shouted 'die' during attack that left Claire Jones unconscious .
She was only saved when colleagues hit him with chair and pulled him off .
Jones was found guilt... |
1bf0aa3ad4e5ac7d16577f8f1d59ec3882857f14 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Food and Drug Administration warned the public Tuesday not to use body-building products marketed as containing steroids or steroid-like substances. To be a dietary supplement, a product must contain at least one vitamin, mineral, amino acid or herb. The agency said many of the products are sold... | Agency says some products are misbranded as dietary substances .
Products marketed to body builders to add muscle, lose weight, retain muscle mass .
FDA: Products claim to have steroid-like ingredients but contain synthetic steroids .
American Cellular Laboratories has 15 days to respond with corrective plan . |
1bf15adddde33791b87da43e2df56ed4c730735f | By . Matt Lawton . Follow @@Matt_Lawton_DM . If the ‘Alpine Messi’ were anything like as dangerous as the real . thing, one imagines Pep Guardiola would have embraced him more than he . has at Bayern Munich. That, however, might be a rather harsh . assessment of Xherdan Shaqiri when his progress as a winger has so . of... | The Swiss face Lionel Messi's Argentina on Tuesday in the last 16 .
Shaqiri has suffered three thigh muscle injuries in the past season .
He scored the second hat-trick of the tournament against Honduras . |
1bf1dbb2489915727a7995edc4bd9c6700ed489d | By . Eddie Wrenn . PUBLISHED: . 06:52 EST, 22 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:13 EST, 22 June 2012 . Russia wants the ability to censor the internet - but the U.S. plans to stonewall the plans at a U.N. conference later this year. Russia says it wants wants the right to block access where it is used for 'interfering in t... | Russian President Vladimir Putin 'wants there to be centralised control of the internet'
U.S. vows to block any proposals at U.N. Internet conference involving 170 countries .
Global web treaty will be first revision to rules in 20 years .
'Leaks' website set up to make treaty negotiations transparent . |
1bf1ebb0eaf06ebe7e51488c5c3231d17e30549e | Sergio Aguero is ready to return to Manchester City's starting XI as they bid to beat Arsenal and close the gap on Premier League leaders Chelsea. And the Argentine hitman has revealed the new boots he will wear for what will be his first start since last December. Aguero has scored 19 goals in 24 outings this season b... | Sergio Aguero set to return to Man City XI for Sunday's clash with Arsenal .
Argentina international will wear the new PUMA evoSPEED 1.3 studs .
The 26-year-old has scored 19 goals in 24 appearances this season . |
1bf2266b03ecee001571004f7cba0194f80b185e | By . Neil Sears . PUBLISHED: . 12:50 EST, 11 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:29 EST, 12 December 2012 . A former policeman stabbed his estranged wife to death at her hair salon in front of her horrified teenage colleague. In the months before her killing, Ivan Esack, 38, had chillingly told Natalie, 33, ‘You’re a de... | Ivan Esack, 38, is accused of murdering Natalie Esack, 33, in April at salon in Ashford, Kent .
'Violent and controlling towards 5ft 1in woman who sometimes had bruises,' court told .
Esack 'couldn't come to terms with estranged wife starting new relationship'
During one row allegedly told her she was a 'walking dead w... |
1bf23a389d21509cc703543b97d27825f2dca638 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 05:56 EST, 30 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:06 EST, 30 September 2013 . Karren Brady today boasted of having the ‘last laugh’ after triumphing over sexist men in business. The football boss and Apprentice star was unveiled as the Conservative’s new busi... | West Ham vice-chairman named small business ambassador by Tories .
Tells Conservative conference about sexist questions from the Press .
Speaks about the sacrifices people have to make when starting a firm .
Vows to help more women into business - with Conservative backing . |
1bf4140bbf048d895291081a49c08912ef52bf55 | (CNN) -- Since Marissa Mayer took over as CEO of Yahoo last year, there's been a lot of talk about how the famously detail-oriented ex-Googler will "refocus" the company. But it's becoming increasingly clear that Mayer is broadening, not narrowing, Yahoo's scope, cementing its once passé reputation as the original inte... | CEO Marissa Mayer is broadening, not narrowing, Yahoo's scope .
After buying Tumblr, Yahoo is reportedly in talks to acquire online-television hub Hulu .
Yahoo is transforming itself into an über portal even as users migrate to focused mobile apps . |
1bf4277013bdd7f2e9da94336625c9d7f8969a46 | The ghastly video shows how barbaric the Syrian civil war can be. A man, said to be a well-known rebel fighter, carves into the body of a government soldier and cuts out his heart and liver. "I swear to God we will eat your hearts out, you soldiers of Bashar. You dogs. God is greater!" the man says. "Heroes of Baba Amr... | The rebel Free Syrian Army says it will investigate whether the man is in the FSA .
Local rebel: Two of the man's brothers had been killed, and his parents were detained .
Homs, once a bastion for dissidents, endured indiscriminate attacks by regime forces .
The government said it was targeting armed gangs and terroris... |
1bf4e26e265f5a629601f3cb174f1713e4fe924c | A commander of the terrorist group behind the Nairobi attack was questioned by MI5 over plans to blow up a Kenyan shopping centre four years ago. Bilal Berjawi, then a British citizen, was arrested in Kenya by counter-terrorism officers who claimed to be working on instructions from MI5. Berjawi, who also went by the n... | Kenya had been warned of an Al Shabaab attack in late September .
British citizen arrested four years ago questioned about similar attack .
Bilal Berjawi accused of planning to blow up Israeli-owned supermarket .
The Westgate Mall, where at least 67 people died, is Israeli-owned . |
1bf54e56e32055865e7a1f57aceb739d854b9b97 | Editor's note: Morieka Johnson writes about pets, fashion and money-saving ideas for MNN.com. You can follow her and more green writers on Twitter @MotherNatureNet. (MNN.com) -- If you have a pet, you know that squeezing a topical solution on your dog each month may be the easiest and most effective way to fight fleas.... | Flea-fighting products that contain a synthetic insecticide have come under fire recently .
The Environmental Protection Agency has called for stronger warning labels .
Consult your dog's vet about the remedy that works best for your pet . |
1bf6aee0620487ed24524efdda4555165769f1a0 | By . Louise Cheer . A heritage-listed home with a 150-year history is set to break property records at Sydney's Potts Point with an estimated price tag of $20 million. The 1,970-square-metre home at Potts Point not only boasts a rich past but six bedrooms, five bathrooms and six parking spaces. Advertised as a 'regency... | Jenner House sits on a 1,970 block of land with its own parklands, a circular driveway, forecourt and gatehouse .
It was designed by renowned architect Edmund Blacket circa 1868 for a NSW department store owner's brother .
Bought by high-profile car dealer Terry Mullens and wife in 2009, it set a Potts Point record wit... |
1bf714326a405e4c6ae2abea834d69bb760e27e0 | (CNN) -- What factor has the power to transform individual lives, communities, nations and the world? The answer to this complex question is a simple one: education. While it is widely accepted that there is no one solution to lift the millions across our globe out of poverty, it is also equally accepted that a key cor... | June 16 is the Day of the African Child .
Johnson Sirleaf: Governments must ensure that spending on education is prioritized .
She says investing in girls' education is not only a moral imperative but also a smart investment . |
1bf71e4c175665cc5429e7bb683b950c68a6e975 | (CNN) -- My sixth grader has a secret life online. It wasn't so secret about a week ago when I discovered his public profile on Instagram, where he was posting dramatic photos and soulful "Versagrams" (graphical text messages), for all the world to see. One moment he was in love, the next full of despair. I was stunned... | Wendy Sachs found out her son had a secret Instagram account and considered intervening .
Finding the balance between monitoring online activities and invading privacy is a challenge .
One solution: Have your child change their settings to private, so strangers can't follow them . |
1bf85b73f5751c1d4b590b6e50538e10f764bbc3 | By . Emily Allen . PUBLISHED: . 12:46 EST, 19 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:03 EST, 19 August 2013 . Killed: Mechanic Stephan Hollow (pictured) was named by his neighbours as the victim of the knife attack just yards from his doorstep. A father was stabbed to death after rushing to the aid of his son, as an early mor... | Mechanic Stephen Hollow had rushed to protect his son injured Tyler, 22 .
Man, 27, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is being interviewed . |
1bf8d08f5492f8d3b3ce24a09a3faf0924ab8fe4 | The owner of a remote home in California's rural Tehama County says a bigfoot has moved into the woodland behind his house. The man, named only as Ken S to protect his identity, says the sasquatch arrived about two weeks ago and has been throwing rocks at him and responding to hunting-style calls. When Ken called in a ... | Partial large footprint spotted in sandy creek of rural Californian home .
Experts say property is on mysterious creatures' migratory path .
15ft beast spotted on infrared camera by investigators . |
1bfa21e592710d1bfe5e877ea2c4dd4902b0b5dc | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:39 EST, 13 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:00 EST, 13 December 2013 . Jane Birkin was performing on stage in France when news broke that her daughter was dead, it was revealed today. The 60s icon, best known for her relationship with Serge Gainsbourg, was 15 minutes into a c... | Kate Barry, 46, was a photographer published in Vogue and Sunday Times .
Her artistic family included Serge Gainsbourg and his daughter Charlotte .
Police investigating after anti-depressants were said to have been found .
French culture minister offers 'heartfelt thoughts to a family we all love' |
1bfaa2fa06215efd92a570b0d457977d84384177 | By . Vanessa Allen . 'Regret': Andy Coulson told the hacking trial he 'regrets' his treatment of David Blunkett in 2004 . Andy Coulson was accused of ‘pure hypocrisy’ yesterday over his decision to expose a senior politician’s affair while he was himself involved in an illicit relationship with Rebekah Brooks. The form... | Exposed affair between David Blunkett and publisher Kimberley Fortier .
Coulson, 46, admitted he learned of liaison when played voicemails .
Told hacking trial he 'regrets' treatment of Labour politician in 2004 .
Former editor is charged with conspiring to hack phones . |
1bfac21567930166cf3288bb77212340da3b2bf3 | (CNN) -- We were in touch two weeks ago; Roger Ebert was my friend for more than 40 years, and toward the end of March he took it upon himself to send out one of my CNN columns to his more than 800,000 Twitter followers, and I thanked him for his graciousness and generosity, which were constant. And then, Wednesday, af... | Bob Greene, friend of Roger Ebert's for more than 40 years, laments his passing .
He says Ebert was amazing as a young Chicago journalist. They shared great times .
He says Ebert persevered with humor and intelligence through his illness . |
1bfb265aa6acfd584634b555f13895e2d9de5cf8 | (CNN) -- Several women who publicly supported a campaign to defy Saudi Arabia's de facto ban on women driving fear they are being followed and investigated by the country's secret police. The women, who requested anonymity due to their concerns for their safety, described to CNN Monday how they'd been "followed by cars... | NEW: U.S. supports women's "ability to drive," State Department official says .
The Women's Driving Campaign event on Saturday drew many supporters .
Some women who participated now fear repercussions .
Religious edicts have been interpreted as meaning women shouldn't drive . |
1bfbc914d470de20dbd359352dcf9acbb996bc86 | Glasgow's emphatic support for Scotland's unsuccessful independence movement may have had a detrimental impact on tourism there, at least in the short term. As interest from potential visitors significantly rose in the country's other major cities following the surprisingly comfortable referendum margin in favour of pr... | Interest has skyrocketed for Scotland's Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness .
But tourists aren't anywhere near as keen on Glasgow for a holiday .
Scotland's biggest city emphatically voted yes for independence . |
1bfbfee0193917e97e61f50d5169bf1e19eb351b | Nightmare: Stuart Hunt has appeared in court more than 100 times in relation to a ban on clapping . Police have been ordered to carry out an investigation into an ASBO banning a man from clapping or laughing near his neighbours after a court ruled it was breaching his human rights. In what is one of the UK's more unusu... | Sheriff orders review into ASBO preventing man from and laughing .
Order was taken out as a temporary measure in 2007 but remains in place .
Stuart Hunt, 50, has accused police of carrying out conspiracy against him . |
1bfca137fef7571a9551c64e3b34353f38b2f63d | (CNN) -- Public transit in San Francisco came to a screeching halt Monday morning as Bay Area Rapid Transit unions went on strike. The strike began at midnight (3 a.m. ET) Monday after union leaders walked out of last-minute pay negotiations with BART, hours before their four-year contract was set to expire. About 400,... | About 400,000 commuters use BART every day .
BART spokesman: Unions asked for a 21% pay increase .
"We've gone from offering 4% over four years to 8% over four years," BART says .
Union president: We're sick of layoffs and "crippling cuts" |
1bfd5d7eaf3182db9ec69e7a90ee1b222024dc50 | How could it happen here? This is the question plaguing residents of Newtown, Conn., a picture-perfect country town with good schools, quiet streets and a strong sense of community. But small towns like Newtown are where 60% of rampage school shootings in the United States occur. Far from big urban centers where gun... | Katherine Newman: Bucolic country towns are locus for most school shootings in U.S.
She says her research shows patterns in such shootings; they are often planned far in advance .
She says attackers often hint at plans; they long to fit in, gain peers' attention acceptance .
Newman: We must provide settings for childre... |
1c00665365d7251f2c7fb31cd74df77fae1b30ef | The photographs taken by a British explorer that ignited worldwide debate over the existence of the Yeti in the Himalayas are to be auctioned. During the 1951 Everest expedition, Eric Earle Shipton CBE used an ice pick to give the footprints in the snow at the Memluk Basin some scale. The footprints measure between 12 ... | The Yeti footprint measures between 12 and 13 inches in length .
The pictures are thought to offer the best proof of the creature's existence .
They are expected to fetch up to £3,000 at an auction ending next month . |
1c007723b3d4d49c87c2970f5da4d7382a9ae1ef | A doctor who was known as 'an octopus' has been jailed for groping colleagues at the hospital where he worked as an anaesthetist. Dr Niaz Ahmed viewed women's genitals as they recovered from surgery and gave saucy underwear to a stunned young colleague, a court heard. The 55-year-old was known as 'always the octopus, h... | Dr Niaz Ahmed was jailed for 18 months for two counts of indecent assault .
Incidents were at South Tyneside Hospital where he was as an anaesthetist .
Jury convicted him over assaults which happened more than a decade ago .
He was known as 'always the octopus, hands all over the place' by staff . |
1c041f2c88a3cf92f58ef4aa566bd448a3d66ef8 | Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- A sweet sadness blankets Hector Mendez's face, appropriate, perhaps, for a middle-age man who has seen suffering and miracles at once. Many other rescuers have left the Haitian capital, no hope left in their hearts 15 long days after the massive earthquake that ravaged this country and e... | Rescuer searched every day for a woman's husband and 4-year-old son in Haiti .
He believed father and son could be alive, that their bond could sustain them .
The response to a quake in his own country inspired him to assist in disasters .
His efforts ended not as he had hoped, but with the sight of more suffering . |
1c050c6a8c9782b112f266f6be210b3bdaa25847 | Former National Basketball Association star Mookie Blaylock was sentenced on Monday to seven years in a Georgia prison followed by eight years of probation for killing a woman in a head-on traffic crash last year, court records show. Blaylock, known for his defensive prowess during a 13-year NBA career that ended in 20... | Mookie Blaylock was sentenced to seven years in prison followed by eight years of probation for killing a woman in a May 2013 crash .
Authorities have said Blaylock knew he should not have been driving due to a seizure disorder when his SUV crossed the center line and collided with a minivan .
Monica Murphy, a mother ... |
1c05631bba3af9782d94bbfdef111a0476dc4a84 | (CNN) -- Somali gunmen on Wednesday released a British aid worker kidnapped last week while working for Save the Children. The aid worker, named as Zimbabwe-born Frans Barnard, was freed after tribal elders negotiated with his captors, Save the Children confirmed. Barnard was safe and well and had been moved to a more ... | British aid worker Frans Barnard released by gunmen in Somalia .
Barnard's release was negotiated by tribal elders .
Save the Children says no ransom was paid to the kidnappers . |
1c060973c50ac2d939d9d89b1198d71c1d166994 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 08:53 EST, 18 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:24 EST, 19 July 2013 . P&O has become the latest firm to have a global tax avoidance scheme thrown out as the Treasury claimed £1billion has been clawed back already this year. The shipping and logistics firm, the ... | Firm used 'elaborate trick' to get an extra £14million in tax relief .
Tribunal ruled it was designed for 'no reason other than tax avoidance’
Ministers say it takes corporate tax avoidance wins in 2013 to £1billion . |
1c0683c2821bb2415b3a1560b3df68f596d68a63 | By . Toby Harnden . UPDATED: . 16:49 EST, 7 March 2012 . A confident Mitt Romney has said he feels 'pretty darn good' about his six wins on Super Tuesday, dismissing the narrowness of his Ohio victory over Rick Santorum by insisting he would be the Republican nominee. Appearing on CNBC the morning after he increased hi... | Romney takes Ohio, Massachusetts, .
Vermont, Idaho and Virginia .
Santorum wins Tennessee, Oklahoma and North Dakota .
Gingrich succeeds in home state of Georgia .
Ron Paul yet to win a state but remains in the race . |
1c076484ba55fec3faa02dc29d93968b5b629e92 | (CNN) -- The Syrian government is freeing some activists while arresting hundreds of others in its back-and-forth bid to placate protesters and crush dissent, a human rights lawyer said. Attorney Razan Zaytouni sent CNN a list Sunday naming more than 500 people she said have been arrested since the start of the unrest ... | A rights lawyer says more than 500 people have been arrested in the recent crackdown .
Roughly half of those people have since been released, she says .
Omar al-Abdallah is freed after 5 years in prison, his brother says .
Protesters in Syria are calling for the release of all political prisoners . |
1c0883f67e5896d5be4baa7cdb923db0bfeed2ac | Rivals to Megaupload have seen a huge rise in traffic after file-sharing site Megaupload was shut down by the FBI and its flamboyant founder arrested in a high-profile raid. After the FBI shut down file-sharing site Megaupload and charged staff such as flamboyant founder Kim Dotcom - formerly Kim Schmitz - with copyrig... | Instead of abandoning file-sharing, users flock to rival sites .
Huge surge in traffic to rivals such as Rapidshare .
One site, 4Share is twice the size Megaupload was before it shut down . |
1c08ecd9d5e78d2356a8f11593bbc0ec3702d38b | By . Matt Mcgeehan, Press Association . Sophie Tolchard, Ellen Falkner and Sian Honnor claimed a commanding victory over Australia to take Commonwealth Games gold in the women's triples at Kelvingrove. The English trio accelerated into an 11-0 lead after three of 18 ends and led 20-1 after 10 ends before completing a 2... | Sophie Tolchard, Ellen Falkner and Sian Honnor claimed gold .
They hammered Australia 22-4 in the final to ensure they won the title .
England had raced into an 11-0 and then a 20-1 lead after 10 ends . |
1c098baa45c1ace5ab196be5292148824e9fc548 | By . Ap . and Reuters . Lines to get on the new Harry Potter ride at Universal Orlando Resort were more than seven hours long on opening day Tuesday. Fans began lining up before dawn for the public opening of the The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Diagon Alley’ attraction, modeled after the London shopping district ... | Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts opened Tuesday at Universal Studios Orlando in Florida .
The ride is part of the Harry Potter zone expansion called The Wizardly World of Harry Potter - Diagon Alley .
Park employees were even handing out tickets with return times printed on them to ease congestion . |
1c0a46212f9e58b9ff12c348bcd60a61a51a2ecd | Blunder referee Anthony Taylor apologised to Jose Mourinho for failing to award a penalty when Cesc Fabregas was tripped at Southampton on Sunday. It has emerged that Taylor, who instead booked Fabregas for diving in the 1-1 draw, said sorry to the Chelsea boss before both had left St Mary’s. Mourinho claimed afterward... | Cesc Fabregas was booked for diving against Southampton on Sunday .
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho was furious at the decision .
Referee Anthony Taylor apologised to Mourinho after the match .
Mourinho believes a campaign has started against his side this season . |
1c0d06426095d9d7d170dc3a316c56087439d80b | By . Ted Thornhill . PUBLISHED: . 07:44 EST, 26 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:57 EST, 26 December 2013 . Nearly six decades after it first aired, an I Love Lucy Christmas special was last week's most-watched holiday program. There was a gimmick involved: The episode of the 1950s Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz sitcom was c... | The Christmas special was shown in color for the first time .
The show starred Lucille Ball and real-life husband Desi Arnaz .
The ratings runner-up was A Charlie Brown Christmas, with 6.4m viewers . |
1c0d41b74af118f1e2c6a796beda1807f6bff543 | (CNN) -- Don Shows was a computer geek until he lost his job and took a road trip. JetBlue promises to refund some tickets purchased before a traveler is laid off from a job. While the 56-year-old from Dayton, Ohio, was away on his eight-day post-layoff adventure, he decided he really wanted to be a photojournalist. "I... | Travel companies and an airline are catering to the layoff crowd .
JetBlue will refund some tickets if you get laid off after you purchase them .
Intrepid travel offers a 15 percent discount for people recently laid off .
Consultant: Trip costs "could be lunch money" for the unemployed . |
1c0ecda3dd841af40f8ff6378d558f3c59479abb | By . Steve Doughty . PUBLISHED: . 18:44 EST, 18 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:44 EST, 18 July 2013 . The remorselessly rising number of carrier bags used by shoppers in England passed seven billion last year, official figures show. Despite repeated promises by David Cameron to curb the plastic carriers handed out by su... | The total number of bags given out has shot up 12 per cent in two years .
But in Wales, where they cost 5p, numbers handed out have plummetted .
Many bags are used for only minutes but take a thousand years to rot away . |
1c0f07cd9f135e60d1b00fd13dabe3e8b7662c29 | A Cornell study has discovered an uncomfortable truth about children's cereal and it's not their sky-high sugar content: it's the hypnotic eyes of their cartoon mascots. While the people on adult cereals look straight ahead, the researchers noticed that cartoon tigers, frogs, Cap'ns and the like tend to stare downward.... | Cornell researchers have discovered that children's cereal characters stare down toward kids' eyes at a 9.67 degree angle .
People on adult cereal boxes tend to look straight ahead .
Their research found that 'brand trust' increased 16 percent with eye contact from the character on the box . |
1c0fbe7e6758334d83d145580688e7aa1c549c53 | A serving policeman and a 49-year-old woman have been arrested in connection with the Andrew Mitchell 'Plebgate' affair following fresh information . A diplomatic protection group police officer has been arrested in connection with the Andrew Mitchell 'Plebgate' affair following fresh information, Scotland Yard said to... | Police officer, 48, held on suspicion of misconduct in public office .
A 49-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender .
Investigation is into whether officers lied about 'Plebgate' affair .
Independent Police Complaints Commission has been informed of the arrests . |
1c10017900305323da95454edc2f5284aaa5d42a | A letter to Father Christmas dating back nearly a century has been found lodged in the chimney of a boarding school where it was sent by an enthusiastic young girl. The flame-singed note, written by a schoolgirl called Haly, asks Santa for a copy of a novel and a new dress, and was apparently sent in or shortly after 1... | The letter was written by a girl called Haly asking for a book and a dress .
It has been undisturbed inside a chimney at Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls in South Wales for nearly a century .
A school caretaker discovered it this year while clearing out the fireplace .
The note was badly singed but could be read... |
1c1033b1803fe61aca958cad2752ea8b6ca82f57 | By . Mia De Graaf . One Direction’s Liam Payne has said the group has ‘a lot of growing up to do’, following his bandmates’ apparent use of illegal drugs. In the first sign of an apology after Mail Online's exclusive video emerged of members Louis Tomlinson, 22, and Zayn Malik, 21, smoking a ‘joint’ in Peru, Payne sugg... | Payne, 20, responded to Mail Online exclusive video of Zayn smoking .
Admitted 'things have gone a little sideways' in tweeted statement .
Comes after Harry Styles hit out at 'reckless' bandmates for video . |
1c117a27c82a6817ec3adf09e946b6f31fffa0b7 | By . Inderdeep Bains . A village cricket team has been banned from hitting sixes after an angry neighbour threatened to take the club to court over balls landing in her garden. Diana Attenborough, 69, complained that it was dangerous if the heavy cricket balls fell within the grounds of her detached home which lies at ... | Britwell Salome cricket club in Oxfordshire has played for 85 years .
But Diana Attenborough, 69, complained about heavy balls falling .
She threatened to take the club to court if they did not stop hitting sixes .
Now the club has added a rule discounting runs from maximum hits .
They have also had to spend all their ... |
1c1207940f77b48e4b2a393e873fa77f614ea1d8 | Mohamed Diame has credited the blistering start to his Hull career with a return to his favoured position. Diame was a deadline day signing from West Ham, costing the Tigers £3.5million, and has already set about repaying manager Steve Bruce's faith. The Senegalese scored a fine solo effort against his former club on d... | Tigers manager Steve Bruce signed Mohamed Diame for £3.5m this summer .
27-year-old relishing playing in his preferred central position at Hull .
Diame has scored two sublime goals since joining from West Ham . |
1c125d6683b72c25611458e53088b0d1036b2064 | (CNN) -- Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt has told CNN he can set a new 100 meter world record at the London 2012 Olympic Games -- and could run as fast as 9.4 seconds. Bolt took the 100m gold medal at Beijing 2008 in a world-record time of 9.69s, before bettering that mark one year later with a stunning 9.58 at the Wor... | Usain Bolt tells CNN he can break 100m world record at London 2012 .
The Jamaican star set the current world record at 2009 world championships .
Bolt ran the fastest 100m time of the year at a meeting in Rome on Thursday .
Linford Christie says Tyson Gay and Justin Gatlin could challenge Bolt . |
1c12eddc27265f3a97ba6a0b8cf96bfabcf0f09b | England's Paul Casey shot an eight-under-par 62 as he made a superb start at the Sony Open in Hawaii. The 37-year-old carded nine birdies at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu as he made the early running along with American Webb Simpson. The only blemish on the three-time European Ryder Cup player's card was a bogey... | English golfer Paul Casey carded an opening round of 62 at the Sony Open .
The 37-year-old hit nine birdies at the golf tournament in Hawaii .
Webb Simpson equalled the score, which is one short of course record . |
1c1425c90d9a32263914d143090acf4100aa0435 | By . Allan Hall . PUBLISHED: . 19:44 EST, 9 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:48 EST, 10 September 2012 . The wife of former German president Christian Wulff is taking legal action to prevent Google from spreading rumours that she once worked as an escort girl. Web users who type Bettina Wulff’s name into Google’s sea... | Typing Bettina Wulff’s name .
into Google results in suggestions including 'escort' and 'red-light district' |
1c143fec7733eb3d15c9f6c43b0d33d1f39f0804 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:14 EST, 18 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:00 EST, 19 August 2013 . The bus-sized meteor that slammed into Russia in February, injuring more than 1,000 people, setting off car alarms and shattering windows sent a plume of cosmic dust into the stratosphere that showered the Ear... | According to NASA's Suomi NPP weather satellite, the meteor left behind hundreds of tones of microscopic rubble .
Detonated 15 miles above the city of Chelyabinsk on February 15, injuring more than 1,000 people .
Using the satellite's Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite, NASA has released a video showing how the dust from... |
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