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0001d1afc246a7964130f43ae940af6bc6c57f01 | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 14:11 EST, 25 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:36 EST, 25 October 2013 . The bishop of the Fargo Catholic Diocese in North Dakota has exposed potentially hundreds of church members in Fargo, Grand Forks and Jamestown to the hepatitis A virus in late September and early October. The ... | Bishop John Folda, of North Dakota, is taking time off after being diagnosed .
He contracted the infection through contaminated food in Italy .
Church members in Fargo, Grand Forks and Jamestown could have been exposed . |
0002095e55fcbd3a2f366d9bf92a95433dc305ef | (CNN) -- Ralph Mata was an internal affairs lieutenant for the Miami-Dade Police Department, working in the division that investigates allegations of wrongdoing by cops. Outside the office, authorities allege that the 45-year-old longtime officer worked with a drug trafficking organization to help plan a murder plot an... | Criminal complaint: Cop used his role to help cocaine traffickers .
Ralph Mata, an internal affairs lieutenant, allegedly helped group get guns .
He also arranged to pay two assassins in a murder plot, a complaint alleges . |
00027e965c8264c35cc1bc55556db388da82b07f | A drunk driver who killed a young woman in a head-on crash while checking his mobile phone has been jailed for six years. Craig Eccleston-Todd, 27, was driving home from a night at a pub when he received a text message. As he was reading or replying to it, he veered across the road while driving round a bend and smashe... | Craig Eccleston-Todd, 27, had drunk at least three pints before driving car .
Was using phone when he veered across road in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight .
Crashed head-on into 28-year-old Rachel Titley's car, who died in hospital .
Police say he would have been over legal drink-drive limit at time of crash .
He was found gu... |
0002c17436637c4fe1837c935c04de47adb18e9a | (CNN) -- With a breezy sweep of his pen President Vladimir Putin wrote a new chapter into Crimea's turbulent history, committing the region to a future returned to Russian domain. Sixty years prior, Ukraine's breakaway peninsula was signed away just as swiftly by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. But dealing with such a... | Nina dos Santos says Europe must be ready to accept sanctions will hurt both sides .
Targeting Russia's business community would be one way of sapping their support for President Putin, she says .
But she says Europe would have a hard time keeping its factories going without power from the east . |
0003ad6ef0c37534f80b55b4235108024b407f0b | Fleetwood are the only team still to have a 100% record in Sky Bet League One as a 2-0 win over Scunthorpe sent Graham Alexander’s men top of the table. The Cod Army are playing in the third tier for the first time in their history after six promotions in nine years and their remarkable ascent shows no sign of slowing ... | Fleetwood top of League One after 2-0 win at Scunthorpe .
Peterborough, Bristol City, Chesterfield and Crawley all drop first points of the season .
Stand-in striker Matt Done scores a hat-trick as Rochdale thrash Crewe 5-2 .
Wins for Notts County and Yeovil .
Coventry/Bradford and Oldham/Port Vale both end in draws .
... |
0004306354494f090ee2d7bc5ddbf80b63e80de6 | He's been accused of making many a fashion faux pas while on holiday. But the Prime Minister seems to be deaf to his critics. Yesterday David Cameron was seen in the same pair of beige loafers he wore on holiday last year. Mr Cameron, who is in Lanzarote with his family, got the £20.99 shoes from high street store Ald... | Prime Minister and his family are enjoying an Easter break in Lanzarote .
Sported the same £20.99 beige loafers as he wore in Portugal last year .
PM sat and had a drink at a beach-side cafe on the Spanish Island . |
0005d61497d21ff37a17751829bd7e3b6e4a7c5c | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 01:15 EST, 30 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:23 EST, 30 November 2013 . More than two decades after Magic Johnson announced that he had HIV, the basketball player says he is still surprised at the impact the news had. The former Los Angeles Lakers player said when he was first... | NBA star calls for black and Hispanic communities to get tested .
Former Lakers player dedicated life to raising awareness about disease . |
0006021f772fad0aa78a977ce4a31b3faa6e6fe5 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . This is the moment a train announcer stunned passengers by announcing over a tannoy as they pulled into a station to beware of pickpockets and gipsies. The London Midland service had been pulling into Telford Station, Shropshire, on Saturday when the comments were made. Passenger Chris Downes... | London Midland service had been pulling into Telford Station in Shropshire .
Passenger Chris Downes, 46, was recording on his mobile at the time .
Announcer can clearly be heard saying: 'Telford Central - please be aware of pickpockets and gipsies'
London Midland said it is now launching an investigation into the incid... |
00083697263e215e5e7eda753070f08aa374dd45 | There are a number of job descriptions waiting for Darren Fletcher when he settles in at West Brom but the one he might not have expected is Saido Berahino’s nanny. Fletcher’s unveiling as the deadline day signing from Manchester United was almost eclipsed by the 21-year-old striker, who is acquiring the habit of talki... | Tony Pulis believes Saido Berahino should look up to Darren Fletcher .
Pulis insists Berahino has been listened to the wrong advice .
Berahino said he wants to move on to bigger things earlier in the week .
READ: Berahino available for £20m after Liverpool target angers club .
CLICK HERE for all the latest West Brom ne... |
000940f2bb357ac04a236a232156d8b9b18d1667 | Canberra, Australia (CNN) -- At first glance, it doesn't look like much. Hidden behind an unmarked door, in a nondescript government office building in the Australian capital, it could be mistaken for a high school science classroom with work benches, slightly outdated computer monitors, and the odd microscope sitting ... | Black box data from Flight 370 could be analyzed at a laboratory in Australia .
Even if the flight data recorder is damaged, information is retrievable .
About 2,000 parameters are decoded, like altitude, engine performance and cabin pressure .
The data is used to create a visual representation, helping the public unde... |
0009ebb1967511741629926ef9f5faea2bb6be24 | By . Ellie Zolfagharifard . Take a look at a map today, and you’re likely to see that North America is larger than Africa, Alaska is larger than Mexico and China is smaller than Greenland. But in reality China is four times bigger than Greenland, Africa is three times bigger than North America and Mexico is larger than... | The distortion is the result of the Mercator map which was created in 1596 to help sailors navigate the world .
It gives the right shapes of countries but at the cost of distorting sizes in favour of the wealthy lands to the north .
For instance, north America looks larger, or at least as big, as Africa, and Greenland ... |
000c835555db62e319854d9f8912061cdca1893e | Two lawyers representing a woman who . claims to have had sex as a minor with prominent U.S. criminal defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz have filed a counter-defamation . lawsuit against him. Former federal judge Paul Cassell and Florida plaintiffs . attorney Bradley Edwards filed the lawsuit in a Florida circuit . court, ... | Alan Dershowitz has filed defamation suits against two other U.S lawyers .
He is accused of having sex with Virginia Roberts when she was a minor .
Dershowitz says that the two lawyers representing her have defamed him .
Those two lawyers are now counter-suing him for defamation .
Paul Cassell and Bradley Edwards say t... |
000ca3fc9d877f8d4bb2ebd1d6858c69be571fd8 | It's the moment every pet owner dreads - when the time comes when they have to say a final goodbye to a faithful friend. These heart-breaking end-of-life snaps are meant to highlight the special relationship between an owner and their dying pet in its last moments. Sarah Ernhart, the owner of Sarah Beth Photography in ... | Sarah Ernhart, the owner of Sarah Beth Photography in Minneapolis, created these tender snaps .
She dubbed the shoot a 'Joy Session' in which she records owners' last moments with pets .
Her service has been so popular Mrs Ernhart has had more than 100 shoots with owners and their pets . |
000cd1ee0098c4d510a03ddc97d11764448ebac2 | Louis van Gaal said he had no option but to substitute Paddy McNair in the first half against Southampton because the defender's 'confidence' was shot - but believes that it will benefit the youngster in the long run. The 19-year-old was hooked by Van Gaal after only 39 minutes at St Mary's Stadium on Monday night duri... | Manchester United beat Southampton 2-1 at St Mary's on Monday night .
Paddy McNair was substituted by Louis van Gaal after only 39 minutes .
Van Gaal admitted he 'had to' replace the 19-year-old against Saints .
United boss said McNair 'had no confidence' after struggling early on .
But Van Gaal is adamant substitution... |
000e009f6b1d954d827c9a550f3f24a5474ee82b | (CNN) -- One can hardly read the news these days without learning that yet another American corporation has announced plans to invert, which is corporate-speak for restructuring as a foreign company to avoid U.S. taxes. It's a trend that has increased exponentially over the past decade with barely a peep from Congress.... | U.S. corporations merge with foreign companies, move their headquarters .
McIntyre: Such "inversions" enable firms to greatly lower their U.S. corporate tax bill .
He says government can lose billions of tax revenue from such maneuvers .
McIntyre: Congress should pass administration proposal to bar inversions . |
001097a19e2c96de11276b3cce11566ccfed0030 | For most people, it has become a travel essential. Taking your smartphone or tablet away on holiday keep you in touch with what's going on back home, as well as offering a chance to monitor 'work emails.' But a 'digital detox' revolution is taking place - a chance to embrace the holiday free from modern technology and ... | Half of Brits admit to checking work e-mails while on holiday, while a third regret spending so much time on them .
Rural getaways are becoming more popular in 'digital detox' revolution, many with no signal and no Wi-Fi .
Offers a chance to leave smartphones and tablets firmly switched off and enjoy the sights and sce... |
0010c870d3fc53ea7f2a4a50f6496dc2df17e02f | By . Margot Peppers . Nigerian and Cameroonian pop star Dencia has hit out at Lupita Nyong'o for her new contract with Lancome, accusing her of bowing to 'white people companies'. In an angry tweet directed at the 12 Years A Slave star, she wrote: 'Oh @Lupita_Nyongo cln't talk abt the bleaching creams white people (Com... | Dencia's comment is hypocritical considering she recently courted controversy for marketing 'dark spot remover' Whitenicious, which is frequently used as a skin-whitening cream . |
00120f91cfcab17bac165f7a4719019a628a9db3 | Britain and the West must brace themselves for more bloody atrocities before Islamist jihadists in Iraq are defeated, former top brass said last night. Retired commanders issued the chilling warning as they urged David Cameron to deploy more RAF warplanes to fight Islamic State fanatics. The ex-military chiefs also s... | Ex-military chiefs suggested .
stepping up Special Forces operations to ‘spoil the day’ of fanatics, including British Muslims, in northern .
Iraq .
Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon, and Air Commodore Andrew Lambert, called for Britain to ramp .
up military options in Iraq .
They spoke out after gruesome murderer ... |
00128f1ba30d5e9e0f17df83285a1bc2072e2f01 | A woman has been charged with reckless manslaughter after her boyfriend's mother tried to stop them fighting and suffered a fatal heart attack. Claudia Yanira Hernandez Soriano, 25, and Juan Francisco Martinez Rojas, 28, started punching and scratching each other after they returned to their Bergen, New Jersey home fol... | Claudia Yanira Hernandez Soriano, 25, and Juan Francisco Martinez Rojas, 28, started fighting after returning from a party on Monday morning .
When his mother, Ana Angelina Rojas-Jovel, 45, tried to stop them, Hernandez Soriano allegedly assaulted her .
She suffered cardiac arrest and police arrived to find her dead .
... |
00142065a6c92f788eacd40c9023184808a7e2d1 | Beirut (CNN) -- Syria carried out an airstrike on a refugee camp in northern Lebanon Saturday, killing nine Syrians and wounding nine more, a Lebanese state-run news agency reported. The strike centered on a Syrian refugee camp located near the Syrian border between the towns of Baalbeck and Arsal in the Bekaa Valley, ... | Airstrike kills nine Syrians in refugee camp, state media reports .
Syria has fired into Lebanon before .
The government has accused rebels of smuggling arms across the border with Lebanon . |
0015194573f9b4430319683cde41e4aa17092a9d | An Australian citizen, who has awaited trial from behind the bars of a Russian prison for more than two years, could face a minimum of 15 years in jail for the supply of poppy seeds. Roman Shilov, whose wife and the baby daughter live in Brisbane, was detained by Russian authorities on charges of drug trafficking in Ju... | Roman Shilov has been detained by Russian authorities without trial since July 2012 .
He was charged with drug trafficking while importing poppy seeds as part of his father's spice business .
He has been refused bail due to being considered a flight risk .
Mr Shilov's brother, wife and baby daughter live in Brisbane . |
00156d9892fb27f1d2e100cbdd8a3997f8273781 | Everton are still looking to add two new players to their ranks with Tom Cleverley of Manchester United among the options for Roberto Martinez. The midfielder made his competitive debut for United three years ago and turns 25 on August 12. He has 78 first team games under his belt but has been targeted as one of the s... | Everton are looking to add two new players to their squad .
Cleverley was appointed captain by Louis van Gaal in Roma friendly .
But England midfielder could still be cut from United's 22-man squad .
Transfer fee for Cleverley would be around £8m .
Frank Lampard arrival at Manchester City could mean Jack Rodwell depart... |
001732b374f362d3961a510da315601e4b5e7e84 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 1:25 AM on 3rd August 2011 . Dragons' Den star Duncan Bannatyne has shocked Twitter followers by offering £50,000 to anyone who could identify - and break the arms of - a sinister tweeter who threatened to harm his daughter. The self-made millionaire became embroiled in a row ... | Police brought in over Twitter threats believed to be made by man in Russia . |
001789cf9b865dcac3d9fc032a6b1533e3318eda | Last updated at 3:31 PM on 19th July 2011 . Cheaper farmland and proximity to population centres are fueling growth in Amish colonies in The Empire State, a study out of Pennsylvania shows. The Amish, many of them from Ohio or Pennsylvania, have set up 10 new settlements in New York since 2010 - growth that doubles oth... | Amish population in New York has grown by a third in the past two years .
The Amish are currently in 28 U.S. states and Ontario .
Pennsylvania had the largest Amish population, with Ohio a close second.
New York, Kentucky, Illinois and Kansas have the largest net gain in Amish households since 2006. |
00189f37b1c8bdc2b132b40270bb28ffcc622af1 | Glen Johnson looks destined to leave Anfield next summer after he revealed there is no prospect of his future being resolved. Johnson, like Steven Gerrard, can start talking to foreign clubs in 31 days about joining them on a Bosman at the end of the season. But whereas Liverpool are in talks with their captain about a... | Full back scored late winner as Liverpool beat Stoke 1-0 on Saturday .
Victory is the first for the Reds in the Premier League in over a month .
Glen Johnson's contract runs out at Anfield this summer .
The England international joined Liverpool from Portsmouth in 2009 . |
001a6162391594e2a8607fba135bdfa154e57904 | Would you believe that these breathtaking photos were seen through the lens of a kayaker's GoPro camera? Intrepid Tomasz Furmanek spends his spare time away from the Institute of Marine Research gliding atop the waters in some Norway's most idyllic beauty spots. For 10 years, Tomasz, a software developer, has visited m... | Adventurer Tomasz Furmanek photographs Norwegian fjords from a kayak .
For over 10 years, he's been documenting his travels around the country .
Using a GoPro camera, he uploads his stunning images to Instagram . |
001adf6209be103cb198b8599f236b4d5760a5fe | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:44 EST, 10 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:29 EST, 11 October 2012 . A Florida woman said she was humiliated by local police as she accused them of hogtying her, parading her around topless and bashing some of her teeth out during her arrest last year. Ashleigh Davis, of Ocal... | Ashleigh Davis, 32, arrested last year after a fight with another woman .
She claims she was hogtied and paraded topless by officers as she was arrested . |
001b4673dbb3437282cd2ea58d9eca471e25780f | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 03:53 EST, 23 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:25 EST, 23 July 2013 . From a tacky knitted baby through to a Harrods mug and a prince's potty chair, these are the bizarre souvenirs retailers are trying to flog on the back of the royal birth. A bewildering array of memorabilia will flood into... | £250million could be spent on royal baby souvenirs in Britain alone .
Official Royal Collection Trust souvenirs will launch in coming weeks .
Monarchy have approved official designs before they go on sale in the past .
Pottery industry are waiting for when royal baby is named to launch range .
Staff at Derby pottery fi... |
001be24b2db1c04f62386f98997fee725c5fd2fb | Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- China's top security official paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan, where he met with President Hamid Karzai on issues ranging from investment and bilateral trade to to terrorism and drug trafficking, China's state-run news agency said Sunday. The visit Saturday by Zhou Yongkang, a member of... | China's top security official visited Afghanistan on Saturday and met with President Hamid Karzai .
Visit was first by a top Chinese official since 1955, according to China's state-run Xinhua agency .
China kept the visit secret because of security concerns, Xinhua said . |
001c839e1d76c400129f6c2799957c74e9895815 | A Hero teacher who saved the life of a seriously ill pupil by giving her one of his kidney is to be honoured with an MBE. Ray Coe stepped in to rescue Alya Ahmed Ali, 13, after learning she was desperate for a donor. The 53-year-old father-of-one said he was left shocked and proud after learning he had been recognised ... | Teacher Ray Coe gave pupil Alya Ahmed Ali,13, one of his kidneys .
The teenager desperately needed a donor after suffering from renal failure .
The father-of-one, 53, has been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours .
He said he was not expecting it, but described it as a proud moment . |
001cdbaf0607878f332e0202fadf5b82d2997c02 | By . Harriet Arkell For Mailonline . A pair of friends who dreamt up Marmite-themed board games during drunken dinners together have told how they won £50,000 backing from the Dragons' Den investment show. Father of two Richard McLuckie, 48, and his friend Stuart Mackenzie-Walker, 51, dreamt up a series of board games ... | Richard McLuckie, 48, and Stuart Mackenzie-Walker, 51, invented games .
Won permission from Marmite owner Unilever to use its name and image .
Then they went on investment TV show to ask for funding from the Dragons .
But Unilever contract said entrepreneurs couldn't mention name Marmite .
Three Dragons pulled out, but... |
001d9259673bd2ffb613217d19b98ca3563874ac | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 08:06 EST, 5 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:38 EST, 5 November 2012 . An American tabloid has published a shocking front cover claiming that Queen Elizabeth is dying and the Duchess of Cornwall has an 'evil plot' to seize the throne. Globe magazine alleges that the 86-year-old monarch... | Globe magazine, which often prints controversial headlines, alleges that the 86-year-old monarch is 'sick and fading fast'
Claims the Queen's health problem has triggered a bitter battle for the crown by her daughter-in-law the Duchess of Cornwall . |
001e8bda2f7ab73bf81314c1639a97dae2751703 | By . Becky Barrow . PUBLISHED: . 03:39 EST, 8 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:10 EST, 8 May 2012 . Andrew Moss: He will be paid £80,000 a month for the next year . The boss of Britain’s biggest insurance company will continue to receive his salary of £80,000 a month for the next year despite his humiliating resignation ye... | Andrew Moss is third victim of recent discontent after departures at Trinity Mirror and AstraZeneca .
Investors back the move as shares jump 5 per cent .
Small savers and pension investors can have a voice on excessive executive pay.
The Mail has teamed up with .
the FairPensions campaign to offer a tool that allows yo... |
001ee59c375363263821474d40e4386ab91d5145 | These days we pick up a packet of frozen prawns from the supermarket almost without thinking. They’re healthy, flavour-some and cheap enough to count as an affordable treat, perhaps on a skewer for a barbecue or daintily arranged for a dinner party starter. If we give even a moment’s thought about where they come from ... | 'I'll never eat a king prawn again' says Wickens after seeing Thai prawn trade .
The environment is left devastated and polluted by unscrupulous trawlers .
Trafficked labourers from Burma and Cambodia work in appalling conditions . |
001f2856c2bca7de7918eb155b2e1bc8aa0d8695 | Looks like it's a bad time to be sexing up your publicly viewable video gaming. With debate swirling over treatment of women in gaming, Twitch, a service that lets users broadcast themselves playing games or watch others doing so, has banned "wearing no clothing or sexually suggestive clothing" in posts on the site. "N... | Twitch has said gamers can't broadcast without clothes on .
Twitch is a popular service that lets users broadcast themselves playing video games .
It was purchased by Amazon in August .
The new rule comes as a spotlight is on treatment of women in gaming . |
001f9c554f1a29169413d0d2f138212a14c6dcf1 | (CNN) -- A University of Wisconsin senior official resigned after making unwanted sexual advances to a male student employee of the school's athletic department, according to a report released this week. John Chadima resigned his post as senior associate athletic director at UW-Madison earlier in January after the alle... | John Chadima resigned after the allegations surfaced .
Chadima was the senior associate athletic director at the University of Wisconsin .
After the sexual advance, Chadima threatened to have the student fired, the report says .
"I make no excuses and accept full responsibility," Chadima said in a written statement . |
001fb4ca3bd3a0c1cd91fdc813f0ebeeac678e76 | (CNN) -- Returning home from the London 2012 Paralympic Games, I discovered the level of U.S. media coverage for a global sports event. Ten days of competition, 21 sports, and 503 events crammed into five-and-a-half hours of coverage. To think that we have 227 athletes who just returned home after representing Team USA... | Swimmer Mallory Weggemann won gold in the women's S8 50m freestyle .
The 23-year-old also took bronze as part of the 4 x 100m medley relay 34 points .
Weggemann hopes to raise the profile of the Paralympic movement in the U.S.
The U.S. sent a team of 227 people to the London 2012 Paralympic Games . |
0020ede07ee7ad1f6cf654c7dc678e7341d0c0e5 | (CNN) -- British innovator James Dyson, who has built a multi-billion dollar empire around his distinctive vacuum cleaners, has described patent laws across Europe as "absolute madness", saying they are unhelpful for inventors and small businesses. Dyson told CNN he wants the patent system in Europe radically overhaule... | British innovator James Dyson has described patent laws across Europe as "absolute madness"
Dyson says the current system involves many expenses due to varying jurisdictions throughout the continent .
He says a Europe-wide patent is the answer . |
00211175819295755ed12e89791b4d543442981a | (CNN) -- While the Tour de France ambles around the French countryside a dark shadow still lingers over the sport's blue ribbon event. While the PR machine goes into overdrive and the wheels of change are supposedly set in motion, cycling's attempt to lift the specter of Lance Armstrong still remains. A man who 'won' t... | Chris Froome is current leader of Tour de France .
First Tour since Lance Armstrong admitted doping last January .
UCI President Pat McQuaid insists his organization not to blame .
McQuaid reveals his interest in speaking to Armstrong in bid to improve drug testing . |
002124147bd10996f410d1a117ddf298018dbced | (CNN) -- After weeks of relative calm, clashes erupted between supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsy and Egyptian security forces and local residents in several areas in Cairo, state media outlets reported. Additonally, pro-Morsy and anti-Morsy protesters clashed in other Egyptian cities. Three people died and 2... | NEW: State media report four deaths, 40 injuries .
Anti-Morsy politician was stabbed, according to state media .
State media: Clashes broke out between pro-Morsy protesters and security forces in Cairo .
Skirmishes between pro-Morsy and anti-Morsy protesters occurred in two other locations . |
002175ac42ef0c91b9fb7e07259413a8ee3979a3 | By . Sophie Jane Evans . It looks as though it’s lying in wait to sting unsuspecting beachgoers. But in fact this giant jellyfish is harmless to humans – and a long way from home. Usually found in the Atlantic or the Mediterranean, the creature was spotted by wildlife photographer Steve Trewhella in Portland, Dorset, a... | Latest in string of barrel jellyfish sightings reported on beach in Portland .
Enormous creature was spotted by wildlife photographer Steve Trewhella .
Comes days after a jellyfish the size of dustbin lid was sighted on island .
Experts warn there could be influx of sea creatures as weather warms up .
Forecasters expec... |
0021eb1696f522ae0605ba630568bed5f655b740 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . A website has been ordered to remove a claim that the MMR jab could cause autism in children by the Advertising Standards Agency. The children’s immunisation service, babyjabs.co.uk, claimed experts believe the vaccine 'could be causing autism in up to 10% of . autistic children in the UK'. I... | The World Health Organisation and the Department of Health have found no evidence of a causal link between MMR and autism . |
0022944fc603b8c03c02f2e67a874b067db28196 | As the 74 people on a climate change research ship stuck in the ice in Antarctica readied for New Year's Eve festivities, authorities revealed plans to send in a rescue helicopter. The Russian-flagged MV Akademik Shokalskiy has not moved in a week since getting stuck in unusually thick ice on Christmas. The people on b... | Passengers preparing for New Year's Eve festivities .
It will take at least a day for the weather to improve .
Helicopter can pick up 12 passengers at a time .
Barge will ferry them from Chinese ship to Australian vessel . |
00237a1d4477c976ee17d82d438e2650e0bff9a9 | It is one of the key bonding experiences for a mother and child: breastfeeding. So lesbian partners Heidi and Maryellen Olson wanted to share that with their first-born Sequoia. They both nurse their one-month-old daughter. Phenomenon: Maryellen Olson, 25, nurses her daughter Sequoia despite not giving birth . Both bre... | Heidi and Maryellen Olson conceived first daughter using donor sperm .
Heidi gave birth to Sequoia on Nov 7, Maryellen wanted to breastfeed too .
Maryellen followed a program of birth control pills and a milk-enhancing drug for three months before the birth at home in Santa Cruz, California .
Now, both mothers nurse th... |
0024a4404120db4544060c11050acaaae185f315 | (CNN) -- Louisiana authorities said Tuesday they found the body of a missing 6-year-old girl, stabbed and stuffed in a trash can down the street from her home. Ahlittia North had been missing since Saturday morning. Her mother awoke to find her gone from their apartment in the New Orleans suburb of Harvey. Late Tuesday... | NEW: Police make an arrest .
Authorities say Matthew Flugence, 20, babysat the girl in the past .
Ahlittia North was missing since Saturday morning .
Flugence's brother is arrested for obstruction of justice . |
002509a01890dd51476aa84c634b6c1db306f995 | Luke Anderson, winner of Big Brother 2012, was born a woman but is undergoing a full sex change . Wife Becki says they have an 'incredible sex life' and can't wait to start a family . His hormone injections have lowered his . voice, grown hair on his body and even thickened his facial bones, which . help him achieve a ... | Luke Anderson, winner of Big Brother 2012, was born a woman but is undergoing a full sex change .
Wife Becki says they have an 'incredible sex life' and can't wait to start a family .
His hormone injections have lowered his .
voice, grown hair on his body and even thickened his facial bones, which .
help him achieve a ... |
00258c300ca824ab90db12db58480b00040a96d1 | A furniture shop refused to repair a pensioner's armchairs - after claiming she had ruined them with sweat caused by her medication. Grandmother Barbara Challons, of Mosborough, South Yorkshire, bought the two two-seater armchairs from Harveys Furniture Store three years ago and says they have always had problems. The ... | Barbara Challons bought two armchairs from Harveys Furniture Store three years ago .
Pensioner claims chairs have both been plagued by problems ever since .
She confirmed to an inspector from the store that she was on medication .
But she then received letter saying medication had caused her to sweat and 'contaminated'... |
002756fbd876d0da1c7d6e6d464c25d5316de3e8 | Sony says it will release the Seth Rogen-James Franco comedy 'The Interview' mere days after it announced the film would not in theaters for its scheduled Christmas release date. Sony cancelled the film's release last week after the hackers threatened real-world attacks on cinemas screening it. 'Sony only delayed this,... | 'Sony only delayed this,' said company attorney David Boies on NBC's Meet the Press .
Was unsure how distribution might proceed .
Sony cancelled The Interview's slated December 25 release last week after the hackers threatened real-world attacks on cinemas screening it .
Film could be made available on Crackle, the str... |
0028aa521d2b3363a2a2d7d74b2961c2c5a8f514 | By . Chris Pleasance . PUBLISHED: . 08:09 EST, 15 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:05 EST, 16 September 2013 . With divorce fast becoming the norm it seems true love is harder and harder to find these days. But as these letters reveal, one smitten couple found a love so strong it was able to endure even while they we... | Frederick and Elizabeth Noble married in 1941 while he was on leave .
They swapped passionate love letters throughout the war .
The collection of 250 letters was found by their family in a tea chest .
The pair, who shared a birthday, both died in 2011 just three days apart having said they could not bear to be without ... |
0028e335e8d06f2bab786a15965621db28e2ba55 | (CNN) -- My mom was always sports mad -- my dad not so much. But both my parents understood the importance of significant events, so when opportunity knocked, my parents opened up all doors for me. I grew up knowing full well that my country wasn't allowed to participate in international sports following the sporting b... | Sporting ban to campaign against apartheid in South Africa introduced in 1977 .
"Rebel tours" were highly controversial, unofficial, international matches .
Team of West Indian cricket players visited South Africa in 1983 .
They were shunned by society on their return home to the Caribbean . |
0029837648b848c9cbde4c26744609e85f528a6c | Fears are growing that Britain's jails are becoming a hotbed of extremism after it was revealed today that nearly half the inmates of one top security prison are Muslim. Some 42 per cent of those housed at Category A Whitemoor jail - and more than a quarter of those in London prisons - consider themselves to be of Isla... | Increasing Muslim prison population highlighted by Whitemoor jail .
More than one in four of its convicts say they are of Islamic faith .
Fears the trend is down to growing radicalisation by Jihaists .
Shadow Justice Secretary Sadiq Khan calls for government action . |
002a083c3893b1fde734280b9eec28d428a02d2b | (CNN) -- Palestinian journalists are finding reporting increasingly difficult in the face of the growing abuse toward them by Palestinian security forces in the West Bank and Gaza, according to a report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch. The report, "No News is Good News: Abuses Against Journalists by Palestinia... | NEW: Palestinian security forces say they will investigate the allegations .
The Human Rights Watch report focuses on seven incidents in the West Bank and two in Gaza .
Journalists were "tortured, beat, and arbitrarily detained," the report says .
The rift between Fatah and Hamas is behind most of the incidents, it say... |
002a48549068d7db596738c4f3fa2f5562372ab3 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Terrorists are likely to use a weapon of mass destruction somewhere in the world in the next five years, a blue-ribbon panel assembled by Congress has concluded. Police watch over travelers at New York's Grand Central Terminal before Thanksgiving. They are more likely to use a biological weapon tha... | NEW: Next terror attack on U.S. likely to originate in Pakistan tribal areas, report says .
Terrorists with biological weapons could kill millions, panel's chairman says .
Biological attack more likely than nuclear attack, report says .
Number of nations with nuclear weapons also growing, panel says . |
002a6553123aa9c80a49b1e6e54c5a684975e452 | CAVITE CITY, Philippines (CNN) -- At 16, Rhandolf Fajardo reflects on his former life as a gang member. Efren Peñaflorida's Dynamic Teen Company offers Filipino youth an alternative to gangs through education. "My gang mates were the most influential thing in my life," says Fajardo, who joined a gang when he was in si... | Efren Peñaflorida was bullied by gangs in high school in the Philippines .
Now his Dynamic Teen Company offers an alternative to gangs through education .
Since 1997, some 10,000 members have taught more than 1,500 children in slums .
Vote now for the CNN Hero of the Year at CNN.com/Heroes . |
002ab555011a771d8390288495066e30028292ee | By . Ted Thornhill . Last updated at 2:18 PM on 30th December 2011 . Bored of your surroundings and want to liven things up? Or fancy destroying that broken bit of office machinery? Now there’s an app that’ll add a bit of action movie magic into your life by super-imposing dramatic special effects over mobile phone foo... | The free iPhone app comes with a 'missile strike' and a 'car crash' |
002b864bf68d00d74d0cad76be4cbc049f7321ca | By . Chris Brooke . PUBLISHED: . 10:18 EST, 8 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:07 EST, 9 April 2013 . A man went berserk and stabbed his fiancée because of the stress of trying to win a £25,000 ‘dream wedding’ contest, a court heard yesterday. Lee Rowlands and Madelaine Moir, both 37, were one of five couples in the comp... | Lee Rowlands tried to raise £2,000 a day for charity to win the competition .
But the strain got too much and he suffered a psychotic episode .
He stabbed fiancée Madelaine Moir in the breast, arm, fingers and knee . |
002c115c31577d0e9443794d27c2df51312858b4 | Washington (CNN) -- The pilots of Northwest Flight 188 did not fall asleep when they overflew their destination by more than 100 miles in October, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday in a detailed report on the wayward flight. The two pilots "became distracted by a conversation" about the airline's n... | First officer didn't completely load radio frequency, NTSB says .
He and pilot then were distracted by discussion, personal computers, NTSB says .
NTSB also blames air traffic controllers for not realizing problem earlier . |
002c715ea1428373cc432c9508d4a48d2e6069f4 | Four police officers involved in the fatal pursuit of a young student used 'unnecessary, excessive and unlawful force' against him, a court has heard. Brazilian student Roberto Curti, 21, died in the early hours of March 18, 2012, after a chase and violent struggle with police in Sydney's CBD in which he was tasered, h... | A court heard that four police officers used 'unnecessary, excessive and unlawful force' against a student .
Brazilian student Roberto Curtis died in March 2012 following a chase and violent struggle with police in which he was tasered .
All officers have pleaded not guilty .
A four week hearing commenced on Monday . |
002c962834b7886c600a31a35053543e324883bd | By . John Hall . Scam: Patricia Glancy conned five couples who were getting married at Wentworth Golf Club . A wedding planner who stole £11,000 from couples marrying at one of Britain's top golf clubs has avoided jail because she spent the money on a friend who was dying of cancer . Patricia Glancy, 36, conned five co... | Patricia Glancy, 36, conned couples out of money at Wentworth Golf Club .
She admitted five counts of fraud, with the stolen money totaling £10,787 .
Glancy was today spared jail after proving how the spent stolen money .
She had donated large sums to charity and took dying friend to New York . |
002cceec34994ff6ff91f6232054e5f71b9eb4b5 | The secret to staying slim could be in saliva. Researchers have found that a gene that makes a carb-busting compound has a large influence on weight. Nicknamed the Atkins Gene in some quarters after the popular diet, its official scientific nickname is AMY1. The gene makes an enzyme that is found in saliva and begins t... | AMY1 gene makes a carb-busting compound and can influence weight .
Gene makes enzyme in saliva that begins the breakdown of starchy food .
It has been nicknamed the Atkins Gene after the popular diet .
Study finds that those with more copies of the gene are likely to be slim . |
0031f262451b4b335dfda3aca9b533d244244e1e | By . James Rush . PUBLISHED: . 08:53 EST, 11 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:49 EST, 11 June 2013 . Historians seeking to identify a troop of fallen World War One soldiers could be one step closer to cracking the 99 year mystery after tracing the descendant of a young man killed in France in 1914. The group of unknown so... | Historians seeking to identify troop of fallen WWI soldiers found in France .
Eric Saunders provided DNA sample to see if one was his great uncle .
Private Frederick Thompson was reported missing in action at the age of 20 . |
0032962a65bf404388581ef85d501c048eb67987 | A British teenager has been sentenced to eight years in prison over the stabbing death of a British soldier during a nightclub brawl in Cyprus. David Lee Collins, 18, from London, was stabbed to death after a fight broke out in a nightclub in the popular resort of Ayia Napa last November. The court said that Mohamed A... | David Lee Collins, 18, was stabbed to death after a fight broke out .
Died after being stabbed in Ayia Napa nightclub last November .
Mohammed Abdulkadir Osman, 20, .
originally from Somalia was jailed .
Court: Collins' friends - who were all soldiers - started the fights . |
0032d07e91b8ce3d5f8ac313d799341df7556234 | (CNN) -- Virgin, a leading branded venture capital organization, is one of the world's most recognized and respected brands. Conceived in 1970 by Richard Branson, the company started out with a magazine four years before that, which Branson began while still at school. The next move was into the music industry, setting... | The Virgin Group was founded by Richard Branson in 1970 .
Student Magazine, started by Branson at 16, was forerunner to the group .
Today Virgin has more than 200 companies in a range of industries . |
00330ad079a460a329fa0977f2db3810044f23af | Spherical fossils in China dating back 600 million years could be the remains of the planet's earliest animals. The fossils are 60 million years older than the date skeletal animals appeared during a huge growth spurt of new life on Earth known as the Cambrian Explosion. Virginia scientists claim the fossils are too co... | Called Megasphaera, the fossils were found in rock in southern China .
They are 60 million years older than date skeletal animals appeared .
But the cells are too complex to be belong to bacteria, the study claims .
They may represent shift between single-cell life and multicellular animals . |
0033829349643e2964a8c3ce5fd997116ce43f7c | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 09:53 EST, 12 January 2012 . A motorist was stunned when he discovered double yellow lines had been painted underneath his car while it was parked - and then given a ticket. Flecks of yellow paint were even sprayed on the bumper of Patrick McCrystal's car as the lines were painted ... | They even sprayed paint on his Ford Fiesta in calamitous giveaway . |
003477088ee670dee05e53d0b24ebfcf9a692cec | One of the country’s biggest rail terminals will be ‘effectively closed’ today because of over-running engineering works. There will be no trains in or out of King’s Cross in London due to delays to Network Rail works north of the station. The disruption comes on one of the busiest travel days of the year, as thousands... | East Coast, First Hull Trains, Grand Central and Great Northern lines hit .
Planned works in Holloway area of London were not completed in time .
Customers advised to start and finish journey at Finsbury Park instead .
Thousands expected to make post-Christmas return journey on Saturday .
East Coast Trains apologised ... |
00359f516cdf8b1800c7102711bd9aa400d1c749 | Veteran actor Victor Spinetti, who starred in all three Beatles films, has died at the age of 82. The Welsh star, who also appeared in a string of acclaimed movies as well as taking roles in the West End and on Broadway, died after a fight with pancreatic cancer. Close friend Barbara Windsor, on whose Radio 2 show he m... | Sprang to prominence in three Beatles films of the 1960s: Hard Day’s Night, Help! and Magical Mystery Tour .
Close friend Barbara Windsor was one of the last people to visit the veteran actor .
His agent Barry Burnett, said: 'He was very cheerful to the end' |
0036c48d80c270465bffced3e233fe39e5950431 | By . Neil Sears . PUBLISHED: . 12:00 EST, 27 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:48 EST, 27 December 2012 . Vladimir Putin enjoys posing bare-chested on horseback and with hunting rifles to perpetuate his macho image. In Britain, however, our leader has shown his Russian counterpart how a real action man does it. This ... | Prime Minister took part in Great Brook Run for the third time .
Participating for first time in Oxfordshire run since becoming PM in 2010 .
Russian President Putin is renowned for his macho exploits .
Putin has been pictured competing in judo and holding a rifle while topless . |
0036d1138155e2644813f9c218c743e982e27a27 | (CNN) -- Upon arrival at Kotoka International airport in Ghana's capital city Accra, you are immediately greeted by a sign that says "Akwaaba," which means "Welcome" -- and this is exactly how you will feel when visiting this beautiful West African country. A success story of African development, democracy and stabilit... | Ghana is a country rich in history, culture and natural beauty .
Mole National Park is home to more than 93 species of mammal .
Elmina Castle is the oldest remaining slave castle in Africa .
Osu, in Accra, offers visitors a vibrant nightlife . |
00377ab9d3caafb18464c47d0535ae2781aeef15 | (CNN) -- Two separate incidents at coal mines in Southwest China over the weekend left at least three miners dead and 42 trapped, state media reported. Days of heavy rain caused a mine at Niupeng in Guizhou province to flood on Saturday morning; while "rain-saturated earth on the surface collapsed into a shaft" at anot... | 42 miners remain trapped in the two coal mines in southwestern China .
Days of heavy rain caused a mine at Niupeng in Guizhou province to flood .
"Rain-saturated earth on the surface collapsed into a shaft" at another pit in Guangxi . |
00385e5382f413e0c4234ddf71d692ed1e89622f | In the battle to be the most extravagant mega yacht on the seas, it takes a lot to really impress. While helipads, waterslides, and movie theatres are commonplace additions to the yachts of the super wealthy, a stylish Italian vessel is making waves for being the first to feature a floating drive-in garage. J'ade, by ... | J'ade, designed by Italian company CRN, can store an eight-metre speedboat in its floating indoor garage .
Hydraulic-powered hatch fills with 18,000 litres of water and can also be used as an indoor ocean pool .
The luxury vessel was nominated for Best Interior at 2014 Monaco Yacht Show .
196-foot vessel also features ... |
003a70daf9f99e871ba06482726176d7776d0c07 | BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- A German cruise liner said Tuesday it plans to fly its passengers over the Gulf of Aden, instead of sailing them through, out of fear of pirate attacks in the region. U.S. Navy image of pirates operating off coast of Somalia in October this year. Hapag-Lloyd Cruises said all 246 passengers and ... | Passengers will fly to Dubai to continue their journey .
Hapag-Lloyd: Involves 246 passengers, most of crew aboard MS Columbus .
Prompted by travel warning for the area issued by German Foreign Ministry .
United States, UK advise those traveling near Somali coast to use extreme caution . |
003ae6f81b90eae41831361deae8a5da3705dc4f | Louis van Gaal has welcomed a public message of support from Sir Alex Ferguson but admitted it has put more pressure on him to succeed at Manchester United. The former Old Trafford boss backed Van Gaal, who has taken United to third place in the table despite a catalogue of injuries, saying: ‘When he gets the best play... | Manchester United host Newcastle in the Premier League on Boxing Day .
United boss Louis van Gaal has guided them to third in the Premier League so far, despite a catalogue of injuries at the club .
Ex-Old Trafford manager Sir Alex Ferguson thinks United can only get better when United's injury list improves under the ... |
003b856704634429282caa28ef8b0c052e04bf18 | By . Rob Waugh . PUBLISHED: . 08:03 EST, 13 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:10 EST, 14 March 2012 . A woolly mammoth preserved in permafrost in Siberia could walk the Earth again after 10,000 years, after Russian academics signed a deal with a controversial Korean scientist to clone the animal. Hwang Woo-Suk – who creat... | Controversial scientist created world's first cloned dog .
Remains found in Siberia last year to be used .
Research 'could begin this year' |
003be5a8108fcd3f133ddef14a5fc593701566f3 | Hong Kong (CNN) -- China's third-largest city Guangzhou -- capital of China's richest and most progressive province Guangdong -- has announced it has taken the first concrete steps in unbolting the country's often reviled "Re-education Through Labor" (RTL) system. A senior judge told the state-run China Daily that all ... | China's third city Guangzhou announces first steps in unbolting 'Re-education Through Labor' system .
System was set up in the 1950s under Mao Zedong and modeled on the Soviet 'gulags'
It provides for detention without trial for petty thieves and prostitutes to drug abusers .
Human Rights Watch says the changes to the ... |
003c99210ffb08a21ff004000cac7e2efcfd48de | By . John Hall . and Ted Thornhill . A dog which viciously attacked a four-year-old boy only to be scared off by a fearless cat has been euthanized, it has been claimed. Scrappy, an eight-month-old Labrador-Chow mix, was apparently put down at Bakersfield animal shelter after he was filmed attacking his young neighbor ... | Labrador-Chow mix reportedly destroyed at Bakersfield animal shelter .
Eight-month-old 'Scrappy' was filmed attacking four-year-old neighbour .
Dog viciously shook Jeremy Triantafilo by the leg until pet cat intervened .
Tara the tabby pounced on Scrappy and chased him off down the street .
The dog continued to display... |
003cefcdcf96dbca76aa17d72ee612fa3b40651d | The boss of HSBC was last night facing questions over his secretive tax affairs after claiming he sheltered money in a Swiss bank account to prevent prying colleagues from finding out his bonus. Speaking publicly for the first time since revelations about HSBC’s Swiss private bank, Stuart Gulliver described his ‘shame’... | Stuart Gulliver's bonuses allegedly paid via Panama-registered company .
Money put in Swiss account until 2003, leaked documents reportedly show .
Mr Gulliver said this was the only way to hide earnings from colleagues .
Claims without Panama business others in bank could search for earnings .
He said: 'It was to enabl... |
003d23a256ce34d73e05968a04727c0ed4a2a456 | By . David Williams . They were intended to be ‘Tapes from Beyond the Grave’ – explosive interviews with former IRA terrorists revealing some of their most notorious crimes. The interviews, recorded for a history project, were granted only under strict condition that they were not released until after the deaths of all... | Interviews not supposed to be released until after deaths of all concerned .
But after a legal battle, secret tapes passed to police in Northern Ireland .
They are thought to be key factor behind arrest of Gerry Adams in Antrim .
At least two IRA operatives link Adams to the murder of Jean McConville .
Mother of ten wa... |
003d773c00279077fc83986a725be77c3ef0740f | By . Mark Duell . and Hugo Gye . UPDATED: . 18:30 EST, 3 March 2012 . Rush Limbaugh has apologised for calling a college student a 'slut' after she argued that employers should pay for their workers' contraception. The controversial radio host's comments, which included a suggestion that Sandra Fluke should make a sex ... | Conservative radio host slammed Georgetown University's Sandra Fluke .
Three advertisers had pulled out in response to controversy .
Obama said comment was 'reprehensible' and called Fluke to discuss it . |
003eaac389a2450171f99f216b95f8741b58cbf0 | (CNN) -- Do you suffer from FOMO (otherwise known as "fear of missing out")? Does the idea that some infinitely intriguing person/place/thing is currently flitting through your general sphere of being -- WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE -- cause your heart to constrict with terror? Well, friends, we hear you. Having just returne... | Sonar, Highlight and Banjo are a new wave of social apps that were all the buzz at SXSW .
Sonar shows who is chilling at hot spots near you and who you might be interested to meet .
Highlight alerts you when people who share your interests are nearby .
Banjo lets you see whatever content -- tweets, photos, etc. -- near... |
003f8c8953025e086fa773c9b40d9b8cd6d9754c | Chelsea's early season form may have led to comparisons with the Arsenal 'Invincibles' side, but Gary Neville believes they aren't even as good as the Chelsea side from 10 years ago. Jose Mourinho's side are currently four points clear at the top of the Premier League, but after letting leads slip against both Manchest... | Chelsea are four points clear at the top of the Premier League .
Jose Mourinho's side have proved themselves to be early title favourites .
But Gary Neville believes there is still room for improvement .
The former Manchester United defender criticised their lack of killer instinct .
Chelsea dropped points against both... |
0040eb79bd5424f52e1ec43050539e4e12189cbf | By . Deborah Arthurs . UPDATED: . 13:47 EST, 4 January 2012 . As Burberry today unveils its new spring/summer campaign in store windows and across social media networking sites, millions of ardent fans will be watching. Just last month, it was announced that the British company had become the world's most successful l... | Brand has 10,163,728 fans on Facebook while 694,495 follow UK Twitter feed .
Chief creative officer Christopher Bailey personally thanks followers .
New films star Burberry faces Eddie Redmayne and Cara Delevingne . |
004135e34c22bc5c1954f0cfa3c627943486d0b9 | By . Chris Pleasance . Police are hunting for two thieves in Florida who stole an iPad from a canoe rental office before making their getaway in a kayak. The pair were caught on security cameras picking the tablet computer, worth $700, up from the front desk of Wekiva canoe rental before one of them places it in his ba... | Two men filmed taking iPad from canoe rental office in Florida .
One checks coast is clear before putting computer in other one's bag .
After swiping the device they make their getaway in a kayak . |
0043419182bdb005875dd3da575ebe38570907e8 | The Sunni extremists running roughshod across Iraq could produce 'a thousand' global terrorists like Osama bin Laden bent on widespread death and destruction, Iraq's ambassador to the United States warned on Monday. Lukman Faily said that if the United States and other nations focus too much on Iraq's internal politics... | Lukan Faily said Monday that while Obama frets about Iraq's internal politics, ISIS is gathering strength .
Unless the group is stopped, he said, it will become a global terror threat like 'a thousand' Bin Ladens .
ISIS will take 'no POWs,' he warned, 'nothing, none of that. No rules of engagement but destruction'
'Wha... |
0043612320aaede50bf515eacc66c7daeee9a21b | Britain is at 'very significant risk' from a terror attack by extremists inspired by ISIS jihadis, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond warned today. Speaking ahead of a counter-terror summit in London today, he warned against complacency in the fight to 'disrupt these plots before they come to the stage of an attack'. As ... | Hammond warns against complacency in the fight to disrupt terror plots .
Foreign ministers from across the globe fly into London for talks .
They will discuss plan to take on jihadis and prevent Paris-style attacks .
David Cameron promises the UK will do 'everything we can' to help Iraq . |
00459587adf060c93966ce7f1e2e33fae1d87f7c | Parents who encourage their young children to take part in cage fighting contests could be jailed for child cruelty, legal experts warn. They face sentences of up to six months for allowing a boy or girl of primary school age to take part in the sport – described as ‘barbaric’ by the Culture Secretary. And a Preston s... | Organisers defend 'barbaric' event as 'perfectly legal'
Video footage shows children battling on the floor without head guards .
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt condemns the underage contests .
Child safety experts call for ban and urge social work to be brought in .
Council to ask club not to stage any more such events ... |
004636d2b06ffc786148189e4d8e5e950bd46e8f | By . Louise Eccles . PUBLISHED: . 07:47 EST, 18 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:57 EST, 18 September 2013 . Two women accused of drug smuggling in Peru could serve their sentences in the UK if Britain agrees to a transfer, Peruvian prosecutors said. Melissa Reid and Michaella McCollum, 20, were found with £1.5millio... | The pair have suggested they might plead guilty to reduce sentences .
They face more than six years behind bars if they do admit trafficking .
Under a deal with the UK they could be transferred to British prisons .
The two Brits were caught with £1.5million of cocaine in their suitcases . |
00464528a306e3c679fdaf61f60c42ba6f7db6ba | A neighborhood have held Christmas early for a father who has just weeks to live after an unexpected diagnosis. Frank Henderson, 60, Shoreline, Washington, only found out he had cancer two weeks ago and has been given a fortnight to live. But already the family have packed in lots of activities they want to carry out w... | Frank Henderson, 60, only found out he had cancer two weeks ago .
Frank has always been a fan of Christmas and usually puts up the lights .
Neighbors all joined in with the festive celebrations in a show of solidarity . |
0046a356cc90e393be41135da101f83da40ee6a3 | Marine experts today warned people not to enter the water after . two killer whales were spotted 100 yards off the English coast. The 'enormous super . predators' were described as unpredictable and could attack surfers and bathers . mistaking them for prey. A mother and calf were spotted off the coast of . Padstow, Co... | Sightings at Padstow, just 15 miles from surfing mecca of Newquay . |
004971d00a8b29b67597b2baad67e813dbbf4b66 | A Utah author claims a schoolteacher plagiarized her Christian romance novel, added graphic sex scenes and passed it off as her own. In a case she says brings to light plagiarism in the burgeoning world of online self-publishing, Rachel Ann Nunes of Orem filed a federal lawsuit in August against a Layton teacher, Tiffa... | Rachel Ann Nunes filed a federal lawsuit against teacher Tiffanie Rushto .
Claims Rushton cut and pasted sections from electronic copy of her book .
Rushton insists the idea came from a friend who died in a car wreck . |
004b513bb2f93dca70386dad16c9fb5770ebdc49 | By . Chris Greenwood . PUBLISHED: . 05:31 EST, 6 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:22 EST, 6 June 2013 . It brings a new meaning to the phrase ‘heavy police presence’. This substantial officer was at the centre of a debate about physical fitness in the police force yesterday amid claims that he is Britain’s fattest bobby. ... | Sergeant Andy Sharp was snapped escorting protesters in central London .
Recruits have to pass fitness tests when they join but no requirements for non-specialist officers to complete tests once they are in the job . |
004b7045c61fab2a7189f8c09cae11ef1d4c5cfc | Baghdad (CNN) -- Radical Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has returned to the country after more than three years in Iran, according to Iraqi state television and websites maintained by al-Sadr's followers. The Shiite cleric has been in Iran since early 2007, apart from a public appearance in Iraq in May 2007. He has been ... | Muqtada al-Sadr has been in Iran since 2007 .
He's been studying to be an ayatollah .
His political bloc was a kingmaker after elections in March . |
004cc1a4ecd2ce6327d67b801756847063e48c28 | Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has blasted the Obama administration for bringing the world to the brink of 'a second Cold War that nobody needs.' In a videotaped interview published Tuesday, he told Bloomberg Television that 'we are slowly but surely approaching a second cold war,' in part because President Bar... | Dmitry Medvedev blasted Obama for not 'know[ing] how to make reserved, careful, subtle, wise and intelligent decisions'
A more 'competent politician,' he said, wouldn't have slapped Russia with economic sanctions after it marched across the Ukraine border .
'We probably could cause some unpleasantries for the country t... |
004d2253b243331ec330b4bc188f9289fc5730f6 | A St Louis woman was dragged out of her car, attacked and threatened with murder because she is Bosnian, police claim. Officers called in the FBI to investigate the case as a hate crime five days after a Bosnian man was hammered to death nearby. Police said the victim, 26, was driving around a gang of black teenagers a... | Gang in St Louis, Missouri, dragged Bosnian woman from car, said: 'You're Bosnian. I should just kill you now'
It comes five days after Zemir Begic was hammered to death in the city .
FBI called in to investigate the case as a hate crime . |
004e6e14b9498ae85e92cbb81adf76ac8b21f472 | By . Sophie Jane Evans . From terrifying roars to anguished snarls and evil laughs, it can instantly transform any actor's voice into a monster's. This incredible software was created by Orfeas Boteas, 27, during a project for his sound design degree at the University of Edinburgh. And his creation has been a great suc... | Software was created by Orfeas Boteas, 27, at the University of Edinburgh .
Dubbed 'the Dehumaniser', it can transform actors' voices into monsters'
It has created unique sounds for array of TV series, films and video games .
These include drama Sleepy Hollow and Animal Planet's Finding Big Foot . |
004e6e935ea530b0992a89fd1307f7f41f4a234d | (CNN) -- If kings and queens are able to savor the best things in life, why shouldn't they get to retire, too? It's not traditional, and it kind of goes against one of the biggest perks of being a king or queen -- a secure job for life. But it happens, as the world saw Monday. King Juan Carlos I of Spain became the lat... | Netherlands, Belgium and Qatar all had monarchs step down in 2013 .
King Juan Carlos I of Spain announced Monday he would abdicate .
Royal watcher says there's no chance Queen Elizabeth would give up throne . |
004f0f8c694c4b546b29565a8993a555537ff561 | PUBLISHED: . 07:04 EST, 9 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 07:16 EST, 9 January 2014 . A woman whose nose and upper lip were bitten off by mice when she was a baby is to receive free plastic surgery. Zhu Sanni, 23, from Qingdao, Shandong Province, had been left alone at home for three days when the animals began to eat he... | Zhu Sanni, 23, had been left alone at home for three days when it happened .
Her father suffered from a mental illness and often left home .
Mother went out for food and did not return for three days . |
004fc12e7cd2505a013d96e816afae3f3ce5015d | Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Thousands of bottles of alcohol were destroyed in Kabul this week, in what authorities described as the product of a crackdown on illegal smuggling and sales. The bottles were confiscated over a two-year period in and around the Afghan capital, according to Kabul police and criminal investig... | Official: Bottles are almost exclusively from "Afghan sources" and not foreigners .
Alcohol is largely banned in Afghanistan .
Certain areas, however, that cater to foreigners are permitted to sell it . |
00504275ede73591d94a6c1f994fd4856610421c | Even death couldn't part two skeletons excavated from a lost chapel in an English county, found with their fingers entwined. A team of archaeologists from the University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) are working with volunteers on a four-year excavation project at the site, which overlooks the small villa... | Two skeletons were found holding hands, buried at a lost chapel in Leicester .
11 skeletons have been found so far, but are yet to be analyzed .
Early findings suggest one died by being struck on the head with a pole axe .
Leicester was also the site where the remains of King Richard III were found . |
00512126d65bf2a36801e4ef37f28c86c29deb28 | (CNN)The New York Police Department faced a newly pressing question in recent weeks: What constitutes an online "threat"? Police reviewed hundreds of online postings--and made several arrests--over alleged anti-cop threats made in the wake of the killing of two officers last month. It used to be a lot easier to define ... | Danny Cevallos: Arrests over tweets threatening NYPD raise issue of when speech is threat .
He says Supreme Court to weigh in soon. Maybe it's time to draw threat line at social media . |
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