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0054d6d30dbcad772e20b22771153a2a9cbeaf62 | By . John Drayton . Lionel Messi took matters into his own hands and delivered Argentina's team talk following a goalless 90 minutes against Holland. Manager Alejandro Sabella began the chat but Messi soon took over as his team-mates listened intently. And although his side couldn’t muster a win in extra time, they edg... | Messi led the Argentina team talk between full-time and extra-time .
Javier Mascherano took over for half-time of extra-time .
He also led the team talk before the side stepped up for penalties .
Argentina won 4-2 on penalties and will play Germany in Sunday's final .
It will be the third time that Germany and Argentin... |
0055114867593ed8c267876b2d4bf0d2f5a97b88 | They say lightning doesn't strike twice but among some gullible Chelsea fans that phrase doesn't appear to apply. A year ago talkSPORT, managed to dupe some Blues supporters into believing that their club was linked with various players during the January transfer window - only for those names to be made up.And 12 mont... | Jar Jar Binks, Chewbacca and R2-D2 are all Star Wars characters .
Trio were called JJ Binks, Stew Bacca and Artur Detur in talkSPORT prank .
Chelsea beat Newcastle 2-0 at home in the Premier League on Saturday .
Blues travel to Swansea City in their next league fixture on January 17 . |
005538eba9ddc63dc5d11ee3ef19643f5a2b6af3 | By . Helen Lawson . PUBLISHED: . 13:37 EST, 15 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:21 EST, 16 February 2013 . A trainee lawyer who accused a City law firm of sex discrimination was subjected to a 'full frontal attack' on her abilities by a corporate partner, a tribunal heard today. The same corporate partner was also sai... | Katie Tantum claims she was criticised for leaving early after working through the night at law firm Travers Smith .
Firm partner Helen Croke said Miss Tantum lacked drive and enthusiasm . |
0055d0207fa47067895280bb1066720c68872ed7 | Germany captain Philipp Lahm claims his team can live with the pressure of the demands to become world champions for a fourth time. Despite Germany’s enormous potential, they have not won the World Cup since Lothar Matthaus led the team to glory in Italia 90. Germany have made no secret of their target to win the tourn... | Philipp Lahm says Germany can become world champions for fourth time .
Germany manager Joachim Low is not looking as far as quarter-final and says: 'This game is not in our heads'
Germany are firm favourites when they face Algeria on Monday to make last eight of World Cup . |
005670c4a85a3122965180585a88682692b8d1b9 | By . Simon Walters . PUBLISHED: . 18:35 EST, 11 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 19:02 EST, 11 January 2014 . Privacy and civil liberties campaigner: Former Shadow Home Secretary David Davis . The extent to which mobile phones act as ‘spies in our pockets’ has been exposed by a senior Tory MP. Former Shadow Home Secretar... | David Davis investigated the true nature of mobile phone 'metadata'
He found it allowed the precise tracking of his location at any time .
'This has serious implications for our privacy,' warns top Tory . |
0056b7222ef0324ef31cdf2dc605a60744d56d78 | By . Oliver Todd . Follow @@oliver_todd . The Bundesliga is just edging out the Premier League as the best in the world - according to the number of players left from each league in the World Cup. England's top division had been storming ahead in these stakes but Germany's progression to the semi finals has helped put ... | German sides edge out the English, providing one more semi finalist .
Premier League's total suffered with Belgium's exit from the competition .
Bayern Munich still have more players left than anyone else .
Chelsea (four), Manchester City (four), Arsenal (three) and Swansea (two) are the only Premier League clubs with ... |
0057863e126ceb0f22053aa1570a14977e5803ff | By . Matt Barlow . Follow @@Matt_Barlow_DM . No Neymar means no trophy and no trophy means no escaping the nightmare which has haunted Brazil for 64 years — ever since the last time they failed to win the World Cup on home soil. That appeared to be the consensus as celebrations that followed a 2-1 win against Colombia ... | Neymar out of the tournament after injury late in the quarter-final .
Brazil players rally round their star forward .
David Luiz pledges to 'win and celebrate with him'
Captain Thiago Silva says It could give us more determination to win.’ |
00579a91246db0df52a7106cc6650c56c9fbc604 | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 13:07 EST, 5 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:26 EST, 6 December 2013 . When it comes to wrinkle-busting skincare and a . holistic approach to looking and feeling younger, Dr Nicholas Perricone . is the go-to guy for a host of Park Avenue princesses and Hollywood's leading . ladies. H... | Ocado to deliver Dr Perricone's diet to your door .
Celebrity fans said to include Eva Mendes, Cate Blanchett and Kim Cattrall .
Key ingredients are salmon, fruit and spring water .
Starts at £80, that's £26 a day . |
0057e887ec89de912dd8141a60b746194f95ea62 | The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stop Texas from implementing a part of a new abortion law that requires doctors to get admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic where they're providing abortion services. A federal appeals court had reinstated the key part of the law, which is conside... | Four U.S. Supreme Court justices dissent in the ruling .
Wendy Davis: "This is an abuse of power by politicians"
Texas governor vows to protect the "culture of life in our state" |
005804231660cfba04a959d6d88cae81d144c2e2 | Police have narrowed their search for the man suspected of fatally pushing a 20-year-old college student under a New York City subway train after new surveillance footage of the alleged attacker was released today. LaGuardia Community College student Joshua Basin died on Friday night after an oncoming train pinned him ... | Joshua Basin, 20, died after oncoming subway train after falling onto the tracks during a fight .
Hundreds of horrified witnesses watched as he was crushed by train .
Police hunting for slim-built white male in his 30s . |
0058a370ff12386a55b24ee56dd277e9c3b23a72 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 16:46 EST, 8 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:14 EST, 8 October 2013 . It's been dubbed the 'most unfortunate typo ever.' Senior White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer sparked outrage on Twitter today after he accidentally wrote the n-word instead of 'bigger' in a tweet. Pfeiffer was r... | Senior White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer sparked outrage on Twitter with the typo early Tuesday morning .
Pfeiffer was responding to a post early Tuesday morning when he tweeted: '@jmartNYT also a much n***** factor on the right'
He quickly apologized labeling the mistake 'a horrendous typo'
Some critics suggested auto-... |
0059bb8b2718a83dfffa071bfbc6b49c2bc0ed13 | (CNN) -- "Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning" hopes to be the next big, addictive role-playing video game, and its creators are putting an emphasis on "big" with a wide-ranging environment and a deep story line. But did they take on more than they were prepared to do? Big Huge Games studio general manager Sean Dunn was work... | New "Reckoning" game has more than 10 novels in back story from writer R.A. Salvatore .
Artistic team wanted a creation that appealed to a gamer's sense of exploration .
"Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning" is available for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC . |
005a250b7a98f9a5b26906b62279940b050cf8c8 | A curry house has been fined £3,000 after two dead mice were discovered next to a sack of onions. Health inspectors also found rodent droppings in the kitchen and food stored inside a dirty shed when they visited Khans Tandoori and Balti Takeaway in Portsmouth, Hampshire. The kitchen sink was also dry and had no soap a... | Rodent droppings found in the Khans Tandoori and Balti Takeaway kitchen .
Food was being stored in a dirty shed, and the kitchen sink had no soap .
Dead mice were discovered on sticky boards intended to catch them .
Takeaway fined after owner admitted hygiene charges on its behalf . |
005a56d12cf2c1335c83e387ded82fc61eac780e | 'Vindicated': Stephen Perry has been cleared of seven sexual offences . An insurance boss accused of hiring attractive teenage girls to ogle and grope has been cleared of seven sexual offences. Stephen Perry denied sexually assaulting two 17-year-olds when they worked for him at his Rotherham business throughout a tria... | Stephen Perry has been found not guilty of seven sexual offences .
The 58-year-old was accused of 'ogling' and 'groping' teenage employees .
Sheffield Crown Court told he asked recruiters for 'cracking young girls'
Jurors took just 40 minutes to clear the widow of all charges this afternoon .
'Vindicated' boss said beh... |
005acf7ab98656d8a9df9cc305cf0de84545b35a | Not since Wimbledon has Andy Murray played 40 minutes of tennis as nerve shredding as this passage that came on a Parisian lunchtime, the conclusion of which saw him squeeze through to the last 16 of the French Open. Resuming at 7-7 against world No 24 Philipp Kohlschreiber he needed to draw on all his Grand Slam exper... | Play resumed in the third-round French Open match on Sunday .
Match was suspended on Saturday night at 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 7-7 .
Murray claimed the match on his second match point, 12-10 in the fifth .
The epic five-setter ended after 247 minutes of time on court .
He now meets Spain's Fernando Verdasco in the fourth r... |
005b8761aacb2354318700e781da8e3a70796617 | By . Damien Gayle . A Palestinian man was arrested today in connection with the murders of three Israeli teenagers as warplanes hammered 10 targets in Gaza. Soldiers swooped on a home just after midnight in the West Bank city of Hebron, where Israeli forces have concentrated their search for the killers. The arrest cam... | Palestinian held after police swoop on his home in West Bank City of Hebron .
Hossam Dufesh identified as the man arrested by his family .
Arrest comes as violent protests spread across Israeli Arab towns .
U.S. Palestinian teenager Tariq Abu Khdeir appears before Israeli court .
His cousin was snatched and burned aliv... |
005d4294912831a4a6d30fbaab0a50e1d0d72072 | The body of a man, who is believed to have been murdered up to two weeks ago, has been found in large esky by police. Homicide detectives made the discovery at a house in Edmonton in far north Queensland on Wednesday. Local 32-year-old man, David Hickson, was arrested and charged with murder and interfering with a corp... | Police believe the victim may have been murdered up to two week ago .
David Hickson, 32, was arrested and charged with murder and interfering with a corpse on Thursday .
He is believed to have known and regularly associated with the victim, who is yet to be publicly identified . |
005d650be8cfb6db3eee51d92188ac64509eb59c | The Ospreys opened their Champions Cup campaign in emphatic fashion by posting a bonus point 42-7 victory over outclassed Liberty Stadium visitors Treviso. Wales fly-half Dan Biggar ran the show, kicking 17 points and orchestrating Ospreys' best attacking moments as full-back Dan Evans touched down twice, while wing Je... | Ospreys beat Treviso 42-7 in their Champions Cup opener .
Dan Biggar kicked 17 points and played well throughout .
Dan Evans, Jeff Hassler, Rhys Webb and Dan Baker all scored tries . |
005ed10e2fa927c69aa9d881c51ccca9ce2c789c | Outgoing Iowa Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin, who said just a few weeks ago that Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst was "wrong for the state of Iowa," has changed his tune. Harkin, who was an ardent supporter of Democratic Congressman Bruce Braley in the race to succeed him, sees promise in Ernst as she prepares to rep... | Iowa Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin is retiring at the end of his term .
He'll be replaced by Republican Sen.-elect Joni Ernst .
Harkin, who backed Ernst's opponent, said she could turn out to be a good senator . |
005fd0fe0dda2d0e94cc8279b91cef2c0fb4a704 | By . Claire Ellicott . A young patient who died of dehydration at a leading teaching hospital phoned police from his bed because he was so thirsty, an inquest heard yesterday. Officers arrived at Kane Gorny's bedside, but were told by nurses that he was in a confused state and were sent away. The keen footballer and ru... | Nurses forgot to give Kane Gorny his medication and he became so delirious he called 999 .
His mother said she spent hours trying to convince staff he needed attention but was told he was alright .
Alarm finally raised an hour before his death when a doctor realised how serious his condition was . |
00611a031b1863643d38a007ed01ce5f40e88c79 | (CNN) -- Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme has confirmed the 2013 race -- the centenary edition -- will start on the French island of Corsica. Corsica, which lies off the southern French coast, will host the first three stages of the race from Porto-Vecchio to Calvi, the first time the Tour has ever visi... | The 2013 Tour de France will start from the French island of Corsica .
Three stages will be held on the island, the first time the Tour has visited .
2013 marks the 100th edition of the biggest cycle race in the world . |
00611c530db65df5cd6f2cd4fc9307567bd6cfc1 | Just seven months after he left his post at Good Morning America to join the NBC Sports team, Josh Elliott seems to have landed a very big promotion. A grinning and giddy Elliott joined Matt Lauer, Al Roker and Hoda Kotb this morning as one of the four anchors on Today. The move comes just one month after his six month... | Josh Elliott made his first appearance as a co-anchor on Today this morning, filling in for Natalie Morales .
This comes 7 months after the TV journalist took a pay cut to leave Good Morning America for NBC Sports, with no promise he would be on Today .
Elliott had a six month non-compete clause barring him from appear... |
0061446395a8011d5d924c63bd1f4c63d0f68404 | (CNN) -- Hundreds filed by a casket on Sunday to say goodbye to a small-town hero who died shortly after scoring the winning shot to clinch an undefeated season for his Michigan high school basketball team. Friends, family and even competitors braved a cold Michigan day for a pair of afternoon visitations for 16-year-o... | Wes Leonard collapsed after scoring a winning basket in overtime .
His shot secured a perfect season for his high school team .
An autopsy revealed the teen died of cardiac arrest due to an enlarged heart . |
00618e25f8475c67e5be3528022efa26bdd5258f | By . Lizzie Parry . PUBLISHED: . 15:29 EST, 20 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 16:45 EST, 20 February 2014 . A Russian woman hanged herself after having drunken sex with her ex-boyfriend, behind her new partner's back. Alina Bogdanova was found lifeless by Aleksandrs Zuks, 29, the next morning, after the pair rekindled ... | Alina Bogdanova was found dead by her ex-boyfriend Aleksandrs Zuks, 29 .
28-year-old hanged herself after sleeping with her ex behind new partner Arturas Pakalniskis's back .
Assistant coroner Siobhan Kelly recorded a verdict of death by suicide .
For confidential support call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90... |
0061dddffc23dab36031475efdc679ab13be3a50 | (CNN) -- Jury selection kicked off Thursday in the federal corruption case of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his associates, who are accused of setting up a criminal enterprise in the mayor's office that engaged in racketeering, bribery, fraud and extortion. A panel of 12 jurors, with six alternates, will de... | The jury panel will be whittled down from a pool of more than 200 candidates .
Twelve jurors will decide the fate of the former Detroit mayor and three associates .
Prosecutors say the men were involved in rigging millions of dollars in city contracts .
All four men have maintained their innocence . |
0061e7c11acc1f8f4c4f423db11f38df39b748b7 | Sumatra, Indonesia (CNN) -- Few people in the world have the chance to see a former pet orangutan released back into the wild and it was about to happen right in front of me. We were with the Frankfurt Zoological Society orangutan team deep in the Sumatran jungle at the site where Bobo the endangered Sumatran orangutan... | Jenni Watts produced Expedition: Sumatra, CNN's new environment special .
The team traveled round Indonesia charting some of the biggest issues affecting the country .
They visited an orangutan conservation group trying to protect the endangered species . |
0064cb4483aea62ced1d8ed67c8129497bb303cb | (CNN) -- Most of us have a favorite toy from childhood that still has the power to make us smile, whether it's a Barbie doll, a Micro Machine or the board game Operation. What makes them memorable is the subject of a new book, "Toy Time! From Hula Hoops to He-Man to Hungry Hungry Hippos," a collection of some of the mo... | New book "Toy Time" looks back at memorable toys of the 20th century .
The crowd-sourced list includes toys such as View-Master and Nok Hockey .
More recent selections include POGS and Trolls . |
006652b4ba431e44baec92d84fe62c4727983642 | By . James Slack . Last updated at 4:09 PM on 18th November 2011 . In a damning indictment of community policing, one in four people has never seen a bobby walking the beat. Despite millions of pounds being poured into making the forces of law and order more visible, the streets are still too often devoid of that reass... | Findings uncovered in Home Office survey of 50,000 .
Only 14 per cent see officers on daily basis .
Results in spite of PCSO 'Blunkett bobbies' introduced to boost police visibility . |
006684f2e2fa98b707502c549ab1a0ea0d22a3db | Gordon Brown gave Labour rising star Chuka Umunna ‘the hairdryer treatment’ in a blistering phone call after the shadow business secretary publicly blamed him for Labour’s struggles on the economy. Mr Brown attacked the shadow cabinet minister for an interview he gave criticising the former Labour leader’s failure to c... | EXCLUSIVE: Source reveals extraordinary call by ex Prime Minister .
Mr Umunna blamed former PM for Labour's economic credibility problem .
He said Mr Brown 'gave impression we didn't understand debt and deficit'
Former Labour leader confronted Mr Umunna in an angry call afterwards . |
0066b77d259f645ce9226011d4aa13121a8ac57b | By . Kieran Corcoran . A British TV producer was killed in Qatar when a speeding motorcyclist hit her while racing a friend at high speed. Kerry Rome, 33, moved to Qatar to work for TV news station Al-Jazeera, and had been out with colleagues before being knocked down as she crossed the road at 2am, an inquest heard. S... | Kerry Rome, 33, was killed around 2am on April 20, 2012 .
She was hit by biker who was undertaking his rival, inquest heard .
Mrs Rome moved to Qatar for work, and had married just months before .
She was the first ever female technical director at Al-Jazeera TV station . |
00672d5c2055608b747a90a0f5ae32c5b340173e | By . Rob Waugh . UPDATED: . 04:54 EST, 28 September 2011 . Apple has made the launch date of . iPhone official - at last. But the company hasn't said what new models, . if any, it will be launching, instead inviting journalists to a 'Special . Event', with the cryptic invitation 'Let's Talk iPhone'. The company remaine... | Unveiling at 10am PST, 6pm GMT .
Invitation is four Apple icons .
No statement on whether it's iPhone 5 or new iPhone 4 .
Rumours of 'voice controlled' iPhone circulate . |
006754d905db204ca0ab0d99ac8a2594bdcffe62 | First class passengers are used to being spoiled with the best seats, food and entertainment. But now first class passengers on Qantas will be escape to escape their flight entirely - by donning a virtual reality headset. The first has partnered with Samsung to offer first class passengers a Gear VR headset instead of ... | Working with Samsung to use Gear VR headsets in lounges and on flights .
Will offer virtual tours of resorts, planes and lounges .
Passengers can watch films in a virtual cinema .
Qantas working with production companies to create its own VR movies for passengers to watch on the headsets . |
0067f67951e7fcf49b83de3544ef53f8d8d34c85 | Editor's Note: Al Vivian is president & CEO of BASIC Diversity, Inc., a 35-year-old consultancy that specializes in diminishing cross-cultural biases that has worked with clients such as Coca-Cola, Ford, Kroger, McDonald's, the National Security Agency and CNN. He is also an adviser to the United States Army for divers... | Al Vivian: Privilege creates blind spots that conceal the harm they do .
He says whites have had a longstanding racial privilege in the U.S.
Vivian: History has largely been written from perspective of white Americans .
Holder was right to make his "nation of cowards" speech and urge dialogue . |
0068a4b536d5c968ae74540d550a6adacee6a8f9 | A former America's Next Top Model (ANTM) finalist was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to various criminal charges. She was also ordered to pay $58,679.58 in damages to her victims. Renee Diane Alway, 28, pleaded guilty to to four felony burglary counts and one count each of vehicle th... | Renee Diane Alway, 28, pleaded guilty to four felony burglary counts and one count each of vehicle theft and being a felon in possession of a firearm .
The ANTM finalist was arrested on June 28 in 2013 for investigation of burglary, fraud, narcotics possession, and committing a felony while on bail .
Alway shaved her h... |
00697ea6b46a074bd1d94417297b8f9c95db4d31 | (CNN) -- Lori Hyde was hunting for a unique vacation experience when her curiosity was piqued by Pretty Joe Rock, a tiny speck of land in the waters off Marathon in the Florida Keys with just enough room for a two-bedroom home and a few clusters of mangroves. She and her husband spent a week on the petite island in Feb... | Many islands can be rented for a few thousand dollars a week .
If you have a sense of adventure, some can be had for a few hundred dollars .
"It's a mystique to be on your own private island," owner says .
Necker Island is on the other end of the spectrum at $53,000-plus a night . |
0069a5a18a299389ea9fa6d48ea308056fe08e13 | LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A third person died Friday from an explosion at a rocket test pad operated by a private company in California's southern Mojave Desert, according to the nursing supervisor at Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield. A bird's eye view of the scene in Mojave, California, shows charred wreckage... | Source: Explosion happened during a test of a new rocket motor for a spaceship .
The craft is being built for Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic .
Spokeswoman: The blast was on a remote pad . |
006a59c662a82db6c90b550b81abc7d7490311aa | By . Associated Press . A soccer referee who was fatally punched by a player during a recreational game in suburban Detroit did not expect the attack, one of the player's teammates testified on Wednesday. Dr. Jamal Saleh testified during a probable-cause hearing for Bassel Saad, who is charged with second-degree murder... | Bassel Saad, 36, charged with second-degree murder in Livonia, Michigan for the fatal punch on June 29 .
Saad allegedly punched referee John Bieniewicz after being told he was being ejected from game .
Bieniewicz, a 44-year-old dialysis tech at a local hospital, was a married father-of-two . |
006bca7d18b3c6889ce567133566d22e491d27c1 | Earlier this season I picked Thierry Henry as my greatest-ever Premier League striker. One look at the tributes paid to him on Tuesday show plenty of people would agree. Thierry had it all. Pace, power, skill, intelligence — it was the perfect combination. But he backed up all that talent with trophies. When he was in ... | Sportsmail columnist Martin Keown was honoured to play with the legend .
Thierry Henry announced his retirement from football on Tuesday .
Keown let Henry have his No 14 shirt in return for Steve Bould's No 5 .
Sportsmail's Keown admits the Frenchman is the best he played with . |
006dd02051a6d228fa3841ab555fced21fccdf1e | Juan Andres Palese says he's a frustrated entrepreneur. His business, the sale of products for growing and processing marijuana, has always been in a legal limbo in Uruguay, his country. Legally speaking, it's a complicated and risky situation. Selling accessories for the cultivation of cannabis is legal, but the produ... | Bill to legalize pot widely expected to pass in Tuesday vote .
It would give Uruguayan government authority to regulate production and distribution .
Supporters say it will put drug traffickers out of business .
Opponents say it's dangerous because it will make more marijuana available . |
006e02fe8bb2b880c9ac1c2547dcaca5bff57263 | Australia's Attorney General George Brandis was left red faced after he got sunburnt at the G20 summit this weekend after forgetting to slip, slop, slap. Mr Brandis, who is one of the country's most high profile politicians, got a very red head as he waited for US President Barack Obama in the 40 degree heat at RAAF Ba... | Australia's Attorney General George Brandis got caught out on at the G20 .
Mr Brandis was welcoming US President Barack Obama to Australia .
In the 40 degree heat he appeared to have forgotten to put on any sun screen .
Mr Brandis failed to wear a hat or any protection from the high rays .
World leaders sweltered in Qu... |
006f05c3183eacea289414270c02872627f4a0b4 | By . Hayley Peterson and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 00:00 EST, 25 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 22:58 EST, 25 December 2012 . Happy Holiday Netflix users, the site is live and running again. Netflix said Tuesday it had fully restored its . video-streaming service after a Christmas Eve outage infuriated many of... | The Netflix outage began early Monday afternoon U.S. Eastern time .
The issue was resolved by Tuesday morning, the company said .
The outage was due to a technical problem at Amazon.com's Amazon Web Services, which Netflix uses for its video-streaming services . |
006f475a6f4c972d20c491433156a6c28cfacd99 | A man who was diagnosed with an extremely aggressive form of cancer two years ago is now amazingly in remission thanks to a revolutionary treatment that involved receiving an infusion of the virus that causes AIDS. Marshall Jensen of Utah, was one of 30 leukemia patients to undergo a trial treatment at Penn Medicine re... | Marshall Jensen was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2012 and has spent the last two years searching for an effective treatment .
He found a solution at Penn Medicine, where he was accepted into a trial to receive an experimental new gene therapy .
The treatment involved implanting white blood cells with ... |
006f6b4b073292295b28ef6e1a86d7a335496a5c | By . James Black . PUBLISHED: . 15:21 EST, 17 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:23 EST, 18 December 2012 . Many students have already registered for the cut price offer on botox . Students at the University of Central Lancashire have been offered Botox and other facial enhancements at discount prices as part of the ins... | Feminist campaigners in the student body are outraged by the offer .
Students offered Botox and fillers, lip enhancers, and facial peels . |
006f72f0ad668d923074eac5fdd5a11d5931ca95 | By . David Mccormack . PUBLISHED: . 18:17 EST, 21 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 18:28 EST, 21 January 2014 . Shelley Bezanson, 28, of Osprey, Florida, is accused of purposefully killing pit bull-mix, Diamond, after the dog's vet refused to euthanize him . A woman has been charged with animal cruelty after police claim ... | Shelley Bezanson, 28, of Osprey, .
Florida, is accused of purposefully killing pit bull-mix, Diamond, after .
the dog's vet refused to euthanize him .
She told police she would be evicted if she didn't get rid of him and she refused to contact the humane society .
According to police, Diamond died a 'prolonged, painful... |
006fca550042888454e7261eb578ea37febed6d1 | Royal Mail were blasted today after they banned deliveries to more than 100 residents on a street following health and safety fears - over wonky paving slabs. Residents on the Victorian estate in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, are now forced to make a four-mile round trip collect their letters and parcels from a centra... | Royal Mail say they have suspended deliveries after 'a number of incidents' which saw delivery drivers fall and slip on the private Victorian road .
But residents say post has been delivered for 150 years with no issues .
Residents claim they had no warning about the cancellation of the service .
A total of 40 househol... |
00711381cc1b5f7644d97d4a0829244fbdbd3d57 | By . Emily Allen . Last updated at 6:33 PM on 7th September 2011 . Anthony Lloyd, 17, was found by police with his pockets 'bulging' with stolen cigarettes and jewellery . A teenage looter who took part in the Manchester riots lied in court about being an Olympic hopeful in a bid to avoid jail. Anthony Lloyd, 17, who w... | British Judo Association admit he was a member of a local club but 'a million miles' from the national squad . |
0071739400e34d34f53c075502a4dbdd47a5f686 | Los Angeles (CNN) -- A Fullerton, California, police officer charged with second-degree murder in the beating death of a mentally ill homeless man was released from jail Thursday after posting a bond in lieu of $1 million bail, the Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman said. Manuel Ramos, 37, a 10-year veteran o... | NEW: Father of alleged murder victim objects to release from jail .
Family and friends of Officer Manuel Ramos help raise money to free him .
Ramos and his supporters pay $100,000 for a bond in lieu of bail .
Second officer charged in homeless man's death is free on $25,000 bail . |
00719cbc72803002a6a5d83e5f260dbe1f52990d | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 08:31 EST, 23 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:34 EST, 23 September 2012 . The multimillion-dollar mansion which was used as a bolthole by John Edwards' mistress while he ran for the White House has been put on the market. The five-bedroom home which sits on three acres in an e... | Five-bedroom home on three acres in Colorado is up for sale .
Boasts his-and-her offices, library, billiards room and pool with hot tub .
Rielle Hunter lived at mansion with bodyguards during 2008 presidential campaign .
Bolthole for Hunter provided by wealthy lawyer and Democrat party donator Fred Baron . |
0071c3032bb2555ad11df4662be90094a643cb09 | MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- For five years, the horrible memory has lingered in the minds of Madrid's commuters, quietly riding their trains into the heart of the city. The pain is easing, but it's a nagging ache just the same. The rush-hour train bombings killed 191 people and wounded 1,800 others. It was March 11, 2004, d... | Spain commemorates fifth anniversary of Madrid train bombings .
March 11, 2004, attacks killed 191 people and wounded 1,800 .
Explosives were left on the Spanish trains in sports bags and backpacks . |
00724c0377fc4af3032c3d9bed712ed283917d3c | By . Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:41 EST, 18 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:41 EST, 18 February 2013 . Terrorist: Ramzi Yousef is serving a life sentence at the ADX supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, for masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing . The convicted terr... | Ramzi Yousef was the mastermind of the terrorist attack that killed six people and injured 1,000 others .
He has been held in solitary confinement at the federal Supermax prison since the September 11 attacks .
His lawyer says he's no longer a threat . |
0074ce973a86e2c417990950a9c9d24b4699f858 | By . Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 14:08 EST, 18 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:34 EST, 19 August 2013 . Wanted: Police want to locate Danny Spencer after his ex-wife Jane was found dead in her home . Police are hunting the former husband of a Cheltenham woman after she was found murdered in her own home. Jane Wiggett, nee... | Jane Wiggett was found dead in her Cheltenham home on Friday .
Police want to arrest her ex-husband in connection with her murder .
Danny Spencer, 57, is believed to be looking to flee the country . |
0075795e722ebab52dca94aa77e57d5697f3b5bf | (CNN)In Paris on Thursday, fashion designer Rick Owens gave audiences quite a show when he sent male models down the runway wearing clothes with peepholes that offered a glimpse of the guys' formerly private parts. "Nudity is the most simple and primal gesture -- it packs a punch," Owens said of his decision to have hi... | Peggy Drexler: Male models at Rick Owens' Paris runway show wore clothes that exposed their penises .
She says as we become harder to shock, the culture keeps going lower and lower. The bottom is in sight . |
00759239d90551d978bbe5298d344fc0c1317dff | (CNN) -- With thousands of jobs lost in the manufacturing sector and some of the highest unemployment rates in the country, the Midwest has taken an especially hard hit during this economic recession. Jobs are available in Wisconsin's brewing industry, according to CNN affiliate WKOW. In December, the Midwest posted th... | The Midwest has been hit hard in the recession, but some jobs are available .
CNN affiliates: Offbeat industries like brewing and chocolate making are faring well .
Nursing and health care are also seen as stable .
WRTV: The Census Bureau, which recently hosted a job fair, is hiring in Indiana . |
00764d9499baed37590be445138c643edf121dcb | Iago Aspas failed to net a single goal in the Premier League last season but the Liverpool misfit scored a four-minute hat-trick for Sevilla in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday night. The La Liga side won 5-1 against second-tier Sabadell to complete an 11-2 aggregate score and Aspas found the net three times in a matter o... | Iago Aspas joined Liverpool from in 2013 but failed to make an impact .
He didn't register a goal in 14 league appearances for Liverpool .
The 27-year-old scored a hat-trick in just four minutes for Sevilla . |
0076c94a296cbd799c3ae46f55072fac726c3a4a | By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 06:41 EST, 22 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:10 EST, 22 February 2013 . A mother-of-six was hailed a hero today after she dragged an unconscious neighbour from his £140,000 Bentley convertible as it exploded into a huge fireball. Karen Buckland, 39, put 'her life on the line' to s... | Karen Buckland found her neighbour unconscious in his £140,000 Bentley .
The GTC supercar was on fire on his driveway in Marple, near Stockport .
Mother-of-six pulled driver to safety moment before car went up in flames .
Mrs Buckland has been commended for her bravery by the fire service . |
0076f01b59fbd43bb1f6fe3d00e70f30622befdb | (CNN) -- There is a phrase that has long been used in discussing nuclear warfare: . Mutual assured destruction. What it means is that if various enemies develop and use the most powerful and harmful weapons available, everyone will lose. Everyone will die. National politics is not literal warfare, although its practiti... | Bob Greene: Political campaigns resemble warfare's mutually assured destruction .
He says politicians believe the only way to win is by using below-the-belt tactics .
A poll showed that Americans take an increasingly dim view of negative campaigns, candidates .
Greene: When the country loses decency, respect, it loses ... |
007880654accdde3b5cdbf102d44104c9c62f3ea | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 20:59 EST, 10 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:21 EST, 11 December 2012 . A petrol-bomb attack on a policewoman was yesterday being treated as attempted murder. A gang of around 15 men surrounded the unmarked car as the officer sat inside, smashed its windows and threw in the bo... | Gang of men tossed petrol bomb in unmarked vehicle .
It was parked close to offices of Alliance Party MP Naomi Long .
Comes after decision by Belfast City Council to restrict the flying of the union flag . |
00790f55c293d0544e93bcba78bef3635e1f6a63 | Long Beach, California (CNN) -- Taylor Wilson is going to create a safer source of nuclear energy, help reduce the world's stockpile of nuclear weapons, screen container ships for weapons and power manned missions to other planets. But first ... he has to graduate high school in May. Jack Andraka is going to bring his ... | TED2013 conference theme was "The Young. The Wise. The Undiscovered"
Speakers included a mix of young and older voices, many with ambitious ideas .
One 18-year-old with nuclear reactor experience proposed a different power plant design .
Older voices expressed concern about economic and political challenges facing Amer... |
00795ad78e907ccc39d66c327b1509b3cdf99f1c | Rapper says he felt he had 'nothing to live for' after his mother Donda died . Admits that he often 'put his life at risk' before being in a relationship with Kim . Reveals that Kim and daughter North saved him and helped turn his life around . Says he doesn't care what people think about his relationship with the medi... | Rapper says he felt he had 'nothing to live for' after his mother Donda died .
Admits that he often 'put his life at risk' before being in a relationship with Kim .
Reveals that Kim and daughter North saved him and helped turn his life around .
Says he doesn't care what people think about his relationship with the medi... |
0079c51f12f563e5224ac9cb5125f5ee15f5747f | ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Shazia knows what she sees when she looks in the mirror: a woman, feminine, delicate, attracted to beauty. But when others look at Shazia they see something else: a misfit. Shazia dances for the cameras at a party. "People start staring at me in such a manner as if an animal from the jungle... | Pakistan's eunuch community campaigns for proper recognition .
In Pakistan the term covers transsexuals, transvestites, hermaphrodites .
Shazia, a hermaphrodite, tells how her penis was removed at 17 .
She says she feels she is a woman, but her identity card calls her male . |
007a3697265477abf9f8f467366a0303bec5a446 | It has been claimed that CIA agents on the ground during the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi twice asked for permission to help Ambassador Chris Stevens and twice were told to stand down. Furthermore sources present during the deadly six-hour assault have said that a desperate last request for military ... | Revelations shed new light on the effectiveness of the CIA at Benghazi and the level of support they were given .
When the CIA annex come under attack the field agents were denied a request for military help despite a counter terrorism team being two hours away in Italy .
There was full communication between operatives... |
007a8f8c0af4b027d9aaf3e7b7937e51e53bfea7 | Andy Murray appeared simply delighted on Christmas Day as he threw on a festive jumper for the seasonal celebrations. The 27-year-old tennis star, who is almost as famous for his dry wit as his ability with a racket, took to Twitter to show off his new apparel. 'As you can see I'm chuffed to bits with my Christmas jump... | Andy Murray takes to Twitter to show off his new Christmas jumper .
He said he was 'chuffed to bits' with his latest piece of clothing .
Murray had difficult 2014 season as he failed to build on previous success .
His next aim is the Australian Open which begins in Melbourne next month . |
007ae95fd859ef30117b9c80232b7b134b370ea3 | A Georgia police chief who bizarrely called 911 to report that he'd 'accidentally' shot his wife 'twice' on at 4 am on New Years Eve is placed on administrative leave as an investigation reveals he shot her just once. At a Thursday afternoon press conference, Peachtree City, Georgia authorities identified the shooter a... | Incident involved the Peachtree City, Georgia Police Chief William McCollom, 57, and his wife Margaret, 58 .
McCollom says he shot his wife twice in 911 call just after 4 a.m. on January 1 when he only shot her once .
As of now McCollom has not been accused of any criminal activity but an investigation is underway .
Th... |
007b8fb3014d8d7b4266cf85ba1f368cfba44801 | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 11:51 EST, 5 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:51 EST, 6 March 2013 . Singer Paige Flaherty, 19, was caught out after she took a pink Mini and then appeared on the X Factor . A singer was caught after knocking down a pedestrian in a stolen car - when her victim spotted her on X Factor. Pai... | Paige Flaherty was a member of band 'Twisted', which appeared on X Factor .
Collided with pedestrian Chris Brown and gave him wrong contact details .
Arrested when Mr Brown spotted her on the talent show and called police .
Pleaded guilty to to aggravated vehicle taking and driving with no insurance .
19-year-old will ... |
007c4a5dfd21e5339f96c9c244c6c7d91168a4be | Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- More than 340 fetuses have been found at a Buddhist temple in Bangkok, discovered because the smell of decay drew complaints, police said Wednesday. Discovery of the fetuses, which came from illegal abortion clinics, have led to six morticians being detained for questioning, police Lt. Col. C... | The smell of decay leads to the discovery .
The fetuses came from illegal abortion clinics, police say .
The chief of morticians admit receiving fetuses from several clinics .
Temples in Thailand typically have morticians who prepare bodies for cremation . |
007ddc6d5805b3c515bc2ca8843dcff28ec4903c | By . Daily Mail Reporter . and Ap . Buddy Cianci, the twice-convicted felon who led Providence as mayor for 21 years, wants his old job back. Cianci said Wednesday that he is running as an independent for a seventh term as mayor. The last time he won an election was 16 years ago — before he was convicted in 2002 of rac... | Cianci served six terms as the mayor of Providence, Rhode Island .
He is often given credit for the city's rise as a cultural hub .
Cianci's first felony conviction was for assault after he beat a man with a log and a lit cigarette .
His second conviction was related to wide-spread corruption in his administration .
Ci... |
0080a94a2c7a15e2e9d6e1705510e1b2e662b894 | Security experts have warned Android smartphone owners to update their software and be wary of clicking untrusted links - as they could reset your phone back to its factory setting without warning. Researchers found that malicious hackers can create web-links that can wipe your phone - meaning all your files, personal ... | Samsung phones could be wiped if a hacker codes a website address to activate the 'reset' switch .
Other Android phones, such as from HTC, may also be vulnerable to exploit . |
0080ea67d5fbfb2648a23ee827d84b80a9b0a37a | (CNN) -- Ireland opened the defense of their Six Nations rugby title with a 29-11 victory at home to Italy, while England repelled the challenge of Wales to win 30-17 in Saturday's other match. Ireland, who won all five matches last year to complete a Grand Slam, led 23-8 at halftime in Dublin but could not run away wi... | Ireland open defense of Six Nations rugby title with 29-11 victory at home to Italy .
Flyhalf Ronan O'Gara becomes first player to score 500 points in the tournament .
England defeat Wales 30-17 at Twickenham as visitors pay for Alun Wyn-Jones' sin-binning .
Hosts score 17 points while lock is off field for leg-trippin... |
00817ca0e09d8e05ba582ded19256d2573b1561a | By . Jessica Jerreat . PUBLISHED: . 09:25 EST, 25 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:28 EST, 25 May 2013 . The Army commander of a remote Alaskan base is under investigation for sexual misconduct, after allegedly allowing officers to have affairs and for permitting scantily clad women soldiers to pose for a calendar. Soldier... | Head of Alaskan anti-missile base accused of creating 'toxic environment'
Lieutenant Colonel Miley investigated earlier over racy soldier calendar . |
0081d83c35c6822e64bdf61c878dfdce783294d0 | Arlington, Virginia (CNN) -- Ron Paul supporters have a plan. As they doggedly work the Republican system from the ground up, electing more of their team as delegates to the Republican National Convention, they have a heavyweight plan that's markedly different from the rumors of convention subterfuge and the guess of s... | Ron Paul supporters want bottom-to-top takeover of GOP .
Part of the plan is electing supporters to party posts from local level and up .
Supporters say they're looking beyond 2012 to what's down the road .
"At the end of the day, this is all practice for the next time," Paul director says . |
00820005201f0513a5ff6defb5494c1c5160ef79 | By . Jack Doyle and Emily Allen . UPDATED: . 11:29 EST, 17 February 2012 . Theresa May will visit . Jordan in a bid to secure radical cleric Abu Qatada's extradition to the country, it was announced today. Qatada has been released from jail under . strict bail conditions while the Government seeks assurances that . evi... | Home Secretary Theresa May to fly to Jordan in bid to deport Qatada .
Human Rights official says deporting hate preacher would set a 'bad example'
Official admits UK 'could ignore Euro ruling on Qatada and face no real punishment'
Abu's landlord thought his London home had been let to a single mother and four children ... |
008208e9995f28b903d54a64278449f8de4cbe61 | New Delhi (CNN) -- Let's hear it for "the man of the moment, the man of the millennium." That man is Narendra Modi, and those are the words with which an Australian public servant introduced India's Prime Minister in Brisbane on Sunday. "Modi, Modi, Modi," chanted the crowd. The adulation didn't end there. The next day... | Narendra Modi, India's Prime Minister, continues to draw praise for his speeches .
Ravi Agrawal says the Prime Minister talks about the issues that matter, particularly jobs .
He says some people think it's time to match rhetoric with action .
Agrawal: People should have realistic expectations; it may take decades to c... |
00828c37629fb44c262d55642efb4a008291b79b | Neymar claims he is reproducing his Brazil form for Barcelona now that he is feeling more relaxed at the Nou Camp. The Brazilian had a difficult debut season in Spain due to injuries and turmoil over his transfer fee, which was initially said to be worth around £45.2million but later turned out to be closer to £80mill... | Neymar has found his form after a difficult debut season for Barcelona .
Brazil superstar has already scored eight goals in La Liga this campaign .
Barcelona face Ajax in their Champions League clash on Tuesday .
Coach Luis Enrique insists players will not be thinking of 'El Clasico' against Real Madrid at the weekend ... |
0082f772bb8d19120e5df5a125a2da77fbc31679 | Fernando Torres scored in the first minute of each half as Atletico Madrid booked a place in the Copa del Rey quarter finals and ruined Cristiano Ronaldo's Ballon d'Or celebrations. Back at Atletico on loan after an dreadful spell at Chelsea, the former £50m striker lashed a first-time effort high into the net past goa... | Fernando Torres fired double against rivals Real Madrid .
Sergio Ramos and Cristiano Ronaldo struck for the home side .
Atletico Madrid are through to the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey .
Real Madrid: Navas; Carvajal, Pepe, Ramos, Marcelo; Kroos, Isco, James; Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo .
Atletico Madrid: Oblak; Juanfra... |
0084322d7508217cfb07b397557cfdf7add2b4df | The heartbroken former fiancée of tycoon Scot Young attended his funeral yesterday with more than 100 guests - including his daughters and the model Caprice. The service was held at Kensal Green Cemetery in west London more than six weeks after the Dundee-born property magnate fell to his death from the balcony of thei... | Scot Young, 52, fell 60ft to his death from £3m penthouse on December 8 .
Six weeks on his funeral was held at a cemetery in Kensal Green, London .
His ex-fiancée Noelle Reno joined his family for private funeral service .
Tycoon was once believed to be worth £2bn but lost it all in Russian deal .
He was involved in Br... |
0085473257680f8f27508d3f286e51aaccd0e8d8 | Outspoken former Apprentice contestant Kate Hopkins - who once said she would never employ an overweight person - has been slammed on Twitter for a 'vile' and 'ignorant' outburst on live TV against overweight people. Appearing on ITV's This Morning opposite 18-stone plus-size model Rachel Cooper Wherry, Hopkins said ov... | Former Apprentice contestant on ITV's This Morning's overweight debate .
Said overweight people were 'deluded' and 'lacked discipline'
Said: 'We shouldn't teach children that big is beautiful when it's not'
Plus-size model Rachel Cooper Wherry said she was happy with her weight . |
0085ffb92f2b33b9dc68fd86388429efe9c77bea | By . Ian Parkes, Press Association . Max Chilton has every confidence he will be retained by Marussia for a third consecutive season. Chilton started the campaign relatively strongly, claiming the best results of his Formula One career by finishing 13th in the season-opening race in Australia and again in Bahrain. In M... | Chilton is hopeful of racing at Marussia for a third straight season .
Briton's form has dipped in recent races after finishing 13th in Bahrain .
But he is confident of staying at Marussia beyond this season . |
0087fadf3c9f54d10eb0db0b034d0d0c50c494e1 | President Barack Obama is getting off the island. In a rare move for him, the president planned a break in the middle of his Martha's Vineyard vacation to return to Washington on Sunday night for meetings with Vice President Joe Biden and other advisers on the U.S. military campaign in Iraq and tensions between police ... | President Obama will head back to the White House on Sunday night as tensions rise in Missouri and Iraq .
The decision appears aimed at countering criticism that the president was spending two weeks on a resort island in the midst of so many crises . |
0089064db0f5619d38cad4aa831cdd32e7616356 | Texas Governor Rick Perry announced today his intentions to deploy up to 1,000 Texas National Guard troops to his state's southern border, which is also the U.S. border with Mexico. 'There . can be no national security without border security, and Texans have paid too . high a price for the federal government’s failure... | Texas Governor Rick Perry announced this afternoon that he will dispatch up to 1,000 Texas National Guard troops to the border .
The deployment will cost Texas taxpayers $12 million a month, according to a leaked memo .
Perry has asked Obama multiple times to send the National Guard to the border but Obama keeps refusi... |
008926ebc65930f5ff1ddc076941b67cc3ff5fb7 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 22:08 EST, 18 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 22:11 EST, 18 April 2013 . Caretakers of one of Georgia’s oldest cemeteries say the scene was heart-breaking: A toddler’s bones were spilled on the ground. The uniform buried with a soldier in another plot was strewn on the ground. Now, a... | Historical cemetery dating back to 1758 holds graves of veterans from the Revolutionary War, Civil War and World World I .
Among those dug up was the grave of 14-month Emma Jane McElmurray who was buried in 1884 . |
008938023918790ae724ddbff92ab6b43de68ce9 | By . Mia De Graaf . Ultimo founders Michelle and Michael Mone negotiated to share personal number plates, computer passwords and a collection of small properties in a bitter divorce settlement, it has emerged. But court documents reveal the pair made a deal not to sell their Glasgow mansion for less than £2.1million an... | Couple who founded Ultimo in 1996 split passwords and number plates .
But could not agree on deal to divide mansion after they split in 2011 .
Details emerged from court documents from lengthy and bitter divorce . |
008baa186fecc3a0f957b01a8120a97bb93a535e | A mother has a rare brain disorder which she claims causes her to take off her clothes in public – and says the condition is 'ruining her life'. Leanne Lyon, 41, has a small non-cancerous tumour lodged in her brain which triggers up to five seizures a day, each lasting up to half an hour. She blacks out during the fits... | Leanne Lyon has hypothalamic hamartoma, a non-cancerous brain tumour .
It causes her to have up to five seizures a day which can last 30 minutes .
During seizures she has removed her clothes in public places like shops .
She can also be left incontinent, meaning she's afraid to go out with friends .
It leaves her unab... |
008c60559b77797f8220759f35f5f6e8381ee030 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:13 EST, 5 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 17:56 EST, 5 October 2012 . The estranged wife of celebrity chef Marco Pierre White yesterday admitted smashing up his Range Rover and daubing insulting graffiti in blood and red paint on his west London home. Matilde Conejero, 47, used ... | Matilde Conejero caused £12,000 damage to Hell's Kitchen star's 4x4 .
Couple's separated in 2007 after 15 years together .
Couple halted divorce proceedings in 2011 after running up £3m in legal bills . |
008fc24ca9f4c48a54623bef423a3f2f8db8451a | (CNN) -- Barcelona put on a sumptuous display against Rayo Vallecano and it was no surprise that Lionel Messi led the way, rewriting the record books in the process. The four-time world player of the year scored two goals to give him 228 overall in the Spanish league, passing Alfredo di Stefano's mark and placing the A... | Lionel Messi becomes the third leading scorer in the Spanish league .
Messi nets twice in Barcelona's 6-0 rout over Rayo Vallecano at home .
Atletico Madrid won earlier Saturday to temporarily go top in La Liga .
Real Madrid can join Barca and Atletico on 60 points Sunday with a win . |
008fe7b1213d06fbfe9fd7ebb04cf7dc2d824195 | It’s a point of contention when thousands of Christmas markets pop up across Europe every holiday season – which one is the greatest of them all? A poll of nearly 72,000 people has tried to bring an end to the conflict – naming the festive market in Strasbourg, France as Europe’s best. With so much competition one of t... | Nearly 72,000 people voted in poll held by European Best Destinations .
Manchester placed ninth behind traditional favourites in France, Germany .
London was one of 15 options but did not crack the top ten .
Aachen, Vienna, Nuremberg and Lille rounded out the top five . |
009030808b13ef12a2a19d59833d0e696ebeb68d | (CNN) -- Jenni Rivera is being mourned as the Diva of Banda, after the musical superstar died Sunday in a plane crash in Mexico. She built a recording and performing career, several businesses and a devoted following -- and her life was as full of the ups and the downs as any of the characters she sang about. She was b... | Sen. Marco Rubio calls Rivera "a real American success story"
Not only for her music but for her strong, resilient attitude when faced with adversity .
Jenni Rivera was also a woman of many firsts and a businesswoman .
Made breaking into the male-dominated music genre look easy with her perseverance . |
0090a2bf1f1ce8a6ef96cebb966a0d465ea0da79 | (CNN) -- The co-founder of Rap Genius, an online-annotation website, has been fired after marking up the 137-page manifesto of California killer Elliot Rodger with comments that are being called tasteless and creepy. Mahbod Moghadam used his site, which lets users post notes interpreting rap and hip-hop lyrics, to comm... | Rap Genius co-founder made insensitive comments about killer's manifesto .
Mahbod Moghadam called Elliot Rodger's writing "beautiful"
He also speculated on the sex appeal of Rodger's sister .
Rap Genius CEO: "I cannot let him jeopardize the Rap Genius mission" |
0090fab6c9e3b8eea64878eac047e8380d332c71 | (CNN) -- David Villa scores a dramatic injury time winner to give Spain a 2-1 victory over Sweden in Innsbruck to put them in the quarterfinals of Euro 2008 by finishing top of Group D. David Villa leads the race for the Golden Boot after his fourth tournament goal saw Spain defeat Sweden 2-1. The match had looked set ... | David Villa scores an injury time goal to give Spain a 2-1 victory over Sweden .
Earlier, Zlatan Ibrahimovic had equalized Fernando Torres' 15th minute opener .
The win puts Spain in the last eight and guarantees them top spot in Group D . |
00916d7657c98e138640795011f4136014425977 | By . Phil Duncan . Follow @@PhilDuncanF1 . Lewis Hamilton has come under fire from his hometown council following 'derogatory' and 'unfair' comments he made about Stevenage in the build up to last week's Monaco Grand Prix. Speaking ahead of the race, Hamilton, who was raised in the Hertfordshire town, claimed he was hu... | Lewis Hamilton has been criticised by Phillip Bibby and Howard Burrell for his comments about Stevenage .
Hamilton said that he came 'a not-so-great place in Stevenage'
Hamilton's comments were in comparison to Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg's background .
Hamilton cited that he was hungrier than Rosberg due to the Ge... |
0093686605ee0b9d97c23350a4ccf30b834d162f | Australia have ruled paceman Mitchell Johnson out of their plans for the fourth Test against India. Johnson is struggling with a hamstring problem and is effectively being rested by Australia, who carry a 2-0 winning lead into the final match of the series. With one-day matches against England and India to come, follow... | Mitchell Johnson out of the fourth Test with a hamstring complaint .
Injury isn't serious and Johnson expected to be fit for ODI tri-series .
Michael Clarke ruled out of Test series against India with hamstring injury .
Australia's captain aiming to be fit by the early stages of the World Cup .
Clarke said he was 'a we... |
00962710a65712639b1732041fd9553f5b658749 | Anchorage, Alaska (CNN) -- It's 3 degrees and snowing outside the Alaska Volcano Observatory in Anchorage, but inside the operations center, things are heating up. Geologist Michelle Coombs monitors the Redoubt volcano from the Alaska Volcano Observatory. "This is kind of the nerve center, if you will," says geologist ... | In the cold Alaskan winter, geologist keeps watch on Mount Redoubt .
Michelle Coombs thinks the volcano will erupt within days or weeks .
The biggest danger could be ash getting in a jetliner's engines .
At Alaska Volcano Observatory, they're getting extra help, monitoring 24/7 . |
00971e34b7c8fb70119ac5c1886bf024b020dca1 | (CNN) -- A leading international children's charity has warned that Elton John's desire to adopt a 14-month-old baby boy could lead to more children being abandoned. Elton John kisses baby Lev during his visit to the orphanage in Ukraine on Saturday. The singer, 62, made the announcement during a visit with his partner... | Elton John, 62, made announcement during a visit to an orphanage in Ukraine .
EveryChild charity believes international adoption sends wrong message .
Spokesman: Mothers abandon children in hope they are adopted by foreigners .
Madonna recently won appeal to adopt second child from Malawi . |
009a362400a857382e1556a5f4d862e02ee25a50 | QPR chairman Tony Fernandes has insisted his club can afford not to win promotion to the Premier League, despite debts of £177.1 million. Rangers face Derby County in the Championship play-off final at Wembley on May 24, with Harry Redknapp's side hoping to secure the £120m pay packet of Premier League promotion. But, ... | Queens Park Rangers have debts of £177.1 million .
The club is also set to be hit with fines under Financial Fair Play rules .
But chairman Tony Fernandes says they can survive without winning promotion to the Premier League this season .
QPR take on Derby in the play-off final at Wembley on May 24 . |
009ab18d1c06b1a31a98fa73b5124132d37555cc | Another suspected suicide bombing struck the southern Russian city of Volgograd on Monday, killing at least 14 people and further highlighting Russia's security challenges as it prepares to host the Winter Olympics in less than six weeks. The explosion hit a trolleybus near a busy market during the morning rush hour, a... | U.S. legislator says spectators will face tight Olympics security .
Russia's foreign ministry vowed a continued "tough" offensive against terrorism .
Two terrorist bombings hit Volgograd, killing more than 30 people .
The attacks raised concerns about security at the Olympics in February . |
009b92670e692dfa2056a70aad8fed9cff643346 | After 14 years of undernourishment and overcrowding, Elena, Kaitlyn and Alyssa heard the roar of other rescued African lions Wednesday at their spacious new home in Colorado. The siblings arrived earlier in the day at the Wild Animal Sanctuary, about 30 miles northeast of Denver, officials said. The lionesses had spent... | Three sister lions are rescued from zoo at fairgrounds in Panama .
Underweight siblings lived in a small concrete and metal enclosure .
They were flown to animal sanctuary in Colorado .
They already can hear the roars of other big cats . |
009bc4ed85ee998f320502ab3138d5f18bec0f90 | Acid attack victim turned TV presenter Katie Piper has announced her engagement. The 31-year-old shared her happy news on Twitter this morning where she told fans her carpenter boyfriend James had got down on one knee. She tweeted: 'So excited to tell you all.............. I became someone's fiancé last night! I'm enga... | Katie Piper made her 'exciting' announcement this morning on Twitter .
James is believed to have proposed at their London home last night .
She posted pictures of a three course meal and her dressed up yesterday . |
009c6499ac040e30a18b547bb153f180255ba8f6 | (CNN) -- The family of a U.S. citizen who was detained last week in North Korea said Monday they are "anxious for his return," according to a written statement. The family of Jeffrey Fowle, 56, said: "Jeffrey loves to travel and loves the adventure of experiencing different cultures and seeing new places." Fowle has be... | Two other Americans have been detained in North Korea .
Jeffrey Fowle is married with three children .
His family says he loves experiencing new cultures .
North Korea forbids independent religious activities . |
009c67a0ee08dbc76c46f5af3315ff9f86779deb | A seven-bedroom castle complete with medieval ruins and even its very own ghost has gone on the rental market for just £1,500 a month. Bellister Castle, on the outskirts of Haltwhistle, Northumberland, features striking turrets, stone ramparts and views across the Tynedale Valley, and is available through the National ... | Bellister Castle, outside Haltwhistle, Northumberland, available through the National Trust for £346 per week .
But would-be occupants would have to share home with the 'Grey Man', who is said to haunt the castle .
Legend has it the ghost is a minstrel, who was suspected of being a spy and killed by hunting dogs .
The ... |
009de808cb24801b7dc1f85ed875b3d92edbc477 | By . Mail Online Reporter . Spotted: This image shows Barbara Jean BJ Geardello, age 53, and her 56-year-old boyfriend, Robert Deyell out for a walk on Tuesday morning . Police in West Virginia had to respond to a bizarre incident on Tuesday morning when members of the public called in to say they had seen a naked man ... | Officers respond in West Virginia after members of the public call dispatcher with bizarre sighting . |
009e2c2f7a557cd6c431255707cf863f617076d6 | There were no plans by Prime Minister Tony Abbott to send any of his ministers to global climate negotiations in Peru this week but Julie Bishop quickly got that changed. Initially, a proposal by the deputy leader of the Liberal Party, to represent Australia at the overseas summit was blocked but Ms Bishop pressed on a... | A proposal by Julie Bishop, originally blocked, to travel to Peru for climate change talks was approved .
The Foreign Affairs minister appealed to the full cabinet and the decision made by Tony Abbott was reversed .
Ms Bishop will arrive in Lima on Tuesday to meet with around 200 countries to talk international climate... |
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