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009e53253b0ba1823c4a08dfd6e4446ca9b02388 | (CNN) -- Big-spending English club Manchester City moved a step closer to meeting European football's financial fairplay requirements on Friday despite posting a loss of almost $160 million for last season. City's deficit of £97.9 million ($158 million) for 2011-12's Premier League-winning campaign was just under half ... | English champion Manchester City posts loss of $158 million for 2011-12 season .
Its revenues rose to a record $374 million after winning title and playing in Champions League .
Owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed injected $273 million to keep the club debt free .
City paid more than $325 million in player wages -- the firs... |
009e7d73f3131b3d814ba6599858be4f2d69ddfb | By . Janine Yaqoob . PUBLISHED: . 06:54 EST, 29 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:53 EST, 29 November 2012 . A town was left fuming after it was revealed the celebrity guest opening its Christmas market was the one and only Chesney Hawkes. Residents in Hastings, East Sussex were kept waiting for the grand unveiling of ... | Residents in Hastings expected a bigger celebrity, like Suggs from Madness .
But were left disappointed when one-hit-wonder Hawkes was named .
Locals have now launched a Go Away Chesney campaign . |
00a2aef1e18d125960da51e167a3d22ed8416c09 | Michael Higdon came off the bench and scored two late goals to send Nigel Clough’s Sheffield United into the quarter-finals. Striker Higdon, 31, headed his first on 86 minutes from Jose Baxter’s cross and added his second four minutes later with a shot into the bottom left-hand corner to snatch a dramatic victory. MK D... | MK Dons took the lead through a Benik Afobe penalty .
Michael Higdon came off the bench to score a winning double .
Sheffield United progress through to the quarter-finals . |
00a308681faf9c82a0e62a89b21fcdefb84b88fa | Washington (CNN) -- Some voters are facing a choice this November: vote or be shamed -- publicly. Voters in Alaska received a letter this weekend from the "Alaska State Voter Program," which told the recipient whether 11 of their friends and acquaintances had voted in the last three elections and asked a bold question:... | The Alaska State Voter Program mailed voters in the state this weekend .
The mailer used public records to see who had voted and not voted in recent elections .
Alaska is home to a competitive senate race this year . |
00a340f3a884fcbdad7c0399782d9ca9d2d68ef7 | Jailed: Joshua Sadler, 21, was sentenced to 12 months after admitting dangerous driving . The mother of a teenager who was killed when a friend crashed his car just four days after passing his test has spoken of her shock after the driver was jailed for only 12 months. Joshua Sadler, 21, lost control of his silver Rena... | Joshua Sadler, 21, lost control on 60mph country road and hit a tree .
Front seat passenger Mikey Maguire, 19, was killed in the crash .
Sadler had previous convictions for a .
string of serious motoring offences .
He was twice banned from the road .
before he even had a licence .
Seen on night of the fatal crash perfo... |
00a39c134080b6f215a81c15d46c3ac7cc7bdcf3 | By . Lucy Crossley . Tucked away under a grassy hill, at first glance this incredible subterranean house could have stepped off the pages of The Hobbit, but look a little closer and rather than Bilbo Baggins's quaint cosy cottage it in fact bears more resemblance to a James Bond villain's underground lair. Dubbed Walnu... | Developers had to excavate 5,000 tons of soil to build the state-of-the art property in Loughwater, Hertfordshire .
Subterranean home was build into the side of a hill and can not be seen by any neighbours living nearby .
£2.5million house boasts four en-suite bedrooms, a cinema with a nine-foot screen and a sunken cen... |
00a51966da4726dc1a3fc7b8c148866a9a23581a | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:47 EST, 11 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 14:57 EST, 11 March 2014 . An elderly World War II veteran and his wife were kicked out of their local McDonald's for exceeding the apparent 30-minute sitting limit. Carl Becker, 87, and his wife Barbara Becker, 81, were asked to leave th... | Carl Becker, 87, and his wife Barbara Becker, 81, were asked to leave the fast-food restaurant in Culpeper, Virginia .
Couple say they were asked to leave so an employee could clean under their table . |
00a570272e671a8fad94ffe0927a04c1bfc4110e | Wasps euphorically claimed to have ‘got the monkey off our backs’ with this first away win in nine months, but Gloucester’s own pesky primate continues to weigh them down after yet another setback at home. There was a full house at Kings-holm on Sunday but the mood of festive cheer in the renowned Shed was soon wiped a... | Jonny May and Matt Kvesic scored Gloucester's two tries at Kingsholm .
Wasps' five-pointers from Christian Wade, Tom Varndell, Nathan Hughes .
Man of the match Andy Goode converted all three and kicked two penalties . |
00a57bef588a7e7efd0438fba62f07356c59b036 | A new study is backing up long held suspicions that Apple slows down older models of its iPhones to encourage users to buy a new release. The U.S. study analysed worldwide searches for 'iPhone slow' and found that the search term spiked significantly around the time of new iPhone launch. It then compared those results ... | The study was undertaken by student Laura Trucco at Harvard University .
It also compared Apple's results with searches for 'Samsung Galaxy slow'
Research found that the term was unaffected by Samsung new releases .
Study has fuelled suggestions Apple engages in ‘planned obsolescence’
Theory states that manufacturers b... |
00a6c0823ba92e5a055d90133e8b66fa9028c2d7 | By . Harriet Arkell . PUBLISHED: . 11:56 EST, 15 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:54 EST, 15 May 2013 . A teenager who wanted to help grieving relatives cope with the loss of loved ones has become one of the youngest funeral directors in Britain. Amy Darlow, 19, from Salisbury, began working with the dead when she was just... | Amy Darlow, 19, from Salisbury, has worked in a funeral parlour for a year .
Polishing hearses, nailing coffins and conducting services part of her job .
She says: 'It's the last time you see them - it's important to get it right' |
00a7132b9c9a646852ac4a606acb71e3a6acb8c6 | Tokyo (CNN) -- Beneath the cherry blossoms of Shiba Park, more than 2,000 people lined up for a Sunday afternoon march calling for Japan's nuclear power stations to be shut down. A week before, a similar protest -- though in a chilly drizzle, not on a warm, sunny day -- drew about 250. And a month of frustration, despe... | No timetable has been crafted for restoring normal cooling, Tokyo Electric says .
Experts say Japan and Tokyo Electric need help resolving the crisis .
"There is no happy end with their approach," a Japanese analyst says .
It's too early for a Chernobyl-type solution, a CNN consultant advises . |
00a79ca59be700e845bf9e90bf08c5106b4a72bb | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- On April 20, President Obama challenged his Cabinet to cut $100 million in spending over the next 90 days. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says a report on Cabinet spending cuts will be released "in coming days." The deadline came -- and went -- without a report from the White House on whether o... | Obama's April 20 challenge to Cabinet: Cut $100 million in spending in 90 days .
The 90 days are up, but White House hasn't issued a report yet on progress .
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs: Information still being compiled . |
00a7e6767322697aa9236e2135aecc9785c6b410 | By . Lizzie Parry . PUBLISHED: . 06:22 EST, 19 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:52 EST, 19 October 2013 . Comedian and actor Felix Dexter has died from cancer at the age of 52 . Celebrities and comedians have paid tribute to star of The Real McCoy comedian Felix Dexter, who died yesterday following a battle with cancer... | Comedy world takes to Twitter to pay tribute to 'The Real McCoy'
St Kitt's-born actor suffered battle with bone marrow cancer .
Charlie Higson remembers 'a brilliant character, comedian and actor'
Friend Eddie Nestor said terminal illness could not dampen his spirits . |
00a9a975bde07882d77b6fc4382589791b92ef00 | Kim Bo-kyung says he is looking forward to working with Wigan Athletic manager Malky Mackay again after the South Korea winger signed for the Championship club until the end of the season. Kim worked with Mackay at Cardiff City before the manager was sacked by Malaysian owner Vincent Tan in December 2013 amid a storm ... | Kim Bo-kyung has joined Wigan Athletic until the end of the season .
The 25-year-old is reunited with former Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay .
Bo-kyung: 'I am very happy to be joining up with the gaffer again' |
00aa8e3ba59f5fe71a096a5549f80faece10aa83 | A windy storm sweeping down the West Coast knocked down trees, ripped through freeway and street signs, delayed hundreds of flights and knocked out power for thousands of people in California and Nevada. Up to 10 inches of rain is expected this weekend in parts of the drought-stricken region, but the rainfall won't mak... | A windy storm sweeping down the West Coast knocked down trees, ripped through freeway and street signs, delayed hundreds of flights and knocked out power for thousands of people in California and Nevada .
Up to 10 inches of rain is expected this weekend in parts of the drought-stricken region, but the rainfall won't ma... |
00aafe70cc9129b3215b62c161d5692164a07494 | (CNN) -- Canadian aviation company Bombardier is taking a "major bet" on the notoriously cut-throat passenger plane market, spending around $3.5 billion to compete with well-established rivals Boeing and Airbus, its chief executive Guy Hachey says. The money will be invested in Bombardier's new C Series aircraft, which... | Aviation company Bombardier is investing around $3.5 billion in 100 to 150-seater aircraft .
Canadian group will compete with well-established rivals Boeing and Airbus .
Ambitious plan comes against the backdrop of eurozone financial crisis .
Bombardier CEO Guy Hachey says it is a "major bet for the corporation" |
00ac6fa0167e99167565ab9a12c1c96bf48ac414 | (CNN) -- An Iowa community was shut down much of Sunday afternoon while emergency crews remained hard at work, sifting through wreckage caused by a wave of powerful tornadoes that swept across the state overnight. The twisters caused major damage to about 60% of Mapleton, a city of about 1,200 residents, Monona County ... | NEW: A Fayette County official says fuel fires, fanned by strong winds, are a concern .
Mapleton had been shut down as authorities probed a possible gas leak .
A Red Cross liaison calls the city's Main Street "a disaster," with debris everywhere .
Other Iowa communities are also hit hard by overnight twisters . |
00ac91a5794537f1f37a8962a41fea6dbea2779b | He’s famed for being one of the greatest living singer songwriters and now Sir Paul McCartney has turned his hand to rapping. The former Beatle – a passionate vegetarian – recorded the rap video in an attempt to persuade people to stop eating meat one day a week in an effort to reduce their carbon footprint and help fi... | Sir Paul McCartney turns his hand to rapping for Meat-Free Monday petition .
Rock star's YouTube video quickly descends into cringeworthy 'Dad-rap'
Beatles singer puts on an accent while doing bizarre hand gestures .
The passionate vegetarian calls on people to give up meat once a week .
The campaign argues that this w... |
00ae31ff5ede1de6cd39eccf36bae935c882527b | By . Catherine Eade . Think your car is safe in the hands of private parking firms? Drivers travelling from Gatwick who entrust their cars to firms close to the airport might want to check the credentials of the company before handing over their keys. Gatwick Airport parking firm Gold Parking is one firm which has alle... | Air passengers reported their cars had been stolen or damaged .
BBC Watchdog programme secretly checked parking firm .
Crawley resident say random cars often left on side streets . |
00aee24828cbceb3857579c59c9a85f381e358a5 | By . Deni Kirkova . Could this be the ultimate summer snack? It's not unusual to have a big bowl of popcorn and your favourite tipple while chilling out but now you can combine the two. Cocktail-flavoured caramel popcorn has been invented containing five per cent real booze! The Willy Wonka-style concoction comes from ... | Popcorn created by artisan British popcorn brand Joe & Seph's .
Adult range of four cocktail flavours is out now for £2.99 a bag .
Although it won't be sold in the booze aisle, you may need ID to buy it . |
00aef73f30847c2ae2326e26811065f0308157df | As any woman knows, a spot of make-up can work wonders by seemingly turning back the clock. But exactly how many years does that foundation, mascara and blusher knock off? Now research suggests that when applied well, it can make the wearer look almost a decade younger. The beauty myth: Respondents to the survey said ... | A full 100 per cent of 60 to 69 year olds thought that make-up made them look younger .
Carol Vorderman, 51, looks 53 bare-faced - but 46 with full make-up . |
00af3b469010e46f154734cfba77bb001791517f | By . Emily Davies . PUBLISHED: . 20:00 EST, 12 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:10 EST, 13 June 2013 . With their historic mansions and quaint tea shops - National Trust venues seem like the perfect family day out. But the charity has its eye on a rather different audience - as it prepares to host burlesque nights in stat... | Charity to host racy performances at 18th Century Killerton House in Devon .
Hopes to improve organisation's 'buttoned-up' image .
Insists there will be no nudity - only 'corsets, feathers and pearls' |
00afa094e59946ddc8129b36146e416c02109030 | By . Anne Hamlyn . There's a bitter battle being fought on the High Street between retail titans Marks & Spencer and John Lewis. What are they fighting over? Well, that would be you, Mrs Middle England. It seems that every move M&S makes, John Lewis quickly copies it. Take the surprising similarities between John Lewis... | Stylist Anne Hamlyn of DressMe to gives her verdict . |
00afa371dfbfc7832433f22da65ca96fe9997560 | By . Joshua Gardner . A veteran Marine and the brave dog that once accompanied him as he searched out and diffused IEDs in Afghanistan had an emotional reunion Thursday after four painful years apart. Corporal Jeff DeYoung never stopped being thankful to his black Labrador pal Cena even after they were separated sudden... | U.S. Marine Corps veteran Corporal Jeff DeYoung worked with bomb-sniffing black Lab Cena until April 2010 .
That's when DeYoung went home to Michigan and he's since started a family but never forgot about his best canine friend .
Their emotional reunion took place Thursday at the Detroit airport thanks to a non-profit ... |
00b0ebf0c27ebcc181e6c60070a9031f41b7d1d8 | Standoff: Goerge Pickering, pictured, allegedly threatened to kill a nurse . A distraught father who caused a four-hour standoff with police in a Texas hospital allegedly pointed his gun at a nurse and yelled 'I'll kill all of y'all'. Police said George Pickering, 57, made the threats from a hospital room after becomin... | George Pickering, 57, allegedly made threat from hospital room .
Police said he aimed 9mm pistol at nurse inside Tomball Regional Hospital .
Gun was allegedly wrested away from Pickering - who said he had another .
After three-hour stand-off with police, he was found to be unarmed .
Pickering has been charged with aggr... |
00b164fcf3e920125153d4e4bb59f4ceb5ddb1f7 | By . Harriet Hernando . An elderly man was filmed riding his mobility scooter down a street – even though it was flooded and had turned into a river. While cars lay abandoned in the road, the unnamed pensioner ploughed on regardless, much to the hilarity of the bystanders filming him. The incredible video was shot in A... | The elderly man drives down the road where cars lie abandoned .
He shows that a bit of flooding is nothing the Dutch can't handle .
Is filmed by amused onlookers as he battles through the floods . |
00b287c19561791776e970936f96273b9ececc15 | (CNN) -- Novak Djokovic extended his winning run to 37 matches this year as he beat world No. 1 Rafael Nadal for the fourth successive time in the Rome Masters final on Sunday. Second seed Djokovic triumphed 6-4 6-4 in two hours 12 minutes, despite having seemed to be on his last legs when he overcame Andy Murray in a ... | World No. 2 Novak Djokovic five wins away from matching John McEnroe's record .
Serbian beats top-ranked Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4 in final of Rome Masters .
Djokovic has defeated the Spaniard in four successive title matches .
Nadal is top seed and defending champion for the French Open starting in a week's time . |
00b2c695b7e98960539f962e7e99c20616382314 | By . Kelly Strange . PUBLISHED: . 10:55 EST, 18 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:57 EST, 18 October 2013 . A woman has spoken of the heartbreaking moment she was told she was infertile because she had unprotected sex with one partner as a teenager. Jodie Watson, 21, was undergoing exploratory tests in hospital to find ... | Jodie Watson caught chlamydia from a partner when she was 16 .
She was treated with antibiotics and thought she was cured .
Went for tests when she and fiancé James Jackson struggled to conceive .
Tests showed her fallopian tubes were blocked as a result of the chlamydia .
The couple are now fundraising to pay for IVF ... |
00b3cebdfa5caccbddb4c701689e2dfddd89a3d4 | Oscar Pistorius may have beaten his girlfriend with a cricket bat before shooting her, South African police believe. Detectives are reported to have recovered a bloodied bat from the Paralympic champion’s bedroom and to have established that model Reeva Steenkamp’s skull had been ‘crushed’. This and other evidence – a ... | South African police reportedly found a bloodied cricket bat at his home .
Athlete's best friend claims Pistorius called him moments after shooting .
Reeva Steenkamp, 29, had been dating Oscar Pistorious since November .
She was shot dead on Valentine’s Day at his gated mansion in South Africa .
'There is no hatred in ... |
00b4620df3af0867c75d25f09ded465961d0606d | ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Implementing smoke-free policies can lead to fewer hospitalizations resulting from heart attacks, according to a new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A new study says smoking ordinances can lead to fewer hospitalizations from heart attacks. Researchers studie... | Researchers studied effects of anti-smoking ordinances in Colorado .
Hospitalizations for heart attacks went down 41 percent, study found .
Editorial suggests several reasons for possible correlation . |
00b4cdefd9bc4dcdd55a6162f0d61e16d1b8ae8d | An Illinois Congressman was escorted off the floor of the US House after he wore a hoodie as he gave a speech condemning the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Rep Bobby Rush, a Chicago Democrat, is the latest high-profile figure to don a hooded sweatshirt to protest racial profiling and discrimination. The garment, whi... | Acting house speaker slammed hammered the gavel and ruled Rep Bobby Rush out of order after he put the hood of his great sweatshirt over his head .
Rush, a Chicago Democrat, was a founder of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s .
Celebrities from the Miami Heat the rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs have... |
00b5faa0f7261d78ef02a9f23262b5a1eb82a6d0 | (CNN) -- A South Carolina sheriff's office is investigating whether Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps smoked marijuana on the University of South Carolina campus. Michael Phelps is facing a criminal investigation into whether he smoked marijuana on a college campus. Authorities will file criminal charges if the inve... | Charges will be filed if warranted, sheriff's spokesman says .
Tabloid published photo it says was taken at University of South Carolina .
Photo shows Phelps with a water pipe used for smoking pot .
Phelps apologized over weekend for "regrettable behavior" |
00b8ba6068767f8072d47b4b01847195a35d00f1 | By . Thomas Durante, Steve Robson and Lydia Warren . PUBLISHED: . 00:34 EST, 10 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:07 EST, 10 May 2013 . Michelle Knight was gang-raped and impregnated in junior high - a year before she suffered more than 10 years of abuse under a kidnapper, an alarming report has revealed. Michelle was the f... | Great aunt says that Michelle Knight was raped by a group of male classmates when she was in junior high .
She was pregnant as a result of the attack, and had a son she named Joey .
Michelle vanished on August 23, 2002 near her cousin's Cleveland home .
Michelle had lost custody of her baby son before she vanished and ... |
00b98ede70285565df7b273b04b8ac92de6bae71 | New York (CNN) -- Protesters will resist any efforts to remove them from the Lower Manhattan park where they have been camped for nearly a month, despite Mayor Michael Bloomberg's order that they vacate the park at 7 a.m. Friday so it can be cleaned, an organizer said Thursday. "Come tomorrow morning, we will passively... | "It's not an occupation if you can't occupy the park," spokesman says .
A UAW official says the union plans to join protesters Friday morning .
Cleaning of Zuccotti Park is scheduled to begin 7 a.m. EDT Friday .
Brookfield Properties issues a list of rules for Zuccotti Park . |
00b9bf421e847b9b77436076ccc7297bc9c9ed0d | Classmates of Jaylen Fryberg have said the popular schoolboy and recently crowned homecoming prince seemed fine in the days and hours leading up to cafeteria shooting. One friend even described how he had a conversation with the shooter on the morning of the attack where he acted normally. Junior Nathan Heckendorf told... | According to classmates Jaylen Fryberg was outgoing and not a loner .
A friend said he was normal when they spoke on morning of the attack .
Was recently crowned homecoming prince and was in the football team .
Had however been suspended following a fight with another player .
He was also 'heartbroken' by a girl who is... |
00b9fd732f0e48dc658acc01e4651cc7f5f04f2c | (CNN) -- The king of the South Pacific nation of Tonga died "peacefully" Sunday at a hospital in Hong Kong, a Tongan government official said Monday. He was 63. A cause of death has not been released by the government. "Tonga has just woken up to the sad news of the passing of King George Tupou V," said Paula Ma'u, an ... | NEW: The king helped modernize Tongo and push for reforms, a Tongan news editor says .
A cause of death has not been released .
King George Tupou V had been monarch since 2006 .
Tonga is the only monarchy that remains in the Pacific . |
00ba4ffac8d6adb056293063ada921a22bfa3f33 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:02 EST, 2 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:18 EST, 3 June 2013 . After blowing more than $5 million in his first two seasons in the NFL on things like multiple BMWs and suped-up Dodge Chargers, New York Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie has turned over a new leaf - he's traded th... | Antonio Cromartie is now 'all about saving money'
Cromartie blew $5 million during his first two seasons in the NFL on things like cars and fancy vacations .
Cromartie advises younger players to not make the same mistakes he did .
Cromartie has 12 children . |
00ba519cf87a2d49dfb48fadf2af0112dc0e4947 | LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent, has withdrawn his name from consideration as surgeon general of the United States, he said Thursday. Dr. Sanjay Gupta will continue his work as a surgeon and for CNN. "This is more about my family and my surgical career," Gupta told C... | "This is more about my family and my surgical career," Gupta says .
Sanjay Gupta is neurosurgeon, CNN's chief medical correspondent .
Gupta mentioned as possible surgeon general in Obama administration .
White House: "We know he will continue to serve and educate the public" |
00bad06b94b77274e6f7e33e2a84e473f938cdac | Billie Jean King understands that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and that is how she is taking the advent of the International Premier Tennis League in Asia. The American legend was not just an inspirational driving force behind the growth of women's tennis, but also the playing of the sport in the team f... | Billie Jean King has long been a promoter of team events .
Mylan World Team Tennis taking place in London .
International Premier Tennis League proving a success in Asia . |
00bb48094f8aed9b117bea36ef649b95b2bd823f | The man stabbed to death with a stiletto heel over the weekend has been identified as a professor at the University of Houston, authorities announced today. The victim, identified as 59-year-old Alf Stefan Andersson, worked at the University of Houston Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling where he focused on... | The victim has been identified as University of Houston professor Alf Stefan Andersson .
Suspect Ana Trujillo is facing murder charges for allegedly stabbing the 59-year-old professor to death with a shoe .
The victim suffered multiple 'stab' wounds . |
00bc05e4268dac71709ec667b4f91e5b11f8c264 | Pope Francis has just landed in the Philippines - to a crowd of thousands, church bells and an airport greeting from President Benigno Aquino. The Pope is in Asia, having begun his trip just days ago with a stop in Sri Lanka, for a week-long tour, and has already caused a huge spike in interest when it comes to travel ... | Flight searches for the Philippines up over 50% week on week from 2014 .
Pope has landed in Manila, following a visit to Sri Lanka on his Asian tour .
Interest in Manila, in particular, has seen an even greater spike of 60% . |
00bc0995c4cae067d6791a8854b12ce7688564b3 | Police in Texas have released a sketch of a man suspected of shooting a TV weatherman multiple times as he left work on Wednesday morning. The sketch was drawn during a hospital bed interview with KCEN-TV meteorologist Patrick Crawford, 35, who is recovering after being shot in the stomach and shoulder. The suspect, w... | Meteorologist Patrick Crawford, who was shot as he left the station on Wednesday, helped police sketch the drawing from his hospital bed .
The suspect is described as a white male, 30 to 35 years old, with a medium build and a receding hairline .
Crawford, 35, was shot in the stomach and shoulder after exchanging word... |
00bc0db28043d0d0fdedce94a6a1bc41835a9326 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . Defence minister Anna Soubry said more had to be done to change the way alcohol is treated by the forces . The army was today ordered to end the booze-fuelled culture of ‘drinking to the point of oblivion’. Defence minister Anna Soubry said binge-drinking in the forces c... | Anna Soubry calls for an end to binge-drinking in the armed forces .
Warns 'vast amounts' drunk by troops cannot be dismissed as 'comraderie'
Guide for commanding officers to be overhauled to tackle booze culture . |
00bcc69870cdffe5e108a7be95754c3476bf9082 | Roswell, New Mexico (CNN) -- Skydiver Felix Baumgartner is aiming to pull off a record-breaking free-fall jump from the edge of space Tuesday, wearing nothing but a space suit, a helmet and a parachute. His goal is not only to jump from a higher altitude than anyone ever has -- 120,000 feet, more than three times the c... | Felix Baumgartner will have only a space suit, helmet and parachute for 120,000-foot jump .
Record of 102,800 feet was set in 1960 and is held by current mission's consultant and mentor .
Baumgartner also hopes to be first person to break the sound barrier without a vehicle's aid .
Besides speed, risks include low temp... |
00be40289d0aea65afd2da6431db8a9fc8efc9c0 | New York (CNN) -- In the spirit of spring rebirth, the Occupy movement is ramping up activities as warm weather blankets the country. But while the season is typified by a reawakening of life outdoors, demonstrators are using sleep to get their points across. They call it "sleepful protest." The sleeping bags started a... | The Occupy Wall Street movement is ramping up its activities .
In New York, protesters have moved to a sidewalk near the Stock Exchange .
Protesters plan for May 1 to be their first large-scale demonstration of the year . |
00becc1bada9c481a7bfc7d4f972ce62db322e26 | John Terry celebrated Chelsea's 1-0 win at Sporting Lisbon by spending the day shopping in London with his wife Toni on Wednesday. The Blues captain took her out to Bond Street store Smythson where the pair lavishly indulged themselves. The duo's shopping spree was so vast that staff were required to take their bags to... | John Terry went shopping with his wife Toni on Wednesday in London .
The couple visited the Smythson store on Bond Street .
Terry captained Chelsea in their 1-0 Champions League win at Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday night .
The victory also saw Terry reach 100 Champions League appearances . |
00c0b04d497ec89d3a3fcce4d708cbe6b551a6e3 | A Baltimore Orioles fan got an unexpected surprise when he stopped to help a motorist trapped in an overturned truck and realized the man helping him was one of his sporting idols. Diehard Orioles fan Mike Soukup was driving southbound on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway on Monday afternoon when he saw the accident and... | Diehard Orioles fan Mike Soukup was driving southbound on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway on Monday afternoon when he saw the accident .
He helped another man to rescue a motorist in an overturned truck and afterwards realized that the man was Chris Davis of the Orioles .
Davis received a 25-game suspension on Friday ... |
00c2a214ffb5790f4c2c7915ebaa973b38e854e7 | By . Lizzie Parry . A fit and healthy PE teacher lives under the dark cloud of her skin cancer returning, having suffered four bouts of the disease - despite never using a sunbed. Becky Giddins' melanoma relapsed three times since she was first diagnosed in April 2007. The 32-year-old suffered her fourth relapse in Jan... | Becky Giddins was first diagnosed with skin cancer in April 2007 .
Since then she has suffered four relapses, the latest coming a week after she returned home from her honeymoon with husband Kevin Giddins .
32-year-old has had a lump in her breast, half of her left lung and her lymph glands removed as part of her treat... |
00c39e8fc9a109be765e67361199c9e10a34dc34 | The terrier was discovered in the garden of Paul Wollam who later admitted three counts of animal cruelty . RSPCA inspectors found a dog starved to death in a garden shed which had been jammed shut with a breeze block. The terrier was discovered in the garden of Paul Wollam, a father-of-four, who later admitted three c... | Terrier discovered in the garden of Paul Wollam, 37, of West Midlands .
The father-of-four said Molly had gone missing days before she was found .
Wollam said he had no idea how she ended up starving to death in shed .
The dog had matted hair and there was no food or water in the shed .
Wollam avoided prison because he... |
00c478df3d3395655a87de8b5f638a69924c4158 | By . Rosie Taylor . PUBLISHED: . 11:13 EST, 23 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:56 EST, 24 June 2013 . A mother has been arrested for trying to kill her newborn by pushing him down a drain. The two-day-old boy still had his umbilical cord when he was rescued from a shaft in a block of flats near Alicante. The horrific dis... | Two-day-old found wrapped in plastic bags under manhole cover in Alicante .
Baby may have been there for 40 hours only found after neighbour called firefighters because they thought a meowing cat was stuck .
Mother, 26, went to hospital on Friday saying she had had a miscarriage .
She has been arrested and has told off... |
00c483f15bec92e9da8f69c653f0855dd964caa6 | (CNN) -- If he looked gobstruck when he walked onstage at the Oscars, he had good reason. Edgar Martirosyan, who might now be the world's most famous pizza deliveryman, had no clue he'd be serving Hollywood's biggest stars Sunday night. He thought the pies were for a group of writers at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. ... | Edgar Martirosyan had no clue he'd be serving Hollywood's biggest stars .
Ellen DeGeneres gives him a $1,000 tip .
"I was just shocked. It was a really great moment," Martirosyan tells CNN . |
00c4ea03538bce1605e48ba2b9bfeb0063328434 | (CNN) -- Five years ago, Robert Rogers was driving home with his family from a wedding when a flash flood took his wife and four children from him in an instant. Robert and Melissa Rogers with their four children before they died in August 2003. Rainfall from a torrential downpour swept the Rogers' minivan off a Kansas... | Robert Rogers' wife and four children died in flash flood five years ago .
Rogers chose not to "wallow in pity" and became a minister with a message of hope .
His mission is to establish five orphanages in five continents to honor his family .
One named after his wife, Melissa, exists in Russia, another planned in Rwan... |
00c5289a96ac169303bb05c3b76cbe2c0cf94ba2 | By . Victoria Woollaston . Last week’s emergency surveillance legislation may have sounded like something out of George Orwell’s novel 1984, but was cited as yet another real-life example of states trying to control their citizens. It’s been 65 years since Orwell described a fictional dystopian world of surveillance an... | More than 1,400 experts, including analysts and professors were surveyed .
Findings are detailed in The Net Threats report from Pew Research Centre .
Each expert was asked to explain the main threats facing the web by 2025 .
Report details a system heavily influenced by governments, large corporations, and security ser... |
00c59c2992fecbda9a3b172b46bff6ccb03f935c | SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) -- Chile called home its ambassador in Peru on Monday, as a dispute flared over disputed maritime territory between the South American neighbors. They have bickered over the rich Pacific coast fishing waters for years, and Peru published a new map on Sunday that pushes its bid to negotiate a n... | Peru's foreign minister sought to downplay the row .
Sea border dispute has bubbled anew over past two years .
Less serious disputes involve dessert, fruit and a grape liquor . |
00c67840a853c432c2eae369b58a2119d960ada5 | The Israeli government released the phone numbers and addresses of every registered dog owner in the country today, including fashion model Bar Refaeli. The country's Ministry of Agriculture gave out the information as part of its 'Dogs Database', an app which allows people to search for information on every registered... | Ministry of Agriculture gave out information as part of its 'Dogs Database'
Included fashion model Bar Refaeli and head of country's army and police .
Israeli government requires all dog owners to register their pets . |
00c782536b21482ace8a627e2965e0060ffc1dbb | This is the shocking moment two arsonists broke into a restaurant and set off a massive explosion. The incident at Republica in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda on Thursday morning was captured on the restaurant's security cameras. CCTV footage shows two people, dressed in hooded coveralls, breaking into the restaurant... | Republica in St Kilda was set on fire before 4am on Thursday morning .
Two people were caught on CCTV cameras using jerry cans to spread fuel .
Fire caused a massive explosion and an estimated damage bill of $500,000 .
It's the second time the restaurant has been subjected to an arson attack .
Detectives are now invest... |
00c8b8b4e75ad7cb540e6bf7034942452c043d53 | By . James Nye . PUBLISHED: . 23:35 EST, 9 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 00:22 EST, 10 July 2013 . Battling out of his seat, Benjamin Levy's ribs hurt so much he thought they were broken, but what struck him most about seconds after Asiana Flight 214 came to a shuddering halt on the tarmac of San Francisco airport was the... | Previously unseen pictures taken .
by Benjamin Levy of the aftermath of Saturday's Boeing 777 crash have been released by .
the Associated Press . |
00ca161ba34c2a37c4dbe0bf1fa85d6dece7d77f | Myleene’s fuchsia dress becomes Littlewoods’ first ever social media sell-out after autumn ad launch . Expected to hit sales of 2,000 by Christmas . Traffic to the £75 fuchsia dress page of Littlewoods.com up by more than 1,200% week on week . By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 11:22 EST, 9 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: .... | Myleene’s fuchsia dress becomes Littlewoods’ first ever social media sell-out after autumn ad launch .
Expected to hit sales of 2,000 by Christmas .
Traffic to the £75 fuchsia dress page of Littlewoods.com up by more than 1,200% week on week . |
00cb03ed4ee4f0b4fb5467e5cbbab6eb28c773b8 | Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court has again indefinitely blocked plans to disseminate video of an important federal court case involving same-sex marriage in California. The justices in an unsigned order Wednesday prevented any distribution of the live video stream outside the San Francisco, California, courthouse ... | Lower court had OK'd posting videos of trial on Internet .
Supreme Court says no, but cameras can send trial to overflow rooms .
Four members of court dissent, led by Justice Stephen Breyer . |
00cb16eb70b0124bb61e45b4df696a2d3598213f | (CNN) -- The family of a Rutgers University student who committed suicide after a sexual encounter was broadcast online has consented to the use of his name on a piece of anti-harassment legislation. The family of Tyler Clementi will allow Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-New Jersey, to use his name in the proposed federal leg... | The family of Tyler Clementi consented to the use of his name on the legislation .
The legislation seeks to stop harassment at colleges .
Clementi committed suicide in September . |
00cbf6c491d54dfbbe06c18d8ec2a728b82c3e16 | By . Amie Keeley . and Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 22:32 EST, 13 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 06:05 EST, 14 January 2014 . A Coronation Street actress who is seen in the soap taking a cocktail of drugs to kill herself after being diagnosed with a terminal illness has said that assisted suicide should be legalised. Julie... | Julie Hesmondhalgh plays Hayley Cropper who is suffering from cancer .
She ends her own life in the soap despite her husband's objections .
The actress, 43, said she is in favour of allowing assisted suicides .
Hayley Cropper's final moments will be screened across two episodes next Monday . |
00cdede32ff010099a4e8c8288d1f494458cb941 | (CNN) -- George Zimmerman failed to identify himself twice during a confrontation with Trayvon Martin and missed opportunities to defuse the situation that led to the death of the teen, a detective says in a newly released report. Zimmerman, who served as a neighborhood watch volunteer, is charged with second-degree mu... | NEW: Zimmerman's attorney asks that he be unshackled at Friday's bond hearing .
No deception was indicated in Zimmerman's voice stress test, police say .
Information released includes a document in which a detective questions Zimmerman's story .
The lead detective in the case asked to be moved to patrol division . |
00ce20a94d52dcdfc7f18f90cbea677857c90434 | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 05:16 EST, 30 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:40 EST, 30 January 2013 . A Lothario lorry driver who wooed two women with marriage proposals then stole their life savings has been jailed for 20 months. Derek McMaster, 64, got engaged to both victims - one a kidney patient on dialysis... | Derek McMaster jailed for 20 months after stealing £6,500 from them in elaborate scam .
One discovered theft when her credit card was rejected by bank .
Con artist was engaged to both women at the same time - and they only found out when they came to court to give evidence .
'He's a rotter, a horrible man. I don't want... |
00ce61a751fa38e7e09d3496fb737dff33da3e58 | By . Simon Tomlinson . UPDATED: . 17:21 EST, 8 March 2012 . A group of Iranian women have stripped off for a new video in a protest against sexual oppression in their native country. The ladies, who are living in exile in Europe, pose naked in front of the camera as they each deliver a defiant message. Their slogans in... | Defiant call for equality as world marks International Women's Day today . |
00ce620aadad194da337e972749dba7d602da206 | NEW YORK (CNN) -- A recent college graduate is suing her alma mater for $72,000 -- the full cost of her tuition and then some -- because she cannot find a job. Trina Thompson has sued her alma mater, Monroe College of New York. Trina Thompson, 27, of the Bronx, graduated from New York's Monroe College in April with a ... | Monroe College graduate says career office didn't help her with job placement .
She seeks $70,000 for tuition and $2,000 to compensate for stress .
Office shows preferential treatment to students with better grades, she says .
College says it is "committed to working with all its students" |
00cecccb0ec47f45c40c80e530b2bc03f819ffc7 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Fashion photographer Rankin took time out from his career to take powerful pictures of people from Congo. One of Rankin's images. He visited a refugee camp with the charity Oxfam and his work is now being exhibited in London. The photos are posed like a fashion shoot and different to the regula... | Fashion photographer exhibits shots of refugees in DR Congo .
Rankin says "I want people to see them as people, not victims . |
00d09a220e0c94981fd4b908f61b3fa7bbfbf7b6 | Keith Whyte, 33, battled temperatures of -26C, ferocious winds and frostbite to win the 100km ultra marathon in Antarctica . He battled temperatures of -26C, ferocious winds and frostbite to win the 100km Ice Marathon in Antarctica in just nine hours and 26 minutes – two hours quicker than the previous record holder. A... | Father-of-two Keith Whyte, 33, won the 100km Ice Marathon in Antarctica .
He battled temperature of -26C to complete race in 9 hours and 26 minutes .
Mr Whyte said he was close to losing fingers to frostbite in cold conditions .
He stopped smoking in 2007 and suffers from bone condition osteoporosis . |
00d0cef3aa2f1e6204896380413263a32a2407a9 | A report said had MI5 known about Adebowale’s messages, Rigby’s murder could have been avoided . The family of Lee Rigby today accused Facebook of failing to help stop his killers as it emerged the social network has still not handed over data from five accounts opened by one of his extremist murderers. His sister Sara... | Facebook has failed to give GCHQ 5 of Michael Adebowale's 11 accounts .
Staff also failed to tell security services about 'graphic and emotive' posts .
Adebowale said to Al Qaeda extremist on Facebook: 'Let's kill a soldier'
Lee Rigby's family say the blame lies with MI5 and internet companies .
Sister Sara McClure sai... |
00d10c9be83b619a4b8f9127d86ad7a4d15b3b09 | By . Sam Webb . 'Quiet, calm and gentle': Thavisha Lakindu Peiris, 25, was stabbed to death as he made his final pizza delivery. He was due to start his career as an IT consultant . A pizza delivery driver about to start a new career was stabbed through the heart by two thugs trying to steal his mobile phone, a court h... | Thavisha Lakindu Peiris knifed to death in his car for phone, a court heard .
'Quiet and gentle' Sri Lankan was about to embark on new career in IT .
He was due to clock off but was persuaded to take one final delivery .
Shamraze Khan charged with murder. Kasim Ahmed has pleaded guilty . |
00d3bd3f71f18dc7ccddf0b655550dfeff898961 | A quick-thinking diving instructor used plastic sandals as a makeshift splint after a woman drove a quad bike off a 60ft cliff and shattered her leg. Melanie Simmonds, 31, from Farnborough, Hampshire, was on a cheap holiday with her boyfriend Jay Buckley in Kefalonia, Greece, when they decided to hire the vehicle inste... | Melanie Simmonds, 31, was on cheap holiday in Greece with her boyfriend .
Pair decided to hire a quad bike instead of taxi but did not have insurance .
Miss Simmonds was driving when wheels locked and she couldn't steer .
They crashed down the side and Miss Simmonds legs were left mangled .
She called last number on ph... |
00d48bf5089a093edf12ef5f3836780e97be6be0 | (CNN) -- These days, no fashion house portfolio is complete without a hotel -- or at the very least, a luxuriously designed suite. Tommy Hilfiger and Karl Lagerfeld are the latest fashion icons to try their hands at hoteling, with Hilfiger recently purchasing Miami's The Raleigh Hotel and Lagerfeld set to open his firs... | Tommy Hilfiger and Karl Lagerfeld are the latest fashion icons to turn hotelier .
Lately, hotels and fashion houses are becoming more aligned .
Many hotels offer designer suites and experiences to bring in customers . |
00d4b35f860ceb2b8b9af2202841da09e8b8f058 | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 07:41 EST, 12 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:07 EST, 12 December 2013 . A 'spoilt, jealous mummy's boy' who throttled his model girlfriend before his parents tried to cover it up smashed his victim's head against a table in the 24 hours before he murdered her, it was revealed toda... | Elliot Turner, 20, strangled Emily Longley in his room at his parents' home .
New CCTV reveals he slammed her head into a bar table 24 hours earlier .
His parents tried to cover up his crimes and were later jailed for conspiracy .
His mother's lying 999 call is revealed where she said she died in her sleep .
Documentar... |
00d6c23d8d98f405514749f06899587cc821fb1c | A man has been left scarred for life after his stomach caught fire while on an operating table. Paul Hill, 43, from Stockton-on-Tees was burned after an alcohol-based body steriliser burst into flames while he was under general anaesthetic in an operating theatre at Stockton’s University Hospital of North Tees. The fat... | Paul Hill had an operation at Stockton’s University Hospital of North Tees .
During the surgery, an alcohol-based body steriliser burst into flames .
When he came round from the anaesthetic he was told what had happened .
The hospital is now investigating how this could have happened . |
00d6d510d38442787f99a722e750d65a66607284 | (CNN) -- It's happened to all of us: You print something from the Web, and all you get is a sheet of paper with nothing but a URL or something equally useless. New software is designed to prevent printing blank pages from the Web, its inventor says. This printing pain in the neck happened to Hayden Hamilton so much tha... | Software prevents computers from printing unnecessary pages from Internet .
It might save millions of trees, millions of pounds of pollution, creator says .
At 6½ cents a page, one user saved enough to pay for software in one day .
World Bank member and Fortune 500 companies are also testing it . |
00d74e3677bd255c5ab794753f4bbffcfae19aef | Pregnant actress Jaime King has revealed that it was her close friend, and fellow TV star, Lena Dunham who gave her the courage to speak out about her awful struggle to conceive her first child. Speaking to Daily Mail Online about the upcoming release of her new music video for fashion label Grace MMXIII, in which she ... | Last year, the 35-year-old, who was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome, shared details about her struggle to conceive her first child .
Jaime suffered five miscarriages and went through five rounds of IVF before becoming pregnant with her son, James, who is now 16 months old .
Earlier this month, she announced th... |
00d84c304738744d8339c586c4f07f65009b3424 | If mankind does ever become embroiled in a Terminator-style 'war against the machines', we're really going to have to start doing a few more press-ups. Researchers have developed a robotic muscle, an incredible thousand times more powerful than that of a human and capable of hurling an object 50 times heavier than itse... | Breakthrough made by team at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory .
Robo-muscle is made of a unique material called vanadium dioxide .
It has a unique ability to change its size, shape and structure when heated .
Works as an insulator at low temperatures but becomes a conductor at 67C .
Could pave the way to create mo... |
00d8a762a619f1ce4031932adc067328691eb729 | By . Amanda Williams . PUBLISHED: . 06:27 EST, 17 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:35 EST, 17 April 2013 . A runner who was just half a mile from completing the Boston Marathon when a bomb detonated has spoken of the simple but overwhelming kindness of strangers amid the scenes of devastation. Runner Laura Wellington was... | Laura Wellington was nearing finish line of race when explosion went off .
Weak with relief at finding family were fine she sank to ground and wept .
Was told 'you're a finisher in my eyes' by stranger as he handed her medal . |
00d95d676d70a8f6b4a4619f021465a01c2b404f | TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- He's been labeled by many as the "reformist," a man who can take Iran beyond the truculent anti-Western rhetoric of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Moussavi was not seen as a reformer during his stint as prime minister during the 1980s. So, when Iran's government announced over the weekend that Mi... | Mir Hossein Moussavi was named prime minister in 1980 .
He steered Iranian economy through eight-year war with Iraq .
He opposed suspending the country's nuclear-enrichment program .
Has been absent from politics for the past 10 years . |
00d9f218a16079131179488b98c3b801ddf94fa1 | By . Nick Enoch . PUBLISHED: . 09:02 EST, 24 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:23 EST, 24 July 2013 . A quick glance at the balconies on this estate in Portsmouth reveal the usual suspects: washing lines, the odd plant pot, and satellite dishes. But one resident stands out from the rest - or rather, his balcony does. Pete ... | Pete Gover's balcony in Portsmouth is filled with petunias, geraniums, lobelia and lilies . |
00dad0b2f84e7aa5c935a65130f90d64de8a65a6 | (CNN) -- Five Russian Sukhoi fighter jets have arrived in Iraq, the first of 25 warplanes expected to be delivered under a contract between Moscow and Baghdad, the Iraqi Ministry of Defense said in a statement. A video the ministry released Monday showed the jets, with wings unattached, being pulled toward hangars. "Th... | 5 Russian fighter jets arrive in Iraq; 20 more expected .
Al-Maliki criticizes U.S. for not sending fighters to Iraq .
Pentagon says F-16s will arrive in the fall . |
00dad5d893f836f53080de50e9b983ad2f9bcd22 | A second daughter of a 'fagin' mother who ran a lucrative family business selling goods online that the family stole from shops has been jailed. Dawn Bainbridge led a 'family business' which involved her and her daughters stealing thousands and thousands of pounds-worth of clothes from high street stores across the Nor... | The judge said Caitlyn Bainbridge played the banker in the stealing ring .
She boasted of making £100 a week and planned to take the business solo .
Her older sister Claire and mother Dawn had already been jailed .
Accused's lawyer compared the crime ring to a Dickens books . |
00db4c8603de157b4da42886b946378ff2275712 | Russian academics are calling for a scientific probe into claims of a 'Siberian Loch Ness monster' in one of the world's remotest lakes. Researchers using underwater scanners have found evidence of 'Nesski' - measuring up to 33 feet in length - in the deep waters of Lake Labynkyr, says a new report. Intriguingly, the e... | Giant underwater monster rumoured to be living in remote Siberian lake .
Echo scanners found evidence of 'giant dense moving object' measuring over 30 feet . |
00ddb03229403b968878387f0025db684f0b9682 | (CNN) -- "Terrorists use Guantanamo Bay prison to recruit new members." Aasif Mandvi, "The Daily Show's" senior correspondent, passionately made this argument as our first guest ever on the weekly CNN podcast "The Big Three." Mandvi thinks it's time to close Guantanamo Bay now -- and I couldn't agree with him more. Pre... | CNN Radio podcast features CNN Opinion contributors on top three stories .
Dean Obeidallah: Our guest, Aasif Mandvi, argues that we should close Gitmo .
Margaret Hoover: Jason Collins was courageous in coming out of the closet .
John Avlon: Why not give Mark Sanford a second chance - even though he had an affair? |
00de294185f9dbece4a827347c4f44f3c9770ed9 | Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) -- Civilians, including women and children, have been killed in an attack on a caravan of refugees in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region, the Ukrainian military said Monday. The civilians were trying to escape fighting between pro-Russian rebels and the Ukrainian military but were not in an establishe... | Refugees came under attack in Luhansk on Monday, government officials say .
A military spokesman says "terrorists" killed civilians, including women and children .
Col. Andriy Lysenko says government forces have regained part of Luhansk city .
He says pro-Russian rebels used Uragan rocket launchers in fighting for the ... |
00e0938100e0be74e844d2f0a9fce75444b8ebb7 | (CNN) -- The infiltration of a Middle Eastern terror network by a mole who helped foil a plot to blow up a U.S.-bound plane was a "phenomenal," "brilliant" and "powerful" success, experts said Wednesday. It's unclear how much of the credit should go to the United States or to Saudi Arabia, for whom sources say the mole... | Analyst: The intelligence success on bomb plot shows "the ability to get on the inside"
It's "primarily a Saudi success story," another expert says .
Operation did not lead to the terrorist group's chief bomb maker, one analyst says .
The leak that a mole was involved could damage intelligence efforts, experts say . |
00e0afc8576abbd4c3971d1a796f8e8fbcdf7f3c | Gus Poyet is confident he will still be Sunderland's head coach next season amid fevered speculation over his future. The 46-year-old Uruguayan has been linked with potential vacancies at both West Ham and Southampton in recent days, but has also found himself the subject of rumours that he could walk out of the Stadiu... | Gus Poyet confident he will still be Sunderland manager next season .
Uruguayan has been linked with West Ham and Southampton .
Sunderland boss insists he will stay at the Stadium of Light . |
00e0e7f15a58849ead95c1afd11d9cebf047a848 | Jamie Carragher has labelled Newcastle’s players a disgrace following their 4-0 defeat to Southampton while Gary Neville has described the Magpies squad as ‘letdowns’. Newcastle supporters have grown frustrated with manager Alan Pardew after the club’s disappointing start to the season but Carragher believes the player... | Alan Pardew's side are bottom of the Premier League after four games .
The Newcastle boss is rumoured to be under pressure at St James' Park .
Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville both believe Newcastle's players should take responsibility for their recent poor results . |
00e17a1d97c45423c4139c4cea15180cc2c8b3b9 | (CNN) -- Four former Blackwater private security contractors faced new federal charges on Thursday, the latest chapter in a controversial political and diplomatic case over a deadly 2007 Iraqi War incident. The men were re-indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington on various manslaughter charges related to a shoot... | Private security contractors reindicted by grand jury on manslaughter charges .
Case relates to shooting in 2007 that left 17 unarmed Iraqi civilians dead .
Defendants had denied all charges previously, saying they acted in self defense .
Incident prompted international outrage as U.S. prosecution has dragged on for ye... |
00e25cd73a0992fca39f7477d0d906b43d7525f6 | City girl: Billie Piper in London earlier this week . She put her wild child past behind her and settled down to a quiet family life in the country. But seven years later, it seems Billie Piper has finally tired of her rural idyll and is moving back to the bright city lights. The 32-year-old actress and her actor husba... | Billie Piper and husband Laurence Fox have bought a London townhouse .
Couple, who have two sons, are selling their cottage bear Midhurst .
Piper said she began to feel bored of country life after having first child .
Former singer found fame in Doctor Who and Secret Diary of a Call Girl . |
00e2741c0cd0c660fcc241e79a2aedc0af5469e0 | (EW.com) -- As Jay Leno fights for his job, more people are opting to tune into the show that he's expected to lose. "The Tonight Show" just hit a seven-week high in total viewers with 3.52 million (his best since the week of January 28-February 1) and a four-week high in the 18-49 demo with 982,000 viewers (his best s... | "The Tonight Show" hit a seven-week high in total viewers with 3.52 million .
As it now stands, Leno has outranked "Late Show with David Letterman"
The ratings bump came as Leno began taking nightly jabs at his employer . |
00e2a99fac3d40621d262d9314b50ad94ded0536 | (CNN) -- Two Burmese migrants accused of the brutal murder of two British tourists on a popular tourist island in Thailand last month have retracted their confessions, a lawyer representing them says. Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Htun, who have been in custody since October 1, had admitted to killing David Miller and raping and... | Burmese migrants who had previously confessed to double murder retract confessions .
Lawyer acting for the two says his clients claim they were physically abused by police .
Police had held a press conference the previous day to deny torturing suspect .
Amnesty International condemns act, calls for independent investig... |
00e2f25d74e2b6c2db4ddf978f8e1170fd765d82 | By . Darren Boyle . Radcu Prutianu, pictured, stole £30,000 of designer goods from Boots on Oxford Street on his first night renovating the flagship London store . A builder helped himself to £30,000 of designer goods on his first shift when he was hired to renovate Boots on Oxford Street. Raducu Prutianu, 35, even sto... | Raducu Prutianu was hired to work renovating the flagship London store .
The 35-year-old first stole steel partitions to sell for scrap .
He then returned to steal aftershave and spectacles worth more than £30,000 .
Prutianu came to the UK from Romania five years ago with his wife and children .
Southwark Crown Court h... |
00e3fc2a5217a99769fce321775bb8db73cc2737 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 15:58 EST, 4 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:58 EST, 4 September 2013 . A Florida man has been arrested for secretly recording illicit videos of a woman who was renting a room in his marital home. The tenant discovered her landlord's perverse scheme when she borrowed his compu... | William Anthony Raber, 27, was arrested .
Saturday and charged with one felony count of video voyeurism and 17 .
child pornography charges .
The tenant discovered her landlord's .
perverse scheme when she borrowed his computer and discovered naked .
pictures of herself stored in a file labeled 'Porn'
She had rented out... |
00e45018727b94b80f2d04301b9956616d70f562 | The judge in the Oscar Pistorius trial has been placed under police protection after her decision to acquit the athlete murder sparked anger around the world. Several legal groups in South Africa have expressed concern about threats and harsh criticism of Judge Thokozile Masipa which they say could amount to racism and... | Judge Masipa criticised for only convicting Paralympian of manslaughter .
Legal groups say threats border on defamation and contempt of court .
Pistorius said he killed Reeva Steenkamp after mistaking her for intruder .
But legal experts claim the law allowed for him to be convicted of murder . |
00e4f4ea4579fb9752134e5390e3bb24f8aa8e3d | Dove's long-running Real Beauty campaign is being called into question by an advocate for the FTC's Truth in Advertising act, for perhaps not being so 'real' after all. Seth Matlins, a father-of-two and former high-powered advertising executive based in Los Angeles, California, has launched a petition aimed at Dove on ... | Seth Matlins, a father-of-two, also wants Dove to keep airbrushed images off billboards .
He is starting his campaign with Dove because they've been championing 'Real Beauty' for ten years .
Mr Matlins is a vocal advocate for stricter Photoshop regulations . |
00e68157235e58b02d724851afe4cd2aa12640ed | They were best friends to the very end. So it is no surprise that Danny the German Shepherd could be heard whimpering during his master's funeral. His crime-fighting partner Mountie Constable Dave Ross was gunned down along with two of his colleagues in Moncton, New Brunswick, last week. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO . Grief: ... | Thousands of mourners attended funerals for three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers killed last week .
The victims were Constables Fabrice Gevaudan, Douglas Larche and Dave Ross .
Justin Bourque, 24, was caught on Friday and charged with three murders and two attempted murders .
Constable Ross's dog Danny attended... |
00e87dec09d988e3c457ae44c318c79fe7160de8 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Supreme Court voiced deep free speech concerns Tuesday about a law designed to stop the sale and marketing of videos showing dog fights and other acts of animal cruelty. Selling depictions of animal cruelty like this amateur dogfighting video may be illegal under a 1999 statute. The justices hea... | The justices heard an hour of debate about scope and intent of decade-old statute .
Statute supporters say it helps stop profiting from the torture and abuse of animals .
Media groups, National Rifle Association say the law is overly broad .
Case is first prosecution in the United States to go to trial under the 1999 l... |
00e8a1c6e038a833ed30d92f911267a2f8f238be | (CNN) -- The women's lives have taken different paths since the days they were born. Brenda Vazquez is a 29-year-old elementary school teacher in Matamoros, Mexico. Laura Castro lives across the border in Brownsville, Texas. She is a 32-year-old housewife who helps her husband manage several stores. They share one thin... | Suspicion of midwives has caused immigration problems for many, an attorney says .
One woman says she was forced to deny her U.S. citizenship .
Another says her passport was taken and returned a year later after a lawsuit .
The border patrol says its agents must verify that citizenship documents are valid . |
00e99c98b893f988818f5f846ed2253b317b5030 | (CNN) -- One of the worst-hit cities in the Philippines, Tacloban, has been completely devastated by Typhoon Haiyan. The capital city of Leyte province, nearly 400 miles south-east of Manila, was one of the first places hit by the storm. Around 200,000 people were made homeless in a matter of hours as a wall of ocean w... | The stadium was one of just a handful of structures in Tacloban to withstand the storm .
It is now being used as a refugee center where thousands have taken shelter .
Scroll the slider above to see the Tacloban stadium before and after the storm . |
00ea73b90918a93451d4f2b4f1dd19f4e02c2bfe | By . Katy Winter . PUBLISHED: . 07:42 EST, 18 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:53 EST, 18 December 2013 . Meet the 'living doll' who spends up to four hours every day perfecting her look. Lhouraii Li says her extraordinary appearance is inspired by a combination of Japanese fashion and pink princess Barbie style. The ... | Lhouraii Li, 21, cites Japanese fashion, unicorns and Barbie as inspirations .
Wears 14 pairs of fake eyelashes stuck together for doll-like eyes .
Lhouraii's boyfriend of four years, Nathen Kent, 24, loves her look . |
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