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017c7c4ac8bc2544c8616d741f19edacb033af2d | (CNN)Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has called for a "religious revolution," asking Muslim leaders to help in the fight against extremism. In a speech celebrating the birthday of the Prophet Muḥammad, which coincided with New Year's Day, he said they had no time to lose. "I say and repeat, again, that we are i... | President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi speaks to celebrate the birthday of the Prophet Muḥammad .
"We need a revolution of the self, a revolution of consciousness," he says . |
017d27d00eb43678c15cb4a8dd4723a035323219 | The taboo that sometimes still surrounds the subject of breastfeeding in public can leave many new mums feeling embarrassed or uncomfortable. While there are many places that happily accept that a nursing mother needs to feed her child when out and about, plenty of new mums still feel judged when doing so in public. On... | Fertility expert and author Emma Cannon has launched a drop-in service .
It will cost £175 for a six month membership to join the Breastfeeding Cafe .
It provides support and help for mums and treats any underlying difficulties .
Each session is in a welcoming group environment with other new mums . |
017d63ab3cdd37ded241a3c355e9bb24fc4ba4e2 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 08:42 EST, 29 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:57 EST, 29 April 2013 . A new report recounts in chilling detail how the Boston bombing suspects were hoping to add to their arsenal when they allegedly murdered young police officer Sean A. Collier with five gunshots. Collier, 27, was... | Sean Collier, 27, was found shot five times in his police cruiser .
Police believe suspects may have been trying to steal his gun but were unable to remove it from the holster .
MIT Police Chief described Officer Collier as 'the real deal' |
017df5c4fe1e79eb26957ff6a8b4c1e41cd966ac | (CNN) -- Rail riders along the California coast and the Boston-Washington "Northeast Corridor" are set to reap much of the benefits from $2 billion that Florida policymakers had earlier rejected for high-speed rail development. The Obama administration on Monday announced the reallocated funding, part of its push to sp... | NEW: Obama administration gives out $2 billion for high-speed rail projects .
NEW: This comes after Florida authorities reject $2 billion for an Orlando-to-Tampa line .
Obama wants 80% of Americans to have access to high-speed rail within 25 years .
Critics contend the project is wasteful and will do little to boost ec... |
017dff6a538bc59f61682eca12104524a26a31ee | (CNN) -- Actor Michael Jai White thinks the negative connotation surrounding the term "blaxploitation film" is a bunch of jive. Michael Jai White stars in the new spoof "Black Dynamite." "The problem I have with the word is that it seems to encompass movies that don't fall under that category," White said. "As soon as ... | "Black Dynamite" spoofs the blaxploitation genre .
Film stars Michael Jai White, who says he is a fan of the movies .
Director Scott Sanders says genre greatly influenced the culture .
Author says films reflected a post civil rights era spirit . |
017e28482bc531ed2ba2eebe7327e8b54bbbe91e | A soccer ball kicked into the crowd by Rod Stewart at his Las Vegas concert has bounced back at the singer in the form of a lawsuit. A 53-year-old Southern California man who says he has lingering injuries after his nose was broken by the ball has filed the suit. Mostafa Kashe's civil negligence complaint alleges that ... | Mostafa Kashe, 53, claims he has lingering injuries from the 2012 incident .
Kashe is seeking unspecified damages of at least $10K plus attorney fees .
Rod Stewart frequently kicks autographed balls into the audience at his shows . |
017e445ca3b43c00d7252a55bc39db7fcb5fcba2 | By . Ruth Whitehead . PUBLISHED: . 09:57 EST, 17 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:57 EST, 18 March 2012 . A double-decker bus exploded into flames this morning on a residential street in South London this morning - but, amazingly, nobody was injured thanks to the driver's quick thinking. Passengers travelling on Pepys Ro... | Quick-thinking driver evacuates bus after seeing a spark, say passengers .
Explosion stunned residents in a leafy south London street this morning . |
017f9c53df71949ad526c6b1639d8c8c6677622b | (CNN) -- As the United States weighs possible military strikes on Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack, it has to consider a critical question: then what? A broad cross-section of experts on the region agree: A missile strike could worsen the war in Syria and usher in a host of new problems. "The ke... | A missile strike could worsen the war and usher in new problems .
"Supporting the opposition at this point would be like French-kissing al Qaeda," analyst says .
Hezbollah could attack Israel in retaliation, analysts say .
Iran could sponsor attacks against Western assets, analyst says . |
017ff719d49d1a22576f86a6e9a2d31d45e51e28 | Bosnia striker Edin Dzeko will miss Sunday's Euro 2016 qualifier away to Israel due to a calf injury and could be sidelined for up to three weeks, team doctor Reuf Karabeg said. 'It's a very serious injury and requires the kind of treatment whose time-frame unfortunately rules out a quick return,' Karabeg told the Bosn... | Bosnia striker Edin Dzeko is out for their Euro 2016 qualifier against Israel .
Team doctor Reuf Karabeg said Dzeko's calf injury is 'very serious'
Bosnia coach Safet Susic said his team had no chance of winning without their top scorer . |
018053328ef15fe469f6b1a3f8491b06e7045cdd | (CNN) -- From victims of gunshot wounds and domestic violence to common road injuries, Trinite Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti is inundated with trauma cases daily. A mother and child in the recovery room of Trinite Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The stream of patients arriving at the free clinic run by internat... | Medecins Sans Frontieres says public health system in Haiti failing patients .
Free clinics offered by the aid organization being overwhelmed .
Many in poverty-stricken nation lack access to basic health care .
Public health system is underfunded and understaffed, group says . |
0181125559f8871916bf04c5f7f15dc3e42e5da4 | A bigamist married his second wife on the same beach in Mexico where he honeymooned with the first - who only found out about his latest wedding when she went on Facebook. Adrian Linham, 43, secretly dated Hayley Totterdell for three years while his loyal wife of seven years Liz, 37, thought their marriage was running ... | Two-timing husband lived double life with wife and girlfriend of three years .
He then proposed to and married his new girlfriend in Riviera Maya, Mexico .
Ceremony held on same beach he had honeymooned on with first wife .
First wife found out when her mother-in-law wrote to her about 'divorce'
She investigated and f... |
0182d7d55cf31fcd4e358f6466036779baff0108 | By . Ap . and Joshua Gardner . A tornado hit a small town in central South Dakota Wednesday night, damaging homes and businesses and injuring at least one person, according to the National Weather Service and a hospital spokeswoman. National Weather Service meteorologist Todd Heitkamp said law enforcement in Wessington... | Wessington Springs saw homes and businesses blown away by an F-2 twister just before 8pm Wednesday as at least one person was injured .
The town of around 1,000 people was hit by another serious tornado almost 11 years ago to the day in June 2013 .
It was the second bout of serious twister damage in a week. On Monday, ... |
0182dab1e2c73e5f6c6dc16441f76752cb8f9fa3 | George Osborne is on course to break his promise to cut borrowing as new figures show the deficit rose by £1.6 billion in September. Since April the Chancellor has borrowed more each month than the same time last year, with income and wealth taxes down. The Treasury had been expected to cut borrowing by 12 per cent in ... | Borrowing in September was £1.6billion higher than same time last year .
Total borrowing for April to September was £58 billion, up 10% on 2013 .
Treasury had hoped to cut deficit by 12 per cent in this financial year . |
018439cc4a72c711bef718b3820c2ac89e1b3c53 | (CNN) -- A 24-year-old woman in a hospital bed fighting off flesh-eating bacteria has to be told repeatedly -- each time she wakes up -- what has happened, her parents told CNN on Monday. The medication Aimee Copeland is given leads her to forget each time she falls asleep. "It's scary to her," said her mother, Donna C... | The medication Aimee Copeland is given leads her to forget what has happened .
She may lose her fingers .
Doctors have already amputated one of her legs and part of her abdomen .
Her father promises they will one day celebrate her ability to breathe on her own . |
01847f247e49516a04d14e5aa7e1359485417bae | By . Sofia Zagzoule . For celebrities like Cara Delevingne, Simon Cowell and Rihanna a jet-set lifestyle can make it tough to stay fresh-faced. The latest fashionable answer? IV drips. Cara, Rihanna and Lily Allen have all posted photographs of themselves on IV drips when their non-stop schedules have left them rundown... | IV treatments cost up to £199 a time and take 30 minutes .
Instant Booster Shots cost start at £39 .
Claim to boost immunity, cure hangovers, aid slimming and fight jet lag .
Fans include Rhianna, Rita Ora and even Simon Cowell . |
0184ba43125db06807a3e64b64d5dbff83277665 | Robin Williams was sober but was struggling with depression, anxiety and the early stages of Parkinson's disease when he died, his widow said Thursday. The diagnosis of the progressive illness was "an additional fear and burden in his life," a person familiar with Williams' family told CNN on Thursday. Williams was fou... | "A true friend; I wish him peace," tweets actor Michael J. Fox .
The diagnosis was "an additional fear and burden in his life," a source says .
Williams' widow says he was "not yet ready to share publicly" his diagnosis .
Williams was found dead in his Northern California home Monday . |
018501c9c6ed4c802553d3cf2c0a4aebf5040f96 | By . Anna Edwards . and Meghan Keneally . and Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 06:16 EST, 7 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:42 EST, 7 January 2014 . Dennis Rodman has lashed out at a CNN anchor after being asked to explain his motivations for his second trip to North Korea. The former NBA star started screaming at New ... | Dennis Rodman screamed at a CNN anchor during a Tuesday morning interview about his second trip to North Korea .
Went on to imply that imprisoned American Kenneth Bae may be at fault for his 15-year sentence but did not say why; the missionary's charges have never been announced by North Korean authorities .
Defectors ... |
018544e74130a4d6da4f1a76583ee1a846e94fd3 | Washington (CNN) -- Online travel company Orbitz was fined $50,000 Monday by the Department of Transportation for failing to properly disclose baggage fees on its website. In announcing the fine, the DOT said it had ordered Orbitz to immediately fix the problem to avoid further fines. The agency alleged that Orbitz fai... | The DOT fines Orbitz for failing to properly disclose baggage fees on its website .
Customers had to scroll to the bottom of the page to find baggage fees, the DOT says .
Orbitz says it has corrected its site "to be consistent with DOT's preference"
"We are not aware of any consumer confusion, complaints or deception,"... |
01857dc92760b74c9ec601848dc79fb3e49a52d1 | A wealthy and very brave Kurdish businessman is building his own to-scale replica of the White House just 62 miles from ISIS controlled territory. Worth upwards of $17 million, the approximation of 1600 Pennyslvania Avenue is the dream of Shihab N. Shihab, 58, who calls his would-be home, a bastion of 'beauty and simpl... | Kurdish businessman building his White House in capital, Erbil .
The three-story home will be completed in four months .
Is three stories high and is decked out in gold-leaf and marble fittings . |
0185ee15bf61b29397e201a0be77faeb184fb230 | Heartbroken: Danielle Deaver is fighting against the abortion law which left her no option but to give birth at 22 weeks to a baby girl who died just fifteen minutes later . Nebraska’s new abortion law forced one woman to give birth to her terminally ill, premature baby who she then helplessly held dying in her arms. D... | Danielle Deaver, 34, wanted an abortion after doctors told her that her baby had no chance of surviving when her waters broke at 22 weeks .
A new law in Nebraska which dictates that you cannot have an abortion after 20 weeks meant Deaver had no choice but to have her baby .
With her husband, Robb, the couple waited ten... |
0185f071f72ba052f1aee17764cfec1a9c23f7fc | By . Becky Evans . A passenger jet was forced to make an emergency landing after a mysterious mid-air collision with a 'foreign object' at 26,000ft severely dented its nose cone. The front of the Air China Boeing 757 had been pushed in and scratches and scraped paintwork were clearly visible when it landed. The plane ... | The Air China Boeing 757 was forced to make emergency landing .
It landed with a severely dented and scratched nose cone .
Pilot heard a large bang and then the plane 'struggled to perform' |
0186672dc20879426a9e5b75923550b2d20283b0 | Experts have used a radical new satellites to capture unique psychedelic images of the ruptures in the Earth's crust caused by the Napa earthquake. Radar images from the UK's Sentinel-1A satellite have been used to map the biggest earthquake that has shaken northern California in 25 years. The images reveal the rupture... | Confirms West Napa Fault system was responsible for the 6.0 earthquake .
Reveals area of about 30x30 km was affected significantly .
Fault slip continues further north than previously thought .
system set to be used to monitor all future earthquakes . |
0186a4e9ef5cd3d4b50d6592b85aaf3d769530dd | Graham Alexander led Fleetwood to a Sky Bet League Two play-off final at Wembley and then challenged them to make history by achieving their sixth promotion in 10 seasons. The Cod Army, reformed for the second time in 1997, beat York 1-0 on aggregate - following Friday night's 0-0 draw at Highbury - and now have the ch... | Fleetwood reaching League Two play-off final after beating York on aggregate on Friday night .
Manager Graham Alexander challenges Cod Army to earn sixth promotion in 10 seasons . |
0186e9410d3bd12b8a41b61e8a59833924fed881 | (CNN) -- Ferrari driver Felipe Massa will be in Brazil for his home Formula One grand prix on October 18 -- as a special guest to wave the chequered flag. Felipe Massa is still hopeful of competing in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in November. Massa is currently on the road to recovery after requiring life-sav... | Felipe Massa will be in Brazil for home Formula One grand prix on October 18 .
The Ferrari driver is a special guest to wave the chequered flag at Interlagos .
Massa is recovering from surgery after accident in qualifying for Hungarian GP . |
018777aa95cba1743c4287d32be913a1a4b903db | Reports of two asylum seeker boats on their way to Australian shores last week raised many questions about whether the claims were true, and if the vessels would be the first to reach Australian shores this year. People want answers about the fate of these boats off Christmas Island, and whether they have been intercep... | Scott Morrison is yet to respond to claims two asylum seeker boats were on their way to Australian shores .
Speaking to Sky News on Monday Mr Morrison gave a convoluted answer when asked about the vessels .
One boat is reportedly carrying 153 Tamil asylum seekers, while another apparently has 50 aboard . |
0188124e3cabfa6ac3abff173ffa58f90cc84191 | (CNN) -- Images of repression and brutality against peaceful protesters demanding democracy and the elimination of corruption are not limited to Ukraine. In our hemisphere, Venezuelans are suffering at the hands of their own government. Violence and systematic human rights abuses have resulted in 41 dead, hundreds inju... | Sen. Robert Menendez says violence against protesters has made Venezuela a nightmare .
In Venezuela, the rule of law is abandoned and corruption runs rampant, he says .
Menendez calls for sanctions on those responsible for violating the rights of demonstrators . |
01882d6515873f5a991817406f04fa0583542f9b | By . Alex Greig . PUBLISHED: . 14:15 EST, 19 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:15 EST, 19 December 2013 . Three men have been charged for the November death of a 71-year-old Ann Arbor man one of them met through the gay hook-up app Grindr.Mark Paling, 19, Rikky Ranger, 20 and Richard Thompson, 19, two of whom identifie... | Rikky Ranger, 20, Mark Paling and Richard Thompson, both 19, have been charged with murder in the death of Mark Maurer, 71 .
Ranger met Maurer through gay hook-up app Grindr .
Police say they met several times before the three young men killed Maurer and robbed him in his home .
Maurer was found dead more than a week l... |
01886c549638375d76d0079488b1e5e6fba4d9eb | Kim Kardashian may be one of the most sought-after women in the world - but one man can't stay far enough away from the reality TV star. Retail assistant Mike Amess has an unusual phobia: he is absolutely petrified of the Kardashian family. He breaks out in a cold sweat whenever he sees or hears the famous family and s... | Says fear started when he saw Kim's sex tape as an adolescent .
Mike breaks out in a cold sweat whenever he sees or hears the family .
When he saw Kim topless in 'Bound 2' video, he threw up .
Phobia blights his everyday life and his friends often tease him about it .
Has even cost him a relationship .
Mike has never s... |
01898581a1e7b543016027b303aaf0c8d0a2cb27 | By . Tom Mctague, Mail Online Deputy Political Editor . Almost 100 terror suspects linked to 295 murders were sent 'comfort letters' by the the Government reassuring them they were no longer wanted. Northern Ireland's police chief Drew Harris told MPs 95 suspects linked to 200 killings received the letters. But the Pol... | Individuals got so-called 'comfort letters' from Government .
Notes were sent to 'on the runs' as reassurance they were no longer wanted .
Secret guarantees emerged after collapse of the Hyde Park bombing case .
Revelation threatens to reignite Loyalist anger in Northern Ireland .
Comes as family of IRA victim Jean McC... |
0189c089ec3a8a3f055bb735986e7fb1902a05e7 | By . Dan Bloom . PUBLISHED: . 06:35 EST, 29 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:02 EST, 29 November 2013 . A plumber has said he has been left unable to eat anything after he discovered a dead mouse inside a bag of frozen scampi. Mohammed Ali, 37, says all he has consumed is fruit juice after finding the dead rodent insi... | Mohammed Ali, 37, was floored after putting Tesco scampi in deep-fat fryer .
He was 'in a hurry' after buying the £3 packet from Bathgate, West Lothian .
He complained to the supermarket chain and the council is investigating . |
018a411afcc1986f4ea2c962015e6d6f0128b601 | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 15:46 EST, 13 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 04:07 EST, 14 February 2014 . These moments show an incompetent gunman being duped by a teenage college student - who used an old distraction trick from the Carry On movies to get away from him. Mugger Jason Dunne, 32, had been waving a pistol at... | Jason Dunne, 32, demanded his intended victim's mobile phone at gunpoint .
But the wily 18-year-old pretended to see something behind his assailant .
As Dunne turned, the student punches him and then runs off .
The mugger was later detained by security staff and arrested . |
018a8afb1be1b4ad751af352231a6b11e5af8eb9 | By . Amanda Williams . Angry: Layla Daswani, 22, bought the £450 'Henry' gym bag - also owned by Harry Styles - from the Selfridges as a gift for her flatmate's 30th birthday . Selfridges refused to deliver a £450 Mulberry handbag to the £500,000 Brixton flat of one its customers because the area was 'too risky', a cus... | Leila Daswani, 22, bought the 'Henry’ gym bag - also owned by Harry Styles .
But 24 hours later she was told she didn't 'meet validation requirements'
Then Selfridges customer services told her she lived in a 'risky postcode' |
018b1c599d56aef2d715f197893d8e127b7ca187 | "It's been seven years, and a lot has changed," Hillary Clinton said Sunday in her first visit to Iowa since the state dealt her presidential campaign a devastating body blow. But there was a moment in the afternoon when it seemed like not much had. Roughly 200 credentialed media were gathered in a far corner of the In... | With Bill at her side, Hillary Clinton attends the 37th and final Harkin Steak Fry .
The questions on everyone's mind: Will she run, and what did she learn from 2008?
Hillary Clinton is reluctant to chat it up with reporters, but she gave it a go Sunday .
While she leads in the polls, other names come up: Biden, Warren... |
018b3cfd79987414646870a077e5116e82fe088c | By . Emily Andrews . Last updated at 11:02 AM on 14th December 2011 . Lysette Anthony told the court how Mr Boswell had come home in a 'black mood'. He was acquitted of assault . She has starred in cult movies, Woody Allen intrigues and BBC sitcoms. But for 'Face of the Eighties' actress Lysette Anthony, her most drama... | Her partner Simon Boswell found not guilty of assault . |
018db7f5995ef1e3c7a65f617f56ba509dc69224 | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have started legal action against a photographer amid reports that he tried to take a picture of Prince George in a London park, it was revealed today. A spokesman for the couple said: ‘The Duke and Duchess have taken legal steps to ask that an individual ceases harassing and following... | Photographer 'tried to take pictures' of George in Battersea Park, London .
William and Kate want the prince to experience normal childhood activities .
Couple have had previous concerns about privacy in Germany and France . |
018e3016e48a4aaf442a2db16d4b1143d3b662ea | Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann want to question British ex-pat Robert Murat, a Portuguese newspaper reported yesterday. Scotland Yard detectives want to speak to several potential witnesses including Mr Murat, who was previously questioned by Portuguese police after Madeleine vanished in 200... | Police want to speak to ex-pat Robert Murat, Portuguese paper claims .
Investigators have asked police to question four potential witnesses .
Mr Murat has always denied having any involvement in her disappearance .
Property consultant lived in Praia da Luz near where Madeleine vanished . |
018fac8aed5438c95d5f29e07d721b0f93dd033a | A collection of six Messerschmitts which appeared in the epic war film Battle of Britain almost 50 years ago have sold for an estimated £4million after sitting 'forgotten' in a hanger for decades. The six single-engine fighters - Spanish-built versions based on the famous BF 109 model that fought with the RAF's iconic ... | Six Messerschmitts from 'Battle of Britain' sold in multi-million pound deal .
Aircraft featured in 1969 war epic and have now been sold to a Swiss firm .
They were sold by U.S. former movie stunt pilot Wilson 'Connie' Edwards .
Rare planes have been sat in a Texas hangar unused for the last 40 years . |
0190007c4b6f095d97e5d734d077a089d77b381b | The new sheriff of a Wyoming county has banned his deputies from wearing cowboy hats and boots, a change that led one longtime deputy to retire rather than give up his Western attire. Sublette County Sheriff Stephen Haskell imposed the new dress code across his patch that includes Pinedale, which True West magazine rec... | New Sublette County Sheriff Stephen Haskell imposed the change in dress code last month .
The change led Deputy Gene Bryson to retire last Friday after 28 years with the department and about 40 years total in law enforcement .
'I've had a cowboy hat on since 19. That's what looks good to me in the sheriff's department.... |
0190395505bcaaf318c75e343206c631ec40e693 | By . Ted Thornhill . PUBLISHED: . 03:59 EST, 26 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:10 EST, 26 April 2012 . Humanity faces a ‘vortex of economic, socio-political and environmental ills’ unless the world’s richest nations tighten their belts and consume less, according to a report. A Royal Society panel has concluded that a ... | 'Continual economic growth is not sustainable,' said Royal Society panel . |
019151a52351c7ef0e403cc7a276d53732afa9e5 | By . Chris Hastings . Sir Alec Guinness wrote to his wife Merula, telling her he saw a ghost while filming in India . Sir Alec Guinness played Marley’s ghost on the big screen and was resurrected as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars films. But the Oscar-winner also had a real-life otherworldly encounter, according to let... | Letters published for the first time today reveal Oscar-winner had a real-life otherworldy encounter .
Sir Alec Guinness claims he saw a ghost while in Bangalore filming David Lean's A Passage To India .
Wrote to his wife: 'A very conventional white ghost appeared, an elderly... woman in grey white and heavily veiled' |
01919f4ca624c45500aca92c66aa6a197a8b80f5 | A California couple thought to be missing for a month during a trip to Peru have been located aboard a boat - and they didn't even know their families had been looking for them. Jamie Neal, 25, and Garrett Hand, 27, . from California’s Bay Area, left for Peru in December for a South America bike trip, and had not been... | Jamie Neal, 27, and her boyfriend 25-year-old Garrett Hand, from San Francisco, last seen getting into a cab in Lima on January 26 .
The couple had been regularly updating family with pictures on Facebook but have not posted for four weeks .
U.S. Embassy had issued alert for travelers over threat of kidnapping in Cusco... |
0191cfb8f79cf85b49d46dffd7033197ca0cdc15 | When a famous musician dies that loss is usually felt more widely than most. In my case though, the death of one particular musician this year was a moment of keen significance, because I literally owe my life to Phil Everly, and his older brother Don. My parents were born into the austerity of south-east England, as ... | I literally owe my life to Phil Everly, and his older brother Don, writes Hawkins .
Hawkins' parents had split up, but were reconciled thanks to an Everly Brothers track .
Phil Everly, one half of the groundbreaking duo, died aged 74 in September .
Their hits included "Bye Bye Love" and "Cathy's Clown" |
019224d69e5d1ecd533f87daeef60c17c021c84e | By . Mia De Graaf . An eight-year-old Manchester United supporter says his new kit has been ruined after Adnan Januzaj changed his squad number, and the club are unwilling to help. The young fan saved up birthday money and spent almost £100 on his favourite player's shirt, only for the Belgian midfielder to change his ... | James Collins, 8, spent £93.20 saved from birthday money on new kit .
Shirt had Adnan Januzaj on the back, with number 44 .
A month after kit went on sale, the club announced he is now number 11 .
Januzaj took the number after it was left vacant by now-retired Ryan Giggs .
The club's Megastore has refused to alter the ... |
01925fbb86a1995c9682fdcc7be27a1823c771da | A prankster dad may win the award for cruelest joke after he tricked his wife into thinking he threw his toddler son off of the balcony. Roman Atwood set up cameras and enlisted the help of his two sons in an elaborate attempt to frighten his unassuming wife and fool her into thinking he'd accidentally killed their tod... | Roman Atwood set up cameras and enlisted the help of his two sons in an elaborate attempt to frighten his unassuming wife .
Atwood pretends to throw their son, dressed in a Spider-Man suit, over the balcony by using a dummy dressed in the same costume .
His wife was less than pleased and told him that he'd be sleeping ... |
01934bdb5bc1651223a635ae68576e426559f554 | By . Lucy Crossley . The son-in-law of a Monaco heiress shot dead as she left a hospital has withdrawn his confession to the killing, saying he did not understand 'all the nuances' of the French language. Wojciech Janowski, 64, last week confessed to playing a role in the shooting of Helene Pastor, the 77-year-old bill... | Helene Pastor was shot multiple times as she left a hospital in May .
Wojciech Janowski, 64, had admitted a role in the killing, prosecutors said .
But appearing before a bail judge his 'confession' was retracted .
Janowski's lawyer said he 'denies having ordered' the killing .
Cambridge graduate 'did not understand al... |
0195c98e735883f8e2679a695b3609da92065fc3 | France’s state-run railway looks poised to take control of Britain’s flagship East Coast mainline after shares in the two rival British bidders plummeted amid market speculation of a Gallic take-over. The value of First Group fell by £150 million, while Stagecoach, which has submitted a joint bid with Virgin, saw £33 m... | A bid by Channel Tunnel operator Eurostar International looks set to win the contract for the London to Edinburgh route .
It is controlled by Socialist France's state-owned rail firm SCNF .
If confirmed, decision is set to provoke outrage among UK rail bosses . |
0195ccf38de0f2ad9ced4c55c57d9638bd59b776 | The pretty young girl is so drunk on cheap alcohol she’s lying comatose on a pavement in a torn T-shirt and minuscule shorts on a bitterly cold winter night. Another staggers along wearing ripped fishnet stockings and shorts that leave little more to the imagination than a lap dancer’s G-string. A third leans over the ... | Carnage event claims to offer students the 'best night of their lives'
'Playboys vs Bunnies' themed event attracted hundreds of revellers .
Police and paramedics were on hand throughout the night . |
0195f67b88e13308b0c462cd003b3824610b7dfe | (CNN) -- Could the shop-over be the new buzzword for addicts to serious retail therapy? This delicious term has been coined by a tour operator that is packaging two-destination holidays with great shopping cities at their core. Many itineraries put hundreds of miles between the closest shopping mecca and the beach, but... | Work at shopping in a big city, then unwind with a quiet retreat nearby .
Check out homegrown design in Mumbai before a few days on the coast in Goa .
Navigate the souks of Marrakech, then drive to laid-back Essaouira . |
019a1b69224590a0e0f63e6546ac1b12e42f8767 | By . Sarah Griffiths . PUBLISHED: . 13:43 EST, 1 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:59 EST, 1 November 2013 . Adults were to play Super Mario 64 for 30 minutes a day over a period of two months . While some people might think getting engrossed in a video game is a waste of time, scientists have found they can increase t... | German researchers found gaming can cause increases in the brain .
regions responsible for spatial orientation, memory formation and .
strategic planning .
A study by the Max Planck Institute asked adults to play Super Mario 64 for 30 minutes a day over a period of two months .
It found the gamers showed increases of g... |
019a761cedf604712ca1c6390fe85d4f59b8a4e7 | By . James Tozer . UPDATED: . 19:57 EST, 16 February 2012 . A scanner darkly: The machines are being turned off at Manchester and Birmingham . Costly eye scanners that were meant to slash queues at airport passport control are being quietly scrapped, it emerged yesterday. Labour ministers brought in iris recognition ch... | Iris scanners cost £9million when they were launched in 2004 .
Machines were already out of date when they were launched .
Manchester and Birmingham airports quietly scrapping the machines .
Heathrow and Gatwick to halt scheme for new passengers . |
019b4c554f50daea7968ebda30e86adada9499a9 | By . Rosie Taylor . PUBLISHED: . 06:09 EST, 25 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:09 EST, 25 May 2013 . David Hockney said the sudden death of his young assistant left him unable to draw. Keen sportsman Dominic Elliott, 23, had worked for the artist for two years before his unexplained death in March. Family said Hockney, 75... | Dominic Elliot died suddenly after collapsing at Hockney's home .
Artist was devastated and almost gave up working after the death . |
019bb86cd16c831beaa37fbbe0bcf484b3fee676 | (EW.com) -- A drama pilot in development for ABC this fall will reunite Jennifer Beals with the creator/executive producer of "The L Word," the drama she starred in at Showtime. Ilene Chaiken will serve as the showrunner for "Venice," a sudsy drama pilot from McG about two rival families who live in the California city... | A pilot in development for ABC will reunite Jennifer Beals with "L Word" creator .
Ilene Chaiken will serve as the showrunner for "Venice"
"Venice" is a sudsy drama about two rival families who live in the California city . |
019c31b4dc7c103ed42274a2f6d5efb2bafd406e | (CNN) -- Spain's controversial, and highly restrictive, new abortion law is now before Parliament, with approval looming. If passed this would mean that abortions will be permitted in only two circumstances: rape, and risk of "lasting harm" to the mother's health. The move would effectively reverse the abortion law of ... | Spain's proposed abortion law would restrict abortion to rape victims or women who would suffer lasting harm .
It would effectively reverse a 2010 law allowing abortion on request for the first 14 weeks .
Ann Furedi says Spanish woman would have to travel to other countries for terminations .
Furedi says women should b... |
019d12eb752cf8cfd4f974a487a6fede224c5b64 | (CNN) -- American Airlines is facing a possible perfect storm of Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, terrible labor relations with its pilots, delayed and canceled flights, aircraft seats that won't stay put and a growing number of reported flights diverted because of various problems midflight. Travel agents and custom... | American Airlines facing several problems including recent loose aircraft seats .
More than 500 commenters weighed in about American and other airlines .
Some gripe about airlines and changes in industry, others defend American . |
019d874e2b508993052b2c29501c188799584c06 | The Australian man who drowned at the weekend off a luxurious resort in Fiji has been identified as 37-year-old Melbourne tourist Benjamin John Busbridge. A Fijian police source told MailOnline Mr Busbridge died of 'asphyxiation due to drowning' and that there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the man's deat... | Melbourne man drowned during nighttime snorkel in south Fiji .
Named as 37-year-old Benjamin John Busbridge .
Local police waiting on autopsy results to establish exact cause of death .
The man was booked into a luxury Fiji resort with a female acquaintance . |
019e95e15209076bbfd4315b86383883d9f0899d | (CNN) -- Just six weeks after the Australian Senate rejected a bill that included opening offshore processing centers for asylum seekers, a government-appointed panel has recommended just that. The three-member panel, headed by former defense chief Marshal Houston, made 22 recommendations Monday on how the country shou... | Australian expert panel recommends opening offshore processing centers for asylum seekers .
Gillard government has given its in-principle backing to the report .
22 recommendations include processing asylum seekers on Nauru, PNG .
Refugee advocates express outrage, saying the proposal "rebadges" the Pacific Solution . |
019ff937428c593d20c81243fecf298cffb2e752 | (CNN) -- An exiled Rwandan rebel leader is being transferred to the International Criminal Court to face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the Paris prosecutor's office said Tuesday. Callixte Mbarushimana was arrested in Paris in October under an ICC warrant involving allegations of mass rape and other... | Callixte Mbarushimana was arrested in Paris in October .
His alleged crimes occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo .
Mbarushimana, a former U.N. employee, says he is innocent . |
01a033acb35063f347289196cb89e8afaef802c2 | (EW.com) -- You don't need to look very hard to find Neil Patrick Harris these days. The actor-slash-singer-slash-magician has hosted the Emmys, performed at the Oscars, and even headlined the World Magic Awards, which apparently are an actual thing. But despite his menagerie of ceremonial credits, the consummate enter... | The Tony Awards hold the dearest spot in Neil Patrick Harris' heart .
"I think the celebratory tone of it makes it my favorite show to host," says Harris .
"There will be a couple surprises!" he says . |
01a124ac4cf204df6c9440625765019670ae9812 | (Rolling Stone) -- "Making Achtung Baby is the reason we're here now," Bono says early on in Davis Guggenheim's new U2 documentary, "From The Sky Down," which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday night. The film -- which focuses on the tumultuous time in the band's career 20 years ago -- sho... | The film focuses on the tumultuous time in the band's career 20 years ago .
There are sound-only interviews that Guggenheim was able to draw from each band member .
There is a lot of levity too, including a satirical montage of bands that have imploded . |
01a14827bf6b0b99dea932ae65658adafda54c26 | By . David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor . A haggard-looking Bridget Kelly, the former Chris Christie deputy chief of staff whose emails and text messages launched the 'Bridgegate' scandal, appeared in a New Jersey courtroom as her lawyers sparred with prosecutors over whether she can use the Fifth Amendment to block... | Bridget Kelly and Bill Stepien are defying Democrats on a state legislative committee, refusing to turn over documents that might incriminate them .
Lawyers battled on Tuesday over whether a handful of emails pointed to the existence of many others .
Reid Schar, a prosecutor famous for putting corrupt Illinois Governor... |
01a17b2ede1c89dd0619310554597c9c6e71a075 | (CNN) -- The United States will donate $15 million to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, pending congressional authorization and appropriations, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Saturday. Speaking at the Schindler Factory Museum in Krakow, Poland, Clinton said the contribution will go to preserve the site of the... | NEW: U.S., Poland amend missile agreement .
U.S. will donate $15 million to Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation .
Contribution pending congressional approval .
Secretary Clinton makes announcement during visit to Poland . |
01a2c12911cde0f04e0af8798ca7ff854c35a830 | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 01:18 EST, 23 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:12 EST, 23 April 2013 . Lu Lingzi was remembered as a passionate about the piano, a daughter who always made her father laugh and a standout statistics student during a memorial service one week after she was killed in the Boston Marathon... | Lu Lingzi was one of three people killed as she watched the Boston Marathon last Monday .
Hundreds of friends and family members pack into Boston University hall to say goodbye to the 23-year-old from China . |
01a33a152b10d57a6481869e652dc833a732dccd | Like the spokesmen for Arab dictators feigning bewilderment over protesters' demands, mainstream television news reporters finally training their attention on the growing Occupy Wall Street protest movement seem determined to cast it as the random, silly blather of an ungrateful and lazy generation of weirdos. They cou... | Douglas Rushkoff says traditional media condescends to Occupy Wall Street movement .
He says that's because its 21st-century, net-driven narrative doesn't fit old media model .
He says protest not about end-point, it's about a new discourse on variety of complaints .
Rushkoff: Protest may be unwieldy, but aims to corr... |
01a3ecf33b89551bd5513fcec634704b92f87904 | When a mortar hit the building Corporal Hannah Campbell was guarding in Iraq, her injuries could hardly have been more horrific. A pole through her face blinded her in one eye, her left hand was split in two and her left leg was shattered and had to be amputated. At the same time she was shot in the stomach, damaging h... | Hannah Campbell suffered horrific injuries while guarding building in Iraq .
A pole blinded her in one eye, her hand split in two and leg was shattered .
30-year-old has made remarkable recovery thanks to a £52,500 makeover .
Work included make-up which is tattooed on, Botox and hair extensions .
She also had a tummy t... |
01a4c31112f1ceeeebbe8dce862f14f6792c03a3 | (CNN) -- A group of clergy in North Carolina on Monday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the state's ban on same-sex marriage. The group argues the ban violates the First and 14 amendments and stigmatizes same-sex couples and the people and institutions that would support them. "Marriage between two loving in... | NEW: The office of Attorney General Ray Cooper declines to comment .
A group of clergy argues the ban violates the First and 14th amendments .
North Carolina approved a constitutional amendment to outlaw same-sex marriage .
Same-sex marriage is legal in 17 U.S states and the District of Columbia . |
01a4c9771d9a487c68d969f81528093a8d06aa9c | Aurora, Colorado (CNN) -- Most businesses would hate to see their customers running out their doors, but in one suburban strip mall near Denver, Colorado, they are chasing the customers away -- with a chainsaw. "We're 'hauntrepreneurs,' we like to do things that are just a little bit different," says KathE Walker, who ... | Denver-area "hauntrepreneur" runs four haunted houses with husband, two adult sons .
Haunted House Association says business is booming despite the lean economy .
20 million visitors are expected nationwide this year, each paying an average of $15 .
About a third of the 3,000 houses in the United States benefit charity... |
01a4cae29a805dba3437fb2b60900c263199922e | More men are getting Botox than ever before, but unlike their female counterparts, the goal is not to eliminate all of their wrinkles. New York City-based plastic surgeon Dr Norman Rowe said male professionals are asking for subtle changes in their appearance. He's dubbed the look the 'Wall Street Wrinkle' because a la... | According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, nearly 400,000 US males got Botox injections in 2013 .
New York City-based plastic surgeon Dr Norman Rowe said unlike women, men want to keep some of their wrinkles 'to avoid looking overdone' |
01a543e0323a0d0f8458c512516a73372416ee2d | A skeleton of man still wearing pyjamas in bed is believed to have lain undiscovered for more than 15 years in an abandoned house. French police are trying to identify the body, found in the northern city of Lille, which is thought to be that of the elderly owner of the property. The man lived alone and appeared to hav... | Health safety inspector found body inside house in Lille, France, last Friday .
French police trying to identify man of Spanish origin who was born in 1921 .
He lived alone, had no relatives - and unopened post was found from 1996 . |
01a5f7009feb69011e711a862b10e97475d13e9f | Brazil is hoping to make the 2014 World Cup "one of the most protected sports events in history," the government said on Wednesday as it announced a $900 million investment in its security forces. It plans to have one police officer for every 50 people attending the soccer matches, and one for every 80 people at public... | Brazilian government trying to overcome security problems with big investment .
It is allocating $900 million to security out of a $15 billion infrastructure budget .
Soccer's ruling body has expressed concerns about crime wave in Sao Paulo .
Brazil says it is learning lessons from previous big events such as Winter Ol... |
01a62b88f1f63f24e2754b49de40526f1406b74c | By . Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 06:38 EST, 20 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:16 EST, 20 December 2013 . A woman reported missing in Eugene, Oregon has been found hacked to death in an apparent murder-suicide, with her longtime partner found hanged in a tree nearby. Jacqueline Marroquin was hacked to death by Rolando D... | Jacqueline Marroquin, 34, hacked to death with a machete by her partner .
Rolando DePaz, 51, was found hanged in a tree half-a-mile from her body .
Couple, originally from El Salvador, were in the process of separating .
Ms Marroquin had previously reported DePaz for domestic violence . |
01a855c4672e9e1b68af69a571af14c2507d9d51 | These are the pictures that show the shocking reality of domestic violence in Australia. Mother-of-two Sarah Kelly, 34, was brutally bashed by her partner of 11 years in front of her five-year-old son at Hillarys Boat Harbour north of Perth on August 3, 2013. It was meant to be a sunny family boat trip to Rottnest Isla... | Sarah Kelly, 34, was brutally punched by her partner during a family day out in Perth .
Her husband was last week sentenced to eighteen months prison, eligible for parole in nine months .
These are the pictures that show the shocking reality of domestic violence in Australia .
Every time she looks in the mirror she is ... |
01a9836f1743877135e049fbe705f7618c3953b7 | By . Lizzie Edmonds . Eastern Europeans will help win the independence vote for Alex Salmond, according to one SNP campaigner . Eastern Europeans will vote 'Yes' in the upcoming Scottish independence referendum winning the campaign for Alex Salmond, according to one political campaigner. Ania Lewandowska, 29, who works... | Ania Lewandowska said Poles will vote 'Yes' in upcoming election .
55,000 Polish people living in Scotland, according to 2011 Census .
Comes as polls suggest 'Yes' campaign is now just three points behind 'No' |
01aa21edf542ee1c562a10502e8be34f495ef4a0 | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 11:08 EST, 5 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:12 EST, 6 December 2012 . Crematorium staff put the remains of babies in cardboard boxes and secretly buried them in an unmarked grave for 45 years, it emerged today. Officials at the council-run Mortonhall . Crematorium in Edinburgh have ad... | Process at Mortonhall Crematorium in Edinburgh uncovered by parent charity Sands Lothian .
Grieving parents who went to collect their baby's ashes were told there were no remains left to scatter .
Edinburgh City Council launches investigation and councillor apologises .
New manager tells bereaved mother 'laziness or ba... |
01ac645a3a3703a87569509f79ffc37d48a89043 | By . Wills Robinson . For decades they led the way in childrens' entertainment and were a constant fixture at birthday parties. But the future of British clowns is now in serious doubt, and it is no laughing matter. The entertainers claim an increasingly 'cynical' public image has seen membership at Clowns Internationa... | Membership of Clowns International (CI) has fallen from 1,000 in the 1980s .
It is the country's sole organisation for the performers .
Average age of entertainers has risen, with fewer younger clowns joining .
Decline has been blamed on people's perception they are sinister .
The Simpsons' Krusty the Clown is portraye... |
01acc87b5f1292aecec64030ae571591c154f073 | The All Blacks are used to being on the receiving end of some dubious tackles, but when they come from airline cabin crew and not the opposing team, it’s another thing altogether. It looks like Air New Zealand off-duty cabin crew could face time in the sin-bin after some became drunk and cuddled All Black players on a ... | One of the off-duty crew got drunk and abused the operating cabin crew .
A second crew member was also drunk and 'cuddling' a player .
'Some of the crew travelling back to New Zealand as passengers may have consumed too much alcohol,' a spokeswoman for the airline said .
The team was flying back from their northern hem... |
01ace4f8c335b9e2fb528d34bd26fedd85130bea | Norwegian agents tried to stop a suspected Nairobi mall gunman from leaving the country for a life of terror three years ago. Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow, a 23-year-old Somalian whom Kenyan authorities believe was one of the terrorists in the Westgate mall seige, was 'well-known' to the PST domestic intelligence service, its ... | Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow is believed to be one of the Westgate gunmen .
He is a Somalian but grew up in Norway, as his family moved there in 1999 .
Now Norwegian intelligence services he was 'well-known' to them .
Marie Benedicte Bjoernland said the PST agency tried to stop him leaving for a life of terror in Somalia in 20... |
01ad23112cc2166f40d45e10bebb33c631d7ed4f | (CNN) -- Susie Levitt's and Katie Shea's feet had had enough. Walking around Manhattan sidewalks between classes in their high heels was getting unbearable. Katie Shea and Susie Levitt, founders of "CitiSoles," said walking around Manhattan in high heels was painful. Tal Raviv felt frustrated. While studying in Hong K... | Susie Levitt and Katie Shea created a foldable-shoe company called "CitiSoles"
Tal Raviv co-founded "DropCard," a new take on the business card .
Juan Calle and Adam Berlin created "SEC Excursions," a travel agency .
"There is no better time" to start a business, an entrepreneur expert says . |
01ae1cae6c8925bc1258efef1f2120248bed75ba | Stabbing: Leonardo Henry, 25, broke into his ex-girlfriend's home and stabbed her repeatedly . An 11-year-old Oklahoma girl shot her mother's abusive ex-boyfriend after he broke into their home and began stabbing her mother Tuesday morning. Eleven-year-old Jayda Milsap shot Leonardo Henry, 25, with a handgun twice afte... | Jayda Milsap, 11, shot the intruder twice with a handgun her mom taught her to use a week before the attack .
Leonardo Henry, 25, broke into the home and stabbed the mother in the eye, neck, and chest .
A week prior to the attack, Milsap's mother filed a restraining order against the abusive Henry .
Police say the shoo... |
01aef964c6596282d390614ba0a44c637e9c420d | By . Anna Hodgekiss . PUBLISHED: . 04:13 EST, 3 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 07:49 EST, 3 March 2014 . A mother-of-three has credited being obese with saving her life - after routine scans before weight loss surgery revealed a massive cancerous tumour on her left ovary. Emma France, 45, was 22 stone and a size 26 when s... | Emma France was 22 stone and a size 26 when she decided to have surgery .
45-year-old decided to fly to Czech Republic for gastric wrap operation .
But a routine ultrasound before surgery revealed a 17cm tumour . |
01b212105d7c72cdb59c8ab3077f742bf3429e38 | By . Jamie Redknapp . IAN LADYMAN: Chelsea star Mata set to complete £37m move to United on Friday . After such a miserable season, Manchester United fans have been crying out for a hero. In Juan Mata, they might just have one. With confidence at an all-time low after the Sunderland defeat, Mata’s signing is a glimmer ... | Juan Mata is a magician of a player but Manchester United need more .
David Moyes needs to rebuild squad... signing Mata is a good start .
Spaniard linking up with Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney is exciting .
The fear factor could be brought back to Old Trafford . |
01b3e560862f4c6591302e34c33b33ca92848513 | By . Daily Mail Reporter, Associated Press and Reuters Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:44 EST, 7 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:40 EST, 8 January 2013 . An antique gun show went ahead as planned on Saturday 40 miles from the site of the December 14 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, even as other gun shows gav... | Town mayor asked planners to reconsider, but Stamford show goes on .
Event takes place just three weeks after December 14 tragedy as several other gun shows are canceled .
Supporters claim that firearms on sale are collectors' items and 'strictly antiques'
But demonstrators outside say timing is 'too soon' and shows a ... |
01b46637c0b63bc0f86406e57f080906d49dc39c | In our Behind the Scenes series, CNN correspondents share their experiences in covering news and analyze the stories behind the events. CNN's Gary Tuchman accompanied a Border Patrol unit in Nogales, Arizona, and experienced the variety and the danger of law enforcement life firsthand. CNN's Gary Tuchman pulls his weig... | About half of seizures of illegal drugs from Mexico occurred in eastern Arizona region .
In past six months, Border Patrol has seized about 500,000 pounds of drugs .
Bushels of tomatoes conceal 908 lbs. of marijuana in truck seized by patrol .
CNN's Gary Tuchman: "Law enforcement life here is not for the squeamish" |
01b4e36d8d4176328012d9006858236b2609602c | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:56 EST, 3 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:40 EST, 4 May 2012 . The elderly heiress whose money and how it was spent is the main focus of the John Edwards trial had a huge crush on him and would be 'euphoric' whenever the former senator was around, a friend testified. Bryan Huffma... | Bunny Mellon's interior designer said she was in love with Edwards .
Former aide testified that John Edwards' mistress Rielle Hunter told him that she and the Senator were 'very much in love' |
01b587c1fcb465f6ae39d755aa472366326318c1 | New York City (CNN) -- A suspect in a weekend hit-and-run crash that killed a Brooklyn couple and their unborn child pleaded not guilty to criminally negligent homicide and leaving the scene of an accident, his lawyer said. Julio Acevedo, 44, faces three counts of each. He was previously charged with vehicular manslaug... | Julio Acevedo, 44, was previously charged with vehicular manslaughter .
Brooklyn District Attorney's office drops that charge .
He now faces three counts of criminally negligent homicide . |
01b5a7406ad32da8192e736bb4baf49b1c6804b5 | John McCain's office is denying reports that Syrian rebels the senator was pictured with were responsible for the kidnap of Lebanese Shi'ites. According to the Lebanese press, two of the men pictured with Mr McCain had taken eleven people from Lebanon hostage. Nine of the pilgrims are still being held a year after they... | Northern Storm members pictured with McCain, Lebanon claims .
Kidnappers have been holding nine pilgrims hostage for a year . |
01b6139a9ed19d594a51210d3ac5a3052606b7ce | By . Ted Thornhill . A father left his two sons feeling over-the-moon after building them a Nasa space simulator and life-like mission control center in their bedrooms. Jeff Highsmith, 35, spent more than four months piecing the spacecraft together for his four-year-old boy, Jasper, and around $800 on the gravity-defyi... | Jeff Highsmith spent four months building a spacecraft for his four-year-old .
The North Carolina father also built a mission control desk for his other son .
The spaceship features switches, sound effects - and even a robotic arm . |
01b747e2c5eda2982ac07dc097ad9397c619ad5c | By . Mark Prigg . Microsoft is developing a smartwatch to take on Apple's much anticipated iWatch, a new patent has revealed. It outlines plans for a wristwatch that would serve as a fitness tracker and could also function as a music player, phone and messaging device. The watch face itself detaches from the wristband ... | New patent shows a sports watch .
Previousl claims firm brought in team behind the Surface tablet to develop watch .
Microsoft experimented with smartwatches in 2004 with its product SPOT .
Project being headed by ex-Nokia boss Stephen Elop . |
01b7ed864e966ca34db640a774a8288988f84ba3 | The Brooklyn father who fatally beat 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown also forced his son to rape a relative, according to reports. The new allegations were laid out on Wednesday against Cesar Rodriguez, who was convicted in the 2006 torture and killing of Nixzmary, in a case that shocked New York and forced a major shake up ... | Brooklyn child Nixzmary Brown, then 7, was often bound and abused by father Cesar Rodriguez, who was convicted of fatally beating her in 2006 .
The girl's brother, now 15 and charged with rape, says Rodriguez forced him to sexually abuse his kin when he was a boy .
Nixmary's murder shocked New York and the nation, lead... |
01b8b9f6fd67fa732b759bda829daf922b28e345 | (CNN) -- When Enric Sala dips his toes in a pool of water, he does so in the knowledge he may well be the first man on the planet to do so. As he lowers himself below the surface of the ocean in his diving gear he becomes something of a fish whisperer, an underwater pied piper. In short, marine life flocks to the pony-... | Enric Sala, National Geographic's explorer-in-residence, is aiming to clean up the seas .
His latest mission took him to relatively unknown waters off New Caledonia .
As a child he was inspired by the work of prestigious explorer Jacques Cousteau .
Previously he thought all hope was lost to restoring the seas, he has s... |
01b8eef33c9b3cb95867d93124a54dd55f80aa45 | By . Chris Waugh . Mario Balotelli's transfer to Liverpool appears to be nearing completion, and the Italian striker does not seem to envisage any last-minute hiccups in the deal as he spent time with his brother. The AC Milan striker posted a photograph on Instagram of himself with his friends and his smiling sibling,... | Balotelli close to completing a £16million transfer to Liverpool from AC Milan .
Milan striker posted photo on Instagram of himself and his brother Enoch .
The 24-year-old completed both parts of Liverpool medical over weekend .
He has agreed a three-year, high-incentivised £90,000-per-week contract .
Balotelli scored ... |
01b974660574064bd7caf8b0144798a63b8ad278 | Click here to see more from our brilliant interactive graphic . Venue: Spa-Francorchamps . Circuit length: 7.004km/4.352miles . Laps: 44 . Race distance: 308.052km/191.491miles . Lap record: 1min 47.263secs (Sebastian Vettel, 2009) 2013 pole position: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 2mins 01.012secs . 2013 winner: Sebastian ... | Formula One returns following summer break ahead of Belgian Grand Prix .
Lewis Hamilton trails Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg by nine points .
Brit looking to overhaul Rosberg at Spa-Francorchamps circuit . |
01b9ae11838c79316b80a5bf581289450b01ea4d | German second division club Union Berlin produced an incredible Christmas spectacle, as they held a carol concert with 27,500 fans. The stands at the Sadion An de Alten Forsterei were packed out, and even more fans filled the pitch to sing Christmas songs in Berlin. VIDEO: Scroll down to watch the beautiful scenes at U... | Union Berlin held massive candle-lit concert at their stadium .
Over 27,000 fans came to sing carols at Stadion An der Alten Forsterei .
Supporters held candles during the incredible scene . |
01ba12e566ce2a2fa5315b6a4e8ea9a8eb7aaeec | (CNN) -- Remember when social media websites were just about sharing fun things? I'm talking about the time when Facebook was essentially a place to post photos of you having a great time and the most serious event shared was when a person changed his or her status from "in a relationship" to "single." But those days a... | Dean Obeidallah: Social media evolved from sharing trivial matters to more personal ones .
Hannah Anderson answered personal questions about her abduction .
NPR host Scott Simon tweeted from his dying mother's hospital room .
Obeidallah: Sharing more is a good thing, if it helps bring comfort to those who suffer . |
01ba283764b099f18f490c553c3db054cea55391 | (CNN)Authorities in California had a stern warning for whoever abducted a 3-week-old girl who was later found dead in a strip mall dumpster: "Our police officers will do everything in their power to find you." Eliza Delacruz was abducted from a home in Long Beach on Saturday night after her mother, father and uncle wer... | Police urge the public to come forward with any information .
Three-week-old Eliza Delacruz was taken from a home in Long Beach on Saturday .
Her body was found in a dumpster Sunday . |
01ba8ba2c6002482b6a25b6e8fe1dbce8cbdecd6 | By . Tom Rawstorne . PUBLISHED: . 18:07 EST, 1 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:26 EST, 1 March 2013 . At first glance they might be mistaken for a standard pair of cream trainers — the sort you’d find in any sports shop on the High Street. But the truth is there’s nothing standard about this pair of shoes specially comm... | Singer Beyonce has bought specially made trainers of exotic animal skin .
Uses crocodile, anaconda, stingray and ostrich skin, as well as calfskin .
Suppliers Perfectly Made Kicks say shoes are 'completely legal' |
01bafadfdbe1b9c77619564e49788166f33ed717 | Sergeant Blackman is said to have been devastated by the death of his wheelchair-bound father shortly before the tour of Afghanistan that was to end in shame. Brian Blackman, 73, was suffering from Parkinson’s disease and died in January 2011. A friend said it had a huge impact on his son, who tragically had been caugh... | Brian Blackman, 73, was suffering from Parkinson’s disease .
He died in January 2011 just before the marine left on tour of duty .
Sergeant Blackman was unable to make it to his bedside when he died .
Friends believe it played a part in the 'moment of madness' that ended in the execution of a Taliban fighter . |
01bc8025c94c57a156469fbad202394a2ad9e37d | Nasa has revealed the incredible moments in a specially set up 'war room' inside its HQ as its Curiosity rover landed on the red planet. The unprecedented insight reveals the drama the 34 scientists allowed into the inner sanctum, which was separate from mission control, went through during Curiosity's descent to the s... | Mission Scientists speak of their feelings during the landing .
Reveal the atmosphere inside the Mars 'war room' where 34 scientists waited for news from their rover .
Tango Delta Nominal chosen as phrase to let team know rover had landed . |
01bd007aedd9c62cc62e20ae43367bf9bbaa199a | Each week Sportsmail gathers up the ratings from our team of reporters to provide the best Premier League starting XI of the day. Saturday saw West Ham inflict a damaging defeat on Manchester City, keeping themselves in the Champions League places, while Arsenal won 2-0 at Sunderland. Liverpool drew another blank at ho... | Three West Ham players feature in our Premier League team of the day .
The Hammers beat Man City with Sakho, Song and Cresswell impressing .
Southampton's Toby Alderweireld and Saido Mane make the XI .
Wilfried Bony and Alexis Sanchez are in after scoring two apiece .
Hull's Eldin Jakupovic and Mohamed Diame figure aft... |
01be76154d32254c4afe3a37f00648b8412873a9 | (CNN) -- What was in that meteor that exploded spectacularly over Russia's Urals region last week? Radioactive spores? Tiny Martians? Kryptonite? Nope, just rock and a bit of iron, according to Russian scientists who tracked fragments of the meteor to the frozen surface of Lake Chebarkul. Scientists from Urals Federal ... | NEW: Black market for claimed meteorites emerges in Russia, state media report .
Scientists found some small fragments on frozen Lake Chebarkul .
A larger fragment may be under the frozen surface of the lake, scientists say .
The explosion Friday damaged thousands of buildings and injured 1,000 people . |
01bf74602a899672112ab97d24e629eaf104c6cf | Lewis Hamilton sent a motivational message to his Instagram followers from the cockpit of his Formula One car in Barcelona. The British driver, who is currently testing in Spain ahead of the first race of the season on March 15, posted an 'in-car selfie' alongside the message: 'Have an amazing day today, #TeamLH!! Be G... | Lewis Hamilton is testing in Barcelona ahead of the Formula One season .
The British driver was fastest in the morning session, completing 48 laps .
Hamilton presented an award with Ellie Goulding at Wednesday's BRITs .
The Formula One season kicks off in Melbourne, Australia on March 15 .
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