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20,453 | 3a0b0ee2fc51a6e1ac9953896166601b2b4dedf2 | A baby who spent the first eight minutes of his life 'dead' has made a remarkable recovery. Theo Babbage's heart stopped beating as soon as he was born, leaving his distraught parents facing 'the longest eight minutes' of their lives. Doctors rushed to resuscitate him and reduce the chance of life-altering brain damage... | Theo Babbage's heart stopped beating as soon as he was born .
Doctors rushed to resuscitate him and reduce the chance of brain damage .
For his distraught parents, it was 'the longest eight minutes' of their lives .
But doctors managed to revive him; at 5 months, he's completely healthy . |
270,973 | eafec7ce2fe599ccc09ec4b2ac2b5b8916af8c38 | Sleeping peacefully in the arms of her father, this is precious baby Maya born in jail to the woman facing execution in Sudan for marrying a Christian U.S. citizen. Our exclusive picture shows father Daniel Wani holding his daughter for the first time. Daniel's wife Meriam Ibrahim gave birth to Maya five days early in ... | Meriam Ibrahim, 27, gave birth five days early yesterday .
She has spent months of her pregnancy shackled to the floor .
Father, U.S. citizen Daniel Wani, pictured with baby girl in Khartoum jail .
Meriam sentenced to death for converting from .
Islam to Christianity .
Converted after marrying, Daniel, a Christian who ... |
246,253 | cab920d7cbeae7273a38d8a324ff110c749954c7 | By . James Nye . George Harrison was worth more than $300 million when he died in 2001, but the music legend's 82-year-old sister Louise Harrison now struggles to get by - living in a pre-fabricated home in small-town near Branson, Missouri. Louise Harrison says she has been cut off from the family. While George left ... | Louise Harrison is living in a very modest home in rural Missouri .
The 82-year-old lives alone and has been cut-off from the music legend's will .
She still has to work - managing a Beatles tribute band .
Claims to not be bitter that she was cut off from a $2,000 monthly pension after the Beatle died from cancer in No... |
277,775 | f3d4da98555ebed1fe55d2565b95dd1459101bb9 | The NSA has released an e-mail exchange between Edward Snowden and the agency's general counsel's office, countering a claim the former contractor made in an interview this week. Speaking to NBC News in an interview that aired Wednesday, Snowden claimed that he'd reached out to the office while working as an National S... | Edward Snowden calls an e-mail exchange released by the NSA "incomplete"
The NSA says Snowden inquired about training material .
Snowden tells NBC he "reported that there were real problems" with the NSA .
In an e-mail released by the agency, an official invites Snowden to call and discuss further . |
76,807 | d9df849aa5e40036594881ae41320f8f6ddd4d1e | In 1986, with control of the United States Senate up for grabs, The Economist dispatched a reporter to Nevada, an important battleground that year, to survey the race between then-Rep. Harry Reid and his Republican opponent, James Santini. "Mr. Reid's performance in Las Vegas could well turn on the Mormon vote," the co... | Nevada's rapid population growth has diluted Mormon influence on elections .
Impact of Mormon voters is felt most in Republican races .
GOP strategists hope that LDS vote will be enough to tip tight election .
Romney's Mormon backers are tapping into church network to build support . |
89,712 | fec5cc386c7d2baf6ec849521cb858ac006e4d57 | (CNN) -- Thousands of African migrants cram into Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, calling for a labor strike. Their chants fill the air, summing up their message: "We need asylum." Activists estimate more than 50,000 migrants work illegally in low-paying jobs in Israel. Many are fleeing persecution from war-torn areas... | African migrants call for a labor strike in Tel Aviv .
They ask Israel's government to grant them asylum .
The government offers the migrants cash incentives to return home .
Officials call them illegal migrants and blame them for an increase in crime . |
262,467 | dffe0da91dcaf7101d774e8fe9f8c91316a313bf | One of the original 'wolves of Wall Street' is being divorced by his wife of just 15 days after she caught him at home with socialite Dori Cooperman, a report claims. Barry Gesser, one of Jordan Belfort's friends who was consulted for the hit Hollywood movie, married actress and model Stacey Alysson on January 15 after... | Barry Gesser consulted for Martin Scorsese's hit movie Wolf of Wall St .
He served three years probation for stock fraud, relocated to Beverly Hills .
Married model Stacey Alysson on January 15 after 14-month relationship .
She claims she found him in bed with a New York socialite on January 29 .
Dori Cooperman insists... |
7,540 | 155983efb097fafd35af36fd6e42c19f907b24c1 | (CNN) -- Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni says "it is clear for us here in Israel" that chemical weapons have been used in Syria, and an international response to the crisis should be "on the table in the discussions between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Obama" during the president's trip to Israel. When p... | An international response should be "on the table" amid Obama visit, justice minister says .
She doesn't say if there's evidence that Syrian leader ordered use of the weapons .
Syria crisis and Iran nuclear showdown are among top issues as Obama visits Israel .
Tzipi Livni says U.S. leadership can make a crucial differ... |
210,302 | 9c63014f8098e4bbabfc7b64abf636740d565c04 | By . Associated Press . It cost a Bend teenager about $800 in revenue from chores, yard work and birthday gifts to buy a miniature aircraft and a camera he sent aloft to capture video of a forest fire this summer that was threatening the western edge of the city. The images were a YouTube hit, but they were also a sour... | Authorities worry drones could interfere with firefighting and potentially bring down bid aircraft .
Morgan Tien, 14, of Bend, says he checked federal guidelines before launching the DJI Phantom he'd fit with a GoPro camera .
While Tien's craft did not enter restricted airspace it was cited by federal authorities as an... |
183,028 | 790dc157e043018fe06b7aa474b4c5f83fa10c92 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . A natural cooling of the Pacific Ocean is responsible for the slowdown in the pace of global warming so far this century, according to a new study. Scientists believe a series of naturally . occurring La Nina weather events in the Pacific in recent years, which . bring cooler waters to the su... | 'La Nina' weather events are .
bringing cooler waters to the surface .
Pace of warming has slowed despite emissions hitting record highs .
Scientists warn it is temporary and the warming trend is 'likely to continue'
Nine of the 10 warmest years since records began have been since 2000 . |
70,101 | c6bd93f3d3c1030506b455dc363f148ba9f3a9a0 | (Oprah.com) -- Finding a partner in crime when it comes to navigating your love life can be challenging. Girlfriends tend to be over-supportive ("I think he's really into you -- it's only been a month since your last date. Give him time to call."). Mom and dad can be overprotective and judgmental ("Independent consulta... | Today's singles scene is diverse enough to include young professionals and granparents .
Don't be afraid to try a different dating site if you're not getting the results you desire .
Granny Gail: "Sex is now part of the program" |
267,012 | e5dbb52dfb006e4a36b345210ce94cf38292f7c6 | (CNN) -- The Jonas Brothers canceled their planned concert tour because of "a deep rift within the band," a representative said. The first of 19 shows had been scheduled for Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, on Friday, but the brothers pulled the plug, spokesman Jesse Derris said on Thursday. "There is a deep rift within the ... | Band spokesman: "There was a big a disagreement over their music direction"
The tour had been set to start in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, on Friday .
The 19-show national tour was to conclude in Seattle on November 6 .
The Jonas Brothers have sold 20 million units worldwide, according to their website . |
266,065 | e49bbfc933eb5adf319c43f24db7a9654e5c492c | By . Associated Press . and Joshua Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 18:55 EST, 25 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:07 EST, 26 February 2014 . A San Diego family in mourning in suing Petco after they say their 10-year-old boy died from rat-bite fever he contracted from a pet purchased from the retailer. Aidan Pankey died just ho... | Aidan Pankey died two weeks after he bought a mate for his pet rat at Petco in June .
The 10-year-old San Diego boy died just hours after he was rushed to the hospital with severe flu-like symptoms .
His new rat tested positive for rat-bite fever, common name of streptobacillus moniliformis bacterial infection . |
10,635 | 1e3cfbe9bf7af3ace4a755774a9ed8e30ca34b68 | Karl Rove's suggestion that Hillary Clinton suffers from a brain injury prompted Democrats to come to her defense. And now, her husband is speaking up, saying "she's strong and working out." Rove, the mastermind behind George W. Bush's two presidential election victories, appeared at a conference last week, where he di... | Karl Rove suggested that Hillary Clinton suffers from a brain injury .
Rove has come under fire for his comments .
Clinton suffered a blood clot in December 2012 after falling .
Bill Clinton says Hillary is strong, and is "in better shape than I am" |
251,404 | d16b2b4af7546a3ad9ae278eb6dcefa5526c1075 | (CNN) -- Two Virginia day care workers have been fired after photos of children in their care showed up on Instagram -- along with comments making fun of them. "He is thinking cuz sure can't talk," one day care manager from Heavenly Haven Learning Center 2 wrote, according to CNN affiliate WAVY. The 2-year-old child th... | NEW: "That's how bullying starts," one mother says of the day care workers' actions .
"He is thinking cuz sure can't talk," one employee wrote of a boy with delayed speech .
State's department of social services is investigating A Heavenly Haven Learning Center 2 .
The day care center apologized to the boy's mother . |
265,452 | e3cdc9ab0c48521ecfca3931ce19c8fac48aafdb | Scientists have developed breakthrough drugs that cure skin cancer. The treatment is already having ‘spectacular’ effects in seriously ill melanoma patients – and could soon be used to defeat other types of cancer. One scientist said it was ‘amazing’ that researchers could talk of ‘using the C-word – cure’ for the fir... | New treatment combine two different drugs that 'reboot' immune system .
One in six ravaged by skin cancer are already being cured by the drugs .
Each year almost 13,000 people in Britain are diagnosed with melanoma . |
229,967 | b5cbc42e99476002fa0dd9ac156fd40ecc79c131 | Banned: Dr Mirza Tariq Ali, 39, a locum surgeon, fled the country after being charged with violent disorder . A Muslim surgeon who was convicted in the first-ever successful prosecution for Islamic sectarian violence in Britain has been banned from practising as a doctor. Dr Mirza Tariq Ali, 39, a locum surgeon, fled t... | Dr Mirza Tariq Ali fled the country after being charged with violent disorder .
Convicted in relation to an extremist rally in Central London last May .
Ali, 39, from East London, is now feared to be fighting as a jihadi in Syria . |
263,397 | e128de6e00efb5ae059590b79196897ade285d09 | Johannesburg (CNN) -- The wife of the South African state security minister was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison for drug dealing that included hiring smugglers, authorities said. Cheryl Cwele was convicted after one of the women testified against her. Charmaine Moss, who testified against her, said Cwele asked t... | NEW: Opposition parties call for the minister's resignation .
Cheryl Cwele is married to Siyabonga Cwele .
She is sentenced together with an accomplice . |
237,205 | bf007b71d6a1b7f95f28d83b4c778200c6ca0ea5 | A convicted fraudster and old friend of the Mayor of London has boasted how he flew 6,000 miles to London to assault a journalist who insulted his wife. Darius Guppy, 49, who has known Boris Johnson since they were students together at Eton and then Oxford, was so enraged by a newspaper article about him that he believ... | Guppy, 49, says he flew from Cape Town to London to exact revenge on man .
He took exception to article he believed 'humiliated' his wife, Patricia .
Guppy is an old friend of the Mayor of London and of Earl Spencer .
In 1993 he was jailed for organising a faked jewel heist for £1.8m insurance . |
39,976 | 70d0f93b36c084ee1ad5681609fc28eb7858d931 | Apology: A woman had to go to hospital after drinking a free coffee from Waitrose that contained cleaning fluid . A woman had to go to hospital after drinking a free coffee from Waitrose that contained cleaning fluid. She felt ill after drinking the coffee, given away in the store’s membership card scheme. Paramedics ... | Shopper was given coffee as part of myWaitrose card membership scheme .
Paramedics called to the branch in Lewes, East Sussex, and treated her .
She was told to seek specialist help and went on to spend 'hours' in A&E .
Husband of unnamed woman said she was still feeling ill five days later .
He said Waitrose had sent ... |
243,893 | c7b105c67d1da1682082d80115059256191c4924 | (CNN) -- A California Republican group censured one of its own Thursday, saying her words and actions since sending an e-mail last month depicting President Barack Obama as a chimpanzee have been potentially offensive, damaging and insincere. Capping a meeting Thursday, the Orange County Republican Party's executive co... | An Orange County's Republican committee censures Marilyn Davenport .
The committee member had sent an e-mail depicting Obama as a chimp .
She apologized twice, while insisting it was "political satire" and not racist .
The GOP group called her apologies insincere, saying she blamed others . |
272,389 | ecd1b61da35e6380d5bf4ba01a5c5326849e68ed | Ever wished you could clamber aboard your cumbersome luggage to zoom down a hill or coast through an airport? Driven by the same desire, Slovenian frequent flier Bostjan Zagar has come up with the answer -- a foot-powered scooter-suitcase known as Olaf. "The idea comes from having to catch the next connection flight in... | Slovenian frequent flier Bostjan Zagar's Olaf suitcase can also be ridden as a scooter .
Zagar has raised investment in his concept via the Kickstarter funding platform .
Olaf comes in three models: Business, Urban and a flexible version that can carry a variety of bags . |
22,042 | 3e90538e055b825f62b0bc687faa4a577bc96eeb | (CNN) -- Greece is hoping a derelict airport on the outskirts of Athens -- one which has sparked a keen contest among international investors -- will help solve its debt woes. Hellinikon airport, the sale of which initially piqued the interest of U.S. business tycoon Donald Trump, could be vital to reversing the fortun... | Greece is selling off assets from gas reserves to sewage works as it seeks to contain its debt woes .
The fund has projected a redevelopment of the site will bolster Greece's gross domestic product .
Hellinikon airport was once Greece's flagship terminal and hub for international travel . |
108,918 | 1868a8865dff42fcfe704f9aeb8287ad271373da | By . Kieran Gill . Follow @@kie1410 . Antonio Conte is to be appointed manager of the Italian national side and become the second-highest paid international boss in the world. The former Juventus manager will replace Cesare Prandelli, who resigned after Italy were knocked out of the 2014 World Cup in the group stage t... | Antonio Conte will replace Cesare Prandelli as manager of Italy .
Conte is to become second-highest paid manager in international football .
Russia manager Fabio Capello will remain top earner on £7.8million per year .
Italian Football Federation president Carlo Tavecchio opts for Conte, who won three Serie A titles i... |
184,450 | 7ae44f68be3dd65a18d0a2a7a0493eab133c9fbe | By . Meghan Keneally . Victim: April Taylor, 31, was stung 40 times last Tuesday and died three days later in a Utah hospital . An amateur beekeeper with a 6-year-old son has died after what appears to be a fatal allergic reaction to 40 stings. April Taylor was wearing gloves and a beekeeping veil when she was stung by... | April Taylor, 31, was wearing a protective veil and gloves when stung .
Taylor, who has multiple sclerosis, was tending the bees she kept in her Willard, Utah backyard .
Went inside and showed her husband how she had 30 to 40 beestings .
Her husband said she seemed fine but later he found her passed out .
Rushed to a h... |
94,387 | 0551da0087cb9bd96bdcf6cc8333638e11f3eb3e | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:34 EST, 31 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:35 EST, 31 May 2013 . An eight-year-old boy who authorities say died after being beaten had remained in the house where the alleged abuse occurred despite six investigations by social workers during the past decade, a newspaper said. The... | Social workers investigated the household six times over the past decade .
There haven't been any social workers fired in 15 cases where children died .
Pearl Fernandez and Isauro Aguirre have been charged with the murder of her son .
Gabriel was found with a fractured skull, three broken ribs, BB pellets embedded in h... |
269,508 | e916c92c0099bf2646e20b54973f25c2d13a3947 | By . Sally Lee . Big Day Out fans are mourning the loss of one of the most highly anticipated music festivals after organisers announced the annual event won't be back in Australia or New Zealand next year. 'While we intend to bring back the festival in future years, we can confirm there will not be a Big Day Out in 20... | The annual music festival, which debuted in 1992, won't be returning in 2015 .
Owners of the event C3 Presents says 'we intend to bring back the festival in future years'
The festival traditionally tours Australia and New Zealand in January .
Past headlining acts include Nirvana, Iggy Pop, Marilyn Manson, Metallica, Th... |
225,955 | b09a717d3a23fb8628de7de6caebf986c47ceda9 | Ian Poulter weathered one storm but could not hold off another on Friday as he charged to the top of the leaderboard at the Turkish Airlines Open. The Englishman blew away overnight leader Miguel Angel Jimenez with six birdies and only one dropped shot in 14 holes to take his tally to 13-under-par for the tournament. B... | Ian Poulter leads Turkish Airlines Open after day two in Antalya .
But second round is incomplete due to thunderstorms .
Poulter displaced Miguel Angel Jimenez at top of leaderboard .
Victor Dubuisson took unusual step of playing with tissue up his nose .
Race to Dubai looks all but over with Rory McIlroy's challengers... |
81,262 | e64330466cee15794d0f36c367572df36be4ba28 | West Ham have been a revelation this season but there is one player who has been at the heart of it all. Alex Song is now the club’s main man and he has the rest of the team dancing to his tune. Signing Song on loan was one of the most astute transfers of the summer. Plenty of Arsenal fans will be looking at him and as... | West Ham midfielder Alex Song is now stronger and more disciplined .
Song was easily distracted when he first arrived at Arsenal in 2005 .
The 27-year-old is more appreciated at Upton Park than he was at the Emirates or the Nou Camp . |
37,841 | 6b1da65cfdb132e72421041e2bd460f65aa241cc | Colombia international David Ospina has warned he is not about to give up the Arsenal jersey without a fight having yet to concede a goal in the Barclays Premier League. Ospina was signed in the summer from Nice to provide competition for Wojciech Szczesny following the departure of Lukasz Fabianski to Swansea, and mad... | David Ospina is yet to concede a goal in the Premier League this season .
The Colombia international has jumped ahead of Wojciech Szczesny .
Szczesny made two errors in Arsenal's defeat to Southampton last month .
Ospina wants to make the most of his opportunity in between the sticks .
CLICK HERE for all the latest Ars... |
234,110 | bb1387ccdab7646606a7cf376bc50b4d600ed1b4 | NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (CNN) -- Slain Yale University graduate student Annie Le was intelligent, driven and destined for greatness, said those who knew her. The body of Annie Le, 24, was found in the wall of a Yale University laboratory building Sunday. "She was also really tenacious and had a sense of humor that was ... | Annie Le named "most likely to be the next Einstein" in high school .
Friends: Le excelled in studies, including pharmacology, medical anthropology .
Grad student's body found in Yale building the day she was to be married .
Le planned wedding with the same zeal she brought to her research, friends say . |
280,370 | f72f6a2380350bb170d56036cd9bcdc8d667f1f7 | (CNN) -- Can anyone stop Bayern Munich? That's the question following the German side's 2-0 victory over Arsenal Wednesday in the last-16 of the Champions League. Already 16 points clear in the German Bundesliga and unbeaten in 21 league games, Bayern is looking like the team to beat once again. Bayern, which is hoping... | Bayern Munich defeats 10-man Arsenal 2-0 in London .
Toni Kroos and Thomas Muller both on target .
Arsenal missed early penalty and had goalkeeper sent off .
David Alaba also missed spot kick for Bayern . |
89,880 | ff40625f1000daf05fa59445f8f472c4de246b63 | By . Helen Lawson . PUBLISHED: . 03:55 EST, 8 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:29 EST, 8 April 2013 . A grandmother has been charged with hiring her 19-year-old grandson to kill her husband because she was 'sick' of him and stood to inherit his money. William Strickland, 72, was shot six times while he waited for a ride ... | William Strickland, 72, shot while waiting for ride to dialysis appointment .
His wife Janet and grandson William Jr charged with first-degree murder . |
182,074 | 77be1e2afe7448516432cd228f7f3974d0dce6c1 | (CNN) -- In the white sand beaches of Yoff, the small fishing town just north of the Senegalese capital Dakar, a seemingly endless line of brightly colored boats dots the Atlantic seaside. It was here, about four years ago, that Spanish designer Ramon Llonch was first struck by the mysterious symbols and intricate patt... | Artlantique produces furniture made from old fishing boats in Senegal .
Many of the colorful boats have sailed the Atlantic for 50 years .
The company's creations can be found in stores in Europe, New York and Tokyo . |
102,090 | 0f8f56056e92a399ba7104a6d8cc3b81c633b09a | The powerful House Ways and Means Committee will get everything from disgraced former IRS official Lois Lerner's email account since a few weeks before Barack Obama became president. And Republican committee members are hoping they'll find a smoking gun tying the Obama administration to the years-long scheme to play po... | Lois Lerner was hurried out of the IRS after her role was exposed in a program that targeted conservative tax-exemption applicant groups .
The Ways and Means Committee demanded all of her emails eight months ago .
The IRS responded with a limited set of documents, claiming it had searched Lerner's emails for relevant k... |
46,181 | 8213c09640f84f53f3c1ce5c39056acb27b95770 | Three Al-Jazeera English journalists serving lengthy prison sentences in Egypt will face a retrial. The appeals court in Cairo will now decide the fate of Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy, Australian journalist Peter Greste and Egyptian Baher Mohamed. However, they were not granted bail at the short hearing at the Court... | The appeals court in Cairo today decided the trio would face a retrial .
Mohamed Fahmy, Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed were not bailed .
The retrial is expected to take place within a month . |
151,811 | 50350f91ba2dd5b71553d79d24e266e5b1141c8d | Set in Sydney's most expensive suburbs with the city's most breath-taking views, this week's multi-million dollar market entrants are worth having a good peek at, despite their six digit price tags. The Villa Del Mare at Point Piper tops the list this week, with a selling price of at least $40 million. With panoramic h... | The Villa Del Mare at Point Piper, with panoramic harbour views and six bedrooms, has a price guide of $40 million .
Built in 1856, the Gothic sandstone Craigholme property at Daring Point is on the market for about $20 million .
A colourful multi-textured mansion on Hillside Avenue in Vaucluse has an estimated selling... |
49,818 | 8cdb4327c58595caae1bd3ac2ad169306759ed32 | By . Jessica Jerreat . A Cornell University student has made a series of painful conclusions in his research into stings by letting honey bees attack his own body. Michael Smith subjected himself to several stings a day to his face, arms and genitals to map out what section of the body was most sensitive to the barbs. ... | Each body part was stung 3 times to measure level of pain .
Cornell graduate student Michael Smith used results to show most sensitive sites to be stung . |
271,571 | ebc0ffc137c267a4538e03823aff26c66be028ed | By . Associated Press . Bishop Blase Cupich, who has struck a moderate tone on divisive social issues, was appointed the archbishop of Chicago on Saturday, succeeding a cardinal with an aggressive approach to the culture wars. Cupich, of Spokane, Washington, will take over leadership of the Archdiocese of Chicago in No... | Bishop Blase Cupich, known for being a moderate on many hot button social issues, named to the position .
Chicago archdiocese is third largest in the nation .
Replaces archbishop known for hardline conservatism on abortion and gay marriage .
Has written to parishioners about the .
suffering of gays and lesbians becaus... |
60,316 | ab73bafbd4f00136dfec44d8732ae911abb4d2fc | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 22:34 EST, 11 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:22 EST, 12 August 2013 . British detectives are hoping to finally catch the killer of a young woman brutally murdered in Thailand 13 years ago after they were given full access to the case files for the first time. Kirsty Jones, 23, was rape... | Kirsty Jones was raped and strangled at a guesthouse in Thailand in 2000 .
Killer of 23-year-old, who died in Chiang Mai, has never been found .
British detectives given access to case files by Thai authorities for first time .
Officers and Kirsty's family are hopeful the case can finally be solved . |
225,765 | b055363dc9c5c5f3c74fb72c915a3e99aa23a147 | (CNN) -- The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on Thursday convicted the "mastermind" of the Rwandan genocide and sentenced him to life in prison for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. Theoneste Bagosora, right, and his co-defendant Anatole Nsengiyumva, left, arrive in court. It is the first ti... | Bagosora guilty of masterminding genocide which left at least 800,000 dead .
Genocide began after plane carrying the leaders of Rwanda, Burundi crashed .
Bagosora was charged with genocide and crimes against humanity .
The United Nations established the genocide tribunal in late 1994 . |
228,105 | b35d4897292905e6fc5541b4db81ea073322f470 | By . Associated Press . One resident got a rude awakening when police with assault rifles surrounded his home after a tree removal crew mistakenly reported he had a gun. Michael Smith, of Norridgewock, Maine, was woken up by the authorities when a crew contacted by a utility company to trim branches near some power lin... | Michael Smith's gun tattoo was mistaken for real weapon .
Utility crew notifies authorities that man had a gun in Norridgewock, Maine .
Authorities surrounded man's house with assault rifles . |
275,981 | f18d330aac99106f93037143b4e2724643ef3afe | (CNN) -- Memo to Carly Rae Jepsen, Frank Ocean, Hunter Hayes, Mumford & Sons, Miguel, the Alabama Shakes and all the other young singers and bands who are nominated for Sunday night's Grammy Awards: . Your real prize -- the most valuable and sustaining award of all -- may not become evident to you until 30 or so years ... | Bob Greene: Grammy nominated acts should remember the real prize comes later in life .
He says at a hotel he ran into a group of singing stars from an earlier era, in town for a show .
He says the world of post-fame touring less glamorous for acts, but meaningful .
Greene: Acts grow old, but their hits never will and t... |
212,296 | 9ee6f6af22af7178fd248d8fdfa4cf5b0a9c0fd1 | (CNN) -- Hurricane veterans know when a bad one's coming. It's like those who feel the barometric pressure drop of approaching storm systems in their bones. I got the vibe midweek. So I asked my friends on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, hardy survivors of Hurricane Katrina, what advice they would share with those in Hurri... | Kathleen Koch: Katrina survivors share suggestions for coping with Hurricane Sandy .
Tips include bringing outdoor solar lights inside at night if power goes out, she says .
Also, have tire repair kits for nail debris; text, don't call, to save battery charge, she says .
Koch: Take chance to bond with neighbors; times ... |
111,081 | 1b3ba74f98492bb97def955a5252a3a0036d5978 | She shot to fame in the Boddingtons beer advertisements in the mid-1990s. And now, TV presenter Melanie Sykes has returned to her modelling roots to showcase the sumptuous new lingerie collection Adore Moi by Ultimo, which hits Debenhams stores today. She joins Michael Buble's pregnant wife Luisana Lopilato as a face o... | Melanie started out as model - she shot to fame in ad for Boddingtons beer .
Ultimo Adore Moi is her first lingerie campaign .
Joins Michael Buble's wife Luisana Lopilato as face of brand . |
206,064 | 96befceb4fe2a395e14a1f071432e97f68fc6b77 | By . Joshua Gardner . Nabbed: Casey Wentworth is accused of stealing a laptop over a year ago. Police arrested him Monday after a call he made to Apple tech support using the computer's serial number led police to him. But wasn't an overnight success for owner Michael Witonis . A New Hampshire man whose Mac laptop was ... | Michael Witonis had his MacBook Air swiped while he slept in his Dover, New Hampshire home in February 2013 .
Witonis received a mysterious email from Apple support in June 2013 after the apparent thief needed some tech advice .
Despite his pleas, Apple did not share the call information with police until after Witonis... |
182,915 | 78e418407f052978091080ad4c5cc70b982b8b67 | (CNN) -- A man died Tuesday at Niagara Falls from his injuries after going over a wall and falling into the gorge, authorities said. Ontario's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is investigating the death. Shortly after 5 p.m. ET, an officer with the Niagara Regional Police Service was chasing a man, the agency said. So... | An officer also fell into the gorge, but survived with a broken femur .
The officer was airlifted to a hospital in Hamilton, Ontario .
Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is investigating the incident . |
252,267 | d27f9d1721a93ac94f54ecb64a7344d5ccbefb4c | (CNN) -- At least one member of the jury that sentenced Cameron Todd Willingham to death in the arson homicides of his three children says she is struggling with the idea that she might have convicted an innocent man. It has been 17 years since Willingham was convicted in Texas of setting a house fire that killed his c... | Cameron Todd Willingham maintained his innocence up until his execution in 2004 .
Dorenda Brokofsky says new evidence makes her think she made wrong decision .
"I don't like the fact that I may have to face my God and explain what I did," she says .
3 inquiries have concluded that arson was not likely cause of deaths . |
42,710 | 786eb472fc6d5075258e995a72dfa54c7b248ec2 | Washington (CNN) -- Behind-the-scenes dealing over reviving stalled gun control legislation will get a push next week when Sen. Joe Manchin, a strong proponent of expanding background checks, plans to meet individually with lawmakers, a Senate source tells CNN. The key question the conservative West Virginia Democrat w... | Co-author of expanded background checks proposal to meet with senators next week .
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, is seeing if he can change legislation to get more votes .
Gun-control activists have hounded some senators over their vote against the measure . |
99,698 | 0c74a1530b54d95724fbc0b15f80cb5219e7e2c7 | Cardiff is the wettest city in Britain. The Welsh capital has topped a list of average rainfall dating back to 1981 in records held by the Met Office, coming in with 115 cms a year. In second position was Glasgow with 112 cms a year, and third is Preston with 103 cms. Scroll down for video . Cardiff gets an average of ... | More rain falls on average in Cardiff than any other British city .
But Glasgow has more days of rainfall a year on average with 170 .
Good news for London as it is named Britain's driest city .
But spokesman for Cardiff Tourism sees rise in city visits . |
110,098 | 19f3ade97889b82b1ffc225377fb7dd126cbc371 | A former drug dealer who went on The Jeremy Kyle Show to have a paternity test has accused producers of forcing him to wear a tracksuit before the show's host ripped into him over the outfit. Gareth Evans, 27, was dubbed an 'ex-drug dealer in a tracksuit' by Kyle, told to 'shut up' and called 'scum' after going on th... | Gareth Evans, 27, said he arrived for filming wearing smart jumper .
But he was told to change it for tracksuit top as it had a logo showing .
Jeremy Kyle ripped into outfit, branding him 'a drug dealer in a tracksuit'
Also called 'scum' and told to 'shut up' by Kyle during show . |
281,812 | f90f382d1856e3ccd50512ca2b53d0fc275ed473 | (CNN) -- Less than a week after releasing its 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime, Amazon is out with a new list: 150 Love Stories for Every Romantic Mood, just in time for Valentine's Day. Books that made the cut include Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind," Elizabeth Gilbert's "Eat, Pray, Love" and E.L. James' "Fifty... | Amazon.com unveiled its list of 150 love stories fit for any romantic occasion .
The list includes both fiction and nonfiction, adult and young adult romance .
CNN Living curated the list to our 40 favorite picks, including "Cold Mountain" and "Bel Canto"
Did your favorite book about love make the list? Share your opin... |
920 | 029bcd7faefcaed0f597642b7340d83cb4509756 | (CNN) -- Myanmar is facing a food shortage largely due to last year's deadly Cyclone Nargis, which destroyed nearly all the rice crops in the fertile Ayeyarwaddy delta, the United Nations said Wednesday. A young farmer ploughs a field in preparation to grow rice in Dalla, about 20 kms south of Yangon on July 9, 2008. R... | Myanmar is facing a food shortage largely due to last year's deadly Cyclone Nargis .
Cyclone destroyed nearly all the rice crops in the fertile Ayeyarwaddy delta .
Rice production in the cyclone-affected areas expected to be half of last year's .
Despite adequate crops this year, food access remains a problem for the p... |
175,130 | 6eada5bd2167c7ca2c580ccb99ad03f2e6bef9ce | Those who love them praise their 'mild nutty taste' and 'crunch' but for most diners the thought eating insects might prove to be one culinary step too far. Adventurous visitors at a Belgian food fair were treated to unusual offerings such as buffalo worm burgers, pan-fried crickets and bugs served with chocolate sauce... | Visitors at the EAT! Brussels food fair were treated to the unusual offerings .
Recipe suggestions include cooking bugs with soya sauce and mushrooms .
Suppliers say crickets contain three times as much protein as beef .
A Brussels university cafeteria is offering worm nuggets on their menu . |
128,751 | 325b6662741f420a7a618618e113a5bde818740c | By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 05:57 EST, 9 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:57 EST, 9 May 2013 . A 100-year-old widower killed himself after he could no longer surf the internet because he was going blind, an inquest has heard. Gordon Crisp's relatives bought him a laptop when he was struggling to cope with his wife's death... | Gordon Crisp used laptop to look up music online .
But he could no longer use computer as he went blind .
Found hanged in his bedroom by son-in-law . |
175,624 | 6f57b8f4648040c649bae550df9813614072a7f9 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 03:30 EST, 9 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:47 EST, 9 October 2013 . Ned Kelly, aged 16, at the Old Melbourne Gaol. A poignant 133-year-old letter has revealed details of his last stand . A poignant 133-year-old letter has revealed details of the last stand of Australia's most ... | 133-year-old letter reveals Kelly was protected by his homemade armour .
It is the first 'everyman' account of what happened when Kelly faced police .
Written by bank teller Donald Sutherland and sent to parents in Scotland .
Mr Sutherland writes to his parents of a 'powerful' man with 'soft eyes' |
66,969 | bdf803f18b4a955c36b54ea38060f4f325947d7a | (CNN)When it's completed, it will be so large as to be visible from space. If it succeeds, it will create a top ecological attraction, reduce economic hardships and help modernize a community. It's the Giant Flag of South Africa, and it's an ambitious project by almost any measure. Located in the Camdeboo Municipality ... | A vast array of plants in the South African desert will be visible from space .
The colored plants will be arranged in a pattern like that of South Africa's flag .
The flag will harness solar power, generate jobs and electricity for the region . |
92,148 | 02837f278bb901e08b8d12cec27fdc48f7590ab8 | Over the past eight years, Apple has released a total of ten iPhones, all said to be a slight variation on the one before. But, how much have the devices actually changed since the 2G’s 3.5-inch screen and rounded edges? Designers have combined models of each handset since 2007 to create a graphic that reveals the evol... | The graphic was created for visual search site PicClick .
It plots the design changes from the first iPhone to the iPhone 6 Plus .
Designers compiled high-resolution 3D models of each handset .
They then used image-morphing technology to create the GIFs .
Each design is visualised from the front, side and rear .
The ch... |
118,943 | 2595d5d13e9bc4b7e4dd1ab4bbd862f6cbb98769 | By . Mail On Sunday Reporter . A two pence piece that was accidentally made in the wrong metal is set to sell for 50,000 times its face value. The coin was struck in cupronickel, the blend of copper and nickel formerly used for 10p and 5p coins, when it should have been bronze. The errant coin, thought to be unique, wa... | Coin was accidentally made in cupronickel rather than bronze .
Was discovered in 1988 by a petrol station owner opening roll of new coins .
Could fetch up to £1,000 at auction next week in Dorset . |
1,105 | 0322db4f70a88b4af103b7c1ac145fc6a81eb2fd | (CNN) -- If the past 25 years are anything to go by, Germany has proven its firm position as the world's economic powerhouse. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the county thrust forward, developing a world-class car manufacturing industry and a network of small-to-medium size businesses which represent the bac... | Click though the slides to see Germany by numbers . |
136,625 | 3cbf228fcaf61f3629ced692db58ba38d26987ea | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Mariah Carey has come under fire after she was paid $1 million to perform for a dictator. The 'All I Want for Christmas is You' singer gave a two-hour concert for authoritarian Angolan President Josè Eduardo Dos Santos last Sunday, in return for the huge amount. The move has angered human rig... | The singer gave a two-hour concert for authoritarian Angolan President Josè Eduardo Dos Santos last Sunday, in return for the huge amount .
The move has angered human rights groups who claim Dos Santos has murdered many and exploited the country's resources to his own gain .
The concert comes five years after Mariah ap... |
151,238 | 4f8d599d639d17c6d2dc0d0f42b952e625cfc120 | Disgraced: Florida osteopath Dr Daniel McBath has been banned from treating female patients in light of allegations of sexual abuse and professional misconduct dating back to 2004 . A Florida doctor has been accused of repeatedly drugging at least three female patients with cocaine and sedatives and sexually assaulting... | Osteopath Dr Daniel McBath has been banned from treating female patients in light of allegations .
Department of Health document claims the Dade City doctor sexually assaulted three patients between 2004 and 2014 .
The married father of two daughters allegedly drugged a 26-year-old intern and exposed himself to her bef... |
134,371 | 39c032ebf93752a58d0ebaa57b437fe47f72f7d2 | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 09:51 EST, 24 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:18 EST, 24 May 2013 . A teenage schoolgirl spoke yesterday about how she was terrified when a fox jumped on to her chest as she lay in bed and bared its teeth at her. Isobelle Barter, who lives with her parents at their home yards a recreation grou... | Teenager Isobelle Barter came face-to-face with the snarling beast .
The 15-year-old screamed and her father chased it out of her room .
She was so traumatised her mother stayed in her bed the following night . |
4,660 | 0d62bbc4a8c057486994c0c6d50a6c3ed7ed757d | By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 10:11 EST, 22 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:02 EST, 22 October 2013 . Driver: Businessman Darren Jarvis, pictured arriving at Cardiff Crown Court, is charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a road traffic accident which left Jacek Stawski & Lee Williams dead . A business... | Darren Jarvis lost control of his Nissan Skyline in South Wales last August .
His passenger father-of-two Lee Williams, 40, died 'almost instantly'
Jacek Stawski, driving a Citreon Xsara, was killed when his car was hit .
Mr Stawski's son Thomas, four, survived in the back seat of the car .
Jarvis denies two counts of ... |
116,822 | 22ce9f5e91077df529aae8f2ecf66d3f37fcbfe8 | (CNN) -- You know those little "winglets" that point up from the tips of airliner wings? Those were developed by NASA. And, you know those little grooves in runways that channel away standing water? NASA again. America's space agency isn't just about space. It also develops ways to make our airliners safer and more eff... | NASA and Flexsys are developing shape-shifting wings for airplanes .
Flexible wings would save millions in fuel and smooth the ride for passengers .
NASA showed off its wing technology to bloggers and social media mavens this week .
NASA has contributed heavily to innovations used in commercial aviation . |
4,250 | 0c3f81f10bb6b5f159d52315ecc15eee8a01860f | By . Gethin Chamberlain . PUBLISHED: . 16:02 EST, 8 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:41 EST, 9 September 2012 . Britain is frittering away tens of millions of pounds hiring an army of consultants to tell India how to run its own affairs. A Mail on Sunday investigation into contracts awarded to consultants has found t... | UK Government awards £280m to India every year .
Indian finance minister says the country does not need aid from UK .
Allocated £5 million to consultants - including Duke University in North Carolina - to produce a report on how effective its aid spending has been .
Given £20 million to two consultancies – one in the ... |
31,166 | 58997c0aabef23b238047b7b066dcbeeccac58d0 | By . Ben Endley . PUBLISHED: . 11:32 EST, 5 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 03:08 EST, 6 March 2014 . Correctly judging your speed to beat the traffic lights is a goal most drivers struggle to achieve, so imagine that happening 55 times in a row. That's what happened to New York City motorist Tim Burke who managed the mome... | Driver Tim Burke managed the journey across Manhattan at 3am .
He started at 109th and Fifth and didn't stop until 52nd and Park .
Employed the 'green wave' system introduced to encourage drivers to keep to the speed limit . |
127,847 | 314430465855485dde128515bf46c100a95b68bb | Looking after a six-year-old can be exhausting, even for those in the prime of their life. So spare a thought 76-year-old for Omkari Singh - the world's oldest mother - and her schoolboy son Akashvani. In 2008, Mrs Singh, from Uttar Pradesh, northern India, made headlines around the world after giving birth to twins Ak... | Omkari Singh gave birth to her son Akashvani at the grand age of 70 .
The world's oldest mother, now 76, says she could not be happier with life .
She and her husband Charan, 89, struggle to keep up with their six-year-old .
But Mrs Singh says despite her age she hopes to be alive when he marries . |
16,563 | 2efbc5b46cef64a3fde713c87f0a5834e43f1b3a | (CNN) -- A massive iceberg with an area almost twice the size of Atlanta is moving into the ocean off Antarctica and could threaten shipping during the Antarctic winter, scientists say. The ice island, known as iceberg B31, covers 255 square miles and could be almost a third of a mile thick, scientists say in a report ... | Iceberg is 255 square miles in size .
Massive berg calved from glacier last year .
Scientists fear it could get lost in the Antarctic darkness . |
245,799 | ca25e0574414ed7cf0523cbf7411af7ea4b878d5 | (CNN) -- Verizon pulled a rabbit out of its corporate hat earlier this month. The wireless giant announced a multibillion-dollar deal to purchase rights to largely unused spectrum, which is like an open lane on the congested wireless Internet highway. Verizon purchased these rights from Comcast and Time Warner, two lar... | Writers: Verizon, AT&T deals are attempts to get more spectrum for wireless services .
Spectrum, or bandwidth, is getting scarce because it is badly used, they maintain .
Washington could sell spectrum for billions of dollars, they say, still minimize monopolies .
Writers: Until then, regulators should look more kindly... |
286 | 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 . |
175,142 | 6eb3158d6fa6fd5c3bf48e3d4968b08a098679d5 | By . Alex Greig and Ryan Gorman . PUBLISHED: . 17:36 EST, 4 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:51 EST, 5 August 2013 . A MasterChef star arrested after a bizarre confrontation with University of Chicago police told officers he'd been possessed by Gordon Ramsay - who turned him into God - wasn't the first time he's run afo... | Josh Marks, 26, was arrested July 31 by University of Chicago police after a confrontation on campus .
Marks allegedly hit an officer and tried to take his gun .
The 7'2" cook claimed that 'asshole' Gordon Ramsay has possessed him and turned him into God .
This was not the Masterchef season three runner-up's first run-... |
135,641 | 3b7d48a28d314da07d904e313f707c69e4fb0d82 | A self-portrait taken by pioneering photographer Oscar Rjelander - believed to be the world's first selfie - sold at auction for £70,000. The important photograph, which dates from the 1850s, predates the modern craze by almost 200 years. It was discovered in a leather-bound book of 70 albumen prints by the renowned Sw... | Pioneering Swedish photographer took this 'selfie' and placed it in an album .
The 70 images were put in a leather-bound book and forgotten about .
The owner brought the book to a Harrogate auctioneer with a view to sell .
The vendor said they would be happy with a reserve price of just £100 .
However, the auctioneer s... |
257,549 | d9553673d9c003742c52fb7973b9e01f35f4553c | 'Confined': Valerie Trierweiler, partner of French President Francois Hollande, pictured in September last year. She remains in the care of a Paris hospital . Francois Hollande has finally gone to . visit his First Lady in hospital – a week after revelations about his . affair with an actress caused her to take ‘a pill... | Valerie Trierweiler has been in hospital since learning of the affair last week .
But the president had not visited her, sparking accusations of heartlessness .
Closer last week revealed Mr Hollande was having affair with Julie Gayet .
And today the gossip mag claimed that trysts with the actress began in 2011 .
She wa... |
93,788 | 0495318797953f5838a2b83b0faeb6e679b9c476 | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 21:36 EST, 14 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:45 EST, 15 April 2012 . North Korea's new leader gave his first public speech Sunday since taking power, portraying himself as a strong military chief unafraid of foreign powers as the army showed off what appeared to be a new long-range ... | Kim Jong Un called for strengthening late father's 'military first' policy before tens of thousands at Pyongyang's main square .
Said he is 'heartbroken' the .
rival Koreas have been divided for decades, and 'will .
cooperate with anyone' who wishes for reunification .
Sunday celebrations marked 100th birthday of North... |
21,545 | 3d31ff143e47830ece63b8e03b1114b78a221a6e | By . Ellie Buchdahl . PUBLISHED: . 07:44 EST, 22 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:05 EST, 22 December 2013 . A dinner of roadkill, a full Christmas spread salvaged from dustbins, and a side order of sprouts that are a year old - some people will go to no limits to cut Christmas costs, it seems. Hampshire student Libby... | Hampshire student sources Christmas food, presents and decor from bins .
Bournemouth man who has lived off roadkill for 30 years makes Christmas dinner of fox, pheasant and venison .
Woman from Scotland discovers last year's sprouts in their dish... and declares they 'looked good enough to eat'
Takeaway chain Just Eat ... |
17,819 | 327c383fa3f82c1656e10af0c9ab505f7d2586b4 | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 14:20 EST, 26 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:20 EST, 26 June 2013 . The genome of a prehistoric horse that roamed the plains of Canada almost 800,000 years ago has been unveiled. It is about 10 times older than any DNA ever recovered and comes from a fragment of the ancient animal’s foot ... | The DNA is 10 times older than any that has been previously recovered .
Genome dramatically extends the known limit of DNA survival .
Bone of the ancient animal found in frozen Canadian Yukon . |
21,700 | 3dacbbdc5adf997f33415daed35342c02d58ba82 | Kevin Smith has bewildered fans by shaving off his trademark beard for a new role. The Jay and Silent Bob star, 44, posted before and after pictures on Facebook, showing just how much his new look transforms his entire appearance. Fans took to the comments section to voice their shock, with one person writing: 'You loo... | The actor's new look is for a role in Yoga Hosers, an upcoming movie also starring Johnny Depp and Haley Joel Osment . |
115,439 | 20f5e2be992be0c64d03300b7bd83cd7bc1a2bf8 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:23 EST, 22 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:17 EST, 23 May 2012 . Protesters have today defaced a controversial painting that draws attention to South African President Jacob Zuma's genitals and his reputation for promiscuity. Two men wielding cans of red and black paint walked in... | Polygamist Zuma has married six times and has a reputation for promiscuity .
He had filed an application to have painting removed from the gallery .
Artist Brett Murray describes it as a 'humorous satire of political power' |
155,326 | 54c324f8aaf0739c49c2d2c16f683eaa371df726 | Health experts have warned that 'killer' winter storms could hit Britain over the next 48 hours with temperatures set to plunge to 2C with a wind-chill factor making it seem far colder. A storm front from the arctic is set to hit Britain over the coming hours with a Level 2 cold weather alert in operation across the Mi... | Met Office snow warning for north-west England, Scotland and Northern Ireland tomorrow and Thursday .
Forecasters say 2in could fall locally at low levels this week, while 500ft+ higher ground could see more than 4in .
People have been advised to stay indoors and look out for friends and family who may be vulnerable t... |
268,311 | e78984523e237b50f343e23bcbd0606a19eb3d91 | (Fast Company) -- Demand Media burst onto the public markets last month, quickly earning itself a valuation of $1.5 billion -- and a tidy payday for its chief investors and founders. But it's possible they got into the market just before the getting stopped being good. There's a rising backlash against "spam" search re... | Demand Media was recently valued at $1.5 billion at its initial public offering .
But a search-engine crackdown could spell trouble for content farms like Demand .
Google's Matt Cutts says the search giant plans to crack down on low-quality content .
Blekko, a startup search engine, already bans results from Demand Med... |
198,448 | 8ce099fbb4cbfb9a91f050f87d46ddebcfc9e67f | By . Mark Prigg . Astronomers have spotted a giant river of hydrogen in space - and say it could be what gives spiral galaxies their ability to keep spewing out stars. They say it could give an unprecedented insight into how galaxies like our own Milky Way form new stars - and why some are far more productive than othe... | Unprecedented insight into how galaxies like our own Milky Way form new stars .
Very faint, very tenuous filament of gas is streaming into the nearby galaxy NGC 6946 - just 22 million light years from Earth . |
71,768 | cb68cb5c8a5888945f345baf09548070ea5b705f | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 06:48 EST, 27 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 10:21 EST, 27 February 2014 . A schoolgirl has been left scarred after being attacked with a crowbar and a sledgehammer by two masked men who burst into her home. Shannon James, 16, underwent plastic surgery and was left with nerve damage in th... | Raiders broke into family home shouting 'police, police' and attacked heron .
They used weapons to attack her after she tried to protected her mother .
'Robbers' fled the property in Ashington, West Sussex, empty handed .
A-level pupil forced to take sleeping tablets after being traumatised by attack .
Shannon's family... |
77,964 | dd045c1b8f3fafa450d27f0691f8fae222be4181 | At £525,000, the garage is more than three times the average house price in Britain . By . Becky Barrow, Business Correspondent . PUBLISHED: . 10:10 EST, 1 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:28 EST, 1 May 2012 . If your home is in Hartlepool, Newport, Sunderland or Newcastle upon Tyne, you should probably look away now. Whil... | At £525,000, the garage is more than three times the average house price in Britain . |
193,998 | 871fd4c7373c3b7b76e1a3f872f99ece10d06110 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 04:00 EST, 7 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:55 EST, 7 January 2013 . Charities warn that deep spending cuts for councils have harmed the potential of voluntary groups to provide public services . David Cameron’s Big Society is dead, leading charities decla... | Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations representing 2,000 charities warns pace of reform is 'glacially slow'
Critics say PM's flagship concept is vague and a cover for cuts . |
12,091 | 22524b96f714e015ba7ef89dcc3a1034433ed784 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . The filming of a race scene in the latest Fast and Furious film was cancelled by studio bosses because it was too dangerous, it has been reported. The scene was reportedly due to feature a modified yellow Chevelle performing a wheelie while racing another car with cheering bystanders by the s... | Scene was reportedly due to feature yellow Chevelle performing wheelie while racing another car .
Studio bosses however cancelled shooting at track near Palmdale, California .
Bosses reportedly thought the scene was too dangerous . |
207,466 | 98a2e8e8be3e2a35019754360a4da0ab320e0db1 | Adding to signs of distress in the nuclear force, the Air Force fired two commanders and disciplined a third yesterday. The action was a response to internal investigations of leadership lapses and misbehavior at two of its three intercontinental ballistic missile bases. The most senior officer to be relieved was Col. ... | Col. Carl Jones, the No. 2 commander of the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, has been relieved .
Lt. Col. Jimmy 'Keith' Brown was relieved of command and Col. Richard Pagliuco received administrative punishment .
It follows 9 officers being fired at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, in March a... |
150,254 | 4e4366af43ce2a89f378b020a2daa442baf8d314 | Edward Snowden has thrown a ‘huge rock’ at the intelligence agencies – and his leaks mean a terrorist atrocity was now certain to ‘get through’, according to the former head of MI6. Sir John Sawers’ warning came as Al Qaeda posted a YouTube video showing fanatics how to avoid detection, apparently based on the former C... | Sir John Sawers said a terrorist atrocity was now certain to 'get through'
Comes as terror group posted YouTube video based on CIA officer's leaks .
It shows fanatics how to avoid detection by ‘FBI secret spying technology’
Sir John said tech companies were more hesitant to work with agencies .
Fears this has created ‘... |
254,728 | d5bb48ed92866cec30f3af4f77a731ca95f4484a | Adam Lallana is missing his own expensive stag do in order to present England boss Roy Hodgson with a selection problem at the World Cup. The Southampton midfielder is part of the 23-man squad to travel to Brazil. And despite forking out £50,000 on a week-long party, Lallana refused to go, reports the Sun. VIDEO Scroll... | Southampton midfielder wants to give himself the best chance in Brazil .
Lallana could become integral for Roy Hodgson this summer .
Player's mates still went to Florida for trip . |
172,147 | 6ad088afee2960e6227d09ebdad6ce7273a71863 | These dazzling needle-like icicles that adorn the cliffs of Lake Superior draw almost 150,000 visitors every year. It allows them to explore waterfalls frozen in place, entire cliff faces encased in inches of ice and breathtaking icicles glistening in the milky sun. The geological marvels at the Apostle Islands Nationa... | The geological marvels at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin, attract almost 150,000 visitors a year .
But now the National Park Service which operates the park has proposed a $5 special recreation fee to visit the site .
It says the current $3 parking fee brought in $47,000 last year and they need more ... |
201,835 | 914dc2cef788ebf89c0735331864e891c1770986 | By . Paul Bentley and Charles Walford . PUBLISHED: . 21:02 EST, 20 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:15 EST, 21 December 2012 . Sally Roberts leaves the High Court after the judge ruled her son should have radiotherapy . A seven-year-old cancer sufferer can have radiotherapy against his mother's wishes, a High Court ju... | Mr Justice Bodey said he was worried .
Sally Roberts judgement had 'gone awry'
Mrs Roberts had tried to claim her son should have alternative treatment to radiotherapy .
Experts brand her alternatives 'completely unethical'
She conceded that her argument is 'weak' under questioning . |
133,930 | 392b90f129f745e13cba55e2184ef944fd2b9ec4 | By . Daniel Miller . Martin Tankleff, pictured after his release from prison in 2007, has settled his wrongful conviction lawsuit for $3.4million . A man who served 17 years in prison after police tricked him into falsely confessing to murdering his parents has settled a wrongful conviction lawsuit against New York sta... | Martin Tankleff was tricked into confessing to murdering his parents in 1988 .
Detectives said his father had awoken from coma and named him as the killer .
Freed in 2007 after appeals court found evidence in his trial was overlooked .
Lawsuit against detective who admitted coercing the confession is pending . |
220,559 | a97da8d5f658e33aa3aa44e4375ab495fb58c7a2 | (Rolling Stone) -- Aerosmith have moved the release date for "Music From Another Dimension," their first album in 11 years, back from August 28th to November 6th, frontman Steven Tyler revealed during a call to Cleveland radio station 100.7 WMMS. "It's pushed back because too many people are releasing those weeks, and ... | Aerosmith have moved the release date for their album back from August to November .
"Music From Another Dimension" will be their first album in 11 years .
Frontman Steven Tyler said it was pushed back because of other artists' release dates . |
224,270 | ae662eef06b21736adfbca1cbabb2802211c843d | She's long been a fan of sailing, famously beating husband Prince William during a race around Auckland Harbour during the Royal Tour Down Under. Now Kensington Palace has announced that the Duchess of Cambridge has become royal patron of a new sailing charity, The 1851 Trust, which aims to help bring the America's Cup... | The Duchess has become patron of the 1851 Trust, it has been announced .
Trust aims to promote sailing and bring the America's Cup home to the UK .
Kate joined Sir Ben Ainslie in June for the launch of UK's America's Cup bid .
She has long been a fan of sailing and beat Prince William in Auckland race . |
114,887 | 20437859d12816cdfcc75c9daeae9c458cacbfb4 | New Yorkers have reacted furiously to Russell Brand's admission that he is 'open-minded' about whether the United States was behind the 9/11 attacks. The comedian, 39, said in a BBC Newsnight interview he believes there is an 'interesting' relationship between the families of former US president George Bush and Al Qaed... | Comedian was asked about 9/11 because he said it was 'controlled' in book .
He told BBC Newsnight: 'We have to remain open-minded to any kind of possibility. Do you trust the American government?'
New Yorkers voice outrage over his 'paranoid' and 'insensitive' comments .
He added: 'I do think is very interesting is the... |
192,384 | 8513d800bb2d21a3751bf3b935b2b58419b34039 | By . Charlie Eccleshare . Liverpool have appointed Alex Inglethorpe as the club's academy director, with overall responsibility for developing the club's young talent. He replaces Frank McParland, the long-serving coach, who was sacked in December 2013. Inglethorpe arrived from Tottenham in November 2012 and was in ch... | Alex Inglethorpe joined Liverpool from Tottenham in 2012 as Under 21 coach .
He replaces Frank McParland who was sacked last year .
Inglethorpe told that the youth sides' style should mirror the first-team's .
Liverpool will be hoping Inglethorpe can unearth the new Steven Gerrard . |
160,900 | 5c001aed3b40b10bbaf34a1247f4c89a95660a97 | By . Katy Winter . PUBLISHED: . 06:21 EST, 24 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 10:10 EST, 24 February 2014 . 'If you don’t want to settle for anything less than perfect then the Secret Diamond Club is for you’, a sultry voiceover informs prospective customers in a video advertising a new controversial dating website. The... | Secret Diamond Club has just launched in UK .
Aims to pair millionaire men with beautiful women .
Men pay up to £100,000 for full membership .
Women are rated 1-100 based entirely on their physical appearance .
The higher a girl's rating, the less she pays for membership .
Founder says British men can't find dates beca... |
37,691 | 6abb14766383b5a2c1c45714ab636332fd9c5d5c | By . Daniel Mills For Daily Mail Australia . The biological parents of baby Gammy say they never struck a deal with a Thai surrogacy agency to solve the issue of their 'problem' child by allowing his birth mother to care for him. Both Wendy and David Farnell have rejected the claim that they agreed to have Pattaramon C... | David and Wendy Farnell say they never agreed for birth mother Pattaramon Chanbua mother to care for Gammy .
They also reject claims that they treated twin Pipah more favourably .
David and Wendy Farnell have been pictured with Pipah for first time .
The parents will speak on 60 Minutes on Sunday .
Gammy's parents were... |
181,278 | 76ad390fead2573b26e04fa79fcb6593748c76fa | (CNN) -- Tiger Woods has split from the management company which has helped him become one of the world's wealthiest sportsmen since he joined it at the start of his professional golf career back in 1996. The former top-ranked player announced on Monday that he will be staying with his longtime agent Mark Steinberg, wh... | American golfer Tiger Woods decides to stay with his agent Mark Steinberg .
Steinberg, former head of golf at IMG, does not renew contract at management company .
Woods had been with IMG since he turned professional in 1996 .
Former world No. 1 battling to be fit for this month's U.S. Open at Congressional . |
136,230 | 3c3a0dba9c7016b7257e3ec809e0bd4e69a20dea | Picture this: a sprawling three-level apartment 17 storeys above the stunning cityscape, where you can gaze down on the hustle and bustle of the street below from the comfort of your rooftop infinity pool. Arguably Sydney's most luxurious apartment, the penthouse apartment of the Eliza - 141-143 Elizabeth Street in Syd... | The Eliza penthouse is on the market for $15 million, and is the last in the building to sell .
Overlooking Hyde Park in Sydney's CBD the sprawling apartment is spread over three storeys .
It features four bedrooms, six bathrooms and floor to ceiling windows which give way to spectacular views .
The rooftop has a priva... |
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