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A have-a-go hero stopped three louts who had stole a pensioner's mobility scooter but he had to let them go after police took an hour to arrive. Michael Lowe, 29, cornered the trio of joyriders in a passageway behind his home in Northenden, Manchester, just after midnight and asked his uncle to dial 999. One of them cl... | Michael Lowe, 29, stopped the joyriders in a passageway behind his home . He told his uncle to call 999 while he held them for as long as he could . One of them claimed it was his grandmother's but it had been hot-wired . Officers took an hour to respond to call and in that time the trio got away . Police say they were... | e18638ca12491a75808ebe4d185b5aceb42bd558 |
Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- The trial of American hikers charged with espionage in Iran will resume May 11, the state run Islamic Republic News Agency reported Sunday, citing the head of the Justice Ministry. The trial began behind closed-doors last month, and allowed Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal "the opportunity to explain t... | Three hikers are being tried for espionage in Iran . One of the hikers has been released on bail and has left the country . | 7e2609e39a1bcf835fe1c252b33e178d75ddaa6e |
Chelsea are set to send more players to the World Cup than any other club, with up to 18 stars from Jose Mourinho's side ready to descend on Brazil. The west London club have had two more players selected for provisional and final 23-man squads than rivals Manchester United, who have 16 stars potentially on their way t... | Chelsea could have 18 players playing at the World Cup - more than any other club . Manchester United and Bayern Munich have both had 16 players called up . Italian side Napoli could be better represented that both Barcelona and Real Madrid in Brazil . | 749e3aa5195a99a4a3f9a8a6a5a02f3b8209da17 |
(CNN) -- The most comprehensive cybersecurity legislation proposed by Congress, which sponsors say would have helped protect the government and industry from potentially devastating cyberattacks, was voted down in the Senate Thursday. The Cybersecurity Act of 2012 would have given the government the three legislative e... | The bill would have given the government three paths to fend off cyberattacks . Sen. Lieberman: "This is a moment of disappointment that I really cannot conceal" Opponents argued it would have allowed too much government intervention . | d1282001e5a36ee52ac775282f64fe59e2df49e6 |
By . Katy Winter . A Facebook page inviting people to post amusing comments they claim to have heard in an up-market supermarket chain has become an internet hit. The woes, trials and tribulations of the ever-expanding British middle-class are being posted on the site, apparently just as they were heard uttered by peop... | Facebook group allows people to post things they claim to have heard in Waitrose . Only launched three days ago and already has over 120,000 'likes' Quotes revolve around the 'problems' faced by affluent customers . | e63ebdedf5c3de538862ca801fdef18df01bb4bd |
Christmas chocolate, sweets and biscuit boxes are getting smaller as the prices stay the same, but at least those considering a New Year diet will have fewer pounds to shift. Researchers have found that cartons of festive treats have shrunk by as much as 14.8 percent in the last year, while shoppers are still paying th... | Boxes of festive treats have shrunk by as much as 14.8% in last year . Weight of Maynards Wine Gums and Bassetts Jelly Babies down 80g . Packets of Fox's and Cadbury biscuits also weigh less than before . Manufacturers say rising cost of ingredients behind some of the changes . Different sort of chocolate is the cause ... | 96488cc3089baec6daf6ee973673d01d5a83e98a |
Washington (CNN) -- This weekend we pause to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation that set in motion the freeing of the slaves throughout the South. But as we focus on Abraham Lincoln's action on September 22, 1862, we should also realize that there was another crucial date in th... | Donna Brazile: Weekend marks 150th anniversary of preliminary Emancipation Proclamation . She says April 16, 1862 also was significant in struggle for freedom . On that date, Lincoln signed bill to free the slaves in the District of Columbia . She says it began the process, which continues today, of seeking freedom and... | 928231dcf65aae717cd4519625b84470393baedb |
The parents of an American aid worker who has been captured by ISIS and threatened with beheading have released an emotional letter he wrote them while captured by the extremists. Abdul-Raham Kassig, from Indianapolis, was seized by the terror group a year ago while giving aid to Syrians - and was singled out in their ... | Abdul-Rahman Kassig, 26, was captured by terror group in Syria last year . Was named in gruesome beheading video as next victim on Friday . Kassig, formerly Peter, converted to Islam in captivity and took new name . Ed and Paula Kassig today released letter they received from him in June . He confronted possibility of ... | e36d4858d7afc517f0453fe3781bae01aab2ba9d |
By . Ruth Styles . PUBLISHED: . 07:59 EST, 5 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:14 EST, 5 September 2013 . A customer has sued luxury fashion label Prada after being unable to remove a stain from a silk skirt. Catherine Whitty, 40, a physiotherapist from Melbourne, spent £971 ($1,660 in Australian dollars) on the skirt... | Physiotherapist Catherine Whitty, 40, from Melbourne sued Prada . She spilled champagne down her £971 skirt during a birthday party . Was told it couldn't be removed and launched legal action . Judge ruled in her favour and told Italian brand to refund full cost . | 3ea6329af2e31fce79413adf90e0f8b623babac0 |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 15:36 EST, 3 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:33 EST, 4 November 2012 . Greedy landlords and hotel owners looking to make a quick buck from the thousands without power or displaced by Hurricane Sandy were exploiting people's desperation by demanding outrageous prices for a shelt... | Craigslist clogged with rooms going for hiked prices . With the marathons cancelled some owners may be trying to make up for their losses . Some landlords are refusing to join the rush for profit offering rooms and facilities to those in need . | bed1028f34879ddd1770c8f01e3402af2bd5a558 |
By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 09:47 EST, 11 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:31 EST, 11 November 2012 . Rabbits braved a chilly start in Cambridgeshire this morning and starlings looked to be flying south for the winter in Scotland as much of the UK woke up to a blanket of frost this morning. These beautiful picture... | A bright but cold day forecast for much of the UK today with more frost expected overnight . Monday will see an east/west divide with rain expected for parts of Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland . | b03c1be879fad958aad9b908e8f676c69121a165 |
(CNN) -- One of the most memorable moments in the Democratic presidential primaries came last year when a debate moderator asked Joe Biden about his reputation for talking too much. Sen. Joe Biden credits his mother with teaching him to stand up for the little guy. The moderator asked Biden, who was described by the Lo... | Los Angeles Times called Sen. Joe Biden a "gaffe machine" Biden's willingness to mix it up comes from his working-class upbringing . Biden described Bush charge about talking to "terrorists" as "bulls**t" Biden took on conservative Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork, and won . | 4f8c35b627406cca6be577dfca4de1d0d0fca569 |
Home hunters spend less time deciding to buy a property than they do watching one episode of Coronation Street, a new study reveals. Research released today indicates we spend just 25 minutes and 30 seconds viewing a property before making a decision. This is almost five minutes less than it takes to watch one episode ... | Average UK home sells for £250,000 - each minute deciding costs £9,804 . One in eight (13%) purchased a property without even seeing it . 28% 'did not want to put off the vendor by spending too much time there' 17% decided to buy the house within ten minutes or less of arriving . | 7820495ea05c35663533faca1ed95e3d31443645 |
By . Sean O'hare . PUBLISHED: . 11:22 EST, 26 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:58 EST, 26 November 2012 . Wrapping up warm can be a little difficult when you’ve lost your coat. Luckily, Lily the Shar Pei has a carer who doesn’t mind improvising. So when she goes out walkies Lily always wears a onesie. The snuggly all-... | Rare skin infection has caused the Shar Pei to lose her hair . She was dumped by first owner who couldn't afford her treatment . | 2572279800d0bbd71d086940e449da2008f2a4f4 |
Growing problem: The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has drawn up an action plan in response to worrying obesity rates in the UK (posed by a model) Doctors today demanded a 20 per cent tax on fizzy drinks and a ban on fast-food outlets near schools to tackle Britain’s obesity problem. The Academy of Medical Royal Co... | Academy of Medical Royal Colleges called for urgent action to tackle problem . Proposals include experimental 20 per cent tax on sugary soft drinks . Also said hospitals should get rid of vending machines selling unhealthy food . | a5bd6cd23e7940ff497c8b9a51b559540f8baea3 |
(CNN) -- Bubbly water and politics haven't mixed well for Hollywood actor Scarlett Johansson. After recovering from a kerfuffle over a Super Bowl ad she appears in, she suffered a painful blow over it Thursday. Her starring role in the campaign for a machine that puts the fizz into water and soft drinks cost her her st... | Johansson stars in an ad for soda machine maker SodaStream . Oxfam accuses SodaStream of manufacturing in Jewish settlements on the West Bank . The company says it manufactures on the West Bank . Johansson's Super Bowl ad for SodaStream hit a previous snag with Fox network . | 8270cf78d0ec3977a96e9a99e15e8dbfa278dab8 |
But Jennifer's mother, Nancy Dow, allegedly heard the news via the press . By . Sarah Fitzmaurice and Nadia Mendoza . PUBLISHED: . 11:34 EST, 13 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:10 EST, 14 August 2012 . He told an US gossip site that he had no knowledge of Justin Theroux's proposal to his daughter Jennifer Aniston. But ... | But Jennifer's mother, Nancy Dow, allegedly heard the news via the press . | 7a2a002569bd8a0985509be823de37a89c122c89 |
(CNN) -- Hamas is an Islamic fundamentalist organization whose military wing has admitted responsibility for terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers. Hamas supporters wave flags and shout slogans in Gaza on December 14 to mark the group's 21st anniversary. The group came into being in December 1987, gr... | Military wing of Hamas has admitted terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians, soldiers . Hamas is considered terrorist organizations by Israel and the United States . It has wings devoted to religious, military, political and security activities . | 8f704c7d55b3627a07496e96377199f961cf2c75 |
(CNN) -- On Wednesday, Gov. Nathan Deal signed Georgia's Safe Carry Protection Act into law. Many gun proponents love House Bill 60, but it will create unintended problems for law enforcement, local governments and the citizens they serve. Although changes in the state's gun laws were meant to strike a balance between ... | Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed Safe Carry Protection Act . Warren Summers says police can't ask suspicious person with gun to show permit . Convicted felons can't have firearms, he says, unless they claim self-defense . Summers: The law will cost taxpayers and make it hard for police to keep people safe . | bdb94f1f12cba66fc8eeea24c979de039c490097 |
A massive surge in immigration is driving the need for at least 42,000 new homes a year to be built in London, a report warned yesterday. A damning dossier accused London Mayor Boris Johnson of ‘entirely misrepresenting’ the reason for the capital’s relentlessly rising population – a trend which will lead to unpreceden... | A predicted increase of a million foreigners must be matched by new builds . Report accuses Boris Johnson of misrepresenting reason for capital's boom . Group says attributing population boom to natural growth was 'nonsense' | dbfc53e733789a89030d415e3aa12ea881b7f31f |
By . Wills Robinson . Netflix has signed a deal with three small cable-providers in the US to become a regular TV channel. The agreements with Atlantic Broadband, RCN Telecom Services and Grande Communications gives the internet streaming site's subscription service a channel on TiVo boxes that the companies provide th... | Internet streamers have made agreement with Atlantic Broadband . Breakthrough acknowledges growing popularity of online television . Site has already made inroads into UK, Danish and Swedish markets . U.S. has nearly 36million subscribers, who have to use separate devices . | cba62f8fdef70f19261ee130c3cb89080ec84f28 |
The Caterham Formula One team have made 230 staff redundant while still planning to race in next weekend's Abu Dhabi season-ender, an administrator said on Sunday. Finbarr O'Connell told Reuters that the team, who went into administration last month, would take 40 people to the Yas Marina circuit with their expenses pa... | Caterham Formula One will take 40 people to the Yas Marina circuit with their expenses paid with money raised through a crowd-funding initiative . Caterham raised £1.92 million of a targeted £2.35 million by last Friday . The staff at the Leafield factory in central England have not been paid since the end of September... | 35882124d0384c5a21f2b69e6496d712293b416b |
A super-fit mum has come under fire for 'fat-shaming' women - after she posted a picture of her six-pack on Instagram. Fitness fanatic, Abby Pell, 33, from East Grinstead, East Sussex, thought she was helping encourage others to lose post-pregnancy weight when she shared the picture of her posing with her daughter. She... | Abby Pell, 33, posted a picture of her abs on Instagram to inspire others . Fitness fanatic was met by abuse with many accusing her of 'fat-shaming' Says her daughter thinks she looks like Wonder Woman . | 0c999be12fe73dfd332a7d0045d7b258006a1fa1 |
By . Annabel Fenwick Elliott . A new video offers a glimpse into Victoria Beckham's recent trip to South Africa, in support of the Born Free foundation - a charity aiming to eradicate the transmission of HIV from mother to child by 2015. During the trip, which was captured by Annie Leibovitz for Vogue, Mrs Beckham, 40,... | Vogue was on hand to capture her 'life-changing' experience . The star also partnered with Born Free to design a matching mother-and-daughter set of dresses for Shopbop, on sale today . | 91d3901018dd476a5b3f2a06b30f9030c9e8ff58 |
Lionel Messi equalled Raul's Champions League record by reaching 71 goals in 90 games as Barcelona beat Ajax to reach the last 16. Playing against his old club, Luis Suarez is without a goal in his first three games for Barcelona but Messi's double at least meant the former Liverpool striker got his first win for his n... | Gerard Pique dropped for the second consecutive match by Barcelona boss Luis Enrique . Lionel Messi opened the scoring with a header after an error by Ajax goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen . Messi then scored again to equal Raul's Champions League goal-scoring record of 71 strikes . Joel Veltman was sent off for Frank de Bo... | 7e19041632368d6cdc47ffe9982aba5254903fba |
George Osborne was always facing a difficult balancing act between sticking with the austerity drive and giving the economy a boost . Humiliating? Certainly. Having made so much of Britain’s AAA credit rating as a magnificent statement of confidence in his economic policies, Chancellor George Osborne has been given a p... | Osborne always facing a difficult balancing act between austerity and growth . 'America was able to borrow more after being downgraded' | 18611cfb69f90dc992ac078ac2f7edf66ee32b6f |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:30 EST, 4 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:22 EST, 4 September 2013 . A recent study shows that the more wealth a person gains, the more likely they are to become both stingier and lonelier. Patricia Greenfield studied a Mexican village for forty years and watched its reside... | A study from UC Berkeley's Dacher Keltner finds that isolation and a decrease in generosity occur as personal wealth increases . Another study tracked a Mexican village and watched giving and community activities drop as wealth grew . Since 1800, Americans have used the word 'get' in print progressively more than the w... | 7334c7447da6edcd9cb4d8f7e56b96c8c4d8398f |
(CNN) -- President Barack Obama needs to learn a simple lesson: Saying something doesn't make it true. Though the President has claimed victory touting 8 million "enrollments" under his health care law, Americans cannot and will not wipe their memories clear of the botched rollout and continual failings of Obamacare. D... | Rep. Kevin McCarthy: Selling of Obamacare omits the reality that not everyone is paying . Eight million "enrollees" doesn't equal 8 million paid customers, he says . House Oversight Committee: Only 67% of enrollees had paid first month's premium . | c51951caebfbe3fcd632aaea6032c9878dcc1211 |
Anthony Marshall, who served time in prison last year for looting the estate of his multimillionaire philanthropist mother Brooke Astor, has died aged 90. Marshall, a decorated World War II veteran who later became a diplomat and Broadway producer, died on Sunday morning in New York, his attorney Kenneth Warner said. W... | Tony Marshall was convicted of swindling his mother out of millions after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in the last few years of her life . Brooke Astor, a philanthropist and socialite, died in 2007, aged 105 . One of Marshall's sons first tipped off authorities when he became concerned about his grandmother's liv... | de5d84f8e5db692f76425a2e676341ea853bbc7b |
By . Mike Dawes . and Sam Webb . Sir Bradley Wiggins was denied a golden return to track cycling as he and England's pursuit team were beaten by a rampant Australia in the Commonwealth Games. Wiggins, 34, joined Ed Clancy, Steven Burke and Andy Tennant in claiming silver in the 4,000m discipline at the Sir Chris Hoy Ve... | Australia emerged victorious with a winning margin in excess of five seconds at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome . Wiggins was unable to help England mount a comeback after a slow start . Luke Davison was forced to drop out during the race . Ed Clancy, Steven Burke and Andy Tennant rode alongside Wiggins . | d8d4254e2444249dc948f67164f90e4ae0dfbd6c |
If you’re lucky enough to look about 18, there’s a good chance you’ll be asked to provide ID at the supermarket to buy alcohol, knives or glue. Now an addition has been made to that list of potentially hazardous items – chocolate pudding. Robert Nemeti was amazed when he was asked for ID while buying a microwaveable pu... | Robert Nemeti's purchase had to be 'approved' at self-service checkout . Staff member asked for ID to buy the £1 dessert in case he burned himself . He described the policy as 'crazy' health and safety . Tesco said self-service machines can be 'temperamental' and that the pudding should not be 'an age-restricted produc... | 9d912f0acd5e3b07d323c282521e7a9559ddb7ea |
By . Lizzie Edmonds . This man has been courted by every politician in the run up to the next round of elections in India - because he has 39 wives and 127 children. Polygamist and sect leader Zionnghaka Chana has become the voter every politician in Mizoram state wants to know because of his influence over his 39 wive... | Polygamist and sect leader Zionnghaka Chana has become the voter every politician in Mizoram state . Mr Chana has a great deal of influence - as he has 27 wives and 127 children all living under one roof . 'During every election we are much in demand as the winning margins of politicians in this state are slim,' he sai... | e6f0edb7bddfb9f018b268186f7998d81cf35dc7 |
The mighty Bárðarbunga volcano in Iceland's Highlands began erupting on August 29 last year. Five months on, it is still going, producing a lava-field spanning around fifty miles. Lava over 40-feet deep is seeping out of the volcano while the concentration of sulphur dioxide has, at times, been so high that the Iceland... | Long-running eruption began in August 2014 and has now produced a lava-field spanning around fifty miles . Lava over 40-feet deep is seeping out of the volcano and Icelandic scientists are uncertain about its future . Concentration of sulphur dioxide has been so high that Icelandic authorities urged local residents to ... | f722c9fd7c6c49953e805797d28bc6d3f0555814 |
The record-breaking chill across the U.S. and Canada was so frigid it literally stopped Niagara Falls in its tracks. A collection of spectacular photographs have shown the moment the U.S. side of the famous falls froze before they could reach the bottom. Thankfully, the freezing air and 'polar vortex' that turned the c... | The record-breaking chill across the U.S. and Canada was so frigid it literally stopped Niagara Falls in its tracks . Tuesday . was a day of record-setting cold in Niagara, with the mercury bottoming . out at a chilling -2F. Combined with the wind chills, it felt like . -20F . Thankfully, the freezing air and 'polar vo... | 808733c074f38a83f4aad6ff92d995a5139f560a |
By . Paul Donnelley . Loner: Iain Merrick was jailed for seven years after putting a bomb in a pillar box and labelling local postmen paedophiles . A man who tried to blow up a postman and made and distributed indecent images has been jailed for seven years at Manchester Crown Court. Iain Merrick, 39, of Cheriton Garde... | Iain Merrick, 39, launched a four-year vendetta against Royal Mail because he got neighbour's post . Built a bomb from nails, razor blades, light bulb fragments and fish hooks . Police found terrorist material on a pen drive hidden in boiler cupboard . Unemployed loner of Horwich, Greater Manchester, had a collection o... | 07e3953db4eb8518d309a2bd8761963b83c271e4 |
An Argentinian painter is making a splash in the world of art by colouring with his eyes. Leandro Granato, 27, snorts up to a pint-and-a-half of watercolour and thanks to an unusual connection between his nose and eyes he is able to squirt the paint onto a canvas. The Argentinian artist's works take from 10 minutes to ... | Leandro Granato can snort up to a pint-and-a-half of watercolour . The 27-year-old squirts the paint out of his eye and onto the canvas . The Argentinian artist sells his works for up to £1,500 a piece . American painter Jackson Pollock is among his inspirations . | 8c29b4bc942295161089a8c6426379a20b2481c3 |
‘The other day, a coach of a big team was knocked out of the Cup and he was saying, “Very good, now we can focus on other competitions”. If I lose against Bradford I won’t say that. I say, “It’s a disgrace” ~ Jose Mourinho on Friday . Click here to read the full story . Jose Mourinho slammed ‘disgraceful’ Chelsea after... | The Blues led League One side Bradford 2-1 at half-time in the FA Cup . However Chelsea conceded three in the final 15 minutes to lose 4-2 . The shock FA Cup fourth round defeat ends Chelsea's quadruple chances . | 2f2021a1bec991bbe8c075e412ae6e048a9d18d4 |
A schoolboy has tragically died after being hit on the head by a bottle thrown across the playground. Oisin McGrath, 13, was struck while playing football on his lunch break at St Michael's College in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, on Monday afternoon. A 17-year-old boy was arrested and later bailed pending further police ... | Oisin McGrath was hurt on Monday afternoon while on his lunch break . Teenager was rushed to hospital and had been on life support since . Tragically, he passed away tonight with his family at his bedside . Devastated family are 'stunned, utterly shocked, with their hearts broken' | f37e59ec58bac0ba703b6bbac47a5752de679a3f |
DNA test show the seven-year-old is related to the Roma family after she was put into care on Monday . A blonde girl who was taken away from her Roma parents in Ireland was reunited with them last night after DNA tests proved she is their daughter. The seven-year-old was back with her family two days after ten officers... | The seven-year-old was put into care on Monday in south Dublin suburb . DNA tests proved she is the daughter of the Roma couple . Police received tip-off that a fair-haired girl was living with large Roma family . Campaign groups call for inquiry into the 'abduction' by authorities . | 889eba347fb82766a5ce1c5b16220894510d7529 |
(CNN) -- Haiti's infrastructure was among the world's worst even in the best of times, the country's ambassador to the United States said Tuesday. "It was a catastrophe waiting to happen," Raymond Alcide Joseph told CNN from Washington shortly after a 7.0 earthquake leveled parts of his home country, cutting power and ... | Haitian ambassador to U.S.: Infrastructure of island nation poor in best of times . Raymond Alcide Joseph calls quake "a catastrophe of major proportions" People are reported out in the streets, cowering in strong aftershocks . OAS says lack of any building standards in Haiti makes residents vulnerable . | 473d04cebb89bac65890dbbc8019e27b4c7d5a80 |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:26 EST, 18 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:26 EST, 18 June 2013 . A day care worker sprinkled drugs on snacks to get children in her day care to sleep during the day, according to charges filed on Monday. Tammy Eppley denies the charges and says that the accusations are a misund... | Tammy Eppley, from Ohio, denies the charges and says that the accusations are a misunderstood joke . | e23fb34c18d76e2948f824558e65c6784c99d5d8 |
(CNN) -- A bail hearing for a man arrested in connection with homicide allegations against former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez was postponed Tuesday. In a brief court proceeding in Attleboro, Massachusetts, the bail hearing for Carlos Ortiz was continued to August 14. Ortiz was arrested in Connecticut on... | Carlos Ortiz's bail hearing is moved to August 14 . Police say Ortiz, arrested on firearms charge, is an associate of ex-NFLer Aaron Hernandez . Hernandez is charged with murder in death of Odin Lloyd in Massachusetts . Authorities: Ortiz was in car with Hernandez, Lloyd before Lloyd was killed . | 8dabd6a3c0ff4ab25697eeed88668928399c49a9 |
(CNN) -- Syrian government officials will attend the international conference dubbed "Geneva II" that is charged with bringing about an end to the violence that has wracked the country since March 2011, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency reported Wednesday. Presidential adviser Bouthaina Shaaban told Russia Today TV... | Presidential adviser Shaaban says the government will attend without preconditions . She ridicules the opposition coalition as a front for Saudi intelligence . Women, children, laborers are among those killed, SANA reports. | e6485ce38a4894de2f3c5ee7bf11560c52d69d2f |
By . Eleanor Crooks, Press Association . Qualifier Mirjana Lucic-Baroni upset US Open second seed Simona Halep to reach the fourth round at a grand slam for the first time in 15 years. The former child prodigy is now 32 but rolled back the years with a superb display of power hitting to knock out title contender Halep ... | Former child prodigy Lucic-Baroni rolled back the years to beat second seed Halep in straight sets . The Croatian was a Wimbledon semi-finalist 15 years ago aged 17 . Veteran Venus Williams beaten by Sara Errani after serving for the match . Teen Belinda Bencic shocks sixth seed Angelique Kerber . Further wins for Jele... | 7f15b743706386d139427d52977e0f5025dbabb6 |
(CNN) -- George H.W. Bush marked his 80th and 85th birthdays with parachute jumps. He said after the second jump: "Just because you're an old guy, you don't have to sit around drooling in the corner. Get out and do something. Get out and enjoy life." Now 88, Bush has been struggling with serious health concerns, includ... | David Frum: George H.W. Bush, 88, must recover to continue to inspire on way to 90 . Bush has packed much into life: war hero, ambassador, CIA chief, VP, president . He says elder Bush not given enough credit for role in shepherding end of Cold War . Frum: Bush will not toot own horn; others (Kuwaitis, Eastern European... | 36e83e6b85728a7f314c0840414ec3efbcf8cb02 |
By . Alexandra Klausner . PUBLISHED: . 17:36 EST, 28 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 17:51 EST, 28 February 2014 . One father and stepfather of a kindergartener at a Missouri elementary school got into a heated scuffle on Tuesday night after their daughter's class performance in the school gymnasium. Ryan D. Steck, 36, ... | Kevin F. Alexander claims that Ryan D. Steck yanked his stepdaughter from his arms and that she said it 'hurt her' Alexander claims that Steck 'slapped him' and 'spit on him' so in retaliation he 'hit him a couple of times' Steck says he did not spit but that he merely 'blew air out of his mouth' Off-duty police office... | 777c9565b2aa85beeb887c244fe558e721a0f7ed |
For a split-second, it could have been the opening day of last season. Same opposition, same score to protect and a contribution from the same player that brought the same, deafening reaction. Deep into added time, with Liverpool clinging to a 1-0 lead, Charlie Adam hoisted a cross into the penalty area and Anfield gas... | Simon Mignolet has struggled since taking the No 1 jersey at Liverpool . Was unconvincing on several occasions against Stoke on Saturday . Brendan Rodgers had spoken to him after draw with Ludogorets . Glen Johnson scored the winner as Liverpool beat Stoke 1-0 at Anfield . | 5f3ef90cd3246b8222211d2cce622f8d0a44db82 |
By . Dan Bloom . Changing times: Famous for going door-to-door, Jehovah's Witnesses have taken to the streets . It's a practice that's been the butt of jokes for decades: a pair of Jehovah's Witnesses turning up suited and booted on your doorstep. But the days of the 140-year-old religious order's members trudging door... | Religious movement founded in U.S. became famous for knocking on doors . They once drove cars with loudhailers and wore large sandwich boards . But now thousands of followers are taking to public 'pitches' for long shifts . Tactic launched in 13 British cities including London, Cardiff and Edinburgh . Followers admit n... | b509615099ec2a486f15fe354f592c2f14b02d90 |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:51 EST, 9 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:38 EST, 9 October 2013 . A 13-year-old-boy is due to stand trial in Louisiana on Wednesday, accused of the second-degree murder of his five-year-old half sister. Devalon Armstrong allegedly used wrestling moves he had seen on televisi... | Devalon Armstrong, 13, 'repeatedly punched half sister in the stomach, jumped on her and slammed her on the bed as he copied WWE moves' Five-year-old Viloude Louis later died of her injuries including broken ribs, internal bleeding and a lacerated liver . Teenager could be jailed until his 21st birthday if convicted of... | d9fd06af802f0099d9a0657766f446faf6fb9b66 |
It is one of Britain's greatest architectural masterpieces and these stunning photos give a rare glimpse inside the 150-year-old Clifton Suspension Bridge. The iconic bridge, stretched 245 feet above the River Avon to link Bristol with Somerset, reached its landmark birthday this month. And to celebrate, photographer J... | Photographer Jon Rowley was give access to bridge's 110ft-high Leigh Woods tower . Pictures shows views from top of bridge as well as inner workings of suspension bridge cables . Brunel's masterpiece is celebrating 150 years since its completion in December 1864 . | e3f048db78b088252af33141629dd810a09604bc |
President Barack Obama told a United Nations meeting on Tuesday that pollution must be contained to address climate change. Specifically, he called out China, saying that the most populous country on Earth, with the fastest increase in carbon pollution, must join the United States to lead the rest of the world in carbo... | President Obama gives address on climate change at United Nations on Tuesday . U.N. secretary-general is hosting world leaders at a one-day climate change summit . The Obama administration unveiled a climate change action plan in 2013 . | bde35088f3b67c2163ab3cefe18c6e4d7a675d1a |
By . Steve Doughty . PUBLISHED: . 21:43 EST, 15 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:01 EST, 16 October 2012 . Dying patients who need hospital treatment in England cost the NHS an average of £7,415 each, a research report said yesterday. The bill covers care over the patient’s last year of life, and most of it is spent on... | Total cost of looking after dying patients nearly £5 billion a . year - with two thirds of the bill to the NHS . Almost half of all hospital costs were incurred by emergency inpatient admissions . | e399d32a8c2abdfcef82c8d34cd3ff0e43bcb7e5 |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 4:24 PM on 6th February 2012 . The woman accused of stalking New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman pretended to be pregnant with his baby, her mother claims. After Louise Neathway told her ex-lover Mr Cashman of her claim and threatened to air it publicly, he gave her... | Louise Neathway is charged with stalking and harrassing Brian Cashman . She told the Yankees general manager she was pregnant with his child . He handed over $6,000 to pay for an abortion . But her mother says she was lying - and claims she's done it before . Mr Cashman's wife Mary has filed for divorce after affair al... | 19c64b1b43dc5bbdcbcd51ec5184a7548b148d84 |
By . Jill Reilly . A daredevil slackliner tiptoed across a tiny railing and juggled above a 30 metre drop in an awe-inspiring stunt. Flaviu Cernescu, climbed up and walked across a 4cm wide aqueduct support in Resita, Romania - with no safety equipment to prevent him from falling. The 32-year-old then continued his cro... | Flaviu Cernescu walked across a 4cm wide aqueduct support in Romania . He had no safety equipment to prevent him from falling . The 32-year-old juggled three balls as the rail swayed under his feet . | 31e2b673d63726db0565041b272b947ade1c7cc7 |
By . Sam Webb . Six people suspected of being 'slaves' have been rescued by police following a raid at a Bournemouth garage this morning. Dorset Police raided the AA Clock Garage as part of an investigation into forced labour and human trafficking. As a result six men, aged between 20 and 30, have been taken to a place... | Dorset Police raided a garage in Bournemouth this morning . A 23-year-old has been arrested in connection with slavery offences . The men have been taken to a safe place and cared for . A resident has seen minibuses full of men coming and going from garage . | 2a67d5dee1b1ef8bccff8b89218bdc13192d39bb |
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told a group of college students on Tuesday that race and gender relations are worse now than when he was a kid in a segregated Georgia. According to Yahoo News, at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Florida, Thomas, the second black justice to serve on the court, l... | Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Americans are more 'sensitive' about race now than in the 1960s . Thomas is from Georgia and grew up in the state at a time when public facilities in his home state of Georgia were segregated by race . Thomas: 'Every person. Somebody has said something that has hurt their feel... | c01cf60febd0ef05086d22f7167bcd282a3ee0b5 |
Prime Minister’s Questions should be shown live on TV in a prime time slot, Nick Clegg has claimed as he railed against the ‘ridiculous’ spectacle of MPs hollering at each other each week. The Lib Dem leader said voters should be able to send in questions to be answered by the Prime Minister as he called for an end to ... | Lib Dem leader rails against the 'ridiculous' rules which put off voters . Backs campaign to move Prime Minister's Questions to an evening time slot . Says MPs should be allowed to call each other by their name during clashes . Warns failure to tackle party funding and House of Lords will lead to crises . | 2f2b33925b545579676c639755b0b6904c18365e |
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, head of the Islamic State or Iraq and the Levant, has released a 19-minute video calling on Muslims to build an 'Islamic state' The leader of extremist group ISIS has called on Muslims to come to the territory his group has seized to help build an Islamic state, declaring: 'The earth is Allah's.' ... | Abu Bakr al-Baghdad released 19-minute audiotape online earlier today . Made special call to those with practical skills such as doctors, judges and engineers to 'answer the dire need of the Muslims for them' Comes as large weapon, believed to be a Scud, photographed in militants' possession . Seen being transported by... | f3e4888697429cf6c32e003fc547df2856971ac4 |
Victim: Health director Loretta Fuddy was named by government sources as the plane crash victim . Hawaii's health director has died after a light aircraft carrying nine people crashed in the sea off the island of Molokai on Wednesday. Loretta Fuddy, who was on an annual visit to the the island, was named as the sole vi... | Loretta Fuddy named as victim in light aircraft crash . Rescue crews alerted after second pilot spotted debris in the sea . | b123c0a632d473cf5f54f4f395cda0d6cbe5c760 |
It's Hot or Not time again as Ian Ladyman reveals what's been making him feel warm this week and what's been leaving him cold inside. There's a Dutchman who used to have an orange glow and is now burning bright on the south coast plus a tennis legend, a £25million Premier League hot-shot and a couple of familiar faces ... | European Cup king Ronald Koeman may have another crack at the big one . His Southampton side are comfortable in the Champions League places . Roger Federer is still going strong at the grand old age of... 33 . Man City have never been slicker now Wilfried Bony has joined the ranks . Queens Park Rangers just aren't good... | 6ff87235772f336eb6acbac5b908b2373dfbd333 |
A diplomatic row between Belarus and Sweden over teddy bears escalated today when the eastern European country withdrew its embassy staff from Stockholm. Belarus also told Sweden to take similar action with its diplomats in Minsk. It all stems from a stunt by a Swedish PR which parachuted 800 teddy bears into Belarus l... | It follows stunt by Swedish PR firm in Belarussian airspace last month . Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko was left furious . The leader is now taking his fury out on Sweden . | 1a412f0f01e0452b8a21d8c0415c1d70cd510f73 |
By . Spencer Matthews . Agreeing to judge the Miss Monaco beauty pageant in London in the run up to the F1 Grand Prix was not the toughest decision of my life. Let me think about this: 21 stunning women, motor racing's most glamorous event, followed by the Grand Prix's most luxurious after-party. Yes, please. The winne... | Spencer was invited to be a guest judge at the Miss Monaco contest . The winner wins a trip to Infiniti Podium Lounge in Monaco worth £10,000 . MIC's Emma joined Spencer on his Monaco jaunt . | d718f1036d8bfcde27cd517934e26189f1596228 |
By . Andrew Levy . PUBLISHED: . 07:44 EST, 20 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:54 EST, 20 December 2012 . Logan Steed was kicked out after being suspended four times in his first year . The cherubic face and angelic smile might suggest a sweet disposition. But Logan Steed’s school record indicates otherwise – he was s... | Logan Steed is a 'happy and polite' child at home, say mother and father . Primary school child was suspended four times in his first year of school . | 23749d3c362c6901f69e633cfb34ea14a21fa9d5 |
Downing Street was last night facing a chorus of demands to bar MPs from policing their own affairs and sack minister Maria Miller . Downing Street was last night facing a chorus of demands to bar MPs from policing their own affairs and sack minister Maria Miller. Senior figures from all main parties backed a call from... | Lord Tebbit said Mrs Miller should resign or be dismissed . Mrs Miller issued a curt 30-second apology in the Commons last week . It was initially suggested that she should repay some £44,000 . No 10 said David Cameron was not backing reform of standards committee . | af302c6fc08615a12397feee2f4b18a7d3a3d5d9 |
(CNN) -- Three-hundred fifty-seven. That's the number of women it took for Australia on Sunday to seize the record from the Cayman Islands for the largest bikini parade. The women, in tiny two pieces and pink visors, paraded around Surfers Paradise beach on the Gold Coast as throngs of onlookers whooped, hollered and s... | The old record was set last year in the Cayman Islands . Australia breaks the record with 357 bikini-clad women . Four women are disqualified for overdressing . | 21eb0ceb3205917f6963fdc618935cb3674db81d |
BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- German federal prosecutors said Friday they have arrested a man suspected of helping a terrorist cell that allegedly plotted attacks against U.S. troops in Germany. The U.S. military's Ramstein Air Base is believed to have been one of the targets for plotters. The prosecutor's office identified... | "Kadir T." suspected of helping a terrorist cell that allegedly plotted attacks . He tried to get equipment for Islamic Jihad Union, officials say . Islamic Jihad Union is a little-known Uzbek militant group . U.S. interests in Germany among the targets of the group's plot, officials say . | 7432fe57db27c648d9e7689daf4537d8640e7da2 |
(CNN) -- The two boys abducted by their parents and taken to Cuba were "well cared for" on their trip, their grandmother told reporters. The children, Chase and Cole, don't know they were abducted, Patricia Hauser said. All they know is they were on an "adventure," she said Thursday. The boys -- 2 and 4 -- appeared in ... | NEW: The next hearing for the couple is set for May 30 . Josh and Sharyn Hakken are accused of abducting the boys and taking them to Cuba . The boys thought they were on an adventure, their grandmother says . Prosecutors file 11 charges against the parents, including kidnapping and child abuse . | bfd1da68bce2246edaf6f1f23b150e12ff2643f3 |
By . Emily Anne Epstein . PUBLISHED: . 09:04 EST, 3 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:42 EST, 3 October 2012 . David Crespi plead guilty to brutally stabbing his five-year-old twin daughters to death, but there is one person that still believes he's innocent: their mother. Kimberli Crespi has fought for her husband from... | Tessara and Samantha Crespi were killed by their father David in 2006 . Kimberli Crespi believes that David Crespi had a psychotic episode from taking a combination of Ambien, Trazadone, Prozac and Lunesta . She wants him freed from jail to re-join their family and three other children . | 338adea271928e648639ffa212c1b16f3d16537d |
Barcelona star Neymar is best known for plying his trade on the field at the Nou Camp - but he has tried his hand at American football ahead of the Superbowl on Sunday. The Brazilian took on the challenge of trying to break the 64-yard field goal record in Catalonia - but came up short. Neymar's first attempt from 50 y... | Neymar scored for Barcelona in their 3-2 win over Villarreal on Sunday . Seattle Seahawks face New England Patriots in Superbowl XLIX . Barca forward tried his luck at American football in a video . Neymar's attempt at a 64-yards field goal fell agonisingly short . | 2f185783658595228e0d0d3cad4a741a017d3679 |
Washington (CNN) -- School bullying is the target of a two-day summit in Washington that kicked off Wednesday morning with Education Secretary Arne Duncan saying bullying undermines learning in schools. "It is an absolute travesty of our educational system when students fear for their safety at school, worry about bein... | The Education Department is holding its first-ever summit on school bullying . Study: Nearly a third of students ages 12-18 reported being bullied in school . The summit looks to come up with a plan to reduce and end bullying . | 79c6d7821307bb8c2aee306fa8a76be8958d34dd |
(CNN) -- A suspect has been arrested in the slaying of a 19-year-old Puerto Rican man found Friday decapitated, dismembered and partially burned, police said Tuesday. Members of the U.S. gay community are asking authorities to investigate whether the slaying was a hate crime because the victim, Jorge Steven Lopez Merca... | NEW: Activist attributes ill will toward gays to some religious, political leaders' "hate rhetoric" Puerto Rican gay community wants police to see if slaying was a hate crime . FBI is monitoring investigation and is prepared to offer help, agent says . Suspect, 27, was to attend Tuesday court hearing, which was postpon... | e125ec74910bf9979f938c46b51ff48eb4453b35 |
By . Toby Harnden In Washington . PUBLISHED: . 15:06 EST, 20 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:48 EST, 21 November 2012 . The descent of the David Petraeus case into a media circus has been accelerated by the appearance of Natalie Khawam, Lebanese-born twin sister of Tampa socialite Jill Kelley, at a press conference a... | Natalie Khawam was swept up in Petraeus scandal after her sister Jill Kelley tipped off the FBI about threatening emails from his mistress . Petraeus and Gen. John Allen wrote letters of support for Khawam during her bitter child custody battle with her ex-husband . Press conference on Tuesday detailed her relationship... | cb0e0631e0030744521e7c5906d86cb2b0e0c467 |
By . Emma Glanfield . Jess Rowles, 24, was left needing stitches to her lip and chin after allegedly being punched in the face by a taxi driver following a night out in Bristol on July 27 . These photos show the horrific injuries a woman suffered after being punched in the face by a rogue taxi driver following a night ... | Jess Rowles needed stitches to her lip and chin after being punched in face . The 24-year-old claims taxi driver attacked her after she couldn't pay the fare . She asked to be driven to cash point but was taken to isolated Bristol street . Cabbie drove off and police have closed investigation due to lack of evidence . | d833ce6beebe17f00b14052509997514e974ebd8 |
By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 12:21 EST, 3 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:57 EST, 3 July 2013 . Sleek, expensive and undoubtedly the apple of its owner's eye. But this sports car, valued at around £300,000, could be smashed to smithereeens as it could be sent to the crusher after it was seized by police. The Lamborgh... | Lamborghini was seized in Knightsbridge, London for being driven illegally . Police are considering whether charges will be brought against the driver . Met Police spokesman said it was one a several super cars taken by officers . Crackdown is part of Operation Cubo which seized 656 vehicles in one day . | 767a392e4b73aebd924e7309963ab0bbf5139c05 |
The team call themselves the 'Barrister Hottie Experts' First, there was the boys - a list of the best looking male barristers in Britain. Now, here come the girls. In the interest of equality, the two American women behind the idea to list the 21 most attractive male lawyers in the country have released a list of best... | Team who released Male Barrister Hottie list have produced a female top 21 . Included in list of 'hotties' is Justine Thornton, Ed Miliband's wife . The team call themselves the 'Barrister Hottie Experts' | 9316116aefa9f9d3176f9ca3b93563e5b7019d9c |
By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 06:31 EST, 18 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:51 EST, 18 September 2013 . Tablet computers and iPads have become something of a regular prop held by newsreaders and television presenters while they talk to camera. But BBC News presenter Simon McCoy left viewers baffled when he introdu... | The 51-year-old presenter was doing a piece to camera on 'drunk tanks' The BBC later said that he had picked up the paper roll by mistake . He has previously been seen briefly resting his head on the desk . | 121eda1724ee7b25149c934fb2aa6bc99a4c8444 |
The actions of the captain and crew of the sunken ferry Sewol "are akin to murder," South Korean President Park Geun-hye said Monday. Her comments come after a radio transcript released a day earlier suggested that passengers aboard the doomed South Korean ferry couldn't reach lifeboats to escape because the ship tilte... | South Korean President says captain and crew's actions are "akin to murder" At least 64 bodies have been found, the coast guard says . 238 people are still missing; 174 have been rescued . Official: Divers will try to reach the ship's cafeteria on Monday . | 907d878f18983de75b42b0c53ab902a49a28ffcb |
(CNN) -- Much was made of the death of the VW Kombi last year, when the last van rolled off a Brazilian factory floor after more than 60 years of continuous production. But there are still places where this icon of world travel can be found, spluttering and stuttering along the dusty paths of adventure. A small tour co... | VW ended the production of the Kombi last year, but the vans' resourceful spirit thrives in Uganda . Kombi Nation Tours recovers abandoned Kombis and turns them into tour buses . "Many of the clients that we attract are from that 'nostalgia market,'" says company director . | e444dbfdef246da925e39246b703b680a9f389a1 |
(CNN) -- A state of emergency in Myanmar was put in place to stop "attempts by a small number of people to spread ... violence to other parts of the country," President Thein Sein said Thursday. In his first speech since making the emergency declaration last week in response to clashes between Buddhists and Muslims, he... | Myanmar's president speaks for the first time since declaring state of emergency . He blames "instigators" for trying to spread violence . At least 40 people were killed last week in sectarian violence . | 670b925634649591b5e7790119487f8534212fac |
By . Lydia Warren . PUBLISHED: . 09:56 EST, 25 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:02 EST, 25 September 2013 . Jail cell footage has been released showing a couple who allegedly kidnapped their toddler sons and fled to Cuba on a sailboat discussing the plot - and desperately urging each other to stay quiet. Joshua and S... | Joshua and Sharyn Hakken 'kidnapped their sons from her mother's house' in April after she was granted custody of the boys, Cole, 4, and Chase, 2 . They were tracked down in Cuba and safely returned to their grandparents . New footage shows the Hakkens discussing keeping the plot quiet as they comfort each other in a j... | ffd935616d7b104eb41cd62d248a725793a03639 |
(CNN) -- Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said Tuesday that it is liable for the San Bruno, California, pipeline rupture, which killed eight people and destroyed dozens of homes in September 2010, and will compensate the victims. "We are taking on financial responsibility so that everyone injured in the accident will be able... | NEW: PG&E president stresses that city of San Bruno nor residents were at fault . "We are affirming our commitment to do the right thing," Chris Johns says . Eight died and dozens of homes were destroyed when pipeline ruptured in 2010 . | 71947baf83c9fe705225711b4b37638638a32cba |
A 21-year-old college student has been charged with creating ricin after two concerned professors turned him in. Kyle Allen Smith allegedly told a biology teacher at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh he was planning something 'borderline illegal' and planned to use the chemical as 'a biological weapon'. It came after... | Kyle Allen Smith, 21, 'told professor he had a "borderline illegal" plan' Asked biology and chemistry teachers how to extract oil to make ribosomal-inhibiting proteins - a potentially lethal concoction, police say . He wanted to 'use something living to harm something living,' claim says . | 630efc588031995c620c52499209652ea985c4f3 |
Liverpool have had a £16million bid accepted by AC Milan for Italy striker Mario Balotelli. Balotelli has been offered £90,000-a-week to move to Anfield and the transfer is nearly complete after a 'positive' first meeting on Thursday evening. The player's representatives will meet with Reds executives on Friday morning... | Liverpool have had a £16m bid accepted by for Balotelli . Italian striker left Manchester City in 2013, and has scored 30 goals for Milan . Balotelli is offered £90,000-a-week by the Reds . Brendan Rodgers still searching for another striker after selling Luis Suarez . Former Liverpool star Michael Owen says it'll be g... | 31794e1390f2753a88e840558bb5e304775ea1be |
Kevin Pietersen says he hopes his exile from the England side will soon end allowing him able to achieve his goals of reaching 10,000 Test runs and again beating Australia in an Ashes series. Pietersen was dropped from the England team after the disastrous and acrimonious series in Australia earlier this year, held res... | Kevin Pietersen says he still has ambitions to play Test cricket . The batsman was dropped from the England team earlier this year . Pietersen is in Australia to play in the Twenty20 Big Bash League . | 9f3e7e43791f5f12d8b0958f08b07fa61ebd8bfa |
Two high school students have been suspended after posting a photo of themselves posing with replica guns online just hours before their homecoming dance. Tito Velez and his girlfriend Jamie Pereira, both 16, decided to pose with 'unique props' ahead of the event at Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School in Taunton... | Tito Velez and his girlfriend Jamie Pereira, both 16, met up before dance . Donning formal attire, they picked up Airsoft guns and posed for picture . The replica rifles may look deadly, but they can shoot only plastic bullets . Following day, students were pulled out of school and quizzed by police . Suspended from Br... | 3150c9352de2d5684fab890c045e755d93c444ea |
Human cannonball Matthew Cranch, 24, as killed when the safety net intended to break his fall after he was fired into the air collapsed . The death of a 'human cannonball' who died after being fired into the air at a stunt show has been ruled an accident, an inquest has ruled. Matthew Cranch suffered multiple injuries ... | Matthew Cranch died after being fired from a cannon in April 2011 . The 24-year-old had joined the stunt crew just one week before his death . The showpiece stunt had been performed 1,000 times without incident . Mechanism that released the safety net was not properly set, inquest told . Corner Patricia Harding said th... | 202f04fa54eeb060075afff7e56369533d906ed6 |
(CNN) -- Ukraine's Foreign Mnister Andrii Deshchytsya on Monday asserted that the situation in his country "is almost like ... a war." With Russian forces effectively having taken control of Crimea, this is Europe's biggest geopolitical crisis for at least two decades. Russia is currently drafting counter-proposals to ... | Andrew Hammond: Ukraine is Europe's biggest geopolitical crisis for two decades . Russia is drafting counter-proposals to a U.S. plan for a negotiated solution, he says . Hammond: The use of analogies by politicians in international crises is commonplace . The most widely used historical analogy is that of Munich and N... | 254b8f360775c4ffced5d9890d922422122e2735 |
Prince Charles has ordered a mass cull of 'invading' grey squirrels on his estates . Prince Charles has ordered a mass cull of 'invading' grey squirrels on his estates to protect trees, endangered native birds and other wildlife. They have already been blamed for driving out Britain's native red squirrels but the Royal... | The Prince of Wales is privately described as 'detesting' grey squirrels . His gardeners say the rodents have learnt to strip the bark from trees . They have also been blamed for driving out Britain's native red squirrels . Grey squirrels, numbering five million, carry a pox virus deadly to reds . | 7692a48d0440a24b16a9815190d6af1ec67dfb08 |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 01:03 EST, 12 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 06:15 EST, 12 January 2014 . A man who shot and killed former Major League Baseball player Danny Clyburn Jr. has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter of his lifelong friend. Derrick McIlwa... | Tampa Bay Devil Rays player Danny Clyburn was shot once in the heart following an argument on February 7, 2012 in Lancaster, South Carolina . His friend, Derrick McIlwain, was arrested for the killing and later admitted to murder, saying that Clyburn 'never did anything for anybody in the hood' after he started playing... | 9906a7898e38da71703c92f9c6d8ed44d204b0da |
By . Helen Pow . A mother thrown to her death from a Six Flags rollercoaster in July was sitting in a car operators knew to be faulty and wasn't properly restrained, according to a newly released police report. Rosa Ayala-Gaona Esparza, 52, was ejected from her seat in the Texas Giant in front of her mortified daughter... | Dallas, Texas mother Rosa Esparza, 52, was ejected from her seat in the Texas Giant in front of her mortified daughter on July 19 . Her partially severed body was found wrapped around a support beam on the roof of the Honky Tonk tunnel . According to a newly released police report, the ride operator said he recalled th... | 2b60240b4eff3c602037e3f80726b3697e9f63d0 |
By . Martha De Lacey . PUBLISHED: . 13:06 EST, 26 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:55 EST, 26 September 2012 . No, these photographs aren't blurry. And don't worry, your eyes are just fine. The fuzzy images are actually the latest hi-tech gimmick from a British plus-size women's fashion and lifestyle magazine: they a... | Cover girl is journalism graduate Bree Warren from Models 1+ . | ce8b43e85c282284a3843243e751cc1bae34ccb2 |
By . Rebecca Camber . PUBLISHED: . 19:28 EST, 11 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 19:46 EST, 11 March 2014 . Charged: Professor Green arrives at Lewisham Police Station in London to answer bail last night . Rapper Professor Green has been charged with drink driving over a crash outside his £1.5million home last year. The Ha... | Hip hop artist called police in November saying he was mugged for his Rolex . Officers arrived and found his Mercedes was involved in crash with van . Rapper, 30, married Quality Street heiress Millie Mackintosh last year . | 1751d5cd01c34c97ed5ab5d324d1248d3f659996 |
By . Ryan Gorman . PUBLISHED: . 10:16 EST, 4 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:09 EST, 5 November 2013 . Health officials today denied that a flesh-eating heroin alternative drug had spread to Ohio. They said that three suspected cases of krokodil were not confirmed to be the lethal drug and that the most prominently r... | Three people were suspected in Ohio as recently as last week to have taken krokodil . None of the three suspected cases tested positive for the drug . They instead were likely suffering from needle sharing infections . | 5ba1e9258ab4c871f49df3b424260f261613643b |
Thousands of commuters who travel to work outside of peak hours will be given discounts on season tickets, Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has revealed. The cheap rail fares will also be available for people who work part-time as the government plans to cut the cost of regular rail travel by bringing in 'smart t... | 'Smart ticketing' will save money for thousands, Transport Secretary says . Commuters travelling outside of peak hours will be given rail fare discounts . Mr McLoughlin says this will ease squeeze on 'horrendous' rush-hour trains . | 58943c705f18f291d45423935c572afbd4f3c253 |
In 1973, Secretariat won horse racing's Triple Crown and set records that still stand today at the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes. Now, 39 years later, the legend has been recognized as having also set a still-standing record at the Preakness Stakes. The Maryland Racing Commission unanimously agreed Tuesday that... | Officials rule that 1973 winner is Preakness record-holder . The official time of 1:54 2/5 was disputed by independent timers . Using video evidence commission revises time to 1:53 flat . Triple Crown winner now owns the official record time in all three races . | 48f26837beb5e8dde14f2c260fd9c1494d4169d8 |
(CNN) -- One was the archetypal military strongman, intent on maintaining the social order and saving his country from "catastrophe." The other was a charismatic shipyard electrician and trade union leader who was just as determined to lead his countrymen to freedom. Wojciech Jaruzelski and Lech Walesa attend the first... | Former Polish leaders Jaruzelski, Walesa speak to CNN . Jaruzelski was military leader who declared martial law in 1981 . Walesa was leader of Solidarity, first president of post-communist Poland . Both men claim to have played key roles in Poland's transition to democracy . | 579f16eaf55685de58e1c6d1d4c0d4e41f7df719 |
Tragedy: Martin Ball, 28, died in his sleep after he took morphine-based drug OxyNorm from a friend's medicine cabinet to treat his back pain . A father-of-one suffering from chronic back pain poisoned himself by overdosing on a terminally-ill man's super-strength painkillers after an all-night drinking session. Marti... | Martin Ball, 28, consumed large amount of 'end of life' painkiller OxyNorm . Plasterer had complained about chronic back pain to friends on night out . After drinking pints of cider and spirits he went back to friend's house . Witness said he was seen with bottle of drugs, fell asleep and never woke . Coroner told Mr B... | f8aa91b491567e1eccfeac10be01d4d7167666fe |
(CNN) -- A former "Manson family" member who stabbed actress Sharon Tate to death more than 40 years ago and is now terminally ill faces her 13th parole hearing on Wednesday. Susan Atkins, shown here after her indictment in the Manson murders, has a parole hearing Wednesday. Susan Atkins, 61, has terminal brain cancer.... | Susan Atkins has admitted she stabbed pregnant actress Sharon Tate to death . She has been denied parole on 12 previous occasions . Atkins has terminal brain cancer and just months to live . She was denied compassionate release in July 2008 . | 7b8ef193a81719e0401da77d4681f498c6eab495 |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- When a woman dates a much older man, bystanders often speculate that she has only the most superficial of motives. French actress Ludivine Sagnier stars in veteran New Wave filmmaker Claude Chabrol's "The Girl Cut in Two." In "The Girl Cut in Two," veteran French filmmaker Claude Chabrol tells ... | French starlet Ludivine Sagnier stars in "The Girl Cut In Two" It tells the story of a young woman who embarks on an affair with an older man . It was directed by prolific French New Wave veteran Claude Chabrol . Sagnier on Chabrol: "He is a great French director, one of the pioneers" | 3d69696014ac57a9dede130814218360ed722d92 |
A resort that allows rich tourists to pretend they live like millions of impoverished Africans in ramshackle shanty towns has been described as 'poverty porn'. Emoya Estate claims the collection of corrugated metal huts on its five-star luxury game reserve gives holidaymakers the chance to experience life in a shanty t... | The Emoya Estate provides corrugated metal shacks for up to 52 guests . Say the shacks that mimic the homes of impoverished Africans is an 'experience of a lifetime' Critics called it 'poverty porn' and insensitive to those who have to live in such basic conditions . | c403240f88b29ac976edb5b3d0b211824818a7b0 |
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