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Clemson University has stopped all fraternity activities one day after a student died falling 20ft off a bridge into a lake following a run with his frat brothers. Tucker Hipps, 19, was found dead on Monday night under a highway bridge hours after the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity reported him missing. However, the Sout... | Tucker Hipps' body was found in Hartwell Lake Monday and investigation into the cause of death continues . Six students were arrested earlier this year on drug charges in a police sting operation . All 24 of the campus fraternities are affected by the ban . | 9663752d43c8231ec01e91c935c3be0d7cbc9455 |
By . Mike Dawes . Greg Eden turned in an inspirational display as Hull KR re-ignited their First Utility Super League play-off push with a comfortable 62-10 win over London Broncos. Full-back Eden, who returned to the Rovers line-up after being dropped recently for disciplinary reasons, grabbed three tries, created ano... | Greg Eden scored three tries in comfortable win for Hull KR . Rovers move to within a point of eighth place in First Utility Super League . The Broncos winless streak stretched to 22 consecutive games . | a8c9afd7bd81ac270b6d455e99c2a07ddd090c10 |
Iraqi Kurdish President Massoud Barzani is willing to participate in the formation of a new government in Baghdad, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday. On Monday, Barzani told CNN's Christiane Amanpour that he would press the issue of Kurdish independence with Kerry when the U.S. official visited Irbil, say... | Iraqi Kurdish leader is willing to help form a new government, U.S. secretary of state says . Massoud Barzani has said he wants to push for Kurdish independence . A new government is crucial to success in Iraq, Kerry says in a CNN interview . "I'm not taking anything I hear to the bank," Kerry says . | 6d488fafe76d350c47b428e2ce5d230fcc1a81f1 |
A soldier has told a court how he pulled an unconscious woman from a freezing river after seeing her lover and his friend allegedly beat her before rolling her body into the water 'like a log'. Army Captain Mark Gold, 43, was enjoying a Sunday stroll along the River Taff in Cardiff with his family when he saw Leanne Wa... | Mark Gold was out walking when he saw alleged attack on Leanne Ware . Captain Gold, 43, told court he saw her being beaten and rolled into river . Father-of-three ran to the riverbank to try to save 31-year-old Miss Ware . Army medic then pulled her from the water and gave her life-saving CPR . Martin Edwards, 43, and ... | 7a790e1ab20b3b1ea10600b2f4700533c0e99860 |
Remarkable CCTV footage shows a woman in China running off a bus while holding a flaming mobile phone after it appears to explode in her hands. The woman, sitting near the front of a bus in south west China’s Sichuan province, is seen attempting to change the battery in her handset when there is a bright flash of light... | A woman attempted to change her mobile phone battery on a bus . The handset exploded and shot up in flames in China’s Sichuan province . CCTV footage shows the woman carry the flaming phone off the bus . Officials warn Chinese consumers not to buy cheap phone batteries . | 21e495fac288b004111a03b52f2ec782906f7007 |
By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 02:55 EST, 14 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:57 EST, 14 February 2013 . A shopkeeper who fought off two armed robbers said the streets around his inner city Birmingham store were 'more violent' than his native Iraq. Kochar Rasul, 30, made a new life for himself and his family in Brita... | Kochar Rasul, 30, was forced to defend himself using a shop sign . Two men pounced as he locked up his shop in Handsworth, Birmingham . | 1666b420ae430f668ab660d22501b96d7f366e68 |
By . Associated Press . and Alex Greig . Police and the FBI are searching for two young Detroit siblings after their 27-year-old mother was found shot to death in a vacant house about six miles from her home. The Wayne County medical examiner's office says an autopsy Tuesday determined Alicia Fox had been shot twice in... | Family members found the body of Alicia Fox, 27, in an abandoned Detroit house after an anonymous tip . She was last seen in late May; she and her two children were reported missing June 6 . The children, Kaylah Hunter, six, and six-month-old Christian Justice, have not been found . The father of the baby boy, Erin Jus... | 6d618b225eb69b8f686007b9d0197a06cec7ce37 |
For a man who had never used a computer until last year, Dan McIntosh has blazed an extraordinary path to becoming a Facebook sensation- all for his stunning photography showing off life in rural Australia. The outback cook has now launched a book titled 'Outback Stations' detailing what 'real' life is like in Australi... | Outback cook Dan McIntosh has been working around the Northern Territory for over 30 years . Started a Facebook page to post photos of his life for his parents to see . The page took off and now has 115,000 followers . The photos drew the attention of a Sydney-based publisher . The photography compilation 'Outback Stat... | c27d4b1f4d2b034dd35c9b8ed4081542dbceaf47 |
One of Mark Wahlberg's childhood friends who appeared alongside him in The Fighter and Ted has been shot and killed by police outside of a house where his mother was found stabbed to death. Paul Campbell, 49, was described as being agitated when the veteran officers arrived at his Weymouth, Massachusetts, home at 1am o... | Paul Campbell, 49, was killed at his home in Weymouth, Massachusetts . Police then found his mother Patricia, 72, with stab wounds on the steps . Officers said he was agitated when they arrived at the scene on Monday . He was gunned down when he lunged at the pair with a knife . Campbell has had small roles in The Figh... | 18d639335d827a446517152cfe7c847adfc49ffd |
By . Chris Pleasance . PUBLISHED: . 10:31 EST, 15 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:42 EST, 15 October 2013 . Major League Baseball umpire Wally Bell has died of a suspected heart attack aged just 48. Bell, who worked the Nl playoff series between the Pittsburg Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals just a week ago, had be... | Wally Bell had been a Major League Baseball umpire since 1993 . Had quintuple bypass surgery in 1998 and his father had two heart attacks . He leaves behind girlfriend Renee and two teenage children . Players and officials from across Baseball world share their tributes . | 5720a087173fbf9f82a2bf6ae933179212bc330e |
Children and teens who have a parent with bipolar disorder are 14 times more likely than their peers to have bipolar-like symptoms themselves, and are two to three times more likely to be found to have an anxiety or mood disorder, such as depression, according to a report in the March issue of the Archives of General P... | Kids with a bipolar parent are 14 times more likely to have bipolar-like symptoms . They're also more likely to have a diagnosis of an anxiety or mood disorder . Bipolar disorder affects 5.7 million people over age 18 in the United States . Findings might help families recognize problem, get help for a child earlier . | bd03b29cddbee1cd9855f3712367303de0490bb0 |
(CNN) -- It's hard for today's generation to imagine watching TV in the 1960s -- there was no TiVo or DVR (or even VCR). You watched what the networks put on and that was it. And oh yeah, there were only three channels. Yet television made some groundbreaking advancements in this decade as we learned from this week's e... | In the '60s, Americans came to rely on TV for information and entertainment . With the Kennedy-Nixon debate, TV changed political campaigns . Shows, like "The Twilight Zone," tackled hot-button issues like racism . | a6fd1becab8befec91e0cea35b73b3bc60fd2ef8 |
(CNN) -- Mark Wilson claimed his second PGA Tour win of the season as he beat fellow American Jason Dufner at the second extra hole of a playoff to win the Phoenix Open Monday. Wilson drained an 10-foot birdie putt to edge out Dufner after both had finished tied on 18-under 266 in regulation play, the tournament held ... | Mark Wilson wins Phoenix Open after playoff victory over fellow American Jason Dufner . Wilson holes birdie putt at second extra hole for fourth career PGA Tour win . Wilson took season-opening Sony Open and leads money list . Martin Larid of Scotland and Fiji's Vijay Singh share third . | ad0741b94afd42a394a0c1b84b2d648364573849 |
By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 20:46 EST, 22 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 05:08 EST, 23 January 2014 . Attorneys representing the husband of a pregnant, brain-dead Texas woman being kept on life support despite his protests is carrying a fetus that is 'distinctly abnormal' after being deprived of oxygen for an u... | Erick Munoz of Fort Wort, Texas, found his wife Marlise unconscious on the kitchen floor on November 26 . She had suffered a pulmonary embolism and has been brain dead since . Munoz and Marlise's mother are now suing the hospital who say that Texas law prevents them from turning off her ventilator, against their wishes... | 522801f98a84e4cb8abf7e4b79389523592cbd3a |
(CNN) -- This is a moment of terrible tragedy for Israelis and people of goodwill everywhere following the discovery of the bodies of three teenagers who were abducted and killed while hitchhiking in the West Bank. It is also a moment of high danger. When an entire nation -- and the entirety of the Jewish people -- is ... | Deaths of three teens a terrible tragedy for Israelis and people everywhere . Alan Elsner: Punish the killers but not families, others in a general offensive . Expanding settlements, harming families has never worked as a deterrence, he says . Elsner: How Israel reacts will be decisive turning point for both Israelis a... | ab04a4c23a1dbcd824c1f2cd880512231ea5100b |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 01:19 EST, 25 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:20 EST, 29 September 2012 . A Michigan teen who was elected to her high school’s homecoming court in a cruel prank by some classmates has drawn an incredible show of support from her small community. Whitney Kropp, 16, a student at... | Whitney Kropp, 16, elected to homecoming court earlier this month - only to find out it had been a prank by popular students . Facebook page set up in support of sophomore, and donations pour in for her hair, make-up and a dress for the homecoming dance . | 20d3157889fef89fb9cbe620ca6fbe3c62b86ad2 |
By . Julian Robinson for MailOnline . A murder investigation team has taken over the hunt for a missing 14-year-old girl who was last seen walking in the direction of home along a canal tow path. Detectives from Scotland Yard's homicide and major crime squad are now leading the search for Alice Gross, who went missing ... | Alice Gross left her home in Hanwell, west London on Thursday last week . 14-year-old last seen walking home along canal tow path at Brentford Lock . Scotland Yard's homicide and major crime squad has taken up investigation . But detectives say they are still confident that they can get her home safely . | b186c59640c3af1a304fa3ab5ccd90b3ca389c29 |
Washington (CNN) -- Vice President Joe Biden has a colorful take on ranking second. The latest Bidenism came Thursday night at Harvard University's Institute of Politics, when a questioner introduced himself as the vice president of the student body. "Isn't that a b----?" a smiling Biden said. "I mean ... excuse me. Th... | Joe Biden quipped that being a vice president is "a b----" His comment came at a Harvard University event . Biden quickly told the crowd he was joking and called taking the job the "best decision I ever made" | b5ec4f9bc110478fe756964911adafba1d787126 |
Editor's note: Clark Howard, the Atlanta, Georgia-based host of a nationally syndicated radio show, is host of a television show designed to help viewers save more, spend less and avoid getting ripped off during these tough economic times. The show airs at noon and 4 p.m. ET Saturdays and Sundays on HLN. Clark Howard s... | Clark says you're going to need to apply for unemployment insurance . You need to know which debts to prioritize, which to neglect if your money runs out . Clark suggests you join networking and unemployment support groups . With certain skills, try consulting work or freelancing on a project . | c561323d63d4cbeeb64e57cdf3d27e2b9982a31f |
By . Sophie Jane Evans . With strong walls and heavy artillery, it was New York's last line of defence against the Germans during two world wars. But nearly 100 years after it was built, Fort Tilden has been transformed into a graffiti-plastered wildlife sanctuary. The fort, situated in Gateway National Park on the Roc... | Established in 1917, Fort Tilden in New York borough of Queens protected U.S. military against the German Navy . But nearly 100 years on, abandoned military base has been transformed into a graffiti-plastered wildlife sanctuary . While its buildings have become havens for local art groups, it surrounding beaches are po... | fd58729d8be027b1192764cf57eb02211ce605ed |
By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 10:10 EST, 5 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:43 EST, 5 November 2012 . The mother of an 18-month-old girl found dead inside a car with her sister was previously accused of neglecting her children by drinking while they were left in a playpen, it was claimed yesterday. Christina Carlson,... | Christina Carlson arrested last . month after Chantel Craig was found dead . In car with . two-year-old sister on Tulalip Indian Reservation in Washington . Past allegations 'from girl's grandmother in Child Protective Services file' | bc88382cb37af893e833194531cb8daf97dd941a |
The German special prosecutors' office that investigates Nazi war crimes is recommending charges against dozens of alleged former Auschwitz guards, opening the possibility of a new wave of trials almost 70 years after the end of World War II. Federal prosecutor Kurt Schrimm, the head of the office in Ludwigsburg, said ... | Enough evidence to pursue charges of accessory to murder against 30 people in Germany who were stationed at the death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland . Another seven suspects live outside . the country and are still being investigated - they are in Austria, Brazil, Croatia, the U.S., Poland and even in Israel . The oldest... | 0931d519ad57ee2bd029ce5e5630e20790759f75 |
By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 09:24 EST, 6 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:32 EST, 6 October 2012 . A jury in the trial of television presenter Justin Lee Collins - who is accused of harassing his ex-girlfriend - has today retired to consider its verdict. After a 10-day trial at St Albans Crown Court the panel of n... | After a 10-day trial at St Albans Crown Court the panel of nine women and three men began its deliberations . Collins, of Kew, south-west London, denies the charge of harassment . | cb3fe304a0687c9431645d5c27df28201f7ab339 |
A family is in shock after a SWAT team threw a stun grenade into their 19-month-old son's crib during a midnight drugs raid, leaving the baby in a medically induced coma with severe burns. Wisconsin mother Alecia Phonesavanh, her husband, Bounkham, and their children including toddler, Bou Jr., were visiting her sister... | Wisconsin mother Alecia Phonesavanh and her 19-month-old son, Bou, were visiting her sister-in-law in Atlanta, Georgia . They were all asleep when police raided the home early Wednesday . Phonesavanh said officers threw a grenade, which landed in her baby's crib and exploded in his face . The child was seriously injure... | 93f33cb19207eb793a45c9b7fe7346dc4b144fa6 |
Prescriptions for ‘chemical cosh’ drugs to treat hyperactivity have risen almost nine-fold, with claims that children as young as three are taking them. The number of drugs prescriptions to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder has leapt from 92,100 in 1997 to 786,400 last year, say NHS figures. It is feared t... | Nearly 800,000 children were given ADHD medication last year, says the NHS . Doctors are prescribing drugs instead of more expensive treatments . | efbfef5311c32821589f0d1f89c3013420ace0ab |
Normally it is defenders who like to put in the first tackle on a striker to make their point. With Diego Costa it is the other way around. He is bristling for a fight and almost wants defenders to make him angry because when he is fired up he is an even better player. To deal with Costa you have to show you have more ... | Diego Costa faces a three-match ban for violent conduct on Tuesday night . The Chelsea striker stamped on Liverpool's Emre Can during their win . Costa is always up for a fight on the pitch and provides sheer physicality . You have to be stronger, quicker and anticipate better to beat Costa . | ffe6bf8097a6ac4ed133d3cf8c0b13ea2e08d50e |
By . Bianca London . His fans read like a roll call of Hollywood royalty so Giorgio Armani was bound to pull something magical out of the bag at his SS14 couture show. The Armani Privé couture collection, as part of the Paris installment of his One Night Only celebrations, showcased his exquisite craftsmanship in a ran... | The Armani Privé spring 2014 couture collection was part of Paris installment of his One Night Only celebrations . Range of dazzling evening gowns in midnight blue . Watched by Kristin Scott Thomas and Paloma Faith . | 8ff4304d45617a08e640c4dc36ccdcd673343a40 |
(CNN) -- What's in the coffee in Canada? Apparently something that's making a few folks pretty generous. At least six times this week, customers at Tim Hortons restaurants have paid for their own cups of coffee and cups of brew for the next 500 or more people in line, according to media reports. The first 500 free java... | Six times this week, donors buy coffee for more than 500 . Gifts were at Tim Hortons restaurants across Canada . Chain says this generosity is not a marketing gimmick . | 72eb5a35a7fce863828b9fe8addcf08b431bf35a |
This is the shocking moment a pedestrian has his mobile phone snatched out of his hand - by a man racing past on a bike. The 41-year-old victim was walking along the pavement and using his mobile when it was grabbed from his hands in a split-second by a passing cyclist, who then sped off down the street. The incident, ... | The 41-year-old victim was walking along the pavement in central London . His phone was grabbed from his hands in a split-second by passing cyclist . The incident at around 5pm on January 26 was captured on CCTV . | f8e9b5d5a97e9a6eb85072b8f61e558ffffe08f6 |
Mike Penning, the Justice Minister, will close a legal loophole to ensure driving bans for those jailed for causing deaths start when they are released . Dangerous drivers who have killed on the roads in the UK will banned from getting behind the wheel for longer under new plans being considered by the Government. At t... | Drivers who cause death on the roads to be banned from driving for longer . Under current rules driving bans begin the moment offender is sentenced . This means dangerous drivers often serve out bans while they are in prison . Mike Penning, the Justice Minister, said the current system is 'abhorrent' He wants driving b... | 748bfcefd5c870989489953bb0552be662a4c6d8 |
(CNN) -- Atlanta's airport and airlines there continue to bear the brunt of this week's snowfall that paralyzed parts of the South as their employees struggle to get to work Thursday at the world's busiest airport. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport had nearly 500 flight cancellations by noon ET, accordin... | Airline, airport employees struggle to return to work in Atlanta . Hundreds of Atlanta flights have been canceled Thursday . Cancellations expected to drop as Atlanta temperatures rise . | 2cd299f7b6ac650f6781b60e32a2d13c3db3d6f9 |
(CNN) -- Nearly two-and-a-half years after losing the title, Tiger Woods reclaimed the world No. 1 golf ranking when winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational tournament on Monday. The defending champion knew that only victory at Bay Hill would enable him to topple Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy. With thunder storms havi... | Woods returns to No. 1 spot after two-and-a-half-year absence . Victory over Justin Rose takes Woods to joint record eighth win at same PGA event . Woods now starts 624th week at the top of world rankings . | f0d9282e96812a04d5aa101d015fea40d7785809 |
(CNN) -- On the night where one of the club's greats may have played his final game, a new star shone brightly. Ryan Giggs may have appeared in the famous red shirt for the last time in his illustrious career although the 40-year-old has yet to confirm his retirement. Giggs, who has presided over the team as interim ma... | Manchester United defeats Hull City in Premier League . James Wilson scored twice on debut in 3-1 victory . Nemanja Vidic said goodbye to Old Trafford crowd . Interim manager Ryan Giggs makes emotional speech . | eccdfae52d588c9449934460a37bc49f29721aa5 |
By . Steph Cockroft . Pope Francis sacked the five-man board of the Financial Information . Authority who were associated with the discredited financial old guard . Pope Francis has sacked the five-man 'old boy network' board of the Vatican's financial watchdog, in the latest bid to break with the discredited old guard... | Board has vast international experience and includes a woman for first time . Outgoing members were Italian laymen due to serve five-year term until 2016 . The Vatican's Financial Information Authority has been spearheading change . Wants finances to have the same transparency as international standards . | 5c80133ad9bee6148800807e48a591ff5472043d |
A streaker sparked a mass brawl after running on to the pitch at a rugby match to tackle an opposition player. The match between Newcastle University and Northumbria was coming to an end when the man, whose identity is not known, wandered on to the pitch with no clothes on. After lining himself up to catch the ball for... | Streaker interrupted match between Newcastle University and Northumbria . Ran on to the pitch at Kingston Park to catch the ball for Northumbria . Tackled Newcastle player while completely naked to shock of crowd . Man made a quick exit as players from opposing teams began fighting . | 542d6c5598919584b8c891f8d028d3303ab271a8 |
Washington (CNN) -- President Obama paid tribute Wednesday to those who have lost their lives in the nation's wars as well as to the men and women who currently serve. "There's no tribute, no commemoration, no praise that can truly match the magnitude of your service and your sacrifice," he said in a speech at Arlingto... | "No praise ... can truly match the magnitude of your service," he tells veterans . America will do right by its troops, Obama promises . Nations around the world take day to honor fighting men and women . | bc8a541bb14c78af985e297c1264e809a6d379f0 |
Hong Kong (CNN) -- A series of explosions tore through an open-air market in the capital of the volatile western Chinese region of Xinjiang on Thursday, killing dozens of people and wounding many more, state media reported. China's Ministry of Public Security said the attack in the heavily policed city of Urumqi was "a... | NEW: U.S. says the attack is an "outrageous act of violence against innocent civilians" The Chinese President calls for terrorists to be "severely" punished . The explosions have killed 31 people and wounded more than 90, Xinhua says . China says the attack is "a serious violent terrorist incident" | e0b549710fc1db62d71c51cc04566b6f165b247f |
A tearful woman bids farewell to her loved one at Paddington Station in 1942; elsewhere, young boys leap over gravestones as they use a Glasgow cemetery as a post-war playground. These striking images form part of a retrospective celebrating the work of renowned photographer Bert Hardy, who would have been 100 this yea... | Hardy, who died in 1995, is best known for his assignments at Picture Post magazine between 1941 and 1957 . | 9ec5bd9e17912d96e87aafa37e53352105d38c05 |
By . Amanda Williams . PUBLISHED: . 15:40 EST, 15 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:54 EST, 16 July 2013 . Vladimir Putin's latest display of machismo has seen him plunge to the bottom of the ocean in a decidedly James Bond-esque manner. The stunt-happy Russian leader - who in the past has been pictured enjoying manly pur... | In latest display of machismo Putin has been pictured on submarine . Craft bears uncanny resemblance to James Bond villain Karl Stromberg's underwater hideout Atlantis in 1977 movie The Spy Who Loved Me . He rode craft 60 metres (200 feet) down to see the remains of naval frigate . Oleg sank in 1869 after being hit by ... | f751efc32003a8d1e7998e4d27eb5d48448cb7fa |
By . James Black . PUBLISHED: . 13:48 EST, 26 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:55 EST, 26 November 2012 . Amateur pilot, Jason Osu, was murdered by two assassins who lurked outside his home in Liverpool . A murder inquiry was launched today after a man died almost a week after he was shot while sitting in his car outs... | Jason Osu, 31, died almost a week after he was shot while sitting in his car outside his home . Merseyside Police investigators working alongside the force's dedicated gang crime unit, Matrix . Detectives are looking for two men thought to be in the area at the time of the shooting . | 87d7e74135d187acb3cc9fca0a61681f52e6c52e |
By . Associated Press and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:47 EST, 13 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:26 EST, 14 November 2012 . Marked for death: Brett Hartman claims he had nothing to do with the brutal 1997 murder of Winda Snipes in Akron, Ohio . A condemned killer who claimed he was wrongfully accused of sta... | Bret Hartman will be executed today in the murder of Winda Snipes . Hartman claims he had sex with Ms Snipes earlier in the day, but did not kill her . She was stabbed 138 times, her throat was slit and her hands were cut off . Ohio officials say he was denied clemency due to the brutality of the murder, and overwhelmi... | 8a9445d815958032313d83d3cbf8027ba1be0246 |
By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 13:22 EST, 28 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:15 EST, 28 May 2013 . Two men who have appeared in court after a mosque was petrol-bombed are believed to be former soldiers, it has emerged today. Stuart Harness, 33, and Gavin Humphries, 37, who have been remanded in custody, are thought to have ... | Stuart Harness and Gavin Humphries believed to have served in the army . They have been arrested in connection with the arson attack . It was the second time in three days the Grimsby mosque was targeted . | 62b993e5480c7df3d8dcc9821740df45207cf9ed |
(The Frisky) -- We at The Frisky have always been on Team Coco. Sure, Jay Leno gives a decent monologue and David Letterman's "Late Show" is where celebrities go to unleash their inner crazy, but Conan O'Brien? He relies on good writing and quick wit to pull hilariousness from his celebrity guests. Tonight, Conan retur... | Halle Berry once went barefoot on the show because she left her shoes on set with Regis . Will Ferrell wished Conan a happy birthday with booty shorts and a Leprechaun dance . O'Brien's new series, "Conan," premieres on TBS at 11 p.m. (EST) Monday . | dd684a6f7c1cf5be5119de593dc2f3b4bf4502b2 |
(CNN) -- Tina Gangidine is so passionate about President Barack Obama, even her pet lovebird campaigned for him. "I left the campaign sign by her cage, and whenever she would get out she would always hop right over to it and sit for long stretches staring at it," said the retired middle school teacher from Ohio. "I gue... | It may be a campaign first: pets in political outfits advertising for a campaign . More than 16,000 people have "liked" the Pets for Obama Facebook page . The Obamas' dog, Bo, appears solo in a campaign ad for the president . The RNC thinks the Pets for Obama page is a distraction . | c359295910b65dea6d47f6e1d8e53c464c6a8722 |
A Coast Guard who shot dead a female fellow officer and severely wounded her wife had become obsessed with his lesbian colleague, friends claim. Adrian Loya, 31, traveled from Virgina before shooting dead Lisa Trubnikova and hospitalizing Anna Trubnikova when he opened fire at their Cape Cod condo on Thursday morning, ... | Lisa Trubnikova, 31, and wife Anna, 30, were shot at Cape Cod home . Adrian Loya, 31, traveled from base in Virginia for the attack, police say . Family say he became fixated on Lisa when all three served in Alaska . Loya set fire to a car to block the only road to the complex, police say . He also set up homemade devi... | 6bdec7dbbf346dd0cb0a327146b1841442827ed1 |
Three years after 20-month-old Ayla Reynolds mysteriously vanished in the middle of the night, Maine police are still looking for her and have made no arrests in the case. The toddler was reported missing from her father's home in Waterville, Maine on December 17, 2011, sparking one of the state's largest ever searches... | Ayla Reynolds was reported missing from her father's home in Waterville, Maine on December 17, 2011, sparking a massive search . Police do not believe the 20-month-old girl wandered off or was abducted . The lead investigator said he believes the girl's father, his girlfriend and sister - who were in the home at the ti... | 0d4d975555d6c9fd99ede4ca434b78f8ffb5976c |
Wathinkha, Myanmar (CNN) -- Opposition leader and Nobel peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi won a seat in Myanmar's parliament Sunday, her party said, a momentous victory following a decades-long fight for democracy. Staff from Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy, said she won and that several hundred ... | NEW: A party spokesman says Suu Kyi has won . The balance of power will not change even if the opposition wins all 45 seats . Official results may be known Monday . The vote is nevertheless a symbolic victory for many . | f16be736b18a7851c4cd504136f802678ca82df9 |
The friend who was on the phone with Trayvon Martin when his fatal confrontation with George Zimmerman began said Monday she is "disappointed, upset, angry, questioning and mad" at Zimmerman's acquittal on murder charges. Rachel Jeantel called the verdict "BS" and said Martin, 17, was never aggressive. "He was a calm, ... | Zimmerman was "weak" and his defense acted "like a punk," Rachel Jeantel says . The case was about race, Jeantel says . Jeantel calls Zimmerman verdict "BS" Martin "was a calm, chill, loving person," she says . | 0416f01493da3f8d4ab439940d147fd519983cef |
This is the dramatic moment that a Syrian warplane exploded after being shot down by a Syrian fighter plane in a move sure to increase tensions between the two countries. The attack on the plane - from which the pilot ejected - happened in a border region where Syrian rebels have been battling President Bashar al-Assad... | Attack in border region where Syrian rebels are battling Assad's forces . Turkish PM: 'If you violate my airspace, our slap after this will be hard' Rebels have been fighting for control of Kasab crossing since Friday . | b6eea38586ae143bac6458edd40fd35b732c6fb7 |
A father of three died in an avalanche on the last day of a family skiing holiday in the Italian Alps near to the French border. Graeme Porteous, 48, was swept to his death on Saturday after his off-piste ski party was hit by a 45ft-wide wall of snow in Argentera in Piedmont. Mr Porteous, who lived in Wimbledon, South-... | Graeme Porteous, 48, hit by 45ft of snow in Argentera near French border . He was one of three skiers killed this weekend in Italy by heavy snowfalls . Singapore-born investment banker lived in Wimbledon, south London . | 818d1b0b4588122ceb5f1404f04b27facc8f8dbd |
A Chris Gayle masterclass led the West Indies to a four-wicket win in the first of three Twenty20 internationals against South Africa. Rilee Rossouw’s half-century helped South Africa to 165 for four in Cape Town but it proved insufficient as Gayle hammered 77 off 31 balls, with eight sixes and five fours. Marlon Samue... | South Africa hosted the West Indies in the first of three T20 matches . The visitors ran out comfortable winners on Friday . Chris Gayle hit a remarkable 77 off 31 balls, Marlon Samuels added 41 . | 6a890adc92332c66bcfe1e441f8335ea4f03db59 |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 11:14 PM on 16th December 2011 . A couple who romanticized trains and lived a modern-day adventure by riding railroad cars across the U.S. were killed when a train dumped its load of coal on them at a Florida power plant. Workers discovered the bodies of Christopher Artes, 25,... | Christopher Artes, 25, and Medeana Hendershoot, 22, travelled the country by hitching rides on trains . Medical examiner says Artes suffocated and Hendershoot was crushed by tons of coal . Artes had been hitching rides on trains since he was a teenager . | f370fa7d97041cfb02a459f65b77723bace5d911 |
Imagine a world where you no longer have to spend hours putting together Ikea furniture. Instead, that flat-packed table you purchased will instantly unfold into the right shape while you sit back and relax. Now, . the U.S. Army Research Office is hoping to make this a reality by . providing an $855,000 (£528,000) gran... | 4D printing enables 3D-printed materials to be programmed to self-assemble . It can do this, for instance, by varying material's water-absorbing . qualities . This activates shape change when material come into . contact with moisture . U.S. Army has awarded £528,000 to the University of Pittsburgh, Harvard School of E... | 2ec811c6db2eedb9ceea49eccc43ec01c770b4cd |
By . Tara Brady . The British SAS regiment is renowned for its tough selection process. And now it seems that the animal kingdom is holding trials for its own special forces. These squirrels were videoed tackling what appears to be a tough obstacle course during a clip posted to YouTube. One of the squirrels takes on t... | Animals take part in assault course made up of twists, jumps and turns . Course was created by Steve Barley who provides a running commentary . The video has now been viewed more than 200,000 times on YouTube . | af358efa58d7881bcd10312ed67cadc1a2f6d003 |
By . Phil Casey, Press Association . Rory McIlroy recovered from a slow start to boost his chances of a second major title in succession in the weather-affected 96th US PGA Championship on Friday. McIlroy briefly dropped three shots off the lead when he bogeyed the par-four 12th, his third hole of the day, but bounced ... | Rory McIlroy takes the lead after strong second day at the US PGA Championship . Open champion on course for second successive major title . Northern Irishman dropped three shots off the lead after slow start . 25-year-old hold from 30 feet for an eagle on par-five 18th . Play restarted after a 50-minute suspension bec... | 15977594b3bf808e083502e9845ce3b8210aae32 |
A war veteran says he was harassed and humiliated by an employee of a Houston Starbucks who refused to allow him into the store because of his service dog. Yancy Baer was visiting the city on behalf of an organization that trains service dogs which are provided to disabled people. However he found he was a victim of di... | Veteran walked into Starbucks but got into a confrontation with an employee who wanted him to prove his disability . Yancy Baer was in Houston to have a meeting about service dogs . His own dog was wearing a service vest . Starbucks have since apologized for the incident but Mr Baer says he will never step foot inside ... | 572e953931e517708b2b3422a71a6c2fe9a634d2 |
Two policemen, three brothers, a fireman, a customs officer and an admin clerk. They formed part of the Gibraltar starting XI that lost 7-0 to Poland in their first-ever competitive match on Sunday night. With a population of less than 30,000, UEFA's newest member Gibraltar didn't exactly have a wealth of professional ... | Gibraltar are UEFA's newest member with a population of about 30,000 . Poland beat Gibraltar 7-0 on Sunday night with four goals from Robert Lewandowski, two from Kamil Grosicki and one from Lukas Szukala . The defeat was Gibraltar's competitive debut after winning a 14-year battle . Preston's Scott Wiseman and Bnei Ye... | 9630902cd87b1d6754b62a68fbc17df2d15a1648 |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . Top executives cursed a total of 254 times during analyst calls in the past decade, and their language was more laced with profanities during tough economic times, new research has found. The CEO of Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. James Hagedorn, Ryanair Holdings Plc CEO Michael O-Leary and Merson Ele... | The CEO of Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. James Hagedorn, Ryanair Holdings Plc CEO Michael O-Leary and Merson Electric Co. CEO David Farr make up the Cursing Hall of Fame . Bloomberg News review of thousands of CEO calls with investors and analysts from 2004 to last month to get the data . The research shows bosses' cursing sp... | 0e31506d3aa973b2959abfbf0b160a3ebbf3c0f3 |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:31 EST, 19 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:34 EST, 19 August 2012 . A third of the fish caught in British waters are being landed abroad by foreign fishermen, it was claimed yesterday. Trawlers owned abroad – but flying British flags – are accused of taking the fish away from ... | Current British fish stocks 90 per cent lower than a century ago . | 1c6693259668e536965770b722982f61a54a15ce |
(CNN)If you've always wanted to have a beer with "Family Guy's" Peter Griffin in real life, give Robert Franzese a call. Franzese is a New York-based cosplayer who also happens to do an insanely accurate impression of the cartoon dad from Quahog, Rhode Island. With a white button-down shirt, a pair of green pants, roun... | A cosplayer does a wicked impression of "Family Guy's" Peter Griffin . The creator of "Family Guy" has acknowledged the impression on Twitter . | 7cdf9761f53fa2d4fa3273293419df56b160cffb |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 11:33 PM on 21st July 2011 . Detectives have been criticised for a 'shocking and disgraceful' conspiracy to pervert the course of justice after it was revealed how they took a key murder trial witness to a brothel, paid him cash and allowed him to take cannabis and heroin in t... | West Yorkshire Police also ignored a number of violent crimes allegedly committed by Karl Chapman . He received special treatment as he was a main witness in the retrial of Paul Maxwell . Officers intended Chapman to lie throughout his evidence about how he had been treated . | ac27739dc69645201bcdc732a370d33628a99172 |
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- A Sunni town north of Baghdad that has been surrounded by ISIS for more than two months came under heavy attack on Monday, local police and residents said. At about 9 a.m., a suicide bomber in a seized military Humvee struck a dirt berm that was built as part of the defenses around the southern p... | Town was taken over by ISIS in June, but police and local tribe regained control of part of it . Residents of Dhuluiya say since then, ISIS has attacked relentlessly . Monday, suicide bombers hit the downtown market area, killing at least 9 . Residents say Iraqi government offers only "empty promises," call on U.S. for... | c518ce056b41c45cfe3e9068ae1dfa3118a2db77 |
French bureaucrats gathering information for the national census may need to go back to history class after they sent a letter to Napoleon. Official census body Insee addressed a letter to the late French emperor – and were told to forward their request to Saint Peter. Insee is now facing questions about the accuracy o... | French statistics body send letter to French emperor for annual census . Envelope adressed to Napoleon Bonaparte sent to his home town . Corsican resident returned letter, telling them for forward it to Saint Peter . | d67d914b112f3b1522c7944563f58ff253ee005a |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:25 EST, 21 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:58 EST, 21 September 2013 . Hollywood legend Gregory Peck’s stately California residence of 30 years is up for sale for 24.999 million. The French chateau-style home, set back from the rush of Los Angeles, was the long-time home of... | The 9,000 square-foot French chateau-style home was built in 1932 . Peck and his wife Veronique lived there for 30 years . The Oscar-winner passed away in 2003 and Veronique died last year . The residence has seven bedrooms, nine bathrooms and various other living spaces . All the windows open out to the landscaped par... | a2ddcc6ccd24a491aeb5aa2e864625baf4ef192b |
A skatepark dating back to the sport's 1970s peak has become a protected heritage site in recognition of its cultural importance. With its half-pipe, moguls and special skating pool, the Rom skatepark in Hornchurch, east London, is a far cry from the majority of listed buildings. But as it became the first facility of ... | The Rom skatepark is a far cry from the majority of listed buildings . The east London site is only the second of its type to be protected . It was built as the skateboarding craze swept Britain in the 1970s . | 88a6ff9e941fb257a172f6cb6ff625b9820a54ea |
(CNN) -- Big parts are coming off a former U.S. Navy minesweeper that became stuck on a Philippine reef in January. Salvage crews have removed the funnel, or smokestack, and mast from the former USS Guardian, the Philippine coast guard reports. The agency posted a series of photos on its website showing large parts of ... | Funnel, mast of minesweeper removed . U.S. Navy sending ship from Bahrain to replace USS Guardian . Ship ran aground on Philippine reef in January . | 5c1c92a46e53c0f8eacbe767d3b935f7c70d8125 |
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Sada Jacobson may be a world champion fencer with three Olympic medals, but dressed in a T-shirt and sweats, she looked like any other student getting a lesson at the gym. Olympic medalist Sada Jacobson says "a little hard work, a little luck and some guidance" makes a champion. She grabbed h... | Sada Jacobson, world champion fencer, is happy to serve as a role model for kids . Jacobson: Fencing is an asymmetrical workout, with body in unnatural position . Fencing is "physical chess" where brain must strategize during a match . | 5868949dddaee2a1a774f970071a8ed5528bc634 |
El Cajon, California (CNN) -- Khalid Yohana was 7 years old when war reached his hometown of Mosul, Iraq. For years, even the simplest activities, like walking to school, were an ordeal. "It was too scary to go outside much," Yohana, now 16, remembers. "If you walk on the street ... you're nervous you'd get killed." A ... | Adapting to a new country can be difficult, stressful for child refugees . A program in California is offering free tutoring and social support through soccer . Founder Mark Kabban says sports can build confidence, new friendships . Do you know a hero? Nominations are open for 2012 CNN Heroes . | b6690e0198a1b3757bdd7ae65c258100d5f998bf |
(CNN) -- One of Mexico's most important seaports is now under the control of the military in a show of force as the government fights corruption and drug cartel violence. The port of Lazaro Cardenas lies on the country's Pacific coast, in the troubled state of Michoacan. While violence has tapered off in some parts of ... | The Mexican military has taken control of the port of Lazaro Cardenas . The port, on the country's Pacific coast, is one of the busiest in Mexico . The goal of the operation is to thwart smuggling and corruption . | a8dcae0261bfacd51cab6f5951d2a702a0747626 |
By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 07:16 EST, 12 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:09 EST, 12 February 2013 . Tragedy: Fisherman's Friend singer Trevor Grills has died in hospital after a metal door fell on top of him on Saturday . A singer with a shanty sea group has died in hospital after a metal door fell on him and... | Trevor Grills, 54, has died in hospital after freak accident at concert venue . A door fell on the singer and killed the Cornish 10-piece band's promoter . Paul McMullen was pronounced dead at the G Live venue in Guildford . Tributes have been paid on social network sites Facebook and Twitter . | 65471a80d9050d1a4b09a4c4765cc3a7a670c463 |
(CNN) -- Taiwan's economy slumped 8.36 percent during the last three months of 2008, the government said Wednesday. People line up to receive $108 U.S. dollars worth of shopping vouchers in Taipei, Taiwan, last month. The island's economy spiraled into recession with its second straight quarter of economic losses. For ... | Taiwanese economy now in recession now after second straight quarter of losses . In January, government offered residents up to $108 each to stimulate economy . Slump of 8.36 percent followed third-quarter slump of one percent . | 51d5c7786d3b05107e045e0179f0f3deea160e5e |
China-based criminals have mastered the ability to manufacture almost perfect bi-metallic coins, stoking fears the £2 coin is vulnerable to a new wave of forgeries. While the £1 coin remains heavily faked, the £2 has remained almost untouched because of the difficulty criminals have connecting the inner and outer piece... | Chinese criminals have developed ability to forge perfect bi-metallic coins . A shipment of fake euro coins, similar to the £2 coin, seized in Naples, Italy . It was the largest seizure of its kind in the history of the European currency . Historically counterfeiters have been unable to make convincing £2 coins . This... | a4a4650ab164e567491cde4746712a90b833d880 |
One of Labour’s rising stars was last night accused of thwarting a mission to save the British doctor who died in a Syrian jail. The grieving family of Dr Abbas Khan, 31, claimed that Chuka Umunna – Dr Khan’s MP – told a delegation not to travel to Damascus to lobby for his release. Last night Streatham MP Umunna relea... | Dr Abbas Khan died in Syria this week while being held prisoner . He was just four days away from being released from jail . His family say Labour MP Chuka Umunna failed to act to save him . Claim Umunna stopped a delegation going to Syria to lobby for his release . | cd2c4ab47820003439b039c1334d293763b04703 |
Philippine government prosecutors charged a U.S. Marine with murder Monday in the killing of a Filipino, saying the suspect acknowledged attacking the victim after he found out she was a transgender woman. Prosecutor Emilie de los Santos said there was 'probable cause' that Marine Pfc. Joseph Scott Pemberton, who has b... | Prosecutor Emilie de los Santos said there was 'probable cause' that Marine Pfc. Joseph Scott Pemberton killed Jennifer Laude . Witnesses saw Pemberton check in with Laude at a motel room, where he was seen leaving shortly before the discovery of the killing . 'I think I killed a he/she,' Pemberton was quoted as having... | 6a876996205e09fff1d304bef6bf75a9681474b3 |
(CNN) -- Preliminary results in Honduras' presidential election show ruling party candidate Juan Hernandez with the lead. With more than 40% of the votes counted, he had 34%, while his closest competitor, Xiomara Castro, the wife of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, had 28%, according to the country's elections authority... | NEW: Early results show ruling party candidate Juan Hernandez with the lead . NEW: At the same time, the wife of ousted President Manuel Zelaya claims victory . Security concerns and economic woes are top issues for voters . | f82bc483ee5b986648efc5732856cb47c195eca4 |
By . Associated Press . Will plead guilty: Scott Dekraai, pictured, has agreed to plead guilty after being accused of killing his ex-wife and seven others . A California man charged with shooting and killing his ex-wife and seven others at a hair salon has agreed to plead guilty, his defense attorney said on Monday. Sc... | Scott Dekkrai was involved in a custody battle with his ex-wife when he allegedly shot her and seven other people at a Seal Beach hair salon . Said 'I know what I did,' according to police . | 910e22700e3d231630f6c542d1fd686567299432 |
Plans that could see treated sewage water be introduced into London's drinking supply have been backed by two in three people. Last year Thames Water launched a consultation to look at how they could increase the amount of water they would need in the future as the population increases. One of the options to ensure the... | Thames Water launched a consultation to look at increasing water supplies . Asked customers their thoughts on looking at wastewater recycling . Survey showed that 69 per cent of those responded backed the plan . Plan could see waste from toilets treated and put back into mains supply . But Thames Water say there are no... | 944e0b429b2cd009460519818f2e32c8db94345f |
By . Erin Clements . A Facebook page created to shame overweight people is causing outrage, especially among those who were pictured on the site without their permission . '530 Fatties,' which was taken down Monday, featured photos of people who live within the Northern California area code 530, along with comments moc... | Most victims pictured on the page were from Yuba and Sutter counties . The identity of the page administrator is not known . The Facebook page was taken down Monday in the wake of locals’ anger . | 4ca9dea1033f849d7dd0e8add41992369a732d63 |
By . James Chapman . and Matt Chorley . PUBLISHED: . 19:18 EST, 19 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 09:54 EST, 20 January 2014 . David Cameron faced claims of a ¿Chequers cover-up¿ last night after the Government failed to publish a full list of visitors to his grace-and-favour country residence . David Cameron came under... | Latest annual Chequers guest list was published more than a year late on Friday with no warning . Reveals Mr Cameron entertained the Emir of Qatar and the provost of Eton . The last Chequers guest list included News International’s Rebekah Brooks . | e63b0880d8b761bc445055ca1e48527adbe30301 |
The eight-year jail sentence of Max Clifford, pictured after his arrest, was upheld by three Court of Appeal judges today . Disgraced PR guru Max Clifford has lost a challenge against his eight-year jail sentence for sex offences. The sentence was upheld by three Court of Appeal judges in London today. Clifford, 71, wa... | Clifford, 71, was handed eight-year term for sex offences in 1970s and 1980s . The former publicist claimed term was too long because he's 'not a danger' But three senior judges back the sentence, which 'reflects modern attitudes' Lord Justice Treacy says offences had harmful effect on victims for years . | 164f6047b42376ee8d0f76b70c347dbe84ccd99f |
Liverpool are wearing a special one-off kit during their game against Tottenham on Tuesday night in support of the Seeing is Believing charity. This is the fourth consecutive year that the Merseyside club will join forces with their main sponsor Standard Chartered Bank by trading their usual logo with that of the chari... | Liverpool changed their main sponsor to Seeing is Believing on Tuesday . The move is intended to help support the charity and generate funds . Main sponsor Standard Chartered will match the donations made . Brendan Rodgers' side are wearing the kit in the match against Tottenham . Steven Gerrard and Co took part in a m... | b63bc8c7c38f16c5945aac940a05f0d23273bfc3 |
By . Leon Watson and Nina Golgowski . PUBLISHED: . 19:37 EST, 5 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:25 EST, 6 September 2012 . A nationwide manhunt for a child pornographer has ended with the arrest of a husband and wife accused of filming and molesting their daughters aged six and nine for swapping online. Michael Sera... | Michelle Freeman accused as 'Jane Doe' child pornographer with her husband Michael Freeman . Oregon husband and wife are accused of molesting their daughters aged 6 and 9 . Graphic video and pictures allegedly produced by the couple were traded online . | daebf34192007972a62362be24621715c30e769d |
New York (CNN) -- The details of the prisoner-exchange deal announced between Israel and Hamas -- a swap of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held captive by Hamas since 2006, for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners -- are not yet fully known. But after five years of failed negotiations, it is clear that both sides h... | Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held captive by Hamas since 2006, is being freed . The prisoner exchange is a sign of hope, says Ronald W. Zweig . The Egyptians have played a major role as intermediaries, Zweig says . Israel's release of 1,000 Palestinian prisoners may help lead to peace, he says . | 6fbf310cfbb09d890daae80db7b35dfe8a656aeb |
Koala’s are often regarded as Australia’s cuddliest critter, but a recent video from Adelaide shows they have a hostile side, too. Vision has surfaced showing two of the mammals holding on to the same limb of a gum tree when one rushes the other and grapples it from the branch, sending it plunging several metres onto t... | The video from Adelaide Hills shows a male koala rushing towards a female . Male wrestles female and sends her plunging to to the ground . Female walks off uninjured . The mammals often fight during the end of the mating season . | 4a059615f4133cac6bec6f8ab4a75f897e6e4842 |
(CNN) -- Bruce Levenson couldn't cut it as a successful NBA owner. His business, the Atlanta Hawks, was failing. He needed a scapegoat, and he blamed African-Americans, his most loyal customer base. Apparently, he forgot those fans are the only group that has stuck by him in spite of the inferior product he's put on th... | Roxanne Jones: Bruce Levenson's email revealed NBA owner scapegoating blacks . She says he thought profits low because too many blacks at games, but team is mediocre . Jones: This bigot gets no points for "self-reporting"; he's selling interest under pressure . Jones: Levenson touted as public do-gooder but is a hypocr... | 0d14c3089ce880529415a58d242c647c54b3fb7d |
By . Martha De Lacey . PUBLISHED: . 08:31 EST, 7 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:22 EST, 7 June 2013 . A young beauty blogger has posted a shocking photo diary of what happened when she suffered a severe reaction to a salon facial. Singaporean make-up fanatic Juli, who blogs under the name Bun Bun at bunbunmakeuptips.com... | Juli is a young Singaporean blogger who writes under name Bun Bun . Runs bunbunmakeuptips.com and says she has lost out financially . Did not name salon, as she believes it was just an allergic reaction . Later extracting pus made condition worse . Was finalist in Singapore blog awards - had to wear mask to competition... | d467bce102382dd860871483526300a7717ab353 |
By . John Stevens . PUBLISHED: . 09:26 EST, 30 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:38 EST, 30 June 2013 . Getting a personalised number plate has always been in questionable taste. In films and television dramas, bespoke plates are often used to hint that a character is a bit of a show-off or desperate for attention. But the... | Vulgar language banned from personalised number plates . DVLA has scrapped a number of the poor taste plates . Plates such as SH12 EDD and BO11 CKS on scrapheap . | d9e3a490f5a5eb6106eb14abf9dd370b4cd0c456 |
(CNN) -- Jury selection in the trial of Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach charged with child rape, is scheduled to start Tuesday in Pennsylvania. A judge last week denied his attorneys' latest bid for a delay, allowing the case to move forward. Sandusky, 68, has been under house arrest sinc... | Jury selection is scheduled to get under way Tuesday . Sandusky, 68, faces charges of child rape . Prosecutors allege that he abused 10 boys over 14 years . Sandusky has pleaded not guilty to the charges . | 39bad0f4cca4a1295a5585adaa7b544be30fcf7e |
By . Leon Watson for MailOnline . A terminally ill great-grandfather mugged by thugs has branded his attackers as 'cowards'. Cancer sufferer Jack Keppie, given just months to live, was attacked from behind by two men in their 20s while on his way home after drinking with friends in his local pub. Mr Keppie, 69, was lef... | Jack Keppie was attacked from behind by two men in their 20s . He was on his way home from the pub - one his few remaining pleasures . Mr Keppie was diagnosed with prostate cancer last October . The 69-year-old, from Denton, Manchester, was given just months to live . | 3be9d09a0af895b17b0d8a12594e5b1e71dee981 |
Ajaz Raja, 32, pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to supply and was jailed for two years and four months . A drug dealer has been jailed after police found his fingerprints on a Nando's napkin he had used to wrap cocaine. Ajaz Raja, 32, pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to supply and ... | Ajaz Raja jailed for two years and four months for intent to supply cocaine . Detectives found almost £7,000 of cocaine in a house in Manchester . Drug dealer's fingerprints were found on Nando's napkin used to wrap drug . | 946b363016490ea86e4e83fecdcf6d142937bf3e |
With thousands of Chinese students resorting to 007-style gadgets such as pinhole cameras and radio transmitter bras to cheat in their exams, one college decided to take a stand. More than 3,800 students have been forced to sit their exams outside under the watchful eye of 80 invigilators who used HD cameras, binocular... | College in China is trying to cut down on cheating by forcing 3,800 students to sit their exams outside . Around 80 invigilators used HD cameras, binoculars and even perched on ladders for a better view of the students . Students had started using 007-style gadgets such as radio vests, transmitters hidden in bras and p... | 8ea3d44551e5fa201232a232af45e966b4a4c384 |
A high-end dental brand has launched a £3,000 ($4,620) bespoke botanical toothpaste service, which includes a chauffeur-driven car to the consultation and allows the customer to choose any flavour from an unlimited menu of options. The exclusive service is the latest offering from dental care brand Boca, which speciali... | The overall cost for the service by dental brand Boca includes an initial consultation, and two tubes of toothpaste, one for day and one for night . Customers can design the flavour of their toothpaste by choosing from an unlimited menu of botanical ingredients . Following the initial consultation, customers have to pa... | 31246cf84acafd7ffcf8f0654719ff46cd2501ee |
Decked out in multiple shades of pink with one-off accessories galore and a catwalk leading to a full-length mirror, Barbie's dream hotel room is now a permanent fixture at the Hilton Buenos Aires. Fans of the world's most popular fashion doll can spend the night in a room based on Barbie's Dreamhouse, the first of its... | Hilton Buenos Aires devoted room 136 to all things Barbie . The first room dedicated to Barbie in the world and costs from £112 a night . The room was trialled in 2004 and made permanent 10 years on . Features non-stop films, dolls and a kitted out walk-in wardrobe . | 1de8cb984cb6362b66d413e8ed7a98ee06c96a41 |
By . Associated Press . Clyde Snow, a forensic anthropologist who worked on cases ranging from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy to mass graves in Argentina, has died. He was 86. His wife Jerry Snow said her husband died on Friday morning at Norman Regional Hospital in Norman, Oklahoma. Mrs Snow said her h... | Clyde Snow, 86, died on Friday morning at Norman Regional Hospital in Oklahoma . Dr Snow examined mass graves in Argentina, Bolivia, Peru and Croatia - often helping build cases against the governments who carried out killings . He said: 'Bones don't forget. They're there and they have a story to tell' Snow investigate... | b7ee015b9409c75da404ef59adce4b7e163d770d |
By . James Nye . Fears are rising for a Washington teen missing since last month after her mother discovered she had written, 'If you're reading this, I'm either missing or dead', in her journal. Angelic Tracy 'Anji' Dean, 17, of Camas simply left her family home on the evening of June 23 leaving behind her wallet, ba... | Angelic Tracy 'Anji' Dean, 17, has been missing from her family home since June 23 . The Washington teen left behind her ID, bank cards and glasses . Last seen exiting an older African American man's car . Parents have discovered their daughter feared she had become involved in something she couldn't get out of . Left ... | f1f45cdd88126ab0bb98511f46ff2a942898e69c |
The walls were closing in on Blackpool’s Karl Oyston on Tuesday evening after club president Valeri Belokon called for him to resign and shirt sponsors Wonga branded his behaviour ‘unacceptable’. A flurry of abusive text messages sent by the chairman to supporters - in which he labelled one a ‘retard’ and told him to ‘... | Valeri Belokon has called for chairman Karl Oyston to resign . The Seasiders' chief has sent a flurry of abusive texts to his paying fans . Shirt sponsors Wonga describe Oyston's comments as 'unacceptable' Blackpool are rooted to the bottom of the Championship table . Oyston apologised for his remarks in a statement on... | 5bb3d28d4a527ec299db79ab95c0368e5050f921 |
(CNN) -- They're friendly, intelligent and playful. So who'd want to shoot a dolphin? Conservation experts and federal agents say they're looking into the violent deaths of several bottlenose dolphins along the northern Gulf Coast this year, including one that was shot and another that was stabbed with a screwdriver. "... | "I can't explain why anyone would shoot a dolphin," a NOAA official says . At least six dolphin killings have been reported so far this year . Two earlier prosecutions involved fishing charter captains . | a2f264979df7c1625521f2b901f5912c4d5cb68f |
By . Louise Boyle . Two armed men believed to be in their late fifties held up a medical clinic for a stash of Viagra this weekend, police said. The pair brandished guns in broad daylight in front of staff and patients on Saturday at 3pm in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. According to police, the two men, neither o... | The pair brandished guns in broad daylight in front of staff and patients on Saturday in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago . The two men made off with $1,700 worth of Viagra and other painkillers along with a laptop . | 7e3c655468fbf9ebf13afac14641f5653950126e |
By . Christine Pirovolakis and David Williams . UPDATED: . 07:16 EST, 30 June 2011 . Greek MPs finally approved key austerity measures yesterday as dozens of police and protesters were injured on a second day of bloody riots in Athens. Police fought running battles with demonstrators who were armed with petrol bombs, b... | Scores of protesters injured as baton-wielding police clear path to parliament . MPs narrowly vote through austerity package by 16 votes . Athens braced for more violence as protesters throw petrol bombs, rocks and bricks . Greece must pass measures if it wants to receive last installment of 110million euro bail out . | 94289ca13295ea7ec5bb1d4da325a090fd7b7383 |
By . Luke Garratt . The U.S. State Department has defended spending $400,000 on a life-size sculpture of a camel staring through the eye of an over-sized needle for its embassy in Pakistan, claiming that the price of the artwork was ‘reasonable’ and it reflected ‘the values of a predominantly Islamist country’. The wor... | It depicts a New Testament and Qur'an phrase about the . difficulty those who are wealthy have in entering heaven . Costs more than 320 times what the average Pakistani earns in a year . U.S. state department justified the cost in a four page document . | 184c33cc778002384e1a5df18e151a73e1468f6b |
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