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A neighbours’ dispute over £16.99 wind chimes hanging in a garden has ended in an expensive criminal trial and left a police sergeant’s career in ruins. Paul Duke, a police officer married to a detective, was caught on CCTV climbing over his neighbour’s 6ft high fence, taking his wind chimes and returning to his own ga... | Police officer Paul Duke upset neighbour Edmund Looby with garden fires . After Mr Looby complained to council, Duke took beloved wind chimes . He threw them on fire and then claimed they were his when challenged . The dispute ended up in court with Duke facing criminal damage charge . After £3,000 trial, Duke found gu... | cd381bbfd9c8b12fd6af396b8efd7d2c68317c95 |
By . Alex Greig . PUBLISHED: . 21:22 EST, 16 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:41 EST, 17 December 2013 . Canadian scientists have discovered artificial sweeteners in water samples collected from the Grand River in Ontario. The sweeteners - found in everything from diet soda to flavored yoghurts - pass through waste-wa... | Canadian scientists have found elevated levels of artificial sweeteners in the River Grand, Ontario . The compounds have also been found in drinking water . The environmental impact of the sweeteners is as yet unkown . | 3782bcb95b09c0a4e82a0900058eabf485d82134 |
By . Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 14:40 EST, 22 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:09 EST, 23 May 2013 . Police in tornado ravaged Moore, Oklahoma have arrested two men looting from properties decimated by Monday's storm. The two men who were arrested were both in their 20s and found standing in th... | The National Guard has been dispatched to assist . | 20d98939fd75da32d9fcd772d80cd537b7b729c7 |
By . Associated Press Reporter . A dog caused chaos at LAX airport in Los Angeles yesterday after breaking free from its kennel and charging across two runways. One flight had to abort its landing to avoid running over the boxer dog, which had escaped while being loaded on to a flight to Paris. The dog is believed to h... | Pet broke free while being loaded on a flight to Paris . Plane had to abort landing to avoid running dog over . Owner had already left on an earlier flight . | 8337136f3629358803653da09fa469d739bc4e0d |
By . Mail On Sunday Reporter . Campaigning mother Doreen Lawrence is being tipped as Labour's candidate to fight the London mayoral elections. The party is said to be in early talks about formally approaching the mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence to stand in the 2016 vote. Labour insiders believe the 'influe... | Party said to be in early talks about approaching Baroness Lawrence . Labour insiders believe she is an 'influential and dynamic' peer . Policy coordinator John Cruddas says it is an 'interesting idea' Baroness Lawrence's son Stephen was murdered in south London in 1993 . | 6cb32a69af0bac6265ade224ca8f909394960097 |
(CNN) -- Authorities investigating a shooting at Los Angeles International Airport asked for patience Saturday as they piece together details of the rampage that left a Transportation Security Administration officer dead. The statement released jointly by federal and local authorities came one day after The Associated ... | AP is reporting that a TSA officer killed during a shooting at LAX lay bleeding for 33 minutes . Authorities investigating the shooting did not respond directly to the report . Officials release joint statement saying various statements have been made, some untrue . | b77b50a34a98f1910a3ee1bedfedd00c34db0637 |
Paul Gascoigne has revealed Arsenal paid £50,000 towards his medical care - and that part of that was arranged by Arsene Wenger. The 47-year-old was spotted for the first time recently following an apparent alcohol binge that led to Gascoigne being sectioned under the Mental Health Act a month ago. The ex-England midf... | England legend Paul Gascoigne insists he is getting back to healthy living . 'There is nothing wrong with me - as long as I don't pick up a can,' he says . Gascoigne has opened up after being sectioned under Mental Health Act . Arsene Wenger arranged for £28,000 treatment and the Gunners added £22,000 when Gascoigne ha... | 6dc46515c6d18a487dcfb8997cf79f732be90283 |
(CNN) -- A collaboration between Twitter and CNN during football's 2010 World Cup in South Africa has landed a top television award for innovation. Tweets soared to a record high during the month-long competition, which was held in Africa for the first time, and in recognition of the new phenomenon, CNN created a data... | Twitter collaboration lands CNN honor at prestigious television awards . World Cup Twitter Buzz tracked social media activity during South Africa 2010 . The more a topic was tweeted, the bigger its image on an interactive screen . CNN won "Innovative News" category at UK's Royal Television Society Awards . | 888fdf71dd5090a7cc2f9f14a6bb87b488f6a78e |
An American tourist had to be rescued from a luxury cruise ship off the southern coast of Vietnam last night after he suffered a medical emergency. A photo shows the dramatic moment a specialised marine search and rescue team swept in and removed the 89-year-old man from the Seven Seas Voyager on a backboard after he s... | Marine search and rescue team met the cruise ship near port of Da Nang . Ship was entering the Gulf of Tonkin as it sailed towards Ha Long Bay . Doctors provided first aid instructions over the phone to the ship’s crew . Man was speaking to rescuers and was reportedly in stable condition . | 25bd8bd8897c154ebdbab3452877cb7c46d3e1b2 |
More than 600,000 white British Londoners have left the capital in a decade. Census figures show that between 2001 and 2011 the level of ‘white flight’ reached 620,000. It is the equivalent of a city the size of Glasgow – made up entirely of white Britons – moving out of the capital. White Britons are now a minority in... | Census figures show that 620,000 white Britons left the capital in a decade . White Britons are the minority in London for the first time . They make up 45 per cent of London's population, with Asians being the second largest group . | 202ad38da2d9a68af389842c690800bf761f13cd |
By . Sarah Dean . A devastated homeowner is facing a $100,000 repair bill to her new property after teenagers advertised her address on Facebook, broke in and held a wild party. The 37-year-old woman had only just bought the four-bedroom house - her first family home - and was still renovating it on the day 70 teens de... | The house in Kambah, a suburb of Canberra, was destroyed on Tuesday . Police arrived to find teens aged between 15 and 18 fleeing the house . 70 teenagers turned up for the 'free house party' advertised on Facebook . The owner and her family had been renovating their new home and renting nearby . | f7aab867d52c9c39b2b369d2dd104fb00fc0f566 |
Even Basil Fawlty, at the end of his tether, would never have come up with something quite as idiotic as the customer relations policy of Blackpool’s Broadway Hotel. Confronted with a string of complaints on customer ratings website TripAdvisor from a recent guest, the management could have a) offered an apology, b) of... | Rooms at the Broadway Hotel in Blackpoool are available for £35-a-night . Guests get clean sheets, hot water, free WiFi and a full English breakfast . They also endure peeling wallpaper, fraying decor and burned carpets . However, it is also for sale at a cost of £375,000 with a £165,000 turnover . It was awarded the t... | 159b5b744b67837b248233d815f36263b6307cae |
By . Associated Press Reporter and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 22:17 EST, 29 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 22:17 EST, 29 August 2013 . NBC News anchor Brian Williams returns to screens next Tuesday, having been away since undergoing knee replacement surgery on Aug. 6. The network said on Thursday that Willliams w... | NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams returns to screens next week . The newscaster has been recovering from knee surgery carried out earlier this month . Lester Holt had been filling in while Williams was away . | e1562b5276076ee2acd4b36854795afd70450252 |
Police in Washington have been caught on tape letting their fellow officers off the hook for speeding - because they were running late for a conference. A lengthy recording by a regular driving listening in on the police scanner picks up the cops spotting patrol cars roaring down a 60mph freeway at speeds as high as 86... | Blogger recorded police cars zooming past and overhead radio chat . Officers around Wenatchee, Washington, pointed out speeding cars . But took no action when they found out they were other officers . One patrol car was not apprehended despite driving at 86mph . State Patrol officers joked about how everyone was late f... | 9e4c2d847fc03277b84de0b5b011d035cb968064 |
Australia ordered federal police to take over security at the house of parliament Friday, a day after police conducted one of the nation's largest counter-terrorism operations in the port city of Sydney. Prime Minister Tony Abbott said an urgent review of parliamentary security was ordered amid intelligence reports of... | Prime Minister Tony Abbott: Urgent review of parliamentary security ordered . Organizations warn about a surge of Islamophobia . Demonstrators protest against the police raids . | 9f74045a41786d02486c17924e2b34f986f94eec |
Green initiatives: Energy Secretary Ed Davey announced agreements to buy energy from 27 new renewable energy projects until 2040 . More than £4billion in lucrative energy contracts was yesterday handed out to wind and solar schemes – but green lobbyists immediately insisted it was not enough. Energy Secretary Ed Davey ... | The schemes include 15 onshore wind farms and five solar arrays . Ed Davey said the schemes will eventually power 1.4million homes . Subsidies will cost up to £315million a year, 4billion over their lifetimes . | 5e73a7fe7622de46c43ab2596789f3b4b203b6d1 |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 3:36 PM on 23rd June 2011 . Criticised: Tory MP Graham Stuart . Tory MP Graham Stuart has been criticised after contractors working for his local council tarmacked the private road to his luxury home for free. Workers employed by East Riding Council resurfaced 164 feet of a la... | Graham Stuart’s luxury home in East Yorkshire has 164 ft-long . drive . Contractors for East Riding Council grant request from MP’s wife . | 8e1da162516bd455a2ae0a56b6e0f045e96de037 |
By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . The service of millions of unknown soldiers will ‘forever be part of our national consciousness’, David Cameron has said in a moving letter to those who fought and died in the First World War. The Prime Minister penned the evocative letter as part of a project to connect... | PM says their service will ‘forever be part of our national consciousness’ Evocative letter written as part of project to mark centenary of Great War . Inspired by statue of Unknown Soldier reading a letter at Paddington Station . Reception held in the gardens of Downing Street to mark commemorations . Details announce... | 90b2a0f41a4e7c63c3adb66cdec2352fa9cc90ba |
Tooth tattoos are an emerging trend as people seek to decorate their mouths with images of their favorite things including the logo of their football team, a cartoon character or a message to a loved one. Tattoos can’t yet be applied to healthy teeth, but for patients requiring a crown, a tooth tattoo becomes a viable ... | Tooth tattoos are an emerging trend as people seek to decorate their mouths with images of their favorite things . Tattoos can’t yet be applied to healthy teeth, but for patients requiring a crown a tooth tattoo becomes a viable option . A dental stain tattoo costs between $75 and $200 and is no more painful than havin... | 25188856c4f1a15d127ed2fb3d02744e9e3ac391 |
From Arizona to New York, alleged thieves are turning those tiny iconic plastic interlocking bricks you grew up with into cold, hard cash. On New York's Long Island on Friday, a 53-year-old woman was arraigned on grand larceny charges for allegedly stealing about $60,000 worth of Lego sets and trying to sell them on eB... | Gloria Haas, 53, is charged in theft of about $60,000 worth of Lego sets, police say . In Phoenix, police arrest 4 people allegedly involved in elaborate Lego theft scheme . Alleged thieves capitalize on popularity of little bricks which generated $1.1 billion in profits . | c7441ed6a636ab1709a8af1cd15acb00497b94ba |
(CNN) -- Fans around the world have gathered at arenas and record stores, big screens, parks and makeshift shrines, to watch the memorial service of Michael Jackson and pay homage to their idol. A Michael Jackson fan in Berlin watches footage of the memorial concert. As thousands of fans joined Jackson's family and cl... | "Sadness Party" held in Berlin, where fans follow service live from Los Angeles . In London, Jackson fans brave torrential downpours and hail to pay tribute . In Japan fans gathered at record store, have photo taken next to cast of footprint . Online fans pay tribute to King of Pop, comment as service progresses . | 4ecdacaba1f3532087bf4fcb51d0c0f00021f0b0 |
Jerusalem (CNN) -- Moshe Katsav, the former Israeli president, began a seven-year prison sentence on Wednesday for rape and other sexual offenses. Two days after his 66th birthday, Katsav arrived at the Maasiyahu Prison in Ramla, central Israel, where he will be kept in a cell block for prisoners who are observant Jews... | Moshe Katsav enters prison after being convicted last year of rape and other sexual offenses . He continues to insist the evidence against him was flawed as he leaves his home . He will be kept in a cell block for prisoners who are observant Jews . Katsav, of the center-right Likud Party, was president of Israel from 2... | 987e2363e3b827a759507dbd377cd665615a7837 |
By . Gemma Mullin . Armed police stormed the tallest building in Wales yesterday ending a two-hour siege and freeing a hostage. Officers used tasers to subdue a lone gunman who had been holding his victim in the penthouse restaurant of The Meridian Tower in Swansea, South Wales. The drama began shortly after 4pm when t... | Officers used tasers to subdue gunman holding victim hostage in penthouse . Man entered exclusive Grape & Olive restaurant in Swansea at around 4pm . Residents trapped inside luxury flats of 29-story tower by armed police . Two-hour siege ended as Villarreal arrived at the Marriot Hotel next door . South Wales Police ... | 333aa2e9caeaed1e7ce84f7b9e2b2abc64177be3 |
By . Sarah Griffiths . Carrying shopping, work kit or even an order of pizzas on a motorbike can be tricky, unless you have access to a massive Harley Davidson. But an eco-friendly electric bike that has a large cubby hole instead of a fuel tank could mean the end of cumbersome backpacks or bags precariously balanced o... | German engineers built a nifty electric . motor into the hub of the ‘Feddz’ bike’s wheel to free up the space for a . rider’s personal possessions . The Feddz bike is available with two different batteries for different ranges and top speeds. The premium model has a top speed of 28mph (45kph) The bike frame and wheels ... | 9567b72022bbf33cfead1f9785be4ea1d5b552ef |
First, immigrants steal Americans' jobs. And now foreigners are stealing Americans' rightful place on U.S. postage stamps! OK, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration. But a new line of Harry Potter stamps released this week by the U.S. Postal Service has outraged some stamp enthusiasts. As the former head of the Americ... | Some stamp collectors are upset over a new line of Harry Potter stamps . Dean Obeidallah: Keep in mind that the Postal Service is in a financial mess . He says popular stamps are preferable to higher deficits or drastic cuts in services . Obeidallah: The Postal Service should roll out some stamps that can make money . | 1819fb0eb03fa78a51478d85ad97f3d9a1abd9ac |
Convicted: Lisa Biron (pictured) faces at least 25 years in jail after being found guilty of abducting a teenage girl to Canada and forcing her to have sex on camera . A jury took less than an hour to convict a female lawyer who worked with an anti-gay Christian group for abducting a teenage girl and forcing her to hav... | Lisa Biron took teenager across border while on bail for child porn charges . New Hampshire jury took less than an hour to convict . Biron was previously arrested after police allegedly found porn material on her computer . She is associated with the anti-gay group Alliance Defending Freedom . Two witnesses have testif... | 7ac5bceed8d55d752e5761d2716cee002764c725 |
(CNN) -- Following the World Health Organization's announcement that radio frequency emissions from cell phones may increase the risk of some kinds of brain cancer, what do you need to know about the radiation coming from your phone? How can you protect yourself? And should RF emission information be listed on cell ph... | WHO classifies radio frequency electromagnetic fields as a "group 2B" possible carcinogen . Group is catch-all category, and includes everything from carpentry to chloroform . Scientists aren't sure how to communicate cell phone RF emissions to consumers . Specific absorption rate is the most commonly cited benchmark . | 04b43299114d0be071cde7dfb11b86aa378f4909 |
(Tribune Media Services) -- If you think being a secret agent is all just one giant adrenaline rush, think again. Cracking the safe at the International Spy Museum . Our mission on the other side of the world: Retrieve a missing nuclear trigger before it falls into enemy hands. We don't know whom to trust in Kandahar. ... | The International Spy Museum is popular with kids . Fall and winter weekends in D.C. are a great time for bargain hotel rates . Arrive before 9 a.m. for tickets to climb up the Washington Monument . | 1352e8dc82edcf0d65789ad4100876bf0de05659 |
By . Sara Malm . A mother-of-four had told of how she cheated death when a fully grown deer fell through the windshield of her minivan. Heidi Conner was coming to the end of an eight hour road trip with her children when the deer slammed into her car after falling from a highway overpass near Barrington, Illinois. The ... | Heidi Conner was driving her four children in a minivan on the highway . An adult female deer fell onto the car and through the windshield . All children were unharmed and Ms Conner suffered a sore elbow . Witnesses say the deer jumped or fell from a bypass onto the interstate . | 7b2053aea30520152d22bcbe4028e4b97a3b0b34 |
Paul Gascoigne has been sectioned and placed on a three day emergency detox after his latest alcohol binge. The 47-year-old was rushed to hospital at 3am yesterday morning after police were called to his home in Poole, Dorset. Medics had been called just hours earlier and carried out an assessment where his condition w... | The 47-year-old rushed to hospital at 3am yesterday morning from home . Medics had been called earlier and assessed him and deemed him fine . His condition worsened and he was sectioned under Mental Health Act . Former England footballer has had a long battle with alcoholism and drugs . He was previously sectioned six ... | aac3097570331db431a38184f20ac0a11b135560 |
By . Anastasia Parks . PUBLISHED: . 17:00 EST, 2 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:22 EST, 3 March 2013 . In July 2009, my husband took me to Henley Royal Regatta, the scene of many of his youthful triumphs. We enjoyed a long, hot sunny day sipping Pimm’s. It was bliss, not least because since being diagnosed with multipl... | Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) costs £300 a year privately . Drug is not available on the NHS as it has not been trialled to combat MS . | 467284e10eae1d0f2169ca75ee31b544fc81f79f |
By . Sophie Jane Evans . PUBLISHED: . 13:28 EST, 11 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 15:04 EST, 11 February 2014 . This is the moment a recycling bin turned into a 'monster' after a pizza parlour threw away a pile of raw dough. The mass of ingredients was spotted overflowing from the council-owned bin outside a Papa John... | Dough spotted overflowing from recycling bin outside Papa John's parlour . Could be seen spewing out of top of bin, with bits creeping out onto street . Photo of 'dough monster' was posted on Twitter by Ailsa Burn-Murdoch . It has since gone viral and been digitally altered to include monster eyes . This afternoon, Pap... | 7ffeeed617ad359aa5206f748c1cdf408731a7a9 |
For a year-and-a-half, Omar Kenawi and Susan Schlegel travelled back and forth between London and Los Angeles after meeting online and falling hopelessly in love. At 5,437 miles apart, the couple's relationship was just about as long-distance as it gets - but Mr Kenawi used that to his advantage. Knowing that his Broad... | Omar Kenawi and Susan Schlegel have been dating since February 2013 . The couple met online and fell for each other despite the huge distance . He organised a surprise a cappella rendition of Seasons of Love, from Rent . After four months apart, he arrives at the end of the video and sings to her . Mr Kenawi gets down ... | be0e7a0431d8de8bf8fa7aaeb69cab7e051838de |
A Miami high school student brutally raped at female teacher at his school after choking until she passed out, police say. Victor Marshall Nash, 18, is charged with attempted first degree murder, sexual battery, robbery and grand theft for the alleged attack on his teacher at South Dade Senior High School on Friday. De... | Victor Marshall Nash, 18, was arrested on charges of attempted murder, sexual battery, robbery and grand theft . The 6-foot-1 student bodyslammed his teacher at South Dade Senior High School then choked her until she was unconscious and raped her, police say . Nash left his used condom in the teacher's purse then stole... | 8eb7423345d4c8d2fae21d36eca6ee5264eb3f9d |
(CNN)It was one of a thousand little conversations that fill each day in a third-grade classroom. As teacher Kimmie Fink read a book featuring a Japanese character, a student brought her fingers to her eyes and tugged on the edges, stretching them into narrow slits. Fink stopped. "I'm Asian," she told the child, "and w... | Teachers and parents don't always know how to talk to young children about bias and bullying . Educators say it can't just be a conversation around Martin Luther King Jr. Day or other awareness holidays . | 5c5c1d40d9f0e2bde462f8a1f60da0cd5b8583e3 |
(CNN) -- The president of the Libyan Olympic Committee has been kidnapped, the committee said Monday. Ahmad Nabil al-Alam was taken in central Tripoli on Sunday, the organization said. He was followed by two vehicles and then seized by unidentified gunmen around 4 p.m., the committee said. The identity and motive of th... | Ahmad Nabil al-Alam was kidnapped Sunday in Tripoli, the Libyan Olympic Committee says . The identity and motive of the kidnappers are unknown . Al-Alam "greatly contributed" to the fight against the Gadhafi regime, the committee says . | f21080a9b0a592ae6abab112589edaa91c61657f |
By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 15:58 EST, 30 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:59 EST, 30 October 2013 . A missing five-year-old British girl at the centre of a tug-of-love dispute has been found in Russia and should be back in England by next week, a High Court judge said today. Alice Davies has been found safe and w... | Alice Davies has been found with her mother Jacqueline, 49, safe and well . | 0cc4b11c0fcb7fd7b7f7645a19015265c52a62f1 |
(CNN)It's starting to feel a little bit like Groundhog Day when it comes to parents under attack for letting their children do things on their own. The latest case? A Silver Spring, Maryland, couple is facing a neglect investigation for letting their 10-year-old son and 6-1/2-year-old daughter walk home from a playgrou... | Maryland family allows their kids, 10 and 6, to walk home alone from a playground . The family subscribes to the "free-range" parenting model . The case is just the latest in a series of parents questioned about leaving kids alone . | c12010837c20dae7fb2acd2d8b2fb3877ff0fb18 |
Tokyo (CNN) -- Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of Japan reorganized his cabinet ministers on Monday, bringing in a woman with strong links to China amid a smoldering dispute between the two nations over a group of remote islands. Noda named Makiko Tanaka, whose father oversaw the normalization of relations with China 40 ... | Makiko Tanaka is appointed to the post of education minister . Her father oversaw the normalization of relations with China 40 years ago . Tokyo and Beijing are locked in a dispute over a group of remote islands . | d71bc01289b60fd3c69cfab9cd52f976f0798ccf |
In a new interview, the Navy SEAL who claims he shot and killed Osama Bin Laden is saying that it doesn't matter who ultimately took down the terrorist. 'The most important thing that I've learned in the last two years is to me it doesn't matter anymore if I am The Shooter,' O'Neill said. 'Regardless of the negativity ... | Rober O'Neill, the Navy SEAL who claims he shot and killed Osama bin Laden, is saying he does not care if people believe he killed the terrorist . He says in a new interview, 'Regardless of the negativity that comes with it, I don't give a f***. We got him.' In that same interview he reveals that the team of SEALs sent... | 87eb117478ebcb36f65796d1734a3dd99925d3dc |
England look certain to lose their bowling coach as David Saker weighs up numerous offers to return to his native Australia. Saker, highly regarded for his role with the fast bowlers over the last five years, could even head for home ahead of the end of his contract in September. Sportsmail understands Saker has been o... | England bowling coach David Saker expected to return to Australia . 48-year-old has been offered at least three coaching roles back home . His options include roles with Big Bash teams or a job in state cricket . Saker has played a big role in developing England's fast bowlers . Meanwhile, Darren Lehmann has hit back a... | 8ae737970f120e07603addd7cfeb8fc65bd8f1d2 |
By . Jonathan O'Callaghan . and Mark Prigg . Last week Nasa announced to the world the steps they would be taking in order to land humans on the red planet. And now, in a video, they've revealed the missions, technologies and developments that will make a manned mission to Mars possible. The footage shows how current t... | Nasa has unveiled the steps they will need to take on the 'Path to Mars' In a new video the agency shows how new and emerging tech will be used . They highlight the ISS as being important for testing exploration capability . Future missions of Orion and SLS will also lead humans to the red planet . This follows Nasa's ... | c4d1d221f63fb92fa7ba66fd7e29df917d53c00f |
By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 15:34 EST, 3 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:36 EST, 4 May 2013 . Locked up: John Reed, 65, the mastermind behind a drug smuggling gang which brought tens of millions of pounds worth of high-purity cocaine into the UK hidden in lorries, was jailed for 28 years today . The mastermind behind... | Group led by John Reed imported hundreds of kilograms of Class A drug . Came into Britain from the Netherlands over space of at least 18 months . Convicted armed robber and four members of gang arrested last year . Police found cocaine with an estimated street value of £1.5 million in raid . Metropolitan Police said th... | 8e57f5106f2b4d7e26afc0f3c403e0307cc13115 |
By . Emily Davies . PUBLISHED: . 09:46 EST, 15 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:00 EST, 15 March 2013 . This is the cheeky seal who pops into London city centre every day for a free salmon lunch at Billingsgate Market. For around 10 years the large marine mammal has been fed by the finest fish usually destined for some o... | Sammy the seal has stopped by the docks for 10 years to be fed salmon . Attempts have been made to release him into the wild but he keeps returning . | 13607acd0f0557552a0e2ce9f852d26e6101ea3a |
By . Will Stewart . PUBLISHED: . 11:54 EST, 17 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:47 EST, 17 May 2013 . Russia's Federal Security Bureau has breached protocol to name the man they say is in charge of the CIA's work in Moscow. A spokesman for the bureau named the CIA's 'rezident' while speaking to Russian media about the capt... | Russia identifies U.S. embassy diplomat as head of intelligence in Moscow . Revelation follows capture of Agent Blond - undercover diplomat Ryan Fogle . Letter allegedly found on Ryan Fogle offers agent $1million per year to defect . U.S. ambassador was summoned to Russian foreign ministry to explain . Photos of his be... | 289cd041e2ea06bf2ee51f64f32c61e04c5ce95c |
By . Ellie Buchdahl . PUBLISHED: . 04:59 EST, 17 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:02 EST, 17 September 2013 . The next time you're holding a dollar bill, it might be worth looking further than the big number one - you could get more bang from your buck than you expected. Ordinary low denomination bills are raking in ... | Website advertises 'fancy serial numbers' for up to $2,500 . Low numbers such as 00000001 especially valuable . Flawed banknotes also sought on CoolSerialNumbers.com . Collectors on lookout for obscure numbers - such as 'pi note' 31415927 . | 67cfc11f403fe38cf070b4654a449cd2879b033c |
(CNN) -- Joran van der Sloot, whose claim of unlawful incarceration was denied last week, will immediately appeal and fight all the way to the Peruvian Supreme Court and international courts, if necessary, his attorney told CNN Monday. Van der Sloot, a 22-year-old Dutch citizen, is jailed pending trial on charges of fi... | Joran van der Sloot will appeal ruling on his detention to the highest court, if needed . A judge last week ruled that van der Sloot's confession and jailing stood . He wants to 'paralyze the process,' lawyer says . Van der Sloot is also the suspect in the Natalee Holloway disappearance . | 2fb67dfa275ae1be2a6aeef53b6d105b2ab18e40 |
If you're planning to enjoy this spring or summer at a national park, you'd better leave your drone at home. On Friday, Yosemite National Park in California turned heads when it announced that drones, the unmanned aircraft increasingly making their way into private hands, aren't welcome in the park, famous for its pict... | The U.S. National Park Service says drones are not welcome . Yosemite National, in California, said they're being used to shoot video . Drones make noise and can disrupt delicate wildlife, parks say . YouTube shows a host of drone videos from Yosemite . | 4ba4faa02ea4979eb4861aa57fb260c37349fe0e |
A pair of fraudsters orchestrated one of Britain's biggest-ever fake ID scams by selling thousands of counterfeit documents on the black market for as little as £50. The duo, both from London, ran such an elaborate scheme that they became the 'go-to' forgers for criminal and illegal immigrants seeking new identities in... | Arsene Meci, 26, prepared made-to-order papers from East Finchley home . They were then sold to criminal gangs by Medi Krasniqi, 47, for up to £500 . Duo were 'go-to' forgers for gangs and illegal immigrants in north London . Pair arrested as part of a three-year probe into series of Albanian-led cells . | 52aafbaca3592e6b4b72754001bfcbfdbc1d0740 |
By . Sadie Whitelocks . A new contraption that enables adults to carry children on their shoulders hands-free so they can 'use a cell phone or walk the dog' has sparked a torrent of hilarious reaction. SaddleBaby, priced at $89, features a chest strap and a foam padded seat that fits over the shoulders - the infant is ... | The SaddleBaby allows parents to carry children hands-free so they can take photographs or walk the dog . The infant is secured on their parents' shoulders with Velcro ankle straps . One parents lauded the contraption as their child has a neuromuscular 'disease and can't walk or hold . his own weight very well' | 1e69ac9caa388d972a1329b506bc12f9375cde51 |
By . Tamara Cohen and Gerri Peev . PUBLISHED: . 03:43 EST, 17 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:36 EST, 17 May 2013 . Fire services across England could be radically reformed to save £200million a year under proposals being considered by ministers. The number of call-outs has nearly halved in ten years to an all-time low, b... | Sir Ken Knight's report claims efficiency gains could save £200million . 46 fire services could save on overheads if they collaborated or merged . Unions attack plans as 'fig leaf for slashing services to bits' | 038c36d2a62ed9a310c83aa6d25091abc4d1daff |
New England's tallest lighthouse has been sold for $78,000 after initial bidding was lackluster, perhaps due to being 6 miles from the Maine coast and a dark history of cannibalism in the area. A federal government spokeswoman says the General Services Administration has accepted a bid for the Boon Island Light Station... | New England's tallest lighthouse has been sold for $78,000 on August 17 in a repeat auction after initial bidding was lackluster . The winning bidder is Portland, Maine, resident Art Girard . Initial bidding on August 12 was unsuccessful with a highest bid of just $41,000 . In addition to its isolation, Boon Island's d... | d3d7d53fd9d612e87eaa6010531341d85364a5f9 |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . Most people believe having an older colleague has a positive effect on the workplace, often because they can be good role models or mentors, a new study has shown. A survey of more than 2,000 adults by the Nationwide building society showed that workers over the age of 55 were less likely to ... | Survey shows workers over 55 are less likely to take sick leave . Older employees are also keeping up with younger workers with technology . One in seven fear they will not be able to give up work until they are 70 . Study of 2,000 adults carried out by the Nationwide building society . | 13207414d3a8e7c47361e328a242c48a9f629dc7 |
Washington (CNN) -- Diners who attended President Barack Obama's evening meal Monday were treated to a three-course menu of fusion fare with hints of the subcontinent. Not partaking: the guest of honor, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is midway through a strict religious fast. After encouraging other guests to... | President Obama and Prime Minister Modi meet for the first time over dinner . Because of a religious fast, Modi consumed only warm water . Other guests dined on avocado salad and halibut . | 1bd9d3488b1a1ee5f4bf4452f9f30dd4d93019de |
Some may associate raves with drunken revelry, late nights, and heavy drugs. A sober morning dance party called Daybreaker, which had their end of year event on December 18 on a boat circulating New York, ditches the booze for coffee and granola bars and promotes a holistic start to a busy work day. Hundreds of profess... | A sober morning dance party called Daybreaker is the latest workout trend among urban creative professionals . The latest event on December 18 was on a boat that circulated New York from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. and was attended by creatives and tech executives . The holistic 'morning movement' is founded by General Assembly... | a909eef02373b7546dbdbf64b51a35bfd8240af4 |
What could be better than experiencing the comfort and reclining pleasure of an airline seat than replicating that experience in your own lounge room or office? Yep, for those keen to have their very own Boeing 747 seat or are looking for the perfect gift idea for a beloved aviation fan, Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA... | Seven 'premium' sets of 747 seats are for sale . Starting price is around $5,400 . Seats are available only domestically in Japan . | 97ee460a5e0ac411623cbb25c5bf0634b9070485 |
By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 05:55 EST, 22 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:15 EST, 22 June 2013 . The son of a wealthy London academic could be jailed for 25 years after he admitted stabbing to death a 22-year-old Czech backpacker in a tent in Costa Rica. Professor's son Alfred Saunders, 21, stabbed Alexandra Drbo... | Alfred Saunders, 21, pleaded guilty to murder of Alexandra Drbohlavova, 22 . Stabbed Czech backpacker 15 times in frenzied attack on idyllic eco-farm . London-born Saunders is the son of wealthy British academics . Interpol had warned he was mentally ill and potentially dangerous . | a24fd3068f945d900da18d31cd8836434def53a2 |
(CNN) -- The tween who took the Internet by storm last year starring in the hilarious and empowering "Camp Gyno" ad, about a girl who is the first at her summer camp to get her period, is back. Nearly 10 million video views later, Macy McGrail, now a sixth-grader, returns, but this time her focus is on middle school an... | "Camp Gyno" ad starring Macy McGrail has been seen nearly 10 million times . In new video, McGrail's character makes some bad decisions during middle school . The video is a trailer for McGrail's father's new book "Surviving Middle School" Dave McGrail hopes his video and book spark a conversation just as "Camp Gyno" d... | 6c152ebc0903b487a84c06a9ab48d3fad0fe3404 |
By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 04:29 EST, 5 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:02 EST, 5 December 2013 . An Army veteran has had his benefits slashed after he told Jobcentre staff that he had volunteered to sell poppies in honour of his former comrades. Stephen Taylor, 60, was receiving £71.20 a week in Jobseeker's Allowa... | Stephen Taylor, 60, claimed Jobseekers' Allowance while looking for work . He volunteered to sell poppies outside Asda in honour of other soldiers . But Jobcentre workers decided to withdraw £71.20-a-week payment . | e4eebc862cccf10cfc4deeb546dc5ad54aad82b8 |
A woman who stole more than £100,000 from her employers has been ordered to repay just £1 after blowing it all on a lavish lifestyle. Accounts assistant Lauren Cherry treated herself to expensive holidays, designer clothes and jewellery on the looted cash over a period of six months. As a result of her crime, the small... | Accounts assistant Lauren Cherry, 32, stole from franking machine firm . She diverted a total of £104,320 into six personal accounts . Cherry spent money on holidays and even bought presents for co-workers . She was jailed for 25 months after she admitted stealing the money . But because she has no assets she was told ... | 831d3b1f8c4ecd9c13577bc5edd5a632f25a2e02 |
New York (CNN) -- She might have gone unnoticed through the many years of triumphs and tragedies of the Kennedy family. Now the spotlight will be cast, sadly, on Mary Richardson Kennedy. The estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was found dead Wednesday in Bedford, New York, the small town north of New York City wher... | Mary Kennedy married Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in 1994 . The couple was estranged but still married . She was found dead from asphyxiation by hanging . A wake was planned for Friday evening, a Kennedy family publicist said . | 3b788be1f796e194ebb99820c98482502f81c10c |
By . Freya Noble for Daily Mail Australia . ACCC chairman Ros Sims said at the Federal Court on Wednesday petrol retailers worked together to drive up prices . Five petrol retailers across Melbourne have been accused of colluding on bowser prices using a third-party service to share pricing information and drive prices... | The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) launched the case at the Federal Court on Wendesday . They say the five retailers' use of Informed Sources, a stats gathering service, was unlawful . ACCC also say a net increase in price of just one cent could cost consumers more than $190 million . | e300bbc3e667116bedc1939ded0e6d7f59fb3c18 |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . A Canadian man has built the world's first spherical treehouse hotel, suspending his guests 15ft in the air. Guests at Free Spirit Spheres sleep hanging in the treetops in the west coast rainforest of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, rocked to sleep by the wind. Inventor Tom Chudleigh has ... | Hotel sees guest sleep in spheres suspended from the treetops . Inventor Tom Chudleigh has built three 'rooms' for his hotel . The fibreglass and wood rooms are hung 15ft in the air . | 70a4f16a7a5d1763b4013b79b1f7b3e01c9f9683 |
(CNN) -- Time to think up one of those "a man walked into a bar" jokes. Because in a Chicago suburb, a man walked into a bar with a tiger recently. That's right, a real tiger cub -- a fluffy baby about knee-high. And it apparently wasn't the first time. John Basile has taken the tiger cub to Uncle Richie's Bar in Lockp... | After a man took a tiger cub to a bar, police filed misdemeanor charges . The cub has reportedly bitten someone in the bar before . John Basile, the cub's owner, runs an animal rescue . | dd62e33dfc2bf89f5c6461f768f938267e11612c |
(CNN) -- I had an experience recently that reinvigorated my faith in humanity -- and bureaucracy. I'd left my suitcase in the trunk of a yellow cab in New York City and didn't realize it till 20 minutes later. I did not have a receipt or any way to identify the cab or the driver. I was at the start of a four-day, three... | Eric Liu: I had an experience that gave me more faith in humanity, bureaucracy . Liu: Many people helped me after I lost my luggage in a cab in New York City . He says one of the lessons he learned is that government is not the enemy . Liu: Government is not inherently inept; it's as bad or good as we make it . | 4433ad408d3b8b7f71a0b51f0191ca097ff3b234 |
A white man speaking 'fluent English' was in charge of an Somali Islamist group al-Shabaab which gunned down at least 60 people in a Kenyan coastal town on Sunday evening, according to witnesses. Several residents in Mpeketoni reported that they saw a pale-skinned man who spoke English and Arabic giving orders to the g... | Several residents in Mpeketoni reported that they saw a pale-skinned man . They said he spoke English and Arabic giving orders to the gunmen . At least 60 people died in the Kenyan coastal town of Mpeketoni on Sunday . Then 24 hours later, gunmen raided nearby Poromoko village . Reports that 12 women were abducted have... | 0e67bde9e898e6e0a0ef66fa78e7d34d6f541dc6 |
Ventersdorp, South Africa (CNN) -- Blacks and whites confronted each other Tuesday outside a courthouse where two people accused of killing a white supremacist leader in South Africa appeared and were charged with murder. The two groups outside the courthouse in Ventersdorp sang rival national anthems, with whites sin... | Groups of blacks, whites sang rival anthems outside court . Two suspects aged 15 and 28 charged with murder, housebreaking and robbery . White supremecist Eugene Terreblanche was bludgeoned with clubs and stabbed during attack at his farm . New hearing has been set for April 14 . | 3c3bbceb45b73817f3e9d5d503896d30d2d04bce |
When he was on the baseball field, Ryan Freel was unafraid to fling his body, and his head, into plays -- diving after balls and crashing into outfield walls. That fearlessness earned the undersized Freel a spot in the big leagues, as well as a raft of concussions. Now, nearly a year after his death, Freel has the dist... | MLB says it's working with experts to prevent concussions and head injuries . Ryan Freel's family says knowing he had CTE "provides some solace" after his suicide . Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is believed to be a result of repetitive brain trauma . The disease is associated with memory loss, erratic behavior, aggr... | eafd1fd043b54a2f84a6a986743f654d8ed9a2d9 |
(CNN) -- Dear Joel Stein, . Where do I begin? Normally, I write about health care, but your essay in Time, "My Own Private India," caught my attention for reasons that have nothing to do with medicine. Before I read it, I barely had any idea who you were. Your name was vaguely familiar, probably from having seen you on... | Rahul Parikh takes issue with Joel Stein's column about Indian Americans in his hometown . Essay was meant to be satire, but Parikh found it a xenophobic, racist rant . Parikh says writer distilled ancient and diverse culture into clichés and stereotypes . Says the piece reminded him ignorance about and fear of new peo... | d01842792ad2a1a190aea9c08420eb676158c78a |
The family of a teen critically injured when another teen, Ethan Couch, drove drunk last year has reached a settlement of more than $2 million. The case made national headlines after a witness claimed Couch was a victim of "affluenza" -- the product of wealthy, privileged parents who never set limits for the Texas boy.... | A teenager drove drunk and killed four people, injured two . Settlement involves Sergio Molina, one of those injured . It includes a cash sum plus periodic payments . | c940416f37d2c9be4cf9452c805b1a9139232fdf |
An award winning 'small house' built above a garage in a back lane of Sydney's Surry Hills sold for $1.88 million last night, nine days before its planned auction. The five-story home, which has been called the 'house of millimetres' in the design world, was constructed in 2010 on a 44-square metre car park on a street... | One-bedroom 'Small Home' built on an old carpark just three car spaces wide has sold for a record price of $1.88 million, nine days before auction . The home won the World Architecture Festival's World House of the Year award in 2011, as well as a string of Australian architecture awards . At almost $43,000 per square ... | baace90a98c2331df353a0d4786c96c0a60b3f2f |
(CNN) -- "My Fair Wedding" host David Tutera and his soon-to-be ex-husband are raising eyebrows by choosing to raise their twin children separately. Tutera's ex, Ryan Jurica, discussed the controversial decision for the first time on HLN's Now In America. "I still feel like I lost a daughter," said Jurica. "I hope the ... | "My Fair Wedding" host David Tutera and his soon-to-be ex-husband Ryan Jurica will split twins . The couple broke up after a surrogate was implanted with embryos from each man . "I still feel like I lost a daughter," Jurica says as he raises his son, Cedric, on his own . | 6b398c9ace5a8325fdd353ca296fef0b1f96d9b1 |
(CNN) -- David Adjaye is one of the world's most highly acclaimed and sought after architects. Born in Tanzania to Ghanaian parents, Africa has played an important role in his life and continues to provide inspiration for his projects around the globe -- although he now lives and bases his practice in London. "Tanzania... | David Adjaye is an architect born in Tanzania . Although he lives and works in London, he says Africa remains a source of inspiration . He has recently designed buildings in the UK, Italy and the United States . | 6ef5c42593cdde0ef81514bf8903ddfe9f01603d |
By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 06:19 EST, 2 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:00 EST, 2 October 2013 . Retired headmaster: Andrew Allen, 60, siphoned off the money from the bank accounts of his victim . A retired headmaster has been jailed for three and a half years after stealing £215,000 from an elderly woman who trus... | Andrew Allen siphoned off money from Kathleen Steele's bank accounts . She was life-long friend 60-year-old Christian knew through local church . He made about 250 illegal transactions which included cash withdrawals . Offences came to light after she died in a nursing home in 2010 aged 83 . | 687ec28cf5193bc28c5a0a15da6d0ec3c06335e1 |
By . Mario Ledwith . PUBLISHED: . 14:18 EST, 28 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:54 EST, 28 March 2013 . Cristina Kirchner attempted to inflame relations with the UK once again by claiming that a three-year-old child would find Britain's ownership of the islands 'unsustainable' Argentine president Cristina Kirchner has a... | She claimed that a child would find British ownership 'unsustainable' Kirchner also suggested that 'the world' wanted dialogue between countries . 99.8% of islanders recently voted that they wished to remain British territory . But Kirchner has refused to accept vote that was discussed by UN this week . Argentine offic... | 218f36b32de9f2029a13b746568b98c992b19ec6 |
By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 07:30 EST, 7 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 09:01 EST, 7 January 2014 . It’s unlikely that many golfers have faced such an obstacle before on this 119-year-old course. A fully-grown cod was discovered on a coastal golf course in Porthcawl, South Wales - which borders the Bristol Channel - ... | Cod found on Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in South Wales after storms . Employee Peter Evans found the fish when he went out to clear debris . He says staff members didn't weight the cod 'but it looked over 12lbs' | 94c14b7db18db92f564926deeaa811286489d220 |
It is rare for women and men in Iran to enjoy the thrill of sports together in public, but it happened over the weekend when several restaurants and cafes appeared to ignore a ban on broadcasting the World Cup. Inside one Tehran coffee shop, a young, veiled Iranian woman held her fiancé's hand tightly as the seconds ti... | Women defy ban on watching sports with men to cheer on Iran in World Cup . Ban was introduced after 1979 Islamic Revolution; mixed crowds deemed un-Islamic . Women continue to fight for equality . | 491fcea4057e182225f846925af1f737917f4f1b |
Former Beatle Paul McCartney has left Japan after recovering from a viral infection that forced him to pull out of his Asian concert tour. The 71-year-old left on a charter flight on Monday with Japanese media reporting he had headed for London. McCartney was hit by the mystery bug on May 16 - just one day after he lan... | The 71-year-old left on a charter flight on Monday following hospitalisation . McCartney was hit by the mystery bug on May 16 - one day after he landed . Called off his sold-out Japan tour, much to the disappointment of fans . | b68b6b2bdf1a65358fd729197b08485e005f947f |
One summer signing is flying, but Swansea City will perhaps be more focused on the one who was crying. What a loss Jefferson Montero will be to this side if the hamstring injury that wrecked his afternoon proves to be serious. It was the rapid winger who made the only goal of the game for Gylfi Sigurdsson and the same ... | Gylfi Sigurdsson scored the only goal of the game in the 13th minute to give his side the three points . The Iceland international struck a curling free-kick past the diving Brad Guzan to score early winner . Paul Lambert's Aston Villa were unable to find an equaliser during the remaining 77 minutes . | d822758d510ad369a8a47d33fbe0e52e10015c94 |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . A man who spent 18 years in prison on Death Row because a Chicago cop withheld or fabricated evidence against him had been seeking $18 million in damages - but was awarded just $80,000. A federal jury handed down their ruling on the lawsuit on Thursday morning over the gaffe, which will be pa... | Nathson Fields, a former El Rukn gang member in Chicago's South Side, was convicted of a double murder in 1986 and sentenced to death . He spent 18 years on Death Row before the conviction was overturned at a retrial in 2009 and he was freed . After the ruling, a file police and prosecutors had long denied existed was ... | c9cc1f9c750b2f6e8b7d810024c9859f32a58943 |
It's long been hailed as one of the great international cities, but now London's linguistic diversity has been mapped thanks to Twitter. This colour-coded graphic pinpoints the location and language of tweets sent from the British capital and shows how linguistic groups are clustered in the city's various districts. Th... | 92.5 per cent of tweets sent in English, but other major languages include Spanish, French, Turkish and Arabic . | b22bf9cce78119385c7db064918710bc5c1c3058 |
Editor's Note: CNNU is following two student teams from the University of Southern California as they work to improve the quality of life in India. One team, Oral Cancer Awareness, is working to educate locals on the dangers of gutka. Tajdip Sandhu, a biological sciences major from USC, is part of that team. The follow... | Students from University of Southern California go to India to improve quality of life . Team teaches locals how to prevent oral cancer, one of top 3 cancers in India . Littering a problem for old and young in India, says student . Student believes in teaching youth about proper trash disposal . | 988f6af747d5e44f8083057f2828d5ae0a919cb5 |
Arsene Wenger may have raised an inquisitive eyebrow at this Brighton performance; he will know Arsenal are in for a proper game when they arrive here in the FA Cup on Sunday. It was a night not befitting a team who had won only three Championship games before the end of December and are still trying to haul themselves... | Joao Teixeira, on loan from Liverpool, inspires Brighton to victory . Ipswich could have gone top of Championship with a win . Brighton host Arsenal in the FA Cup on Saturday . | fe490e3444f8b3d965c11a88218fd4d99f88c1f7 |
American warplanes pounded extremist Sunni fighters in northern Iraq on Saturday in what officials described as an effort to defend minority Yazidis "being indiscriminately attacked," strikes that came just as President Barack Obama warned of an extended air campaign against the terror group. The series of airstrikes b... | U.S. cargo planes carrying out another airdrop of water and food, the military says . A series of airstrikes targets ISIS fighters attacking Yazidis, officials say . The airstrikes are the first in the Sinjar area since ISIS forced thousands to flee . No timetable for U.S. airstrikes in Iraq, Obama says . | 2bba1b8102456ebcdee37b375cca7097956eff1d |
By . Jim Van Wijk . England defender Gary Cahill has the 'captain's profile', according to Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho. Roy Hodgson is next week set to name his squad for the upcoming friendly against Norway at Wembley and opening Euro 2016 qualifier in Switzerland. England will have a new captain following the decision... | Gary Cahill could be future England Captain, says Jose Mourinho . Former Bolton man has 27 international caps . Mourinho insisted he wasn't saying Cahill better choice than Wayne Rooney . | 9f1dc774ac1e5ff6e1d3716a4daead8ac6946f87 |
A young pilot and his father had a lucky escape when they were forced to crash land in a wheat field in East Yorkshire. The 18-year-old man encountered low-lying cloud after taking off from Beverly Airfield and made a ‘precautionary landing’ in the wheat. The pilot, who had recently qualified, and his father, both jump... | Newly qualified pilot, 18, and father forced to land in a wheat field . Encountered low-lying clouds after taking off from East Yorkshire airfield . The pair were able to exit the Cessna A150 unharmed after landing . | 6a094dc89e02d6a49e23ec9fb74cdda72c98b9af |
Australian Robert Allenby has elected to skip this week's Humana Challenge following the incident in Hawaii in which he reported being kidnapped, beaten and robbed. The 43-year-old has said he has 'no recollection' of events that unfolded last Friday after he missed the cut at the Sony Open and spent the evening in a w... | Robert Allenby has 'no recollection' of events that took place last Friday . Reported being beaten, kidnapped and robbed after missing Sony Open cut . Allenby withdrew from this week's PGA Tour event on doctor's advice . | 190bb427939cb2b1be14ee7225d5be97929a5629 |
By . Olivia Williams . PUBLISHED: . 13:51 EST, 25 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:19 EST, 28 February 2013 . The real slave trade: An early depiction of what John Murrell, a notorious slave and horse thief, may have looked like . Director Quentin Tarantino is famed for his gory subject matter but Django Unchained, hi... | Quentin Tarantino's film Django Unchained is set in pre-Civil War America . It controversially depicts a period of mob justice and endemic violence . Fears of a slave uprising prompted real-life mass executions in 1835 . Abraham Lincoln later described the huge number of hangings . Slavery was abolished in the US in 18... | 4304655133b735928eb52d2e870cb0bea8091af0 |
By . Mark Solomons . PUBLISHED: . 16:02 EST, 25 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:38 EST, 28 May 2013 . High-end: Sainsbury's will start stocking £130 bottles of Krug . Forget house prices or the number of prestigious 4x4s parked in the drive – there’s a new way to tell whether or not you live in an affluent neighbourhood.... | Sainsbury’s in wealthy areas will be stocking Krug and vintage Bollinger . There are none of the upmarket stores in Wales or Yorkshire . | 469a76ca96ff0e06ffb121bd5e379d26b9403696 |
For more than half a century, D-Day and the military invasion known as Operation Overlord have been synonymous with the Allied victory in the Second World War. But new never-before-seen documents have revealed the codenames for these campaigns were changed almost three weeks before the invasion of Nazi-occupied France.... | Officers ordered D-Day and Overlord to be renamed Halcyon and Hornpipe . It was feared the original top secret codenames had been compromised . The new names have been discovered in never-before-seen documents . Son of army officer Sam Wheeler found them when clearing parents' home . Richard Wheeler then showed them to... | 3a0bfc487c9bc883e54fecb612c0e2d644585b47 |
(CNN) -- Iranian authorities have ordered a ban on women from watching live broadcasts of soccer matches at public movie theaters, the semi-official ILNA news agency reported. A state police agency that monitors Iranian businesses called for the ban because "the presence of women and families at movie theaters increase... | Women not allowed to attend men's soccer matches . Now they apparently won't be able to watch them at theaters . Officials, clerics say their presence is not compatible with Islam . | 17942fd881703fdabf26d1ec7d15802634356677 |
(CNN) -- Add Gene Simmons to the list of people pulling the plug on rock 'n' roll. In an interview with Esquire conducted by his son, Nick, legendary rocker and KISS frontman Simmons said that -- thanks to a crumbling business model, including "file-sharing and downloading" by fans who believe they "were entitled to ha... | Gene Simmons asserts that "rock is dead" in Esquire interview . It didn't have to happen, he adds: "It was murdered" The Who declared rock dead in 1972 . Blogs, Twitter come to rock's defense . | 6fa2637b8aa5a5ad00a2886aea6f90df0f03bd73 |
By . Tania Steere . Doctors will be prosecuted for performing sex-selective abortions, the Department of Health will warn today. They will be reminded the practice is ‘unacceptable and illegal’, as Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt and the General Medical Council closes a ‘loophole’ used by prosecutors to avoid bringing cha... | Minister of State will remind doctors gender-selective abortions are illegal . Jeremy Hunt's guidance to make it clear doctors performing abortions based on gender are breaking the law and will be prosecuted . Comes following CPS ruling in September which said it would not be in the 'public's interest' to prosecute doc... | 3555934d5464c23105804acb17b9359fdd1cdc05 |
A knitter has been awarded a British Empire Medal - after sending 13,000 colourful woolly hats to soldiers serving overseas. Tina Selby, 51, set up the Hats For Heroes campaign because she did not want British troops to get cold on the front line. She had originally planned to send around 500 colourful beanies to servi... | Tina Selby, 51, set up the Hats For Heroes campaign in 2009 . She planned to make 500 hats as she did not want UK troops to get cold . But she could not stop and soon recruited a small army of knitters to help . With the withdrawal from Afghanistan underway she will have sent 17,000 by the time the last British troops ... | 834a5863398b883f142a78eb56a55127c15fa5d3 |
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (CNN) -- A Brazilian TV host denies authorities' charges that he orchestrated the murders of drug dealers and other criminals to generate sensational footage for his show. TV host Wallace Souza is accused of ordering hits on criminal rivals and then covering the deaths for ratings. Wallace Souza... | Wallace Souza is a legislator and former host of a police TV show, "Canal Livre" Authorities: Souza would order slayings, then have camera crews arrive on scene . Police also say Souza is a drug trafficker; Souza's lawyer denies the accusations . Despite charges he faces, Souza remains free because of legislative immun... | 9d6b84110b3b36fd690b908c7d27b5defff6a8c4 |
By . Laura Clark . PUBLISHED: . 19:37 EST, 23 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:37 EST, 23 April 2012 . Oxford has been overtaken by the London School of Economics in a university league table published today. The ancient university was forced into third place behind the LSE and arch-rival Cambridge, which took top spot. ... | Oxford slip down table as graduate job prospects slip . Average Cambridge student now achieves the equivalent of five A grades . LSE comes second after being embarrassed by close links to Gaddafi regime . | b9f7b0804b142122de2f9d5a53f6ce74261ed929 |
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott warns the government has 'absolute determination' to prevent 'returning jihadis' who are a threat to the country. The PM's call to protect the nation's borders from extremists comes as the Weekend Australian reveals a handful of Australians are participating in executions of captur... | Prime Minister Tony Abbott says his government is determined to prevent 'returning jihadis' who are a threat to Australia . Australia will do its 'damnedest' to ensure they never come back to the country, Mr Abbott said on Friday . 100 Australians are said to be involved in groups fighting in Iraq and Syria . This come... | 75e983975123c228a1812f142ccaefd60262d4f2 |
England insist they have followed the latest concussion protocol after selecting Courtney Lawes and Dylan Hartley to face South Africa a week after both suffered blows to the head against the All Blacks. Northampton lock Lawes was forced to leave the field in the first half of the 24-21 defeat in the QBE series opener ... | England lock Courtney Lawes and hooker Dylan Hartley both left the action at Twickenham last Saturday with head injuries . The Saints duo have both been passed fit to take on the Springboks . Under previous guidelines, Lawes and Hartley would have faced a mandatory three-week rest period after being diagnosed with conc... | f683407d1e20733deff3158cf45adc785d418ce3 |
When President Barack Obama decided to take questions directly over social media he didn't turn to his 28 million Facebook fans, or his 19 million Twitter followers. Instead, he turned to a website called Reddit where popularity is measured, fittingly, in votes. "Hi I'm Barack Obama, President of the United States," Ob... | Obama took questions Wednesday over social media site Reddit . In roughly 30 minutes, Obama waded through hundreds of questions . He answered 10 questions on topics including work/life balance and Internet . | 0e3ffb2562aeb0dac76edd06b477f4701773fea6 |
Rev Chris Briggs said the wearing of witch and Devil costumes over Halloween represents a 'far greater evil' than Nazis and terrorists . A church minister has said that the wearing of witch and Devil costumes over Halloween represents a 'far greater evil' than Nazis and terrorists. Reverend Chris Briggs, from the Portl... | Reverend Chris Briggs, from the Portland Methodist Circuit in Dorset, was writing on his blog Ministerial Meanderings . He said: 'One store is selling chainsaws with what purports to be dripping blood. How amusing to open your door to see a six-year-old carrying that' Added that Christians should shun Halloween as 'soc... | 722359307591ee357d85355657b7183dd053c224 |
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