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e80c6572322380c8130f80c6ca12edb0bd68033b | Farmers' frequent use of antibiotics to help their livestock grow is contributing to the rise of dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to the Food and Drug Administration. On Wednesday, the government agency announced a new plan to phase out the use of certain antibiotics in the food production industry. "... | The FDA wants to phase out the use of certain antibiotics in food-producing animals .
These drugs should be used "only when medically necessary," the agency says .
The antibiotics use contributes to the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, the agency says . |
e80c76def0b3b38c30c0ee1a86fead6202590397 | (CNN) -- Alberto Contador celebrated his first victory since returning from a doping ban as he won his home Vuelta A Espana for the second time on Sunday. The Spanish rider, who was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France and 2011 Giro d'Italia victories after testing positive for a banned steroid, finished one minute 16 s... | Two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador wins Tour of Spain .
Spanish cyclist, stripped of last year's titles, follows up his 2008 success .
Compatriot Alejandro Valverde, also back after a ban this year, finishes second .
Valverde denies fellow Spaniard Joaquin Rodriguez the points jersey . |
e80d0b7adfdc759ee63f83db2bffd7dcb848b765 | At a time when England manager Roy Hodgson badly needs a speedy start to this Euro 2016 campaign, his captain tried to lift the mood by summoning the spirit of a flying Dutchman. Wayne Rooney was discussing the destructive qualities of Raheem Sterling when he likened him to Marc Overmars, and told how he had taken asid... | Raheem Sterling has the potential to be as good as Marc Overmars according to Wayne Rooney .
The Manchester United striker showed Sterling videos of the Dutchman prior to the World Cup .
Overmars enjoyed a glittering career with the likes of Arsenal, Ajax and Barcelona before retiring in 2009 .
Roy Hodgson could be wit... |
e80e225a0ac21031e6a266a6cd4d0a5aef622824 | Silent film star Colleen Moore had a lifelong obsession with dollhouses and spent what would be around $7 million in today’s dollars to build the Fairy Castle—an 8-foot, jewel encrusted little girl’s dream. As one of the most popular actresses of her day, the star of 1934’s The Scarlet Letter had the resources to enlis... | One of the biggest stars of her day, Colleen Moore was obsessed with doll houses and had the means to commission the miniature castle of her dreams .
The 8-foot so-called Fairy Castle has some 2,000 miniatures throughout, including the smallest bible ever written . |
e80f3c1d1d47a24c544dc03682bcc177154f316b | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is on the hunt for a new location to hold its final public hearing on a planned study of hydraulic fracturing, the controversial process used to extract natural gas from underground, agency officials say. "We wanted a central location and want... | The large number of people expected to attend has caused two venues to increase fees .
A meeting is now planned for September in upstate New York .
Well owners contend natural gas extraction has contaminated their water supplies . |
e80fde927c757b8a963773a22d284b53709be8ce | Cute and adorable or simply odd? The first of EVA Air's long range Hello Kitty jets completed its maiden flight to Los Angeles last week, drawing a litter of curious Kitty enthusiasts. Whatever your taste -- and judging by the comments below on this updated story, Kitty is more than quite palatable -- the flight marks ... | Taiwanese airline EVA Air's first long-haul Hello Kitty began flights to Los Angeles .
The new Hello Kitty B777 has a 'Sanrio Family hand-in-hand' theme .
The company already flies five Hello Kitty planes on Asian routes .
Each Hello Kitty plane has a different theme but all stock hundreds of Hello Kitty and co. items ... |
e81019e17a5ab0a594fd56491368b63424cbb1c9 | A Michigan man phoned police this week to complain an online prostitute had hiked her price unexpectedly after she accepted the agreed-upon fee for sex. Police in Ann Arbor report that they fielded a complaint of a robbery-in-progress around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday at a home on Packard Avenue. Not quite true love: The gri... | Michigan police respond to the 'robbery'
Police arrest the Ohio woman, but no charges have yet been filed . |
e8101f3a81fa6b3a95e93a187bd0c3461deabce7 | Manchester United have unveiled their new kit for the 2014/15 season. England striker Wayne Rooney was at the centre of the photo, flanked by Old Trafford team-mates Robin van Persie and Shinji Kagawa. The collarless shirt, designed by Nike, features white on the sleeves and a hint of black, and marks the first strip r... | Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie and Shinji Kagawa pose in new strip .
It is the first home kit released under new Van Gaal era at United .
Chevrolet are United's official shirt sponsor for the upcoming season .
United will wear strip for first time on July 23 in friendly against LA Galaxy . |
e8113a819d77e917b4166089705ff40e5ecdba77 | Children at risk of asthma attacks are to have access to emergency inhalers at their schools for the first time. Regulations banning schools from holding inhalers as they contain the prescription drug salbutamol are to be updated. Around 20 school age children die from asthma every year in England and Wales. Children w... | Schoolchildren to have access to inhalers for the first time in classroom .
Around 20 children die from asthma every year in England and Wales .
Jeremy Hunt welcomed update as a 'common-sense step forward' |
e811757c51166c9408d8c743e9bbf4607870df2f | By . Emily Kent Smith . PUBLISHED: . 09:33 EST, 11 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:01 EST, 11 March 2014 . Surf photographer Clark Little will ride any wave for the perfect shot, with water crashing onto him from up to 15ft above his head. Pictured below are the stunning photographs taken by the 44-year-old from inside ... | Surf photographer Clark Little, 44, from Hawaii, shoots waves from within with his waterproof camera .
He has braved waves up to 15ft high at beaches across the world .
Pictured here are his stunning shots of the water crashing from the air back down onto the sand . |
e8117e584dea10897afaed2d0557bc4a2e7dd1dc | (CNN) -- Her doctoral thesis dealt with how we form our conscience. Turns out she plagiarized chunks of it. A university stripped Germany's education minister of her Ph.D. on Tuesday, after a blogger caught the plagiarism and spent months vigilantly presenting the evidence to the public. Annette Schavan is the second m... | The university had awarded her the doctorate in 1980 with highest honors .
She is the second minister who is accused of plagiarism .
The German education minister has given no signal she will step down .
She is planning to sue the university . |
e8118a860d24f6254e43420e9f102ed29f400369 | (CNN) -- Few people like Monday mornings and for world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, his latest in Melbourne very nearly signalled the end of his quest to win a third consecutive Australian Open title. The Serbian survived an epic fourth round encounter with Stanislas Wawrinka that stretched beyond 1.30am local time, eventuall... | Defending champion Novak Djokovic survives five-set epic to defeat Stanislas Wawrinka .
Serbian world No. 1 wins 1-6 7-5 6-4 6-7 12-10 to maintain Australian Open defense .
David Ferrer, Nicolas Almagro and Tomas Berdych all through to quarterfinals .
Maria Sharapova, Agnieszka Radwanska and Li Na through to last eight... |
e811a1e37ea7efc31926f9e35804faa53d446f14 | By . Emily Crane . An Australian professor says people should be eating cane toads, sea urchins and camel meat instead of regular options found in supermarket freezers for future sustainability. Professor Philip Hayward from Southern Cross University believes it makes sense to eat animals that are culled because they a... | Professor Philip Hayward says pests should be farmed for sustainability .
Marine specialist has encouraged consumption of Tasmania's sea urchins .
Prof Hayward believes is makes sense to eat pest animals that are culled .
Most Australians are already shifting from standard meats due to influence of television cooking s... |
e811abaf290e6095b5ac9f235b96da6271e1cf06 | (CNN) -- Now that delegates have converged on Tampa, Florida, for the Republican National Convention, one has to wonder whether there is enough room in the arena for all the conflicting and contradictory elements of the modern Republican Party. There is the camp that claims it wants to be more inclusive, broader in its... | Ruben Navarrette: The deep divisions in the Republican Party are evident .
He says some Republicans emphasize social issues, such as opposition to gay marriage .
Others want to play down social issues, focus on the party's economic message, he says .
Navarrette: The only thing that unites GOP is a strong desire to defe... |
e811dc596a2472a0321cb880a602cb7f45e688da | LONDON, England (CNN) -- A woman who suffers from multiple sclerosis lost her legal bid Wednesday to clarify Britain's laws on assisted suicide. Debbie Purdy and her husband Omar Puente pictured outside London's High Court. Debbie Purdy, 45, had launched a High Court challenge to determine whether her husband would fac... | Multiple sclerosis sufferer fails in legal bid to clarify UK assisted suicide law .
Debbie Purdy "disappointed and surprised" by judges refusal to interpret law .
45-year-old wanted to know at what point her husband would be breaking law . |
e81201685189adb4d4ed858c1a89f929a4ac0bb1 | London (CNN) -- Lady Gaga visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuador embassy in London and spent five hours with him Monday. The pop star was in London to launch her new perfume, Fame, at Harrods department store in Knightsbridge, close to the Ecuadorian embassy. Lady Gaga launches 'slutty' fragrance . Acc... | Lady Gaga spends five hours with Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy .
Pop star was in London to launch her new perfume at Harrods .
Pictures show Lady Gaga dressed as a witch . |
e81276c981baeda8d8fb38f88eb3ed11afb3920a | President Barack Obama will remain at the White House on both Monday and Tuesday as voters head to the polls to determine whether to oust his political party from power in the Senate. A copy of his public schedule reveals the president's plans to return to Washington, D.C. on Sunday after campaign events in Connecticut... | Obama will take meetings in Washington, D.C. on Monday and Tuesday instead of barnstorming the country for his political party .
Democrats have roughly a 74 percent chance of losing the Senate to Republicans .
While out of sight this week, Republicans, who have framed the off-year elections as a 'referendum' on Obama, ... |
e812a15ad232fdc862621c84b79c9b0560829bda | In memory: A statue of Katharina Henot (figure on the right) has been placed in Cologne following her execution . A woman who was burned at the stake for sorcery more than 300 years is the subject of an extraordinary retrial which is seeking to clear her name. Katharina Henot was tried, convicted and burned at the stak... | Katharina Henot was executed for sorcery in Cologne 385 years ago .
Her modern-day supporters say post office woman was set up in a conspiracy . |
e8131dcac6834780b97046e4c5b1360347ebc8a1 | Protesters spent a third day camped out in Wisconsin Capitol building as they readied themselves to hear Governor Scott Walker's full budget proposal later today. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, quickly becoming a darling of Republicans across the country for his plan to take away most collective bargaining rights from pu... | Protesters remain in Wisconsin Capitol for a third day .
Walker to unveil rest of his austere state budget . |
e81348b0836d7695c721b09749e0f713de1a7839 | By . Grace Mccann . Toby . Hadoke has suffered with psoriasis since childhood. The condition, . which causes red, scaly patches of skin, is distressing and can be . painful. 'At its worst, I felt like I'd been stung by a thousand bees,' says Toby, a 40-year-old comedian and writer from north London. But . recently he's... | Toby Hadoke, 40, from London has suffered with psoriasis since childhood .
Has recently found a surprising treatment - cognitive behavioural therapy . |
e813c5deb2a98c2e34fbf7924692dd80977de7a5 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 04:07 EST, 2 December 2011 . Apple today insisted that its iPhone voice activation app is 'pro-life' and that refusal to find abortion clinics is merely a technical glitch. The technology giant had under fire from American civil liberty campaigners after bloggers testing out Siri d... | App 'refuses' to provide details of abortion clinics .
'Withholds' information on emergency contraception .
But can still be used to find prostitutes and Viagra .
Bloggers believe Steve Jobs 'programmed glitch'
But Apple claims omission is just a glitch . |
e813de54afa7d2f83c54063de74e56f027c3b267 | Hong Kong (CNN) -- In one of the biggest busts of its kind in Hong Kong, customs authorities this week seized more than 1,100 ivory tusks, 13 rhino horns and five leopard pelts. The haul, found in a container shipped from Nigeria, is valued at more than $5.3 million. On August 6, Hong Kong customs officials -- tipped o... | Hong Kong customs seized more than 1100 ivory tusks, 13 rhino horns, five leopard pelts .
Illegal haul, found in container shipped from Nigeria, estimated at $5.3 million .
Black market price for ivory is almost $3,000 per kilogram .
Economic growth in Asia, demand from China pushing appetite for ivory . |
e814025af1837028e93a3f2d49fc23e8f9ea9d57 | By . Associated Press . and Zoe Szathmary . An Albuquerque father allegedly left his 11-year-old daughter with a loaded .22 caliber gun while he went to get a tattoo. Father John Ruiz was arrested this week shortly after a neighbor spotted his daughter with the firearm at an apartment complex swimming pool, KOB-TV repo... | John Ruiz allegedly left his 11-year-old daughter with a loaded .22 caliber gun while he went to get a tattoo .
Police said Ruiz's daughter claimed her .
father 'leaves the firearm with her when he goes to school or runs .
errands for protection in case someone breaks in or something'
Ruiz faces a child endangerment ch... |
e8153dae433e70c2b0ccf66f2aeb797634cdaabf | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:41 EST, 17 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:45 EST, 17 June 2013 . Suck in those guts, American Airlines passengers - things are about to get a little tight. The airline has announced that it plans to join several other major air travel providers by putting additional seats in so... | American Airlines will add seats to its Boeing 737s and MD-80s .
The airline is expected to merge with U.S. Airways in coming months . |
e815aa9f9886fddb63fc1e0e2a04a54dfbd3713d | (CNN) -- The biggest challenge was finding an Edward. Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart play Edward and Bella in "Twilight." "The most perfect guy in the world," "Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke said, ticking off the characteristics of "Twilight's" vampire hero. "Cannot be Leo [DiCaprio]; cannot be Brad Pitt.... | "Twilight" is eagerly awaited movie based on Stephenie Meyer's book .
Film concerns romance between a vampire and a high school girl .
Co-star Kristen Stewart says fans possessive of Robert Pattinson, who plays Edward . |
e8166eaff4cbfc724f72aa94c64d9a27769c2a6e | Soft-boiled eggs are back on the menu for pregnant women, according to experts. A study has found that stricter precautions taken by producers mean even babies can be safely fed runny egg, which it is claimed can stop them becoming allergic later on. NHS Choices still advises pregnant women to avoid soft-boiled eggs or... | Study has found that soft boiled eggs could be safe for pregnant women .
Says that even babies can be safely fed runny eggs and can stop allergies .
This is due to 90 per cent of hens being vaccinated against salmonella .
NHS currently advises expectant mothers to avoid runny eggs . |
e8172d255605af24982d907d8d3990e0699f3b4a | Patrick Kluivert says Louis van Gaal can turn Manchester United into a Premier League title-winning team and that 'there's still a long way to go' this season. The former Holland assistant manager says Van Gaal's tricky start to life in the Premier League is because he arrived at Old Trafford directly from the World Cu... | Louis van Gaal's Manchester United sit fourth in the Premier League after beating West Ham and Everton, both 2-1, before the international break .
Patrick Kluivert insists United can become Premier League title contenders .
'They can be a contender to be the champions. It will be very difficult, but it's possible,' say... |
e8174f2f218ba66519e086b2209d01c46238239c | (Financial Times) -- Eurozone finance ministers last night postponed agreement on Greece's long-delayed €31.3bn aid payment for yet another week as divisions between the International Monetary Fund and EU creditors over how fast Athens must reduce its burgeoning debt levels burst into the open. Christine Lagarde, the I... | Eurozone finance ministers postponed agreement on Greece's long-delayed €31.3bn aid payment .
Shows divisions between IMF and EU creditors over how fast Athens must reduce its debt .
IMF: Greece must reduce its debt levels to 120 per cent of economic output by 2020 .
Juncker told a post-meeting press conference the tar... |
e817d03fddea06d17a1c9b222c371353702cf818 | By . Bianca London . Kiev has been turned upside down by the bloodiest protests of recent European history and the stand-off between Russia and the West has left the Ukrainian capital in the biggest state of chaos since the Cold War. As Ukraine's government grappled with Russia taking control of Crimea and armed pro-Ru... | Vice travelled to Kiev after .
the worst violence to witness these shows .
Documents struggles of creative industries in society on brink of collapse .
Allows residents to 'take the attention away from the current situation' |
e818b1008315ab1452a6cfb7e2a7025f9dcfac3f | Middle-aged women are the nation's most powerful consumer group but they feel ignored by Britain's high street stores, according to a new report. Research has revealed that only one in five mature women feel well catered for on the High Street and 61 per cent actually feel that their age group is 'forgotten'. They feel... | New report finds two thirds of 50-plus women feel 'forgotten'
Only one in five mature women feel well catered for on the High Street .
Despite being nation's 'most powerful consumer group' they feel ignored . |
e8196a55f2b230384b0d651bfbdc74000d49f0e4 | By . Adam Shergold . PUBLISHED: . 08:10 EST, 22 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:49 EST, 22 November 2012 . An daredevil on a paramotor who crashed and got stuck 30ft up a tree managed to capture to whole terrifying ordeal on his helmet-cam. Scott Little, 24, had taken advantage of fine weather in Somerset to take to ... | Scott Little, 24, was blown into a copse by strong crosswind near Yeovil .
He was stuck in the branches with his fan motor strapped to his back .
It took 40 emergency workers two hours to get him down .
Managed to capture the whole thing on camera . |
e819f27732eb13314262169b635cc723b863ac5d | (CNN) -- Singer-actress Pia Zadora landed in jail after she allegedly fought with her teenage son when he wouldn't go to bed early Saturday, police said. Zadora, 61, was charged with domestic violence battery and coercion for allegedly scratching 16-year-old Jordan's ear as she tried to take his cell phone when he dial... | The trouble began when Zadora said she was tired and ordered her son to bed, police say .
She became "upset and angry" and "started squirting everyone" with a water hose, son says .
Zadora scratched her son's ear as they wrestled over his cell phone, police say .
Zadora's fame is partly based on a Hollywood awards scan... |
e81a0cf86d250ac9236de9314ef5da3e7a373419 | Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told a French magazine that "there haven't been any tangible" signs that U.S.-led airstrikes in his country have weakened ISIS, despite assertions Wednesday by America's top diplomat that "significant progress" has been made in derailing the Islamist extremist group. In an interview wit... | U.S.-led coalition carries out 14 more airstrikes near Kobani, Syria .
U.S. diplomat John Kerry says anti-ISIS coalition has made "significant progress"
Syria's President: No "tangible" signs U.S.-led strikes have hurt ISIS .
Al-Assad cast himself as a "captain" trying to "save the country" |
e81a49b881e8f260587bb8187318f4f4ac354b60 | A doctor has recorded the moment he delivered a baby inside an intact amniotic sac. Obstetrician Dr Aris Tsigris published the photo of the newborn on his Facebook page after delivering the baby via caesarean section in Amarousion, north of Athens. Because the sac had not been punctured, Dr Tsigris said the baby did no... | Greek obstetrician Dr Aris Tsigris posted the image on Facebook .
Usually the sac breaks during birth, a process known as 'waters breaking'
Dr Tsigris said that the 'ultra rare' phenomenon took his breath away .
The baby was not in danger because it would not need to breathe for itself until the amniotic sac was broken... |
e81af91170c2ad05a3f72ab38b9d165b043c870e | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 08:15 EST, 17 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:08 EST, 18 September 2013 . Taken: 14-year-old Ayvani Hope Perez was abducted from her suburban Atlanta home Tuesday by two men who broke in through a back door. She is 4-foot-9 and weighs 93 pounds with brown eyes and hair . A 14-... | Ayvani Hope Perez, 14, was kidnapped while still in her Star Wars pajamas .
Georgia police put out an alert on the 4-foot-9, 93-pound girl around 4am Tuesday .
Two male, African American men fled the scene in a gray Dodge and Perez is believed to be in extreme danger .
The invaders also shot the family dog . |
e81b275fe0b1f884e5d7d405b96957adfe9738fb | Ed Miliband was warned by Lord Mandelson (pictured) that he risks opening a ‘credibility gap’ over his spending plans . Ed Miliband was warned he risks opening a ‘credibility gap’ over his spending plans as it emerged Labour has not agreed how it would pay for a cut to university fees. The Labour leader is expected to ... | Miliband has been warned he risks opening 'credibility gap' on spending .
He is due to announce details of party's key policy of lower tuition fees .
But it has emerged Labour has not yet agreed how it will pay for cuts .
Lord Mandelson has insisted Labour must say where it will find the money .
Labour spokesman said p... |
e81b578801db5e057349a3438ebf1a7c66975ac7 | By . Sarah Womack . PUBLISHED: . 10:41 EST, 23 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 14:15 EST, 23 January 2014 . It was the dream home of millionaire Segway boss Jimi Heselden but it's up for sale for £4.5m, three years after he died in a freak scooter accident on the edge of his estate. The 62-year-old plunged 42ft from a cl... | Jimi Heselden, 62, plunged 42ft from a cliff while out walking his dog on a Segway in September 2010 .
His 67-acre riverside estate comes with a vintage car museum, simulated golf range, cinema screen and a miniature railway .
Property also boasts a seven-bedroom mill home with the original mill wheel restored . |
e81ba341129f360919ebc7b7d746d7e2fc0e74ad | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:54 EST, 6 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:16 EST, 7 June 2013 . Television presenter Gail Porter had to be consoled by friends after witnessing ugly scenes outside a bar. She was photographed looking shocked and upset while police and paramedics treated a man believed to be her ... | Television presenter consoled by friends after witnessing bloody scenes .
Photographed looking shocked and upset while paramedics treated man .
Incident happened just yards from the famous Groucho Club in Soho . |
e81bad2210e6bae693c9c0d6ca4e5b6836e8ef25 | Badminton star Parupalli Kashyap will sing karaoke if he wins gold . Fred Oala's shoes fell apart before he set new national record in the clean and jerk weightlifting . By . David Kent . Sir Chris . Hoy again demonstrated his gentlemanly side by valiantly defending a . member of the Games security team who asked that ... | Chris Hoy was asked for ID to enter the velodrome named after him .
Morgan Lake and Dina Asher-Smith snubbed the Commonwealth Games to win gold at the Junior World Championships .
Badminton star Parupalli Kashyap will sing karaoke if he wins gold .
Fred Oala's shoes fell apart before he set new national record in the c... |
e81c0bc1172d038c7329bcab7a4b66455219a540 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 16:10 EST, 31 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:17 EST, 31 May 2013 . Former Major League Baseball superstar Pete Rose, banned from the sport since 1989, has revealed he now earns more than $1million a year signing autographs in Las Vegas. Throughout his long and illustrious career Ro... | The former Cincinnati Red spends 15-25 days each month signing and selling memorabilia in the Mirage Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip . |
e81c2b34dff9cf73654e596bc628d03bae411be5 | By . Binky Felstead . Hello from New York! As you may know, I'm currently Stateside to film a very special series of Made in Chelsea. So far it's been a whirlwind of gorgeous weather, shopping and cocktails, and I'm loving every minute. But don't worry, I haven't forgotten you all back in Blighty! Earlier this year I f... | Binky has jetted off to NYC to film a special series of Made in Chelsea .
Here she shows you how to achieve an off-duty New York daytime look .
Her look is inspired by the Victoria's Secret angels . |
e81c39cfbfd7433b1e717920fa3af1fb033ba9fa | By . Lydia Warren . Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of Denver Broncos' safety T.J. Ward after he allegedly got into a fight with staff at a Denver strip club earlier this month. The scuffle ensued after the 27-year-old, who signed with the team just two months ago, brought alcohol into PT's All Nude after h... | Ward, 27, 'tried to bring alcohol into a Denver club after he thought it had been cleared but he was confronted by wait staff'
After the confrontation 'he threw an object at a female bartender'
Cops have issued an arrest warrant on suspicion of misdemeanor assault and are waiting for him to turn himself in .
Ward signe... |
e81c74323475db23c2f576a77acee07ab26f40c7 | Asiana Airlines is considering legal action against an Oakland television station and the National Transportation Safety Board after an intern at the agency mistakenly confirmed "inaccurate and offensive" names as those of the pilots of ill-fated Flight 214. The bogus names that phonetically spelled out phrases such as... | NTSB summer intern mistakenly confirms offensive names .
Asiana: Reputation of pilots and company seriously damaged .
Both KTVU and the NTSB have apologized .
NTSB says it is focused only on determining the cause of the crash . |
e81c96fa98f2a8b3321b39172625f7af1b9537ca | By . Reuters . and Alexandra Klausner . PUBLISHED: . 09:36 EST, 10 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:49 EST, 10 January 2014 . Chung Kim, 76, was convicted for murder on Thursday after he killed his upstairs neighbors over a dog feces dispute . A 76-year-old Dallas, Texas man was convicted of capital murder on Thursday ... | 76 year old Chung Kim fatally shot his neighbors Michelle Jackson, 31, and Jamie Stafford, 31, because dog feces 'dripped onto his balcony'
Jackson and Stafford just had a baby before they were murdered and Jackson had four children from another relationship .
Kim, through the use of an interpreter, asked to re-tell hi... |
e81ca666267073f1d0592d32d32149fa41cfb690 | Theresa May said the scheme, which is being tested in Surrey and Sussex and will handle non-emergency calls, will free up frontline officers . Victims should report crime online to help cut the number of 999 calls, the Home Secretary declared yesterday. Theresa May said using the internet would save police money and fr... | Online reporting for non-emergency calls is trialled in Surrey and Sussex .
Scheme could go nationwide within months if these are successful .
Theresa May says system will save £3.7m and free 180,000 officer hours .
Critics say it will cut face-time with police after local stations also axed . |
e81ccdd5977f1d076bb15868f2cd4e9995512075 | A former Scientology chief has sensationally claimed the church brainwashed Tom Cruise’s children and turned them against the star’s ex-wife Nicole Kidman. Marty Rathbun, who worked at the secretive church for 27 years before leaving in 2004, said he believed officials used Scientology doctrine to turn the Oscar winner... | Marty Rathbun worked at the church for 27 years before leaving in 2004 .
He claims he 'audited' A-list star Cruise countless times .
Cruise has two adopted children with Kidman, Isabella, 19, and Connor, 17 . |
e81d5a363696d650fc39497799c9002f4b275a1d | New York City congressman Michael Grimm is set to resign days after pleading guilty to felony tax evasion. The Republican politician, who has represented his Staten Island constituency since 2011, initially said he would continue serving after admitting to hiding $1 million worth of wages and receipts from a Manhattan ... | Michael Grimm initially said he would not step down following the case .
Pleaded guilty to hiding more than $1 million in receipts and wages at Healthalicious, a Manhattan restaurant in which he had a large stake .
Grimm is now expected to announce his resignation this week .
The rare New York City Republican was repor... |
e81e3dddeedbfbf712268272b1f8688334828057 | By . Victoria Woollaston . The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb almost a century ago threw up some serious questions and mysteries surrounding the young pharoah’s burial. Among the most bizarre rituals found in the tomb was that the king’s penis was embalmed at a 90-degree angle – the only mummy to have ever been found ... | Tutankhamun’s tomb was first discovered in the early 20th century .
The mummy was found covered in black liquid and missing a heart .
His penis was also embalmed at a 90-degree angle, but has since fallen off .
Researchers now believe these bizarre rituals were a bid to make the young pharaoh resemble Osiris, the god o... |
e81e4b800c427a10aa965a3780baf86d2e569d0d | (CNN) -- Road-tripping to a national park makes for an easy -- and spectacular -- summer getaway. While all the U.S. national parks will be open this summer, forced federal spending cuts mean reduced programs and facility access. The National Park Service has cut 5% from its 2013 budget. The parks will be open and read... | The National Park Service is hiring 1,000 fewer seasonal employees this summer .
Some Park Service sites will close on select days or close certain facilities for the summer .
Ranger programs and maintenance operations will be curtailed in some parks . |
e81e55a51afbb50b23bae07dc4bd8571d7b049f9 | 'British jihadi' Simon Keeler, 43, of east London was among those charged with terror offences . When police stopped a suspicious looking lorry leaving Britain from Dover late one night, little did they suspect what they would find inside. For crowded in the back was a Libyan terror suspect allegedly carrying an order ... | Six men charged by police in relation to alleged plot to sneak men abroad .
One had order form for arms and was heading overseas, magistrates told .
Two others were allegedly going abroad to join terrorists, court hears .
Also among them is Anthony Small, a former boxer from London .
Two others also appeared in court ... |
e81e791f39589a25a810a196e32889b08dd4df54 | Spain has been accused of ‘absurdity and hypocrisy’ after allowing three Russian navy ships to dock in its territories in north Africa. British MPs said Madrid’s decision to allow the vessels - including a heavily-armed destroyer - to take on fuel, food and other supplies offered ‘succour’ to Moscow. Incredibly, the ve... | Three vessels docked in Ceuta, south of Spain, despite tensions .
Nato has mounted defence alliance against Russia over Ukraine crisis .
British MPs condemn move as 'hypocritical' as conflict wages on . |
e81f34a44ebd7bfe10a3687794cfb6167c8ed3e6 | (CNN)Gov. Bobby Jindal has been speaking in London recently, and he startled quite a number of people in the House of Commons when he talked about "no-go zones" in Britain, places where Sharia law trumps British law. He announced confidently to a group that included a number of British parliamentarians that the police ... | In Britain, Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks of "no-go zones," places where Sharia law supposedly trumps British law .
Jay Parini says the GOP governor, on a fact-finding mission, needs to get his facts straight .
Let's hope Jindal learns how not to say idiotic things that cause a good deal of offense or harm, Parini says . |
e81f6ec7c99a3cc02af2f4680563cc5c76bb90ff | (CNN) -- Members of the Westboro Baptist Church, known for its radical stance against a myriad of issues including homosexuality and the war in Iraq, said Thursday it will picket Elizabeth Edwards' funeral in Raleigh, North Carolina. Edwards, the estranged wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, died Tu... | Members of the Westboro Baptist Church announce they will picket Elizabeth Edwards' funeral .
The Kansas-based church is known for its radical stance against minorities .
Edwards died Tuesday after a six-year battle with breast cancer . |
e81f8b80fcd90990de171549306d7a877daa06dc | By . David Wilkes . PUBLISHED: . 17:08 EST, 17 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:28 EST, 18 October 2012 . Devastated: Andrew and Claire Ashley have been ordered to rip down the £10,000 panels from the £750,000 grade II-listed property - despite insisting that they are only visible from the bottom of one neighbour's gar... | Andrew and Claire Ashley have been ordered to rip down the .
£10,000 panels from the grade II-listed property .
The panels will have ‘a significant .
visual impact which will diminish the special interest of the building', said the local council . |
e81fb91568368e5b6a83dfead5973a34220e18f5 | To the outside world, they're a force of ruthless yet mysterious insurgents bent on terrorizing civilians and expanding Islamist rule. But as one former ISIS fighter tells CNN, the mentality goes much deeper. "The main and principal goal of the Islamic State that they tell their new members is to establish an Islamic s... | ISIS plans to take over the Arab world and then "go to other countries," an ex-fighter says .
The man left the radical terror group two weeks ago .
"Since Western fighters joined ISIS, they consider their home country as infidels," he says . |
e82023353bea053d9d182e2884465d416ac12439 | By . Ashley Pearson . Getting up at 6am on a Sunday, after a night with a jet-lagged baby is certainly no picnic. However as I made my way to the BBC Big Questions studio in Mile End last weekend, I was fairly buzzing. The reason was neither the three shots of espresso I'd had nor the promise of television cameras - it... | Columnist Ashley Pearson had first baby at 41 .
She appeared on BBC's Big Questions to debate issue of older parents . |
e820a3c8e10d4b6f0b0b4701caabb4345efbad71 | By . Jonathan O'callaghan . Imagine the full stop at the end of this sentence was a camera. It might sound unbelievable, but that’s exactly what U.S. technology company Rambus have built - an incredibly tiny device no bigger than the tip of a pencil. In reality though, it’s not really a camera but rather a tiny chip em... | A lensless camera smaller than a full stop could revolutionise photography .
Developed by Rambus, the tiny chip-based device processes light using an algorithm to create images .
The technology has already been proven by recreating famous pictures such as the Mona Lisa .
There are a host of future uses including rapid ... |
e8216a9dd6c9f6cd9223cd331302cf1be1c6bd01 | By . Jason Groves . PUBLISHED: . 07:24 EST, 31 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:50 EST, 31 January 2013 . British detectives investigating the Lockerbie bombing are to travel to Libya for the first time. Under a deal sealed by David Cameron on his surprise visit to Tripoli yesterday, officers from the Dumfries and Gall... | Prime Minister greeted by locals during walkabout in Martyr's Square .
Deal secured for officers from Dumfries and Galloway investigating 1998 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 to travel to Tripoli for the first time .
Mr Cameron promises to bolster police and army in the country amid concerns about security situation .
Bri... |
e821a99033aaa0a246307cb1d69cf847994b1a1e | The U.N. Security Council on Thursday unanimously approved the creation of a United Nations peacekeeping force for the Central African Republic, where competing militias have been fighting for months. The council approved the deployment of 11,800 peacekeepers to the country, where 6,500 African-led peacekeeping forces ... | Council approves deployment of 11,800 peacekeepers to Central African Republic .
Citizens must heed lessons from Rwandan genocide, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon says .
Ban: "There has been total impunity -- zero accountability. This must change"
About 2.2 million people are in need of humanitarian aid, United Nations says . |
e8223636a88177fabe3dcd05504879242fef7974 | (CNN) -- With many workers stuck at their desks during the late-morning swearing-in of President Obama on Tuesday, more people than ever went online to watch live video of the historic inauguration. A group crowds around a laptop to watch the inaugural events in Washington. News sites, including CNN.com, shattered rec... | More people than ever go online to watch live video of inauguration .
Nearly 27 million people watched streaming video on CNN.com Live .
Many news sites crashed during online coverage .
Social networks partnered with news sites to increase traffic online . |
e822e2982cfade5c0b1950f1b582dd7ce357ef42 | The most jaw-dropping segment of the Miss Universe competition occurred last night (no, we're not talking about the swimwear round.) The contestants in the 63rd annual competition took part in the National Costume show at Florida International University in Miami. . The ladies wore an elaborate range of costumes spanni... | Miss Universe contestants took part in the National Costume round of the competition last night .
Women wear an outfit that represents a key element of the culture in their home country .
Outfits included Celtic warriors, Aboriginal sunsets, flowering trees and see-through gowns . |
e823cc2d1f6c820831506b8b17de74b44093cc6c | LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Brad Pitt gets top billing in Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds," but Austrian actor Christoph Waltz may have turned in the most memorable performance as a Nazi "Jew Hunter." Christoph Waltz attends a special screening of "Inglourious Basterds" in New York. Waltz, a 52-year-old ... | Christoph Waltz plays Nazi Col. Hans Landa in Quentin Tarantino's new movie .
Performance earned Waltz the best actor award at the Cannes Film Festival .
His three-decades-long acting résumé shows the diversity of his talent .
The German television veteran was hardly known outside of Europe, until now . |
e8247d7e125b1330931ec9514101c0a77fb51b2a | Defending champion Stanislas Wawrinka moved into the third round of the Australian Open with a workmanlike victory over Romanian qualifier Marius Copil. The 29-year-old, who appeared to have some trouble with his right elbow throughout the match as he iced it during the changeovers and only recorded two aces, took just... | Stanislas Wawrinka reached the third round as he bids to defend his title .
But the Swiss was made to battle by world No 194 Marius Copil .
Wawrinka won in straight sets and will now play Jarkko Nieminen .
Kei Nishikori also made it through to the third round . |
e824e75c97ef075a3223aba03d1aacfc34364116 | During a trip to the mostly Muslim nation of Albania, Pope Francis rebuked militants who act in the name of religion, saying no one can act as the "armor of God." The Pope lauded Albanians during a visit to the capital of Tirana, calling the Balkan nation one that proves "a peaceful and fruitful coexistence between per... | No one can act as the "armor of God," Pope Francis says .
Pontiff says Albania is an example of how people of different religions can live together .
Francis doesn't mention any militant group by name .
Religious freedom is relatively new in the country with a large Muslim population . |
e8252d91595059cf6c467ac2ab87f7a92ff82ef3 | Action: A Libyan soldier in training. Three stationed at a barracks in Cambridgeshire were detained after breaking orders not to go to the local supermarket . They are being trained to defeat violent militia and restore order to a war-ravaged country – but Libyan troops at a UK base have staged a mutiny fighting for a ... | Three Libyan soldiers were detained after breaking orders not to go to Tesco .
Up to 20 of their comrades stormed guardroom where they were being kept .
They demanded that the British corporal in charge release the soldiers .
He was jostled and shouted at during the angry confrontation .
The 'Tesco Three' were among 30... |
e825ecbf59cf8d6ae69f2caad2aae9e3cca8bdc2 | (CNN) -- Warner Bros. Television has fired actor Charlie Sheen from its comedy "Two and a Half Men" after a two-week public meltdown by the star that has included attacks on the show's creator. "After careful consideration, Warner Bros. Television has terminated Charlie Sheen's services on 'Two and a Half Men,' effecti... | NEW: Sheen tells TMZ the firing is "good news"
It comes after two weeks of public comments by Sheen .
The 45-year-old actor made $2 million per episode . |
e82654f20abe19dfda6eea859bdd2a87877ca3ed | By . Lee Moran . PUBLISHED: . 06:10 EST, 17 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:31 EST, 17 April 2012 . Instagram's billionaire co-founders celebrated their firm's mega-money sale to Facebook by partying the night away at a Sin City superclub - with a picture posted on their app to prove it. Multimillionaires Kevin Systrom ... | But night out looked a bit tame, as pair were tucked up in bed by 4am .
Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, both 26, sold firm to Facebook for $1BN . |
e8269f993ed477802dfb92dfa061e60500095c14 | Tokyo (CNN) -- A seismic researcher told CNN Sunday that he warned the owner of the earthquake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant two years ago that the facility could be vulnerable to a tsunami. The owner, Tokyo Electric Power Company, appeared to ignore the warning, said seismologist Yukinobu Okamura. TEPC... | NEW: Seismic researcher says owner did not consider threat 2 years ago .
Kyodo poll finds government gets poor marks for handling the nuclear crisis .
Greenpeace warns of high radiation levels outside the evacuation zone . |
e826f8d965147f93e97d53a31d77251b59d69e7e | PUBLISHED: . 15:42 EST, 16 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:57 EST, 16 April 2012 . U.S intelligence officials are trying to confirm reports that Alabama-born Omar Hammami, the leader of an al Qaeda aligned terrorist group, has been beheaded in Somalia. Reports in Somali media have claimed that the al-Shabab jihadist, kn... | Somali media have claimed Omar Hammami has been killed .
Hammami is a leader of al Qaeda aligned terrorist group - al Shabab .
He goes by the name of Abu Mansur al-Amriki .
Hammami grew up in Alabama and joined the Somali-based terror group in 2007 . |
e82748435bc53c9d1da483647118273d143af184 | (CNN) -- Hurricane experts are throwing cold water on an idea backed by billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates aimed at controlling the weather. Bill Gates and scientists have applied for patents aimed at reducing the strength of oncoming hurricanes. Gates and a dozen other scientists have raised eyebrows by submitti... | Hurricane experts doubt feasibility of Bill Gates-backed weather-control idea .
Idea is "on a scale that humans have never really done before," says NOAA .
Renowned Colorado professor William Gray: It won't completely stop hurricanes .
Theory: Barges would cool ocean surface sapping energy from oncoming storms . |
e828288158a805f53e440d7b23c63443d3af5ce4 | Saracens took a giant stride towards the European Champions Cup quarter-finals by flooring Irish heavyweights Munster at Allianz Park. Last year's European runners-up moved to the top of Pool One by delivering arguably their most complete performance of the season, cruising home 33-10. Wings Chris Wyles and Chris Ashto... | The win sees Saracens move to the top of Pool One .
Owen Farrell impressed ahead of the Six Nations squad next week .
Munster are facing the prospect of pool-stage elimination . |
e82866764f0a7e604315148523c31613786cab7d | By . Leon Watson . Premier League's Chief Executive Richard Scudamore is reported to have sent a series of sexist emails . The boss of the Premier League has been forced to apologise after it was revealed he sent a series of crude sexist emails, in which he also mocked 'female irrationality'. Richard Scudamore, who li... | Scudamore likes to be seen as a champion of equality in football .
The 54-year-old has been in charge of the Premier League since 1999 .
But a former PA has now revealed a series of crude emails .
Married Scudamore has apologised, saying it was an 'error of judgment' |
e828e4f4e8d7b2e235bac40aaaa24813e5cda020 | (CNN) -- Five Somali men were sentenced Monday to life plus 80 years in prison for engaging in piracy and related offenses in last year's attack on a U.S. warship in the Indian Ocean, federal officials announced Monday. "Today marks the longest sentence ever given to a pirate in U.S. court, following the first time in ... | Each of the defendants was sentenced to life plus 80 years .
They are longest sentences ever meted out to a pirate in a U.S. court .
It's also the first time in 190 years that a U.S. court has convicted a defendant of piracy . |
e829b4ccede7d4f6056db20c190d3b56071cc39b | Trayvon Martin walked into a 7-Eleven in Sanford, Florida, grabbing a bag of Skittles and a can of Arizona iced tea. The hood from his dark gray sweatshirt over his head, he walked up to the counter, reached deep into his pants' pockets, paid the clerk, then walked out. This seemingly mundane act, captured on a surveil... | George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin on February 26 .
New details released Thursday show how police crafted their case .
Martin was pronounced dead minutes after police arrived .
Zimmerman had a bloody nose and head, photographs show . |
e829bc3be4035637be2101e73fbf2ba57c777dfd | (CNN) -- It's December 23, so "let's rumble!" As last-minute shoppers fueled on eggnog scramble for those final gifts for relatives thrice-removed, there's another celebration afoot Tuesday: Festivus. Festivus was introduced in the ninth and final season of "Seinfeld" as a holiday that George Costanza, played by Jason ... | Festivus was popularized by "Seinfeld" in the show's ninth season .
Since then, fans have celebrated the anti-consumerism holiday .
It was based on a real family tradition of show writer Dan O'Keefe . |
e82a29a4c2fcb1ecaed942c6fb550a14b916345a | By . Chris Hastings . Upheaval: Lord Hall said the Corporation’s channels could soon be replaced by internet catch-up services . For decades we’ve sat down in our millions to watch the most popular TV shows go out at their scheduled time. But the days of the nation viewing Strictly Come Dancing or Call The Midwife toge... | Lord Hall said they could be replaced by internet catch-up services .
Corporation already puts some programmes and movies solely on iPlayer .
BBC Three shows like Bad Education are uploaded online before TV .
Peer said: 'We've got to prepare for an age where it's all on the go' |
e82a9fbeb768514d1b2e1b4a1f1d15414242bea8 | By . Glen Owen And Brendan Carlin . PUBLISHED: . 17:47 EST, 8 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:02 EST, 10 December 2012 . Britain is losing the war on drugs and should consider the radical option of legalisation, a powerful committee of MPs will argue this week. In a controversial move which could lead to yet another ... | Cameron under pressure to consider Russell Brand option of decriminalisation .
Current laws 'no longer fit for purpose'
Committee says Britain was ‘fighting a losing battle over drugs policy’ |
e82aafe303d7475d5b10290e0aa2382eefe08c29 | The three pitch invaders who disrupted Tottenham's Europa League match with Partizan Belgrade on Thursday night are serial pranksters whose videos on YouTube and social media have gone viral across the world. Gomes Garcia, Nathan Brown and Dan Jarvis are part of TrollStation, whose previous pranks include turning a Tub... | Gomes Garcia, Nathan Brown and Dan Jarvis are part of TrollStation .
Pranksters have racked up millions of views on YouTube .
Google owned company is yet to take any action against TrollStation .
Trio ran on to the pitch during Tottenham game sporting BassBuds shirts .
Company, who sell Tottenham branded merchandise, d... |
e82ab10cd1b48546b68583db289b9bdcb43fe5de | (CNN) -- Here's a question for you: . What do you think life in the United States would be like if there were no minimum wage? If employers were allowed to pay workers anything they wanted? Would much of American life turn into something out of Charles Dickens? Or would the country flourish? It's not as outrageous a no... | Bob Greene asks: What would life in U.S. be like if there were no minimum wage .
For most of U.S. history, there was no minimum wage; it started in 1938 under FDR .
Obama wants to raise it. Others, like Speaker Boehner, oppose it as costly to business .
Greene: With minimum wage nation tells workers: What you do has va... |
e82b2614cb9abc31c066599f359cdf910064b4a4 | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 11:28 EST, 25 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:07 EST, 25 May 2012 . Proctor & Gamble said it will change the design of packaging for its miniature laundry detergent product to deter children from eating the brightly colored packets that look like candy. Spokesman Paul Fox said the Cinc... | Parents and doctors worried that kids think the pods are pieces of ribbon candy .
Texas reported 71 instances of exposure this year, all but one in March or later.
Missouri reported 25 cases related to the packets, and Illinois reported 26 . |
e82b88766451d3736756307cdfe2fa6ba98dc63b | Picking faces out of a crowd is something humans are hardwired to do, but training computers to act in the same way is much more difficult. There have been various breakthroughs in this field in recent months, but the latest could be the most significant yet. Researchers from Yahoo Labs and Stanford University have dev... | Algorithm was built by Yahoo Labs in California and Stanford University .
It built on Viola-Jones algorithm which spots front-facing images of people .
Researchers used a form of machine learning known as a deep convolutional neural network .
This involves training a computer to spot features in a database of images .
... |
e82b89b3fad19033e45eea57b02c52b325e5e54c | Roy Keane has revealed he didn't sign Robbie Savage when he was Sunderland manager because the midfielder's voicemail message was 'Hi, it's Robbie - whazzup!'. Savage at the time was struggling for playing time at Blackburn and Keane wanted to bring him to the Stadium of Light in a bid to boost his side's performance. ... | Keane reveals he didn't sign Robbie Savage for Sunderland because of his voicemail message .
'Whazzup' featured on the Budweiser advert in the early 2000s .
At the time the Blackburn midfielder was struggling for playing time .
Responding on Twitter, Savage said: 'Oh come on Roy whattttsuppppppppp !!!! Hahahaha' |
e82b9731a78b4b4db187f51f09c6793304e7d40c | ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari signed into law Monday a peace deal for the nation's violence-plagued Swat Valley, according to a presidential spokesman. Women wearing burqas in North West Frontier Province. The deal implements Islamic law, or sharia, in the Swat Valley region of North... | Presidential spokesman says deal gives sharia law a role in Swat Valley .
Valley is wracked by violence; central government has little influence in the region .
Last week, pro-Taliban cleric said government not serious about allowing sharia law .
Swat Valley is about 300km from Islamabad and near the Afghan border . |
e82bc085a3b52b33179d360c0e41ab43523973e0 | PUBLISHED: . 12:43 EST, 16 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:08 EST, 17 January 2013 . For many visitors to Google, it has been a confusing day. The firm's 'doodles' - small pictures or mini games, have become legendary, having celebrated everything from New Year's Day to the 150th anniversary of London's tube. However,... | Google doodle marks the 112 birthday of Frank Zamboni, the .
inventor of the world's first self-propelled ice-resurfacing machine .
Playable doodle sends player on a Zamboni machine chasing skaters around a rink . |
e82bc504dfcaa1501c8f82469be1fcedbbaea653 | By . Mark Prigg . Researchers have uncovered a series of major security holes in traffic light systems that allowed them to to control 100 signals in Michigan. Researchers say there were major flaws in the system, which is used in 40 states across America.. They worked with a local road agency to investigate the proble... | Claims of a 'systemic lack of security' in traffic light system .
Michigan researchers hacked into system used by 40 states .
Were able to control signals for 100 lights using a standard laptop .
Unsecured wireless networks and default passwords were used . |
e82be88b9368a1916f1a3ffbe5a0e2963c81723a | Nick Clegg yesterday demanded publication of the long-delayed official report into the Iraq War before the general election as relatives of soldiers killed in the conflict complained of ‘the biggest cover-up of our time’. The Deputy Prime Minister said he would be ‘very disappointed’ if the Chilcot Inquiry does not con... | Nick Clegg demands publication of the Chilcot Inquiry prior to election .
Relatives of those killed in Iraq call it 'the biggest cover-up of our time'
But senior Whitehall figures believe it will not see light until after election . |
e82c8c5262423e309696ab4eb44fedffb2491bfd | By . Nick Enoch . PUBLISHED: . 15:09 EST, 8 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:31 EST, 8 August 2013 . In fields and forests they stand - strange, futuristic giant stone sculptures; some with jagged edges reaching for the sky; others resembling alien towers. But these haunting monuments are actually war memorials of the f... | Erected on sites of battles and concentration camps, they represented past struggles of the nation .
During 1960s and 70s, country's then president, Josip Broz Tito, ordered their construction .
Photographed over four years by Jan Kempenaers for Spomenik project . |
e82d2e7e63db12454b266ce3d28cbc7ef738e085 | Britain is still ‘deeply elitist’, with privately-educated pupils and Oxbridge graduates continuing to dominate the top roles in society, a new report warns. Many of the nation’s judges, politicians, armed forces chiefs, journalists, TV executives and public officials attended fee-paying schools before studying at Oxf... | More than a third of David Cameron's cabinet attended a fee paying school .
A pressure group has urged the fast-tracking of disadvantaged students .
Britain's elite still goes to Eton before attending Oxbridge, claims report .
Only seven percent of the population has been privately educated . |
e82d780e6c9bf41d4c5fd687f859ac7b658d77ba | By . John Hall . and Anna Hodgekiss . PUBLISHED: . 04:12 EST, 20 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 06:35 EST, 20 February 2014 . Cases of seasonal flu have fallen to a record low in Britain - and the dismal wet weather may be to blame. Only 3.1 per cent of people visited a GP with flu-like symptoms in the first week of Fe... | Only 3.1% of people visited a GP with flu-like symptoms in early February .
This is less than a tenth of the number expected to have sought treatment .
Wet weather and high temperatures may have contributed to the decline .
But Public Health England says may also be that fewer people saw their GP . |
e82de9f2ceb684ae119ae743267690a790e9f74a | (CNN) -- It's hard to believe another year is coming to end. Where on earth did 2013 go? While we try to answer that question, we're thinking about the year that was -- and all the stories that inspired us, those that made us crazy and those we couldn't stop talking to our friends about -- on and offline. We put our li... | Our list consists of stories that resonated strongly with readers on CNN.com and social media .
Miley Cyrus, Sheryl Sandberg, Marissa Mayer among women who sparked passionate debate .
Viral videos on beauty and a girl's first period also got our attention this year .
Inspiring moments include teen's version of Katy Per... |
e82e05b2bad324b50c98ad4452611c8e756bf128 | (CNN) -- Laura Kassem had tripped before. But this time, she fell hard. She couldn't seem to control her body as she went down, even to protect her face from hitting the concrete sidewalk. It happened again the next day as she stepped off an escalator. Then again in the parking garage on Monday when she went to work. "... | Stiff Person Syndrome is a rare disorder that causes painful muscle spasms and stiffness .
Experts estimate one in every 1 million people has SPS .
Stem cell transplantation may successfully treat this debilitating disease . |
e82e4e4fa9075efe70e6a37e053c4c45e599773d | It's the hottest, most consistently sunny summer many of us can remember, but dressing for hot weather continues to challenge us. One quirky brand has decided to embrace the little perils of summer dressing with a new eyebrow-raising fashion range. Japan-based retailer Village Vanguard has come . up with two new T-shir... | Japan-based novelty shop Village Vanguard have designed two tops .
School Swimsuit T-shirt and Transparent Bra Men's top cost £16.40 each .
Poke fun at perils of summer dressing with transparent and wet-look prints . |
e82ecb9d43af790605333237326c2d448c57353f | Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) -- South Africans mourned the death of their first black president, weeping, singing and gathering near Nelson Mandela's homes and other landmarks linked to him nationwide. Mandela, 95, died Thursday in Johannesburg. "We will always love Madiba for teaching us that it is possible to ove... | Mandela dies at age 95 .
Children spell out "We love you Mandela" with rocks near his home .
"It's sad, but what can we do?" one resident asks. "Let him rest in peace."
A state funeral will be held December 15 . |
e82f15bf45789c22a9f62e20dc68856730714be2 | By . Chris Parsons . Last updated at 10:28 AM on 7th December 2011 . A festive ice rink erected in a town centre has been branded a 'diabolical mess' after bungling contractors built it on a slope. Hundreds of parents and children were left disappointed by the shoddy winter centrepiece in Evesham, Worcestershire, after... | 'Diabolical' rink closed three weeks before Christmas .
Attraction described as 'hazardous' by parents . |
e82f93bc938e58bd177424f7e1af5d09fe3800d8 | By . Sarah Griffiths . From the Grand Canyon to the Great Barrier Reef, Google Street View lets you visit some of the world’s most famous landmarks – and impressive holiday destinations – from your sofa. Now you can take a tour of the world’s largest cruise liner, including its ice skating rink, surfing simulator and l... | Virtual tourists can take a tour of Royal Caribbean International’s Allure of the Seas using their computer or smartphone .
The ship measures 1,184ft long and weighs 222,900 tonnes .
It includes lavish shopping streets, a park, ice rink and swimming pools .
It's intended for people to research their holiday and get to ... |
e82fb5b6876616974788ce571d5b10054f16adbf | (CNN) -- A 32-year-old Saudi Arabian who has crusaded for women to drive in her country said she was stopped Saturday for driving a car -- even though there is no law against it. Manal al Sharif, a mother of a 5-year-old boy, told CNN authorities released her and then tried to detain her again early Sunday. Al Sharif, ... | Manal al Sharif is part of Women2Drive campaign .
She claims woman are not breaking the law by driving in Saudi Arabia .
Religious edicts limit activities of women . |
e82fcf0cc135b4f5b133a49689af4f0810b5c110 | MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- A 92-year-old woman with cocaine strapped to her body flew all the way from Brazil to Spain before police arrested her, in a wheelchair, at Madrid's airport. A Civil Guard spokeswoman says the 92-year old was apprehended at Madrid's Barajas Airport. They found 4.3 kilos, or nearly 9.5 pounds, of ... | Two women, both from Uruguay, arrested after arriving in Madrid on flight from Brazil .
Judge arraigns two women, one a 92-year old wheelchair user, on drug charges .
Spokeswoman: "It's practically impossible" wheelchair user would be tried . |
e82fdca20184058914f9d2c23696e5d2b1e4588d | When you can't force your own employees to get on board with a product, what hope does a company have convincing the rest of us? Such is the case this week at internet giant Yahoo, who have been left red-faced after an staff memo found its way out of the Silicon Valley headquarters, according to All Things D. The note ... | Memo addressed to Yahoo staff leaks to media .
Shows that, despite being asked by executives, only 25 per cent of employees have switched to Yahoo mail from Outlook .
Controversial redesign of Yahoo mail in October has garnered thousands of complaints from unhappy users . |
e830ffee7cbfcd0f6573015218eded25654b87b6 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 04:12 EST, 4 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:55 EST, 4 September 2013 . William Hague has been berated by rock star Noel Gallagher for attending an awards ceremony instead of ‘sorting out’ the Syria crisis. The former Oasis star ridiculed the Foreign Secr... | Ex-Oasis star berates Foreign Secretary for attending despite Syria crisis .
Tory Hague and Boris Johnson among the guests at Royal Opera House .
Gallagher likens star-studded bash to the Tory party conference .
Cheers from the audience as rock star tells Hague 'good for you!' |
e831bd1a544414a23bdf4c2ab97f478f5eb1eb16 | (CNN) -- The Arkansas Geological Survey is trying to unravel a mystery: What is causing earthquakes in the town of Guy, Arkansas? Since September 20, the community of 549 residents north of Little Rock has experienced an almost constant shaking from 487 measurable earthquakes. "We've had 15 today including a 3.1 (magni... | The town of Guy, Arkansas, has been shaken by hundreds of small earthquakes .
Geologists have counted 487 measurable quakes since September 20 .
That's almost equal to one per resident in the town of 549 .
State officials are investigating whether the quakes are natural or from industrial work . |
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