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e8329177c30927569debcc37c242e1d6205cdbb5 | A video of a NRA commentator claiming blind people should be allowed to buy and use guns has infuriated gun safety campaigners. The video, posted on the NRA's website and hosted by commentator Dom Rasco, claims it is an individual's right - blind or not - to bear arms. He said the blind were capable of using guns becau... | NRA commentator claims blind people should be able to buy and use guns .
Dom Rasco argues blind's other senses, such as hearing, are improved .
Video posted on the NRA's website met with disbelief by safety campaigners . |
e832f9d88179d11cc480f40b8b64c0df478c6469 | By . Anna Hodgekiss . A little boy with an extreme allergy to all food survives on a diet of just boiled sweets. Finley Ranson suffers from a rare eating disorder which means he is unable to eat normal food without having an extreme allergic reaction. The three-year-old's body fights food as if it were a virus, causing... | Finley Ranson suffers from rare eating disorder eosinophilic enterocolitis .
His body fights food as if it were a virus, causing him to bleed internally .
The Fox's boiled sweets are the only food he can eat without becoming ill .
Finley has to be tube fed up to six times a day and has had 10 operations . |
e83386e8e59491ca835ac645491ba88aa1c5c3ca | Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Sunderland's home clash with Arsenal... Sunderland vs Arsenal (Stadium of Light) Kick-o... | Sunderland host Arsenal at the Stadium of Light (Saturday 3pm)
New signing Anthony Reveillere will be included in Black Cats' squad .
Gunners midfielder Jack Wilshere suspended for Premier League clash .
Sunderland will look to bounce back from 8-0 humbling at Southampton . |
e8338c5fe5284034cd01164306096b63ad44fdb7 | A mother-of-six who was once hooked on boob jobs admits she 'lost perspective' and has ended up with a 'comical' cleavage. Now Gemma, 32, from Halifax, wants to have a reduction because she worries her double-F breasts are setting a bad example to her daughters. 'I absolutely hate them. They just look like two bald men... | Gemma, 32, from Halifax, was originally an A cup .
Thought surgery to make her double F would give her more confidence .
But now a married mother-of-six, she hates her appearance .
Men stare at her chest and she thinks cleavage looks 'comical'
Concerned about how her look influences her daughters .
'Worries me that I m... |
e8339a37a89fb0caacbd9171423f72c23b2f950b | (CNN) -- Federal prosecutors are pushing to force the Arizona man accused of fatally gunning down six people and wounding 13 others, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, to submit a handwriting sample -- a request that he, thus far, has refused. A motion was filed Monday, out of the office of U.S. Attorney Dennis Bu... | Jared Loughner is refusing the government's request for a writing sample .
Authorities want it to compare with notes found in his home after the shooting .
Loughner faces 49 charges related to a mass shooting outside a Tucson market . |
e833d67dbc786ade1d42e0c7f527ad135a78c127 | By . Ted Thornhill . Jailed: Peter Wood, 44, of Wainscott, Kent, admitted attempted murder . A husband who tried to murder his sleeping wife after discovering she was having an affair with a lesbian has been jailed for 10 years. Enraged Peter Wood smashed mother-of-two Tina over the head with a rolling pin and then tri... | Peter Wood smashed his wife, Tina, over the head with a rolling pin .
The 44-year-old then stabbed her 12 times, after learning of her lesbian affair .
The couple's eldest son, David, 14, intervened and called an ambulance .
Peter, from Kent, admitted attempted murder and was jailed for 10 years . |
e833da23cd7512d3f090648fc5393784e1ceb68a | Husband Paul 'was annoyed to start with, but was very understanding' By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 06:27 EST, 29 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:18 EST, 29 July 2013 . A mother-of-two miraculously found her engagement and wedding rings two days after losing them on a crowded beach. Laura Curry thought she had seen th... | Laura Curry lost both rings on crowded beach while attending to children .
Returned two days later with metal detector - but found first band herself .
Husband Paul 'was annoyed to start with, but was very understanding' |
e8345379857007d61a038c9f9050b52ed3b3a42b | BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- Fourteen sailors are still missing from a Thai trawler that was sunk last week by the Indian navy as a suspected pirate ship, the vessel's owner said Tuesday. The Indian navy frigate INS Tabar was reported to have battled a "pirate vessel" last week. One crewman was found alive after six days... | Owner: One crewman found alive after 6 days adrift, one confirmed dead .
Ekawat Nava 5 delivering fishing equipment when it was attacked, owner says .
Indian authorities insist their ship had acted against a pirate vessel .
Armed pirates seen roaming on the upper deck of vessel, India says . |
e8346d37430445f34f770d5380b1ee69e324c33d | Daniel Flesch, then a college student at the University of Illinois, had heard too much anti-Israeli sentiment. He had family members who had survived the Holocaust and felt compelled to fight back at what he perceived as a growing level of anti-Semitism in America. So in 2010, he joined Israel's military. "I just didn... | About 750 Americans are currently in the Israeli military, an advocacy group says .
In Israel, military service is required of all citizens at age 18, male and female .
That includes young Americans with dual citizenship living in Israel .
Those outside Israel can apply if they meet requirements including speaking Hebr... |
e834a69433c3181948cad35b95a74d3669a59156 | Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- One person was killed in an anti-government protest in the Yemeni city of Aden on Wednesday, eyewitnesses reported, while human rights activists accused pro-government demonstrators of beating students after a similar protest in the capital, Sanaa. Witnesses in Aden said the victim was an 18-year-... | NEW: Hospital officials give no immediate confirmation that a demonstrator is killed in Aden .
Three Sanaa University students were hurt after a protest there .
Yemen has seen six days of clashes between pro- and anti-government crowds . |
e8351f690a9ad134d5e8b73902fe78b226896208 | Havana. Cuba (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama has been issued an unexpected invitation to visit Cuba -- from the island's 90-year-old prima ballerina, who implored him to bring along five Cuban agents imprisoned in the United States for more than a decade. "I want to invite the president of the United States to com... | Cuban prima ballerina invites Obama to come .
She also asks "a favor": Bring along five imprisoned Cubans .
The five had been sent to the United States to infiltrate violent exile groups . |
e8356c04597b8ae9ff6cfb5a16e7ec3ab4739fdb | The best kids' attractions are fun for adults, too. "When you spend the whole day at some place like a theme park or zoo, you want everyone in your family to enjoy it -- young and old," said Travis Katz, CEO and co-founder of travel planning site Gogobot. That's what the site's favorite spots for kids have in common, K... | Travel site Gogobot names travelers' picks for best kids' attractions in the U.S.
Top draws include science museums, theme parks and animals .
Bats under a Texas bridge come in at No. 5 on the list . |
e83594e8d2a074ec6bd32eb75b83603fb4dd060c | It's set be the one of the biggest – and certainly one of the most hyped – cinema releases of 2015. But as anticipation of the latest instalment in the Star Wars saga intensifies, so too does the lucrative merchandising industry surrounding it, along with fears that fans are being exploited. Devotees of the sci-fi movi... | A magazine company is offering the chance to build the Millennium Falcon .
The first edition of the magazine costs £2.99 but the next 100 are £8.99 .
Fans have expressed outrage over the cost of the two-year subscription . |
e835d1ce3deef892668d41e33a85fd1e989ad740 | By . Tom Worden . PUBLISHED: . 07:26 EST, 16 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:27 EST, 16 November 2012 . Caught: Fugitive Spanish terror suspect Raul Angel Fuentes Villota who has been on the run for 17 years . A suspected ETA terrorist linked to several murders was arrested in Britain today after 17 years on the run.... | Raul Sanchez Fuentes Villota, 47, was held in Liverpool in a joint operation by UK and Spanish police .
Officials said he had been part of an ETA terror cell called the Matalaz Cell, responsible for several terrorist attacks in Spain .
Several alleged members of ETA have been arrested in the UK recently . |
e83656530630f2bd379beb2bd60a42200a652cce | Swansea City have completed the £8million signing of Federico Fernandez from Napoli. The centre-half wrapped up a medical in Wales this week and has signed a four-year contract, becoming the Welsh club's most expensive defensive signing. The 25-year-old, who played for Argentina at the World Cup, will fill the centre-b... | Federico Fernandez is expected to be in contention to face Burnley .
The defender was in the Argentina squad which reached the World Cup final .
He will partner Ashley Williams following Chico Flores' departure .
Former Swansea loanee Jonathan de Guzman joins Napoli . |
e8366b8064a3de011b9a5eaaca22367eae26d1fd | Outrage has been sparked in India after men playing the roles of terrorists in security drills were dressed as Muslims and shouted pro-Islamic slogans. A video of a drill, which was broadcast on Indian media websites, shows five policemen capturing and then pinning down three men in white knitted skullcaps before bundl... | Drills have been described as 'atrocious and highly condemnable'
Police have been accused of profiling the Muslim community .
Drills were carried out in between 10 and 15 locations .
Exercises were ahead of a summit the Indian Prime Minister will attend . |
e836d289f3b2492399e164a8e4963e2369023220 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . You need the courage of a lion to stick needles into a big cat like Lucifer – or an extremely effective anaesthetic. Happily for vet Nicki Grint the dose given to the 30st animal worked perfectly while she used acupuncture on a sore foot where a tumour was removed. She has used the method on ... | Lucifer the lion had treatment to ease pain of earlier tumour removal .
The 11-year-old was given an anaesthetic before needles inserted in foot .
He is the first animal to receive acupuncture at Paignton Zoo in Devon .
Zoo staff say the lion will make a swift recovery following the treatment . |
e8376d236550de016538caa1742895be471cc277 | United Nations (CNN) -- The U.N. Security Council will take up a draft resolution that would establish an interim peacekeeping force for the disputed border region of Abyei, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice told reporters Thursday. The draft resolution calls for the deployment of 4,200 Ethiopian Nationa... | Draft resolution would establish an interim peacekeeping force for Abyei .
It calls for deployment of 4,200 peacekeepers to the region .
Agreement's purpose is to allow for troop withdrawal from Abyei, ambassador says . |
e8377394f11a8c5ba1ab8ad8de148cd56cb96c0c | Crackdown: 'Accidental landlords' will no longer be able to take out buy-to-let mortgages to cover their costs under a new EU Mortgage Directive . Tens of thousands of ‘accidental landlords’ could struggle to secure mortgages under new EU rules designed to clamp down on buy-to-let investors. ‘Accidental landlords’ are ... | 'Accidental' landlords have not intentionally purchased a buy-to-let home .
New EU mortgage directive could force them to pay more for loans .
Lawyers warn that the new rules may cause confusion . |
e8379cb59e1855731e6d99e60799575f7b15041b | Sydney, Australia (CNN) -- Qantas is considering legal action against engine-maker Rolls-Royce after one of the manufacturer's engines sparked a fire on a flight last month, the airline said Thursday. The Federal Court of Australia granted the Australian carrier an injunction Thursday allowing it to pursue legal action... | NEW: Australian court grants Qantas permission to pursue legal action .
NEW: Qantas says it has already started discussions with Rolls-Royce .
Officials issue a safety recommendation about the Rolls-Royce engine .
The problem could have been a factor in last month's Qantas fire . |
e837ef537c8a097b1fd152cbcd5f0dbba7454c4d | By . David Mccormack . PUBLISHED: . 22:03 EST, 6 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 03:55 EST, 7 January 2014 . The American football star who claimed last week that he lost his NFL career because he was a vocal advocate of same-sex marriage has said he has no regrets and stands by his allegations that his former coach Mike... | Kluwe was cut from the Vikings in May and wrote an article last week in which he claimed it was because he was an advocate for gay marriage .
He claims coach Mike Priefer told him 'we .
should round up all the gays, send them to an island, and then nuke it .
until it glows'
The Minnesota Vikings have agreed to carry ou... |
e837fbba618c14604bf7a89f352c9a904fd45db8 | A motorcyclist recorded the terrifying moment he veered off Britain's most dangerous road and tumbled down a 40-foot cliff - before escaping with only minor injuries. Jack Sanderson, 21, was riding his 600cc Kawasaki Ninja along a notorious stretch of the Cat and Fiddle road in the Derbyshire Peak District when it slew... | Jack Sanderson was riding in the Peak District when the accident happened .
He lost control on a bend and, after missing a car, tumbled over the edge .
Footage shows the 21-year-old somersaulting down the 40-foot drop .
But, incredibly, he survives almost unharmed and walks back up the hill .
The video was shot on a he... |
e8382a2b36cb29ae5a6ac7d8ad1cf3777495aab6 | (CNN) -- Martin Scorsese's "Hugo" has more nominations, and among the nine contenders for best picture, only "The Tree of Life" has made less money at the box office, but ever since the New York Film Critics Circle named a black and white French silent film the best picture of the year back in November, "The Artist" ha... | "The Artist" has been the unlikely frontrunner in the Academy Awards race .
"The Help" star Viola Davis is the red-hot favorite in that race .
All of which could make Sunday's ceremony the most predictable and anti-climactic . |
e8389169882518d34bc3769d5c07e43489a03f5d | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 23:55 EST, 16 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:26 EST, 17 October 2013 . Newark Mayor Cory Booker has been elected as the new Senator for New Jersey after winning a special election Wednesday night. The win now gives the rising Democratic star a bigger political stage after beat... | The popular mayor of Newark is now a member of the Senate .
A special election was held to replace the spot left open after Senator Frank Lautenberg died .
If he wants to serve for a full term, Booker will have to run again in November 2014 . |
e839154178c3064c0bbbca73c5f262c2e8cecf33 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 6:37 PM on 21st February 2012 . It is a move that has shocked fans coming just three years after their turbulent relationship ended in violence and the image of the battered singer that stunned the world. Singers and former lovers Rihanna and Chris Brown have come together to ... | Brown is in an 'open relationship' with aspiring model Karrueche Tran, according to fresh reports . |
e83956496e9f53b92eebfdcca35811bb05519242 | (CNN) -- American fitness guru Jack LaLanne died Sunday afternoon at his home in Morro Bay, California, according to his long-time agent, Rick Hersh. He was 96. The cause, said Hersh, was respiratory failure due to pneumonia. LaLanne had been ill for the past week. His wife, Elaine, was at his side, along with his fami... | Fitness guru Jack LaLanne died at his home in California .
LaLanne died due to complications from pneumonia .
LaLanne's workout program was on the air in the U.S. for three decades .
Larry King: "He would go on forever ... a true guru" |
e839f064f8348b9702869989b04a53970151b8be | By . Tom Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 10:12 EST, 7 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:37 EST, 7 June 2013 . A major rescue operation was launched after a dog plunged 250ft off a cliff while chasing a rabbit - and lived to tell the tale. Golden retriever Sam was on a holiday break with his owner, Jonathan Minshull, and his family,... | The cherished family pet plunged down a 500ft cliff near Sidmouth, Devon .
Sam survived thanks to an outcrop of gorse bushes breaking the fall . |
e83a50d32c9c58a575806896cb7a4c70dddca434 | (CNN) -- It's not easy being a parent at the best of times - let alone when you're the father of a brooding Kryptonian. But Russell Crowe steps up to the challenge in the latest incarnation of Superman, fathering the "Man of Steel" played by Englishman Henry Cavill. And if some viewers happen to notice a particularly c... | Russell Crowe and Henry Cavill's paths first crossed when Crowe was filming scenes for Proof of Life at Cavill's boarding school.
Cavill, who had been in school productions, sought acting advice and questioned Crowe. Crowe remembered the schoolboy and sent him a parcel, which included signed photograph.
Years later the... |
e83a91dba59bb40534f465dcf53b56e8615dd26d | (CNN) -- World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka suffered a blow in the preparations to her Australian Open title defense on Friday, pulling out of a much-anticipated rematch with Serena Williams due to a toe problem. The Belorussian was due to play her U.S. Open final conqueror in the semis of the Brisbane International, her fi... | Victoria Azarenka battling to be fit for Australian Open after having minor surgery on toe .
World No. 1 pulls out of Friday's semifinal against Serena Williams at Brisbane warmup event .
U.S. Open champion Williams will play Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in final .
Andy Murary into semis of men's event, while Nova... |
e83aa86aedc034373407fd60f59bdf11cd679ef7 | By . Zoe Szathmary . Vitalii Sediuk, the Tinseltown 'prankster' who attacked Brad Pitt last month at a Maleficent premiere, was caught on video in a Los Angeles park dancing and jamming with a group of musicians - all while he is supposed to be completing community service picking up trash as punishment. Footage releas... | Vitalii Sediuk, the man who attacked Brad Pitt last month, .
was caught on video jamming with a group of musicians and riding a .
carousel in a Los Angeles park while is is supposed to be completing community service .
Sediuk was sentenced to 20 days of community service after the incident at the May 28 premiere .
Pitt... |
e83b5eb37747fa3243c37bac0db6d41670e5c0ab | Brazilian-born rapper, Yuri Santos, 23, who uses the stage name, Aggro Santos, at Chichester Magistrate's court . Former I’m A Celebrity contestant Aggro Santos raped two girls, one aged just 16, when he took them back to his hotel room after performing at gigs, a court has heard. The 23-year-old Brazilian-born rapper ... | Aggro Santos, 23, 'raped' one girl after she asked for a picture of him following his performance at a club in Somerset .
He 'raped' his second victim, aged 16, while co-defendant Tyrelle Ritchie 'forced her to perform oral sex on him' after a university summer ball .
'I have been blessed. I have been blessed by Jesus'... |
e83bdfe18e8649c35e62b17c97db0d6bbc65be69 | Charles Ukachukwu Imoh was jailed for four years . A German man has been jailed after being caught trying to smuggle more than £200,000 worth of cocaine in 83 packages in his body. Charles Ukachukwu Imoh was stopped by police at Dover's Eastern Docks after telling officials he was visiting family in London having board... | Charles Ukachukwu Imoh tried to smuggle packages of cocaine into UK .
The 57-year-old was stopped by police at Dover's Eastern Docks .
Officers took him to hospital where they learned he was smuggling packages . |
e83bfab63c33dbc77625747b7a7cf69d78f50547 | Cavite City, Philippines (CNN) -- Not many people recognized Efren Peñaflorida as he left the Philippines last fall to attend a Hollywood gala for CNN Heroes. But when Peñaflorida returned from the event as CNN's Hero of the Year, he was greeted by hundreds of screaming fans at the airport in Manila. "The moment we got... | Efren Peñaflorida was named CNN Hero of the Year at a Hollywood event in 2009 .
He started a nonprofit organization that educates poor children in the Philippines .
Since being named Hero of the Year, "pushcart classrooms" have spread across the country .
Peñaflorida has also become famous; he hosts a TV show that feat... |
e83c3004b77575e5d933a037cbacb90a510a8735 | Fernando Torres has ended three-and-a-half disappointing years at Chelsea by agreeing a move to AC Milan. The Spaniard replaces Mario Balotelli as Milan's lead striker following the Italian's £16million transfer to Liverpool. Torres' agent held talks with Milan on Thursday morning and the striker has agreed to join the... | Fernando Torres leaves Stamford Bridge and moves to the San Siro .
Spaniard replaces Mario Balotelli after Italian moved to Liverpool for £16m .
Torres will undergo a medical in Milan on Saturday before moving to Milan .
Spanish striker ends three-and-a-half difficult years at Stamford Bridge .
Spain international forw... |
e83cc307cc090a70aaedf562f74cbe1c01bd05bb | Athens, Greece (CNN) -- The anniversary of a fatal police shooting triggered a new riot in Greece's capital Sunday, with protesters occupying a university building and throwing rocks and burning garbage at police. Riot police with gas masks and shields faced off against about 200 demonstrators, some of whom attacked an... | Protests commemorate December 2008 killing of 15-year-old .
About 200 demonstrators break away from march, occupy university building .
University's dean in intensive care after being attacked, authorities say .
Demonstrators throw rocks and other things at police, who are barred from entering campus . |
e83ce6064f2759a3873bcafbb8a6e5f1188272f4 | The news of missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 has captured the hearts and minds of people across the world as social media platforms exploded with condolences and prayers from worried individuals on Sunday. Twitter's top three trending phrases were #QZ8501, #AirAsia and 'Indonesia to Singapore' on Sunday night, after the a... | People from around the world have shared their hope and prayers for the missing flight over social media .
Twitter's top three trending phrases were #QZ8501, #AirAsia and 'Indonesia to Singapore' on Sunday night .
World leaders and airlines also took to social media to share their condolences and offer support .
The A... |
e83cee8e65ca0969c005b3ff066636906daa26f7 | By . Katy Dartford . PUBLISHED: . 07:49 EST, 25 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:55 EST, 25 October 2012 . The FBI is joining an investigation into bogus letters sent to many Florida residents, including the Republican Party of Florida chairman, that raise questions about their eligibility to vote. The FBI will focus o... | Voters in 18 counties in central and southwest Florida receive them .
Letters postmarked from Seattle say they are from election supervisors .
Bogus letters question voter's citizenship and appear to intimidate people . |
e83d0d092928f0d8cf0060c4f59fb55349862222 | The boarding house where Lee Harvey Oswald was staying at the time he assassinated President John F. Kennedy has gone on sale - and remains virtually untouched since that fateful day. His snug single bedroom at 1026 North Beckley in Dallas, Texas appears exactly as it did when he used an assumed name and stayed as a gu... | Preserved boarding house in Dallas is on sale for $500,000 .
Oswald stayed there alone in the weeks before the shooting in 1963 .
Homeowner remembers him as a considerate, friendly boarder . |
e83d6bbd13744e3db1e90c3e5cfb549f9d132f1e | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 11:14 EST, 11 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:28 EST, 11 April 2013 . Opemipo Jaji is accused of raping an 11-year-old girl in a park in Enfield . A sex offender repeatedly raped an 11-year-old schoolgirl in a park and then bragged he would show a video of the attack to her family and fri... | Opemipo Jaji is accused of raping a school girl after following her home .
Allegedly dragged girl into a park in Enfield, north London, last November .
Court heard he told victim he would stab her and put a glove in her mouth .
Jaji admitted sexually assaulting another girl in 2011, Old Bailey heard . |
e83e056ef1f4b081eb92139f7ee63f2278623a69 | By . Helen Collis . PUBLISHED: . 08:13 EST, 22 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:04 EST, 22 October 2013 . Bolster support: British Foreign Secretary William Hague has urged support for moderate opponent groups of the Assad regime, and has called on them to create a united front . Moderate opponents of Syria's Assad reg... | Foreign Minister says moderates must join together to overcome extremists .
Without bolstering moderates he says extremist rebels will take control .
Hague meeting with international community in London today to discuss aid .
Says Assad opponents need a 'united position' for peace talks next month . |
e83e25d67e91b1b2c3d55be29d6338ccdb8e5a47 | (CNN) -- An autopsy has been completed on former Olympian and UNC track coach Antonio Pettigrew, but reports from the examination are pending and the cause of his death has not been released, the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said Wednesday. The body of Pettigrew, a former 400-meter world champion... | NEW: Autopsy is complete, but final reports are still pending .
Antonio Pettigrew won gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics .
He later admitted doping, and the relay team returned its medals . |
e83edd7f16156970b38ecbaf59735c2548a3051e | London, England (CNN) -- Working together must be easy for Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, the award-winning movie producers. More often than not, the co-chairmen of Working Title Films finish off each other's sentences, revealing a mutual respect that has its roots in a strong friendship that has spanned two decades. The ... | Award-winning producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner began their partnership in 1992 .
They are responsible for some of the UK movie industry's biggest successes .
They talk exclusively about their collaboration, the future of the industry and bad reviews . |
e83ef87b52365201f1cb59d76870a6a4ae8129a9 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 21:30 EST, 1 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 21:42 EST, 1 January 2014 . Most of us will be somewhat guilty of indulging in a few - OK, quite a few - celebratory cocktails while ringing in 2014 this week. But who knew how the order you place at a bar could speak volumes of your pot... | Consumer data gathered over two years from over 50,000 interviews has attempted to realize voting choices according to drink choices .
Results varied, but summary findings concluded that Democrats tend to go for clear liquors, such as .
vodka and gin, while Republicans are more likely to opt for something .
darker, suc... |
e8402a5ed867d312ddf85dce93e42091170aae07 | By . Ben Spencer . PUBLISHED: . 03:34 EST, 13 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:09 EST, 13 November 2012 . The Royal College of Nursing last night accused NHS bosses of ‘sleepwalking into a crisis’, claiming that more than 60,000 health jobs will disappear as a result of budget cuts. The NHS workforce in England has al... | Number of qualified nurses has fallen by 6,000 since May 2010, says RCN .
NHS workforce has dropped by 28,500 over same period with similar number of jobs at risk, union says . |
e84084b038b2b633cb8543d252497d1b56fd9a0f | (CNN)Ten dollars -- that's all that Rwandan science teacher Cephas Nshimyumuremyi had to start his business with two years ago. It may sound less than promising, but Nshimyumuremyi made that initial initial investment go a long way. Today, his company Uburanga Products, which makes herbal jelly and soap from local medi... | Science teacher Cephas Nshimyumuremyi started his skincare company with just $10 .
He produces herbal soaps and jellies made of local medicinal plants .
The entrepreneur says you don't need a lot of capital to start a business . |
e840e5c89f295e1b02d0b519fc6223f7044ba7b2 | Up to 5,000 black cab drivers blockaded London's city centre yesterday in protest against a boom in unlicensed minicabs and rickshaws as well as the hugely popular Uber smartphone app. For the second time in three months, London's famous black cabs choked Trafalgar Square and Whitehall - honking their horns as they cra... | Black cabs choked up the streets in go-slow protest at lack of enforcement .
They are the only cabs licensed to legally pick up passengers on the street .
But unlicensed cabs and rickshaws have muscled in on their trade .
Also angry at Uber app, claiming group do not comply with taximeter laws . |
e840f52a164e75aabfe99bd7602a4d4d38bfdb68 | By . Sean O'hare . PUBLISHED: . 12:10 EST, 7 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:28 EST, 7 December 2012 . Dean Cole, 24, pleaded guilty to his part in the conspiracy before the trial . A member of a smash-and-grab gang who smashed their way into top stores using high-powered motorbikes and sledgehammers is suing Scotlan... | Dean Cole, 24, claims police injured his leg during ambush .
Steven Dedman and Lizzie Andrews, 18, turned friends into 'smash and grab' gang targeting high-end shops .
Hit nearly 50 of London's exclusive brands including Apple, Dolce & Gabbana, Christian Dior and Jimmy Choo in six-month spree .
Pillion passengers would... |
e8415dbd8e6bbe31dbf8b4a9e533d7a1b1f0fcd7 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:57 EST, 23 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:57 EST, 23 June 2013 . New York officials have ripped out multiple CitiBike docking stations after rich residents said they didn't want them cluttering their streets. At least 10 stations for the bike share scheme have been removed sinc... | At least 10 docking stations have been moved or removed since the bike share scheme launched on Memorial Day .
Some have been striped after legal threats and others after petitions from residents but almost all have been in wealthy Manhattan areas .
Racks were removed from outside the West Soho co-op where Mad Men's Jo... |
e841b87c94230b7f9e0b6f125707827e4d739690 | Time consuming: The big six energy firms have been criticised for making customers wait up to an hour before calls are answered . The big six energy firms have been criticised for making customers wait up to an hour before their calls are answered. Researchers from BBC1's investigative programme Rip-Off Britain recorde... | Researchers from BBC1's Rip-Off Britain ran experiment to test call times .
Rang British Gas, nPower, E.ON, EDF Energy, Scottish Power and SSE .
Scottish Power the worst culprits with one call taking 53 minutes to connect .
Regulator, Ofgem, say big six had most complaints ever in 2014 first quarter . |
e84229e19b945be1742cf15278418ed3c30aac23 | Many Americans think global warming is a distant risk that threatens faraway places with ice caps and polar bears. Very few Americans link global warming to infectious disease, but that could change. As the climate of the northern United States warms, the Asian tiger mosquito, one of the world's most invasive pests, co... | Writers: Global warming doesn't just hurt polar bears; it can help spread disease .
Writers: Chikungunya-carrying Asian tiger mosquito's range expands as nation warms .
They say the illness is spreading in Caribbean and is highly likely to spread to the U.S.
Writers: We need to act on relationship between climate chang... |
e84231d73658906e402472e971b3df0aed781cfb | By . Lee Moran . UPDATED: . 14:36 EST, 18 August 2011 . A video of the wife of a police officer squirting tabasco sauce into the mouth of her adopted son has been shown to jurors. Jessica Beagley stands accused of child abuse after she was filmed by the Dr Phil show using the method to punish the seven-year-old for mis... | Footage taken from Mommy Confessions segment of Dr Phil show . |
e84247c1f7913db8a3972a642fdc0f6e5fc0eb74 | By . Leon Watson . A British investigator and his American wife who were hired by UK drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline are to face trial in China charged with illegally obtaining and selling private information. Prosecutors in Shanghai have filed charges against Peter Humphrey, 58, and Yingzeng Yu, 61, the official Xinhua ne... | Prosecutors file charges against Peter Humphrey and Yingzeng Yu .
Couple's arrest coincided with a Chinese probe into Glaxo staff .
Their trial, reportedly next month, will be behind closed doors . |
e84253910ee238a9e65f62f489824c6e134eb9c3 | (CNN) -- A Southern California teenager has serious bragging rights: After docking back in his home state late Thursday morning, Zac Sunderland, 17, can claim to be the youngest person to sail around the world alone. The hardest part of a solo voyage is always being tired, Zac Sunderland says. Sunderland was greeted wi... | Zac Sunderland, 17, is youngest person to sail around the world alone .
California teen met pirates off the coast of Indonesia .
Now, teen wants to "just go chill with my friends" |
e844f5ef22936fbe16e985ba1ddf647436d62411 | This is the terrifying moment a fire-breather sets himself alight in front of a screaming audience after his trick goes awry mid-performance. Jeff Hurd and his wife Alice Gibson filmed the incident take place at the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Sunday while they were attending the Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Conventi... | Jeff Hurd and his wife Alice Gibson filmed the incident take place at the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Sunday while they were attending the Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Convention .
It's not known if the fire-breather sustained any injuries . |
e84554b05aef7bbb5bd649ab8cd79f36f264ab3b | As Venezuelan opposition leaders push for demonstrators to stay in the streets, "he who tires, loses" is their mantra. Lilian Tintori de Lopez, the wife of jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, held up a T-shirt showing the phrase before protesters Monday. Beside her, opposition leader Henrique Capriles c... | Venezuelan opposition protesters push to maintain momentum .
The country's attorney general says 13 people have died in clashes during protests .
Supporters rally behind President Maduro, who says he's planning peace conference . |
e845913a74d725adf4b129878f843461abd8c50d | (CNN) -- As summer winds to an end, beach umbrellas are coming down and pools are closing, but that doesn't mean the fun is finished. From the National Buffalo Wing Festival crowning the next 'wing king' to the country's best folk artists coming together in Pennsylvania, festivals across the country have fun for everyo... | For music, try the "Philadelphia Folk Festival" or the "Outside Lands Music Festival"
Watch planes zip through the sky at the "Chicago Air and Water Show"
Enjoy independent movies at the "Atlanta Underground Film Festival"
If buffalo wings are your thing, head to the "National Buffalo Wing Festival" |
e845fa83a977df50b194b96ae9fbeb525c500c1f | By . Tamara Abraham . Lupita Nyong'o was the uncontested best-dressed - as well as Best Supporting Actress - at the Oscars last night. The 12 Years a Slave actress's baby blue Prada gown stood out in a sea of safe nudes and creams with a look that recalled Alice in Wonderland - right down to the sparkling band atop her... | Jennifer Lawrence won points for her choice of a strapless, tomato red peplum-waisted Dior gown .
The majority of female attendees wore shimmering columns of pale sequins, which, while pretty, left us feeling like we'd seen it all before . |
e846725ed2db97f8b3b5668b4372d38f9d0b9328 | These appalling photos reveal the largely unknown damage that abandoned fishing gear dubbed 'ghost nets' in a new campaign is doing to animals in the ocean surrounding Australia. Turtles are the main victims that get trapped in abandoned nets in the Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia and experts estimate there c... | A global campaign has started to raise awareness about abandoned fishing gear in the oceans which kill animals .
Shocking pictures have emerged of turtles, seals, sharks and birds and many other animals dying .
World Animal Protection has launched the Sea Change campaign to get fishermen to talk about the problems .
Th... |
e846a7f608edff5bc7d234589189d932f9acf3fa | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 06:37 EST, 2 November 2011 . As a sexual harassment case threatens to derail Herman Cain's White House hopes, more details emerged last night about his alleged accuser and possible holes in his story. In a debacle that the 2012 presidential hopeful claims is nothing but a 'witch hu... | Cain claimed in interview that she got three months salary .
GOP presidential candidate trying his best to keep situation under control .
Bombshell allegations on Sunday about sexual harassment claims in 1990s .
Said he was unaware of financial settlement - but was aware of 'agreement'
Right-wing backers have claimed w... |
e846adba7f6ab141d8a93c6b8fc7749efe0d3aba | Washington (CNN) -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's survival in a recall election sparked by steps to weaken public unions could embolden fellow Republicans in other states to seek similar measures. "He's one of the Republican governors who has been out on the point on this issue about whether there are excesses in publi... | At least 19 states have considered collective bargaining measures in the past two years .
Gergen: Wisconsin voters believe public unions are costing too much money .
The AFL-CIO president says the fight continues to the November general election . |
e846b90243715aea0489fcc7077600280eb7c09f | Washington (CNN) -- Public schools in Western states can continue teacher-led reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance, after a federal court ruled against a group of atheist parents. The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, based in San Francisco, California, ruled 2-1 Thursday that the pledge does not represent a governmen... | NEW: Prominent attorney, an atheist, said prospects are dim, but he plans to appeal .
Appeals court: Pledge does not represent a government endorsement of religion .
Ruling covers only the 11 Western states and territories covered by the 9th Circuit .
Dissenting justice in 2-1 ruling said the pledge is an overtly relig... |
e84721c04cb7e562e95082e5122a91f88b90fb55 | By . Lydia Warren . PUBLISHED: . 10:37 EST, 6 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 14:51 EST, 6 February 2014 . A couple who allegedly kept two frozen alligators, an illegal fish and bags of meth in the Florida home they shared with their 10-month-old twin daughters have been arrested. Shane William Park, 29, and Cortney Lor... | Shane Park, 29, and Cortney Williams, 24, 'kept two alligators in their freezer in Lake Wales and intended to stuff them'
They 'had hundreds of grams of meth in their home including one bag on the floor of a bedroom - in reach of their daughters'
Deputies 'also found an illegal fish and a marijuana plant'
Joshua Mellon... |
e84725524a5078a72d02d228432ee9e2f1cb9336 | By . Lizzie Edmonds . A brother and sister who spat in the face of a female bus driver walked free from court today after being ordered to complete a 'positive thinking' workbook. Jason Fallas, 20, and his sister Chelsea, 21, swore at bus driver Ingrid Cumberbatch before spitting in her face as she tried to call 999. M... | Jason, 20, and Chelsea Fallas, 21, swore at driver before spitting at her .
Ingrid Cumberbatch was then tested for four hours in A&E for infections .
Driver, 36, told court she was in 'disbelief' following ordeal .
Pair pleaded guilty to common assault and threatening behaviour .
Siblings told to complete a 'positive t... |
e847721bf4a43a3e047bb3d439f7d30b10090d5c | (CNN) -- China made history Saturday when it launched a spacecraft sending the nation's first female astronaut in space. The Shenzhou-9 launched Saturday afternoon, carrying Liu Yang and two male astronauts, Jing Haipeng and Liu Wang. State media aired the launch held at a satellite center in Jiuquan. Liu, 33, was the ... | Liu Yang becomes China's first woman in space .
China aims to be third nation to perform a space docking .
China aspires to build a space station and conduct a manned mission to the moon . |
e8486abb7e5d5c85fc9b9159b94c2252a61471f4 | (CNN) -- For decades they have been showered with abuse from almost every corner of the football ground; from managers, players and fans alike. But it seems that Scottish referees have blown the whistle and decided that enough is enough. Next weekend officials from the Scottish Premier League (SPL) have voted to stage ... | Scotland's top referees vote to go on strike after their integrity is questioned by clubs .
Officials have come in for sustained criticism from top flight clubs in recent weeks .
SFA president George Peat called it a "sad day for Scottish football"
Celtic last week called for the resignation of referee Dougie McDonald ... |
e848ca815c74e24a2e13334caa73e4f8b663cfc1 | If you want to know how U.S. schoolchildren are performing, you don't have to look far: A wealth of information is available, thanks to the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Go online and see, for instance, that Massachusetts children outperform those in Texas, that average math scores have gone up nationall... | Ben Wildavsky: You can find lots of information on U.S. schoolchildren's performance .
But no tests exist to find out how students are doing in higher education, he says .
Wildavsky: We need evidence to be able to see how reforms affect learning at college .
It also would be helpful to find out how undergrads stack up ... |
e848fb643f136008e266784869aab817af156031 | (CNN) -- President Bush is "a disgrace, frankly," film director Oliver Stone said Wednesday, two days before the release of his biopic on the 43rd U.S. president. Director Oliver Stone says he believes the timing was right for his upcoming film, "W." Stone, who has endorsed Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for president, s... | Director insists "W." presents "a fair portrait of the man," is empathetic .
Bush's "rivalry to be stronger than his father" helped prompt Iraq war, Stone says .
Stone says he is anti-war, has concerns about torture, "stripping of liberties"
"W.," a biopic of President Bush, hits theaters Friday . |
e84a06a5e0c8a01e37b118f6cde446c5bab3042a | By . Snejana Farberov . PUBLISHED: . 17:07 EST, 13 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:53 EST, 13 December 2013 . Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned - that is what an Illinois man learned the hard way after his ex-girlfriend allegedly tried to poison and electrocute him as payback for throwing her out of his house. A... | Amanda Pollard, 28, allegedly spread rat poison pellets in coffee container and cereal and urinated in bottle of mouthwash .
Revenge plot stemmed from her boyfriend, Joshua Brewster, 33, evicting her from his house days earlier .
Brewster's friend said he caught Pollard stuffing cord she cut from electrical blanket und... |
e84ad26222c87bb0c0e28d0733965a213e5ec77d | (CNN) -- It's a revolutionary decree. In the midst of the fight against Islamist rebels seeking to turn the clock back to the 7th century, a Kurdish region in Syria has just approved a new law ordering equality for women. Take that, ISIS! The status of women has become one of the ideological battlegrounds in the fierce... | Frida Ghitis: Kurdish region in Syria approved new law ordering equality for women .
Move shows ideological battleground between ISIS, which enslaves women, and Kurds .
Ghitis says it's message to West on human rights and equality, to encourage West's support .
Ghitis: Battle against ISIS helping Kurdish women achieve ... |
e84b3acda7644e246e9ac66b60e8204112b625d7 | Below is an essay written by Steven Stanton's son Travis after he learned that his father was going to become a woman. The story of his father's transformation can be seen on "Her Name Was Steven" at 8 and 11 p.m. ET Saturday on CNN. Throughout my whole life, I thought my dad was a really tough guy. He went out with th... | Travis Stanton is son of Susan Stanton, who underwent sex-change operation .
Travis says he's happy for his father .
Watch "Her Name Was Steven" at 8 and 11 p.m. ET Saturday on CNN . |
e84b94f1069aa6bd3178eb066b51fd2ebe717223 | By . Hannah Roberts . The funeral of a Nazi war criminal has been postponed following security fears, after neo-fascists attempted to highjack the event. There were violent clashes between protesters and far right extremists outside the service for former SS officer Erich Priebke, prompting riot police to set off tear ... | Protesters and Nazi supporters clashed outside funeral of Erich Priebke .
He died serving life for his part in 1944 massacre of the Adreatine Caves .
Police used tear gas and arrested 20 people after clashes outside church . |
e84bc3c98dc540a41f2ad7e5cae41b713ad88e82 | Police yesterday described claims that a Conservative MP strangled a boy of 12 as ‘credible and true’. Officers investigating three alleged murders linked to a VIP paedophile ring also backed claims that a Tory minister watched as another boy was murdered. Scotland Yard has now launched an extraordinary appeal for info... | Met investigating alleged murders by MPs at flats in Pimlico, London .
Boy called Nick says rich and powerful strangled boy, 12, at 'abuse party'
Police yesterday described the claims as 'credible and true'
Also backed claims that Tory minister watched as another was murdered .
Met Police appeal for VIP witnesses who m... |
e84bf66dce014c7fa397ba36fca31f24a94cd773 | By . Jill Reilly and Andrew Levy . PUBLISHED: . 06:01 EST, 7 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:38 EST, 7 May 2012 . A scholar once wrote that Cambridge was ‘an asylum, in every sense of the word’. But even he would have been shocked at the behaviour on display in the historic university city over the weekend. Students strip... | After a student collapsed from drinking too much, he was worked on for an hour by paramedics before being taken to a nearby hospital in Cambridge .
Students gathered for Caesarean Sunday, a riotous party in a city centre .
public park to mark the beginning of the summer term .
Blood shed between rival college drinking ... |
e84c115a77cf498816c85838cce37eb4a0a62eca | By . Bianca London . An artist has married the man of her dreams four years after painting his lookalike in a prophetic piece of artwork. In 2009, Chloe Mayo, who was single at the time, quickly dashed off an oil painting of her holding hands with a handsome, dark bearded man. Not thinking anything more of the creation... | In 2009 single Chloe Mayo painted herself holding hands with a man .
Two months later she met Michael Goeman, 30, online .
Shocked to find Michael was the spitting image of the man in her painting .
Married three years later - and the picture hangs on their wall . |
e84c3d235fcc9ffc1334322d4879ac159d9d6f75 | A young man who was possibly suffering from mental illness is suspected of shooting and killing his parents. Lissa and David Haynes, of San Diego, California, were rushed to the hospital shortly after 3 am on Friday when responding officers found them in their home with multiple gunshot wounds. Five hours later, their... | Lissa and David Haynes, of San Diego, California were found shot multiple times in their home early Friday .
They were rushed to the hospital but died soon after .
After a five hour manhunt that put their neighborhood on lockdown, police arrested the couple's son Peter as he tried to get away from them .
Peter, who smi... |
e84cd333464859e1dda23ea9031669712f4b0d4f | A woman gave birth to a 10 pound baby girl less than one hour after discovering she was pregnant. Katie Kropas, 23, from Weymouth, Massachusetts, was admitted to hospital for an ultrasound on Tuesday, after complaining of severe stomach cramps and back pain, only to be told by doctors that she was actually nine months ... | Katie Kropas, 23, from Weymouth, Massachusetts, discovered that she was nine months pregnant when she was admitted to the hospital with cramps .
She was told about the pregnancy at 10.15 and gave birth at 11.06 .
The new mother and her long-term boyfriend named their daughter Ellen Olivia . |
e84d4e42bf5a2776fe8a8d931c9662e69844fc0c | Thousands of DNA samples have been taken in a bid to solve the murder of Valerie Graves (pictured) More than 2,000 men came forward to donate their DNA as police try to solve the notorious 'Midsomer Murders' killing of a 55-year-old artist. Police set up a base at a village hotel close to where mother-of-two Valerie Gr... | Police base is near where Valerie Graves was found bludgeoned to death .
Samples of men over 17 who live, work or visit Bosham, West Sussex taken .
Officers are aiming the samples will 'eliminate' them from murder enquiry .
The mother-of-two was attacked with a claw hammer in December 2013 .
Her case echoes a 1998 epis... |
e84e2b5e2c61ebe2952451e79ed72c41f1a6f028 | By . Sara Malm . Rumours were rife in a Slovakian town this week when a river running through turned bright red. The river in Myjava, a small municipality on the border to the Czech Republic, had changed colour over night and turned into 'blood'. Police have been called in to investigate the matter, but it is believed ... | River flowing through Slovakian village turns blood red .
Superstitious locals say the colour of the river is a sign of 'evil'
Possibly caused by faulty filter at nearby slaughterhouse . |
e84e4db1e4a28119aa9dafbd0af3193d30182af1 | (CNN) -- For years, prosecutors said, they padded their paychecks by virtue of their stature as leaders in Bell, California's city government. On Wednesday, they paid for it. Oscar Hernandez was found guilty on five felony charges for the misappropriation of funds stemming from his years as Bell's mayor, by the same ju... | NEW: A good-government activist says, "We're ready as a community ... to move on"
NEW: Former Bell, California, Mayor Oscar Hernandez's lawyer suggests an appeal .
He was convicted on five corruption charges and found not guilty on five others .
So, too, were several other former members of the L.A. suburb's city counc... |
e84e643f0b43aac01f13193bfb7b7f449992abff | By . Tara Brady . A man in his 80s shot himself dead in the toilet of a doctor's surgery today sparking panic among patients. Armed police were scrambled to the scene following reports of gunfire and a 'sudden death' at the GP practice in Frimley, Surrey. Shocked neighbours near the Station Road Surgery wrote on Twitte... | Police called to Station Road Surgery in Frimley, Surrey, at 10.30am .
Body of an elderly man in his 80s found slumped in a pool of blood in toilets .
It is not known if he was a patient at the surgery or just walked in off street .
Police say there is no indication anyone else was involved . |
e84ea5dd6ccd3c926e860c711b5df9b490fa7066 | (CNN)A leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed responsibility for last week's deadly attack by brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Here's what we know about the Islamist extremist group. AQAP has its home in Yemen, an impoverished and troubled nation that bor... | The Yemen-based al Qaeda affiliate has played a part in several attacks against the West .
One or both of the Kouachi brothers are believed to have had contact with AQAP in Yemen . |
e84eff66f1252eb84b5c6a10c382a32890eeb00c | By . Mark Duell . Last updated at 6:18 PM on 1st March 2012 . A 24-year-old man allegedly owed $3,000 to a married father-of-two he is suspected of killing in a drug dispute gone bad and told police the father threatened him and his family during a pool game. Fireman and ex-Marine Iraq veteran Jerry Perdomo, 31, of Ora... | Jerry Perdomo, 34, drove from Florida to Maine to 'visit friends' last month .
Fireman last seen on February 16 // Daniel Porter, 24, charged with murder .
Porter claims Iraq veteran Perdomo threatened him during game of pool . |
e84f476e44a2897123494bb463c1b6d250a95e76 | (CNN) -- As it deals with fallout from its bankruptcy announcement, American Airlines is also facing the wrath of a family who claim their loved one died after eating a meal served by the carrier. The wife and daughter of the late Othon Cortes of Miami are suing the airline and Sky Chefs for more than $1 million, alleg... | Family of Othon Cortes sues American Airlines and Sky Chefs .
Cortes died after eating an in-flight meal contaminated with bacteria, family says .
American Airlines declines to comment on the case or its allegations .
Sky Chefs begins the process to dismiss the case; says it did not cater the flight in question . |
e84f9b14a6aad553eb76cc936eaffb9e4badbaaa | George Harrison and John Lennon (pictured in 1964) received thousands in foreign payments . Unlawful cash payments made to members of The Beatles were covered up by the Treasury, according to Government papers published for the first time today. Thousands of pounds were transferred from the US to George Harrison and J... | Musicians received thousands of pounds in foreign payments from the US .
Transactions were in breach of strict foreign exchange rules at the time .
The Treasury looked into money but no action was brought against band . |
e84fcead5093effb14935a63e497c4c0577f0250 | How often you call your mother, what time you head to a bar or even how often you text your friends can all give clues to your mental and physical health. A new app hopes to harness this information to tell phone owners their mood - and even help them work with doctors to improve problem areas. Called Ginger.io, the ap... | App monitors text, calls and how much exercise owners get .
Can give doctors reports, and even offer advice to users on their mood .
Firm has partnered with over 20 US hospital systems for app . |
e84fd6391febd1cf3723479326851cb976861be0 | By . Paul Milligan and Lee Moran . Last updated at 4:07 PM on 24th February 2012 . The father of a British photographer wounded in the blast that killed Sunday Times photographer Marie Colvin has said his son 'doesn't want to leave her body behind'. Paul Conroy, who suffered shrapnel injuries to a leg in a mortar attac... | Sunday Times photographer Paul Conroy injured in Wednesday's attack .
Says he is 'absolutely OK' in YouTube video and being treated by rebels .
Le Figaro's Edith Bouvier and William Daniels also appeal for help .
Friends of Syria today press for ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid to enter .
Kofi Annan appointed as joi... |
e84fe974f164a34d021e601c4d79abdf3e405a67 | A 'pimp' has been accused of forcing a 13-year-old prostitute to have his name tattooed on her eyelids when she threatened to run away. Roman Thomas III was arrested in Miami after the girl was branded with his street name 'Suave' on one eyelid, and 'House' on the other to denote that she belonged to him, police said. ... | Roman Thomas III is accused of turning troubled teenager into prostitute .
Allegedly forced her to have tattoo of his street name 'Suave' on her eyelid .
Accused of pimping girl through online advertising site for $100 an hour . |
e84ffa4c6f68b08a54276779e3d107f468e9ae16 | This CCTV footage shows the terrifying moment machete-wielding robbers stormed a petrol station before speeding off in a BMW. The clip shows three men armed with an axe and a knife enter a petrol station in Failsworth, Greater Manchester, at around 6pm on Saturday. One of the men threw a brick at one of the shop assist... | Clip shows three men robbed Texaco station in Failsworth, Manchester .
Men entered armed with axe and knife at around 6pm on Saturday .
One of the robbers threw a brick at one of the shop assistants .
Grabbed cash from the till and drove off in a grey BMW 3 Series . |
e85019c389d8211c980d3b7c0cb7561a02b9699b | (CNN) -- Even during the harshest periods of the communist era, being Shanghainese had a special cachet in China. The city and its residents were a synonym for Western fashion and open-minded attitudes, as different as could be from their Mao-pin wearing comrades. Its personality remains just as strong today. Shanghai ... | Shanghai has long been a unique city in China .
Hybrid of Eastern, Western traditions is found nowhere else in mainland China .
Shanghai ranks sixth among world cities with the most skyscrapers, with 241 .
Shanghainese dialect is filled with localized English words . |
e85020f375a9466e9be0875f546328a934207c7f | Washington (CNN) -- Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has notified Congress of plans to allow women to serve aboard submarines, a Defense Department official said Tuesday. Letters of intent were sent Monday to Congress, which has requested briefings on the matter, said the official, who asked not to be identified. Ther... | DoD official: Letters of intent sent to Congress, which has requested briefings .
Move toward co-ed subs has no opposition among Navy leaders, official says .
Under plan, officers would be first to go co-ed, with women bunking together .
Larger, nuclear-powered missile subs would be the first to carry women, official s... |
e85084a8edb70bc6a062b0da5309f85f16397440 | Police have come under fire after using one of their official riot vans to give Father Christmas a lift as part of a festive parade. Crowds looked on in disbelief when Santa climbed inside the police van in Aberdare town centre, Cynon Valley, rather than taking his sleigh. Police used the vehicle to give him a taxi ri... | Father Christmas was taken away in a police riot van after a festive parade .
Children were left in tears and were worried they would not get any gifts .
Police said Santa had not been arrested and simply needed a ride home .
Parents were furious at 'ill-judged' stunt after taking children to the parade . |
e85095e05bfc10f5243a9873a68e5cd284a65ce3 | (CNN) -- Antarctica is warming in line with the rest of the world, according to a new study on climate change in Antarctica. Temperatures across Antarctica have traditionally varied between east and west, scientists say. Rather than being the last bastion to resist global warming, U.S. research has found that for the p... | Common belief that Antarctica is getting colder debunked by new report .
Evidence that western Antarctica is warming, offsetting Eastern Antarctic cooling .
Satellite data used to determine that West Antarctica warmed in last 50 years .
Antarctica isn't warming at the same rate everywhere, according to research . |
e8510469ab9081ea079e2804e2825e06f334aac8 | By . Sam Adams . PUBLISHED: . 08:41 EST, 19 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:43 EST, 19 April 2013 . A major US air show has canceled plans to stage a re-enactment of the World War II atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima following complaints that it was 'inappropriate.' Dayton Air Show in Ohio has featured a re-enactment of t... | Dayton Air Show has featured re-enactment of bombing since 1975 .
Scrapped after critics said it was inappropriate for family event .
Tens of thousands died in atomic bomb attacks on Japanese city in 1945 . |
e8510ab0efa2ac621a7eed1a7433489eb5068f39 | By . Harriet Arkell . PUBLISHED: . 12:35 EST, 25 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:41 EST, 26 March 2013 . Belinda Moreton, 21, was told by a judge that she was only spared jail because of her four-year-old son . A young mother who crashed into a man's car before telling him she would get away with it because she was 'gir... | Belinda Moreton told owner she would deny it to police by pretending to be stupid, Northampton Crown Court heard .
Moreton, 21, of West Hunsbury, Northampton, asked the car owner to lie to police .
Given four-month suspended sentence, three-year driving ban, 150 hours unpaid work plus a supervision order for perverting... |
e8516bc79410a3b61bb3ad030c47cfd5f8867c64 | Rant: Danny Cohen had an unseemly Twitter spat with a reporter . The BBC launched an astonishing attack on its critics yesterday, accusing them of being crazy, lazy, cynical and shoddy. A senior executive lashed out at those who dared to criticise the corporation’s huge salaries or to point out that the Christmas TV sc... | Senior executive Danny Cohen lashed out in response to storm of criticism .
Director of television, who earns £327,800, had Twitter spat with reporter .
Journalist had asked why 62% of festive output would be old shows .
Mr Cohen said: 'It would be crazy to damage or deflate what we've done' |
e8517f511f6c1c875c52d71dd34dc37bc0079106 | GLASGOW, Scotland -- World champions Italy clinched qualification for Euro 2008 after goals in the first and last minutes gave them a pulsating 2-1 victory at Hampden Park -- killing off Scotland's hopes of reaching the finals. Luca Toni celebrates his early goal as Italy won 2-1 in Scotland to clinch qualification fro... | Italy win 2-1 in Scotland to secure their qualification for the Euro 2008 finals .
The result means Scotland cannot qualify and will now finish third in Group B .
France will also be reaching the Euro 2008 finals after the result in Glasgow . |
e851bccf2d647511d9ecd085e8629bb57cc8ae44 | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 10:10 EST, 6 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:31 EST, 7 May 2013 . The United Nations twitter account follows foreign UN special missions, dignitaries and international heads of states... and a porn star. The discovery was reported by a user on Free Republic after they noticed it while brow... | Account was in the list of the 537 users the official Twitter follows .
Porn star is not longer being followed by the account . |
e85217770edae3f88d5114fec35166bf7a80e4d4 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 01:08 EST, 25 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 07:49 EST, 25 February 2014 . Hurricane-force winds battered the Svendborg Maersk as it sailed around the Atlantic coast of Europe. The Danish ship Svendborg began losing containers off northern France after it was hit with 30ft waves ... | Svendborg Maersk began losing containers off northern France after it was hit with 30ft waves and 60 knots winds on February 14 .
Company said of the 520 that have gone unaccounted for, 85 per cent of them were empty and the others held dry goods like frozen meat . |
e8526bb5f233124ec85000e88196cfefb336dff4 | A Christian worker who claimed his Muslim employers discriminated against him because he was white has been awarded more than £2,500 in compensation. Christopher Turton, 31, was one of only two white workers at the National Halal Food Group in Birmingham, which supplies supermarkets with meat prepared in accordance wit... | Christopher Turton, 31, one of only two white workers at Birmingham firm .
National Halal Food Group sells meat prepared according to Islamic law .
'Extremely offensive' e-mail implied Mr Turton was promoted unfairly .
Employee wrote 'Is it because he is white?', tribunal heard . |
e8532dce62a87a04995e4b03da4c9f68e98927e6 | Limited edition holiday drinks have become a festive tradition and with new additions from Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts, it looks like the trend is set to continue for years to come. But, as FEMAIL can reveal, many of the tasty treats currently on offer at your favorite coffee chains contain seriously unhealthy levels ... | The most calorific drink is a large Eggnog Latte from Peet's Coffee and Tea which contains more than one third of your recommended daily calories .
Starbucks' Chestnut Praline Latte - its first new holiday drink in five years - will hit stores on November 12 .
Dunkin' Donuts fans can already celebrate the festive seaso... |
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