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e8d4b033d69ca2bed2b711901b8984fdc2c0a387 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 03:26 EST, 4 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:28 EST, 4 December 2013 . Tragic: Air Force veteran Ronald Westbrook was shot on Wednesday morning . The Georgia man who shot dead a 72-year-old Alzheimer's sufferer may not be charged if he pleads self defense under the controversia... | Ronald Westbrook, 72, rang the doorbell at 4am at a home on a new development after wandering for hours in the dark .
Joe Hendrix, 34, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, fired four shots after the man did not respond to his commands .
Georgia's 2006 ‘stand-your-ground’ law allows people to use deadly force to protect themselve... |
e8d59ec5cd659ddd65a2416f8e503d72fdbbd8cd | (CNN) -- A federal judge in New Orleans on Wednesday ordered BP to put up nearly $130 million for the next three months of Gulf oil spill settlements despite the oil company's complaints about excessive costs. BP has alleged the Court Supervised Settlement Program has been approving excessive or false claims from peopl... | Federal judge orders BP to provide $130 million for ongoing claims .
BP has complained the program has paid excessive or false claims .
BP refused to OK the program's budget; the judge called that "unreasonable" |
e8d6a0fa5bede21ae00350eddb02cf901ee6a13b | French President Francois Hollande met with Pope Francis privately Friday amid media speculation over his alleged affair with an actress. Hollande also plans to meet Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and French clergy while in Rome. Hours before he arrived at the Vatican, a small bomb exploded in central Rome n... | President Francois Hollande meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican .
The French President's visit to Rome comes amid turmoil in his private life .
Hours before his visit, a small bomb exploded near buildings with links to France .
Hollande and Valerie Trierweiler are working to clarify their relationship, Le Figaro sa... |
e8d6c370ba8f0404298f08cc44a14eb7b1083911 | A strange volcano-like building spews water instead of lava; its welcoming windows adorned with moss and vines, complementing the surrounding trees. It looks like the kind of place the blue folk from Avatar might hook up with hobbits and Ewoks to go on holiday. But this is neither Pandora, Middle-Earth nor the Star War... | Montana Magica lodge lies deep in southern Chile on Unesco nature reserve . |
e8d6f4202f3638e9dcd6cacd85b5feadc439ff95 | An autopsy carried out on the body of a missing Oregon mother of two found dead on Tuesday morning has listed her cause of death as suicide. Jennifer Huston’s body was found near her SUV on a rural, remote road about 24 miles from her Dundee home. The Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office listed her cause of death as ... | An autopsy has ruled that Jennifer Huston's death was a suicide .
The mom-of-two was found on Tuesday morning near her SUV on a remote road after going missing on July 24 .
Inside the vehicle, detectives found a note addressed to members of Huston's family .
We don’t know what .
lead Jennifer to this dark place and to ... |
e8d735926705d23687f0d93c9fc9b9b6f8586bd9 | By . Claire Bates . Last updated at 12:41 PM on 11th November 2011 . A girl has a one in 70 million genetic condition, which means doctors expect her to get ovarian cancer within the next few years. Gemma Whitby, 14, suffers from WAGR Syndrome - a disorder affecting fewer than 100 people worldwide. She was diagnosed sh... | But 'inspirational' Gemma doesn't let it get her down .
She hopes to become a DJ and dreams of meeting Radio 1's Edith Bowman . |
e8d75ac3c4155fbb829016fdf02aa38cbf827d5a | Families should do their Christmas shopping now because a shortage of lorry drivers has raised fears that there could be empty shelves in the shops, the Transport Secretary said last night. Thousands of hauliers have quit over the past few months following a new European Union rule forcing them to sign up to expensive ... | New training rules for drivers have led to thousands quitting the industry .
Road Haulage Association there could be 'empty shelves' this Christmas .
Patrick McLoughlin says people should 'get their shopping done'
Plea comes despite there still being six weeks to go until Christmas Day .
Could affect online shopping an... |
e8d7bd5386a695636e80c28d525fdbae9e81b78a | A toddler has become his mother's hero after using FaceTime to save her from a vicious dog attack. Laura Toone, from Tucson, Arizona, had taken a foster dog she was caring for out for a walk when it attacked one of her own dogs. She tried breaking up the fight but the dog nearly bit one of her fingers off, leaving her ... | Laura Toone was attacked outside her home in Tucson, Arizona .
Immediately, her two-year-old son Bentley ran out to help .
He handed her a dish cloth to mop up the blood and called a friend . |
e8d7e2bbd0fda872bdfebea6bccec2ce1f00f9a2 | (CNN) -- Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo notched up his 46th career pole position on Saturday at qualifying for the Spanish MotoGP in Jerez. The 2010 world champion, who finished first in the season-opening Qatar MotoGP, narrowly beat compatriot Dani Pedrosa on a Honda in a time of one minute 39.532 seconds. Lorenzo and Ped... | Former world champion Jorge Lorenzo beats compatriot Dani Pedrosa to pole position in Jerez .
America's Nicky Hayden was third fastest on his Ducati .
England's Cal Crutchlow recovers from crash to finish fourth .
Valentino Rossi disappoints again finishing 13th in Saturday's qualifying . |
e8d7e988c38be0e4f434139542531f912625faa7 | Stoke manager Mark Hughes believes his side can now compete with the best clubs in Europe for some of the game's big names. On Tuesday Hughes signed Germany international and Bayer Leverkusen defender Philipp Wollscheid on loan until the end of the season, with a view to a permanent move in the summer. More surprisingl... | Mark Hughes made the comments despite missing out on Xherdan Shaqiri .
Ex-Man City boss bolstered squad with signing of Philipp Wollscheid .
The German centre back could make his Stoke debut against Arsenal .
Bojan Krkic, Marc Muniesa and Marc Wilson close to return to first team . |
e8d7fb763fdb69e45a38dc2fba856ae32d4e0483 | Turkish holiday: Sandra Bainbridge, with Derek Joyner, was stabbed more than 70 times at her home in Derbyshire by Andrea Cutler . A grandmother was stabbed to death by a schizophrenic drug addict who broke into her home while she was on holiday. Sandra Bainbridge, 70, returned from Turkey to find Andrea Cutler had tak... | Sandra Bainbridge was killed after she returned home from holiday .
Andrea Cutler broke into Ms Bainbridge's Derbyshire home in December .
Drug addict Cutler stabbed Ms Bainbridge more than 70 times .
Partner Derek Joyner said the scene was 'a horror film without the music'
Cutler pleaded guilty to manslaughter due to ... |
e8d818aae499c01149927e59d08a0d42eec673ac | Demossville, Kentucky (CNN) -- The U.S. special operations teams that led the American invasion in Afghanistan a decade ago did something that no American military had done since the last century: ride horses into combat. "It was like out of the Old Testament," says Lt. Col. Max Bowers, retired Green Beret, who command... | U.S. special operations forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001 on horseback .
It was the first time the U.S. military had done so since 1942 .
The "horse soldiers" are being memorialized in a new monument .
It will be unveiled at the World Trade Center site in November on Veterans Day . |
e8d859b9927f2bee5805e2158d1a1b5e97dad882 | By . Travelmail Reporter . The pretty hamlet of Bantham, which helped inspire Agatha Christie and is a favourite holiday spot for Sir Richard Branson, has just been sold for a bargain £11million. It comes with 728 acres of land, 21 homes, cobbled streets, a golf course, a boathouse and a shop which only opens on weeken... | Village of Bantham in South Devon has 21 homes, beach and golf course .
The beach villages was a favourite holiday spot of Sir Richard Branson .
Residents are concerned the village will lose its original character . |
e8d85c314cbc72452e6efd49ee50b48b13325fc2 | A male nurse arrested by police hunting a suspected serial hospital poisoner emerged from hiding after seven months today, vowing to clear his name. Father-of-two Victorino Chua, 46, was questioned by murder squad detectives for almost four days after being arrested last January over alleged tampering with medical reco... | Victorino Chua was told to go to secret address after fears his house could be targeted .
Questioned over alleged tampering with medication on wards .
Returns to terraced house two months before bail ends . |
e8d8c970d45794c5aebf6a9940de20111c9ed739 | A foal suffered some of the most horrific wounds ever seen by vets after its owner left a tight head collar on for months. Star was just two months old when he was found by animal welfare officers with the head collar sunk into his head on farmland in Herefordshire. The collar had been left on for so long it had becom... | Star was two months old when found with the collar sunk into his head .
It had become embedded into his nose, jaw and flesh behind the ears .
The foal has been left with scarring and damage to his facial bones .
Owner Pascale Musk is now banned from keeping horses for three years . |
e8d8f19b420b4f5a28422e50e2d3e0bf303725bd | When Jim Harrison says he spends his days milking animals, you could easily imagine him as a dairy farmer keeping a herd of cows. But that is far from the truth, because the animals Jim keeps are some of the world's most dangerous snakes, and 'milking' is a slang term for extracting their venom. Every day Jim catches h... | Jim Harrison, 55, keeps 2,000 venomous snakes at Kentucky Reptile Zoo .
Using his bare hands he extracts venom from between 600 and 1,000 a week .
He has been bitten eight times and is missing the tips from several fingers .
But he says pain is worth it as research done with venom helps save lives .
Jim and wife Kriste... |
e8d8f685027d1e9698a2d22cdf650f6feb70c983 | (CNN) -- Roger Federer refused to blame an ongoing back problem after being dumped out at Indian Wells by long-term rival Rafael Nadal. Federer, who could now drop to World No.3 should Andy Murray reach the final, was beaten 6-4 6-2 by the Spaniard. The 31-year-old looked to be playing through the pain barrier during h... | Rafael Nadal defated Roger Federer 6-4 6-2 in quarterfinal at Indian Wells .
Nadal will play Tomas Berdych in the semifinals .
Federer could lose World No.2 spot to Andy Murray .
Maria Sharapova and Caroline Wozniacki into women's semifinals . |
e8d916ffd1c29fa500d633671dd631670d24f942 | The Premier League's big hitters have been handed a major boost in their quest to secure a deal for 18-year-old attacking midfielder Zakaria Bakkali. Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool are among the clubs to have been put on alert after the Belgian wonderkid's contract negotiations with PSV Eindhoven recently bro... | Premier League big hitters handed boost in pursuit of Zakaria Bakkali .
18-year-old's contract negotiations with PSV recently broke down .
The Belgian has interest from Man Utd, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal .
PSV sporting director disappointed to potentially be losing the midfielder . |
e8d91ee69976a3a9b981c665c4e14e2cae3cfb4a | London (CNN) -- A technical issue at the UK's air traffic control center in Swanwick is causing delays to hundreds of flights Saturday across the United Kingdom, including Heathrow Airport. The National Air Traffic Services said in a lunchtime statement that it had identified the problem and anticipated it would take u... | NEW: Disruption to flights in Britain is also impacting Dublin Airport .
National air traffic control service says problem will take several hours to fix .
Hundreds of flights are delayed across Britain; cancellations also reported .
Air traffic control service says the issue is with its internal telephone system . |
e8d92cc281a303f72a96534eafae62db722f00ae | (CNN) -- China's National People's Congress (NPC) meets every year and brings about 3,000 national delegates together in Beijing's Great Hall of the People to discuss government reports, pass legislation and formalize appointments of government officials. The NPC is constitutionally the highest organ of government powe... | China's National People's Congress meets every year .
The Congress is largely a rubber stamp parliament .
It nevertheless gives outsiders a rare glimpse into the direction of Chinese policy .
The Congress is set to authorize the appointment of Xi Jinping to lead the party . |
e8d93e6817961816d482c88c4277e830db08ed2e | Americans are steadfastly opposed to sending U.S. ground troops to fight ISIS in Iraq and Syria, but an overwhelming number of people continue to support the U.S.-led airstrikes against the terrorist group, a new CNN/ORC International poll shows. While fewer than four in 10 Americans favor sending U.S. ground troops in... | Fewer than four in 10 Americans favor sending U.S. ground troops in fight ISIS .
73% percent of Americans back the joint U.S. and ally airstrikes in Iraq, Syria .
House Speaker John Boehner says it may eventually take U.S. troops to defeat ISIS . |
e8d9474ff00cd19cc9eed7dcb9f7b05863b09813 | By . Peter Allen . and Lizzie Edmonds . PUBLISHED: . 18:00 EST, 10 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 18:52 EST, 10 March 2014 . Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was welcomed by well-wishers in Nice today as he and his wife sought an emergency injunction to block further publication of their private phonecalls. Sarkozy... | Conversations between Sarkozy and Carla Bruni leaked to the press .
Alleged they were taped by his adviser Patrick Buisson .
Last week emerged judges were tapping Sarkozy's conversations for ongoing investigation into his 2007 presidential campaign funds .
Alleged Muammar Gaddafi gave Mr Sarkozy more than £40 million . |
e8d9a75caa369a141b62312dbe8c87d45798ac18 | By . Sam Webb . A couple of intrigued snails appear completely transfixed by a gaping hole as they each balance on the edge of a flower in these incredible split-second pictures. But the cavity is actually the aftermath of a falling water droplet. Unable to take their eyes off the splashes, the curious snails watched i... | The snails were captured on film by photographer Alberto Ghizzi Panizza on the banks of the Po River, in Parma, Italy .
The molluscs were transfixed for five minutes by falling droplets of water as they sat on twin flowers . |
e8d9dac755d87f8469a2d48c9a63b5779f2560fd | NEW YORK (CNN) -- Enya is an anomaly. Think about it: How many recording artists have enjoyed 20 years of success while never having toured? Enya sets her own pace when making albums. "And Winter Came" is her first CD in three years. "The fans are very, very loyal," says the Irish chanteuse. "They're always saying, 'Wh... | Enya's new album is "And Winter Came"
Irish singing star keeps a low profile, works on albums for years .
Enya's voice may be overdubbed hundreds of times for each album . |
e8d9ff5a2008a6524adb677225eb7e255a07c20c | (CNN) -- Coming out of the closets of our culture seems to be the thing to do these days, but it is not a new phenomenon. In the inaugural issue of Ms. magazine in 1972, dozens of American women signed a statement declaring "We Have Had Abortions," even though abortion was still mostly illegal in the United States. Cel... | Laura Wexler: Angelina Jolie deserves credit for disclosing her preventive mastectomy .
She says Jolie joins tradition of celebrities whose openness has improved life in America .
Wexler: There's much we don't know about breast cancer; a movement for change is needed . |
e8da1e617172fb749145e39dc3d0f02c60c0390f | By . Sophie Jane Evans . PUBLISHED: . 14:25 EST, 1 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:20 EST, 2 October 2013 . This is the distressing moment Irish travellers are believed to have left a horse to die on the side of a country road after crashing it into the back of a parked car while racing it. The travellers had been rac... | Travellers had been racing the horse on the N8 road, connecting Cork with Dublin, it is claimed .
They crashed the animal into the back of a parked Volkswagen Polo .
They then left the horse to die on the side of the road - with blood pouring from its head, neck and front legs .
Travellers are believed to have been 'su... |
e8da1f0876c12723d77733f392363cb4bdc9536d | By . Tamara Cohen . A fireman marches through the still smouldering trees and darkly scorched earth in a scene reminiscent of the aftermath of an Australian bush fire. Elsewhere, flames and billowing smoke rise from what looks like a battlefield and paint the night sky. These extraordinary pictures tell the story of a ... | Blaze at Britain's largest cemetery, Brookwood, in Woking, Surrey, now under control .
15 acres of scrubland in Newport, South Wales, scorched by fire - within just yards of homes .
Drought officially declared in areas of Yorkshire, Sheffield, Doncaster and Hull . |
e8da5a2a58f2bba7b879c64e5314f28a2d5c9dba | A man made a macabre discovery when he unearthed a preserved brain in the bush of north Sydney. Scavenging enthusiast David, who did not give his surname, told The Mosman Daily he was scouring the bushlands in Mosman, on Sydney's north shore, with a metal detector when he came across the brain last Wednesday. The jar w... | Avalon man David made the discovery last week in Mosman .
The brain was preserved in a jar labelled formaldehyde .
Police are unsure of its origins but said it is likely to be an animal's brain .
It was sent to Royal North Shore Hospital then Glebe Morgue for analysis . |
e8da9ea11d00ab5b91d3fc95918c171a417311e9 | Nutritionists have long touted the heart-healthy benefits of extra-virgin olive oil. Recently, researchers found that consuming a Mediterranean diet heavy in olive oil can help lower some heart risks. Consuming more than four tablespoons a day can significantly lower your risk of having a heart attack, suffering from a... | Olive oil contains monounsaturated fats, which may help your heart .
The United States does not have strict regulations about labeling a bottle "extra-virgin"
Olive oil beauty products are a multibillion dollar business . |
e8daf9e3c823cc78c419e3bb9884f3a38ba6f949 | Two Ryanair flight attendants have been hospitalised after turbulence forced a Reus to Brussels Charleroi flight to make an emergency landing at Bordeaux Airport. The Boeing 737-800 experienced severe turbulence over the Pyrenees region and was reported to have landed safely in Bordeaux. Local media reports one member ... | The Boeing 737-800 said to have got 'caught in air pocket' over Pyrenees .
Turbulence left one worker with broken ankle after being hit with trolley .
Passengers had to check on to another aircraft flown in from Barcelona . |
e8db7a1099de309c96749edd5589e3fbbbdc3380 | By . Sam Greenhill and Daniel Martin . PUBLISHED: . 17:46 EST, 14 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:47 EST, 15 August 2013 . Political parties faced demands to review all bequests last night after the Tories and Lib Dems were shamed into handing back a spinster’s £520,000 legacy. They gave up the cash after being accused... | Joan Edwards left her money to 'whichever Government is in office'
The Tories and Lib Dems were accused of 'robbery' after pocketing money .
They are now facing demands to review all bequests after handing it back .
Labour MP says case casts doubt over the 401 bequests in the past decade . |
e8dc22d610a57287f29a77715007fea9d0289eef | (CNN) -- Anthony Howe makes sculptures that refuse to stay still. His mammoth-sized, stainless steel kinetic sculptures twist, turn and transform their shape in ways that can call to mind anything from a giant squid to electrons buzzing around an atom's nucleus. The 59-year-old Utah-born artist says inspiration for the... | Anthony Howe makes "kinetic" sculptures which move in the wind .
The 59-year-old takes inspiration from the natural world and sci-fi -- among many other things .
Howe "sketches" the sculptures on computer design packages, before laser cutting components . |
e8dc3a7719a5a9768c6c2c841c89fb187f3f5fb7 | By . Paul Bentley . PUBLISHED: . 17:08 EST, 24 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 04:42 EST, 25 January 2014 . A little girl in a white silk dress poses shyly with a basket of flowers, in a garden bordered by a neat privet hedge. The roofs of terraced houses can be seen beyond. She is about to attend a church parade. A smal... | Photographs taken of residents of James Turner Street in post-war Britain .
Location is now featured in Channel 4's Benefits Street .
Residents, almost all of whom are on benefits, shown living in squalor .
Locals say area was starkly different after the war - with a strong community spirit and work ethic . |
e8dc9785736beb58b74f01ce06e3c38edab9f1dd | By . Victoria Woollaston . PUBLISHED: . 06:32 EST, 7 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 10:50 EST, 7 March 2014 . A breakthrough technology that helps blind people 'see' the world around them using sound is now available in a smartphone app. The vOICe system converts images taken on a mobile into 'soundscapes' by assigning di... | The vOICe technology was developed by engineer Peter Meijer in 2007 .
It turns images into 'soundscapes' where shapes produce different noises .
For example, a diagonal line is converted to a string of rising musical notes .
Professor Amir Amedi has been training blind people to see using vOICe .
The vOICe Android app ... |
e8dccc327423c1d92b07fe0cde4f98751367c806 | (CNN) -- Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov tendered his government's resignation Wednesday after eight days of nationwide protests over high energy bills, his office said. CNN iReport: Protests in Shumen, Bulgaria . The protests against soaring electricity bills have morphed into wider discontent over austerity an... | NEW: Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's government has resigned from office .
NEW: Parliament is expected to vote on whether to accept the resignation Thursday .
Bulgaria has been roiled by public protests for more than a week . |
e8dd00395e84434a65decefae99d85503dbf7832 | By . Amy Oliver . PUBLISHED: . 06:43 EST, 16 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:07 EST, 16 March 2012 . When he first started his rounds the Beatles were at number one with Can't Buy Me Love and Harold Wilson was Prime Minster. Adam Kelly, from Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, has seen a lot of changes since but one thi... | Adam Kelly recognised by the Ice Cream Alliance as the oldest in his trade .
He only eats vanilla ice cream and has a Facebook appreciation page with more than 600 fans .
Mr Kelly will also mark diamond wedding anniversary in October . |
e8dd83da8d3e58d468404ef63e1fd10f85a24386 | Rome (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, meeting with allies, kept up pressure on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi Thursday, demanding that he "cease attacks and the threat of attacks" against rebels who oppose his rule. Gadhafi must withdraw all forces from rebel cities they have entered, restore services t... | NEW: Libyan government says use of its assets would be theft .
Rebels claim they have retaken southern city .
The U.S. considers seizing Gadhafi funds to help Libya's people .
The International Organization for Migration suspends ships after Misrata is shelled . |
e8ddba58573148b33e1034dd288569843801f511 | Kansas City, Missouri (CNN) -- Kansas City police said Saturday that they are glad the parents of a missing 10-month-old Missouri girl have resumed conversations with them. "We couldn't be happier about it," police Capt. Steve Young said. "Their involvement in this investigation is critical." A meeting was held Saturda... | Police say parents are meeting with them again .
Police search landfill and nearby creek .
Family says police are looking at forensic evidence .
10-month-old Lisa Irwin was last seen asleep in her crib at 10:30 p.m. Monday . |
e8ddfbb24f80859a19da73358707220e88b82c0d | (CNN) -- It inspired childlike moments of wonder. It was a feeling that many had not felt since NASA's final space shuttle launch, Atlantis in July 2011. That's how the fans and followers around the Web described the weekend's events to NASA's social media team. And while social media users are often portrayed as havin... | @MarsCuriosity Twitter account receives about 1,000 new followers an hour since landing .
Social media strategy was something that was considered years before the landing .
Official "landing tweet" was retweeted 70,000 times around the world .
Search of links, tweets, images including "Mars" from Saturday to Tuesday su... |
e8de7eed85793051870a1cfae605dff684d317c3 | (CNN) -- Longtime NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson has been released by the Miami Dolphins after his arrest over the weekend. Johnson is accused of head-butting his newlywed wife, authorities said. The Dolphins announced Sunday on their website that they had terminated the contract of Johnson, who played a preseason game... | NEW: The Dolphins say they've terminated the contract of Chad Johnson .
Johnson's wife says he head-butted her, causing a 3-inch cut to her forehead .
The football player said his wife head-butted him, an arrest report says .
Johnson and his wife, reality TV star Evelyn Lozada, argued after she found a receipt for cond... |
e8df0e9c1d8cb29771c8fc5fe8a281db6431704f | The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs says it is firing four senior officials after allegations and investigations of long wait times and other problems at VA medical facilities. Directors at the VA health care systems in Pittsburgh, central Alabama and Dublin, Georgia, are in the process of being fired, and the VA's... | Officials in Pittsburgh, Alabama and Georgia are in the process of being fired .
VA's deputy chief procurement director in Washington is also in line to lose her job .
VA's Office of Inspector General and Office of Accountability Review found wrongdoing .
A CNN investigation found numerous instances of delays in care f... |
e8df5063e40a6669b440f3157b364ed6073c5177 | Members of Tottenham’s squad have spread the festive cheer, attending several children’s wards at local hospitals. A host of the first-team squad met the patients, handing out presents and posing for photos. The squad were taking time out before travelling for their Europa League tie at Besiktas on Thursday, having alr... | Selection of the first-team joined by Tottenham Ladies for visits .
Players handed out presents to children at local hospitals .
Tottenham are currently in tenth in the Premier League .
Mauricio Pochettino's side next face Besiktas in the Europa League . |
e8df56e873f34fb10849ad487a69b5c614bee106 | (CNN) -- The suspected link between Chinese drywall and toxic effects reported by thousands of U.S. homeowners was strengthened Monday by three preliminary reports issued by the federal government. The strongest link came from an analysis of air sampled inside dozens of homes containing drywall made in China. "While th... | Air samples from 41 homes containing drywall made in China are analyzed .
"Strong association" found between high hydrogen sulfide levels, corrosion in the homes .
Nearly 2,100 reports detail smell, sickness, failed appliances, corrosion in homes .
Drywall in question was imported during U.S. housing boom, from 2005 th... |
e8df81d9fd0f08576dae8d64d1c0b6eeb365dda7 | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 07:31 EST, 27 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:51 EST, 27 August 2012 . Disturbing footage has been uncovered of two teenagers surfing on the back of a moving bus through a busy city centre. At one point a rider is shown tumbling off the vehicle in Perth, Scotland, and could have easi... | The two boys clung onto the vehicle in Perth, Scotland, and their video has been spread online via Facebook .
Safety campaigners fear there will be copycat attempts and have branded the boys involved 'utterly stupid' |
e8df835adefe3530cd67113fa990da5965dd0074 | By . Helen Collis . PUBLISHED: . 11:32 EST, 26 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:13 EST, 26 September 2013 . Accused: Vladimir Antonov, former chairman of Portsmouth FC and former director of Snoras Bankis accused of being the main mover in an 'asset-stripping' fraud that crippled the bank . Ex Pompey chairman Vladimi... | Ex Pompey chairman Vladimir Antonov, 37, and Raimondas Baranauskas, 55, are fighting extradition to Lithuania .
They are accused of asset stripping at Snoras Bank, which they deny .
London court heard how they 'stole €470m in assets and $10m in cash'
Pair deny fraud; fighting extradition on grounds they won't get fair ... |
e8df8ecfd54f76b82f0508e26bf5809415b6a037 | Gaza City (CNN) -- The soldier that Israel claimed Hamas militants captured Friday, as a temporary cease-fire to the conflict in Gaza rapidly unraveled, is dead, Israel's military said. "Lieutenant Hadar Goldin ... was killed in battle in the Gaza Strip on Friday, August 1," the Israel Defense Forces announced early Su... | NEW: Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters rally in Washington .
Slain Israeli soldier, Lt. Hadar Goldin, is promoted posthumously .
Troops "managed to hurt severely" the capability of Hamas, Israeli PM says .
Hamas leader: Cease-fire was rejected on basis of Israel's ongoing operations . |
e8dfdb47f821c46e8a6df760f3395acce8699c20 | (CNN) -- Getafe became the third Spanish football club to pass into foreign ownership on Thursday after signing a deal with Dubai's Royal Emirates Group. The Madrid-based team followed in the footsteps of Malaga and Racing Santander, which were also taken over by overseas interests in the past year. Royal Emirates Grou... | Royal Emirates Group completes takeover of Spanish club Getafe .
Madrid-based team's captain and former owner go to Dubai for official signing .
Group hopes to build a bridge between Europe and the Middle East .
Malaga and Racing Santander also bought by overseas investors in the past year . |
e8e0bc858547e80d37b40cbcf97be1bbd2b12dbb | A toddler shows off her belly button in an adorable and innocent photograph that her family loved so much they chose to share it with friends. But after Marlow’s mother uploaded it on photo-sharing website Instagram she was shocked when her account was deactivated because it was deemed inappropriate. Courtney Adamo, 33... | Courtney Adamo, 33, was told she was 'violating community guidelines'
The blogger uploaded image of her 19-month-old daughter Marlow .
The youngster was wearing yellow rain-boots and her 'big girl undies'
Mother of four Mrs Adamo said 'they obviously see it as child porn'
Her account was reinstated yesterday, but the p... |
e8e0c65bd956546ea81e8d2bd81f6aaec94831d5 | It's a welcome sign with a caveat. President Barack Obama and Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius are urging people to try again on the problem-plagued Obamacare website, insisting it will work better by Saturday's self-imposed deadline to improve its performance from last month's botched launch. Meanwhile, the administ... | November 30 not a magic restart for HealthCare.gov, official says .
Saturday is the self-imposed deadline for the Obamacare website to perform better .
Latest snafu: small businesses can't enroll online for a year .
The White House urges allies to hold off on major enrollment campaigns . |
e8e0c919af502054afa56fe6ed04dda69b457d9b | (CNN) -- The recent drought has ruined millions of acres of farmland in Texas, turning lakes into mud puddles, but in the East Texas city of Nacogdoches, authorities say, the drought may have done something good: Unearthed a piece of the space shuttle Columbia. The object, which is about 4 feet in diameter, was found i... | The object is a tank that provides power and water for shuttle missions .
It was found after drought caused lake waters to recede .
Columbia broke up while re-entering atmosphere in 2003 . |
e8e0e58c60685499510c87c6ac502c26d677e8e6 | Thousands of bears are being detained in minute cages for the entirety of their lives and forced to endure regular painful procedures so that their bile can be regularly harvested. At least 20,000 of the once majestic mammals are estimated to be trapped in bear bile facilities across Vietnam, Korea, China, Laos and Mya... | At least 20,000 bears are estimated to be trapped in bear bile facilities across Vietnam, Korea, China, Laos and Myanmar .
The bile is extracted through regular, painful procedures .
Meanwhile, the mammals spend their entire lives in cages no larger than a telephone booth, eating unnatural diets and sporting constant i... |
e8e1b7cf430a0a69a13f3a387e3905c044ac83ae | She is known for writing about her colourful private life, her dramatic conversion to Islam and a spectacular falling-out with her half-sister, Cherie Blair. So perhaps it’s no surprise that when Lauren Booth decided she wanted a new husband, she advertised on Facebook. And after announcing her quest for a partner to ... | Ms Booth, 45, announced her quest for a partner on Facebook .
She has now announced she has married a devout Muslim man . |
e8e259de0cdd326b2318de419782bf8aca3013a4 | (CNN)On the heels of a year that saw advances for female action heroes in comics, TV and film, Marvel Comics is ready to take it to the next level. The company announced that this summer will see a brand new comic book team of Avengers -- replacing all other teams and comprised entirely of women. It's a move reminiscen... | Marvel Comics announced a new Avengers team made entirely of women .
The new team will be called A-Force, replacing the earlier Avengers .
Team will be comprised of Hulk, Dazzler and more . |
e8e2a1d251a72082f4d2d04bdff429d60a108000 | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 14:41 EST, 27 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 17:10 EST, 27 February 2014 . Three people have been killed and another three are injured after a small plane crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff from Hawaii's Lanai island. The crash occurred around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday ab... | The crash occurred around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday about a mile from Lanai Airport in the Miki Basin area of Hawaii .
The plane, a twin-engine Piper PA31, burst into flames upon impact .
Neither the victims nor the survivors have been identified however, Maui County officials said the pilot and two Department of Planning em... |
e8e2f1aa911276ffccc8e8fe72a4b0560b23eca6 | A teenage girl was beheaded by a relative in northern Afghanistan after she turned down his marriage proposals, according to reports. The victim, named as Gisa, was decapitated with a knife in the Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province on Tuesday, local police said. She is believed to be around 15-years-old. A police s... | Two men have been arrested following the death of the teenage girl in Kunduz province, northern Afghanistan .
Victim, named as 'Gisa', was beheaded by her cousin after she and her family turned down his marriage proposal, a police spokesman said . |
e8e33250c973ad999f771b648de1af81d41e1062 | By . Martin Beckford . Police Minister Damian Green mistakenly signed a law allowing England's most notorious football hooligans to attend the World Cup finals . A minister mistakenly signed a new law to allow England’s most notorious football hooligans to attend the World Cup finals this summer. Police Minister Damian... | Damian Green thought he had banned hooligans from entire World Cup .
But the dates were wrong and he only banned them from the opening day .
Blunder would have left 2,500 troublemakers free to cause mayhem .
Luckily one of Mr Green's team spotted the mistake and redrafted the law . |
e8e504a22558410755d15382be98c402a842871f | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 20:56 EST, 18 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 23:41 EST, 18 June 2012 . A postal worker who was sliced almost in half by a chainsaw-wielding madman in a New York City subway station six years ago has forgiven his attacker but will face contractors in court this week for leaving the da... | Michael Steinberg, now 70, suffered sliced ribs and a punctured lung after a madman came at him with two chainsaws that were left on the platform .
He said workers with contractor Five Star Electric Corp. sat back and watched, ignoring his pleas for help .
His mentally ill attacker, Tareyton Williams, apologised for th... |
e8e5e808ad41ba309dd4ebf3bf88d0f029684b09 | By . Lucy Crossley . With its shelves lined with faded medicine bottles, old pop bottles and even pre-war condoms, stepping into Jan and Graham Upton's museum is like stepping back in time. The couple, both 66, have been collecting all sorts of antiques since they were children and for the last 25 years have run the mu... | Jan and Graham Upton, both 66, are selling their museum How We Lived Then, in Eastbourne, Sussex .
Couple have been collecting antiques since they were children and have run the museum for 25 years .
They are now selling up and want the new owner of the museum to continue their legacy .
The unique museum features diffe... |
e8e7116fb21fa266580b2e8db1f3b0446b7ed5cc | Police have released a sketch of a woman whose embalmed head was found by in Pennsylvania woods last week and are now asking the public for help identifying her. The head was found by a resident walking in the woods in Economy in Beaver County on December 12 and the county coroner deduced it had been embalmed - althoug... | Police in Economy have released a sketch of a woman whose embalmed head was found by a resident walking in the woods 10 days ago .
They believe the woman was at least 50 with styled hair and good teeth .
Cadaver dogs searched the area but found no other body parts .
Authorities are now appealing to the public for help ... |
e8e739f3050c74e2e49e6ed1d11fe029ef472710 | Chelsea Clinton was beaming on the red carpet Thursday night, just hours after sharing with the world the happy news that she and Marc Mezvinsky are expecting their first child. The former first daughter attended the Shorts Program: City Limits at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival screenings at AMC Loews Village 7 in New ... | The former first daughter attended the Shorts Program: City Limits at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival screenings at AMC Loews Village 7 in New York .
She is the executive producer of the film 'Of Many,' which was screening .
The baby will be the first grandchild for former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of ... |
e8e774c02d277dade743cd9daed0cd117ee808cc | British Olympic hopeful Zoe Smith said she had been subjected to a barrage of abuse since featuring in a BBC documentary . A teenage weightlifter representing Britain at the Olympics has been targeted by ‘ignorant’ internet trolls who said she looked like a ‘bloke’ and a ‘lesbian’. Zoe Smith said she had been subjected... | Zoe Smith, 18, hit back in a blog about 'close-minded, ignorant chauvinistic twerps' |
e8e77f9626117582a2ed37aa1b336df608bd0f71 | A bride lost 11st after passers-by teased her for being fat as she posed for her wedding photos. Chloe Dodds, of Seaham, Durham, walked down the aisle in a size 30 gown after ballooning to 21st 8lb on a diet of Sugar Puffs, pizza and chips. She was reduced to tears as by-standers heckled her with comments such as 'you ... | Chloe had to order her size 30 wedding dress specially from America .
Cruel jibes by strangers on her special day left her humiliated .
The ceremony even had to be postponed by 15 minutes while Chloe cried .
Determined to lose weight, Chloe lost 3st before having a gastric bypass .
Now down to 10st 12lb Chloe is dwarfe... |
e8e8480b7346ff8c6e416c04b8fb182242162613 | By . Claire Bates . PUBLISHED: . 06:11 EST, 11 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 22:37 EST, 11 February 2013 . A super slimmer who shed four dress sizes after being dumped by boyfriends for being too fat has finally found love - just in time for Valentine's Day. Marie Mace, 30, said her relationships never lasted long bec... | Marie Mace said several boyfriends had dumped her due to her size 20 figure .
Once ex even told her he was too embarrassed to go out in public with her .
After losing weight she found love AND spurned advances from old flames . |
e8e8571fccc99ffbb8edc2630736b971a46bfd45 | (CNN)Dockworkers at West Coast ports have reached a tentative contract agreement to end their labor dispute, a spokesman for the Pacific Maritime Association said Friday. "A deal has been struck. An official statement is forthcoming," Steve Getzug said. The five-year contract still has to be approved by the dockworkers... | Contract is for five years, awaits vote of union members .
Port of Oakland officials say it could be weeks before things get back to normal .
Operations have been affected at 29 ports . |
e8e86f1f2cbdc86dc64cbbe9f56921cea14452c3 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez may not be able to afford his attorney fees as he faces murder charges in the deaths of three men. The one-time tight end has made legal filings requesting Suffolk County court give him two months 'to make financial . arrangements to retain counsel.'... | Hernandez is charged in two separate incidents .
Reportedly made $18 million while playing for the New England Patriots .
Has asked for two month period to make financial arrangements . |
e8e8846f9b549cce3d7bdbbee552713a5d3b1597 | A rugby player believed to have Britain's biggest feet is unable to play for his club side because he cannot find a pair of boots that fit him. Carl Griffiths, 22, has worn out his last pair of boots playing for Trimsaran rugby club, near Llanelli, south Wales, and cannot find a suitable new pair for his size 21 feet. ... | Carl Griffiths, 22, cannot find a pair of rugby boots for his size 21 feet .
Had been playing in size 18 boots for past three years with toes curled up .
After holding them together with sticky tape, they have finally fallen apart .
Trimsaran rugby club, near Llanelli, now appealing for help for their player . |
e8e9f7d3adcbf209d9350424afa183cae0ca48be | A Massachusetts man is lucky to be alive after a practical joke went horribly wrong and he was left clinging to a capsized kayak in freezing cold conditions. Easthampton firefighters rescued the man from Nashawannuck Pond at about 8 p.m. on Monday. The man, who hasn't been named, was trying to install a Charlie Brown c... | A Massachusetts man is lucky to be alive after a practical joke went horribly wrong .
The unnamed man was left clinging to a capsized kayak in freezing cold conditions in Nashawannuck Pond on Monday night .
He had been trying to install a Charlie Brown cutout on a raft that holds a Christmas tree in the middle of the p... |
e8ea5d98b1372cad1096f88dcc0024febdd17731 | By . Beth Stebner . PUBLISHED: . 17:06 EST, 23 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:21 EST, 23 January 2013 . Mystery: Russell Matthews reappeared after vanishing and being declared a missing person more than three months ago . Tragic details have emerged over the Coast Guard who suddenly reappeared after going missing for... | Petty Officer First Class Russell Matthews reappeared Sunday night after going missing three months before .
Was at the center of an investigation at the time of his disappearance for alleged marijuana use .
Police searched more than 10,000 nautical miles for Matthews before calling off search .
Currently in military c... |
e8ea5feac7469520c2f21bb3777187592cc2efa3 | By . Neil Ashton . PUBLISHED: . 07:14 EST, 16 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 11:12 EST, 16 January 2014 . Mauricio Pochettino is staying at Southampton following talks with owner Katharina Liebherr. Pochettino's future was thrown into doubt when executive chairman Nicola Cortese walked away from the club following a bit... | Mauricio Pochettino's future was in doubt after Nicola Cortese quit .
Cortese walked after row with owner Katharina Liebherr .
In brief meeting Liebherr assured Pochettino he had her trust .
Pochettino will be here 'on Saturday and beyond'
Player exodus on the cards with Rickie Lambert wanted by West Ham .
There are fe... |
e8ea6a9ae56dff867f9c8d9a60eefde165937e49 | Pretty much everything has changed in U.S.-China relations since Richard Nixon and Premier Zhou Enlai signed the Shanghai Communiqué 40 years ago on February 21, 1972. Nixon's goals were purely geostrategic. By cultivating China, he sought most of all to put pressure on North Vietnam to come to terms to achieve his pr... | On February 21, 1972, President Nixon, China's Zhou Enlai signed a path-breaking accord .
Kenneth Lieberthal: Nixon's opening to China had particular motives for both nations .
He says concerns have shifted, but U.S. and China need each other more than ever .
Lieberthal: Letting relationship drift is a recipe for antag... |
e8ea74fdcc4ffdd07d24b9d17709534d81506479 | By . Kerry Mcqueeney . PUBLISHED: . 08:58 EST, 18 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:02 EST, 18 July 2012 . A former special constable who went on the run after his conviction for abusing children in the UK has been caught in Cambodia paying young boys as little as 8p for sexual favours. Paedophile Ian Bower, who fled the c... | Ian Bower fled the UK in 2006 while on licence following a conviction for child sex offences .
British authorities were told he was in Cambodia in 2007 when he was arrested on suspicion of molesting two brothers - but he was not extradited .
The paedophile was again arrested in November last year following allegations ... |
e8eaca65a637d8dbcd438adeb2a4ccf145190c68 | My friend was just murdered under the guise of revolution. His name was Alyn Beck. He was a cop. Two unhinged people walked into a restaurant in sunny Las Vegas and attacked my friend Alyn and his partner, Igor Soldo, shooting them dead as they ate their lunch. They then turned and yelled something about it being the "... | Tracy Smith: My friend Alyn Beck was shot by two unhinged people bent on 'revolution'
He says shooting innocents doesn't spark revolution; it wrecks lives and families .
He says Alyn and his partner were good cops, not 'government henchman'
Smith: If you're angry at authority, you can start a blog or join a cause . |
e8eb6ce792c694e1e0eb3ae71a8124063d1357b1 | PUBLISHED: . 00:59 EST, 7 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:36 EST, 7 June 2013 . Mourners in a Bolivian village seized a 17-year-old boy who was named by police as a suspect in the rape and murder of a 35-year-old woman and buried him alive alongside her at the woman's funeral. About 200 inhabitants of the small town near... | During the funeral of 35-year-old Leandra Arias Janco, villagers threw 17-year-old Santos Ramos into her grave and piled earth on top of him .
Villagers suspected Ramos was responsible for Janco's rape and murder .
Residents blocked the road to the community, preventing police from reaching it . |
e8ebb869f9b6525f66fcfef3dc0fc9054942b2e5 | By . Martha De Lacey . PUBLISHED: . 06:51 EST, 22 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:40 EST, 22 November 2012 . When Simon Hayman's weight rocketed beyond 19 stone, he decided to do something about it. But instead of sharing his diet plans, the Shropshire man, now 24, felt 'it was too embarrassing to tell my friends', a... | Simon Hayman, 24, from Shropshire, lost 63lbs on a 'secret diet' |
e8ec09fcbb8134df4d1ff8ab974ba7aa0cad189a | (CNN)What would happen if the legend of the Lost City of Atlantis was crossed with the screenplay of Kevin Costner's 1995 hit movie "Waterworld"? Maybe something like The Ocean Spiral -- an underwater metropolis that generates energy from the seabed and is capable of providing homes and accommodation for 5,000 people. ... | Ocean Spiral is a proposed underwater city from Japanese construction firm Shimizu Corp.
The futuristic settlement has been designed to produce all its own energy and will have enough room to house 5,000 people .
Project expertise is being sought from academics, Japanese government departments and energy experts, the c... |
e8ec33b3c7f669da910f4a50706e9cbcb0e7aa89 | Tiger Woods has announced he will take a break from golf as he bids to overcome his latest injury scare and poor form. The 14-time major champion withdrew midway through his first round at last week's Farmers Insurance Open in California due to back pain although he has allayed fears over the setback. Of more pressing ... | Tiger Woods said he'll be back in action 'when I think I'm ready'Â .
14-time major winner said he need 'a lot of work on my game'
His target is The Honda Classic in Florida starting on February 26Â .
But he said he won't be there 'unless my game is tournament-ready' |
e8ec36f477fbabb7410e1c1b5bdb1c7e5eadda30 | (CNN) -- You may inadvertently be getting more than you bargained for when you put paprika in your chicken paprikash. A new Food and Drug Administration report, "Pathogens and Filth in Spices," says that 12% of U.S. spice imports are contaminated with bug parts, rodent hairs and other ingredients more appropriate to a ... | Twice as much contamination found in imported spices as other imports .
"Pathogens and Filth in Spices" also found salmonella in 7% of spices tested .
Contaminated spices have caused "relatively small" outbreaks of illness, FDA says . |
e8ec4d5a621c5c3fe64cd881dc3f717764f01a8c | (CNN) -- Ivory Coast coach Sven-Goran Eriksson is set to play his injured captain Didier Drogba from the start of their crucial World Cup Group G clash against Brazil on Sunday. Drogba fractured his arm during a pre-World Cup warm-up match against Japan but still managed 25 minutes during Ivory Coast's 0-0 draw agains... | Sven-Goran Eriksson says he could start with Didier Drogba against Brazil .
Ivory Coast captain Drogba fractured his arm in a pre-World Cup friendly .
Drogba played 25 minutes of his side's 0-0 opening draw against Portugal .
Fabio Capello will not say if he is to play goalkeeper Robert Green against Algeria . |
e8eca2f1933145fd7f4d2d90290ce328d5b04702 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 11:05 PM on 25th October 2011 . The suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of a Navy sailor in Illinois has left his anguished family in a desperate search for answers. The body of Kyle Antonacci, of Hicksville, New York, was found in February of 2010 in the closet of ... | Family of Kyle Antonacci skeptical of son's suicide .
Antonacci, 22, involved in secret NCIS probe to clear fellow sailor Michael Pineda of rape until the day he died .
Rape case against friend and fellow sailor later dismissed . |
e8eca628f9b996422cccbbb4c0acf02edeec50fa | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:13 EST, 1 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:13 EST, 1 February 2013 . A man dubbed 'El Wingador' for his ability to eat a chicken wing in a split-second was indicted on charges of dealing cocaine yesterday. As a five-time champion of Philadelphia's competitive chicken wing eat... | Champion chicken wing eater, who can consume 162 hot wings in half an hour, was indicted in Philadelphia yesterday on drug charges .
Five-time Wing Bowl winner William 'El Wingador' Simmons, 51, is facing charges of possession and distribution of cocaine .
Married father-of-three speaks of sadness he can't compete as i... |
e8ed08ca342d3cae581d10732a7e18415e4bd7d1 | Moscow (CNN) -- Russian election authorities officially registered Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Monday as a candidate for president in next year's election, they announced on their website. Putin will represent his United Russia party, the Central Election Commission said. The move is the latest step toward Putin's re... | Putin is angling to return to the office he used to hold .
Historic numbers of Russians demonstrated against election results this month .
They claim the results were falsified, but Putin denies it .
Billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov says he will run against Putin . |
e8edaa68798b220d5d61aa812ba4fa563e8bc93e | (CNN) -- A former Ford Motor Co. employee pled guilty on Wednesday to two counts of theft of trade secrets, handing them over to a Chinese competitor. Federal prosecutors in a U.S. District Court in Detroit, Michigan, say Xiang Dong Yu -- a 49 year-old former product engineer at Ford -- used his company access to steal... | Former Ford employee pled guilty to two counts of theft of trade secrets .
Xiang Dong Yu faces at least five years in prison and a fine of up to $150,000 .
Prosecutors say Yu gave Ford design specs, other secrets to a Chinese competitor .
Yu admitted copying 4,000 Ford documents, taking them to Beijing Automotive Co. |
e8edd8e944d54994e554505682559c45defce734 | (CNN) -- A one-of-a-kind bicycle belonging to U.S. cycling legend Lance Armstrong was stolen from a team truck in California just hours after he rode it Saturday on the first day of a nine-day race. Lance Armstrong is racing in the California Amgen Tour as he attempts a comeback after retiring in 2005. Cancer survivor ... | Lance Armstrong's one-of-a-kind bicycle stolen from team truck in California .
Four bicycles stolen from truck Armstrong's Astana team parked behind hotel .
Cancer survivor Armstrong is currently fifth overall in Amgen Tour of California .
Armstrong won the Tour de France a record seven times from 1999-2005 . |
e8ee03ff81d78157b5f3a8f61bbb80fa295b6062 | By . Sarah Griffiths for MailOnline . Astronomers have been scrutinising high-definition photos of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko sent back by the Rosetta spacecraft. And now a shortlist of five possible sites that could become the location for the first-ever landing on a comet, have been drawn up by the European Spac... | Shortlist of five possible landing sites have .
been drawn up by Esa .
Space agency will send a robot laboratory called Philae to the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in November .
Philae will harpoon itself on the comet's surface and conduct tests .
Images taken by Rosetta spacecraft show rubber-duck shape ... |
e8ef45affda4d86eeae9aea0762b1be1a391d582 | An 85-year-old woman died of a broken heart just days after the death of her husband - who she had been with for 72 years. Norman and Margaret Balkwill, both 85, both passed away peacefully in hospital - just eight days apart - after spending their whole adult lives together. The couple, who met at a Christmas party wh... | Norman and Margaret Balkwill met at a Christmas party in 1943 .
They got married in 1955 but never had any children .
Close friend of the couple said 'they just needed each other' |
e8ef8d07e7920e4a01b234d801253fc573103fe2 | By . Ray Massey . PUBLISHED: . 00:03 EST, 28 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:42 EST, 28 November 2012 . Warning: Motorists are being urged to check the mileage on MOT certificates to avoid being accused of illegally 'clocking' the odometer (file picture) Millions of motorists are urged today to check the car mileage ... | The AA has warned that law abiding drivers who fail to check new Government forms could be accused of turning back mileage .
The organisation says that motorists face an MOT 'ticking time bomb' |
e8efbab18948f9d2d47e55243f38cc2ab7096d0e | As all motorists will know, it is sometimes necessary to nudge out into queuing traffic or to merge into other lanes in order to reach your destination that little bit quicker. Now Google has realised that if it wants its driverless cars to be able to compete with pushy human drivers on the open road, they too need to... | Engineers have programmed Google's cars to inch forward at junctions .
The autonomous vehicles also drive closer to the car in front on busy motorways to prevent other motorists cutting in front of them .
Google said it wants the cars to drive 'the way other people drive'
It added the cars can drive more assertively be... |
e8efc64637e4584165b48650a488a2e480467ea8 | A woman whose car tumbled 500ft down a mountainside, landing upside-down, was found after police used the Find My iPhone app to track her whereabouts. The 28-year-old woman, identified as Melissa Vasquez, was driving on Mount Hamilton near San Jose, California, when her vehicle careered off the road at 3pm on Monday af... | Police used the app to track down a 28-year-old woman who was trapped overnight after her car rolled hundreds of feet down an embankment .
Car crashed on Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California, on Monday .
But rescuers couldn't reach her until early Tuesday morning .
She was airlifted to hospital and is in a stable ... |
e8f156e96bd1895af42de9c03ebe09d86e588f48 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Britain's Prince Charles has converted his 38-year-old Aston Martin to run on biofuel made from surplus wine, his office revealed Tuesday. Prince Charles with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, on a visit to a whiskey distillery in Northern Ireland last month. The car was a 21st birthday present fro... | Prince Charles' office reveals his car runs on biofuel made from surplus wine .
Prince converted other cars to run on biodiesel fuel made from used cooking oil .
Report says prince's household cut carbon footprint by 18 percent last year .
The prince renown for strong interest in environmental issues and rural affairs ... |
e8f165f327cc150ff06f8840251c16c718d3dfd4 | The execution of Clayton Lockett was halted after a doctor acknowledged that because of problems in administering the drugs, there were not enough left to carry out the death sentence, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections said Thursday. The revelation came as Oklahoma's governor called for an investigation into the a... | Clayton Lockett's execution in Oklahoma was halted 33 minutes after it began .
Lockett's vein collapsed as the drugs were administered, records show .
A doctor said there were not enough drugs left Lockett had not been given enough drugs to kill him .
The doctor also said there were not enough drugs to continue . |
e8f16aef71b1cc2f5151879e6b53d604301d1677 | (CNN) -- As the oldest major tennis championship, Wimbledon can boast a heritage and tradition second to none. After 133 years of action at the All England club in south-west London, there are many memorable moments to choose from, and CNN World Sport has selected its top 10. Not necessarily dictated by the on-court ac... | CNN World Sport selects 10 iconic moments in Wimbledon's 133-year history .
John McEnroe's famous rant towards the umpire in 1981 is included .
Australian Pat Cash's dash to the players' box in 1987 makes the cut too .
Wimbledon's first Centre Court streaker -- in 1996 -- is also there . |
e8f185121e281c83a7725c274a34d422ca536b45 | (CNN) -- In order to maintain peace at home, President-elect Barack Obama might want to have some very important talks with his wife and mother-in-law before moving into the White House. President-elect Barack Obama's mother-in-law Marian Robinson joins him on stage on election night. Like some 4 million other multige... | Michelle Obama's mother is moving into White House with first family .
Expert: Parents should discuss discipline styles, privacy with mother-in-law .
Mom: Those talks should take place before mother-in-law moves in .
Psychologist: Living together successfully is about problem solving . |
e8f195789b4da339c18e17a04cd63f3c0a7ebe76 | By . Chris Kitching . Cash-strapped Air India is putting fewer passengers on its long-haul flights from Mumbai to America – and losing more money – because the type of aircraft used on that route is at risk of hitting the city’s mega-sized billboards. The gigantic signs are blocking the flight path at Mumbai’s Chhatrap... | Boeing 777-300ER cannot clear gigantic signs with full passenger load .
Air India is leaving 51 seats empty on Mumbai-Newark flights to lighten load .
Airline's complaints have led to removal of 13 signs near Mumbai's airport . |
e8f1a510e27acb6d73d91e0ff64981108c5a83a4 | By . Charlie Lankston . When it comes to dealing with embarrassing little brothers, Prince William knows a thing or two – after suffering the headline grabbing antics of the party-loving Prince Harry. So he may well be dishing out some sage advice to his wife the Duchess of Cambridge about how to cope after this set of... | James Middleton is pictured wearing an inflatable sumo wrestler's outfit .
Also captured pole dancing and striking a pose in a navy polka-dot dress .
But socialite Donna Air insists the 26-year-old has matured rapidly . |
e8f383c4d71c697e381f683cc54f51fadecb1f1f | The mastermind behind the Bali Nine drug trafficking plot is allegedly currently enjoying an extravagant lifestyle in Sydney, having literally won the lottery after he escaped all convictions. The unnamed man is living the high-life whilst two Australian men, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, face execution by firing s... | The mastermind behind the Bali Nine drug trafficking plot lives in Sydney .
The unnamed man and lotto winner is enjoying an extravagant lifestyle .
It's alleged the ringleader won $5 million after the nine Australians were arrested in 2005 .
Two Australians on death row are scheduled for execution this month .
Indonesi... |
e8f4072a3aa9047a578cfbaadb38ed4346fc573c | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 06:50 EST, 28 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:49 EST, 28 March 2013 . A firefighter has survived being thrown up to nine metres in the air and almost crushed after a car he was inspecting on the side of the road was smashed into by a truck. Dramatic video of the incident first shows Ohio ... | Dramatic footage shows Barry Cron narrowly avoid being hit .
Then the Ohio fire captain goes to check if the victim is alright .
But seconds later another truck smashes into the first one .
He is thrown into the air but incredibly survives the accident .
It happened in icy conditions on a U.S. highway bridge . |
e8f417e75c37a3888c16c80640850db21b5a441e | By . Andrew Levy . PUBLISHED: . 07:13 EST, 23 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:09 EST, 23 October 2012 . The two muddy patches at the side of the street were crying out for a little love and attention. So when GP Susannah Beattie spent her own time and money making them look attractive by planting some shrubs, neighbou... | Dr Susannah Beattie put in shrubs to put off illegal parkers in Cambridge .
Residents welcomed the move but council accused her of breaking law .
They demanded she pay for a 'licence to cultivate' tiny scraps of land .
'So many people litter the streets and .
aren’t brought up for it, but if you are beautifying the str... |
e8f56fc56c31e1af373ba9960e9c51e903fb8351 | These adorable pictures show two kittens being nursed back to health with the help of babies' socks after being found minutes from death. The kittens, George and Elton, were found abandoned in a shed in Osterley, west London two weeks ago, severely malnourished and only a couple of weeks old. Thankfully they are now on... | Ginger tabbies George and Elton found abandoned and close to death .
Adorable kittens now being hand-reared by the RSPCA and will recover .
Vets put them in babies' socks to keep them warm and safe .
Cats will be homed in a month - but must stay together as they are so close . |
e8f5bcf1ad9db753e7ef9d6ae16da32e641e3b62 | Editor's Note: This is the third in a five-part series exploring Judge Sonia Sotomayor's background and life with those who know her, and revealing the experiences that might shape her views as a Supreme Court justice if confirmed. Sotomayor won the Moses Taylor Pyne Prize, the highest honor given to an undergraduate a... | Sonia Sotomayor arrived at Princeton in 1972 in fourth co-ed class .
She read children's classics to enhance her English writing skills .
She launched a Puerto Rico action group and campaigned for Latinos .
By the time she went to Yale, she was confident and outgoing, classmate recalls . |
e8f61d369113e8ecaf2315052ab875eec89f623e | (CNN) -- Like millions around the world, I owe my early career choices to the Beatles. As a 6-year-old, I stayed up "late" one Sunday night to watch the Fab Four explode onto the world stage on "the Ed Sullivan Show." There were the Saturday afternoons I walked to the Plaza Theater in downtown Glasgow, Kentucky, to wat... | John Lennon died 30 years ago .
He was shot and killed in New York, near Central Park .
The Beatle had a lasting impact on many . |
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