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e8f6223ecd4d35d42b1dad588956396d1b5ea87f | New York (CNN) -- The February 26 shooting of Trayvon Martin, a black teenager, by George Zimmerman, who is Hispanic, has in less than a month gone from a local story to a huge national story. As we all now know, Martin got into a confrontation with Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain patrolling a gated community i... | State prosecutors have not brought charges in shooting death of Trayvon Martin .
Nicolaus Mills says the news that the federal government will investigate is welcome .
He says in 1964, the Civil Rights Division was able to obtain convictions in three killings .
Mills: The current federal investigation could help establ... |
e8f62ce9d5e3b448c1b73bbb1cd9b7448154a724 | (CNN) -- A former Alabama judge is standing trial on charges he checked male inmates out of jail and forced them to engage in sexual activity such as paddling in exchange for leniency. Former Mobile County Circuit Judge Herman Thomas denies all the charges, his attorney says. Former Mobile County Circuit Judge Herman T... | Defense lawyer: Ex-Alabama judge was mentoring inmates, not seeking sex .
Ex-Judge Herman Thomas accused of paddling inmates in exchange for leniency .
Eleven alleged victims and 51 counts involved after some cases dismissed .
Thomas has denied allegations . |
e8f6da4efcea066eb5358714750f95b13f64034e | (CNN) -- An Idaho man has been charged with assaulting a minor after he allegedly uttered a racial slur and slapped a 2-year-old boy who cried on a Delta plane as it began the final descent into Atlanta, court papers show. Reached by phone Friday, Joe Rickey Hundley of Hayden, Idaho, declined to comment to CNN and refe... | Delta Air Lines apologizes "for any inconvenience" caused by "altercation"
Mother tries to soothe crying 2-year-old son as Delta flight descends into Atlanta .
Man beside them allegedly says "shut that ('N word') baby up," court papers say .
He then allegedly slaps the crying boy in the face with an open hand, papers s... |
e8f6f81f400617ae85994b1f8065296d20164b84 | By . Eddie Wrenn . PUBLISHED: . 12:54 EST, 2 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:47 EST, 4 October 2012 . It takes a vivid imagination to place the Mona Lisa’s enigmatic smile on this skull – but archaeologists are convinced they can. They believe a skeleton unearthed in Florence could have belonged to the woman painted b... | Research team aims to keep digging beneath convent in central Florence in hopes of finding da Vinci's muse .
Researchers plan to reconstruct Mona Lisa's face from her skull if remains are identified . |
e8f72b7f4c7a0f521efb8294eb7161bd7e386dda | Jose Mourinho claims he was approached to take over as Paris Saint-Germain manager twice - including being the 'first choice' for the job ahead of Carlo Ancelotti in December 2011. The Chelsea boss revealed he rejected the chance to leave the Spanish capital for the French equivalent during the season he went on to lif... | Jose Mourinho rejected two approaches from Paris Saint-Germain .
He claims he was 'first choice' ahead of Carlo Ancelotti in December 2011 .
Mourinho remained at Real Madrid and went on to win La Liga that season .
The Portuguese says he was also approached when Ancelotti left PSG .
Mourinho: I love Raphael Varane but ... |
e8f7787bc88cb644e8a2407fbf274e8282b80f88 | On the day Mikel Arteta was made club captain at Arsenal Jack Wilshere provided the perfect answer to his critics while also responding to his manager Arsene Wenger's call to assume more responsibility at the club. The 22-year-old has been heavily criticised since being caught on camera smoking on holiday in Las Vegas ... | Arsenal midfielder was seen telling team-mate Olivier Giroud to hurry up before the teams went out for their warm-up .
Arsene Wenger has told Wilshere that he needs to step up to the plate and assume more responsibility at the club .
This shows evidence he is taking his role at the club seriously . |
e8f7cf07aa6534df3a8e457f979a7e99e4def4d2 | United Nations (CNN) -- The United States vetoed Friday a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have declared Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said that while the United States agrees about "the folly and illegitimacy of continued Israeli settlement ac... | NEW: Veto "encourages further Israeli intransigence," observer of Palestine says .
The veto is the first to be used by the U.S. under the Obama administration .
U.S. Ambassador to U.N.: It's unwise for Security Council to try to resolve key divisive issue .
The Palestinian proposal aimed to declare Israeli settlements ... |
e8f850b24432671514e2001395ad39feffcdcd93 | Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore has drawn criticism over a comment about concealed weapon permits. The Las Vegas Republican came under fire from Assembly leaders and women's groups after she was quoted in the New York Times as saying 'hot little girls' need concealed weapons to defend themselves from rapists. 'If th... | Calls for Michele Fiore to apologize for comments she made about rape, concealed weapons and women on college campuses .
On her website, Fiore was non-apologetic and reaffirmed her comments .
Fiore is the main sponsor of a bill that would allow people with concealed weapons permits to take their firearms onto campuses... |
e8f860aee798d2c1610061f5e01a6c3205ab4e05 | A finance director stole £78,000 to pay for his son and daughter’s boarding school fees after his salary was hit in the economic down turn. Kevin Ballinger, 43, turned to fraud after he lost his job during the financial crisis in 2008 and feeling 'under pressure to provide a particular lifestyle' for his family. He fo... | Former city worker Kevin Ballinger lost his well-paid job in economic crisis .
He got a new job but this did not pay enough to cover children's school fees .
Ballinger's son and daughter both attended £30,000-a-year Brighton College .
Finance director siphoned money from new employer to pay fees for 2 years .
Ballinge... |
e8f8976d3c2aaf99ec5c34263e8548c006fe1c7c | (CNN) -- The underwater drone scanning the ocean for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 ended its eighth mission Monday, having covered about two thirds of its intended territory without finding any sign of the missing plane. This has been the case for 45 days now, which seems like an eternity for the relatives of the 239 pa... | NEW: Underwater drone finishes 8th mission, still no trace of missing plane .
NEW: Up to 10 aircraft, 11 ships to participate in Monday's search, agency says .
"They have faith that their father will be coming back," says wife of missing crew member .
Flight 370 went missing 44 days ago; the search area has "narrowed,"... |
e8f8afaaf2cda0b1a4f487530699be1a43f25e54 | By . Freya Noble . Headmistress of Lindy Charm School for Girls Chrissy Keepence is on a mission to turn the women of Australia into real ladies . An Australian woman has made it her mission to turn the ordinary women of the nation into poised and charming ladies that would give the dazzling dames of the 1940s a run fo... | Chrissy Keepence is headmistress of The Lindy Charm School for Girls .
She takes her styling and etiquette workshops all around Australia .
Inspired by the pin-up girls and rockabilly movement of the 1940s and 50s .
Say the most beautiful woman is nothing without poise, posture and charm . |
e8f8b5c029ac5adfe6f396b166b2e0d48d82411f | Jerry Sandusky, who faces sexual abuse charges, received $60,000 a year after retirement . By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 12:59 AM on 17th November 2011 . Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno is eligible for half a million dollars in pension after spending 46 years in charge at the university. Pater... | Jerry Sandusky, who faces sexual abuse charges, received $60,000 a year after retirement . |
e8f8cdf680b75cee1bd2fe59fc4060208c6eb7d3 | Less than a week after the arson of a mosque in northern Israel, dozens of Christian and Muslim graves were vandalized in an Arab section of the Israeli city of Jaffa. More thahan 100 graves were vandalized in the Muslim cemetery of al-Kazakhana and at a nearby Christian cemetery in the Ajami neighborhood of Jaffa, acc... | More than 100 graves were vandalized in two cemeteries -- one Christian, one Muslim .
"Death to all Arabs" among the epithets spray-painted on gravestones .
Incident comes less than a week after a fire badly damaged a mosque in northern Israel .
On Wednesday, Joseph's Tomb, a site sacred to Jews, was vandalized in the ... |
e8f8e90169ae843717423152175f88250ca12d28 | CLICK HERE to read the reasons behind Micah Richards' training ground row with Mario Balotelli . Micah Richards isn’t your typical Brit abroad. He isn’t in Italy just to party. He’s here, in Florence, to rebuild his once burgeoning reputation. The defender once heralded as the undisputed successor to Gary Neville’s Eng... | Micah Richards says he wasn't given a chance by Manuel Pellegrini .
Richards also says he fears for Manchester City's youth players .
Pablo Zabaleta was Premier League champion's preferred right-back .
The 26-year-old took pay cut to Fiorentina in order to get games .
Richards also says he has ambitions to get back int... |
e8f906119f5ad340e14c468e909fbc99252aa416 | By . Simon Tomlinson . PUBLISHED: . 06:40 EST, 12 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:09 EST, 12 July 2012 . Ballet thriller Black Swan received the most complaints in 2011 in large part because of its lesbian sex scene, the UK's ratings body has revealed. The film generated 40 objections to the British Board of Film Classif... | Oscar-winning movie generated 40 objections in 2011 .
Some viewers thought scene between Nina and Lily was 'pornographic'
Others 'expected ballet, but got story of woman's mental decline'
Figures released in report by British ratings body .
Other films receiving complaints include Hanna, Twilight Saga and Sucker Punch ... |
e8f906db3ef9dd34e4898db8373111c37c639168 | By . John Lloyd . The most worrying thing about Andy Murray’s exit is the fact it suggested a regression in the mental side of his game to the pre-Ivan Lendl days. He lost meekly and there was no fighting spirit. It was a 1/10 performance from a mental point of view — the sort of display that you would never conceive o... | Lendl had helped Murray to cut out petulance from his game .
Against Grigor Dmitrov frustration and anger crept back into his game .
Murray should give Mauresmo more of a chance and should listen to her .
He could look to Mats Wilander, John McEnroe or Jimmy Connors as coach .
Kyle Edmund is the top young British prosp... |
e8f935593268088794a48cf1ce860b17f5bb32f7 | By . Reuters Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 00:00 EST, 25 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:02 EST, 25 February 2013 . For the first time in decades, the United States is making steady gains in the number of high school students earning diplomas, putting it on pace to reach a 90 percent graduation rate by 2020, according to a... | Study shows graduation rates are climbing for first time in decades .
But minority students are still falling behind peers with one-third of African-American students as well as 29 percent of Hispanic students dropping out before graduation .
Graduation rates among students with learning disabilities are as low as 25 p... |
e8f96196ba379488e2f5bf9103a8a01ab918dc4a | A renowned Ukrainian animal expert had to have his arm amputated after being crushed by an angry elephant. Oleg Grishchenko, 39, has worked with elephants all his life and is considered one of the most knowledgeable handlers in eastern Europe. But he was caught unaware when the animal, called Tandy, became extremely an... | Oleg Grishchenko was charged by an elephant at a zoo in eastern Ukraine .
'Tandy' suddenly became extremely agitated and charged at the handler .
He suffered severe crush injuries and had to have his hand amputated .
Now friends and family have appealed for money to help the experienced handler pay his medical bill an... |
e8fa070b87b008b9daa879096944bbbaf4b052ee | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:47 EST, 17 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 10:52 EST, 17 March 2014 . He's been out of prison less than one year following his role in helping to mastermind Hollywood's notorious 'Bling Ring' burglaries, but Nick Prugo was again arrested on Friday for allegedly violating parole. A... | Nick Prugo is one half of the duo that masterminded the infamous $3 million Bling Ring burglaries across L.A. in 2009 .
He was released from prison last April after serving 12 months of his two year sentence .
Prugo was arrested on Friday for alleged parole violation .
Police received information from Dawn DaLuise, a c... |
e8fa20662c5307446bb33f059eaf7c5fbc655c55 | By . Simon Tomlinson . An Iranian actress has infuriated ultra conservatives in her home country after kissing the president of the Cannes film festival's on the cheek. Leila Hatami's peck has been seen by fanatics as an affront to the 'chastity' of the Islamic republic's women. A photograph carried by Iranian media sh... | Leila Hatami's peck has been seen by fanatics as an affront to the 'chastity' of the Islamic republic's women .
Hizbullah Students, a group with links to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard have filed a .
complaint with Iran’s judiciary for Hatami's prosecution .
Kissing a strange man in public according to article 638 of Islam... |
e8fabc25f0d9a5fc03a2858cb261c48c7bde9c54 | By . Sophie Borland . A second world-renowned scientist has come forward to support claims that ADHD is not a real disease, but a description of symptoms. Dr Bruce Perry said most people displayed signs of the condition at some point in their lives. He also said psychostimulant drugs, such as Ritalin, used to treat at... | Dr Bruce Perry says the disorder is 'best thought of as a description'
He claims it's a label describing symptoms of physiological problems .
Dr Perry of Texas is due to meet Iain Duncan Smith and Jeremy Hunt . |
e8fb08fd052fc7cf90f85a0b0daa4411f45ec33f | A cash-strapped mother-of-four has revealed that she is planning to fund Christmas by selling her breast milk. Rebecca Hudson, 26, from Manchester, appeared on This Morning and revealed that she has so far made £3,700. The entrepreneurial mother came up with the idea after realising that she was producing more milk tha... | Rebecca Hudson, 26, from Manchester has made £3,700 so far .
Has eight regular customers including a bodybuilder .
Says some clients buy the milk to use for 'sexual purposes'
Began selling milk after producing more than baby daughter could drink . |
e8fb309d5062fbd81d4bb55a98cbf1c6a8d26b05 | By . Jessica Valentine . Each morning before she gets dressed to go to school, I make sure my eldest daughter Josie brushes her teeth, applies sunblock to her face (even in winter) and puts deodorant under each arm. It’s a simple, essential hygiene routine. But I’m aware the last bit might raise a few eyebrows – becau... | Jessica Valentine's daughter Josie, seven, has begun sweating early .
As she does not want Josie to be bullied, she makes her use deodorant .
She says she would also wax Josie and her sisters' legs if needed . |
e8fbe87b9873a7295db81273e526bbc61c59e809 | (CNN) -- NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan has been off the court for years; now, he's off the market. The sports star is getting married again, his publicist Estee R. Portnoy confirmed to CNN on Thursday. Jordan and longtime girlfriend, Yvette Prieto, got engaged on Christmas Day, CNN affiliate WCNC reported. The coupl... | Couple has been seen at various high-profile public events in recent years .
Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to six championships -- two three-peats -- in the 1990s .
Marriage would be Jordan's second; he and Juanita Jordan divorced in 2006 . |
e8fc229ca39de709605337154981267700bdb825 | Amazon’s new Kindle Fire tablet device that started shipping this week is reportedly selling for almost three dollars less than it costs to manufacture. The online retailer is initially selling the tablet at a loss that it hopes to cover through sales of books and films for the device, research suggests. The Kindle Fir... | Amazon's answer to iPads started shipping this week .
Estimated to cost $201.70 to make - but sells for $199 .
Research only covers cost of components & assembly . |
e8fc81cc97037e0ef491bd5ffa7a8b006a6054a4 | By . Wills Robinson . Jailed: Shaun Colclough, 40, lured women to his studio with the promise of free photos . A fashion photographer who previously raped an 85-year-old woman has been jailed for seven years for sexually assaulting two aspiring models. Shaun Colclough, 40, lured the women in their twenties to his studi... | Shaun Colclough, 40, lured women to his studio in Hackney Wick, London .
Used website Model Mayhem to find girls unable to pay for their own photos .
He tried to hug and kiss the models and would ask them intimate question .
Would bully girls into posing in sexually explicit poses during the shoot .
Has already served... |
e8fd8f57161a5ba5942b6db58b63e6ea46f30dda | (CNN) -- She towers above him, but she can't do without him -- so much so they even email each other up to 75 times a day. From the time they met 15 years ago, Maria Sharapova has been able to count on a man who has masterminded her rise to becoming the world's highest-paid female athlete. "He knows everything that's g... | Tennis star Maria Sharapova is the world's highest-paid female athlete.
Max Eisenbud has been working with the Russian since she was 12 .
She says he does "everything for me" from organizing travel to brokering deals .
Eisenbud has also helped her tennis rival Li Na become a top-earning athlete . |
e8fda7809a5be437905663cc15a5df4b547ab446 | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 11:51 EST, 7 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:58 EST, 7 October 2012 . An image of the genius who took physics to new heights is eerily manifested on the side of an Austrian mountain in this incredible image. The face, which appears on the side of Grimming Mountain in Steiermark, has an unc... | Incredible image shows mountain's uncanny resemblance to Albert Einstein .
The German-born genius looms over the Austrian landscape . |
e8fdba3e0ec01ee286dce2d2cde5a2cf4bd8240c | By . Daniel Martin, Whitehall Correspondent . Former Justice Secretary Ken Clarke introduced the private outsourcing of court interpreters in the hope of saving £18million a year . Dozens of trials have been abandoned because of a 'catastrophic' shortage of interpreters which has forced courts to rely on Google Transla... | National Audit Office finds 182 magistrate trials between January and March have collapsed due to lack of interpreter .
In one case in Ipswich this year, a court was reduced to using Google Translate .
Magistrates have filed 5,000n complaints against private firm Applied Language Solutions . |
e8fdc98a6f9da005985e9abf23c70df82d23d762 | Under a cloud: Investigators found no conclusive evidence whether Christie was aware or not of the closures of lanes on George Washington Bridge in September 2013 that caused gridlock in the town of Fort Lee . New Jersey lawmakers probing politically motivated traffic jams near the George Washington Bridge last year ha... | In September 2013, George Washington Bridge lanes shut causing gridlock .
Closures seemed aimed at Fort Lee, who's mayor didn't endorse Christie .
But report commissioned by Christie absolved him of any wrongdoing .
Now, new report finds 'no conclusive evidence' he knew about it or not .
It adds key witnesses haven't t... |
e8fe3ada0ef17e2c2afd42e5e3cfbf6ffe787015 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Authorities are looking for a thief who took a car with two toddlers strapped into their car seats from outside an Orlando hotel parking lot. According to Orlando police, the mother of the children stopped at the hotel around 8 p.m. to check room availability. She left the children in the ca... | Mother went inside to Orlando hotel to inquire about room rates, leaving her babies in the car .
By the time she came out, the car had gone with the toddlers still inside .
They were dumped by the side of the road one mile away and were found by police .
Police do not have a suspect at this time, nor has the car been f... |
e8feb95e5314a1a514c4b3c3594d5bc2a76ae57d | (CNN) -- Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham has revealed he is set to miss the entire Major League Soccer (MLS) season with the Achilles injury that ended his 2010 World Cup dream. The former England captain has said he will not be able to start running on his ankle for another three months, and is now targeti... | David Beckham has revealed he is set to miss the entire MLS season .
Beckham suffered an Achilles tendon injury during a loan spell with Italian side AC Milan .
The former England captain hopes to return to action in November .
The injury ruled Beckham out of a fourth straigth World Cup finals with England . |
e8fef79af2600d97956ed3b50dfc3da469151421 | By . Laura Cox . For a drama about the English aristocracy, it has gathered a surprising cult following in the US. Which explains the fury of American Downton Abbey fans when they discovered they will continue to receive the period drama four months after us. Despite pressure to show the hit show simultaneously on both... | Critics claim the delay will lead to increased levels of piracy .
Michelle Obama is said to be seeking advance copies from ITV .
4th series premiered in UK in September, screened on January 5 in US .
Public Broadcasting Service experimenting with shorter delay for Sherlock . |
e9000ed3db49993e88506a031067b69402d0a112 | They left it late again, very late, but Arsenal took more than they arguably deserved from a Premier League game for the second week running, Olivier Giroud in this case scoring the 90th minute goal that earned them a point. Everton’s Seamus Coleman and Steven Naismith had put the hosts 2-0 ahead in the first half, a s... | Arsene Wenger used Alexis Sanchez as lone forward and took him off at half-time .
Mesut Ozil was played wide on the left and was at fault for first goal .
Seamus Coleman put Everton ahead with a 19th minute header .
Steven Naismith made it 2-0 with a neat finish despite appearing to be offside .
Aaron Ramsey gave Arsen... |
e90020f4450543b5b061cead0c03c2f000bd156e | By . Lucy Waterlow . PUBLISHED: . 04:27 EST, 5 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:20 EST, 5 December 2013 . A housewife has landed a book deal after writing a steamy novel in secret for the past 14 months. Anna-Maria Athanasiou, 47, originally from Leeds but now living in Cyprus, hadn't even told her husband of 23 years... | Anna-Maria Athanasiou, 47, is originally from Leeds and lives in Cyprus .
Mother-of-two wrote 'erotic but romantic' novel in secret .
She was 'too embarrassed' to tell people she thought she could be a writer .
Would write ideas of scraps of paper and old receipts .
When her brother found out about the book he contacte... |
e900e776c55c217661c11f0f56a163551ff6c42e | (CNN) -- Christine Swidorsky and Sean Stevenson may be counting the hours until their wedding this Saturday, but the day will be bittersweet. The couple's 2-year-old son, Logan, is dying. Though Logan was given just weeks to live, the couple, from Jeannette, Pennsylvania, about 40 minutes from Pittsburgh, plans to hono... | Doctors say Logan, 2, has less than a month to live .
His parents wanted him to be their best man in a wedding they'd planned for next year .
Logan's diagnosis moved the wedding to Saturday .
"There's no way I can get married and not have Logan in our family photos," mother says . |
e901205aa03f8a542cf298ca9d3b82072948279f | (CNN) -- One mall Santa might be getting some coal in his stocking this year. Last week, Santa Claus and a helper elf from The Shops at Mission Viejo in California turned away a 7-year-old girl with autism and her service dog, a pit bull named Pup-Cake. According to the Orange County Register, Abcde Santos, who pronoun... | A mall Santa in California reportedly turned away a child .
The 7-year-old has autism and a pit bull as a service dog .
Santa company says he and his helper elf have been assigned other duties . |
e9016885baf9bff660660c02f75284d0163c128c | By . Sami Mokbel . Follow @@SamiMokbel81_DM . Southampton will press ahead with a move for Cardiff defender Steven Caulker this week in a bid to head off the challenge from QPR and Crystal palace for his signature. As reported by Sportsmail, the former Tottenham man features on manager Ronald Koeman’s summer shopping l... | Cardiff defender Steven Caulker is wanted by Southampton .
Ronald Koeman must find replacement for Dejan Lovren .
Croatian defender is on his way to Liverpool .
Caulker is also wanted by Crystal Palace and QPR . |
e90183fa4f0d2563fbf7c2f15d83696a32185849 | (CNN) -- ISIS moved closer to seizing Kobani on Sunday as militants entered the southeastern edge of the Syrian city and street-to-street fighting began, a fighter and a media activist inside the city told CNN. The city's defenders were looking for ways to escape the Kurdish stronghold strategically located near the Tu... | NEW: Source says "It's the last chance to leave" for Kobani defenders .
ISIS fighters have taken part of a strategic hill near Kobani, sources say .
ISIS fighters have entered the southeastern edge of the city, the sources said .
Pakistani Taliban issues statement supporting ISIS . |
e9018bcb333cc934e1a958d5cdfe27cf4557a9d7 | Pope Francis has said he wants 'a poor Church, for the poor' following his election as head of the Catholic Church. In . a meeting with journalists, the Pontiff said he was inspired to choose . the name Francis after the 12th Century saint Francis of Assisi. He . said when news broke that he had been selected, a Brazil... | Chose St Francis of Assisi because he represented 'poverty and peace'
Says that the world does 'not have a great relationship with creation'
Hugged and greeted journalists, and patted guide dog . |
e901bafb29d136dc1e1414f590f97d46a7e8d802 | By . Jenny Hope . PUBLISHED: . 18:43 EST, 31 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:57 EST, 31 October 2013 . Slapping a 20 per cent tax on soft drinks would cut the number of fat Britons by more than a quarter of a million, claim experts. Researchers say a price hike would drive down sales of the sugary beverages and theref... | Researchers say price hike would drive down sales of sugary beverages .
Tax would raise £276million a year to help NHS treat obese patients .
People aged 16 to 30 are the biggest consumers of soft drinks . |
e901ca38481f09b230744477c08851ed17b1177a | The fall from grace for former NSW Labor Party heavyweights Eddie Obeid and Ian Macdonald is complete, with both set to face prosecution next month. The Independent Commission Against Corruption revealed on Thursday that the former NSW Ministers will be prosecuted for the offence of misconduct in public office. A defia... | Court notices were served on Eddie Obeid and Ian Macdonald on Thursday, both are former NSW Labor Ministers .
They are due to face court on December 18 relating to offences of misconduct in public office .
Obeid has been the subject of eight corruption probes .
ICAC held a public inquiry into the decision by Macdonald ... |
e902046f9365591de9a16daec50bc10d05e77355 | By . Jill Reilly . and James Tozer . A woman who lost a two-year court battle over a family heirloom has claimed the ‘cursed’ £230,000 vase ruined her life – and that she is now being forced to sell her home. Andrea Calland, 47, found the Chinese ornament in her garage and decided to sell it, expecting it to raise a fe... | Andrea Calland, 47, found the 'ugly' pot in her garage and decided to sell it .
She was shocked to discover it was an antique - sold at New York auction .
Ex mother-in-law found out about sale in newspaper and launched legal bid .
Miss Calland has put her North Wales home up for sale to clear her debts . |
e9022bc17b4c16d326a55576b980a32f2b51dacb | Rome, Italy (CNN) -- A northern Italian region has approved a measure to pay women from low-income families not to have abortions. Authorities from the Lombardy Region, on Italy's border with Switzerland, approved the creation of a 5-million euro ($6.1 million) fund aimed at providing help to low-income families, the r... | Italian region to pay women not to have abortions .
Women would be from low-income families .
Authorities blame economic reasons for abortions .
Critics call it short-term solution . |
e9037fb24f830415e637f505043a2040d5083b89 | A firm which supplied ducks for Gordon Ramsay's foie gras dishes appeared in court in France today accused of 'serious animal cruelty'. Ernest Soulard, which is based in Oie, in the west of the country, is said to have kept birds in appalling conditions as it created the delicacy. If they become the first ever foie gra... | French poultry farm Ernest Soulard in court over treatment of ducks .
Farm supplied foie gras to Gordon Ramsay and the Eiffel Tower .
Video filmed at farm shows dead and dying ducks in the same cage . |
e903c7b45a799d88dc270dcd55ba176041f2ca86 | By . Jenny Hope . A new treatment could bring hope to thousands of shingles sufferers with long-term pain. Trials of the experimental drug EMA401 found it cut pain levels by at least 30 per cent for more than half of sufferers - some of whom had been in agony for years. Pain relief was experienced after just four weeks... | Trials of experimental drug EMA401 found it cut pain levels for half sufferers .
Pain relief was experienced after just four weeks of taking two pills a day .
Shingles is caused by reactivation of .
the virus that causes chickenpox .
It affects 190,000 Britons each year, .
most of them aged over 50 . |
e90418e9ad03c6a33ac6e0ca6c6916fdd9b12a90 | As the crisis in Syria enters its third year and the death toll exceeds 70,000, America's values and interests are increasingly at risk as others fill the void left by our inaction. I saw this firsthand during a recent trip to the Middle East during which I met with Jordanians, Syrians and Israelis concerned about the... | Marco Rubio: U.S. must step in with more assistance or other actors will fill void .
He says Obama's slowness to act to end bloodshed risks increasing instability in region .
He says U.S. should help moderates get ammunition and training to oust al-Assad .
Rubio: U.S. should back opposition; the Syrian people will reme... |
e904d31d9e8a732c09187f401aaee6ba0ea4b249 | Disgraced hand surgeon Michael Brown has died just two weeks after he was found incoherent in his closet following a suicide attempt. Doctors at Mount Sinai Hospital in Miami Beach, Florida switched off Brown's life support on Friday morning after declaring him brain dead. The once-successful Houston doctor, whose fall... | Michael Brown, a formerly renowned hand surgeon, went into cardiac arrest after the suicide attempt and was declared brain dead this week .
He had been found intoxicated and incoherent in his closet on October 24 after writing a suicide note .
His girlfriend said he was suicidal due to his ongoing divorce and imminent ... |
e904f38d41b6a78bd5d2f5ef507c084129d0824f | By . Associated Press . A 27-year-old South Carolina man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter more than a year after he hugged a 14-month-old child so tightly that the boy stopped breathing and died. Orangeburg County police took Robert Kemp into custody Tuesday. He was released on $10,000 bond the next day. ... | Robert Kemp of South Carolina was charged Tuesday with involuntary manslaughter in the June 2013 death of 14-month-old Jaylen Harris .
Jaylen was in family friend Kemp's care when he died .
It was not revealed why Kemp was not charged until a full year had passed . |
e9050dc853f6bb4d64f0200c0efa4b1895ef7c72 | Vince Cable (pictured) claimed a left-leaning pact between Labour, the LibDems and the SNP would be 'possible' if there is another hung parliament . Vince Cable yesterday opened the door to a 'rainbow coalition' of Labour, the Lib Dems and the SNP following the General Election. The Business Secretary went further tha... | Vince Cable suggested 'rainbow coalition' of Labour, Lib Dems and SNP .
Business Secretary claimed left-leaning pact of parties could be 'possible'
Ed Miliband has played down prospect of a deal with the resurgent SNP .
Mr Cable was key figure when current Tory/Lib Dem coalition was formed . |
e9056505562ce74e4c28d8e0c29f0f972812aed0 | By . Kirsty Walker . Last updated at 9:51 AM on 18th October 2011 . MPs were last night labelled ‘skivers’ as they announced plans to take an extra five-day holiday in November. The deal was offered after politicians complained about being recalled twice over the summer recess to discuss phone hacking and riots. In an ... | Total holiday days for the year stands at 87 - excluding weekends .
One MP says his colleagues risk becoming 'a bunch of part-timers'
Taxpayers Alliance calls the decision 'utterly astounding'
Union leader Bob Crow leader says politicians are 'on the skive'
Cameron's spokesman says this parliament 'will sit more in its... |
e905985b67da26c1b938f8cd30b549f58cb15a40 | Feeling fed up? Perhaps a blast of The Notorious BIG or Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five could help, Cambridge researchers say. They say that listening to hip hop can actually be beneficial to those suffering with depression. 'There is often a message of hope in amongst the lyrics, describing the place where they w... | The Notorious BIG and Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five singled out as the most beneficial artists to listen to for help improving moods .
Researchers say there often a 'message of hope' in the lyrics . |
e905a660e4c2b6ce66e70e8662bbfa986f421854 | By . Darren Boyle for MailOnline . A mother in mainland China gave birth last weekend to a baby boy weighing a massive 14lbs. The woman, known only as Mrs Tian gave birth at the Chongji Maternity Hospital in Yecheng city, Shanxi province according to local news reports. The child, was born on August 23 at 7.25pm local ... | The baby boy was born in Yecheng city in Shanxi province last weekend .
The baby is approximately twice the weight of an average newborn child .
Hospital staff claim he weighs the equivalent of a three-month-old baby . |
e90619187f78db3b5bddf4076ab8e77d3921c306 | (CNN)If there's anything serving notice on the traditional bricks and mortar department store, then it's China's internet and e-commerce statistics. This year the number of internet users going online with a mobile device, such as a smartphone or a tablet, overtook those doing so on a personal computer for the first ti... | China is the fastest growing e-commerce geography in the world .
Mobile device use for the first time overtook personal computer use in China .
China's internet usage grew 2.3% in the first half of 2014 to 632 million users .
E-commerce in China is dominated by Alibaba but is closely followed by JD.com . |
e90645c5873a9537f16659dc4a46a27a99da54c3 | (CNN) -- When it comes to tablet computers, size matters -- a lot. But these devices are definitely not one-size-fits-all. And like Alice in Wonderland, the "right size" for tablets keeps shifting. That's making the tablet market curiouser and curiouser. Many iPad users treasure the Apple gadget's approximately 10x7-in... | With tablets, there is now no "one-size-fits-all" answer .
iPads remain on top, but smaller, sometimes simpler competitors, have made in-roads .
Rumors say Apple may counter with iPad 'mini," while Kindle Fire might get bigger . |
e906c072d430577bad88ecaca98fedc4dfe45d20 | A jury decided Williams is eligible for the death penalty for the beating death of his 5-year-old daughter . A federal jury on Friday decided a former Hawaii soldier convicted of murder is eligible for the death penalty in the first capital case in the history of Hawaii's statehood. Jurors will next deliberate on wheth... | Naeem Williams was found guilty of murdering five-year-old daughter Talia in April .
Williams and his wife routinely beat the young girl with belts .
Williams said he would beat the girl because of bladder-control issues .
On Friday, a jury decided Williams is eligible for the death penalty .
He would be first person t... |
e907c9668414190f937ee8973b669c81c315b1f3 | Stoke's Bosnian goalkeeper Asmir Begovic on Ibiza beats and playing at the Maracana... Who is your sporting hero? Growing up it was Oliver Kahn. He was the best in the world and someone I aspired to be like. What would you be if you weren’t a sportsman? I would be involved in sports some way, so coaching. I’m a big spo... | Stoke's Asmir Begovic took part in Sportsmail's 'It's Top Secret' series .
The keeper revealed that Rafael Nadal and Oliver Khan are his heroes .
Wonderwall by Oasis is his go-to karaoke song and Ibiza his ideal holiday destination .
Playing at the Maracana was a career highlight and the Bosnian would want Mark Wahlber... |
e908c1c1963b3c9d3a83dc16e04c1253a5c0cc60 | Schoolchildren are being taught inside corridors, sheds and even a toilet because of overcrowding in classrooms, it has emerged. One school in Northumberland is not only having to turn pupils away, but is also being forced to teach children in make-shift classrooms, including a garden shed. Central First School in Ashi... | Central First School in Ashington transformed an old bus into classroom .
They have also converted a shed, toilets and corridors to ease pressure .
School is still oversubscribed and is having to turn pupils away .
Figures have revealed almost one in five primaries have too many pupils .
The deadline for new primary sc... |
e908cb08ca74bdb86fff1f849f77f57e31edc589 | By . Sophie Borland . Drunks could be charged for ending up in A&E under proposals being considered in Northern Ireland. The country’s health minister has said there is ‘merit’ to the fees and they could free-up staff to treat seriously ill patients. Officials at the Department of Health in England insist there are no ... | Northern Ireland health minister Edwin Poots attacks growing strain on A&E .
Mr Poot said the proposal to charge drunks for abusing the NHS had 'merit'
Department of Health in England said there are no plans for charges . |
e9097e05279195c8971f9cdfb070655d85679b53 | Having scored with their first shot on target against Chelsea, Burnley have not found the net in 526 minutes since. Take two teams without a Premier League win to their name this season – in Burnley’s case one without a goal in almost eight hours of football now – and the outcome at Turf Moor was rather predictable. Se... | Sunderland drew 0-0 with Burnley in Premier League clash on Saturday .
Gus Poyet is still waiting for a first win of the season .
Sean Dyche remains confident that the Clarets will come good .
Wes Brown hints Black Cats may be struggling with mental side of game . |
e9099ad24674ecd7fc2a736871c598ff7adba8c5 | By . Jennifer Smith . PUBLISHED: . 03:41 EST, 5 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:02 EST, 5 September 2013 . A school principal has apologised after Muslim pupils were inadvertently fed bacon when a box of sandwich spread was wrongly labelled as halal chicken and sweetcorn. Chris Quinn, the executive principal of Nine... | Muslim teacher bought ‘halal’ baguette for lunch in July .
She noticed ‘smoky smell and taste’ and then saw pieces of bacon .
More than half the pupils at Birmingham school are from ethnic minorities .
Head apologises for ‘unfortunate mistake’, blaming human error . |
e909cc5c1f315c63b4c7a6c164e919f5f61d6563 | (CNN) -- It has been more than a year since the United States government withdrew its ambassador to Syria and closed its embassy in Damascus. On Thursday, that ambassador returned to the region along with a U.S. delegation, touring a Syrian refugee camp in Turkey to bring more attention to the growing humanitarian cris... | The U.S. ambassador to Syria says the U.S. has provided $210 million in humanitarian aid .
The assistance has to be discrete, he said, to protect workers from being targeted .
Washington has also provided $35 million worth of assistance to Syria's political opposition .
Ambassador: We can help, but it's up to Syrians t... |
e909d09407acd60b7bbf07fdae11893c69312396 | By . Meghan Keneally . Top talker: MSNBC host Chris Matthews has been selected as the commencement speaker for Ohio State University but many students feel slighted by the pick . Students at Ohio State University are outraged that MSNBC host Chris Matthews has been selected as their graduation speaker. 'The response fr... | The MSNBC host has been chosen by Ohio State officials to speak at graduation but students are mad because they didn't get to weigh in .
Select students and professors made a list of suggestions that the University officials tended to base their decisions on in the past .
That step was taken away this year on account o... |
e909f305c9e3205b49162cf119054fc00f112f29 | Ed Miliband is facing a Labour revolt over secret plans for a ‘nanny state’ crackdown on drinking, smoking and junk food. Leaked documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday show the Labour leader is proposing sweeping new laws to force people to live healthier lives if he wins next year’s General Election. They include ba... | Radical plan could cost £300 million of sports sponsorship a year hitting clubs like Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool .
A future Labour government will ban smoking in cars containing children and cut the numbers of adults who smoke .
Supermarket shops will be banned from selling sweets next to check out tills to reduce t... |
e90a42ab6817b031c36aeae1bc49142e51d225c4 | (CNN) -- The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says it has approved a road map to destroy Syria's chemical weapons by the middle of next year. A joint OPCW-United Nations team charged with overseeing the destruction of the weapons began inspecting sites in October. The U.N. Security Council resolutio... | OPCW says it has approved a detailed plan to destroy Syria's chemical weapons by mid-2014 .
A U.N. resolution authorized a mission to oversee weapons destruction .
Weapons inspectors began checking chemical sites in the war-torn country in October .
A location for destruction of weapons outside Syria has not yet been a... |
e90a507f187019cbc200ac0b242a81a0be4f9361 | By . Derek Lawrenson . Tiger Woods will miss the Masters next week and could be out for the rest of the summer as well after undergoing surgery for a herniated disc on Monday. The 38-year-old revealed the stunning news in a statement on his website that not only ruled him out of Augusta but cast grave doubt on his part... | World No 1 Tiger Woods to miss the Masters for the first time in his career .
The 38-year-old underwent back surgery on Monday .
Injury could mean the 14-time major winner misses the rest of summer .
News casts doubts on his participation in remaining three majors .
Ryder Cup place could also be in doubt .
Struggled si... |
e90ac380482e7076d1fad404cb1218c37c1232af | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 23:28 EST, 12 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:04 EST, 13 September 2013 . The Humane Society of Missouri is offering $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who viciously burned a pit bull last month, resulting in the dog's death. The pooch named Zeus... | Three-year-old male pit bull named Zeus was discovered torched in St Louis, Missouri, on August 27 .
Pooch suffered burns to 75 per cent of his head and 30 per cent of his body . |
e90ae973e89cf3791a2fc3765c4df621185aa0f2 | By . Associated Press Reporter . Authorities say that a . 28-year-old man suspected of robbing a woman at a Washington ferry . terminal friended her on Facebook the next day. The Kitsap Sun reports Saturday that Riley Allen Mullins was charged Friday in Kitsap District Court with second-degree robbery. Authorities . s... | Riley Allen Mullins allegedly struck his victim from behind before robbing her .
She recognized him from his distinctive triangle neck tattoo . |
e90b68ec72a35a58b79c801c67878309029fd668 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . Married couples are in decline, fuelled by changes in social attitudes and the arrival of families from abroad. The proportion of families with a couple who have tied the knot fell from 70 per cent in 2001 to 65 per cent in 2011, the Office for National Statistics said. ... | Cultural attitudes to marriage vary if families are from overseas, ONS says .
65% of families included married couple in 2011, down from 70% in 2001 .
85% of Indian families were married, compared to 35% of Somalis . |
e90ba8cf02936ecdef06ac565399e001770de63b | A baby bird in California has made history after becoming the world’s first penguin to be conceived using artificial insemination. The unnamed female Magellanic penguin was hatched in May at SeaWorld California after sperm was frozen and then thawed. The 12-week-old penguin was hand-reared at the attraction’s Penguin E... | The female Magellanic penguin was hatched at SeaWorld California .
She doesn't have a name, and is instead referred to as 184 .
She was conceived using semen that had been frozen then thawed .
The penguin is now 12 weeks old and was hand-reared at the attraction .
Researchers are hoping to use artificial insemination t... |
e90be49efb1a782434490e7b7e9b1b663b746365 | By . David Mccormack . A four-year-old boy is dead and his mom seriously injured following a head-on collision with a drunk driver on Friday afternoon on Georgia Highway 17. Owen Rivers of Guyton was pronounced dead shortly after the crash, while his mom Adrianna Flowers, 22, was taken to Memorial Health University Cen... | Owen Rivers of Guyton, Georgia, died instantly after a drunk driver plowed into his mom's vehicle on Friday afternoon .
Adrianna Flowers, 22, remains in hospital after suffering horrific injuries .
The driver of the Jeep who crashed into them has been named as Robert Waugh, 38, of Guyton .
He also suffered life threate... |
e90c08567d72720e64a124345b924cb8bb52a055 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:21 EST, 11 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 19:21 EST, 11 January 2014 . An American football fan is suing the NFL over claims that tickets for the Super Bowl in New Jersey next month are too expensive. Lawyer Josh Finkelman bought two tickets for $2,000 each for the event on Feb... | Josh Finkelman has filed a lawsuit claiming NFL broke state law .
28-year-old, who paid $2,000 for his ticket, alleges only 1 per cent of seats were made available .
New Jersey law says 5 per cent of tickets must be offered at face value . |
e90c51eb9aa8f2482d0234405416d95f1f058867 | A woman who found a decades-old wedding photograph washed up outside her home in the wake of Hurricane Sandy is returning it to the original owners after a two-year hunt. Leah Welsh, who lives on the shore of Long Island, found the black-and-white photograph on her lawn in 2012 after the storm had devastated the East C... | Leah Welsh found old photograph outside home in Massapequa, Long Island .
Decades-old image shows young woman pinning boutonniere on a man .
Is thought to show a bride helping dress her father for her wedding .
After two years, Welsh says relatives of people pictured have got in touch . |
e90cc6ee92300df50f0f8e3665373cd16d145822 | (CNN) -- Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan has told CNN that Indian cinema needs to move beyond traditional song-and-dance musicals amid increasing international competition in the Mumbai studios' domestic market. Bachchan, India's favorite film star and a regular presence in Bollywood productions for four decades, sai... | Amitabh Bachchan says Bollywood needs to move beyond traditional movies .
Bachchan: Indian audiences demanding movies with "greater meaning"
Bachchan: I don't think there is a great amount of versatility in my performances" |
e90ce76dd8e865fc8fd27e9947befffc0146471b | Poorer Australians are out of pocket hundreds of dollars more than high and middle-income earners as a result of the federal government's budget, Treasury figures reveal. When the government handed down its widely criticised budget in May, they were aware cost cutting would hit poor families harder, according to a Free... | Federal government was aware of cost cutting would hit poorer families harder than wealthier households .
Spending cuts have cost low-income families $842, while high-income households are out of pocket only $71 .
Analysis was one of several provided to government but Treasury failed to release more than one model . |
e90d6125c563218db27f8fccb9f8891e5cf3c7db | Wasps have announced the signing of Leinster fly-half Jimmy Gopperth. The 31-year-old New Zealander joined Leinster in 2013 after four years with Wasps' fellow Aviva Premiership club Newcastle. During his time with Newcastle, Gopperth was the Premiership's top points scorer on two separate occasions. Jimmy Gopperth (ri... | Wasps have signed Leinster fly-half Jimmy Gopperth .
The 31-year-old New Zealander will join in time for next season .
Wasps have offered current fly-half Andy Goode a coaching role . |
e90d736f7f5e32ff845a898036c529518cce0c6b | (CNN) -- Valentino Rossi's hopes of retaining his MotoGP title were shattered on Saturday when the nine-time world champion motorcyclist suffered a horrific crash in a practice session for his home race in Italy. The 31-year-old could be out for months after fracturing a shin bone in his leg when he was thrown from his... | MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi to have operation after fracturing his leg .
Italian thrown off his bike during practice session ahead of home race in Mugello .
He will miss a race for the first time since his debut in the 125cc class in 1996 .
Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo qualifies second on grid behind Dan... |
e90dabbe90b058d9268947d20176650eef7d78bb | QPR defender Steven Caulker was handcuffed by police after being accused of stealing a tub of £1.85 soft cheese from Tesco. Caulker had left the store in Weybridge, Surrey and was about to go back in when he was handcuffed by officers. Witnesses say they heard the officers and the 22-year-old, who is thought to earn ar... | Steven Caulker had been shopping at a store in Surrey when he was cuffed .
Witnesses say they heard officers talking to him about Philadelphia cheese .
QPR star spent five minutes with officers before he was freed to go .
Police say there had been some confusion between staff about payment . |
e90dc61c5c7eeae35c24043343093006a7e4513d | (CNN) -- Pirates off the Horn of Africa hauled in hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years -- and funneled those funds into drugs, prostitution, real estate and other ventures. Somali pirates and their peers hijacking vessels in the region made about $400 million in ransom over the past eight years, according to... | NEW: Study shows low level pirates earn up to $75,000 a vessel .
Low level pirates are mostly foot soldiers sent to the high seas to do the dirty work .
Piracy off the Horn of Africa hauled in about $400 million in ransom in the past several years .
Financiers, considered the "money kingpins," earned the most loot . |
e90dd56ac677844c8ba0e7c29b04c7c482e2d8c4 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 09:44 EST, 3 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:41 EST, 3 October 2012 . Ed Miliband today said he wants builders, plumbers and mechanics to stand as Labour MPs in a further escalation of his attempt to draw a class divide with David Cameron’s Tories. The Labo... | Labour leader says he wants social background to be considered when selecting Labour election candidates .
In question and answer session, party members wave umbrellas, hard hats and cuddly toys to attract his attention .
Announces he will join union's anti-cuts march .
After One Nation speech, he says even his son Sam... |
e90e3ce7e8d1f385fbd676fa9bab45d5f0f7d235 | The Premier League cash cow is set to produce a record £4billion deal when the television broadcast rights for 2016-19 are sold on Tuesday. But Sportsmail can reveal the staggering extent to which the Premier League already dwarfs Europe's other big leagues in terms of TV cash earnings, even before the new deal. Englan... | Liverpool earned £97.5m last season, the most in the Premier League .
Manchester United earned £89.2m, three times that of Bayern Munich .
Bayern won the Bundesliga while United were seventh in Premier League .
Relegated Cardiff earned twice as much as Bayern and Paris Saint-Germain .
Despite winning La Liga, Atletico ... |
e90ee8d6c2796bfcd3d48cf9788c34b0ed193aee | A man has died after suffering fatal burns while inside a portable toilet on Monday afternoon. The man was discovered near Nikon Road in Harrisdale, southeast of Perth, at about 3pm on Monday, with severe burns to most of his body. It is believed the 65-year-old Harrisdale man, who died in Royal Perth Hospital on Wedne... | The man died on Wednesday morning in Royal Perth Hospital .
He was discovered on Monday in Harrisdale, south-east of Perth .
It is believed the 65-year-old was burned from a fire inside a portable toilet .
After being burned he walked several hundred metres down the road .
Police have released images of his clothing, t... |
e90f121d952e6f05b933c09b1d597943f3d1e965 | By . Rob Davies, City Correspondent . Over-50s’ group Saga is ready for a mass scramble to buy shares in its stock market float, after one in three of its customers said they want to invest. Saga, which specialises in insurance, holidays and home healthcare, is giving customers and employees priority in the rush to buy... | Saga is giving customers and employees priority in rush for shares .
2.1 million customers express interest in buying stocks .
Floatation could prove more popular than that of the Royal Mail . |
e90f17bd177eb987970ea355cbea71a6a50f6ec9 | An Australian man has been charged with brutally beating a 17-year-old girl in the Philippines and attempting to flee the scene. Ali Ali, who has more than 100 criminal convictions in Victoria, was arrested in central Dumaguete City on the southern Negros Island on Sunday after an extensive search. Police say he is res... | Ali Ali was arrested on the southern Negros Island on Sunday .
Police say he is responsible for savagely beating Alona Alvarez .
She was found inside a hotel Ali had been renting since January 28 .
Ali, 42, told police he attacked her after she bit him on the genitals .
He had been jailed for beating a man so badly he... |
e90f9bac310a9540e8fa48e386ebc99cb010e5b6 | One of the jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman said she had "no doubt" he feared for his life in the final moments of his struggle with Trayvon Martin, and that was the definitive factor in the verdict. The woman, who was identified just as Juror B37, spoke exclusively to CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" on Monday night. ... | The juror says she will no longer write a book about the trial .
The juror says she believes both Zimmerman and Martin could have walked away .
An initial jury vote was split -- three guilty, three not guilty -- she tells CNN .
"His heart was in the right place. It just went terribly wrong," the juror says about Zimmer... |
e91010d1d03071ee0597455cd301a76d7929f608 | A senior Russian diplomat has advised U.S. policymakers to calm down and 'practice yoga' following their response to the annexation of Crimea. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov accused the U.S. of 'tantrums, weeping and hysteria' following last month's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region. The West has im... | Russian Deputy Foreign Minister accuses U.S. of 'hysteria' over Crimea .
West imposed sanctions on officials and businessman in response to move .
Sergei Ryabkov has told U.S. to 'practice yoga or watch comedy shows' |
e9102e6de94db03278afbc10a48b108dc9a278ff | Two friends of Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty in Friday to a superseding federal indictment charging them with conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstructing justice with intent to impede authorities. A third friend, Robel Phillipos, pleaded not guilty to making false statements t... | Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov enter not guilty pleas in federal court .
They face obstruction charges for allegedly helping Dzhokhar Tsarnaev .
Tsarnaev is accused in the deadly Boston Marathon bombings .
Robel Phillipos pleads not guilty to making false statements . |
e9118f00cffcc40f5862e1b11e8ba3044104c9d8 | West Ham are looking to sign Paris Saint-Germain midfield prospect Fode Toure Ballo for the summer. The 18-year-old has been recommended to West Ham by scouts after string of impressive performances for PSG's reserves and their U19 UEFA Youth League sides. West Ham tried to strike a deal last month for his 17-year-old ... | 18-year-old midfielder Fode Toure Ballo is on West Ham's radar .
The youngster has impressed for Paris Saint-Germain's reserve side .
Ballo is a left-sided midfielder but can also play at left-back .
He has been recommended to West Ham by scouts after impressing .
CLICK HERE for all the latest West Ham United news . |
e9118fb877aa7a52d795966981693056288c4763 | (CNN) -- The discovery of horse DNA in hamburgers on sale at supermarkets in Ireland and Britain is testing the appetite of meat lovers there. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland said Tuesday that 10 out of 27 hamburger products it analyzed in a study were found to contain horse DNA, and 23 of them tested positive for... | Irish Food Safety Authority finds horse DNA in 10 out of 27 burgers it tested .
The hamburgers are on sale in supermarkets in Ireland and Britain .
The agency finds 29% of a burger from Tesco to be made of horsemeat .
Tesco says it has withdrawn from sale all products from the supplier in question . |
e911b761988499cc890d3fe1a1de165a6c224caf | (CNN) -- Swiss star Roger Federer faces a race against time to be fit for the Davis Cup final against France. The 33-year-old Federer pulled out of the final of World Tour Finals against Novak Djokovic Sunday due to a back injury, raising doubts over his participation in the showpiece match that starts in Lille on Frid... | Roger Federer faces fitness battle to be ready for Davis Cup final .
Said he wasn't "match fit" for final of World Tour finals against Novak Djokovic .
Federer had played for about three hours Saturday in beating fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka .
Davis Cup final between Switzerland and France starts Friday in Lille . |
e911e36f9a213848efa512f0f3f29c5999672649 | It comes after major firms such as . Telstra, Coles and Lexus Australia pulled their advertising campaigns . following the death of Jacintha Saldanha . By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 19:00 EST, 8 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:26 EST, 8 December 2012 . The radio station which allowed two of its DJs to prank call t... | Radio network Austereo has suspended all advertising on 2DayFM .
It comes after major firms such as .
Telstra, Coles and Lexus Australia pulled their advertising campaigns .
following the death of Jacintha Saldanha . |
e911ef8f521275b8473ab80ebf21b6db2f9e6b4b | By . Chris Parsons and Mark Duell . Last updated at 8:15 PM on 13th October 2011 . Eighteen people were injured last night in a train collision after an Amtrak service went into a stationary train after reportedly going through a red light. One locomotive of a train with eight passengers ran head-on at 15 to 20mph into... | Moving Amtrak service collides with stationary train in Oakland, California .
Stationary train had 137 passengers and moving train had eight on board .
Second Amtrak collision in California in just two weeks after truck crash . |
e91313215a0a62f69671ca242d6f351195bd91d6 | Chinese hospitals are introducing a new machine which can extract sperm for donors. According to China’s Weibo social platform the automatic sperm extractors are being introduced in a Nanjing hospital, capital of Jiangsu province. The pink, grey and white machine has a massage pipe at the front which apparently can be ... | Automatic sperm extractors are being introduced in a Nanjing hospital, capital of Jiangsu province . |
e913189379d9125c0a0caee03e0a49cc8c480fa8 | (CNN) -- A Sri Lankan journalist who was fatally shot last year has been recognized by the International Press Institute as a hero for freedom of the press, the group announced Thursday. The institute said it is naming Lasantha Wickrematunge, who was editor of Sri Lankan newspaper The Sunday Leader, as an IPI World Pre... | Lasantha Wickrematunge was editor of Sri Lankan paper The Sunday Leader .
Wickrematunge was shot dead near Colombo on January 8, 2009 .
He was a fierce critic of Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger militants . |
e913b6bb8e58ecdc56900d535b277be57d14107f | By . Luke Garratt . A pensioner is claiming he has cured himself of diabetes - thanks to two intense 12-minute work outs a week. John Hall, 67, of Radford in Coventry, suffered so badly from the condition he was worried it would kill him any minute. He had been classed as having a high risk of a heart attack or stroke... | John Hall from Radford, Coventry, suffers from type 2 diabetes .
He was told by doctors he had a high risk of heart attack and stroke .
Now he is claiming he has effectively cured himself of the disease .
He does an intense 12-minute work out twice a week .
His cholesterol, blood pressure and blood pressure levels are ... |
e913bca036d74f8c1a6b273336cfbe5e0e5babac | The Swedish government has been forced shut down an assimilation guide service after discovering that several aides may have been trying to recruit newly arrived immigrants to ISIS. The assimilation guides, a service provided by the Swedish state job agency, have been accused of taking bribes from migrant job-seekers a... | Swedish state job agency fire all migrant jobseekers guides .
'Assimilation guides program' set to help integrate new arrivals .
Guides made 'recruitment attempts to militant fighting groups'
Sources within state job agency say they were recruiting for ISIS .
Guides have also been accused of fraud, bribery, threats and... |
e913d43dc6f0cb66181751e2592d6bce5582c39f | (CNN) -- Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani, a mother of two, is waiting to die in Iran by a method of execution described by her lawyer as "barbaric" -- stoning. She will be buried up to her chest, deeper than a man would be, and the stones that will be hurled at her will be large enough to cause pain but not so large as to ... | NEW: State Department has "grave concerns"
Sakineh Ashtiani was sentenced to death on adultery charges .
Mother of two will be killed using a "barbaric" method, says her Tehran lawyer .
He says she was forced to confess under duress . |
e914108200ed3a7dc967a34a7bc2aca5dab18006 | By . Associated Press . In their plans to shoot up a high school, two Tennessee teenagers studied the 1999 Columbine massacre, hoping to maximize the number of student and faculty deaths, according to officials who say they seized weapons and journals detailing attack plans. The boys wanted to correct what they saw as ... | Boys, 16 and 17, are in custody in Tennessee after plotting an attack at Volunteer High School .
Police have been aware since last fall of the boys' alleged intentions .
Authorities confiscated weapons, journals detailing attacks, school floor plans and gun powder .
Charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder... |
e914119bcabe22009c220c9f8dcd79eba8173433 | A bride who is paralyzed from the waist down gave her wedding guests an unbelievable surprise when she walked down the aisle on the arm of her father. Gina Giaffoglione, a former gymnast from McClelland, Iowa, was involved in a serious car crash six years ago, and doctors said she'd never be able to use her legs again.... | Gina Giaffoglione, a former gymnast from McClelland, Iowa, was involved in a car crash six years ago that left her paralyzed from the midriff down .
Thanks to a crutch, a back brace and a year and a half of grueling physical therapy, she was able to fulfil her dream of walking down the aisle at her wedding . |
e9146554f6b3d9e40e1e22b82946e7190a0ab6e3 | By . Paul Thompson . Last updated at 5:00 PM on 22nd September 2011 . A first time father has gone on a diet of only his wife's breast milk. The man, identified only as Curtis, doesn't plan to eat any food and wants to see how long he can survive on the milk and what effects it has being on a liquid diet. Details of th... | Man identified only as 'Curtis' is blogging about his diet . |
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