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e91493ac39612de1c636130db7b451be10a743ca | By . Luke Garratt . PUBLISHED: . 12:23 EST, 22 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:53 EST, 22 February 2014 . The artists impression that is hoping to solve the mystery of a 17 year old charred body found at the bottom of a ravine . Police have used the latest forensic techniques to recreate the face of a mystery man who... | The charred corpse of the man was found in a ravine near Hastings in 1997 .
Police have used imaging techniques mixed with artists impressions .
Detectives issued the impression with hopes that they can solve the mystery . |
e914a14be7f5920fdfc0c7ee7c21dd4945ad3174 | A 28-bedroom country manor has been put on the market for only £500,000 - because it is simply too big. Stunning Moreton House is a Grade II-listed ‘gentleman’s residence’ near Bideford, Devon, which is spread over a staggering 34,250 sq ft. This makes it around 35 times the size of the average UK home and more than ha... | Moreton House is a Grade II-listed 'gentleman's residence' which is spread over a staggering 34,250 sq ft .
This makes it around 35 times the size of the average UK home and more than half the size of a football pitch .
Three-storey mansion boasts 28 bedrooms, 19 reception rooms, an impressive ballroom and eight bathro... |
e914cd3e34c5782ed749956698e92dd938d9b30a | By . Emma Thomas . PUBLISHED: . 12:18 EST, 17 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 14:29 EST, 17 January 2014 . Petrolheads can admire their car while eating their dinner in a new apartment block with an 'en-suite' garage in the sky. This Singapore skyscraper not only houses wealthy people in comfort, it makes sure they can b... | Singapore skyscraper makes sure you can admire prized supercars .
Costing from S$15,000, or more than £7,500, a month to rent .
Marketed as 'a home that celebrates your most fervent passions' |
e914e21e501c68576640593c616b5fc3b0e72445 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . The famous artist Thomas Kinkade's signature has been appearing on new paintings, despite his death last year. That's because a group of artists who studied under his tutelage are producing paintings which so closely resemble Kinkade's technique that it's nearly impossible to tell them apart ... | The self-described 'Painter of Light' died in April 2012 of an alcohol and drug overdose .
The 'Thomas Kinkade Studios' are producing new paintings that closely resemble his technique .
The paintings are produced by a group of artists who studied under Kinkade . |
e915379cbc02a840001e3e6216ab2d7ba20414bb | By . Bianca London . If news that Kate Moss working on a new collection for Topshop wasn’t enough, the High Street mecca has another celebrity collaboration to celebrate. After the stellar success of her first collection with the brand, the perennially cool Kate Bosworth is back for round two. The actress has unveiled ... | Kate's second collection with high-street mecca .
First range was festival essentials .
Says new range stays true to her iconic boho style .
Ranges in price between £35-£500 . |
e91548f97fa40197ae3d603fa9dca508e7c68df0 | By . Martin Robinson . and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 08:40 EST, 11 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:06 EST, 12 April 2013 . Nancy Reagan is 'heartbroken' over the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, a close friend and kindred political spirit of her late husband, but is too frail to attend ... | Around 2,000 invites were sent out for the service at St Paul's next Wednesday .
All former presidents have been invited .
The Queen and Prince Philip have broken with tradition by announcing they would attend .
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is too ill to attend . |
e9154ea0e327272d4b3cc9bed5d42a35e58f60a9 | (CNN) -- In the beginning, Lara Croft was a wimp. Now, before you jump down to the comments and start flaming, this was the plan by Crystal Dynamics when the game developer started working on the latest addition to the venerable "Tomb Raider" franchise. Their goal was to take you back in time, before the cool gadgets a... | New "Tomb Raider" video game explores the origins of the Lara Croft character .
This Lara is young and unsure of herself when the game begins .
Developer: "It was important that we showed this more realistic, more human side of Lara" |
e915c660f2bc07c5d22d74c0bd304ac6dee1d9c6 | Real Madrid are set to play in Dubai for the first time after announcing a friendly against AC Milan for December 30. The La Liga giants will be heading to the United Arab Emirates capital for the first time, while Milan are returning for the fourth time in recent years. The game will take place at the 50,000 capacity ... | Real Madrid set to play in Dubai for the first time against Milan .
The two clubs will play in the United Arab Emirates on December 30 .
Match will take place at the Sevens Stadium during the winter break . |
e916c92c0099bf2646e20b54973f25c2d13a3947 | By . Sally Lee . Big Day Out fans are mourning the loss of one of the most highly anticipated music festivals after organisers announced the annual event won't be back in Australia or New Zealand next year. 'While we intend to bring back the festival in future years, we can confirm there will not be a Big Day Out in 20... | The annual music festival, which debuted in 1992, won't be returning in 2015 .
Owners of the event C3 Presents says 'we intend to bring back the festival in future years'
The festival traditionally tours Australia and New Zealand in January .
Past headlining acts include Nirvana, Iggy Pop, Marilyn Manson, Metallica, Th... |
e916df4df282568877afc9a632423ee1ab877183 | Elliot Rodger stood in the doorway, talking to sheriff's deputies who had come to check on his welfare, and worried that his plan to kill was over. Last month, officers visited Rodger, 22, who they say killed six people and himself Friday night, at his apartment in Isla Vista, California. "I had the striking and devast... | Names of three other victims released .
Elliot Rodger had guns and plans to kill people when deputies came to his home .
Authorities say he killed 6 people Friday before apparently shooting himself in the head .
Rodger wrote 140 pages about his life and frustrations about women . |
e9171f447a5adfc3abf8d1b5656048d7f77472cd | Tottenham want Mauricio Pochettino to speak English in public if he takes over at White Hart Lane. The Argentinian has made a major impact at Southampton since his arrival from Espanyol 17 months ago. But Pochettino still uses a translator during club press conferences despite his lengthy time in England. Behind the sc... | Mauricio Pochettino must speak English in public if he wants Spurs job .
Argentinian speaks English with players but uses a translator in press conferences, despite arriving in England 17 months ago .
Tottenham supremo Daniel Levy is expected to make a formal approach for the Southampton manager this week . |
e91776f4d2754ca0f4e2c0bd8b2046abe6acfcff | Washington (CNN) -- A U.S. stealth drone that crashed in Iran last week was part of a CIA reconnaissance mission which involved both the intelligence community and military personnel stationed in Afghanistan, two U.S. officials confirmed to CNN Tuesday. A senior U.S. official with direct access to the assessment about ... | NEW: Guidance system failed, U.S. official said .
Iran claimed to have shot down the drone .
The RQ-170 Sentinel drone crashed in Iranian territory .
The unmanned aircraft was part of a CIA reconnaissance mission . |
e9178ccfe669e57390c7a4395d12f83b7995cebf | New Delhi (CNN) -- A retired gold medal-winning athlete in India is under pressure to prove she is female after her partner accused of deception and sexual assault, police said Friday. Runner Pinki Pramanik has been detained on charges of fraud and cheating after allegations by Anamika Acharya, a woman claiming to be h... | Police want runner Pinki Pramanik to take a gender test .
She faces several accusations from a woman who says she was her live-in partner .
Police say that if the test concludes she is male, she could face rape charges .
Pramanik denies the accusations and refuses to take the gender test . |
e917907d566c1fe04c16c4c38e5e53e130f294be | Turf was exchanged for surf as polo players battled it out on the Cornish coastline during the Veuve Cliquot Polo on the Beach tournament. Now . in its eighth year, the annual tournament takes place on Cornwall's most popular surfing beaches at Watergate Bay and is one of only a handful of polo matches to be played on... | The annual Veuve Cliquot Polo on the Beach tournament takes place on Cornwall's most popular surfing beaches .
Aim of the event is to bring the game to a wider audience and blend its glamour with the raw beauty of Cornwall .
Rules of beach polo are slightly different and are modern twist on the equestrian sport tradit... |
e9183a8647a0aa598341c95c9f65606452dc27af | Dylan Hartley and the rest of Northampton’s England contingent checked in for Test duty last night satisfied that their club are set fair in their pursuit of domestic and European titles. George North shone with four tries, but he was aided by England players. Luther Burrell’s hand injury was an alarming sight for Engl... | Calum Clark, Tom Wood and Courney Laws impress against Ospreys .
Northampton are top of Aviva Premiership and Champions Cup Pool .
George North was the star with four tries in 34-6 win on Saturday . |
e918911edefb8c9ef8a0207d7b27aaa3c5e3094f | By . Sarah Bull . PUBLISHED: . 02:12 EST, 12 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:19 EST, 12 October 2012 . It was revealed earlier this year that Lindsay Lohan had been banned from the prestigious Chateau Marmont Hotel for reportedly not paying a $46,000 bill. But it seems the hotel may have finally sorted out their diffe... | Actress' troubles with money include loaning mother $40,000 .
Dina has her own financial struggles, 'owing $1.3million to a variety of creditors' |
e918ed99025ecc2ceb5b6f705bd4b6fc33505ca2 | (CNN) -- An Air France flight leaving Caracas, Venezuela, for Paris was stopped and searched on Saturday, after French intelligence alerted the Venezuelan government about the threat of an explosive device, a Venezuelan minister said. The evening Air France Flight 385 was grounded for a security sweep that involved exp... | An Air France flight leaving Venezuela was searched after an explosive scare on Saturday .
The government was alerted about an alleged threat to detonate explosives .
The Paris-bound flight was postponed to Sunday after the operation ran for four hours . |
e918ede38d32693938dd8a4412300ce026bb01db | By . Victoria Woollaston . PUBLISHED: . 10:44 EST, 2 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:42 EST, 4 September 2013 . Samsung is set to unveil its Galaxy Gear smartwatch in Berlin on Wednesday, but doom-saying analysts are already predicting poor sales and a lack of enthusiasm for the technology. The Korean company will b... | The Galaxy Gear smartwatch is set to launch in Berlin this Wednesday .
Leaked images suggest the first version will not have a flexible display .
Samsung's launch will beat Apple's rumoured iWatch but analysts predict a slow take up of the technology . |
e9195aaa390a219ade6f5e0b7da5e1b817f05f9d | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 10:25 EST, 1 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:27 EST, 1 October 2013 . A disturbing video has surfaced of the moment a girl steals a mobile phone out of a woman's handbag with the consent of a woman presumed to be her mother. The crime was caught on CCTV at a restaurant in Norwood, Johan... | The crime was caught on CCTV at a restaurant in Norwood, South Africa .
The identity of the women has not yet been released . |
e919838eff37ab2bce5fe2c5f9a03c813abd06f9 | Greek singer Demis Roussos, pictured in 2012, who has died aged 68 in an Athens Hospital following an undisclosed illness . Greek singer Demis Roussos famed for his hits in the seventies and eighties has died aged 68 after suffering from an undisclosed illness. The Egyptian-born performer saw his popularity rise in the... | The Greek singer has died in a private Athens Hospital at the age of 68 .
Follows a long stay in hospital after suffering from an undisclosed illness .
He found fame and enjoyed success in the 1960s with Aphrodite's Child .
Also had a solo career topping the UK charts in 1976 with Forever and Ever .
Was known for his t... |
e91987e1dbf6979bec30b2aff3fa28182e5ad2a7 | An athlete who spent a year training for a gruelling triathlon missed it - because he overslept. Jody George spent months taking donations and keeping friends up to speed on his preparation for the Challenge Weymouth Triathlon, which would have seen him swim 2.4miles, cycle for 112miles and then run a marathon. Mr Geor... | Jody George raised hundreds of pounds for charity in lead up to the race .
He regularly updated friends and family on how his training was going .
But he put his alarm clock on snooze on the day of the race and overslept .
The 34-year-old wrote a grovelling apology to all of his sponsors .
Mr George has since ran his o... |
e919df55f57098fd0ef57f8434b1fbf611e83cc8 | Most travellers will be only too aware of how onerous it can be sitting next to a screaming baby at 30,000ft. But one passenger’s ordeal was made a little more bearable after the parents of a 12-month old baby came up with a cunning plan to placate angry flyers. The couple distributed sweets to passengers as a pre-empt... | The goodie bags were accompanied by a note pleading for understanding .
One of the passengers uploaded an image of the gift on reddit.com .
The baby girl, named Madeline, was about to celebrate her first birthday .
It follows a similar incident in Sept 2012 when parents handed out sweets . |
e91a8be1cb066d69429eee62004a2d2c6a46036a | For the first time, ethnic minorities make up a majority of babies in the United States . Ethnic minorities now make up the majority of babies in the United States, official figures revealed today. It is the first time that this has been the case and the change reflects a growing age divide between mostly white, older ... | Race change driven by younger Hispanic women having more children than white women .
Whites still make up 80% of over 65s . |
e91a90064ee7de83af23b745ff6c6486ac69b468 | By . Tom Goodenough . PUBLISHED: . 03:52 EST, 10 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:07 EST, 10 July 2012 . A registry office marriage ceremony was revealed to be a sham just moments after the ceremony finished when the bride and groom hastily removed their wedding rings, a court has heard. Instead of exchanging kisses, the ... | Couple captured on CCTV handing their rings to a guest shortly after sham ceremony .
Bridge and groom - who remains on the run - only able to communicate using sign language, the court hears .
Marriage 'fixer' Sajid Mehmood was found with a 'shopping list' by officers which read: 'Girl: £4,500; P60: £1600; Wedding Perm... |
e91b7d21b9be55bc1e02babfa071409bc08ab308 | Fifteen thousand bees are the stars of the latest blockbuster show at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. They are joined by beekeepers, fake snow, floating rocks and a dog with a pink leg for an exhibition that defies coherent definition. It's all part of the unpredictable and self-described 'randomness' of French c... | It's part of the 'randomness' of French artist Pierre Huyghe's retrospective .
Huyghe's art is an open environment meant to change and act randomly .
He says he likes to remove viewers from our human system of knowledge . |
e91bba8ab993fc6b68b1ba11d6b9118d7f51b8f0 | A Brazilian man claims he 'cried ink for two days' after getting his eyeballs tattooed to make them darker. Tattoo artist Rodrigo Fernando dos Santos, 39, of Sao Paulo, decided to go ahead with the bizarre procedure after having already had 70 per cent of his body covered in ink. The work involved a special syringe bei... | Rodrigo Fernando dos Santos had ink injected into whites of eyes .
Had already had 70 per cent of his body covered tattoos .
Specialists warn eye tattoos may cause vision damage . |
e91bc5f681f29ca9ead901c78337f5947d47a452 | By . Dan Bloom . For a home which costs a shed-load, it won't give you much space. A humble brick and pebbledash garage measuring just 19ft by 10ft has gone on sale in a tiny village in rural Wales - for an eye-watering £38,500. The cost, more than for a one-bed flat 20 miles away, is thought to be one of the highest e... | Simple brick hut measuring 19ft by 10ft is on sale in picturesque Lledr Valley .
The building has no heating, carpets, electricity, running water or windows .
£38,500 cost is more than for a one-bed flat in Colwyn Bay, 20 miles away .
Estate agent insisted it would be popular with anglers, walkers and campers . |
e91c1ef0447bd9476a5fac07c57ca1d8927dfbba | A builder who looted a collection of First World War medals from the home of an elderly woman as he carried out renovation work was today branded ‘the lowest of the low’ by his victim. Gary Williams, 48, of Burnley, Lancashire, spotted the three medals through a bedroom window as he was fixing 65-year-old Jean Sanderso... | Gary Williams, 48, took medals from Jean Sanderson's home in Burnley .
Her grandfather was military medic and received the medals 96 years ago .
Thomas Henry Lord was given Star, British War and Allied Victory medals .
Grandmother-of-three Mrs Sanderson says she is 'sick' at the 'cruel' theft . |
e91cdf399049e87b7dd8573dd57e9f38296024e8 | Washington (CNN) -- Keenly conscious of his image, a graying Osama bin Laden no doubt never expected this video -- showing him hunched over, draped in a blanket and using a television clicker -- to hit the world's airwaves as it did Saturday. Filmed by a confidant, the al Qaeda leader contrasts with the younger version... | One video appears to be a home video of bin Laden .
Another is a message to the United States .
Officials say the DNA evidence is unquestionable -- it's bin Laden . |
e91d67b29da683434dcc4ad773b49ddc5d602555 | Agnieszka Radwanska has announced that Martina Navratilova is joining her coaching team. The 18-time grand slam singles champion will link up with the 25-year-old Wimbledon finalist, who is currently ranked sixth in the world. Radwanska posted on Twitter: 'So happy to announce @Martina as the newest member of my coachi... | Agnieszka Radwanska reached the Wimbledon final in 2014 .
The 25-year-old has added Martina Navratilova to her coaching team .
Navratilova won 18 singles and 31 doubles grand slam titles during career . |
e91e9ae2ba14ede5828b3185c0cf90cf389ca598 | By . Daniel Miller . This is the vintage Daimler limousine which has been gathering dust in a Romanian hotel car park for over a decade after failing to start for Prince Philip during a royal trip to Bucharest. The rare and valuable vehicle was supposed to ferry the Prince around after he arrived in the city for a key ... | Daimler DS 420 has been left in Bucharest hotel car park since 2001 .
It was due to ferry the Prince around the city during trip for WWF meeting .
But it wouldn't start and has been abandoned in disgrace .
Car park owners have applied for the vehicle to be declared their property .
British embassy in Romania denies tha... |
e91eae2d7f06953ac8b0976078539493e80519a4 | Stoke City have completed a double swoop to sign Mame Biram Diouf and Dionatan Teixeira. Hannover striker Diouf, who made just five appearances during a three-year spell with Manchester United and also spent time on loan at Blackburn, will join the Potters when his current contract ends on July 1 and has signed a four-... | Stoke complete signing of former Manchester United frontman Mame Biram Diouf .
Striker joins from German side Hannover and signs four-year deal at the Britannia .
Young defender Dionatan Teixeira joins club from Slovakian side Dukla Banska Bystrica .
Duo join new boys Steve Sidwell and Phil Bardsley at the Britannia St... |
e91ecb82a1ad0114c0845c8162a2d9ffc346a09d | Sherron O'Hagan, mother of a thug who killed an autistic man, dismissed his crime as 'no big deal' last night . The mother of a thug who killed an autistic man dismissed his crime as ‘no big deal’ last night. In a display of callous indifference, Sherron O’Hagan said she did not know ‘what all the fuss was about’. Her... | Andrew Young, 40, died in hospital after he was punched by Lewis Gill .
Mr Young had become involved in an argument with Gill's friend .
Gill pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was jailed for four-and-a-half years .
Now his mother has said she did not know ‘what all the fuss was about’ |
e91f028e6bf7b17b1cb560790d2e7dcc1ffbbf64 | PUBLISHED: . 10:13 EST, 4 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:04 EST, 4 June 2013 . Jubilant:Winner Yoo Ye-bin, a college student took the crown in Seoul today . After months of preparation there can only be one winner and today a 21-year-old student beat 54 other participants to win Miss Korea. Winner Yoo Ye-bin, a college ... | Winner Yoo Ye-bin, a college student won the crown in Seoul today .
Beat off 54 other participants to win and will now represent in Miss Universe . |
e91f150bb67a1d77fbdb9cc2ccafa1c8c9818f24 | By . Lizzie Parry . PUBLISHED: . 21:31 EST, 28 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 05:26 EST, 29 January 2014 . A rhino horn worth more than £160,000 has been stolen by thieves who raided the home of Lord of the Dance creator Michael Flatley. The Irish star was playing computer games with his wife Niamh and their son Michael... | Traveller gang is prime suspect after horn was swiped from star's home .
Michael Flatley, his wife and son were at home and heard the intruders .
Horn was severed from the stuffed head of an animal hanging on a wall .
Rhino horns can be sold on the black market for £39,000-a-kilo . |
e91f5f0d0872ec158fa4e4d28bf05bf55293dc03 | A veteran truck driver from Texas claims he was fired for repeatedly putting down 'Jesus' as his co-pilot in his logbooks. Last month, Ramiro Olivarez, of Rio Grande Valley, received a letter of termination from his employer, the Falfurrias-based On Point Services, accusing him of submitting incomplete documentation an... | Ramiro Olivarez, of Texas, got a letter of termination accusing him of submitting incomplete documentation and falsifying legal documents .
Law requires truck drivers to sign their logbooks, but the name of a co-pilot can be written in, or left blank . |
e92026717dca50453b7e606b8f9aefdcf9b643e6 | (RealSimple.com) -- A novel should be as rich and satisfying as, say, Christmas dinner. White Truffles in Winter, by N. M. Kelby (W. W. Norton & Company, $25). You'll eat up every word of this spicy historical novel. Kelby conjures 1930s Monte Carlo as the poet Delphine Daffis and the French chef Auguste Escoffier cook... | Read "White Truffles in Winter" for a rich tale about 1930s Monte Carlo .
If you're looking for a good laugh try "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns?)"
In her book "Blue Nights" Joan Didion reflects on aging and the loss of her daughter . |
e920982aefb8b16d55169825b967f323158ce8a2 | By . Alexandra Klausner . A 79-year-old Minnesota man is in tears after learning that his $24 million yacht caught on fire in the Chula Vista boat yard on Thursday. Larry Jodass, 79, a retired electrical engineer, entrepreneur, and the former chairman of a semiconductor company was heartbroken after watching footage of... | Larry Jodass, 79, a retired electrical engineer, entrepreneur, and the former chairman of a semiconductor company is in tears after losing his boat .
He cried as he watched online footage of his beloved yacht burn .
The $24 million dollar yacht caught fire on Thursday in the Chula Vista Boat Yard where it was undergoin... |
e92111a815eeac973261134236d34052b350749e | (CNN) -- Seiji Ozawa is Asia's most successful conductor, a maestro in a quintessentially Western art form, and a die-hard Boston Red Sox fan. But the affable 74-year-old is used to crossing cultural boundaries. Born in Manchuria during the Japanese occupation - his father a Buddhist, his mother a Presbyterian - he was... | Seiji Ozawa was musical director of Boston Symphony Orchestra for 29 years .
Successful career has seen Ozawa conduct some of world's greatest orchestras .
Had to deal with prejudice and expectation as Asian in Western dominated art form . |
e921123a9ca3f9da1c4e1c2fb9d82aa5d7754362 | The leader of the Greek church has warned rising poverty in the country caused by budget cuts could trigger a 'social explosion'. The government's cost-cutting reforms were creating deprivation not seen since the Second World War, Orthodox church leader Ieronymos wrote to Prime Minister Lucas Papademo. His warning came... | Chinese leader tells Angela Merkel it may help with bailout funds . |
e9219645ac35caddaf269cad5a84ffb52f76e2bf | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- Thirty-three people have now died from the MERS coronavirus, the World Health Organization said Friday. Three new cases, including a fatality, were recorded in Saudi Arabia, the kingdom announced this week. Another previously reported Saudi Arabian patient also died from the dis... | The WHO says 58 cases of MERS have been reported; 33 have died .
Researchers have mapped the genetic characteristics of the virus .
While cases are limited, MERS has killed more than half of its victims . |
e921f2a66c95fa6cfc9032f7816c3d7e32c4d7c9 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:41 EST, 13 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 16:34 EST, 13 March 2014 . A Mississippi grandfather who woke up in a body bag as he was lifted on to an embalmer's table two weeks ago has died at home. Walter Williams had mistakenly been declared dead after suffering from heart failure... | Walter Williams was sent to a funeral parlor last month after hospice staff couldn't find a pulse .
Mortuary staff noticed the 78-year-old was still alive and he was able to go back home . |
e922271444d0b9af9c539d532b70804b4adfd147 | By . Paul Newman . IN BARBADOS . England’s nightmare winter took another self-inflicted turn for the worse when Ben Stokes was ruled out of the World Twenty20 after fracturing his hand punching a dressing rook locker. The bizarre twist emerged when it was revealed that the Durham all-rounder hit out in frustration afte... | Ben Stokes fractured his hand after punching the locker following dismissal .
He was frustrated after being bowled first ball .
Disappointed Stokes calls the incident a 'huge error in judgement'
He will be replaced in the squad by Chris Woakes .
Kevin Pietersen cheekily tweets 'My phone is on' |
e922e670b69a724fabb1915497853cd3a26ba775 | New York (CNN) -- After more than two decades behind bars, David Ranta walked out of a Brooklyn courthouse Thursday afternoon with an apology from a judge and one immediate wish: "Get the hell out of here." Ranta had been convicted of second-degree murder in 1991 for killing a rabbi during a botched diamond heist. But ... | NEW: Attorney: "My client had 23 years taken from him"
NEW: Witness: "I was too young back then to realize this was a setup"
David Ranta served 21-plus years for the killing of a Brooklyn rabbi in 1990 .
A witness told prosecutors he'd been coached, leading to the charges being dismissed . |
e92316133400a636a25a3ae4e33f26c8ca889c7e | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 11:18 EST, 19 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:23 EST, 19 April 2013 . Former Conservative MP Neil Hamilton and his wife Christine today settled their High Court damages actions against News Group Newspapers over the phone hacking scandal. The Hamiltons both accepted substantial damages a... | Pair have accepted apology over phone-hacking scandal .
Former Blue Peter presenter John Leslie has accepted damages . |
e9231ebd69d321641f6b35a59baa6eacdc4cea71 | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 14:30 EST, 20 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:16 EST, 21 October 2013 . Security camera footage of soldiers appearing to loot goods during last month's Nairobi shopping mall siege has infuriated Kenyans who had initially praised troops for their courage in battling the Somali attackers. Gu... | Soldiers seen looting mall in Nairobi as the battle with militants raged .
Footage has angered Kenyans, who had praised troops' heroism .
News conference on theft will take place Wednesday . |
e9232b88a9a064ecab2d550fa90a9fd24a9ec93a | By . Laura Cox . PUBLISHED: . 18:51 EST, 17 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:53 EST, 18 April 2013 . Stand-out shoes: Elaine Paige pictured in 1978 . It was a role that catapulted her to stardom but Elaine Paige has revealed it was not her voice alone that helped her secure the part of Eva Peron. The singer and actress h... | Miss Paige made sure she wore the same heels for all 13 auditions .
The musical proved to be a breakthrough for Miss Paige, then 30 . |
e923500bd178840547879aadbceb8f672460cf50 | By . Graham Smith . PUBLISHED: . 03:16 EST, 17 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:18 EST, 17 July 2012 . A man in the final stages of terminal cancer wrote his own obituary shortly before he died last week and used the opportunity to come clean about his past. Friends and family of Val Patterson, 59, learned on Sunday that ... | Val Patterson, 59, died from throat cancer last week .
He wrote his own light-hearted obituary when it was clear his medical condition was worsening .
Friends and family learned on Sunday that Mr Patterson only held a doctorate from the University of Utah thanks to a paperwork mistake . |
e923a714d48e886c6deae22dc13cb9184d36b997 | Charles Barkley on Tuesday doubled down on his recent controversial comments about events in Ferguson, Missouri, as he maintained the black community needs to shoulder more blame for tragedies like the one that befell 18-year-old Michael Brown. 'We as black people, we got a lot of crooks,' the NBA legend told CNN in an... | The opinionated NBA great from Alabama defended his comments calling Ferguson rioters 'scumbags' that made waves Monday .
The 51-year-old told CNN he believes he and other black Americans 'have to look at ourselves in the mirror'
Barkley also maintained that white cops do not shoot black people out of racism .
He also ... |
e923b7416745f25444e586418c4a5c5ff8e99366 | (CNN) -- Josep Guardiola hailed Bayern Munich's best Bundesliga performance this season after his side crushed Schalke 4-0 on Saturday to stay second in the league. Bayern joined Borussia Dortmund on 16 points, as the leading side could only draw 1-1 away to another Bavarian side, Nuremberg, and lose its 100% record. "... | Bayern Munich joins Borussia Dortmund at the top of the Bundesliga table .
German and European champion Bayern wins 4-0 away to Schalke .
Dortmund drops first points of season in 1-1 draw at Nuremberg .
Third-placed Bayer Leverkusen also has five wins from six games . |
e923e2bb9245dbabfc07fa1edacd8b97867639fb | By . Margot Peppers . and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 01:50 EST, 7 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:08 EST, 7 November 2013 . The founder of athletic label Lululemon pointed the finger at 'some women's bodies' as part of the reason why a line of yoga pants were recalled earlier this year for being too sheer. Fo... | Founder Chip Wilson said on Tuesday: 'Frankly, some women’s bodies just don’t actually work' |
e9241929152354d92bd2c40f0602ccf4c5bb8bc2 | Paper is handy for shopping lists, toilet roll and good old-fashioned books. But paper make-up? I don’t think so. But that shows how little I know because it seems that the latest beauty must-have looks like a pad of Post-it notes. Mai Couture Papiers are sheets of paper infused with foundation, blusher, highlighter an... | Mai Couture Papiers are infused with foundation and other products .
All you have to do is wipe the paper over your face for a flawless finish .
They also have the added bonus of acting like blotting papers . |
e9247836f0552289fb9c2fa14d14e422cf2077a3 | By . James Rush for MailOnline . Talk about a complete and utter washout. This marching band received an unexpected soaking from the pitch irrigation system while providing the pre-match entertainment for Germany's international friendly with Argentina last night. And things didn't get much better for the band as the e... | Marching band soaked by pitch irrigation system before international friendly .
The band had been providing the pre-match entertainment before game .
Things didn't get much better for them, as they then had to witness their team lose 2-4 to Argentina . |
e925103c36d2a681e57eff9c541beb4264795939 | A lawyer representing Las Vegas 'road rage' suspect Erich Nowsch is raising questions about the story the victim's family told police as more details continue to emerge about the case. Conrad Claus, an attorney representing Nowsch, 19, is calling into question whether the shooting of 44-year-old Tammy Meyers was a case... | Mother-of-four Tammy Meyers, was shot in the head following an alleged 'road rage' incident on February 12 in Las Vegas, Nevada .
Erich Nowsch, 19, is now facing charges of murder and attempted murder .
He told police he started shooting because someone 'was after him'
Lawyer Conrad Claus is questioning details provide... |
e925e3949474d2750a26fc8b73bcc74f152bb9aa | Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor's loan switch to West Ham fell through on transfer deadline day. The 30-year-old has failed to hold down a regular place under Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino, and has scored just two goals in 15 appearances this season. West Ham had been willing to offer the Togo striker a route out ... | Emmanuel Adebayor could join West Ham on loan .
The Tottenham striker has fallen out of favour at White Hart Lane .
Adebayor was also linked with QPR and West Brom . |
e9262de9c8e0d9e252d4972ceb28a700fb615cbc | London, England (CNN) -- Britain's involvement in the invasion of Iraq "was the right decision and it was for the right reasons," Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday in his first response at an inquiry into country's role in the March 2003 conflict. Brown was answering a question from the chairman of the inquiry, J... | Gordon Brown served as Chancellor, or head of the Treasury, from 1997 until 2007 .
Brown: "Financial concerns played no part in military planning for the Iraq"
Brown: "I made it clear we would support whatever option the military decided upon"
The decision to go to war in Iraq was made for the right reasons, he said . |
e9263a41c698c64b998044f25b35a389afe9ee8a | (CNN) -- Pundit Glenn Reynolds recently wrote: "So as I understand it, Atticus Finch is now the bad guy in "To Kill A Mockingbird," because he doubted a story about rape." How right he was. A story with a rape allegation carries an immediate electric charge. In Jim Crow's South, lynchings often came with a story of the... | Randazza: A story with a rape allegation carries an electric charge .
"Rape culture" means using emotional power of rape to promote an agenda, he says .
UVA gang rape allegations confirmed what he wanted to believe, Randazza says .
Randazza: Due process loses, ethics are out the window, because there is an agenda . |
e9263a7fb91a41119512d90961b268b3cc6f6d7c | By . Helen Carroll . PUBLISHED: . 18:06 EST, 18 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:44 EST, 19 February 2013 . Hearing my four-year-old son’s cry from the next room, I assumed he had fallen out with his playmate over a toy, or their favourite spot on the sofa, where I’d last seen them sitting together, watching TV. But a... | At least 25 children in Britain have been strangled to death by cord blinds since 1999 .
12 of those deaths have occurred in the past three years .
It takes just 20 seconds for a child to be killed by a blind cord . |
e926f8147b0c6019dec6fb70376ea8b0f2014454 | (CNN) -- For most people plunging into the ocean's cold, dark depths without an oxygen tank would be an alarming experience. But for Ahmad Tahilmet and his friends its one of life's greatest pleasures. They are freedivers -- one of the growing number of young Emiratis who pursue the extreme water sport that is growing ... | A growing number of young Emiratis pursue freediving .
Freediving has a long history in the UAE, going back to the old days of pearl diving .
Experts warn death rates could rise as more people take part in the extreme water sport . |
e9271456744e92e7a3a2c563084e3260c14b006d | New York (CNN) -- A number of security lapses in an airport shuttle system in New York is raising concerns among some Port Authority officers and state senators. "Among the cops it's commonly referred to as a possible weapons delivery system," said one Port Authority Police official of the AirTrain shuttle system that ... | The unmanned, unpoliced AirTrain system is raising concerns .
The lack of security was discussed at a New York homeland security hearing .
"It's a bad situation," Port Authority union officer says . |
e9272383b09020ce076bc48be02330af0235e076 | SLEEPY EYE, Minnesota (CNN) -- The father of a cancer-stricken 13-year-old boy whose mother has fled with him to keep him from undergoing chemotherapy appealed Thursday for her to bring him home. Doctors say Daniel Hauser's lymphoma responded well to a first round of chemotherapy in February. "Please bring Danny home s... | Dad: "I feel that you left out of fear, maybe without thinking it all the way through"
Sheriff's office issues felony arrest warrant for mother; FBI involved .
13-year-old needs chemotherapy, doctors and court say .
Police think Minnesota mom, son are in California . |
e92761abfc5bcf0e221621b89383a293708c9fd0 | By . Anna Hodgekiss . PUBLISHED: . 09:29 EST, 5 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 14:00 EST, 5 March 2014 . A devastated mother has described the moment she smothered her son who was suffering from a terminal genetic disease. Heather Pratten's son Nigel Goodman had Huntington's disease - a condition which had also killed his... | Heather Pratten's son Nigel Goodman, 42, had Huntington's disease .
Condition also affected his father Kenneth and brother Philip .
On his 42nd birthday, Nigel tried to take his life with a heroin overdose .
His mother was with him and could see he was slipping away .
Decided to relieve him of his distress by placing a... |
e92767a123210095c316b259509a714f29f99feb | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 03:53 EST, 12 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:04 EST, 12 April 2013 . Demand: Sam Dunne, 19, rang murdered EastEnders actress EastEnders actress Gemma McCluski family to demand a ransom . A sick hoaxer rang murdered EastEnders actress Gemma McCluskie's family to claim he had raped her and... | Sam Dunne, 19, admitted calling Gemma McCluskie's two brothers .
Claimed he had raped 29-year-old and locked her up in a room .
The actress's torso was found in Regent's Canal, Hackney, last March . |
e927b02950b5d9b58228663d18c82aad7dc99d7b | One-year on and Boston Strong is personified in this historic picture as the heroes of the marathon bombing come together for a moving portrait on Boylston Street. Organized by the Boston Globe, which received a Pullitzer Prize on Monday for their coverage of the deadly terror attack, the photograph features a roll cal... | Survivors and those affected by the Boston marathon bombing posed for a touching portrait on April 6 .
They gathered at the finishing line on Boylston Street, where the two bombs went off a year ago on Tuesday, killing three people and injuring 264 .
Red Sox hitter David Ortiz, Governor Deval Patrick and former Mayor T... |
e92865c20269ab42588eef870c9db79021b97966 | (CNN) -- FIFA has requested evidence from England's Football Association following claims from its former chairman of corruption by four top-level members of world soccer's governing body. It has also asked The Sunday Times newspaper to provide details about further claims that two more FIFA executive committee members... | FIFA urges English FA and Sunday Times newspaper to provide evidence .
Six FIFA executive committee members have been accused of corruption .
Soccer's governing body last year banned two top-level officials in similar scenario .
Presidential candidate denies claims that Qatar bribed two members for 2022 votes . |
e928a2e388897f90547f225f1d57b114123ab77e | Editor's Note: Daniel J. Mitchell is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, a libertarian public policy research foundation. He formerly worked at The Heritage Foundation and as an economist for Republican Sen. Bob Packwood and the Senate Finance Committee. He also served on the 1988 Bush-Quayle transition team. Daniel... | Daniel Mitchell: Bailing out the Big Three would reward shoddy management .
A bailout would be unfair to other auto companies making cars in the U.S., he says .
Mitchell says auto execs, workers and unions are overpaid .
Bankruptcy would let the companies streamline their operations, Mitchell says . |
e928d02091b25fd098f25e9e8dc0da9d483b326a | Brain dead: Jahi McMath was declared brain dead on Dec. 12 after she went into cardiac arrest following surgery to treat sleep apnea . The case of the 13-year-old girl declared brain dead does not seem to be coming to a close any time soon, with experts still disagreeing nearly 10 months after a coroner declared her de... | Paul Fisher, a Stanford University pediatric neurologist, told a California judge Monday that he sees no evidence that Jahi McMath is alive .
Fisher dismissed videos showing the girl moving her hands and feet at her mother's command .
McMath's family wants a judge to issue an unprecedented order declaring the girl to b... |
e928dac07357cb2d9f8c377819e9b326222285a5 | Yaya Toure will not receive a new contract from Manchester City but manager Manuel Pellegrini insists that the midfielder is content with life at the Etihad Stadium. The club’s summer was pockmarked by some rather peculiar behaviour by Toure and his agent Dimitri Seluk, in which the pair bizarrely claimed that City did... | Yaya Toure will not receive a new contract from Manchester City .
Midfielder is currently 14 months into his four-year contract .
Striker Edin Dzeko is expected to put pen to paper soon .
Current champions kick off campaign against Newcastle on Saturday . |
e9293ee1db2482046eecdcd79fbb7e36e938bf85 | (CNN) -- A former chemist in a Florida crime lab was arrested Tuesday on charges of selling stolen drug evidence that had been switched with over-the-counter medicine, authorities said. Joseph Graves is accused of grand theft, 12 counts of tampering with evidence and nine counts of drug trafficking, the Florida Departm... | Joseph Graves worked at a crime lab that processed evidence in cases .
Authorities say he switched prescription drugs with ones that weren't and sold the stolen pills .
His bail was set at $290,000 .
Officials are concerned this could mean some drug convictions will be overturned . |
e92a44adb554997914391340db03e0b05a9d2fa2 | Tributes have been pouring in for Steve Strange, the front man of pop band Visage who died of a heart attack aged 55 in the Egyptian resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh yesterday. But while he is most remembered for his music, the man who helped bring New Romantic style to the world in the 1980s is still having an impact on ward... | The Visage frontman died of a heart attack in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, yesterday, aged 55 .
New Romantic pioneer known for his revolutionary contoured, coloured and graphical make-up in the 1980s .
His look continues to influence modern stars such as Kim Kardashian, Cara Delevigne and Lady Gaga . |
e92a4eb47291563451e6d213235897fecf8f06b2 | By . Ray Massey . PUBLISHED: . 01:54 EST, 7 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:37 EST, 7 October 2013 . Three airline pilots were asleep at the same time in the cockpit of a packed Heathrow-bound transatlantic passenger plane, shocking new testimony from flight crews reveals today. A dossier of shocking cases of pilot fa... | BALPA has published a dossier of shocking cases of pilot fatigue today .
Organisation wants Government to block 'flying hours' proposed by the EU .
Pilots' leaders claim new hours will lead to more pilots nodding off . |
e92a6ee72e0a2b7ff68d1492682fa99ef7193cf8 | By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 02:55 EST, 1 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:43 EST, 1 August 2013 . Anthony Weiner made yet another attempt to get his struggling campaign back on track last night - but his attempt to connect with voters was dominated by questions about his controversial spokeswoman Barbara Morgan. The em... | Mayoral candidate attempts to launch campaign at event in Queens .
Answers audience questions but refuses to speak to waiting reporters .
No sign of communications director Barbara Morgan after she denounced former intern as a 'fame-hungry b****' |
e92b0c39c06ac9457a9c4de792f917320798be30 | (CNN) -- Earth Day may fall later this week, but as far as former NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell and other UFO enthusiasts are concerned, the real story is happening elsewhere. Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, shown after his Apollo mission in 1971, claims there "is no doubt we are being visited." Mitchell, who was part of the... | He says governments are concealing evidence that extraterrestrials exist .
The astronaut is from Roswell, New Mexico, the site of an alleged UFO crash .
Mitchell: Roswell residents "told not to talk about their experience" by military . |
e92b10920c5a448f93a35b618a1e4c6685324952 | By . Harriet Arkell . A youth crime commissioner has been suspended after admitting having a relationship with a married former Tory councillor more than twice her age. Kerry Boyd, 20, now faces being sacked after it was revealed that she had become close to father-of-two and ex Kent county councillor, Robert Burgess, ... | Kerry Boyd, 20, became £15,000-a-year Kent Youth Commissioner in March .
She replaced Paris Brown, 17, forced to resign over her offensive tweets .
Miss Boyd's now stepped down over relationship with Robert Burgess, 50 .
Married father of two from Ramsgate is former councillor for Margate West .
Miss Boyd was suspended... |
e92b6ef1ac65d5d38e9b4b7a81fcc4acda0682c9 | Rio Ferdinand insists the England team will remain behind the likes of Germany unless coaches stop holding back naturally talented players such as Wayne Rooney. In an extract from his autobiography #2sides, the former England captain picks over the Three Lions' performance at the World Cup having been in Brazil as a pu... | Rio Ferdinand says coaches hold back talented youngsters .
Ferdinand wants to see kids be allowed to develop naturally .
The QPR defender insists it is an English problem .
The ex-captain watched England in his role as pundit at the World Cup .
Ferdinand discusses his time in Brazil in his autobiography #2sides . |
e92bde3d63d84718619e587e901fb626c33448e8 | By . Bianca London . David Cameron announced on Tuesday . that every householder connected to the internet will have their access to . online porn blocked unless they ask to receive it. And while many people are heralding the 'opt-in' porn restrictions as a success, Dr Brooke Magnanti- research scientist, and writer, w... | Says people assume it's just men who watch porn but women seek it too .
Maintains that internet has helped remove stigma for women seeking erotica .
Generic Google search terms such as 'sex' are equally as likely to be entered by women . |
e92be21875033afb54ba0f2c3671ab4838ea501c | A manhunt has been launched to find a 'very pregnant', caped woman suspected of committing four armed robberies across Atlanta. The unidentified woman launched into a Walgreens store wrapped in a floor-length, bright pink shawl and told the cashier: 'I've got a gun and I want your money,' police claim. She made off wit... | Heavily pregnant woman in bright pink cape 'robbed Walgreens with a gun'
Same woman 'raided a CVS store nearby in Atlanta two weeks later'
Police also probing hold-ups at hair salon, grocery and 'many more'
She has already made off with around $400, investigators claim . |
e92c183e36a9317db8b440a937d86ac9cc952cc6 | (CNN) -- The United States will phase out its stockpiles of landmines designed to target people, moving closer to joining a global ban on a weapon that kills more than 15,000 people a year -- most of them civilians. U.S. officials made the declaration at an anti-mine conference in Maputo, Mozambique, according to a sta... | NEW: Landmine activists welcome U.S. action, but some say it doesn't go far enough .
NEW: Critics want U.S. to reject use of current stockpiles, set date to join anti-landmine treaty .
U.S. officials announced they wouldn't acquire any more anti-personnel mines .
More than 160 nations have signed the anti-landmine trea... |
e92c4ebd381f0d173b92f91317aae13c9b0846e0 | By . Annabel Grossman . You know a relationship is getting pretty serious when a woman asks the man in her life for advice on a subject as sensitive as lingerie. Pippa Middleton and stockbroker boyfriend Nico Jackson certainly looked like a couple in love when she playfully pulled him into high-end boutique Petits Biso... | Pippa Middleton popped into the shop with her boyfriend Nico Jackson .
The couple have been together 18-months and rumour has it marriage could be on the horizon .
Nico seemed to take a fancy to a turquoise 'body' as they left the store . |
e92cf89b76ae60d3031c70120434fb2eb68306f7 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 6:19 AM on 15th February 2012 . Kristy Gaffney could not believe her luck when she met a man who was well-connected, wealthy and intelligent on an online dating site. Just months later, the 29-year-old from Plymouth Meeting, Philadelphia and the man - who told her he was calle... | Emmitt Dippold told Kristy Gaffney he was from the Dupont family, divorced and worked for the CIA .
But he was actually a businessman whose wife 'was unable to have children' |
e92d36af680df21061596f6ea52e9199503537a5 | Jamie Carragher and Co have reacted to the news of the staggering £5.136billion Premier League TV rights deal. The Sportsmail columnist says 'that's his coaching badges out of the window for a few years' now, with fellow colleague Gary Neville delighted with the outcome for Sky - who secured five out of the seven packa... | The Premier League broadcast rights were sold for a staggering £5.136billion on Monday .
Sky secured the majority of the deals - the five out of seven available .
BT Sport secured the remaining two slots - 5.30pm on a Saturday and occasional midweek matches .
Sportsmail's Jamie Carragher says the record-breaking deal ... |
e92def290f6846a6020af5537fa100bc6bac9d75 | BEIJING, China (CNN) -- China has become the world's third-largest economy, surpassing Germany and closing rapidly on Japan, according to government and World Bank figures. Commuters drive along a road in downtown Beijing, China, on Thursday. The Chinese government revised its growth figures for 2007 from 11.9 percent ... | China's GDP could overtake Japan's within a few years .
World Bank's estimate of China's economic growth is about 7.5 percent .
China announced $600 billion economic stimulus package recently . |
e92e04ffef3ed555d6960b86eb88ba4295f3d171 | (CNN) -- On video, Joran van der Sloot says he "didn't lose a minute of sleep" over knowing Natalee Holloway's motionless body had been taken out to sea and dumped. Joran van der Sloot awaits transfer from the Netherlands to Aruba in November. He later was released. In the video that aired Sunday on Dutch television, ... | Suspect says on hidden camera Holloway appeared to have died on beach .
Lawyer: Facts disprove client's videotaped story of Natalee Holloway's death .
Holloway's mom says video leaves no doubt about daughter's death .
Report: Hidden camera captures suspect saying Holloway's body was dumped . |
e92e62c4478085d141cd98206cac30c1af1be70c | (CNN) -- Wisconsin's Republican attorney general on Monday appealed a judge's decision to halt the enactment of a controversial new law that curbs the collective bargaining rights of most state employees. Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is asking the state's 4th District Court of Appeals to lift the temporary restrain... | Republican attorney general files appeal to void judge's delay .
The official says the judge has no jurisdiction over lawmakers .
Wisconsin Senate Democrats contend that the bill's passage violated open meetings law . |
e92e664ee3b50336c941a43f8bcaa274d44e46c4 | Neymar will be fit to play for Brazil in Friday's World Cup quarter-final against Colombia, despite suffering from thigh and knee injuries sustained against Chile. Brazil's confederation said on Monday that team doctor Jose Luiz Runco checked on Neymar when the squad returned to its training camp and revealed the playe... | Neymar looks set to be fit for Friday's quarter-final clash with Columbia .
The Barcelona star was subjected to some heavy challenges against Chile .
The 22-year-old scored one of the penalties in the 3-2 shoot-out win . |
e92e9370d84e247d81d2159e226d950f059674f7 | Germany and France have launched a dramatic euro power grab, demanding the right to dictate economic policy to other countries in the single currency. France’s Nicolas Sarkozy announced – at a Paris summit with Germany’s Angela Merkel – that the two most powerful nations in the eurozone had agreed on a ‘true European e... | German economy grew just 0.1 per cent in second quarter this year .
Struggling German economy could spell further trouble for euro zone .
European Financial Stability Facility may be increased from 440 billion euros .
FTSE static as it rises 7 points to 5,357.63 and Dow Jones futures down 0.8% . |
e92ec02dd428e68ac313293f47dfce59fd6309eb | When a young Chinese father was photographed on holiday with his one-year-old daughter he had no idea he'd begun an enduring family tradition. Hua Yunqing, 62, was photographed with his daughter Huahua while on a day trip to a local beauty spot and liked the picture so much that he has since returned to the same locat... | Hua Yunqing and his daughter Huahua were shot by a lake in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, when she was just one in 1980 .
Hua liked the photo so much that they've returned to the same place every year since to recreate it .
They missed 1998 when Huahua skipped the family holiday but have 34 photos to show for their family tradit... |
e92f5cf1bc41228ef360767d6bfc826b5c0ea24e | By . Jennifer Newton . Rolling through a Russian shooting range these tanks armed with guns as helicopters fly overhead look like they are heading off to war. But rather than preparing to go into battle, these tanks are actually taking part in the first International Tank Biathlon. The competition, dubbed as the Tank O... | The first International Tank Biathlon is currently taking place in Russia .
Sees 12 countries taking part in a racing and shooting contest .
Tanks must complete a 20 kilometre course and face a variety of obstacles .
All competitors using a T-72B tank, apart from China who are using a ZTZ-96 .
Competition opened like m... |
e92fb3a1b9d0684c85b23ce68bab01c47e5754ca | The Indian doctor responsible for the mass-sterilisation which left 13 women dead and dozens hospitalised, used rusty instruments to perform the operations. R.K. Gupta, is accused of having carried out 83 tubectomies in just three hours at a state-run 'family planning camp' in the Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh sta... | A lone doctor operated on 83 women in three hours on Saturday .
Death toll at 13, dozens remain in hospital, 20 in critical condition .
Doctor used rusty equipment in dirty clinic and contaminated medication .
The tubectomies were carried out in a government-run camp in India . |
e930cc2a8591eb29ed8b08fd6dc01676f3c5e9a0 | As World Number One, he'd already set the tone on the green. And Rory McIlroy duly delivered a typically barnstorming performance when it came to the after party, as well. After Team Europe lifted the trophy yesterday evening at the Ryder Cup, the topless Northern Irish golfer got into 'the Scottish spirit' by donning ... | Wild celebrations ensued after Team Europe's win on Sunday evening .
Rory McIlory donned a tartan kilt and orange wig at Gleneagles after party .
U.S golfers Rickie Fowler and Bubba Watson joined in with Scottish attire .
Team member Lee Westwood almost fell asleep during press conference .
Sipped on champagne during i... |
e93115276ef5051ffd3287cb69250a375f73d708 | England bid to halt a run of four successive defeats on Saturday at Twickenham but they face a tough challenge against South Africa. Sportsmail's Nik Simon assesses the form guide coming into this autumn international. VIDEOS Scroll down to watch . England . FULL BACK . Mike Brown - 7/10 . Age: 29 Caps: 28 . Had a cruc... | England face South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday .
Stuart Lancaster's side bid to halt a run of four successive defeats .
South Africa lost 29-15 to Ireland in Dublin last week . |
e931eca2a6440dd55aed46cd8b89b5557fcc630b | When you have to chop up spring onions with an axe, you'd better be hungry. And when pudding involves being rescued from a creme brulee, you may have bitten off more than you can chew. Welcome to the wacky world of photographer Christopher Boffoli. His pictures of tiny model people in a world of giant food - featured i... | Artist Christopher Boffoli takes up to three hours constructing each image .
The figurines and their edible world feature in his new book, Big Appetites . |
e932e1f88ccc2cf31cef90e5237c416a1f27dc1d | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 16:56 EST, 14 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:31 EST, 16 January 2013 . Shock jock Howard Stern on Monday . apologized for criticizing Girls' star Lena Dunham by calling her a . 'little fat chick' and saying that seeing her naked on the show 'feels . like rape.' The controversy ... | Controversial radio host blasted the hit series and its writer .
Angry fans hit back saying he 'has a face for radio'
Dunham laughed it off and said she wanted his comments on her gravestone . |
e9337a51e2f076edf2cc7d49430e3c256f5d92a3 | A 12-year-old with a lemonade and cookie stand in his residential area of Florida faces complaints from a neighbor who contacted police to report the stand as 'illegal.' 12-year-old T.J. Guerrero is a young entrepreneur who runs a lemonade stand in Dunedin, Florida to add to the income he makes from mowing-lawns so he ... | 12-year-old T.J. Guerrero is a young entrepreneur who runs a lemonade stand to add to the income he makes from mowing-lawns .
Neighbor Doug Wilkey has complained about the 'illegal' lemonade stand four times in two years .
'We are not out there trying to put lemonade stands out of business,' said the city's planning di... |
e9337ec3b8026fd7c4ae7ea826afda864ddfe266 | By . Chris Greenwood . PUBLISHED: . 11:50 EST, 29 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:39 EST, 1 December 2012 . Two thugs convicted but then cleared of robbing a student in a defining moment of last summer’s riots demanded compensation last night. John Kafunda and Reece Donovan want cash and an apology following the quas... | Millions of people watched in horror the CCTV footage of 21-year-old Ashraf Rossli being robbed .
John Kassongs Kafunda, 23, and Reece Donovan, 25 were jailed for robbing him, but saw their convictions overturned today .
Mr Rossli had only moments earlier had his jaw shattered by another rioter as he cycled in Barking,... |
e933da372251d21ff2194ff0b886290f0e5e05c6 | By . Julian Robinson . First time buyers usually prepare themselves for a leap of faith when their dream property comes on the market. But a Chinese estate agency brought a whole new meaning to the phrase 'jumping at the chance' when it launched a bizarre marketing ploy. A sales office in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, hel... | China estate agency offers discounts based on standing long-jump ability .
300 house buyers flock to sales office in Ninjang in Jiangsu Province .
Discounts ranged from £470 for 1.5m leap to £9,500 for 4m jump . |
e934476b05485bbf5ee87613ef265a82910e9b84 | As Marussia follow Caterham into administration, former FIA president Max Mosley has warned that the two Formula One teams ‘may not be the last’ to struggle in the face of the sport’s high costs. 'It’s not a fair competition any more,' Mosley said. 'The problem is that the big teams have so much more money than teams l... | Marussia became second F1 team to enter administration after Caterham .
Marussia F1 team will miss the next two Grand Prixs in Texas and Brazil .
Bernie Ecclestone has granted both teams special dispensation . |
e93451dbbdcdfa096385276c683d4f2a58e519b2 | (CNN) -- The longest solar eclipse of the century cast a wide shadow for several minutes over Asia and the Pacific Ocean Wednesday, luring throngs of people outside to watch the celestial spectacle. A woman looks through a refractor telescope with a solar filter on top of the roof of a school in Hong Kong. Day turned i... | Event is longest of 21st century, astronomers predict it would last over 6 minutes .
People in parts of Pacific Ocean, China and India able to get full view .
Chinese city of Shanghai touted as one of the best spots to watch the eclipse .
Some unusual watching events include a cruise, plane trip and a music festival . |
e934f653174ecbe3dfc73c27965380aed6ec07e4 | China's state-run People's Daily newspaper is known for political correctness rather than a sense of humor. So when a report surfaced this week that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un had been named the 2012 "Sexiest Man Alive", the self-described mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party cheered its Korean comrade on its... | Chinese news site lampooned after taking an Onion satire for a real story .
Onion reported that North Korea's Kim Jong-Un was "sexiest man of 2012"
The joke belies a strong sense of humor in China, China watchers say .
Chinese writers, artists, cartoonists use satire to mock, question, challenge . |
e9350147745ddcd66733415934a364ba078ffe61 | Two women are facing prison after they admitted this week to encouraging their friend to run over and kill a black man with his pick up during a deliberate mission to target and attack African Americans. James Anderson, was run over by a Ford F250 truck outside a hotel in Jackson, Mississisppi, after being brutally bea... | Shelbie Richards and Sarah Graves, both 21, have pleaded guilty in connection with a series of attacks on African-Americans in Mississippi .
The attacks included the death of James Anderson, was run over by a Ford F250 truck outside a Jackson hotel in 2011 .
The woman admit they encouraged their co-conspirators to go w... |
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