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e9cf4797c34081d932faa8d2ca5d91f60dd7fed4 | (CNN) -- Spirit Airlines isn't happy with the new airline price advertising rule. The big "Warning!" sign popping up on the carrier's website makes that pretty clear. The message: "New government regulations require us to HIDE taxes in your fares. This is not consumer friendly or in your best interest. It's wrong and y... | Airline to customers: Fare rule "wrong and you shouldn't stand for it"
Sen. Barbara Boxer and advocacy group call Spirit's message deceitful .
Rule requires airlines to roll mandatory taxes and fees into advertised fares . |
e9cf479eb486f9bc14a28565181bafd8c9d0f120 | (CNN) -- A group of 150 Iraqi refugees arrived at a Paris airport Saturday aboard a French aircraft that had delivered aid to the war-ravaged nation. The refugees traveled on a French aircraft that had taken 10 tons of humanitarian aid to Iraq. They were welcomed by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. France has sh... | The refugees traveled on a French aircraft that delivered humanitarian aid to Iraq .
France is conducting airstrikes against Islamist militants in Iraq . |
e9cfbcda3c8a1f2f24a7a9a63345ff12b527b320 | (CNN) -- Former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic produced her best form in almost two years to reach the semifinals of the Italian Open on Thursday, but hopes of an all-Williams last-four showdown ended when Venus suffered a humiliating defeat on the red clay. Ivanovic literally had the tennis world at her feet after winning t... | Former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic reaches the semifinals of the Italian Open .
Serbian, in her best form in almost two years, next plays Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez .
Hopes of all-Williams semifinal end as fourth seed Venus loses 6-0 6-1 to Jelena Jankovic .
Seventh seed Jankovic will play world No. 1 Serena Williams in ... |
e9d032cef17819d9c9abca192ba828d1e2d3b106 | By . Mark Prigg . Netflix is raising its Internet video prices by $1 per month for new customers, it announced today. The firm said it will give current U.S. subscribers a two-year break from the higher rates. The changes mean anyone signing up for Netflix's video subscription service beginning Friday will pay $9 per m... | Comes as Microsoft and Yahoo prepare their first exclusive online shows .
Will give current U.S. subscribers a two-year break from the higher rates .
Promises more original programming like Emmy award-winning political drama House of Cards . |
e9d04e6d5a710235b84d9d3e4343ab24d657998d | By . Lizzie Edmonds . PUBLISHED: . 12:58 EST, 5 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:54 EST, 5 September 2013 . Sitting in its make-shift nest nibbling away at his lunch, this hungry vole seems to be recreating a scene from the classic tale: The Wind in the Willows. But rather than a lavish banquet laid on by Mr Toad, th... | Tiny water vole appears to be recreating a scene from The Wind in the Willows .
Delightful images captured by wildlife photographer Mark Bridger near his home in Kent . |
e9d17644e64ab148541fb72d42bb8621c1997b37 | (Wired) -- It's fun to imagine what Michael Mapes' studio must look like: You would assume that the New York-based artist's workspace has to resemble the lab of a harebrained entomologist, with test tubes, specimen bags and pushpins strewn about. In reality, of course, to create the startlingly elaborate sculptural por... | Michael Mapes reconstructed some of the most famous Dutch Masters' portraits from 17th century.
The New York-based artist used test tubes, pushpins strewn, or locks of hair to create the highly elaborate sculptural portraits.
Mapes countered the Dutch Masters' puritanical rigidity by including photographs of bare legs ... |
e9d19d15b2e47251c26a17411a79db1d17e023ca | (CNN) -- Tensions often run high in top-level sports, but it is rare to see a team's coach physically attack one of their own players. However, that was the bizarre situation in an Italian soccer match on Wednesday -- and it has cost Fiorentina coach Delio Rossi his job. The 51-year-old has been sacked just six months ... | Fiorentina coach Delio Rossi sacked after attacking player Adem Ljajic .
Rossi lashes out at Serbian after he sarcastically applauds decision to replace him .
The outburst comes 32 minutes into match against Novara, with Fiorentina later drawing 2-2 .
Club president Andrea Della Valle says: "No provocation can justify ... |
e9d1f72cca222d3ce7d28d93970194a50caaf98e | By . Sophie Jane Evans . Situated on one of the most exclusive streets in Britain, it already boasts four bedrooms, three reception rooms, a roof terrace and a courtyard garden. But now, this house has been put on the market for £12million - because it comes with permission to build a further two floors underneath it. ... | Semi-detached Edwardian property is situated on Mulberry Walk in Chelsea, the 16th most expensive street in UK .
Home has been put on the market for £12million because it comes with permission to add two floors underneath it .
Potential buyers can build a new studio, cinema gym, sauna, massage room and changing room on... |
e9d27a6fb2dc11ea5169fceb839b3bf12a114038 | Two centuries might separate their great seafaring triumphs, and in terms of speed and agility, the vessels they commanded may well be beyond all compare. Yet given the way Sir Ben Ainslie almost single-handedly inspired his bedraggled and outclassed team to victory in the world’s oldest and most prestigious yacht race... | Sir Ben led the Oracle Team USA to beat New Zealand at the America's Cup decider in San Francisco .
The Olympian is hailed as the greatest sailor since Lord Horatio Nelson following one of sport's greatest comebacks .
He now wants to lead a British team to victory in the world's oldest international sporting competiti... |
e9d296864ee23e09ff5473dac57d765c43c9ccf5 | London, England (CNN) -- A trial against six environmental activists accused of conspiring to shut down a power station in the UK has collapsed amid questions over the role of an undercover police officer in infiltrating the group. The six were among 114 people originally arrested in a police raid at a school in Nottin... | Trial of environmental activists collapses as prosecution offers no evidence .
Prosecution says new information had "significantly undermined" its case .
Defense planned to disclose information about an undercover police officer .
Activists say Mark Kennedy played a "key role" in organizing the action . |
e9d2b07dcd5c34920d40cfb30e70fb61dbcc645f | By . Ted Thornhill . A Chinese businessman tried to hide the fact he was building two extra storeys on top of his penthouse suite with a ploy many would describe as barking – by covering up the structure with trees and plants. The unnamed man already had a roof garden on his 18th floor apartment in the city of Guangz... | Man in Guangzhou city had an 18th-floor penthouse with a roof garden .
But he extended it by two storeys and hid it with extra trees and plants . |
e9d370f1f0a6e9410e429fb42c1f2b0466c8aa35 | In a decision sure to cause debate, a New Mexico judge has ruled that terminally ill, mentally competent patients have the right to get a doctor to end their lives. The landmark decision Monday by New Mexico Second Judicial District Judge Nan Nash came after a two-day trial and could make New Mexico the fifth state to ... | A state judge makes the ruling Monday .
The ruling could make NM the fifth state to allow doctors to prescribe fatal doses to terminal patients .
New Mexico's attorney general is contemplating whether to appeal . |
e9d37b18ece681837592ab0c3407dd830da9bc77 | By . Deborah Arthurs . PUBLISHED: . 07:03 EST, 18 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:07 EST, 19 April 2012 . Flatpack giant Ikea has taken over from traditional John Lewis as Britain's favourite shop, an influential annual study reveals. The Swedish furniture chain has finally worked its way up to the top of the nation's a... | Swedish furniture chain tops list of nation's preferred stores thanks to attractive prices and customer satisfaction .
'Never knowingly undersold' John Lewis slips to third place despite heart-warming ads . |
e9d3959f4df34dfc9fd191675b325ef28a561118 | Six men accused of raping a 39-year-old tourist and beating her husband with sticks during a cycling holiday in India have appeared in court. The suspects, who police say are local farmers, were arrested yesterday and have been charged with gang rape. The attack comes just three months after the gang rape and fatal bea... | Couple attacked by eight men as they camped near Madhya Pradesh village .
Men allegedly gang-raped the woman after beating couple with sticks .
Six men have been arrested and charged with gang rape .
Campaigners say latest attack shows growing vulnerability of women . |
e9d3d39aaf1729e38eb777b93f6740b1544ed7da | When Ivan Waterson was walking his dog on the beach, the last thing he expected was a three metre crocodile charging at them. The 56-year-old, from Wulagi, north of Darwin in the Northern Territory, took his border collie named 'Friday' on their regular walks along Rapid Creek beach about 7pm on Sunday. But after letti... | Ivan Waterson was walking his dog on a beach when he noticed the croc .
A three-metre saltwater crocodile was spotted along Rapid Creek in Darwin .
The 56-year-old quickly got his dog away from the sand before the reptile returned to the water .
The crocodile has pursued the Mr Waterson's just two months before . |
e9d45fc92c3ff6227b8aacdc9fc49df886249c21 | By . David Gardner In Los Angeles . While most schoolchildren are finishing off their exams and looking forward to the summer break, Haris Suleman will be taking off with his father on an incredible journey to fly their single-engine plane around the world in just 30 days. If they succeed, 17-year-old Haris - who has b... | Haris Suleman, 17, of Plainfield, Indiana, has been flying with his father, Babar, since he was eight .
Next month the pair will embark on a round-the-world trip in a single-engine plane .
They hope to make it in 30 days depending on weather .
Last September, Australian teenager Ryan Campbell, 19, became the youngest p... |
e9d4cd609fd6231f3dd2cfee271ae1642e44fc4f | Prince Charles was all smiles as he joined a festive group of students at a London school this morning but left his Bentley parked outside at a disused bus stop. The prince, 66, was at South Thames College in Wandsworth to meet a group of young people who had just completed a Prince's Trust personal development course ... | Charles was visiting South Thames College in Wandsworth this morning .
Left his official Bentley parked at a disused bus stop .
Was met at the stop by a family who said they had been waiting for him .
Had the bus stop been in use, he would have risked a £70 fine .
Met Prince's Trust volunteers at the school and cut a c... |
e9d4e49ef7a8bf6d319ea1b8452aa43d9993394b | By . Chris Brooke . PUBLISHED: . 09:22 EST, 28 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:25 EST, 28 May 2013 . When Mark Smith saw police searching for a wanted man in his street he didn’t hesitate to do his civic duty and help them to find him. The suspect was duly arrested – but as Mr Smith looked on from outside his door he was ... | Mark Smith suffered injuries like those caused by shark attacks .
The 45-year-old was mauled by a police German Shepherd dog .
It happened near his home in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire . |
e9d502a36b7d0f84cdbb2f09f277fe25065c10bd | (CNN) -- The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Tuesday that she reached out to Anita Hill, whose accusations of sexual harassment almost derailed Thomas' high court nomination 19 years ago. In a statement to CNN, Virginia "Ginni" Thomas said: "I did place a call to Ms. Hill at her office extending an o... | Hill's testimony in 1991 almost sank Thomas' Supreme Court nomination .
Ginni Thomas says she reached out to Hill to extend "an olive branch"
Hill says she won't apologize . |
e9d5043dc31242634ef779801354e4129de63118 | By . Stephen Wright . PUBLISHED: . 18:38 EST, 20 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:57 EST, 21 September 2013 . 'Hypocrisy': Richard Drax MP has planned to coat his estate with solar panels . A millionaire Tory MP has infuriated his neighbours with plans to build an enormous solar farm on his sprawling estate. Richard ... | Richard Drax has made plans to cover his 7,000-acre estate in solar panels .
Plans are despite previous opposition to green energy initiatives .
People in his South Dorset constituency have described him as a hypocrite . |
e9d55f3bf77d3c524563905173d4db0a2d7a6e20 | Winter weather isn't waiting for the calendar to say when it's time to hit the northern U.S. this year, with snowfall predicted across as many as seven states by Tuesday. Montana, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan should all see some snow in the coming week, if the new GFS model is correct, as ex... | Snow could hit Montana, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan .
Forecasters believe the early temperature drop is due to a polar vortex .
Significant 'chill in the air' expected over Great Lakes region . |
e9d5e22a3357b9646fb914121015d613184783cf | By . Associated Press . and Alex Greig . PUBLISHED: . 11:34 EST, 31 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 13:26 EST, 31 January 2014 . A Maryland mother has been charged with child neglect, accused of leaving her two young daughters in a cold car while she had her makeup done in a mall department store. Regina Marie Coleman, 2... | Regina Marie Coleman, 28, was arrested Tuesday night in Maryland for child endangerment .
Police found her two daughters, aged six and three, alone in her car in a mall parking lot around 8pm .
A passerby had heard the girls crying inside the car .
Coleman told officer she had only been inside the mall looking for a mi... |
e9d61b4bece5c1908092d3bc09330c6f8dac0741 | Fabian Delph believes he could have earned more money by switching clubs this summer but leaving Aston Villa for nothing ‘would not have sat right’ with him. The England midfielder admitted the prospect of moving to a team challenging for Europe had been tempting but insisted the pull of becoming a Villa hero swung the... | Fabian Delph has signed four-and-a-half year deal with Aston Villa .
Midfielder could have earned more elsewhere but is happy a Villa Park .
The 25-year-old earned his first England cap against Norway in September .
Click here for more Aston Villa news . |
e9d622642de408f0ef8b3008702644bb626580ba | Two care assistants face jail after being found guilty of mistreating a dozen severely disabled patients in their care. In a series of vicious attacks James Hinds, 59, and Susan Murphy, 43, slapped people around the head, physically dragged someone to the toilet, and even locked one woman in a cupboard, Sheffield Crown... | James Hinds, 59, and Susan Murphy, 43, abused a dozen in their care .
Attacks included hitting, dragging and pushing the vulnerable patients .
Hinds and Murphy guilty of a total of 25 counts of abuse and face jail . |
e9d63ddf6dc311141d2289d98a59a7c8b1ac6bb5 | (CNN) -- The U.S. ambassador to Islamabad was summoned to Pakistan's Foreign Ministry on Saturday, a day after Pakistan Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud was killed by a U.S. drone strike. Foreign Ministry spokesman Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry did not explain why the envoy was summoned. A U.S. State Department official confirm... | NEW: U.S. official stresses Pakistan Taliban ties to 2009 attack and Times Square plot .
U.S. and Pakistani officials say Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died in a drone strike .
Haqqani terror group vows attacks within a few days .
Government peace talks with the Pakistan Taliban will not be delayed, minister says . |
e9d6b4dbcf2c7fd8f0835e62081f1f624e1b215a | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 15:40 EST, 18 June 2012 . A career criminal who admitted to fatally bludgeoning and dismembering a 9-year-old girl he was baby-sitting just days before Christmas was sentenced today to life in prison. Michael Plumadore, from Indiana, last month pleaded guilty to murder, abuse of a ... | Michael Plumadore, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, bludgeoned Aliahna Maroney-Lemmon to death .
'Put body in his trailer park freezer and later dismembered it with hacksaw'
Sentenced to life without parole, spared the death penalty .
Judge adds 36 years to sentence, calling case the 'worst of the worst' |
e9d733d251765bff7fd8f5d73aef15704bb44f2c | By . Jaya Narain . PUBLISHED: . 05:59 EST, 10 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 19:57 EST, 10 January 2014 . Tragic: Catherine Moston was 37 weeks' pregnant when she took ill at the school where she worked in Rochdale, Manchester . A heavily pregnant teacher collapsed in class and died in hospital with her unborn baby. Cat... | Catherine Moston was 37 weeks' pregnant and still working when she died .
Believed to have suffered 'ruptured placenta due to baby's breech position'
Teacher was head of science at Middleton Technology School in Rochdale .
Leaves behind husband Matt Moston, 38, and three-year-old daughter, Isla .
Today, Mr Moston paid ... |
e9d7b27351c8259b6b56c8dc171a4e10dddc135d | Nine months before filing a lawsuit claiming she was raped by Dr. Luke, Kesha reportedly reached out to fans in a series of letters revealing the alleged abuse at the hands of her producer. The pop star wrote the correspondence herself - which appear on the pages of a children's colouring book - while in rehab for an e... | Pop star reportedly sent letters to fans identifying Dr. Luke as her abuser .
She told doctors in rehab about the producer abusing her, sources claim .
Kesha's mother Pebe Sebert allegedly fired off email to Dr Luke's lawyer .
Threatened to go public with rape claims unless he revoked star's contract .
Singer claims sh... |
e9d8f97446bcbd577a742d71a06c2bd638a962fb | (CNN)Maj. Mariam Al Mansouri may be ISIS' worst nightmare. The first female fighter pilot in the United Arab Emirates, she led a strike mission this week against the terror group, that country's ambassador to the United States said Thursday. "She is (a) fully qualified, highly trained, combat ready pilot, and she led t... | Maj. Mariam Al Mansouri led a strike mission this week, ambassador says .
"She is (a) fully qualified, highly trained, combat ready pilot"
Al Mansouri had wanted to be a fighter pilot since her teens . |
e9d9651b4e25d7f2262d8f187b1736cd87eb09a3 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:40 EST, 3 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 13:04 EST, 3 February 2014 . A Northern Virginia woman was horrified on Friday when she discovered a 4-inch bolt weighing several pounds had smashed straight through her dining room ceiling. Homeowner Abby Baker first believed the heavy... | Abby Baker lives beneath the Dulles Airport Flight path in Northern Virginia .
Baker says she first thought the bolt was from a burst gas line but service workers said it's from a plane .
The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board are now investigating the 2-pound, 4-inch bolt . |
e9d98cd28c28a0f162f262cf3fcf918eb99abcaa | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 00:25 EST, 10 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:24 EST, 10 December 2013 . Three courts have now denied the efforts of an animal rights group that was pushing for chimpanzees to be granted the same rights as human beings. The Nonhuman Rights Project filed three different lawsuits... | The Nonhuman Rights Project argued that four chimps in New York were being 'detained against their will'
The group said that chimpanzees have the mental capabilities to make their own decisions .
Three different courts in New York rejected all of the group's lawsuits . |
e9d9a8829c842963b271d276d5af70446f75531e | The hi-tech listening post Russia used to spy on the United States from Cuba may once again gather intelligence, according to a Russian newspaper report. The Kommersant business daily on Wednesday said the Lourdes signals intelligence facility, which was mothballed in 2001, would reopen as part of a deal struck by Russ... | Lourdes signals intelligence facility in Cuba to reopen, Russian paper says .
Vladimir Putin met last week with President Raul Castro .
Intelligence facility closed in 2001, has become overgrown and full of goats . |
e9d9ae75dd3d547b7e869aad9981151a551d5b13 | By . Lucy Crossley . A travel company boss has captured what could be the ultimate selfie after photographing himself at the top of Brazil's iconic Christ The Redeemer statue. Very few people are able to climb the landmark in Rio de Janeiro, but Lee Thompson was able to convince the Brazilian tourist board to let him s... | Lee Thompson, 31, managed to convince the Brazilian tourist board to let him climb the statue in Rio de Janeiro .
Statue was being repaired after a lightning storm when travel company boss was allowed to scale the monument .
As he popped his head out of the head of the 124ft-high statue he took a photograph of himself ... |
e9da57b7bc9e8294a44d215a18409ffc014aab88 | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 06:45 EST, 8 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:21 EST, 8 January 2013 . Ghoulish: A macabre new gambling trend is starting to gather pace in Taiwan where bets are being placed on the life expectancy of sick patients . A macabre new gambling trend is starting to gather pace in Taiwan where... | Death gambling market worth more than £20million pounds in Taichun .
Doctors, nurses and other hospital staff also take part in the macabre trend .
Some pots are reported to have run to more than £1million . |
e9daf0c004bc87ac83dbd9982677c804f1693ed7 | By . Emma Glanfield . These photographs may appear to show a magnificent display by the world-renowned Red Arrows – but in reality they reveal remote control replicas which have been made by a father and son ‘stunt pilot’ duo. Steven Bishop, 52, and son Matthew, 25, have wowed audiences around the world with their quar... | Steven Bishop and son Matthew spent around £10,000 and twelve months building the BA Hawk 22s replicas .
The aircrafts, which measure 113 inches in length, are flown from the safety of the ground using a remote control .
Audiences across the world have been mesmerised by the miniature planes which are identical to the ... |
e9db01b9ccde6dcebc3d949082c59e1825626d15 | The Mexican government will use satellite technology to stem the tide of illegal immigrants fleeing to America on top of huge freight trains nicknamed La Bestia or ‘The Beast’. People desperate to escape the poverty of the south clamber aboard the slow-moving trains and sit on the roof as they trundle north towards the... | Train nicknamed The Beast travels to Mexican border with U.S.
It is so slow that thousands of illegal immigrants can clamber aboard .
It's a freight train so they face possible death by sitting on its roof, which is controlled by gangs .
Mexico wants to improve tracks to speed up train thus preventing 'passengers' |
e9dc1709e99dc58ba57b555736c6698f5326c972 | By . Associated Press Reporter . and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:42 EST, 21 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:03 EST, 21 December 2013 . Police have thwarted a school shooting plot by two teenagers, one of whom idolized mass shooters, just a week after a student opened fire in the halls of a suburban Denver ... | Two Colorado teenagers, 15 and 16, allegedly planned shooting at Trinidad High School .
Police nabbed the boys after the school's resource officer was tipped off on Thursday .
The 15-year-old told cops he'd been bullied and idolized the Columbine High School and Colorado theater shooters .
They could be charged with in... |
e9dc3070beab695fbb52d23b105b2fe86d2d6dc8 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 22:51 EST, 17 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:14 EST, 18 August 2013 . Hannah Anderson has braved the cameras once again, thanking her supporters for rallying around her and her father as she copes with the murders of her mother and little brother and her kidnapping by a close fa... | Abduction victim was seen attending a fundraiser for her family, making it her first public outing since being freed less than a week ago .
Comes the same day as new search warrants made public that list piles of evidence that the first responders collected at DiMaggio's burnt house .
'Letters from Hanna' among the ev... |
e9dca3dff00ab40dcba3ed3203c3499438138afb | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Cruel: Officials suspect many the dead dogs discovered in the park are victims of a dog-fighting ring . A city worker in Detroit discovered a grisly scene as the snow began to melt in a park on the city's west side: The bodies of dozens of dead dogs scattered throughout the park. According to... | So far, animal officials have found 28 dead dogs in Detroit's River Rouge Park .
Many of the dogs are likely the victims of a dog-fighting ring .
Animal welfare experts say the park has become a 'dumping ground' for people who fight dogs .
Many live dogs also are in the park, and run the risk of being caught and used a... |
e9dcb0674d12f2472ef3893058861a75c1c08500 | A German historical society is set to publish an annotated edition of Hitler's autobiography Mein Kampf after its copyright runs out later this year. The Munich Institute for Contemporary History (IfZ) will publish a two-volume edition of the book in which the Nazi leader outlines his anti-Semitic beliefs and plans for... | Hitler's 1925 autobiography outlines anti-Semitic beliefs and military plans .
Rights were passed to the state of Bavaria following his death in 1945 .
Under German law copyright expires 70 years after the author's death .
New edition will contain comments from researchers as well as original text .
Authorities had pr... |
e9dcd370bff2f557c88f4b0cc249dbc029f87c51 | (CNN)In the midst of a disheartening outbreak of measles and assorted other diseases we thought had been wiped out, comes another outbreak that has just gotten started: a GOP pander war. And those parents who have apparently decided it is in their childrens' interests to forego vaccines are now smack in the middle of i... | Gloria Borger says some GOP politicians have pandered to worried parents .
She says they should be following the advice of scientists and strongly endorsing vaccinations . |
e9dcf8f41eafc5d918d06eb8807d5bf7c82cb684 | Washington (CNN) -- This year's first day of reckoning for President Barack Obama's signature domestic initiative is fast approaching. The second is seven-plus months away. The big question: Will the math on the first have anything to do with the math on the second? March 31 is the first benchmark: the first big enroll... | March 31 is big deadline for Obamacare enrollment, but November elections are true test .
To win, Democrats will have to change narrative that Obamacare is a failure .
Support for the health care law is divided along partisan and racial lines .
Democratic midterm turnout among minorities, young voters tends to drop . |
e9dd379c5213d3839812ee1d04fd255099b41edc | Former Rangers midfielder Gennaro Gattuso insists he would love to return to Ibrox as boss - but only once the club's boardroom battle has been settled. The Italian World Cup winner, 37, has been linked with the post vacated by Ally McCoist last month. But Gattuso - who was just 19 when he was signed for former Ibrox b... | Gennaro Gatusso would be interested in the Rangers manager's post .
However, he feels that the club's off-field politics need to be resolved first .
Several parties, including Mike Ashley, are wrestling for control of the club .
Gattuso played for Rangers between 1997 and 1998 .
He was back at Ibrox for the Fernando Ri... |
e9dd9a990d69094b0edbd77462f989eb15ff22de | By . Larisa Brown . When John Carter died of a brain tumour, his parents found comfort in the knowledge his heart would save someone else’s life. But they had no idea whose ... until an amazing chance encounter five years later brought them together with the man rescued by the transplant. The 19-year-old stranger was g... | Freda Carter's son John, 33, died from a brain tumour in 2008 .
His family agreed that John's heart, liver and kidneys would be donated .
They knew his heart had gone to a teenager named Scott, but no more .
Years later they attended a memorial service where Scott was speaking .
Mrs Carter, 66, says she instinctively k... |
e9de170aabd8f4d3b1156e0d4470eef843c12fca | Phil Mickelson said he will make 'drastic changes' because of federal and California state tax increases. 'It's been an interesting offseason,' Mickelson said Sunday after the final round of the Humana Challenge. 'And I'm going to have to make some drastic changes. 'I'm not going to jump the gun and do it right away, b... | Pro golfer says he may retire from the sport or move away from California over the state's tax hikes .
Tax increases were approved by California voters back in November . |
e9de322e8f13edbef18753a27a0a522944003186 | By . Rob Cooper . Last updated at 2:38 PM on 28th January 2012 . 'Inappropriate': Royal Bank of Scotland chairman Sir Philip Hampton has turned down a £1.4million bonus payout, it emerged today . RBS chief-executive Stephen Hester is under further pressure to turn down his near £1million bonus today after his own chair... | Sir Philip Hampton rejects £1.4million payout - or 5.17million shares - he was due to receive this year .
David Cameron: 'It's for Sir Stephen to decide whether he takes his bonus'
Lloyds boss Antonio Horta-Osorio has already turned down his bonus . |
e9de8f9a8f30003226e79d78ec6242f492038707 | The future of science and technology sounds so promising. Unprecedented advances in computing, robotics, artificial intelligence, genetics, neuroscience and biotechnology hold the potential to radically transform our world for the better and create mass abundance for all. I sincerely want to believe in this techno-uto... | Marc Goodman: It's tempting to think technology will create a future paradise .
He warns that all advances can be exploited by criminals, terrorists .
Goodman: Criminals have kept a step ahead of police in using some technologies .
He says law enforcement can keep pace by seeking help from vigilant citizens . |
e9df4d37ba05399dda2e395bffab86573f8c3eb0 | Barcelona have unveiled their new home kit for the 2014-15 season, uniting stars from the present first team and the future talent of the club as they look to the future after losing the La Liga title on the final day of the season to Atletico Madrid. The home shirt, manufactured by Nike, features bolder and wider Barc... | Catalan giants unveil new Nike kit for the 2014-15 season .
Stars Messi Neymar, Iniesta, Pique, Xavi and Busquets are joined by B-team players Sergi Samper, Edgar Ie and Jean Marie Dongou Tsafack .
Barcelona were beaten to La Liga by Atletico on the final day of the season .
Luis Enrique is the club's new manager after... |
e9df62f2d4c7c9edc4e31a0422ecf218dc88ee52 | The team formerly known as Marussia have taken a step closer to appearing on the Formula One grid this season. Marussia went into administration towards the end of last season, missing the final three grands prix of the campaign in the United States, Brazil and Abu Dhabi. Behind the scenes talks have continually taken ... | Marussia went into administration at the end of last season's Formula One .
They missed the last three races in the United States, Brazil and Abu Dhabi .
But they could now emerge as Manor and race in the 2015 campaign . |
e9df95fe6e02d9b2d842a57d2bed0474a9532e81 | TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- A group of Iranian intellectuals released a public apology this week for what they say is a long history of the country's mistreatment of members of the Baha'i faith. The letter lists 11 reasons why its signatories are ashamed of the past treatment of Baha'is. The apology -- titled, "We are ashame... | Iranian intellectuals publish letter of apology to members of the Baha'i faith .
The apology details alleged offences by the government against them .
Baha'i members say followers have been arrested, jailed for their faith . |
e9e08f65d855da2709f80fd51fb45817bd0e1ce1 | Airlines have cancelled nearly 14,000 flights for today and tomorrow with more cancellations expected as Hurricane Sandy barrels up the Atlantic coast of the United States. The massive storm threatens to bring a near halt to air travel for at least two days in a key region for both domestic and international flights. F... | Number of flight cancellations nearly doubles from Monday morning's 8,962 flights to almost 14,000 by the late afternoon .
1,300 cancelled on Sunday .
New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia airports bare brunt of storm prep .
Amtrak railroads said no East Coast trains will be running Tuesday .
International flights to ... |
e9e0bc656e245c2964227caa5a6ac0e3df1760b2 | (CNN) -- Weather, airfare and upcoming local events are criteria that typically factor into travel decisions. This week, however, far greater concerns are on the minds of potential visitors to Istanbul. Ongoing local protests, government retaliation and related unrest in the city have many wondering if they should pull... | Demonstrations have many wondering if they should pull the plug on upcoming trips .
US and British governments urge travelers to avoid large gatherings .
Tourists report feeling neither threatened nor endangered .
Istanbul is among fastest growing tourism markets in world, receiving 11.6 million international visitors ... |
e9e0dd3881ef8bb49a48ce4d4662e0677dde7b0f | Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers insists his players have to step up in the absence of captain Steven Gerrard after a frustrating goalless draw at home to Sunderland. With a must-win match at home to Basle in the Champions League on Tuesday, followed by a trip to Old Trafford, the 34-year-old midfielder was left on th... | Brendan Rodgers insists others must step up absence of Steven Gerrard .
Liverpool's captain started on the bench during 0-0 draw with Sunderland .
He came on after 67 minutes but couldn't inspire his side to victory .
Gus Poyet admits he would love to take Fabio Borini back to Sunderland . |
e9e0ed81787d178fc5dbfff3b412fd8acafc9dd8 | By . Andrew Levy . PUBLISHED: . 06:40 EST, 15 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:40 EST, 18 November 2013 . Media mogul and multimillionaire Simon Cowell was today condemned as 'irresponsible and stupid' by the UK government after telling students not to bother with an education and just 'get lucky'. Mr Cowell, who is w... | The X Factor impresario is worth more than £200million .
He said being in the right place at the right time was the key to success .
Education Secretary Michael Gove slams 'irresponsible, stupid' remarks .
A spokesman for Cowell insists he was only making a joke . |
e9e17c9fb797d1fffdccce3955db0bc01ab8f610 | By . Deni Kirkova . Kitty Hope and Mark Greenwood have been making traditional British treats with a twist - think Sicilian lemon curd coconut ice, candy floss boiled sweets and chilli and ginger ticklers - for eight years and now the pair are set to teach the British public to do the same via their first TV show. The ... | Their series, Sweets Made Simple, aims to demystify sweet-making .
The couple make their TV debut on BBC Two on Friday, 8.30pm .
Tipped to be the biggest thing since the Great British Bake Off .
Features step-by-step sweet-making demonstrations .
The first episode of Sweets Made Simple airs on BBC Two this Friday at 8.... |
e9e18c5d17c267adc8ccba29fb79c711b1a24a04 | Andrew Flintoff has confirmed his return to Lancashire five years after retiring from cricket. As revealed by Sportsmail, England’s 2005 Ashes hero, 36, is to play Twenty20 cricket for his former county after proving his fitness. Flintoff plans to have a run out at the weekend playing for St Annes in the Northern Leagu... | Former England international to confirmed cricket comeback on Friday .
Flintoff is to play Twenty20 cricket for former county Lancashire .
His first game back could be against Yorkshire in a televised game at Old Trafford next Friday.
The 36-year-old's return was first revealed by Sportsmail . |
e9e1a2c1beea843ff128fe778b1b93980a1b2e8a | In New York, this will not have gone down well. In Chelsea, West London, they won’t be too thrilled either. Manchester City’s decision to keep Frank Lampard in England rather than release him to fulfil an obligation to their feeder club New York City FC has been received predictably badly in the United States. At a str... | Manchester City have drawn level on point with Chelsea at Premier League summit after 3-2 win over Sunderland .
Frank Lampard headed the winner from a Gael Clichy cross after 73 minutes to secure precious win .
After poor first-half, City led when Yaya Toure rifled home from outside the penalty box .
The lead was doubl... |
e9e1bac3df7a6ca24b7bd9cae0469c29d2cefa11 | Samoa captain David Lemi claims the off-field controversy surrounding his players has galvanised the dressing room ahead of Saturday's match against England. The tourists had threatened to boycott the clash at Twickenham in protest against their treatment at the hands of the Samoa Rugby Union but it was confirmed this ... | England host Samoa on Saturday in their autumn international fixture .
Samoa threatened to boycott after pay dispute with their Rugby Union .
Samoa beat Canada 23-13 in their last match on November 14 . |
e9e23143f747be71ec7ffffb4eb7a1f843cd818d | Washington (CNN) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Tuesday the appointment of the first woman parliamentarian in the chamber since that position was created in the 1930s. Elizabeth MacDonough will replace retiring parliamentarian Alan Frumin. MacDonough currently serves as one of Frumin's top deputies. The... | MacDonough will replace Alan Frumin, who was parliamentarian for 18 years .
Frumin came into the spotlight when he had to make rulings on Obama's health care plan .
The Senate parliamentarian advises on rules and procedure . |
e9e266be1146405a2690834df7b4b9918f0f4271 | By . Simon Tomlinson . 'Severely distressed': U.S. student Melody Davis (pictured) died two weeks after suffering a heart attack in a hospital car park when staff insisted her friends call 999 for help instead . A student died after being turned away from a hospital reception while suffering an asthma attack as staff i... | 'Distressed' Melody Davis driven by friends to hospital after gasping for air .
Staff told them to 'phone for paramedics' as Melody staggered to entrance .
Collapsed before reaching door, where she was taken by ambulance to A&E .
Her father questions whether NHS staff were at fault for not treating her .
But inquest to... |
e9e27bd4859068265da24be1cef36a3736badc2a | Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Two bodyguards in a convoy that was transporting Britain's ambassador were wounded when it came under attack Monday in the eastern Libya city of Benghazi, a British Foreign Office spokesman in London told CNN. "We can confirm that they are being medically treated," the spokesman said. Ambassador... | Two bodyguards wounded, British Foreign Office says .
Rocket-propelled grenade struck vehicle Monday afternoon, Libyan news agency reports .
"All staff are accounted for," British Foreign Office spokesman says . |
e9e2d7af7ab7434eadcf5f9f4026da3d71e63132 | It was the summer of 2011 and Liverpool had launched an aggressive, expensive revolution of their playing squad. With Andy Carroll having arrived for £35million in January that year, along with £23million Luis Suarez, Kenny Dalglish was determined to bring in more quality and give Liverpool the options and depth they h... | Henderson arrived at same time as Charlie Adam and Stewart Downing .
Young Sunderland midfielder cost £16m and many thought it was an error .
But he is now a mainstay in the team with his bundling energy and drive .
Also nailed down a midfield spot for England under Roy Hodgson .
Brendan Rodgers offered him chance to ... |
e9e319ad1be6d224498e7e526c2ae9665a7c191f | By . Chris Waugh . Follow @@ChrisDHWaugh . New Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has added fellow Dutchman Albert Stuivenberg to his backroom staff as he continues to shape his coaching contingent. Van Gaal has brought his trusted lieutenant Stuivenberg in as his assistant coach at United. Stuivenberg, 43, worke... | Stuivenberg will be Van Gaal's assistant coach at United .
He previously worked under Van Gaal as Holland's Under-21 coach .
Van Gaal has already appointed Frans Hoek and Marcel Bout to his staff .
He will start at Old Trafford after Holland's World Cup involvement ends . |
e9e340d1099d385b1d0630415a5ef5387c75f9f6 | By . Sara Smyth . PUBLISHED: . 15:33 EST, 10 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:29 EST, 11 June 2013 . Many a holiday snap has the same components - golden sand, blue waves breaking in the background and a sandcastle or two. But these professional beachscapes taken from a helicopter show the familiar scene of the family pho... | Photographer Gray Malin took pictures by hanging out of a door-less helicopter .
Shots were taken of beaches from six continents over eighteen months . |
e9e3b310b84e26a419841a3dc1656fb109a18a74 | (CNN) -- Mexico celebrates its bicentennial Wednesday, an event known as "El Grito," the shout for independence first credited to a Catholic priest who demanded freedom from Spain. For many Mexicans today, though, it's a quiet shout of despair. The country is mired in a bloody drug war that has seen more than 28,000 pe... | The 200-year anniversary comes amid drug-war deaths and a slumping economy .
Some residents see lavish celebrations as an attempt to try to distract the population .
Analysts see Mexico as "downbeat" and "nervous" |
e9e4299ab87c2a92cbe39bca56969d8e9223dd38 | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 05:43 EST, 31 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:07 EST, 31 May 2012 . Controversial: Green Party member Mark Haworth-Booth, has boasted about his prowess with a gun alongside images of squirrels, rabbits and birds on his blog . A Green Party member who supports the RSPB has been branded a... | Mark Haworth-Booth, who stood to be a councillor in North Devon, put graphic kill-pictures on his blog .
One shows a rabbit that appears to have been skinned with some scissors .
Another shows a squirrel and a jackdaw lying dead on the grass .
'In deference to the sensitivities of some lovers of wildlife, I have remove... |
e9e44cbe76e09223c2329f9b69eacf12ebeb4584 | Participants in a new study of the use of police deadly force were more willing pull the trigger on armed white suspects than on blacks, researchers have found. The surprising results challenge previous findings about racial bias - and, one the researchers says, helps combat the stereotype that cops are more eager to o... | When confronted with an armed white suspect, participants took an average of 1.37 seconds to pull the trigger .
But, they took 1.61 seconds to open fire on armed black suspects - and were less likely to shoot unarmed targets .
Researchers believe reaction delay is because shooters fear consequences from killing a black... |
e9e46f551280ffcc98b45c3c9b18085ed14f38ba | Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) -- Authorities increased security around a Pretoria hospital where former South African leader Nelson Mandela remained in intensive care, three days after being rushed there with a recurring lung infection. Police set up gates and fences around entrances to the facility Tuesday, closely che... | NEW: President Jacob Zuma says Mandela's doctors "are doing a good job"
Mandela has not appeared in public since South Africa hosted the World Cup in 2010 .
He has been in and out of hospitals in recent years .
His daughter has flown back to be with him . |
e9e47df67b112c8b7e37ff8592747a49c8394ed5 | Editor's note: The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. is president and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. He began his theological studies at the Chicago Theological Seminary and deferred his studies when he began working full-time in the Civil Rights movement with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Rev. Jackson received his Master... | Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. says faith must be accompanied by good works on earth .
He says journey of African-Americans to freedom has four movements .
First movement is emancipation from slavery, second is end of Jim Crow .
Third movement is voting rights and fourth is economic prosperity, he says . |
e9e5703a7b35ee2e4540f859a9148b94adbed87d | By . Aaron Sharp . PUBLISHED: . 04:34 EST, 5 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:47 EST, 5 October 2013 . Veteran: Wogan said older female broadcasters once used their 'glamour' to land roles . TV legend Terry Wogan has said female TV presenters shouldn't complain about not getting work later in their careers because they... | Veteran broadcaster said younger women 'use their glamour' to land roles .
He said Tess Daly and Holly Willoughby will be 'replaced' in time .
Comments come after Harriet Harman complains about sexism on TV . |
e9e58020c397eef9f162765ca99b880397950110 | NBC has changed the lyrics of the song 'Ugg-a-Wugg' for its live show of Peter Pan after the words were deemed to be offensive to Native Americans. The original number, performed by Peter Pan and Tiger Lily, featured lines including 'the brave noble red skin' and made-up words including 'ugg-a-wugg' and 'gugg-a-bluck w... | NBC will broadcast a live production of 'Peter Pan' starring Allison Williams as Peter Pan and Christopher Walken as Captain Hook on December 4 .
Some of the songs have been changed - including 'Ugg-a-Wugg', which is performed by Peter Pan and Tiger Lily .
It previously featured made-up 'Native American-sounding' words... |
e9e591c7640d73eabf8c4b56a878b9323e2899d2 | (CNN) -- An Ohio death row inmate who has repeatedly claimed his innocence was spared execution, after the state's governor Thursday noted "legitimate questions" about evidence used to convict the man. Kevin Keith for now will spend the rest of his life in prison without parole. His legal appeals will continue, with la... | Kevin Keith was scheduled to die by lethal injection in two weeks .
Ohio's governor changed the sentence to life in prison without parole for three killings .
The governor cites "legitimate questions" about evidence in the case .
But the governor adds he thinks it is "far more likely" than not that Keith committed the ... |
e9e5df1f30ddac5854484452a3ac015ce444222d | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:59 EST, 9 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 17:59 EST, 9 January 2014 . Police have released a hilarious dashboard camera video showing a woman wearing 'zombie' contact lenses and dressed as a pig as she is arrested for DUI. Kristine Gagnier from Orlando, Florida, . was pulled ove... | Kristine Gagnier was arrested as she was seen 'driving erratically' following a Halloween party in the early hours of November 1 .
She was wearing 'zombie' contact lenses and she was dressed as a pig with different cuts of meat marked on her flesh-toned leotard .
The wakeskater had a blood-alcohol level of .120, the li... |
e9e6170a823aee5f1246e9cab756eb14d9fe3664 | Washington (CNN) -- A proposal to reduce nuclear weapons highlighted the debate within the German government about when and how to get rid of nuclear weapons on its soil, a new WikiLeaks document shows. Its release also reveals the presence of nuclear weapons in several European countries and Turkey, information not no... | The German national security adviser is cool to a proposal to remove nukes from Germany .
He said "it made no sense ... while Russia maintains 'thousands,'" a cable says .
The cable shows intense deliberations in Germany, an analyst says . |
e9e6c2b13eb5bf4f01365c61ada346d7db8abb3b | Journalist Nick Ames was in the press box at the Partizan Stadium in Belgrade on Tuesday and witnessed the chaotic scenes which led to the abandonment of the Euro 2016 qualifier between Serbia and Albania. Perhaps I should have known better, but as Serbia vs Albania neared half-time I had started thinking to myself tha... | Tuesday's Euro 2016 qualifier between Serbia and Albania was abandoned .
A drone carrying the Albanian flag was flown in above the pitch .
Serbia's Stefan Mitrovic pulled the flag down and was confronted .
English referee Martin Atkinson led the players off Partizan Stadium pitch .
Match was later abandoned and UEFA wi... |
e9e72067dfd3a1089f902a48b3c95aba436c8dc6 | By . David Mccormack . PUBLISHED: . 08:43 EST, 22 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:50 EST, 22 August 2013 . A Milwaukee woman has been charged with drink driving after being caught riding a motorcycle ‘with no hands’ on Friday afternoon. Police witnessed the woman drive right past them, her jacket was unzipped she had n... | Unnamed Milwaukee woman caught riding her motorcycle 'with no hands'
She eventually crashed, but escaped with only a cut to her chin .
She had been riding with her arms stretched out in a Christ-like pose and was found 'stammering about religion'
Woman charged with drink driving and police believe she was also high on ... |
e9e73582b7c1300450bce67221bbfab7bf4751ab | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:20 EST, 2 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:40 EST, 2 April 2012 . A disabled man who collapsed in an NHS walk-in centre after being refused treatment had to ring the service’s hotline for an ambulance. Adam Shropshire had been sent to the walk-in centre by NHS Direct after he ra... | Mr Shropshire said NHS Direct told him to visit a walk-in centre in Bradford .
He calls the hotline again to get an ambulance after he collapses once he is told centre too busy to treat him . |
e9e774d2aa3f904877805ceb8c941bc5aefdcbbb | Just a fifth of Americans believe that . humans evolved naturally over millions of years, while the vast majority . believe that God had a hand in the evolution of humans, according to . new research. According to a YouGov poll, 21 per cent of U.S. citizens believe that 'human beings evolved from less advanced life for... | 21% of those polled believe God played no part in mankind's evolution .
Some 25% believe God guided evolution; and 37% believe in creationism .
Proportion of Americans leaning towards pure evolution belief is rising .
Trend expected to continue - young people tend to lean towards this belief . |
e9e798153b0e596e2fb386281629226983f24a61 | Former Arsenal full back Bacary Sagna has revealed he left the club in search of trophies, not money. The 31-year-old spent seven years with the Gunners, but only won one trophy - the 2014 FA Cup - during his time there. Much to the dismay of Arsenal fans, the France international then made the well-worn route from the... | Bacary Sagna reiterated he didn't join Manchester City for the money .
The French full back said he joined them to win trophies .
Sagna spent seven years with Arsenal before moving to Manchester .
The full back won just one trophy during his time in north London . |
e9e86ab8a3a736f67006f78e012586d963a538af | (CNN) -- As police tell it, he called himself "Scott" and showed up with $150 at the ready. He was drawn to a house on the outskirts of Minneapolis by an online ad that promised a "no limit experience" with the catchy tagline, "Sick of winter? Come see how Sommer feels." Within minutes, he'd been cuffed, read his right... | Steven Smith is one of about a dozen men arrested in a prostitution sting .
He has resigned as the police chief in a Minneapolis suburb, CNN affiliate reports .
Police say he responded to an online ad for a prostitute; his lawyer declines comment . |
e9ea2de82e3ebb51d801eab11ee915380abed660 | Beijing (CNN) -- The Bo Xilai saga -- the incredible story of elite politics, murder, intrigue and betrayal -- seems to be winding down with the trial and sentencing of Wang Lijun. And yet one question remains open: What will happen to the man once tipped for the top job in China? Wang, 52, the former police chief of C... | Wang Lijun, the former police chief of Chongqing, this week was sentenced to 15 years .
Lijun set off the Bo Xilai saga when he fled to a U.S. consulate n February .
Investigation resulted in the murder conviction of Bo's wife, Gu Kailai, in August .
Question remains: What is going to happen to Bo Xilai, and will he be... |
e9ea384ca6e9fb29dacf466d1de743bb9204dc2d | (CNN) -- English Premier League Fulham produced a superb performance in Switzerland on Wednesday to eliminate opponents Basel from the Europa League with a 3-2 victory. Roy Hodgson's men went into the away game needing victory to leapfrog their opponents and join Group E winners AS Roma in the last 32 of Europe's seco... | Fulham reach last 32 of Europa League at the expense of Basel with 3-2 win in Switzerland .
Greek giants Panathinaikos book place in knockout stage with 3-0 win over Dinamo Bucharest .
Hertha Berlin go through with 1-0 win over group winners Sporting Lisbon .
Fellow Bundesliga side Werder Bremen top Goup L after 3-0 wi... |
e9ea8f8a5119ab7053a699b417398330ee10d25b | By . Jack Doyle . PUBLISHED: . 12:07 EST, 11 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 19:46 EST, 11 March 2014 . At least one in every 20 prisoners is from the gipsy, Romany or traveller communities, a report reveals. With 4,276 prisoners in England and Wales being from these groups, they total 5 per cent of the jail population. It... | There are about as many gypsies in jail as there are women prisoners .
Figures for young offenders are even more stark .
Study by HM Prisons Inspectorate says reasons for this lie 'outside of prison service'
HMP Woodhill was praised in report for celebrating ‘Gypsy and Traveller Month’ |
e9eae757c9cd46476af4ba9fbfcd234ffb90910e | Claudia Lacy says she can accept anything: even that her youngest son committed suicide -- if it's proven and explained to her. However, she says, local and state investigators have done neither to support their theory that Lennon Lacy hanged himself one summer night. "That's all I've ever asked for: what is due, owed ... | FBI is looking into the death of Lennon Lacy, 17, and the investigations that followed .
Lacy was found hanging from a tree after he went for a walk on a summer night .
His mother says he did not commit suicide . |
e9eb1dbc13d542437a56cfc5c17e79081f7a605f | (CNN)Conservationists are racing to try to save more than 170 whales stranded on a remote beach on New Zealand's South Island. Twenty-four of the 198 pilot whales stuck on the beach have already died, New Zealand's Department of Conservation said Friday. The department's staff, helped by 140 volunteers, were planning t... | Twenty-four of the 198 pilot whales stranded on Farewell Spit have already died .
Conservation officials and volunteers will try to refloat the surviving whales . |
e9eb772a6697675294281a2c765744fbdbb86aa6 | Republican candidates appear poised to ride a wave of Obama-fatigued discontent to victory on Nov. 4. New poll numbers show voters preferring unnamed GOP candidates by seven percentage points over their Democratic opponents. That lead, from a CBS News poll released Wednesday night, grows to eight points when undecided ... | CBS News poll shows likely US voters prefer Republicans by 10 per cent on foreign affairs, seven points on the economy and 2 on IMMIGRATION .
Generic polling looks better for Republicans than in 1994 or 2010, when the GOP made historic gains .
Very little good news for Democrats as they're expected to lose between 7 an... |
e9eb93b8a9b08fe9c73b80e16493b58e2d584fbb | Vice President Joe Biden took a little time out during an appearance in Florida to trawl for votes for his own White House bid in 2016. Biden, who will be 73 in 2016 - nearly three years older than when Ronald Reagan became the oldest man ever first elected president - was in a Sarasota restaurant talking on the teleph... | Biden will be 73 in 2016 - nearly three years older than when Ronald Reagan became the oldest man ever to be elected President .
He was talking on telephone to voter when he was overheard by reporter . |
e9ebbaf77793ab4bd653512d418cf495ed728789 | Boko Haram is an Islamist militant group waging a campaign of violence in northeastern Nigeria, particularly in the states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. The group's ambitions range from the stricter enforcement of Sharia law -- which is derived from the Koran as the "world of God" -- across the predominantly Muslim north... | Nigeria is battling an Islamist insurgency that has claimed 3,000 lives since 2009 .
Boko Haram is fighting for stricter Sharia law in Nigeria's predominately Muslim north .
Nigeria's military suspect Boko Haram was behind an attack on a college this week .
At least 29 students were killed and several buildings torched... |
e9ec36438bb3d0c33db2e9a479185ca93647a5c7 | A 22 st actress has lost eight stone after fearing her frame would hold her back from being cast as Tinkerbell. Kate Gilbert, 34, from Solihull, Warks, has slimmed to an incredible size 12 so she can slip into floaty dresses and wings for her dream role in the Peter Pan pantomime. And now the impish star, who is part o... | Kate Gilbert, 34, from Solihull, Warks, has slimmed to an incredible size 12 .
Went from 22 to 14 st after cutting out carbs in order to play Tinkerbell .
Am-dram star worried she'd struggle to be cast 'stomping on the stage' |
e9ec62bae30bdf6a8ae12ee00fbf0ea9e4484c32 | By . Steph Cockroft . A CPS clerk gagged an elderly widow and beat her to death on the morning she was due to go on a luxury cruise - before trying to kill himself, a court heard today. Old Bailey case worker Thomas Blazquez, 51, who knew 77-year-old Rosemary Shearman through his mother's bridge club, killed the pensio... | Rosemary Shearman, 77, was beaten to death on the morning she was due to go on a luxury cruise .
The pensioner, from east London, was found by neighbours at her home with tape and rope bound around her .
Thomas Blazquez, 51, an Old Bailey case worker, knew the victim through his mother's bridge club .
He allegedly tied... |
e9ec69549143be3dedc49c027f76d85e09581fb3 | By . Jennifer Smith . A dog died after being rescued from a sweltering car by residents who poured water over its body in a frantic bid to save its life. Metropolitan Police were called to St Helier Court in De Beauvoir Estate, North London, on Saturday by residents who noticed the Alsatian in the vehicle. After tracki... | The dog was left in a car at De Beauvoir Estate, North London .
When police arrived at scene residents were pouring water over its body .
Animal died in a police van on its way to receive medical treatment .
The dog's owner was arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty . |
e9ece36f007e0ccfae498193be5d9af10b91aaf8 | (CNN) -- Like you, a lot of us are bummed about not making it (once again) to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. That's why we got New Orleans native Judd Harris and his band Visible From Space to send us a little Fat Tuesday love, courtesy of the band's new music video, "If You Axe Me (A Love Letter to New Orleans)." New Orl... | Video filmed in multiple New Orleans locations .
Song is allusion to The Meters' Mardi Gras .
Song recorded in emotional aftermath of Katrina . |
e9ece595434c9793af85ab07e33fdcd628d90805 | By . Wills Robinson . A 20-year-old man has cut his own throat while standing in the dock after being given a prison sentence. The defendant, understood to be Gary Bell, was in court two of Kirklees Magistrates' Court in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, this afternoon when he is said to have taken a blade from his pocket... | Defendant was in the dock at Kirklees Magistrates' Court in Huddersfield .
The man, believed to be Gary Bell, was sentenced for five charges .
Three were for assault by beating and two were for criminal damage .
He then took the blade from his pocket and ran it across his neck . |
e9ed15716fbbbb7d93c4c5a7dd0083aacca54c33 | By . Ashley Collman . A journalist wearing Google Glass had the device stolen and smashed right in front of his eyes in San Francisco this evening. Business Insider reporter Kyle Russell was covering a protest in the Mission district Friday night, where hundreds had gathered to voice outrage over Google lawyer Jack Hal... | Business Insider reporter Kyle Russell was wearing Google Glass Friday night in San Francisco .
He had just finished covering a protest against a Google lawyer who is evicting tenants from his building .
A woman shouted 'Glass!' before grabbing the glasses and throwing them full-force on the ground .
Police didn't catc... |
e9ed450700ed19223ab40a37b79bb5f8aedae911 | By . Daniel Miller . PUBLISHED: . 18:33 EST, 12 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:39 EST, 13 April 2012 . North Korea's rocket scientists have been forced to hang their heads in collective shame following the spectacular failure of their latest long-range missile which blew up moments after launch. Military leaders had ho... | Embarrassing moment for North Korea as long-range rocket shatters minutes after launch .
Leader Kim Jong-Un defiant as he unveils of statue of his father intended to cap 'triumph' of rocket launch .
Cost of the operation was estimated at $850million, enough to buy 2.5million tonnes of corn and 1.4million tonnes of rice... |
e9ed4b7f98a62546af2f4d586ee42bd8467fac89 | Former Formula One boss Max Mosley, pictured outside court yesterday, has won his latest round of his ongoing legal battle against Google . Former Formula One boss Max Mosley has won his latest round of his ongoing legal battle against Google after the High Court refused to block his claim for damages over 'sex orgy' p... | Mosley, 74, is seeking damages and an injunction over the photographs .
He alleges Google UK and Google Inc breached the Data Protection Act .
Today High Court refused to block former Formula One boss's claim .
Action follows Mosley's 2008 privacy victory against News Of The World .
He won £60,000 in compensation over ... |
e9edcf7a6f47b3110eda6a51a2da5ccfe30ecea6 | Mrs Brewer denies indecent assault and aiding and abetting rape of same girl . By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:01 EST, 30 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:48 EST, 30 January 2013 . The ex-wife of a music school director accused of rape gave a present to a teenage girl her husband was having an affair with, a... | Choirmaster Michael Brewer had affair with 17-year-old girl .
Ex-wife Hilary Kay Brewer gave the teenager an AA Milne book .
Mr Brewer accused of raping and indecently assaulting separate teenager .
Mrs Brewer denies indecent assault and aiding and abetting rape of same girl . |
e9edd57abb46c728cd7d370349adf596a4ec6ff7 | By . David Baker and Emily Allen . Last updated at 8:24 PM on 4th February 2012 . The owner of Championship football side Nottingham Forest has been found dead at his home in Lincolnshire. Multi-millionaire Nigel Doughty, who was 54, was found in his gym at his home in Skillington shortly after 2pm this afternoon. He i... | Nigel Doughty, 54, 'died from natural causes'
Labour leaders past and present pay tribute to the party donor . |
e9edf3312d3375a9a0a4f55f4434c6692ef67c67 | By . Dan Bloom . PUBLISHED: . 13:35 EST, 6 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 13:09 EST, 7 February 2014 . Tragedy: Joanna Hall, 35, lay dying for five hours after she was stabbed by Steven Williams . A woman whose frenzied boyfriend stabbed and slashed her 40 times named him as the culprit from her hospital bed, then slip... | Joanna Hall was killed by out-of-work chef Steven Williams in Tenby, Wales .
The 30-year-old knifed her 40 times then went out to buy whisky .
He laughed down the phone when he finally dialled 999 five hours later .
Joanna, 35, named Williams as her killer before slipping into a coma .
Jury convicted him by 10-2 after ... |
e9edf8a55db37278eb953d42b4921a67d1c04db6 | What does temptation taste like? For the sweet-toothed army of Sungeni Mtalimanja's clients, it's all about buttermilk and cocoa dipped in a sea of dark red. "Red velvet [cake] -- that's a big thing at the moment," says Mtalimanja, founder of Sweet Temptations by Sungeni. "A lot of people actually like that recipe." Ba... | Sweet Temptations by Sungeni is a cake-making business in Malawi .
It was launched last year by lawyer Sungeni Mtalimanja .
She says the cake making industry is currently booming in Malawi .
Power cuts and sourcing ingredients are major challenges, says Mtalimanja . |
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