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ea3698aa5494a2030619f282b6df2e53ca66181b | Far from just plonking a squirrel feeder in the back garden, Steven Barley's elaborate set-up not only entices local wildlife but makes them stars of his hit web videos. Writer and teacher Barley's latest creation is the Grand National, or 'Grand Nut-ional', featuring three of the little creatures in a race along an o... | Steven Barley creates videos of squirrels on elaborate obstacle course .
The Hertfordshire writer and teacher mocked up a Grand National race .
Barley also provides amusing commentary to go with the video . |
ea36dd0ff623d1f4aa06cde63947d82d64fb6166 | A 28-year-old math teacher has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting three male students at a California school. Melissa Nicole Lindgren is accused of sexually assaulting students at Nicolas Junior High School in Fullerton, where she worked for six years before her arrest in February. The victims, ranging in age fr... | Melissa Nicole Lindgren, 28, pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting her young male students .
The junior high math teacher is accused of sending pornographic texts and sexually molesting three boys aged 13 to 15 over two years .
Prosecutors say Lindgren had sexual contact with the boys in her classroom, on the schoo... |
ea36e82574e1482c40ec17f27802dd2e49b0fa62 | By . Daniel Miller . An Iranian diplomat has been killed in a drive-by shooting in the Yemen, the latest in a spate of attacks on Iranian officials in the Middle East in recent months. Economic attaché Ali Asghar Asadi was reportedly shot multiple times to the body as he drove out of the Iranian ambassador's residence ... | Economic attaché Ali Asadi was reportedly shot multiple times to the body .
Targetted as he drove out of the Iranian ambassador's residence in Sanaa .
A source claimed gunmen tried to kidnap him but shot him when he resisted .
It is the latest in a spate of attacks on Iranian officials in the Middle East . |
ea36f766d9873a0dea1ca3a8f3b450fe3d6a93fa | Famed artist, scientist, and engineer Leonardo di Vinci created a beeswax sculpture of a man riding a horse in 1508, thought to be a model for a larger commission. But the Italian Renaissance master died before the model could be cast in metal, and mysteriously vanished from public sight for centuries. But after painst... | Master created beeswax mould for sculpture, possibly intended as a design for larger statue .
After Da Vinci died, it was passed onto his apprentice .
Apprentice kept it in the family until 1930s, when it was moved to Switzerland for safekeeping .
Found by American businessman, who commissioned bronze casting . |
ea36fa496f849c399162f383e771594621aff79f | (CNN) -- One senator who has survived the vice presidential vetting process described it this way: Like having a colonoscopy without anesthesia. The probing, highly personal examination that a presidential candidate uses to pick a running mate is uniquely American. Yet it is entirely shielded from public view: Those wh... | Those considered as a potential vice president face a thorough examination .
The intense vetting is necessary because a VP pick represents a candidate's first big decision .
John McCain's vetting chief said he asked questions he "would not dream of" any other time .
Candidates being vetted face scrutiny of almost every... |
ea370ddcf73746bcaf3940e959bb3fe2e04172ad | (CNN) -- Anything creative begins with a question. The problem is that questions take us into uncertainty, which is a very dangerous place to be. If there were a predator next to you and your brain wasn't absolutely sure what to do, then it'd probably be too late. The need to translate ambiguous sensory information int... | Beau Lotto: Uncertainty is dangerous in a predatory world, but essential for innovation .
He says science gives people the means to be creative in devising theories, experiments .
Lotto recruited students to take part in a science project about the visual behavior of bumblebees .
Students crafted experiments and wrote ... |
ea37197d84e1d4307f97489ac1d11fffcd5243c6 | By . Martha De Lacey . PUBLISHED: . 09:42 EST, 27 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:47 EST, 27 November 2012 . A formerly greedy greengrocer who was too fat to lift a crate of vegetables has lost the equivalent of three sacks of potatoes in weight - and has worn a skirt for the first time in 15 years . And mother-of-tw... | Mother-of-two Claire Robinson, 39, lost almost five stone .
The super-slimmer from Louth, Lincolnshire, dropped four dress sizes .
Has now worn a skirt for the first time in 15 years . |
ea373ff98f96c1326b2e8e6b941328c41617f93d | Shocking selfies have emerged of a nurse, who allegedly murdered dozens of patients, posing with her thumbs up beside an apparently dead woman. Italian nurse Daniela Poggiali, from the town of Lugo, in the Emilia-Romagna Region of central Italy, was arrested last month in connection with 38 deaths on her watch, some of... | Daniela Poggiali was arrested last month in connection with 38 deaths .
These shocking selfies of her with a corpse have now come to light .
Prosecutors allege Miss Poggiali murdered for pleasure using potassium . |
ea37583a780119386fcd998b8d8d3273f9774741 | A disabled builder lived in a Scottish cave for five months after he was allegedly kicked out of his one-bedroom flat by a housing association. Cameron Logan, 50, and his partner Elaine survived in the 12ft deep rocky outcrop in Oban from May to September with just two sleeping bags to keep them warm. The former constr... | Cameron Logan, 50, and his partner Elaine lived in a cave for five months .
Disabled builder said he was kicked out of his flat by housing chiefs .
They lived in the 12ft deep rocky outcrop in Oban from May to September .
Couple had to wash under the taps in public halls and use a church toilet . |
ea380a0ddd99c0cfceb2f48d7a86389c3f1a626c | A mother who was told to have an abortion because her baby’s chance of survival was so low has given birth to Britain’s only ‘double dwarf’. Nathan Phillips, who is three months old, was born healthy and fit to Laura Whitfield, 24, and her fiancé, Nathan Phillips, 34, both of whom have restricted growth. Both of the pa... | Nathan Phillips, three months old, has two types of dwarfism .
His mother, Laura, 24, has hailed him a 'double dwarf'
He got one type from Laura and the other from his father, Nathan .
They were told he would probably not survive more than an hour after birth .
They decided to continue the pregnancy anyway and he was b... |
ea38bffcf8e93521a0c95ed8126b1d89a018e634 | By . Vanessa Allen . PUBLISHED: . 19:03 EST, 4 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:59 EST, 5 December 2012 . The Duchess of Cambridge is being cared for by an elite medical team led by two top royal doctors. The Queen’s current surgeon-gynaecologist Alan Farthing and his predecessor Marcus Setchell are both at Kate’s bed... | Queen's current surgeon-gynaecologist Alan Farthing and his predecessor Marcus Setchell are heading up the team caring for the pregnant Duchess .
Consultant Mr Farthing, 47, is the former fiance of murdered television presenter Jill Dando .
Marcus Setchell, 69, was the royal surgeon-gynaecologist for 18 years and cared... |
ea392667f697a4a50a4887f91b47f3578f1319a7 | By . Rob Cooper . Updated: . 00:40 GMT, 6 December 2011 . A young mother has told how she feels lucky to be alive after thugs hurled a 2ft slab of concrete from a bridge on to her car. Lisa Horne, 26, was on a dual carriageway heading home after Christmas shopping with her mother when the block slammed into her bonne... | Lisa Horne, 26, and her mother 'lucky to be alive' after walking away uninjured .
'I just heard a bang' says driver who doesn't remember pulling car over at the roadside .
Mother Stella says: 'I don't know how they can go home and sleep... they could have killed four people'
57-year-old woman still in hospital after se... |
ea39535926e8f0c9abdee97b8402030396ad86b7 | The mayor of Melbourne claims up to a third of beggars in the city are actually backpackers looking to earn money. Officials in the Australian city are struggling with a rising number of beggars, despite it being illegal and leading to fines of more than £50. The city's Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle, says an increasing numb... | There is a rising number of bogus beggars in Melbourne, Australia .
Officials say one in three of the city's beggars are international travellers .
Authorities worry that travellers are taking earnings from homeless . |
ea39f964c1e0b4a855daec5d3e16a484835557a2 | (CNN) -- An experienced radio journalist was killed during crossfire between Islamist rebels and government forces in Somalia's capital, a journalist rights group said. Barkhat Awale Adan, 60, was killed Tuesday afternoon while covering fierce fighting between Al Shabaab rebels and Somalia's government forces. Adan was... | He is killed while covering fierce fighting between rebels and government forces .
Renewed fighting has gone on for three days .
Somalia is one of the most dangerous places for journalists . |
ea3a13a2424e732c1e5a5c49d33868c8c223db37 | (CNN) -- North Carolina's Senate passed a restrictive abortion bill Thursday, and it now heads to Gov. Pat McCrory, who is expected to sign it. The bill was passed by North Carolina's House of Representatives this month. The bill would place requirements on clinics that family planning advocates say would make it hard ... | Gov. Pat McCrory is expected to sign the legislation .
It would require doctors to be present at an abortion, limit insurance coverage .
"This bill would take women back 40 years," Planned Parenthood activist says . |
ea3b199f71a5358d371a270029fc045ea047f825 | Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Three current or former Bell, California, city officials, accused of misappropriation of public funds, won bail reduction Wednesday. The arraignment for them and five others arrested in the case was postponed until October 21 after a defense attorney asked for more time. The bail for fo... | NEW: Bail reduced for three defendants .
Arraignment delayed until late October .
High salaries in Bell sparked outrage in July .
Defense attorney says case is about politics . |
ea3c07396fbc908a199d6edd441befb6f3cd0f62 | (CNN) -- When Jerry and I first started slinging scoops in 1978, we knew that it was about more than just the ice cream; it was about community. Our first scoop shop was in a dilapidated gas station that we renovated with a small loan, a little pocket change and a lot of green wood. In the summer, folks would crowd aro... | Ben and Jerry: After Citizen United, our government looks more like a plutocracy .
We need a stampede to rout the special interests who have corralled congress, they say .
Ben and Jerry: Stamp Stampede wants people to put a message on their dollars .
If we don't stunt the influence of money in politics, we might lose o... |
ea3d61788e4ac4a4ee55315cb17605260ef1472e | A series of bomb blasts across Iraq on Monday killed at least 42 people and wounded more than 257 others, police said. The attacks took place in at least six provinces: Baghdad, Anbar, Babel, Kirkuk, Salaheddin Diyala, and Nasriya, police officials across the country told CNN. Two of the bombs exploded at a checkpoint ... | Toll in attacks rises to at least 42 killed, more than 257 wounded .
Attackers hit targets in at least six provinces .
Shiite neighborhoods, police checkpoints, political offices are among the targets .
Politicians fear violence will keep voters at home in this week's elections . |
ea3d7dd74bde0644d8dd1044c62b681e5fabd48a | News International, the UK subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. that publishes newspapers including The Sun and The Times of London, announced a new name Wednesday: News UK. The rebranding follows a troubled period for News International, hit by a phone hacking scandal. It comes as News Corp. splits into two piec... | News International, the UK arm of Murdoch's News Corp., is now News UK .
The renaming follows changes "taken place to address the problems of the recent past"
News UK says new policies have been put in place following the phone hacking scandal .
News Corp. is splitting into two parts, one holding publishing assets and ... |
ea3df68b9da76378a097f1ac1841e55be9a0a6ec | A suburban Detroit police officer has been fired and a handful of others are under investigation after surveillance footage showed a cop cut off a young mother’s weave. Charda Gregory’s weave was crudely chopped off late last year by former Warren Police Officer Bernadette Najor using a pair of scissors after she was a... | Charda Gregory was arrested late last year and accused of trashing a seedy motel room on 8 Mile Road .
She claims she was drugged and taken there against her will, the video shows her unable to stand .
Warren Police Officer Bernadette Najor is shown in the video slicing off and ripping out her weave using scissors .
Ms... |
ea3e526c557b4e63f9609a87838ab749cc426733 | By . Associated Press . A Mexico City pro-breastfeeding ad campaign is being re-worked after it fueled a storm of protest from women's health groups over its highly sexualized nature. 'Give your breast to your child, don't turn your back on them', read the ad banners, splashed across the chests of thin local celebritie... | The ads were intended to address the fact that only one in seven mothers in Mexico breastfeeds exclusively in the first six months .
Women's health groups feel the campaign is 'guilt-tripping' mothers . |
ea3eb28ec05c2bd41d10b40dd89f73332f005fac | (CNN) -- The news of Vaclav Havel's death Sunday morning caught me by surprise, but it was hardly surprising. When I last talked to the Czech playwright, politician and statesman was in March, at a party to celebrate the Prague premiere of a movie he'd directed of his final play, "Leaving." He was already very frail. E... | A long-time friend of Vaclav Havel's remembers him as fearless against the regime .
Havel loved wine and company and could bring people together, Paul Wilson recalls .
He believed that if you have ideas for change, you must help bring that change about .
He continues to inspire activists in China, Cuba and now the Arab... |
ea3f025144fae5bb81af876d13bf6cbca01caeab | Moscow (CNN) -- Russian authorities on Friday seized radioactive material from the luggage of a passenger on a flight from Moscow to Tehran, Iran. The luggage, belonging to an Iranian citizen, contained 18 metal objects packed in individual steel cases, Russia's Federal Customs Service said. The agency said the materia... | A nuclear expert says the material cannot be used for weapons .
Russian customs agency says the radioactive material can be obtained from a nuclear reactor .
It was found in the luggage of a passenger on a flight to Tehran .
Russia's atomic agency says the material is used only for scientific research . |
ea3f15b40d3a975b6fac0c32a9a7b756a29affd7 | Washington (CNN) -- Senior State Department and Diplomatic Security officials may have covered up or stopped investigations of inappropriate or even criminal misconduct by staff, according to an internal memo from the department's Office of the Inspector General. The timeline surrounding the allegations places the inci... | House committee chief says he's asked his staff to begin an investigation .
State Department memo alleges a drug ring operated near the U.S. embassy in Iraq .
An ambassador allegedly engaged prostitutes, a memo says .
Investigations into the allegations, in some cases, were stymied . |
ea3f3677a1d67c194a347974e7b34c96fa39a9b2 | (CNN) -- Felipe Massa's Formula One career is hanging in the balance after confirmation the Ferrari driver suffered some damage to his left eye following his crash in qualifying for the Hungarian GP -- although his condition continues to improve. Felipe Massa receives attention after his high-speed crash in Hungarian ... | Surgeon reveals Felipe Massa suffered eye damage in his crash on Saturday .
Professor Robert Veres confirms it is unclear whether Massa will drive again .
The 28-year-old continues to show improvement after undergoing skull surgery .
The Brazilian had a two-hour operation following high-speed crash on Saturday . |
ea3f89eea8fac0b16a5b0ca059a307810415287f | Brazilian beauty Gisele Bundchen has been revealed as the world's highest-paid model for the seventh year running in a new ranking by Forbes. The 33-year-old mother-of-two made $42million in the fiscal year ending June 2013 thanks to dozens of lucrative fashion and beauty deals. She raked in almost six times more than ... | It is the seventh year running the Brazilian beauty has claimed the title .
Kate Moss slipped from second to fourth place with $5.7million in earnings . |
ea3f8e1949d13ac148226c0e69e7f176ebd529ba | Hong Kong (CNN) -- In the latest Bond movie "Skyfall," Daniel Craig's 007 pursues an assassin up a glass skyscraper in the dead of night and meets a glamorous casino host with a troubled past. The action could plausibly have taken place in any of the world's major metropolises but the film makers chose Shanghai and Mac... | Chinese censors cut key scene, alter dialogue in latest Bond movie .
"Skyfall" was partly set in Shanghai and Macau .
More Hollywood movies featuring Chinese storylines and backdrops .
China now has world's second largest box-office takings . |
ea411fca1085b80a0065c18a1a8b8401d2848908 | By . Peter Allen . The ex-wife of disgraced International Monetary Fund chief today insisted she 'knew nothing' about his extra-marital affairs and orgies. In her most revealing interview to date, 65-year-old Anne Sinclair also said she 'never believed' he regularly had sexual relations with other women at home and abr... | Anne Sinclair, 65, she said 'never believed' he had sex with other women .
Strauss-Kahn's career fell apart in 2011 after his arrest for attempted rape .
But Ms Sinclair did concede: 'I knew that was a seducer' |
ea4161207b033041d72957a5ac8a35ce61efe723 | (CNN) -- Saudi Arabia is re-establishing its diplomatic presence in Egypt after tensions briefly spurred the kingdom to pull its envoys and shutter its missions, Egyptian and Saudi state news agencies said Friday. Ambassador Ahmad Kattan is returning to his post in Cairo, and Saudi Arabia's embassy and consulate will r... | Saudi Ambassador Ahmad Kattan is returning to Egypt .
"We will not allow this incident crisis to prolong," King Abdullah says .
The ambassador was pulled after protests in front of the Saudi Embassy . |
ea418966b64280730f52144a7dd9274005b7966b | (CNN) -- Tokyo was known as Edo until 1868, but it's hard to imagine that this high-rise, high-tech metropolis could possibly have existed in a time before electricity and concrete. Tokyo isn't just a futuristic city; it's the place that has shaped our vision of what the future will look like. In Tokyo, the future is a... | Known as Edo until 1868, Tokyo has been shaped by a history of disasters .
There's a sci-fi familiarity to areas like Shibuya, Shinjuku and Akihabara .
There are still traces of traditional Tokyo, such as at the Meiji Jingu Shrine . |
ea41bfdc62a02daed6f1a48f8e0b6c86c35f3dae | An Australian forklift driver who some historians argued was the true heir to the British throne has died in the small New South Wales town he called home. Mike Hastings, 71, was a real-life aristocrat, born the 14th earl of Loudoun, who moved to Australia in 1960 in search of adventure. He made international headlines... | Mike Hastings, 71, was real-life aristocrat, born the 14th Earl of Loudoun .
Research suggests his ancestors cheated out of British crown in C15th . |
ea421d03b70d55d9103e266559cef99abfae6e49 | On the pretty streets of his neighbourhood in Greenwich Village, New York, Philip Seymour Hoffman would play the perfect family man, delighting locals with his easy-going charm, approachable air and the loving relationship he clearly had with his three young children. They had given him a new sense of purpose in life ... | Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his apartment on Sunday .
Investigators found actor lying unconscious with a syringe in his left arm .
Officers also found evidence of heavy drug use scattered around his flat .
Days before his death he was photographed drinking and smoking in a bar .
Reported he may have been v... |
ea42714aea53a9e54c4b132feee4e6d093ab1749 | By . Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 12:52 EST, 10 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:40 EST, 11 April 2012 . The wife of a senior Chinese Communist Party official could face the death penalty if convicted of the murder of murder of a British businessman after being named prime suspect in the case. Gu Kailai, the wife ex-Chong... | Officials initially said fixer Neil Heywood died of excess alcohol .
But police chief now fears that ex-Harrow schoolboy was poisoned .
Mr Heywood had close ties to purged Chongqing leader Bo Xilai .
Told friends he feared for his safety after fall-out with Bo's wife, Gu Kailai . |
ea42c56cc8ef5e29d2682ffa72ea3672d17aee0e | (CNN) -- Elvis Presley may have left the building three decades ago, but he raked in more money last year than many living titans of the music industry . Singer Elvis Presley tops the Forbes list for the second year in a row, raking in $52 million last year. For the second year in a row, Presley topped the Forbes maga... | Presley earned more than Justin Timberlake ($44M), Madonna ($40M) last year .
Cartoonist Charles Schulz, author Dr. Seuss still relevant among children .
Beatles' John Lennon comes in at No. 7, but George Harrison drops off list .
Heath Ledger debuts on list thanks to performance as Joker in "The Dark Knight" |
ea42e63ddc2f12b870721b165bdf72c4333eda8b | (Entertainment Weekly) -- If you're interested in actor Marlee Matlin, you'll want two questions answered before deciding whether to read her memoir, "I'll Scream Later": . Actress Marlee Matlin appears on CNN's "Larry King Live" to talk about her sexual abuse. 1. What does she say about her relationship with William H... | Marlee Matlin's memoir "I'll Scream Later" says plenty about William Hurt .
Book more muddied when it comes to why she wants to scream .
For a ramble, it isn't bad, but EW gives it a C-plus . |
ea4378e669ff5463d4558f7701dfa0c1b93ca0cb | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:46 EST, 27 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:50 EST, 27 December 2013 . The moment an armed 16-year-old boy was shot dead by police after a high-speed chase in a stolen car and day-long manhunt has been caught on camera. Peyton Cole Barbour was killed in a volley of gunfire in... | Peyton Cole Barbour, 16, was shot dead by police on Christmas Day .
The armed teen led cops on a chase in a stolen car in Texas .
Two police officers were wounded .
Witness Tammy King captured the shootout on her cell phone . |
ea44a6b8694bb44eaf85502635cc6cd3ba647249 | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 05:20 EST, 30 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:35 EST, 30 September 2013 . A family has been left devastated after a father and son both battling terminal illnesses died within days of each other. Sam Claridge, 24, had a serious lung condition but died from a sudden heart attack at... | Sam Claridge had a serious lung condition but died after a heart attack .
His father Martin passed away six days later following 15 months with cancer . |
ea44e457f1e07d9ce969943ba302d70416451462 | The UK's largest sand drawing - an image of a Land Rover Defender measuring 1km long - has been created in the same location its inventor sketched the car's unmistakable shape almost 70 years ago. This year, Jaguar Land Rover is set to stop building the model - a favourite of the royal family - and in recognition of th... | Image was created in same location designer sketched car's unmistakable shape in the sand almost 70 years ago .
Drawing measured 1km long and was created as a continuous 4.52km line, but was washed away by tide in minutes .
Agricultural harrows were dragged through the sand in Red Wharf Bay to create iconic shape .
Ja... |
ea455e7678ad60ee5c6a0c5794657ad36b12ad53 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 07:20 EST, 14 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:21 EST, 14 March 2014 . Alcopops, which fuelled binge drinking for a generation, are in terminal decline and could disappear within a few years, the government claims. Drinkers who were once drawn to sweet, garish... | Products which fuelled a generation of binge drinkers in terminal decline .
Health minister Earl Howe predicts the market will vanish altogether .
Generation which grew up on alcopops has grown up and moved on .
Killed off by rising popularity of spirit beers and flavoured ciders . |
ea456cadc95263d7cc20963712b3034dd9838ff6 | Tom Thorpe’s thumping header in stoppage time gave Manchester United a dramatic win over Tottenham and sent them top of the Under 21 Premier League. The United captain rose above a static Spurs defence to power home an Adnan Januzaj corner with just seconds left on the clock. This was a contest that had meandered along... | Manchester U 21s defeated Tottenham U 21s 2-1 at the Lamex Stadium .
Adnan Januzaj opened the scoring with a curling free-kick after 87mins .
Nathan Oduwa equalised for Spurs only one minute later .
Tom Thorpe sealed the win with a header from Januzaj's corner on 90mins .
Januzaj had struggled to make an impression bef... |
ea45841171684192ad17a66a71d419055b3cdfb1 | SFO paid Miss Williamson £98,946 for her to travel down and stay in a London hotel for three days a week between 2008 and 2012 . Taxpayers paid travel and hotel bills of nearly £100,000 so the CEO of a fraud and corruption watchdog could commute to London from the Lake District, a report reveals today. Phillippa Willia... | Taxpayers paid nearly £100,000 so Phillippa Williamson could commute .
Former CEO of the Serious Fraud Office stayed in hotel three days a week .
SFO paid £98,946 for her to travel down from Lake District .
Report described the SFO as a case study in 'how not to run a public body' |
ea45de108b6b76b77d365a640f1d349dce59510d | DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- A helicopter crashed into an oil drilling platform off the coast of Dubai, killing all seven people on board, officials said Thursday. The helicopter which crashed was a Bell 212, the same model as pictured above. Among the victims were an American and a Briton, said Hanan Moussa of... | Helicopter crashes into an oil drilling platform off Dubai, killing seven people .
Victims were: American, British, Indian, Pakistani, Filipino and Venezuelan .
Bell 212 helicopter crashed on the deck of the oil rig . |
ea468d13e7650685a52b3a988a4ea514f5f24628 | Lolita is a fashion subculture from Japan, influenced by clothing from the Victorian and Rococo eras . The style has no association with the book Lolita . By . Olivia Fleming . The Japanese fashion subculture Lolita has made its way to Mexico, and the trend appears to be a hit. The trend . Lolita is often associated wi... | Lolita is a fashion subculture from Japan, influenced by clothing from the Victorian and Rococo eras .
The style has no association with the book Lolita . |
ea470e165ca4d9fcef34e8ef99316d6e4379ac68 | The militant group ISIS represents a "very significant potential threat to homeland security," and officials have a "good sense" of the individuals from the United States who are trying to travel to Syria and fight with the terrorist group, the secretary of Homeland Security said Monday on CNN. "They are a dangerous or... | Jeh Johnson says ISIS is a "very significant potential threat" to the homeland .
Johnson is the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security .
He says at least 100 Americans have tried to go fight with ISIS in Syria .
Officials have a "reasonably good sense" of who those Americans are . |
ea471a41ef0d812ab854b7e203cd6ec2c234010f | By . Associated Press . and Daily Mail Reporter . A hot air balloon pilot has died after falling from the basket while trying to land in a Philadelphia field. Police said Jeffrey Hooten, 47, reached for a rope to deflate the balloon when he fell and was crushed under the basket on Sunday. The father, from New Mexico, w... | Jeffrey Hooten fell from the basket while landing in Philadelphia on Sunday .
Police said he was reaching for a rope when he fell .
He died in hospital .
None of the 10 passengers were injured . |
ea4784e2b8081e2a74ea82985320d1894554d778 | By . Chris Pleasance . PUBLISHED: . 12:15 EST, 25 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 05:01 EST, 26 February 2014 . A Muslim man has launched a petition asking YouTube to remove Katy Perry's new video from their site because it shows her disintegrating a man wearing a pendant which reads 'Allah'. In the Dark Horse video Per... | Katy Perry's new video features her as Egyptian princess choosing a suitor .
She turns men who displease her into sand using lightning .
Shazad Iqbal noticed the first suitor wearing pendant with 'Allah', which means God, written in Arabic which is disintegrated along with him .
Now Mr Iqbal has started a petition to h... |
ea4809c96879f4a648a731ac45629263ca3c1d4e | South Korea has released pictures of a small rudimentary drone that landed on its soil in what is believed to be a bungled reconnaissance mission from North Korea. The wreckage - that looks more like a remote-controlled toy aeroplane than a piece of military hardware - was reported on April 3 after it was found by a 53... | Drone is one of three which crashed in the past fortnight .
The latest aircraft was found in mountains near Samcheok .
It was equipped with a cheap Japanese-made Canon camera .
South Korean experts say the captured drone was basic, at best . |
ea482b09e7d7256d467657888960054cae441f5d | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 10:36 EST, 20 September 2013 . A Florida woman known as 'hiccup girl' who is accused of masterminding a mugging that ended in murder told her mother from a police cell that she 'set it all up', a court has heard. Jennifer Mee, 22, allegedly lured Wall-Mart worker Shannon Griffin to... | Jennifer Mee, 22, is charged with murder in 2010 killing of Shannon Griffin .
She gained notoriety at 15 when she got hiccups for FIVE straight weeks .
Court hears: 'I didn't kill nobody. I .
set everything up. It all went wrong mom'
Mee's co-defendant Laron Raiford was sentenced to life in prison in August . |
ea48c62b706cdfd940752269325066680f6b9fa1 | By . Tamara Abraham . PUBLISHED: . 15:07 EST, 22 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:21 EST, 22 August 2012 . As the celebrity stroller brand of choice, new Bugaboo designs never fail to make waves on the yummy mummy scene. But its latest offering, which rings in at an eye-watering $1,775 (£1,250), is strictly for the babi... | Named 'My First Car', the new stroller is the result of a collaboration between Bugaboo and fashion label Viktor & Rolf .
My First Car is pricer than Bugaboo's Donkey double buggy which sparked unprecedented demand when it launched last year . |
ea48e1b76d8937c373c7dbce18d6b38cb5940675 | By . Annabel Fenwick Elliott . We may be living in the age of 'social' media, but when it comes to munching, we're doing it alone. Industry research group NPD has concluded that Americans eat breakfast solo 60per cent of the time, and lunch 55per cent of the time. The only meal we are still enjoying with company is din... | Almost a third of all U.S. households are now one-person homes .
NDP research found that we are more likely to eat breakfast and lunch alone than dinner . |
ea48ebd5fd31beba8a1a23c9db3b11ed685efe6c | A beauty pageant contestant who labelled herself 'terribly ugly' has been disqualified after being voted through to the final because organisers thought she had tampered with the vote. Maya Shelkovaya from Sochi was shocked when she ousted more than 400 other girls in Russian contest Miss Games 2014 to make it through ... | Maya Shelkovaya made it to the final of Russian pageant Miss Games .
She posted a photo of herself, saying she thought she was 'ugly'
But many praised her bravery and she made it through to the top five .
Organisers disqualified her after suspecting she had rigged the vote . |
ea49390d489d51bb62e848b0565c7fde8eb45aec | (CNN) -- When you visit the doctor, chances are you are given a prescription for a drug or an order for an X-ray or lab test. Before you leave, it's important to ask whether your doctor's recommendations are truly necessary. Even though much of what physicians do is meant to help patients, sometimes it's not always the... | About $700 billion of our $2 trillion annual health spending is considered wasteful medicine .
Kevin Pho: A new guideline lists 45 tests and procedures that are performed too often .
He says implementing the recommendations will not be easy for doctors and patients .
Pho: Doctors and their patients need to talk more ab... |
ea495b1cd1dd32954aa7a5e70321d6a0becb156c | By . Louise Boyle for MailOnline . Investigators are searching an area near Lynchburg, Virginia, for the remains of two young sisters from Maryland who were abducted in 1975, police said on Tuesday. Police are looking for the remains of Katherine Lyon, ten, and 12-year-old Sheila Lyon, according to Captain Paul Starks,... | Police are looking for the remains of Katherine Lyon, ten, and 12-year-old Sheila Lyon in Lynchburg, Virginia .
Girls went missing on March 25, 1975, after walking to get some pizza at the Wheaton Plaza Shopping Center in Maryland . |
ea4992646b85f7d77399f38558de26d21bae17b6 | Yemen's president, a powerful rebel group and representatives of major political parties signed a ceasefire Sunday, the government announced. "The document calls for an immediate ceasefire and ending all forms of violence," the written statement said. "It also calls for the formation of a technocratic national governme... | Deal calls for a new, more transparent government .
PM Basindwa resigns, says he doesn't want to be obstacle to peace .
There have been protests, violence in the capital .
More than 150 people have died in the past seven days, government official tells CNN . |
ea49f2c8aa508ace2d37daa789d2be379899e0d5 | By . Ryan Lipman . PUBLISHED: . 21:44 EST, 17 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 21:45 EST, 17 February 2014 . A man who thought he was getting a tattoo of a Chinese symbol on his back was in fact being inked with a 40cm-long penis. The cruel prank in Queensland, Australia, cost a backyard tattoo artist and his assistant j... | Two men convinced a man to let them tattoo his back after drinking .
Victim agreed to a yin-yang symbol and dragon and tiger design and was told a girl would have sex with him if he had it done .
A 40cm-long penis with testicles was inked on his back instead .
After the tattoo was finished the victim was assaulted and ... |
ea4ae07e0032a265329bad4285b277f7a3055d3e | By . Deni Kirkova for MailOnline . A girl who once suffered panic attacks whenever she left her home has conquered her fears to become a beauty queen. Chantelle Parker, 23, from Chesterfield, developed agoraphobia when she was 19 years old and suffered severe panic attacks and anxiety when she went outside. The former ... | Chantelle Parker, 23, from Chesterfield, developed agoraphobia at 19 .
Felt she didn't have much to get up for and house was safest place .
Sought help from anxiety group and began process of recovery .
Spotted a Facebook advertisement for Miss Great Britain and entered .
Forced herself to shop for a dress and go to th... |
ea4ae0b2a63cc0d2e56d1755df50e38e3a1e3ba4 | Robert Lewandowski has warned his Poland team-mates their historic win over Germany will count for nothing if they slip up against Scotland. The Bayern Munich superstar set up the clinching goal for Sebastian Mila as Adam Nawalka’s side caused a Group D sensation by defeating the world champions 2-0 in Warsaw on Saturd... | Poland defeated Germany for the first time in their history after 2-0 victory in their Euro 2016 qualifier in Warsaw .
Robert Lewandowski warns not to slip up in next game against Scotland .
Gordon Strachan's side defeated Georgia 1-0 through Shaun Maloney . |
ea4b0fcbbd75585ce7b51e95f0b61cb646ec9583 | By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 06:53 EST, 14 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:26 EST, 24 October 2013 . Hundreds of students have wreaked havoc in Liverpool at the latest Carnage pub crawl. The circus-themed event on October 13 attracted hordes of teenagers who enjoyed drinking cheap alcohol - with £1 shots and bottles... | Circus-themed student event on Oct. 13 attracted hordes of teenagers .
Cheap alcohol on offer - with £1 shots and bottles of wine for just £5 .
Carnage has been dubbed Britain's most debauched student event . |
ea4b17f9ad1db9470f840f34e6420b870801b7c3 | MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Will the recount state become the re-primary state? Will voters in Michigan have their say in picking a Democratic candidate for president? Michigan's Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm, shown in 2006, called for her state's delegates to be seated. Political leaders in Florida and Michigan are ta... | Florida, Michigan leaders call on national party to seat states' delegations .
Party stripped states of delegates after states moved up their primaries .
Candidates agreed not to campaign there; Obama wasn't on Michigan ballot .
Howard Dean: Michigan, Florida knew the rules . |
ea4b4c2c0c24dbb8cd14b8b233ebcc61bb3e48bc | PUBLISHED: . 18:08 EST, 27 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:08 EST, 28 January 2013 . Slipping through his grasp: Was the feather to blame for Andy Murray's defeat to Novak Djokovic in today's final of the Australian Open? Down it came like a voodoo omen, floating from the skies like malevolent thistledown, the tiny wh... | Andy Murray's concentration is cracked by an ominous bit of feather .
The world number three blames everything but his own performance .
Watching the British tennis star play can be a sweet kind of torture .
We can deal with defeats but it is hope of victory which is so crushing . |
ea4b6af1ba8444841d66af72045ef1099dcd2b90 | (CNN) -- Authorities arrested more than 100 members and associates of the street gang the Mexican Mafia in southern California as part of investigation into a wide range of offenses such as racketeering, kidnapping, attempted murder and drug trafficking, federal officials said. The arrests were made primarily in San Di... | The arrests were made primarily in San Diego County .
The alleged offenses include kidnapping, attempted murder and drug trafficking .
The suspects are part of 20 street gangs that were overseen by the Mexican Mafia . |
ea4b76edc25069b2f45bdbf354c233505fa6ad30 | By . Associated Press . President Barack Obama says he supports statehood for the nation's capital. Obama was asked Monday about the prospect of the District of Columbia becoming the 51st state during a town hall at a city school. The president said, 'I'm for it,' adding that he has been 'for quite some time.' However,... | Obama was asked Monday about the prospect of the District of Columbia becoming the 51st state during a town hall at a city school .
The president said, 'I'm for it,' adding that he has been 'for quite some time'
However, he's aware that it would be a tough one to get through Congress . |
ea4b8ea49de1faed79bf11df9e3e4191ac480f9d | Roberto Martinez admits that Everton must tighten up defensively when they face Hull City on New Year's Day in order to halt a run of poor away form stretching back over two months. The Toffees have not won a Premier League match away from home since beating Burnley on October 26th and have picked up just a single poin... | Everton are on a run of three successive Premier League defeats .
Toffees boss Roberto Martinez says they must tighten up defensively if they are to end a run of four straight defeats on the road .
Martinez's men face a trip to Hull on New Year's Day .
They are just five points above the relegation zone going into 2015... |
ea4c1716f9a68326a37eff81a4af1fd0a6f14004 | By . Hayley Peterson, Meghan Keneally and Snejana Farberov . PUBLISHED: . 20:09 EST, 11 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:30 EST, 12 September 2013 . Just hours after marking the disastrous conclusion of his mayoral campaign by flipping off news reporters, Anthony Weiner re-emerged in the spotlight with a smile on his... | Anthony Weiner lost the mayor's race and didn't thank his wife Huma in his concession speech Tuesday night .
Huma was not at his 'victory' party but his former sexting partner Sydney Leathers showed up and crashed the event .
Bill de Blasio beat Weiner and the other Democrats, making him the next Democratic candidate f... |
ea4c3ef7c42889eb4ee61fed0687c1af3320b2a8 | The world’s first test-tube burger will be served in London next week. It is made from meat grown in a laboratory, rather than cattle raised in pastures. And its developers hope it will show how the soaring global demand for protein can be met without the need for vast herds of cattle. The 5oz ‘Frankenburger’, which co... | The artificial burger will be cooked and served for the first time this week .
It cost in the region of £250,000 to produce the prototype .
The 5oz beef burger is grown from the stem cells of one cow .
Creator Professor Mark Post believes the development could help solve problems in the meat industry . |
ea4c412451969e867c17e24964045e6666b90de1 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sophisticated submarine-like boats are the latest tool drug runners are using to bring cocaine north from Colombia, U.S. officials say. Semi-submersible boats used to smuggle drugs are gaining in quality, the Coast Guard says. Although the vessels were once viewed as a quirky sideshow in the drug wa... | Small boats can travel almost completely submerged, Coast Guard says .
Semi-subs carry narcotics from Colombia to U.S.
Million-dollar vessels built in jungle, sometimes assembled elsewhere .
They've been around awhile, but now more sophisticated, carry more cargo . |
ea4c9d659d7cdc0a481c54111f475f250d7a0227 | All the challenges for Vincenzo Nibali were overcome well before he arrived in Paris on Sunday evening to be crowned Tour de France winner. Traditionally a sprinters’ stage, the finale on the Champs-Élysées was little more than a celebration for Nibali, or eight laps of honour, at the end of which Germany’s Marcel Kitt... | Italian becomes the sixth person to win all three Grant Tours .
Niabli won the Giro d'Italia in 2013 and the Vuelta a Espana in 2010 .
A dominant showing saw Nibali of Astana triumph by 7 mins 37 secs .
137.5km from Evry to Paris won by German Marcel Kittel on Champs Elysees, his fourth stage win of the 2014 Tour de Fr... |
ea4d6e57bc7293e4320ecb3479b74ba61714cba2 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 08:26 EST, 30 December 2011 . One in ten under-25s think Elvis Presley or Paul McCartney wrote the words instead of Robert Burns, pictured . It happens every year. We get 12 months to learn the lyrics – but hardly anyone bothers. Now three-quarters admit they will mime or make up ... | Poll found that some 37 per cent do not know a single line of Robert Burns’s piece, written in 1788 .
And many will be singing it at home this year as more and more opt for a night in on New Year's Eve . |
ea4dfe5a8e1bfed46e12aca9274ef33d6ed158c1 | In 16 years, cancer will become the leading cause of death in the United States, surpassing heart disease, according to a new report from the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The number of new cancer cases is expected to increase nearly 45% by 2030, from 1.6 million cases to 2.3 million cases annually. This influ... | Oncology group releases report: "The State of Cancer Care in America"
Number of new cases is expected to increase nearly 45% by 2030 .
Smaller community oncology practices being absorbed by larger networks .
Patients having to travel farther and pay more for cancer services . |
ea4f39a7579f1ddfebc9018c438747191a090e4b | A female hostage kidnapped during a Northern California bank robbery was killed by police in an ensuing chase and shootout, likely during a final gun battle where the lone surviving suspect used her as a human shield, authorities said Monday. The results of a preliminary ballistics report show that police in the city o... | Misty Holt-Singh, 41, was taken hostage by the armed robbers who held up the Bank of the West in Stockton, California, on July 16 .
She was killed in a major shootout with police .
Two other women were taken hostage but were thrown from a vehicle during a 45-minute chase .
Both women survived .
Two of the bandits were ... |
ea4f8d06240053d918529226d86cda5951d578ff | With dust billowing into the sky, this is the moment a hillside crumbled to the ground at a busy construction site in Ecuador killing two workers and injuring eight more. The hillside collapsed after an earthquake triggered a landslide at a quarry site in Ecuador, seven miles north of the capital of Quito. It killed tw... | Two workers were killed at the site in the north of the capital, Quito .
Eight were injured and three more are still missing after an earthquake triggered a landslide .
The quake struck the Ecuadorian province of Pichincha on Tuesday and led to a number of aftershocks .
In total, four people have been killed, including... |
ea4fab1d02798da71b00965f5c155454edd2f366 | Whitehall mandarins launched an extraordinary 13-month effort to block the Iraq inquiry from publishing explosive memos between Tony Blair and George Bush, it emerged last night. Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood’s attempts to keep the correspondence secret led to a major stand-off with Iraq inquiry chief Sir John C... | Sir John Chilcot said 'not possible to say' when report will be published .
Ex civil servant was hauled before Parliament to explain long delays .
Inquiry into the causes of the war was ordered in 2009 by Gordon Brown .
It was held up by legal wrangling over letters between Blair and Bush .
Top civil servant Jeremy H... |
ea4fbcff53811e35f8ab692f3ef08c65247f00e9 | By . Associated Press . and Helen Pow . The United States is flying 'manned' intelligence missions over Nigeria in an effort to locate from the sky more than 200 abducted schoolgirls, a senior U.S. official said Monday. Washington . has also shared 'commercial satellite imagery' with the Nigerian . authorities in the h... | Washington has also shared 'commercial satellite imagery' with Nigeria in the hunt for the missing teenagers, a senior official said .
The news of the missions comes after a chilling new video was released by the extremist group Boko Harem Monday .
The girls are seen in the video wearing tradition Muslim dress after th... |
ea502b9e51141a699b62507f85bd9d5aa72386fe | (CNN) -- The Polish city of Krakow played host to a unique collection of some of the world's leading classical musicians on Tuesday for a special performance to mark the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II. Valery Gergiev conducts the World Orchestra for Peace in Jerusalem, October 19, 2008. Bringing toget... | Orchestra play in Krakow, Poland, to mark 70 years since outbreak of WWII .
World Orchestra for Peace features 95 musicians from 35 countries, 75 orchestras .
Russian maestro Valery Gergiev, violinist Rainer Kuechl among biggest stars . |
ea50e485445d826d9b1399cacd36da606c3c4aaf | (CNN) -- I had the pleasure of getting to know the Robertsons -- the duck call mogul stars of A&E's "Duck Dynasty" -- over the past couple of years. I've hunted ducks with Phil, the patriarch, and enjoyed Miss Kaye's home cooking. They are good, kindhearted, compassionate and generous people. The brouhaha over Phil Rob... | S.E. Cupp has gotten to know the family featured in A&E's "Duck Dynasty" series .
She says they are a Christian family that celebrates their religion and Scripture .
She disagrees with Phil Robertson's views on gays but says they're not a surprise .
Cupp says A&E's suspension of Robertson from show is an ungracious act... |
ea5115eadeecb40dfcde4c0ad0b60247563cb5c6 | (CNN) -- Cancer is plaguing a growing number of first responders and rescuers who worked at ground zero after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. These are cancers the federal government says are thought to be directly related to that effort -- cancers like leukemia, myeloma, thyroid a... | There are at least 2,509 certified cancer cases among 9/11 responders and rescuers .
They suffer from higher rates of leukemia, myeloma, thyroid and prostate cancers .
The U.S. government has a WTC Health Program that provides care and monitoring . |
ea517d2f1b459f62dd0e20f4618a29d9f2dbab7f | Moscow, Russia (CNN) -- Suspects in an explosive inferno at a Russian nightclub that killed at least 112 people will face charges Monday, authorities have said. The fire broke out Friday night in the Ural Mountain area industrial city of Perm, sweeping through a party in full swing at the Lame Horse, a nightclub celebr... | NEW: Four of the suspects to be under arrest for two months, court rules Sunday .
Death toll from fire rises to 112 as more people die from their injuries .
Russia observing day of mourning Monday, according to presidential decree .
Tragedy has shocked Russians, reeling after last week's fatal train derailment . |
ea51e0ee851b9b7f361d832088097df8e9a5f3e7 | By . Ian Ladyman . Follow @@Ian_Ladyman_DM . and Craig Hope . Follow @@CraigHope01 . Mocking: Brazilian paper Lance taunt England . The Brazilian press have revelled in England’s demise. O Globo’s front page showed a picture of Luis Suarez with the headline ‘The Lad from Liverpool’. And sports daily Lance had a mock-up... | The Brazilian press ridiculed England's hapless players after Luis Suarez scored two goals to effectively knock them out of the World Cup .
Sports daily newspaper Lance depicted England's key players and Roy Hodgson as the Beatles on their infamous Abbey Road album cover . |
ea51eaac01eec40a9500256cab82eca911adeab5 | (CNN) -- China's population may be in excess of 1.3 billion inhabitants but only two of its players had ever reached a grand slam semifinal -- until Tuesday. That was when unseeded Peng Shuai put years of frustration, thoughts of retirement and major heart surgery to one side as she blew away Swiss teen Belinda Bencic ... | Peng Shuai becomes only third Chinese player to reach a grand slam semifinal .
Unseeded 28-year-old beats teen Belinda Bencic, next faces Caroline Wozniacki .
Peng underwent major heart surgery aged 12 to pursue tennis dream .
Five-time men's champion Roger Federer through to quarterfinals . |
ea52277565d5fff8bf37480956f3b1f2925e5c2f | By . Helen Collis . PUBLISHED: . 06:27 EST, 6 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:59 EST, 6 September 2013 . Irreverent customers are treating IKEA stores around the world like a free service to apparently be used and abused with impunity, reports reveal. Stories coming from across the globe include a child peeing in a ... | Stories from around world reveal unbelievable disrespect of customers .
One woman seen helping a toddler pee into a bottle, drips landing on bed .
IKEA stores in China often used as somewhere to picnic and sleep .
Israeli shop let woman sleep for hours after she vomited on couch .
New Yorkers and Germans take advantage... |
ea522dc3f082ee2b2fdfd40c7774a2228aab95d4 | (CNN) -- "Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end." - Henry David Thoreau . The March on Washington in 1963 was a day for great speeches. Of course, no one knew that the day would also include one of the most famous sp... | Robert Franklin: Martin Luther King was an especially skilled communicator .
Franklin says King would have used social media tools to share his message .
King reached out, not only through sermons and speeches, but also the media .
Franklin: King's message would still have broad appeal today . |
ea5250c984d0ea8e279e4ad0a7427dab049cd3c7 | (CNN) -- Reddit general manager Erik Martin has had a busy few days. His popular website, which thrives on real-time message boards and contributions by users on a variety of topics, received record traffic -- as well as pointed criticism -- for its treatment of the Boston Marathon bomber case. In particular, critics t... | Reddit received some criticism for its handling of the Boston Marathon bomber case .
Some Reddit users, poring over images, fingered innocent people as potential suspects .
Reddit general manager Erik Martin says he regrets "this type of witch hunt"
Cybersecurity expert Doug White: The media are only as good as their c... |
ea5256cbefca66531e1f8ad977e31747e3699ba5 | Mexico City (CNN) -- Police have captured a man they allege is one of the main producers of methamphetamine for Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, authorities said. Police detained Jaime "JH" Herrera in Culiacan, Sinaloa, said Eduardo Pequeno, the head of the anti-drug department of Mexico's Federal Police. Authorities seized ro... | NEW: An official says authorities seized $2 million worth of methamphetamine .
Suspected methamphetamine producer Jaime "JH" Herrera is detained in Sinaloa state .
He is also wanted for alleged trafficking in the United States, government says . |
ea52973b9c98514949e76640d1574e8f1e578bca | By . Luke Garratt . PUBLISHED: . 07:44 EST, 11 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:56 EST, 11 March 2014 . Key evidence from the day that O.J. Simpson's wife was murdered may have been stolen from Khloe Kardashian's mansion during her recent burglary. The evidence in question is a set of golf clubs and golf bag that once be... | Khloe Kardashian's California mansion was broken into earlier this month .
Khloe's father Robert Kardashian was O.J. Simpson's friend and attorney .
Rumours are now flying burglars stole key evidence from Simpson murder .
The evidence in question could be a set of golf clubs .
People believe that the golf clubs could l... |
ea52a18c2b57335054e2f650d67a7582d0d85f3d | A disabled woman with a weak bladder was left 'totally humiliated' when she wet herself in the middle of a JobCentre reception because staff refused to let her use the toilet. Rebecca Weston, who suffers from cerebral palsy, wanted the ground to swallow her up after the incident at the JobCentrePlus in Mitcham, south L... | Cerebral Palsy sufferer was not allowed to use toilet despite weak bladder .
Rebecca Weston was left 'humiliated' when she wet herself at Jobcentre .
Former nursery worker said clients at centre in south London were shocked .
Centre bosses say their toilets are not public and she could have used cafe .
The Department... |
ea52a8a6c715071e2bd910bfa091f832b038f370 | (CNN) -- The Sudan government is targeting a border region with airstrikes -- forcing residents to live in caves and under the bushes to avoid the "indiscriminate" bombardments, according to international rights groups. At least 26 people have died and dozens wounded in the airstrikes in the Nuba Mountain areas of Sout... | Rights groups: At least 26 people have died in the airstrikes in the South Kordofan state .
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has rejected the findings in the past .
Rights groups: The attacks started in June, and have forced more than 150,000 to flee their homes . |
ea5362eb24f0fbad22cbafaa550a561db2c213fd | By . Anna Hodgekiss . PUBLISHED: . 07:14 EST, 13 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:18 EST, 13 February 2013 . A mother has spoken of her heartbreak that her partner will never meet his unborn son, after he died from meningitis. Marciano Nolan, 46, contracted a rare form of the disease last month but medics dismissed hi... | Marciano Nolan, 46, complained of severe headaches and aversion to light .
Later developed swollen joints but was only given painkillers by doctor .
When he began vomiting he was told symptoms were due to a virus .
Died four days later on January 6 from meningococcal septicaemia .
Leaves behind three children and will ... |
ea536c509c4c6e28682dbeb1c870cb85d3914474 | Three-time Wimbledon runner-up Andy Roddick will return to London to make his debut at the Statoil Masters Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall in December. The 32-year-old American, who retired in 2012, was beaten by Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final in 2004, 2005 and 2009 but did win the US Open title in 2003. Roddick ... | Andy Roddick will return to London for Statoil Masters at Royal Albert Hall .
The 32-year-old was runner-up at Wimbledon on three occasions .
The 2003 US Open winner retired from tennis at the end of the 2012 season .
Tim Henman, Greg Rusedski and Mark Philippoussis will also feature . |
ea53efce566939489446ee0d1e9c80a75dd3ac49 | A Jack Russell has claimed the title of Britain's oldest dog - thanks to her fussy diet of Peppa Pig pasta shapes and gluten free fish fingers. Meg has reached the ripe old age of 25 by shunning regular dog food in favour of human treats. The pampered pet - who is 113 in dog years - is now believed to be the oldest poo... | Meg was rescued from a puppy farm 23 years ago by David Abrahams .
The pampered pet has reached the ripe old age of 25 - 113 in dog years .
Meg's diet has been recognised as the reason for her impressive age .
The picky pet enjoys fish fingers, canned pasta, and roast dinners .
She is now 18 months older than Britain's... |
ea53fe41b8bd7434023c0cffff078402de53313b | (CNN) -- On April 15, the Boston Red Sox won an early-season game at Fenway Park in dramatic, walk-off fashion in the bottom of the ninth inning. About 30 minutes later, that win -- and baseball in general -- ceased to matter; the Boston Marathon -- a sports-crazed city's most exalted annual sporting event -- had just ... | Jane Richard lost her leg in the Boston Marathon bombings .
Her brother Martin, 8, was killed in the April attacks .
The 7-year-old sang the national anthem at Sunday's Red Sox game . |
ea547e7d1a116cb347a90bf6210910ff0241be6e | By . Snejana Farberov . PUBLISHED: . 11:30 EST, 30 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:45 EST, 30 August 2012 . Investigated: Ledford High School drama teacher Bob Dye was suspended with pay for handing out a survey to his students containing racy questions . A high school teacher in Thomasville, North Carolina, has found ... | Theater arts teacher Bob Dye, 58, has been suspended with pay .
Handed out two-page, 50-question survey that included a 'sex' section .
Dye has worked at Ledford high School since 2005 .
Investigation started after a 15-year-old girl showed the survey to her father . |
ea55f3c39ba049c2b830f837f80b987e17d45362 | Most women who socialise in pubs or clubs will have experienced some kind of unwanted attention on a night out whether it's heavy breathing down their neck at the bar, a grope on the dance floor, crass comments, bum pinching or aggressive 'banter'. Sadly, being hassled on a night out is now seen as the norm and as suc... | Southwark Council has introduced a Women's Safety Charter .
They are working with businesses to encourage women to report incidents .
Want to send a clear message that harassment will not be tolerated .
The Ministry of Sound has already signed up to the five-point plan . |
ea5605773d6d9bd184f530d358572889a3a4704c | The United States government has denied Edward Snowden's claims that he was an undercover spy and had worked for both the CIA and NSA. National Security Adviser Susan Rice has spoken out in the wake of Snowden's first televised interview that aired on NBC Wednesday night. When asked if Snowden's claim was true, Ms Rice... | Snowden claimed that he worked for the CIA, NSA and Department of Defense at different points in his career .
National Security Adviser Susan Rice has shot down that theory and said that he never worked as a spy for any branch of the government .
In his first televised interview, he told how he tried going through offi... |
ea560d045bdf284d871e5bb74b1cd48fdae8149f | LAGOS, Nigeria (CNN) -- More than 200 people have died of meningitis in the past week alone in Niger and Nigeria, according to the World Health Organization. A health care worker vaccinates a child during an earlier outbreak of meningitis in Niger. The disease is an epidemic in 76 areas of the two countries, the healt... | W.H.O.: Meningitis killed more than 200 people in the past week in Niger and Nigeria .
Outbreak stretches across African "meningitis belt," at epidemic levels in 76 areas .
Vaccine shortage forces an "effective prevention" approach .
25,000 suspected cases, 1,500 deaths in the belt in the first 11 weeks of 2009 . |
ea5689a6d992390988c66a75d3c90bba0e642a2a | By . Richard Sears . PUBLISHED: . 05:17 EST, 8 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:56 EST, 8 May 2013 . In Iraq, they throw shoes at presidents - but in Australia today, the weapon of choice was a sandwich when it was hurled at prime minister Julia Gillard by a school student when she was mobbed by children. Ms Gillard was al... | Julia Gillard was at Marsden High School, south of Brisbane, for Biggest Morning Tea event .
Alleged sandwich thrower, student Kyle Thomson, 16, has been suspended for 15 days . |
ea58314c49fd1088d1a5cc8301d5c88685bc65d5 | Thieves have tunnelled their way into a toy shop and stolen thousands of dollars worth of cash and remote control cars, helicopters and trains. The robbers tried to cover their tracks by throwing around corrosive bleach, which ruined even more toys just days before Christmas. A hole was cut in the wall of the Toyworld ... | A hole was cut in the wall of the Toyworld store in Hobart at the weekend .
Thieves took off with $7,000 worth of electrical toys and $1,000 in cash .
Owner Samm Harrington says shop now cannot reopen before Christmas .
Additional stock will have to be thrown out after being doused in bleached . |
ea585b27e75ad62cea9064931ee0ccd9bd2fa3ae | (CNN)It doesn't tell us much, but a new trailer for season five of "The Walking Dead" raises a few questions. Who -- or what -- will be the gang's next big foe? What, exactly, is "all that matters"? Where's Carl? It's enough to get fans psyched for the mid-season premiere on February 8. AMC's zombie apocalypse thriller... | "The Walking Dead" took a break in November after killing off a longstanding character .
AMC's zombie apocalypse thriller resumes on February 8 . |
ea58e7b1b2e426b8289c3a6df1107cc1f10285ba | Toronto (CNN) -- Jenna Talackova, the 23-year-old woman who forced Donald Trump and his Miss Universe Canada pageant to end its ban on transgender contestants, fell short of the national title Saturday night at the pageant in Toronto. The crown went to Sahar Biniaz, an Indian-born, Iranian-raised actress from Vancouver... | NEW: Jenna Talackova says the pageant was "an amazing experience"
Talackova was born a boy named Walter .
She fought to have Miss Universe organization open competition .
Sahar Biniaz, 26, is the new Miss Universe Canada . |
ea59374ca439e79e2786517d2bed12ebba553f3c | By . Deborah Arthurs . PUBLISHED: . 08:28 EST, 30 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:40 EST, 31 January 2013 . What should have been a colourful debate on This Morning turned nasty today when the sex therapist invited onto the show unleashed a personal attack on the show's resident agony aunt. Louise van der Velde, who r... | Louise van der Velde spoke out recently to say 'marriage is for mugs'
Appeared on C4 show to say couples who have open marriages are happier .
Accused This Morning agony aunt Denise of being an 'out of touch battleaxe'
Lost debate 7% to 93% - the largest divide in the show's history . |
ea594d236ec963e13015f41139c80d0d1b505a5e | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 02:43 EST, 15 August 2011 . A U.S. tourist detained in Aruba in the death of his travel companion has cooperated with investigators and should be immediately released because there is no evidence against him, his defence lawyer said today. Michael Lopez, the Aruban lawyer for Gary ... | Gary Giordano, 50, being held over disappearance of Robyn Gardner, 35 .
Claims she never got back to shore and drowned while snorkelling in Aruba .
Former wives and ex-girlfriends tell of 'troubled flings' and how he 'stalked one dressed as a deer' |
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