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ea5958bad95571463bdca6106c2600e447e6a8bd | (CNN) -- Monday's Supreme Court ruling giving certain companies a right to raise religious objections to providing some types of birth control insurance to their employees leaves a number of important questions in its wake. And it's unlikely any will be answered soon following the 5-4 decision that sparked enormous rea... | The decision leaves a number of questions in its wake .
What is the impact on Obamacare, and for future legal challenges?
What does it mean politically in a midterm year with control of the Senate at stake?
And what now defines religion in business and what does it mean for workers? |
ea59a5f8be5a66fb524b55e904d2061f0cf2078a | (CNN) -- Dylan Ryan and Danny Wylde knew each other online -- she's read his blog, he's seen her tweets -- before they met in person in Los Angeles a few weeks ago. A bit awkward, they made small talk, spending an hour or so getting to know each other. "When I'm with someone new, my primary bit of nervousness is I hav... | Porn stars often get tested for STDs at least once a month .
While the testing isn't foolproof, it lowers the risk of getting infected .
HIV is a particularly tricky test, since it may provide a false negative .
Often a simple urine test is all that is necessary . |
ea59b7f49579e0db1fb464a5023a9df69fb5754e | By . Jessica Jerreat . A grandmother was barred from boarding a flight to Florida so she could see her family at Easter because of her oxygen tank. When Jane Graham-Bailey arrived at Asheville airport in North Carolina airline staff told her because she didn't have a doctor's note for her tank she would be unable to fl... | Jane Graham-Bailey was stranded because she didn't have a doctor's note for her medical equipment .
78-year-old must wait for paperwork to arrive before she can return home . |
ea5a6cf1c6d50af1873ec8e05351236d55b41877 | (CNN) -- It was supposed to provide the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but the latest effort to fight homophobia in football is in danger of fading into monochrome. Stonewall, a UK-based gay, lesbian and bisexual charity, has teamed up with Irish bookmaker Paddy Power to promote a campaign which is asking footb... | Football players in UK urged to wear rainbow laces to campaign against homophobia .
Organizer Stonewall tells CNN that campaign has been a "fantastic success"
Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham will not take part but Everton will .
FootballvHomophobia group unhappy at language used by bookmaker supporting the dri... |
ea5a7d286c58fd3cc44946350a9919eb50d5b451 | By . Lucy Waterlow . PUBLISHED: . 06:28 EST, 21 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:29 EST, 21 January 2013 . A married couple have revealed how they have been given a new lease of life after taking up pole dancing. Steve Hind and wife Lisa from Runcorn, Cheshire, have lost ten stone between them thanks to their new hobby... | Lisa and Steve Hind piled on the pounds by gorging on takeaway food .
His weight rose to 14st 13lb and hers to 15st 13lb when they decided it was time to change .
Lisa thought it was a joke when Steve suggested they join a pole dancing class but they loved it so much, they soon became 'addicted'
Steve is now a trim 10s... |
ea5b3e19cfeee1d63984703c7352ad9672b2e308 | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 01:20 EST, 29 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:07 EST, 29 April 2013 . One of the Australian DJs who made a prank call to the Duchess of Cambridge's hospital is to appear at the inquest into the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha. DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian, who posed as the Queen a... | Mel Greig said she will answer any questions Jacintha Saldanha's family have .
The nurse was found hanged days after prank call to hospital was broadcast .
Greig and co-host Michael Christian rang King Edward VII's Hospital when Kate Middleton was admitted with acute morning sickness .
The inquest into the nurse's deat... |
ea5c00bff7c60ea2ca582b97e3bcadd95860913b | Istanbul (CNN) -- The business deal looked fairly straightforward. Last week, American basketball star Kobe Bryant agreed to become the new celebrity face of Turkish Airlines, a growing international carrier. Though he has admitted to never having visited Turkey, the Los Angeles Lakers guard said in a news release that... | Armenian diaspora in N. America launched media and Internet campaign .
Turkey officially denies a genocide took place .
An annual source of tension between Turkey and the United States .
Bryant will make TV and print commercials as part of the deal . |
ea5cba0376ecd4b5badb96787437cfca14f7abc4 | (CNN) -- A fan of Dutch football team Ajax is in a serious condition in hospital after falling from the stands of the club's Amsterdam ArenA stadium on Tuesday. The fan is said to have fallen while celebrating Ajax's second goal, scored by Danny Hoesen, during a 2-1 European Champions League win over Barcelona. Amsterd... | Ajax fan sustains serious injuries after falling from the stands on Tuesday .
The spectator reportedly fell while celebrating Ajax's second goal in 2-1 win over Barcelona .
Dutch club's Twitter feed sends best wishes to fan .
Ajax unavailable for comment when contacted by CNN . |
ea5cd843428e366aceb2d757926f275c3a1d7778 | A fascinating interactive map from security firm Norse serves as a stark reminder to just how dangerous the web can be. The live graphic plots every attack taking place on the internet, in real-time and reveals the number of attacks, where the attacks originate, and which locations they are aimed at. And the map highli... | St Louis-based company Norse has released a live interactive cyber-threat map showing attacks on the internet .
It can be used to see which countries are being targeted, and which are initiating attacks, in real time .
Map reveals a seemingly ongoing tussle between U.S. and China with numerous attacks travelling back a... |
ea5d4c11840f31bcbb4e0b439eb27a29f8bbf4aa | Dean of Windsor praised the two royals, who died 10 years ago, for 'enriching' the lives of family and friends . By . Rebecca English, Royal Correspondent . PUBLISHED: . 07:08 EST, 30 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:00 EST, 30 March 2012 . It was an occasion for joyous remembrance, not sadness, yesterday as members of t... | Dean of Windsor praised the two royals, who died 10 years ago, for 'enriching' the lives of family and friends .
Event turned into more of a .
celebration when Princess Anne announced .
that Peter Phillips and wife Autumn had delivered a baby girl . |
ea5d60733bf8271a1efe2cc65c2eda47e25bf65d | Desperate house-hunters will be out in their thousands this weekend, hopeful of snagging their little piece of Australia, in what some property analysts predict could be the biggest Spring auction clear-out in many years. The auction boom comes after a recent flattening of the market in the country's major cities. SQM ... | Luxury two-bedroom apartments in Queensland are the best deals .
One with ocean views is on the market for $220,000 less than its sale price of seven years ago .
South-east Queensland has the biggest number of 'distressed' sales .
Bargains to be found in Sydney's eastern suburbs .
This weekend's Spring auctions are exp... |
ea5ed16bc36072977c4e705898dd6ae4c2966b4e | Ronald Koeman has been named Barclays Manager of the Month for January after guiding Southampton to victories over Arsenal and Manchester United. The Saints won all of their three Premier League games, including a narrow win at Newcastle, to remain in contention for a top-four finish. Southampton currently lie fourth, ... | Southampton won all three Premier League games in January .
Ronald Koeman led his side to wins over Arsenal and Manchester United .
The Saints also triumphed on the road at Newcastle .
Southampton remain in contention for a place in the Champions League . |
ea5ef1ef0dc5080f95332509313d1b3a8c075558 | Kyle Edmund received a useful education but little in the way of glory as his first Grand Slam appearance on merit ended in a straight sets defeat. The 20 year-old from Yorkshire, who came through three qualifying matches, went down 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 in an hour and ten minutes to powerful American Steve Johnson, failing to... | Steve Johnson beat Kyle Edmund in straight sets 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 .
It was the first time Edmund had qualified for a Grand Slam on merit .
Edmund will now play in a Challenger event in Hong Kong next week . |
ea5f13700eadb0b473926653049e847f022ef597 | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 11:09 EST, 16 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:46 EST, 16 September 2013 . It was a grisly find for anybody to make - a skull and bone discovered by two schoolboys as they played in a dingy in a river. But the macabre discovery of the human remains has opened up a mystery, as they act... | Police called in forensic experts to examine the skull and single bone .
Remains belong to sub-Saharan African woman, possibly from ninth century . |
ea5f1798c6dc3881f4a8b6e4d363f007986f4af8 | Adelaide, Australia (CNN) -- It is just a brief moment in time, the time it takes to draw a breath, to click your fingers, the time it takes to detonate a bomb. Life, as you knew it, changed forever. On the morning of July 7, 2005, I was just another anonymous commuter on my way to work during rush hour in London's cro... | Gill Hicks says euphoria of survival saved her from feeling hatred for her loss .
Images of those injured in Boston bombings resonated with her, she says .
Hicks asks if we must forgive our hurt in order to heal .
After years of thought, she says she realizes all we can really change is ourselves . |
ea5f3b2991955eb4c7366ca9fdf5ab585ca3b9e5 | The Amazons - an ancient coalition of all-female warriors - smoked cannabis, bore tattoos and fought in fierce battles like men, according to a new historical investigation. 'Archaeology has now proven without a doubt that there really were women fitting the description that the Greeks gave us of Amazons and warrior wo... | The Amazons were ancient tribeswomen feared and admired by the Greeks for being female warriors .
Excavations of thousands of burial grounds surrounding the Mediterranean prove they were buried with their weapons, 'hemp-kits' and 'tattoo kits'
Contrary to popular folklore, they do not appear to have been lesbians or ma... |
ea5f5ab88cf6a1aae32ac54db34b110e612987ec | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Members of the military may get expedited treatment at airport security checkpoints under a law signed Tuesday by President Obama. The law, authored by Rep. Chip Cravaack, R-Minnesota, requires the Transportation Security Administration to study ways to speed up screening of service members and, to ... | A new law requires the TSA to study ways of speeding screening of military personnel .
President Obama signed the law on Tuesday .
The already is testing card scanning for military personnel .
Expediting military means the TSA can focus on higher-risk travelers, supporters say . |
ea603800bfe3f701f29ee201cfe1f4d340df658b | There's always something happening in the city that never sleeps, but if you're in New York at the right time you'll get to see New Yorkers coming together for one of the city's big annual events. Giant inflatables are the highlight of the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. St Patrick's Day Parade (17 March) St Patrick's Day ... | New York turns green for the city's traditional St Patrick's Day Parade .
Wearing a costume lets you join in the the Village Halloween celebrations .
Inflatable cartoon characters are the highlight of Macy's Thanksgiving Parade . |
ea609559d2a9f79738de0455fa249c3c7dac30a3 | A magazine has been forced to apologise for using a 'skeleton'-like model in its latest issue. The publisher of Danish magazine, Cover, Malene Malling called it a 'sad day' after online backlash and anger over the decision to feature Lululeika in a fashion feature. Malling said: 'I have not lived up to my responsibilit... | Malene Malling said that she had made a 'big mistake'
She said: 'I have not lived up to my responsibility as a publisher'
The picture featuring model Lululeika was first shared on Reddit .
Outraged readers have compared her appearance to a 'skeleton'
Lululeika's modelling agency have denied that she is ill . |
ea60a23e3fc77574c90dd59676d696d513ab02e2 | (CNN) -- We're in the home stretch of the Sochi Winter Olympics, with the final week of competition under way. NBC's Bob Costas plans to return to the broadcast booth Monday after being sidelined with an eye infection for a few days. More importantly, Monday will determine whether we'll get to see a repeat of one of th... | Jamaica is in last place in the two-man bobsled .
U.S., Canadian women's hockey teams compete in semis .
Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White are favored to win ice dancing .
Bob Costas will return to the broadcast booth . |
ea60a7acf2fdf7d4d7af135cc16eb9c6ffc488a2 | By . Inderdeep Bains . PUBLISHED: . 07:42 EST, 2 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:55 EST, 4 July 2012 . A British snowboarder and Olympic coach who 'desperately wanted a girlfriend' was found hanged at his family's country mansion. Nelson Pratt, known by friends as Nelly, was discovered by his father Nigel in a garage on... | Nelson Pratt, 33, found hanged in garage at family home .
Star snowboarder coached Team GB and army squad .
Family distraught over death of 'incredibly popular' son . |
ea60c73dab911e2b64c411b2df62bff1959921b9 | By . Jaymi Mccann . PUBLISHED: . 09:20 EST, 21 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:14 EST, 21 March 2013 . It is one of the rarest achievements in golfing, eluding even the best professionals in the game. But amateurs Bob Wood, 75, and Jeff Roberts 60, defied estimated odds of a million-to-one to hit consecutive holes-in-on... | Amateurs Bob Wood, 75, and Jeff Roberts, 60, aced 157-yard par three .
Bob, who has a handicap of 16, said: 'We were gobsmacked'
As is tradition, the pair bought everyone a round in the bar... but luckily they could split the bill . |
ea60f5de31bb259dc3a1602d1c168aac443100d3 | (CNN) -- The Arkansas Department of Health says it has begun contacting about 100 patients -- ranging in age from 14 to 22 -- who were treated by Dr. William Jarrod Stewart at six dental clinics around the state between November 20, 2011, and February 20, 2012. The department is recommending that patients who fall into... | NEW: Two vials of Demerol appeared to have been tampered with, regulatory group says .
NEW: Dentist had been through drug rehab, group's attorney says .
Arkansas health officials say a dentist may have given patients contaminated drugs .
The first lawsuit against an Oklahoma dentist whose patients may have been exposed... |
ea610223eb049e915dc9a8a67d45f30ec402e90d | By . Ryan Gorman . PUBLISHED: . 00:55 EST, 20 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:13 EST, 20 December 2013 . Acquitted Trayvon Martin killer George Zimmerman’s latest dust-up hasn’t prevented him from getting his small arsenal back from local police. Mr Zimmerman, 30, had his five guns seized after being arrested last mo... | George Zimmerman's firearms were seized by police after he was charged with assault in a domestic violence case .
Girlfriend Samantha Scheibe accused him of pointing a shotgun at her .
She later recanted the story and showed up with him this week to grab the guns and over 100 rounds of ammo . |
ea61097ee199e630dc4741ec2bed1641751e29ac | By . Ian Laybourn, Press Association . Former Bradford and Wakefield half-back Ben Jeffries has pulled out of a move to Championship leaders Leigh for injury and family reasons. The 33-year-old, who returned to Australia at the end of the 2012 season to work in the mines and play part-time rugby, was due to join the Ce... | Jeffries pulls out of a move to Championship leaders Leigh .
Former Bradford half-back cited injury and family reasons as the cause . |
ea617ff3ddca94189bf428da5b35bfa506ef5c26 | By . Jonathan O'Callaghan . The secret to giving a daughter lots of ambition might be to simply do more housework. That's according to a study that claims fathers who help with household chores are more likely to raise daughters who aspire to less traditional, and potentially higher paying, careers. The researchers sug... | Doing more chores may be the key to bolstering daughters' ambition .
That's according to researchers at the University of British Columbia .
Study looked at 326 children aged from seven to 13, and at least one parent .
It found dads who did more housework had more aspirational daughters .
The daughters were more likely... |
ea629576f7b23420c08694ade7005cbfbc8e47d6 | Johnny Depp and Amber Heard tied the knot at their home in Los Angeles on Tuesday. And the wedding celebrations will continue this coming weekend as the newlyweds will host approximately 50 people for another ceremony on the 51-year-old actor's private island in the Bahamas. The 28-year-old Magic Mike XXL actress 'is t... | Couple tied the knot during intimate ceremony in Los Angeles on Tuesday .
Will have second ceremony on Depp's private island in Bahamas at Amber Beach, named after his bride . |
ea62c2d407beb3c2f2bf3ca99fe02daca2495df2 | Ancient discovery: aria Pereira was found in the remote north-west Brazilian state of Acrel . A woman who claims to be 120-years old has been discovered in Brazil. The indigenous Maria Lucimar Pereira would become the world's oldest living person - by six years - if the findings in the remote north-west Brazilian Amazo... | If verified, Brazilian will have been been on the planet for 44,128 days . |
ea6380a23e57fc87e8fc74aa21827b8f0f22f66d | The homeless preacher who kidnapped 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart in 2002 and repeatedly raped her before she was found nine months later has been beaten in prison, it has been reported. Brian David Mitchell, 59, is serving a life sentence without parole in Tuscon, Arizona for the kidnapping of Smart, whom he snatched fr... | Brian David Mitchell 'targeted by a fellow inmate in Tuscon, Arizona who was fed up of his arrogance and his religious preaching'
Other inmates gathered and shouted: 'This for Elizabeth Smart!'
Mitchell's former stepdaughter is trying to get his belongings from police .
Rebecca Woodridge says the police gave some to a ... |
ea63d42223bd7fb0f0be4ab84567ba52c75f71a2 | By . Sarah Griffiths . The reality of jet-powered travel grows ever closer - and now a Colorado-based company has demonstrated its small jet-pack inside a large government building packed with spectators. The ‘Go Fast Jet Pack’ has a maximum speed of 77mph (124km/h) and can reach heights of 250ft (76 metres). And unlik... | Jet PI in Denver, Colorado, demonstrated the technology inside the Ronald Reagan building and International Trade Center .
The 'Go Fast Jet Pack' has a top speed of 77mph (124km/h) and can reach heights of 250ft (76 metres)
It is smaller, faster and greener than other prototype jet-packs but can only remain airborne fo... |
ea6406fa3a4b1776e26fb4c403094872beb8255d | By . Snejana Farberov for Mail online . Uber sneaky: The ride-sharing company Uber allegedly has been trying to undermine its rival Lyft by stealing away its drivers . The ride-sharing service Uber has been allegedly poaching drivers from its main rival Lyft with the help of 'brand ambassadors' armed with burner phones... | Technology website The Verge obtained emails and documents outlining Uber's plan to siphon away drivers from Lyft .
Uber's Operation SLOG stands for 'Supplying Long-Term Operations Growth'
The ride-sharing business has been using 'brand ambassadors' to hire Lyft cars in order to approach drivers about working for Uber ... |
ea644a04e3db20f8f5b288ce953f75e672cc71ea | (CNN) -- France's Pierrick Fedrigo won stage 15 of the Tour de France on Monday, as Britain's Bradley Wiggins consolidated his hold on the leader's yellow jersey. The 158.5-kilometer ride between Samatan and Pau saw a further six riders withdraw from the race as cycling's premier event entered its third and final week.... | Pierrick Fedrigo becomes fourth French stage winner at this year's race .
Wiggins thanks Cavendish for sacrificing himself for yellow jersey chase .
Six more riders withdraw from race as it enters the closing stages . |
ea6471a15199f2d534faafc36230bfb011567d98 | (CNN) -- It's not often that a superyacht is inspired by the work of an obscure 19th-century Ukrainian mathematician. But the astonishingly shaped "Voronoi" is exactly that. Still at the design stage, the 125-meter vessel is adorned with a complex lattice exterior that its designer, South Korean industrial architect Hy... | "Voronoi" superyacht has honeycomb exterior based on shapes found in natural world .
Concept inspired by work of Ukrainian mathematician who formalized pattern in diagram .
Design also contains indoor swimming pool, botanical garden and even a golf range . |
ea65607570a382c7049abd3dddcf2e73d2b8efcd | A Wisconsin billionaire has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of having sexual contact with a teenage girl. Samuel 'Curt' Johnson III, whose family has run home-products giant SC Johnson for five generations, was convicted of fourth-degree sexual assault and disorderly conduct. He was sentenced to four months in j... | Samuel 'Curt' Johnson pleaded guilty to sexual contact with a teenager .
Johnson accepted a plea deal and will face four months prison and fined him $6,000 .
The married father of four was originally charged in 2011 .
He is one of multiple heirs to the SC Johnson fortune .
The victim was aged between 13 and 15 at the t... |
ea65e58767898eb014c11bf072b72466a2fe1f01 | (CNN) -- North Korea's National Defense Commission has penned a letter to South Koreans saying it is determined "to create an atmosphere of reconciliation and unity," the isolated nation's state news agency reported. But South Korea says it wants to see action not words from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's regime. In... | NEW: South Korea says the North needs to show its sincere through action .
U.S. admiral says joint military exercises with South Korea won't be called off .
North says it wants to "halt hostile military acts," reunite families, improve ties with South .
Letter blasts "foreign forces," says South should have embraced it... |
ea6608e7f2dcedff814087d1e1e515820d1248ee | A woman was smuggled from Slovakia into Britain and sold as a sex slave as part of a ‘Dickensian’ sham marriage racket to keep immigrants in the UK, it was revealed today. The 20-year-old victim was drugged and kidnapped before being taken to England to forcibly wed a shop assistant due to be deported back to Pakistan,... | Victim, 20, was drugged and kidnapped before being taken to England .
She had to forcibly wed shop assistant due to be deported to Pakistan .
Plied with vodka and beer before 'Nikah' marriage ceremony at mosque .
Repeatedly raped by her new 'husband' whilst being detained in a flat . |
ea66101346785eee2b236a279677c71cadfb3f21 | Seattle (CNN) -- David Wing-Kovarik and his partner, Conrad, were ready to adopt a child. They moved through all their requirements smoothly, even completing an orientation and training course for prospective parents. Then they were confronted with their first real stumbling block. "Our adoption agent said, 'Well, you ... | David Wing-Kovarik started a nonprofit to help other gay Americans become parents .
In many states, same-sex couples cannot jointly adopt a child .
More than 100,000 boys and girls are waiting for adoption in the United States .
Do you know a hero? Nominations are open for 2012 CNN Heroes . |
ea66c8f325e8055339f8c9639b341aeca10d09b2 | A virus gene that could be poisonous to humans has been missed when GM food crops have been assessed for safety. GM crops such as corn and soya, which are being grown around the world for both human and farm animal consumption, include the gene. A new study by the EU's official food watchdog, the European Food Safety A... | EU watchdog reveals approval for GM foods fails to identify poisonous gene .
54 of the 86 GM plants approved contain the dangerous gene .
Gene found in food for farm animals producing meat, milk and eggs .
Biotech supporters argue there is no evidence that GM foods are harmful . |
ea6823763ac26f03b795c048ca17299a1e05b965 | Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Extreme heat in major U.S. cities this week signals more than the arrival of the dog days of summer. City dwellers have long endured hot summer afternoons, but the frequency of extremely hot days -- when admissions to hospital emergency rooms for heat-related illnesses spike -- has increased ... | Brian Stone: Number of heat-wave days in U.S. cities has doubled since 1950s .
Stone says greenhouse effect, loss of trees and grass in cityscape are to blame .
Frequency of heat waves in cities a significant public health threat, he writes .
He urges planting greenery, making city surfaces reflective, better transit s... |
ea6831d27ac3adae8a70db2fe0e9ccf5449b02b6 | By . Lydia Warren . PUBLISHED: . 11:44 EST, 13 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 11:53 EST, 13 January 2014 . Target's beleaguered CEO has apologized for the massive data breach that compromised millions of customers' personal information and has vowed to 'make it right'. But Gregg Steinhafel, Target's chairman, president ... | Gregg Steinhafel, Target's president and CEO, said company still does not know the full extent of the attack .
He said he has had many 'sleepless nights' since the data breach .
He vowed to find out the cause and work hard to regain customer trust .
Assured customers they would not be liable for any fraud on their card... |
ea6865e4555b43814651adf70f200055fe985e68 | (CNN) -- Some mothers choose what their children will eat. Others choose which children will eat and which will die. A Haitian boy begs for food. One child dies from hunger every six seconds, an aid agency says. Those mothers forced to make the grim life-or-death choices are the impoverished women Patricia Wolff, execu... | Global food system can't survive, author warns .
Catastrophic weather and rise in oil prices contribute to food shortages .
Food shortages now seen in the U.S.
Haitian mothers forced to choose which children will live or die . |
ea687938d956069af623f86016ca73b2205e1140 | She's been modelling since the 1980s and still looks better than women half her age. At 49, Yasmin Le Bon, is as in demand as ever - and shows us just why in a new campaign for British label Winser London. Clad in an array of fine oversized knitwear and sharp tailoring, the supermodel mother-of-three looks tanned and g... | Mother-of-three, 49, fronts new British label's latest campaign .
Affordable luxury brand Winser London celebrates first anniversary .
Boss Kim Winser boasts Pringle and Aquascutum heritage . |
ea688d03cb30d5c95ae108a3ad0bedc156389e02 | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 06:19 EST, 15 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:12 EST, 15 March 2013 . Historically subjected to witty taunts from 'ginger nut' to 'carrot top', redheads are now being celebrated in a new exhibition exploring the notion of a 'ginger utopia'. Artist Anthea Pokroy snapped hundreds of men... | Anthea Pokroy photographed hundreds of redheads over three years .
Said project I Collect Gingers explores notion of a 'ginger utopia'
Inpired by 'romantic colour-palette of a ginger person', artist said . |
ea68e30707c6f121ba1f4e2a40a49589d7594d4a | (CNN)What would drive a man to give up the luxury of serviced apartments for nothing but Airbnb rentals -- some good, some terrible -- for an entire year? Ask Kevin Lynch. Originally from Chicago, Lynch moved to Shanghai over a year ago with his wife and daughter "for an adventure." When a position in the advertising c... | To get out of the 'expat bubble,' American Kevin Lynch stays only in AirBnbs when in Hong Kong .
From a hidden ceiling bed to a renovated cowshed, Lynch is impressed with the diversity of Hong Kong accommodations . |
ea699ebdccd5f9c769f98174d2238f7c43726edc | By . Stephanie Linning for MailOnline . One of the pioneering businesses of the British dotcom boom is to be put up for sale after it failed to live up to its initial promise. Lastminute.com, founded by internet icons Brent Hoberman and Baroness Lane in 1998, was acquired in 2005 by American technology company and trav... | Lastminute.com was co-founded by Baroness Lane of Soho in 1998 .
American travel specialist Sabre bought the travel website in 2005 for £600m .
It failed to live up to its promise, despite significant spending on marketing .
It's understood Sabre is willing to accept a substantial loss in order to sell . |
ea69c3c3ee8f93fa02a189d55f90e09fd71fbe8f | (CNN) -- Argentina's Congress debated a broadcast reform bill Wednesday, a proposal analysts say is the latest blow in a fight between President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and media conglomerate Grupo Clarin. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has blamed Grupo Clarin for her low approval ratings. Th... | Draft bill says goal is to regulate broadcasters, increase competition .
President says it will bring "more democratic and more pluralistic" country .
Some say it targets Grupo Clarin, which has been critical of leader .
Latin America has seen many fights between media, presidents . |
ea6a308a2cbc7c15713aa5e36ca7e6e99ba5ed48 | Branson, aged five, died a few hours after being bitten by a venomous spider . A five-year-old boy has died, hours after being bitten by a poisonous spider. Branson Riley Carlisle, from Albertsville in Alabama, died in a hospital a few hours after he was bitten by the brown recluse spider on Sunday, reported TV Station... | Branson Riley Carlisle died in hospital after he received venomous bite .
His pastor said his family are devastated by his sudden and tragic death .
Last month, a Montana boy died from a bite from the same type of spider . |
ea6a4b181a0bf71efe6ea44bc55c9c9438a6c55b | By . Steve Hopkins . A bin bag containing severed cats' heads was found dumped on a street near Manchester's famous Curry Mile. Council bosses in Manchester have launched an urgent investigation and the RSPCA is being contacted. The discovery was made by a council worker who was responding to complaints over fly-tippin... | Council worker found the remains after responding to fly-tipping complaints .
It has been described as 'an extreme example of animal cruelty'
It is not known how the animal remains came to be at the Rusholme address . |
ea6a4ee1573c6a13920b7b5ca13d9aea2263ad29 | By . Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 06:48 EST, 21 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:13 EST, 21 January 2014 . A skier who survived an avalanche in Colorado managed to capture the thrilling ride on camera. Lance Light is lucky to be alive after he triggered the snowslide while skiing off-piste this weekend. The video of his da... | Lance Light survived an avalanche in the Rocky Mountains .
The skiier triggered the slide but managed to open his airbag .
He filmed the ordeal with a camera attached to his helmet . |
ea6a66ee606ecde66642b2f8bc6e1d338cf7c669 | Liam Bridcutt is set to benefit from Lee Cattermole’s suspension and make his first Premier League start of the season against Everton on Sunday. Cattermole will be sidelined for almost three weeks because of the international break after picking up a one-game ban following his fifth booking of the season during Monday... | Liam Bridcutt set for recall to Sunderland team .
Lee Cattermole is suspended after picking up five bookings this season .
Gus Poyet to turn to Bridcutt ahead of England midfielder Jack Rodwell . |
ea6a7ab42064ee5133316584c2308eb0026e5558 | By . Jack Crone for MailOnline . These heart-warming photos capture the moment an adorable bear cub is lovingly embraced by his mother after pestering her for attention as the pair prepare for lunch. The young bear can be seen climbing on top her and playfully nibbling on her ear as they sit in a meadow near Lake Clark... | British wildlife photographer Kevin Morgans, 28, took the beautiful photos near Lake Clark in Alaska this July .
Young bear cub was seen playfully nibbling on his mother's ear and climbing on top of her as they sat in a meadow .
Originally from Cheshire, photographer said 'it was such an amazing moment I felt so privil... |
ea6af651435472d12eb5046df46f936d0a38a148 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 00:02 EST, 14 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 00:02 EST, 14 May 2013 . These are the amazing 'before and after' weight loss pictures of Obie the dachshund who found fame after tipping the scales at 77lbs. The formerly obese dog showed off his remarkable 40lb weight loss in a series of ... | Obie has been on a diet since last year after his former owners almost fed him to death .
A dachshund dog should only weigh a maximum of 32lbs . |
ea6b88afd67362f3bc5723d2efc393d3008a33f0 | By . Tamara Cohen, Political Correspondent . Stinging attack: Liberal Democrat diehard Susan Gaszczak wrote a furious open letter to Nick Clegg . A Liberal Democrat activist who accused Lord Rennard of molesting her quit the party in disgust last night after it decided not to censure him. In a stinging open letter to N... | Susan Gaszczak said party still do not see Rennard complaint 'as an issue'
One of four women who accused party chief exec of inappropriate touching .
Rennard, suspended pending inquiry, recently apologised for 'inadvertent' behaviour . |
ea6bce76b65a0c6ec1664f8adcad872cb7dafe0f | The grim search for missing hikers and bodies buried under snow continued Saturday against the dramatic backdrop of Nepal's Himalayas, as officials confirmed that at least 39 people had died in an exceptionally heavy snowfall. Rescue crews combed the high-altitude paths and passes of the popular Annapurna region, as we... | 39 bodies have now been found, regional administrator says .
326 people have been rescued from the mountainous areas .
Those killed include Israelis, Canadians, Poles, Slovaks and Nepalis . |
ea6c044ec475b0488bad7a0a7b2d6fa5f39eaf6e | By . Joshua Gardner . Gwyneth Paltrow's separation announcement may have surprised her fans Tuesday, but her decision to call the divorce a 'conscious uncoupling' won't surprise anyone who's ever read her GOOP lifestyle site. That's precisely where Paltrow told the world she's parting ways with Coldplay crooner Chris M... | Paltrow announced her separation from Coldplay frontman Chris Martin on her GOOP lifestyle website Tuesday evening .
The actress posted an explanation of the 'spiritual divorce' process from her adviser Dr. Habib Sadeghi and his wife Dr. Sherry Sami .
Conscious uncoupling urges the divorcing couple to look inward and f... |
ea6c40beeeb79872650ee2129d5e62195a780b11 | (Mental Floss) -- 1. "Für Elise" Bob Dylan wrote "It Ain't Me, Babe" for Joan Baez. Written by: Ludwig van Beethoven . Written for: Some girl probably not named Elise. In fact, as far as most historians can tell, Beethoven didn't even know an Elise. Instead, the song was originally titled "Bagatelle in A minor" based o... | Several famous songs written by men for a woman .
Beethoven's "Für Elise" may have been written "for Therese"
Songwriters make up stories about who is behind "867-5309/Jenny" |
ea6c48619b8c96c28a5528de613cc716dfc5d942 | By . Daily Mail Reporters . PUBLISHED: . 17:30 EST, 16 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:30 EST, 16 November 2013 . The leader of a U.S. Army small-kill team has been charged with two counts of murder for allegedly killing two deaf, unarmed Iraqi boys in a small Iraqi village in March of 2007. Former Staff Sergeant Mic... | Sergeant Michael Barbera allegedly fatally shot the two boys as they tended cattle in a palm grove .
Authorities say Barbera then tried to cover up the shootings by lying to superiors . |
ea6c8de112340074d130e1b12792f136784a1f6a | A police officer broke down at the murder trial of Robert Xie, pictured, on Wednesday reliving the day he discovered the slain bodies of the Lin Family . A police officer has fought back tears in court as he relived the moment he discovered the battered and bloodied bodies of two children and their parents and one of t... | Sergeant Lachlan Kirby relived the moment he found the battered bodies of the Lin family in 2009 .
At the trial for accused Robert Xie on Wednesday he said he was still affected by the discovery .
Xie is accused of killing two children, their parents, and their aunt at their home in northwest Sydney .
He has pleaded no... |
ea6ca4d4b14fea858591f1b6dbe90888b40b0719 | In the comic book the shooter opens fire during Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven - which is said to contain a message to Satan . By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 15:08 EST, 20 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:50 EST, 20 July 2012 . The Dark Knight cinema massacre may have been inspired by a Batman comic book strip... | In the comic book the shooter opens fire during Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven - which is said to contain a message to Satan . |
ea6cf94e92d5e7b2747a72a581baf2801aa74c40 | By . Jason Groves . PUBLISHED: . 18:41 EST, 17 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:41 EST, 18 October 2012 . David Cameron yesterday defended sending millions in aid money to a controversial African dictator - just hours after the United Nations accused his regime of masterminding a bloody rebellion led by a wanted war cr... | UN accused Paul Kagame's regime of masterminding a bloody rebellion .
But PM insists decision made by Andrew Mitchell last month was correct .
It angered Foreign Office and caused dismay among human rights activists . |
ea6d13a6176352fa182632749b5a4475f225383f | (CNN) -- CBS decided to pull Monday night's season finale of Mike & Molly, which talks about a tornado hitting Chicago (though no devastation was going to be shown). "Due to the tragic events [Monday] afternoon in Oklahoma, we are pre-empting tonight's season finale of Mike & Molly, which has a related storyline," said... | Monday night's episode of "Mike & Molly" was to involve a tornado .
No devastation was to be shown on the episode .
A repeat was run instead . |
ea6d4fb5f45851d780d350eddf69d38f3415a6d8 | (CNN) -- French radio journalists Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon have been found dead in northern Mali, the French Foreign Ministry said Saturday. The two Radio France International reporters were kidnapped Saturday morning after conducting interviews with a Tuareg rebel near the northern town of Kidal, a local gov... | NEW: The journalists were abducted after interviewing a rebel, RFI reports .
French President Francois Hollande calls the killings "despicable"
The French Foreign Ministry confirms the deaths .
The journalists worked for Radio France International . |
ea6d77c644b487990ba52642cafbd0da85f6188c | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:54 EST, 17 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:49 EST, 18 September 2013 . This is the map that shows the fastest growing cities in the country, according to a new report on GDP growth across metropolitan areas. Cities in Texas and Indiana are booming largely thanks to a boomin... | Overall, real GDP in U.S. cities increased 2.5 per cent last year, according to the report released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on Tuesday .
The highest ranking cities for GDP growth were Midland, Texas, with a boom of 14.4 per cent, and Odessa, Texas with 14.1 per cent GDP growth .
But the three cities where GD... |
ea6de6e4087dcf6f00e4852c7572d5c85cf55539 | Model and businesswoman Miranda Kerr is kicking off 2015 as she means to go on: by building her brand even bigger. The supermodel, who last year clocked in deals with Reebok, H&M and Swarovski, is already busy planning her latest range for Royal Albert, which will include silverware, glassware and gifts. FEMAIL caught ... | Miranda, 31, is designing silverware, glassware and gifts for Royal Albert .
Shares her favourite healthy recipe and beauty essentials with FEMAIL .
Says nature, reading to her son and walking on the beach make her happy . |
ea6e5a6aaf5219a537ed21e1d939f557dd32127d | By . Sarah Griffiths . Drones that can choose to deviate from a set mission and hunt in ‘swarms’ could be patrolling skies within the next 25 years, according to a new roadmap. Unmanned aircraft carrying stronger chemical weapons could also be on the horizon, the U.S. Department of Defence (DoD) revealed in its Unmanne... | The U.S. Department of Defence (DoD) revealed its Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap, setting out its technology aims for the next 25 years .
Its plans include drone-bombs that can hunt in 'swarms' from a mothership .
Next-generation unmanned aircraft will likely be equipped with better sensors and navigational equipm... |
ea6ec45d15039b664af7fda943cbc1efd5c304d6 | (CNN) -- Denny's restaurants served about 2 million free Grand Slam breakfasts during its eight-hour promotional giveaway on Tuesday, the company reported Wednesday. Cooks fill the pass-through window with Grand Slam breakfasts Tuesday at a Denny's in Emeryville, California. The company used a commercial during the thi... | Restaurant chain says it served 2 million free breakfasts in eight hours .
Each of 1,500 eateries served about 130 Slams per hour, company says .
Cost of promotion, including Super Bowl ad, was $5 million, Denny's says .
Competitor IHOP to give away pancakes on February 24 . |
ea6eeef99034d0472ff2976c219c94d6a487139c | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 16:28 EST, 29 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:37 EST, 29 March 2013 . A New Jersey grandfather has been convicted of driving 95 miles per . hour on a Virginia highway with six unrestrained kids while high on heroin. Isaiah Hall of East Orange pleaded guilty to heroin . possession ... | Isaiah Hall, 57, of East Orange, New Jersey was arrested while driving back from a funeral last spring . |
ea6f32bffbbafcc5a2f36e1896b9e23d5d63ebdf | Two shoplifters have been arrested after they allegedly stole items from a Home Goods store ... before immediately trying to exchange them for store credit. Dominika Johnson, 25, and Kendra Hill, 28, were arrested in Moraga, San Francisco, are accused of taking their haul straight to the customer service desk and deman... | Dominika Johnson, 25, and Kendra Hill, 28, were arrested in Moraga, SF .
They stole items from shelves and immediately tried to return for credit .
But staff recognised Johnson for pulling same scam twice in two weeks .
Police charge Hill with child neglect after children in her car outside . |
ea6f48c970357edbab40d17faffc4a45f38e8916 | By . Henry Jones . For most people, sharks are magnificent creatures – but definitely the sort of beasts you would want to avoid coming into close contact with in a dark corner of the sea. In fact, given the chance to get up close and personal with the most menacing of all fish, most of us would say a polite ‘no thanky... | Fearless lensman Andy Murch specialises in close-up shots of sea predators .
Photographs are taken without any sort of protective device or metal cage .
47-year-old Briton says sharks are beautiful, and enormously misunderstood . |
ea6f4ad2eadc518a0ae02406ca204a467334332c | By . Laura Collins In Oklahoma . PUBLISHED: . 08:18 EST, 22 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:51 EST, 22 May 2013 . A four-year-old girl and her seven . month sister are among the children killed in the Oklahoma Tornado. MailOnline has learned that the . sisters, the youngest of four siblings, were at home with their mother... | Four year old Karrina and Sydnee Vargyas are two of the youngest victims of Oklahoma's deadly tornado .
Mom Laurinda was trying to protect them at their home when storm hit but couldn't save them from the winds of up to 210mph .
Father Philip speaks of devastation and says couple 'don't know what to do' after losing th... |
ea6f70f34efdc847f02c8394a5e4e41ab45b78fc | By . Claire Bates . PUBLISHED: . 06:35 EST, 26 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:12 EST, 26 February 2013 . A woman whose giant legs kept her a prisoner in her bed for five years is now able to walk again after finally seeking help. Sophia Loots, suffered from lymphedema which caused her legs to swell to 10 stone each.... | Sophia Loots, 42, saw her weight balloon from 14st to almost 50st .
Condition caused by parasitic infection caused by mosquito bite .
She was too embarrassed to go to the hospital because she thought it had been caused by her overeating .
Finally sought help in October 2011 and started treatment in June 2012 . |
ea6f88ab4b3f113df8cd1a09c67016af874fbddb | TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- A defiant and chaotic protest sprouted in and around a public square Monday despite a warning by Iran's Revolutionary Guard against the kind of street demonstrations that have roiled Iran for more than a week, witnesses said. Security forces patrol the streets of Tehran on Monday. Thousands of Ir... | NEW: Interior Ministry will release box-by-box ballot details, Press TV reports .
Basij militia smack batons against shin guards as protesters pass through square .
Helicopters hover as thousands play cat and mouse with police, witnesses say .
At least 8 reported arrested, but no reports of serious injuries . |
ea6f9a86343532eed630189dd572d2c5a03310ee | The house where 12-year-old Tia Sharp was sexually assaulted and murdered in August 2012 before her body was hidden in the loft has been demolished and two new houses are being built on the site . Work is under way on the new houses, bringing a new start to the community that was traumatised by the murder of the school... | Houses on site of brutal murder demolished to make way for new builds .
Tia Sharp, 12, was killed by Stuart Hazell in her grandmother's home in 2012 .
Police sniffer dogs searched the two-bedroom house but failed to find Tia .
House and its neighbours in New Addington were knocked down last June . |
ea6fff2450d728eb5e76f1a697c5bf86b7d30b76 | Former Premier League defender Clarke Carlisle, who was seriously injured in a collision with a lorry last month, is awake in hospital. His wife, Gemma Carlisle, said on Twitter on Tuesday evening: 'Thank you again for asking after Clarke. He's still in hospital but is getting better & stronger each day.' She was asked... | Clarke Carlisle's wife Gemma says his condition is improving .
Carlisle was seriously injured after a collision with a lorry in December .
The accident happened on the A64 near York three days before Christmas .
He is due in court this month for failing to give a sample to police . |
ea707c3627281bd0ec940831fd424ff76a5e3dc7 | By . Julian Robinson for MailOnline . A couple had to rescued by firefighters after getting trapped inside a lift - at their own wedding reception. Emma and Christopher Hamilton were heading to their bridal suite with best man Jake Julian to drop off luggage when they got stuck. As puzzled guests waited for them to ret... | Emma and Christopher Hamilton trapped in lift at their wedding reception .
They were taking luggage to bridal suite with best man Jake Julian .
Confused guests were waiting for wedding photographs to take place .
But inside the lift, the trio took a series of selfies as alternative pictures .
They were trapped for half... |
ea707f6f8932bc9b866f273562fab356b6c8c631 | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 05:59 EST, 31 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 11:13 EST, 31 January 2014 . Legal fight: Beth Warren arriving at the High Court today where she is arguing the destruction of her husband's sperm should be delayed . Scroll down for video . A grieving widow who needs more time to decide wh... | Beth Warren, 28, from Birmingham said she needs more time to think .
Her husband, Warren Brewer, died from a brain tumour in February 2012 .
The couple got married in a hospice six weeks before he passed away .
His sperm was stored before he underwent radiotherapy treatment in 2005 .
But fertility regulator has said th... |
ea70b21b5ac24bbe917542ddc926b606c7375f99 | Veteran TV anchor and financial reporter Maria Bartiromo ended her 20-year tenure at CNBC on an emotional note today, breaking down in tears on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. 'It's been hitting me all day,' Bartiromo later told her 'Closing Bell' co-anchor Bill Griffeth of her last day on CNBC. Bartiromo's d... | Maria Bartiromo's contract with CNBC expires November 24 .
The Drudge Report says Bartiromo will go to Fox Business Network and also have a role on Fox News .
Neither party has confirmed the new position . |
ea71a83183b51af7c68be4c657c416f1863784c1 | By . Sean Gallagher . Robert Pires has been making the most of his free time ahead of his move to the Indian Super League by spending time with his wife Jessica in the Caribbean. The pair have been enjoying the glorious sunshine at the Eden Rock hotel - a luxurious resort in St Barth which is one of the top 100 hotels ... | Pires is currently enjoying a break away with his other half in the Caribbean .
The former Arsenal midfielder has agreed to play in the inaugural Indian Super League starting in October .
Pires is expected to play for one of the league's eight teams .
Former team-mate Freddie Ljungberg and David Trezeguet have also j... |
ea71e1f27577feaf0ca548ee9d2c4356c1b96b06 | (CNN) -- High temperatures in America's Plains States are expected to rival those in Death Valley again Monday, according to the National Weather Service, which predicts a heat wave to roast the county's midsection for yet another day as it spreads to the east. The hottest spots located in Oklahoma through South Dakota... | NEW: No break from the heat Monday, says the National Weather Service .
The National Weather Service declared excessive heat warnings Sunday for 14 states .
High humidity has driven up heat indices, making it feel as hot as 126 degrees .
The extreme heat is forecast to move east by week's end, affecting the East Coast ... |
ea722b25912ee56b6a8f78fe724220fe0780fdbb | A woman who weighed 300lbs has managed to drop more than half her weight, despite suffering from deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a severe blood-clotting condition. Sasha George, a 42-year-old artist and mother of two in Orange County, California, was diagnosed with the debilitating condition in 2002 while pregnant with her... | Sasha George, a 42-year-old artist and mother of two in Orange County, California, was diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in 2002 .
Though the condition made her legs extremely swollen, she lost 153lbs by modifying her diet and exercising even while confined to a chair . |
ea725f9187d6e46b5309083c08aa25dd7183988b | (CNN) -- As a spending bill loaded with pork makes its way through Congress, President Obama is getting pushback from members of his own party who are questioning his vow to end wasteful spending. The Senate could vote on the spending bill as early as Thursday. The president on Wednesday pledged turn tide on an "era of... | $410 billion spending bill for FY 2009 includes 8,000 earmarks .
Democratic Sens. Evan Bayh and Russ Feingold want Obama to veto bill .
Senate could vote on bill as early as Thursday .
Defenders of bill say earmarks make up less than 1 percent of it . |
ea726389ad9dd32a3301952aba5d8e45303f02c1 | (CNN) -- One dead politician in a tiny Arab country and now, six years on, the quest for justice in his assassination divides a people and could add to regional instability. A United Nations-backed special tribunal issued indictments Thursday for four members of the Shiite militant Hezbollah movement in the assassinati... | A special tribunal issued indictments in the Rafik Hariri killing .
The four suspects are members of Hezbollah .
Lebanon is divided over the tribunal's probe .
The indictments could have a ripple effect through the region . |
ea72861785cfc6864b3d9be5d004058632724046 | Nathan Eames was left an offensive voicemail message by a Natwest employee after he was turned down for a loan . NatWest has apologised after a business manager accidentally left a three-minute message on a customer's answerphone, mocking his financial situation and calling him a 'k**b'. Nathan Eames, 39, received a ca... | Nathan Eames filled in customer survey after he was denied loan .
He was phoned by a business manager to talk to him about his feedback .
Bank boss left polite message on his answer phone after he did not pick up .
Then, thinking she had hung up, she made offensive comments to colleague .
She called Mr Eames a 'k**b' a... |
ea72ecb43a54f6e2c54d704ab9cc56c12821eeb8 | A fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) employee spoke out about the impact of FIFO on mental health just days before he took his life. Rhys Connor, 25, died on July 25 last year in his room at the Hope Downs mine site in the Pilbara in Western Australia after suffering depression. The father-of-one had spoken about the cost of the F... | Rhys Connor, 25, took his life at a mine site in WA last year .
The father-of-one warned about the effect of fly-in, fly-out work on mental health in an interview just days before his death .
Mr Connor said FIFO led to depression, isolation and relationship breakdowns .
Mr Connor's mother described him as a 'selfless' ... |
ea72f77df8759f27abffebe8d47389e3718108fa | Constant sexual abuse, neglect, beaten and starved: this was the horrific treatment children living at Australia's oldest yoga ashram were forced to endure, a royal commission examining child sex abuse at a NSW Satyananda Ashram has heard. A woman has told the enquiry she was sexually abused by Satyananda Sarswati - th... | An enquiry into child sex abuse at Australia's oldest yoga ashram has found children were subjected to sexual abuse, starvation and neglect .
A woman has told the Royal Commission she was sexually abused by the man who founded the worldwide yoga movement .
Celibacy was a requirement at the ashrams and people would be b... |
ea730c7f4e8245cd44e5c929d7d659c2fa441a49 | (CNN) -- One morning about 25 years ago the telephone rang at home. "Is this Charles Kaiser?" "Yes." "Oh. Well, this is Mike Nichols, and this is one of those weird Sunday morning phone calls. You gave such a great speech at Luis' funeral. I just wondered if we could have lunch sometime." "Yes we could!" I replied. Lui... | Charles Kaiser recalls two encounters with legendary director Mike Nichols .
He says Nichols understood the role of performers because he had been one himself .
Kaiser: Nichols held a brilliant mirror up to baby boom generation with "The Graduate" |
ea74b6f6594f0292675626f5740fc918b62e4abe | (CNN) -- Art enthusiasts ranging from aficionados to the causal tourist queued up in New York on Wednesday to catch a glimpse of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch's "The Scream," which went on display in Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art for a six-month exhibition. The exhibit opened Wednesday and runs through April 2013. "... | The exhibit opened Wednesday and runs through April 2013 .
The iconic work fetched nearly $120 million at Sotheby's auction house in May .
The previous record for a Munch work of art tallied just over $38 million . |
ea74bd82c46f398d012ff3674b43a3eebae02bd8 | Washington (CNN) -- The death of Caleb Moore is shining a spotlight on growing concerns over safety in extreme sports. The freestyle snowmobiler, attempting a backflip last week at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado, couldn't rotate his machine enough to land the maneuver. The skis dug into the lip of the slope, bri... | A snowmobiler is fatally injured during competition .
Questions are raised over risks .
ESPN says it has worked to ensure athlete and spectator safety . |
ea74f51b09ad9083413bc22b5fda7943275fd865 | (CNN)Thirty years ago Wednesday, more than three dozen stars -- many fresh from the American Music Awards -- checked their egos at the door and piled into a recording studio to record "We Are the World." The basic tracks for the Lionel Richie-Michael Jackson composition had been done a week earlier, but it was this Jan... | Three dozen stars recorded "We Are the World" 30 years ago on January 28, 1985 .
"We Are the World" was meant to raise money to fight a famine in Africa . |
ea751976207de284f9200347ba5f2bf3a2d49e1d | By . Tim Shipman . PUBLISHED: . 17:23 EST, 30 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:23 EST, 30 May 2013 . Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, hinted the Government may channel money saved from departmental budgets into infrastructure projects . Ministers are to pump billions of pounds into big infrastructure proje... | Danny Alexander hints Government will invest in infrastructure .
Said the Coalition will continue to 'shift resources wherever we can'
Said commitments will continue until the end of the decade . |
ea75b13dacdcc01c1aac9ede08a20815121e8006 | Scotland golden boy Ikechi Anya has emerged as a transfer target for Celtic following his weekend heroics in Germany. A £1.5million move for the Watford winger was discussed by Parkhead coaching staff when Ronny Deila scoured the market for wing reinforcements last month. Celtic eventually settled on loan deals for Gha... | Anya's stock has risen since his goal against Germany in Sunday's qualifier .
Celtic discussed the Watford winger last month before the window closed .
Anya is understood to be keen to return to Glasgow, where he was born . |
ea75cbba6d18c39ef09e82427adbfbecd7a45296 | A 15-year-old girl has been horrifically murdered in Houston in what appears to be a satanic ritual killing. She was found with an upside-down cross carved into her stomach and religious items placed in a circle around her partially naked body. Police say Corriann Cervantes was abducted, then raped and bashed in the he... | Corriann Cervantes' body was found half-naked with an upside-down cross carved into her stomach .
The 15-year-old was abducted Wednesday and found dead, with religious items around her, on Saturday .
Jose Reyes confessed to kidnapping, killing and raping her .
A 16-year-old classmate of Cervantes has also been arrested... |
ea75dfc6b393cd0ff59969dc1925642ed19500f9 | The search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is the most extensive and expensive ever undertaken, but it’s been claimed the plane could have been located if its tracking software had been upgraded - something that costs just £6 ($10) per flight. According to new book Flight MH370: The Mystery, the Boeing 777-200ER had... | The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight is most expensive ever .
A £6 software upgrade to plane could have given GPS fix, claims new book .
Flight MH370: The Mystery says tracking software on plane was too basic .
Flight MH370: The Mystery, by Nigel Cawthorne, is out now (£7.99, John Blake Publishing). |
ea762e31c1dfb0c2f0a9f4fbeaccf5996ecd120a | By . Lucy Osborne . PUBLISHED: . 19:58 EST, 11 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:14 EST, 12 August 2013 . Millions of British children are shunning vegetables and watching too much television, creating a generation who will die younger than their parents will, researchers have warned. The majority of five to 15-year-old... | Majority of children not eating recommended quantity of their 'five a day'
Researchers call for return to outdoor activities to help tackle problem .
British Heart Foundation boss describes findings as 'unacceptable' |
ea769f68136a42b85a8926b9ff66b7db5c8ebbf4 | By . Mark Duell and Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 09:56 EST, 25 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:12 EST, 25 June 2013 . A woman gave a stranger's baby a feeding bottle filled with bleach in a branch of McDonald's, a jury ruled today. Elaine Joyner, 53, has been charged with administering a poison or noxious substance so as to e... | Elaine Joyner charged with administering poison so as to endanger life .
Judge Andrew Lees rules she's unfit to plead at Woolwich Crown Court .
Jury finds that 53-year-old did give bleach to an 11-month-old boy .
Judge will decide how to proceed with case after jury's finding . |
ea76d9cbe8fec00d852bb41a122d1fbd797cd8b6 | By . Jim Norton . With her stomach bulging and face straining, just lifting a weight seemed a struggle less than a month ago. But it seems Victoria Wood’s tough workout has certainly done the job as the much-loved comic looked sleek on the BAFTAs red carpet last night. The 60-year-old looked trim as she joined a host o... | Much-loved female comic, 60, appeared at the BAFTAs last night .
She looked sleek while posing with television stars on the red carpet .
Three-weeks-ago Wood was pictured exercising on Hampstead Heath .
The mother-of-two appeared to be struggling to lift even a small weight .
She has previously spoken about her lifelon... |
ea77386dcc5d112d87f85ab44e4545a4f7e37c9d | (CNN) -- Within 24 hours, Joe Paterno's statue at Penn State University came down and his record as the winningest coach at the top level of college football disappeared. The steps by Penn State President Rodney Erickson and the National Collegiate Athletic Association drew sharply differing reactions Monday. They are ... | Joe Paterno's family says the NCAA penalties "defame" the coach's legacy .
Paterno fans say the penalties are overkill and hurt the wrong people .
Overall, public opinion appears to support the tough sanctions .
The NCAA fines Penn State, strips Paterno of the victory record, and cuts scholarships . |
ea7742a9ff4730aa50c1203ab677475f0f09cd58 | New York City is the quintessential metropolis, the city other cities aspire to be. Frenetic, chaotic and glamorous, it may not be the capital of America, or even New York State, but in many ways it's the capital of the world. New York's skyscrapers are instantly recognizable architectural icons. More than anywhere els... | New York City is frenetic and glamorous, the quintessential metropolis .
The city's five boroughs are made up of countless distinct neighborhoods .
Despite up-and-coming rivals, it's still the most exciting city in the world . |
ea774c85859be5fa6320b404eb02e79f41e3b817 | Supporters somehow escaped major harm in frightening scenes as a rally car flipped during a race in Italy. Up to nine fans – who were sat watching the Jolly Rally Valle D'Aosta in North West Italy from a wall on a bend – dived for cover as the Renault Clio Super 1600 astonishingly flew towards them. Both the driver Pie... | Supporters somehow escape major harm in North West Italy .
Crash happened during the Jolly Rally Valle D'Aosta on Sunday and the race was stopped .
Up to nine fans were in immediate danger as they watched on a wall and grass verge .
Driver and his navigator were given the all-clear after precautionary tests in hospital... |
ea777cf856ff598ee7e5470646655a41abeef26f | By . Emily Allen . PUBLISHED: . 12:10 EST, 30 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:13 EST, 30 October 2012 . A senior columnist at the New York Times has openly questioned whether former BBC boss Mark Thompson is fit for his new post running America’s most prestigious newspaper in the wake of the Jimmy Savile sex abuse sca... | Mr Thompson has denied any knowledge of a BBC cover up and vowed to take up his new job in New York as planned on November 12 .
But in a column published on Monday, Joe .
Nocera questioned the plausibility of the former BBC director general’s .
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