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ecd52807892730d96c3649e2f43551dc72826690 | Washington (CNN) -- The White House grooved to the Motown sound Thursday night, with an all-star lineup performing some of the most memorable songs from the hit factory that started in a Detroit basement. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hosted the tribute to the music from Berry Gordy Jr.'s Motown ... | President Barack Obama hosts an all-star concert to be broadcast on PBS .
Obama calls Motown music the soundtrack of the civil rights era .
Motown legends Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder are among the performers .
Showstopper of the evening is "Dancing in the Streets" |
ecd52b35b459647ace30112ac4bd65063eee6fdb | Russell Westbrook guides the Thunder to victory in San Antonio, the Heat spoil James' return to Miami and Los Angeles Clippers beat Golden State Warriors . LeBron James and Dwyane Wade wrapped each other in a pre-game embrace, chatted and laughed at half-time, then hugged again after the final buzzer. Just like old tim... | LeBron James received a mixed welcome from Miami Heat fans .
Cleveland Cavaliers lost 101-91 to spoil the superstar's homecoming .
The Heat put a minute-long series of clips of James during a time-out .
James found himself in the crowd after overrunning for the ball . |
ecd55f8cd0915efd13c4b2c05f5d9aab53c4372f | Baghdad (CNN) -- A string of car and roadside bombs exploded across Iraq on Monday morning, killing at least 43 people and wounding nearly 200 others, police said. Interior Ministry officials said more than 20 attacks were carried out by the "enemies of Iraq." Most of the casualties occurred in the capital, Baghdad, th... | NEW: 20 car and roadside bombings reported by Interior Ministry .
NEW: Most of the casualties occurred in the capital, Baghdad, officials say .
Monday's attacks occurred in predominantly Shiite areas .
Most of the bombings take place in an hour's time . |
ecd584bcb349bdebd01c035dfd734ff402176eab | By . Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 01:26 EST, 27 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:31 EST, 27 April 2013 . A Mexican woman known as a drug cartel queen has pleaded guilty in Miami to drug charges arising from a major cocaine trafficking case. Court records show Sandra Avila Beltran pleaded guilty Tuesday to bei... | Prosecutors say Sandra Avila Beltran worked her way to the top of Mexico's drug trade .
Was extradited to US in August 2012 from Mexico after five-year legal battle . |
ecd6b4ce2b8f4d34b1b041f2cfd7978ac83c790a | By . Lindsay Nicholson . The little boy lolls listlessly in his father’s arms, a feeding tube leading from his nose to some kind of apparatus on the bedside table. Not in pain apparently but clearly not well either. By contrast, the child’s father seems animated, positive even. Believing he has given both NHS officials... | Hampshire Constabulary confirmed Ashya has been found alive in Spain .
Father Brett King recorded a video explaining why they had gone on the run .
Urged police to stop the 'ridiculous chase' and asked to be 'left in peace'
Said the NHS had not been able to give the treatment they wanted for son . |
ecd6e3fca569914542fd0890813bd82309aa5ba1 | What started as an April fool’s joke by an American brewery has resulted in the production of a rather unique new type of beer, made using bulls' testicles. The Wynkoop Brewing Company in Denver produced a spoof video touting the daring ingredient in a fake product called Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout last April as a pub... | The Wynkoop Brewing Company in Denver produced a spoof video touting the daring ingredient .
But the company was inundated with requests for samples of the special beer . |
ecd7019dff83d6eb0a0c1ecdca3b2c4de0943718 | By . Laura Williamson . Follow @@laura_mail . Tara Moore managed to produce one of those eternally frustrating British performances that promise much and yet inevitably seem to result in crushing defeat. It’s the hope that gets you, every time, whatever sport it happens to be. The 21-year-old’s blistering forehand he... | Britain's Moore beaten by Zvonareva in epic clash spanning two days .
Russian edged out her opponent 6-4, 6-7, 9-7 .
Moore becomes the seventh Brit to crash out in the first round . |
ecd7ab8be9e9aa28b6aa7c3d3996d77a10bdc9dc | (CNN) -- The Seattle artist Moxie makes sculptures out of felted wool that are, like her, desperately playful and mad. "I like to make wool do impossible things, to turn it from something soft to something hard," says the artist whose blog is called "We are All Angry." Moxie's latest creations were on exhibit at Galler... | Seattle artist Moxie creates creatures and objects from bright wool felt .
She learned how to felt when she hired an artist while running an afters-school program .
Her "Hunger" series features doll parts being gobbled up by felted aliens .
She says there's a "whimsy, desperate nature and shameful feeling" to some crea... |
ecd80b49b98e2bade1b381321126cd5e05d430d4 | An Australian man could be detained by Indonesian police for two months without charge over a motorbike crash that killed a woman who was riding with her daughter on Monday. Jake Drage is in police custody while the accident is fully investigated, West Java police, in Bali's west, said on Friday. The Western Australian... | Jake Drage, from Geraldton which is north of Perth, crashed into a 16-year-old girl and her mother on Monday .
Mr Drage's mother Tiena Drage pleaded his innocence and said the woman who died in hospital the next day wasn't wearing a helmet .
The 23-year-old could be held up to two months without charge in West Java, Ba... |
ecd8307b90a0fc2ad09ec25ca1b15d4fd18d285f | Los Angeles (CNN) -- The Los Angeles woman whom rapper 50 Cent is accused of kicking in a domestic violence incident is a model and an actress who had a part in a "Pirates of the Caribbean" film, her representative told CNN Friday. Daphne Joy, who was born in the Philippines, has a baby by the rapper and is now focusin... | Rapper 50 Cent riffs on Twitter about what he's doing while "I'm not in jail"
The alleged victim releases her name through attorneys: Daphne Joy .
The Philippine-born actress had a part in "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides"
She has a baby with 50 Cent, aka Curtis Jackson, now accused of kicking her . |
ecd86299e90ffc1c11f695089be8505af849b685 | A mother says her six-year-old daughter is only alive today thanks to the local optician who correctly suspected she had a huge brain tumour. Chrissy Fletcher had become so concerned about her daughter Darcey's headaches that she took her to the local hospital - where doctors simply diagnosed a migraine. It was only wh... | Darcey Fletcher, from Barnsley, had been suffering severe headaches .
Her worried mother took her to local hospital on the advice of the GP .
Doctors ran tests - except for a scan - and said Darcey just had a migraine .
But next day, local optician realised she had warning signs of brain tumor .
Further tests revealed ... |
ecd8dfb3eda5c43bb9f6f240efba7d250640992b | The workplace may look drastically different in 25 years with hologram colleagues and coffee delivering drones on the cards, according to a new futuristic report. Accounting software firm MYOB has released the Future of Business in Australia 2040 report, which suggests technology changes in the workplace will be driven... | Accounting software firm MYOB has released the Future of Business in Australia 2040 report .
Biggest invention to change the workforce since email will be the holographic representation of people .
Year 2040 will herald thought activation and mind control, report says .
Chief Technology Officer Simon Raik-Allen says re... |
ecd94e18257fb9476b397beb6c3d0e43730aa079 | (CNN) -- World No. 1 Serena Williams survived the longest match of her career to bounce back from her Rome disappointment and reach the third round of the Madrid Open on Monday. The American was kept on court for almost three and a half hours by the 43rd-ranked Vera Dushevina before prevailing 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (... | Serena Williams survives longest match of her career to reach third round of Madrid Open .
World No. 1 beats unseeded Russian Vera Dushevina 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-5)
American will next play either 16th seed Nadia Petrova or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova .
Eighth seed Samantha Stosur wins to set up clash with Maria Jose... |
ecd98d3e3512c77780a00288b2fe5b0297e129f2 | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 10:53 EST, 9 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:30 EST, 9 July 2013 . Two food-loving students have come up with an ingenious way to tempt unadventurous peers into the kitchen with the creation of a naked cookbook. Kinvara Hubbard and Mimi Williams decided to bare all in a brave bid to coax... | Kinvara Hubbard and Mimi Williams stripped to encourage people to cook .
Both 21 and attend University of Edinburgh and Leeds University .
Book includes nude .
skiers at the top of Arthur's Seat, a giant .
Shows stripped-down sportsmen pumping iron in a gym in Leeds .
1,000 copies of the book been printed for sale than... |
ecd99e5795cd3345059e8098abb033ae4e01e689 | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 08:00 EST, 11 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:08 EST, 11 April 2013 . Spring flower sellers have had to throw away £50million worth of stock because of the prolonged winter weather that has hit Britain. Freezing conditions have stopped people from tending to their gardens which would norma... | Independent plant growers could go out of business due to prolonged winter weather .
On episode of Gardener's World last month, Monty Don urged viewers not to hurry into gardens .
Temperatures set to hit 20C on Sunday and it will stay warm next week with above average April temperatures .
Forecasters warn Britain could... |
ecda2ab4f1a51695e243411be1d25e09e85e962d | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:06 EST, 23 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:18 EST, 23 January 2013 . An animal lover nicknamed 'Kangaroo Dundee' is set to star in a BBC star documentary that follows his life in the Australian Outback mothering orphaned marsupials. Chris Barnes gave up life in the city to bu... | Chris Barnes to feature in two-part BBC2 documentary 'Kangaroo Dundee'
He lives in shack without running water in the Outback that he hand-built .
Programme follows Australian as he takes on three orphaned kangaroos . |
ecda566dfa918ee8d60b6e87a6a91b74dc703daa | Product criticism: Alan Titchmarsh pictured in a publicity photograph for his Waitrose gardening line . For many of us, Alan Titchmarsh is the go-to gardening expert, a font of knowledge about making things grow. But when it comes to making compost, it seems he is not quite the master we might assume. Consumer magazine... | Which? Gardening condemns £3.50 Peat-Free Multi Purpose Compost .
Experts give it poor scores for seed sowing and raising young plants .
Tomatoes, pansies, basil plants and pelargoniums all do badly in trials .
But Titchmarsh insists results 'do not accord with my own experiences' |
ecda72c4b6f8d0e83da85e5346eb103a4dd15052 | By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 17:18 EST, 18 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:59 EST, 19 December 2012 . A man who tried to murder his girlfriend by burying her alive in a cardboard box has been sentenced to an additional four years in prison for possessing potentially dangerous explosives. Marcin Kasprzak, 27, was ... | Marcin Kasprzak, 27, was jailed for 20 years in January for attempting to bury Michelina Lewandowska alive in a cardboard box .
Police investigating the attempted murder found large .
amounts of chemicals, formulae and recipes for making explosives at his .
home in Huddersfield . |
ecdb1d1ba17a41f0ba7161598204479ee5348110 | (CNN) -- Fresh off the news that it's reached a huge milestone -- 1 billion users -- Facebook on Thursday rolled out a video comparing the social network to other things that bring people together. Like airplanes. And bridges. And chairs. Yep ... chairs. The video, posted by CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other Facebook brass... | Facebook celebrates 1 billion users with new video .
The 90-second ad compares the site to other things that bring people together .
Among them: bridges, airplanes and chairs .
CEO Mark Zuckerberg: Connecting with others is "what makes us human" |
ecdbf1539ab928bc3b600ab94cbeadd59f5cb6a1 | By . Stephanie Linning . A beggar sits on the side of a bustling Indian road, his enormous swollen leg resting on a mat in front of him. Sahajul Sheikh, 46, suffers from Elephantiasis - a rare disease that causes parts of the body, usually arms or legs, to swell to abnormally large proportions. Disfigured: Sahajul Shei... | Sahajul Sheikh, 46, suffers from Elephantiasis, which causes severe swelling of the arms and legs .
The painful, disfiguring disease often leaves sufferers incapacitated .
Mr Sheikh earns up to 30,000 rupees (£300) during holy month of Ramadan . |
ecdc1af3b952894b6b7ff4942adba323b2e651ec | Baghdad (CNN) -- Western nations and Iran broached solutions over Tehran's controversial nuclear program Wednesday, the latest push to end the saber-rattling over the Islamic republic's atomic aspirations. Both sides, negotiating in Baghdad, delivered proposals in the latest round of talks between Iran and six nations ... | Bilateral talks held; plenary session is Thursday .
The meeting takes place a day after the IAEA said it expects a new deal with Iran soon .
Iran's nuclear program has created tension in the Middle East and beyond .
Tehran says the program is for peaceful purposes, but Israel wants it to end all enrichment . |
ecdc331dd1a393710f749a4d52dcb58c941428ea | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 02:39 EST, 6 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:41 EST, 6 March 2013 . An NHS nurse who secretly worked night shifts at a steel plant before driving straight to her job on a hospital ward put patients' lives at risk, a court heard. Diane Davies, 55, is accused of breaking NHS rules by wo... | Diane Davies was 'too tired' to properly care for patients, court heard .
NHS bosses were unaware she held down two jobs for 12 years .
Her working week was between 77 and 82 hours, prosecution says .
Night job thought to have boosted her income by up to £28,000 a year . |
ecdc84f2842f47c5541ad2c494c57a0c386414a7 | Rockets could take off from a spaceport in Britain within five years after ministers launched a search for a suitable site. The UK Space Agency has been tasked with opening a site by 2018, with the first flights having lift-off within a year. A remote site, away from homes and businesses, will be required in the plan t... | UK Space Agency needs to find a site away from homes and businesses .
Ministers say it is key to protecting the UK from threats from space .
British astronaut Tim Peake will have to take off from foreign country . |
ecdcd05e0efa777bcf3defa0bbabe5d79f859f15 | (CNN) -- Anjali Thakur is living in fear in India. She is a mother afraid for her son. "We are all having sleepless nights," Thakur says. Sourabh Sharma -- one of the Indian students attacked in Melbourne. Her son isn't in a war zone or even a country known to be dangerous. He is a student in Melbourne, Australia. "Thr... | Spate of attacks on Indian students in Australia makes headlines in India .
Students say attacks racially motivated; authorities say they are crimes of opportunity .
Attacks have stoked political tensions between New Delhi, Canberra .
More than 80,000 Indian students attend Australian universities . |
ecdd01ce366f412a9335bb8aa23259064982abcc | (TIME.com) -- For many Americans, the passing of Thanksgiving means it's time to buckle down on Holiday shopping—but for cinemaphiles it's time to go to the movies. As studios seek to capitalize on the availability of audiences during the holidays and to get their films released, at least in limited distribution, in ti... | A few of the holiday-season movies are shaping up to be Oscar contenders .
There are dramas, a fantasy tale and even a musical .
Some pictures are being released on a limited basis to make them eligible . |
ecdd4d14b4668e87c51fd21e76f863c2a9ef1363 | Lewis Hamilton has become the latest high-profile figure from the sporting world to take part in the Ice Bucket Challenge. Nominated by Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, who performed the stunt in the paddock on Thursday, Hamilton accepted the Australian’s challenge after today’s opening practice session ahead of the Belgia... | Hamilton took part in the charitable stunt after the opening practice session .
The Briton then nominated Naomi Campbell, Will Smith and Tom Cruise .
He is 11 points behind Nico Rosberg in the battle for the F1 championship . |
ecdd6dd15b8b9dbaa0f17d3ff340bfce1b5666aa | The BBC commands less public affection than Maltesers, Tampax and the Oxo Cube after arguably the most humiliating year in its history, according to a survey of Britain’s top brands. The taxpayer-funded broadcaster has been almost permanently engulfed in controversy in the past year, including allegations of a cover-up... | Taxpayer-funded broadcaster rocked by Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal .
Also faced fury over 'inane' coverage of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee .
And there has been anger over bumper pay for presenters and managers . |
ecdded218fb3c90e424c8fadccdee7ce511c144d | By . Gerard Brand . Follow @@gedbrand10 . Crystal Palace have signed defender Brede Hangeland on a free transfer after being released by Fulham last season. The towering 33-year-old was released by Fulham via e-mail at the end of the season and has signed on a one-year deal at Selhurst Park. The Norwegian international... | Norwegian international played over 200 Premier League games for Fulham .
33-year-old was released by e-mail at the end of last season .
Defender signs on a one-year deal with Tony Pulis at Selhurst Park . |
ecde0866f54c2e12e126956aaca6964e8886f231 | Dennis Tueart - who spent eight years playing for Manchester City - believes Sergio Aguero is the most fearsome striker to play a part in Sunday's derby. The 64-year-old, who notched 86 league goals for City, believes the Argentine has that added edge as Manchester United travel to the Etihad Stadium. SERGIO AGUERO 9.5... | Manchester City legend Dennis Tueart waxes lyrical about Sergio Aguero .
Robin van Persie has had a mixed season under Louis van Gaal .
Radamel Falcao is chipping in with crucial Manchester United assists .
Edin Dzeko gets through an awful lot of work up front for Manchester City . |
ecde6122d77f8dfc9d8e8b2323c6d2ea98ce2766 | By . Chris Parsons . Updated: . 07:10 EST, 30 December 2011 . Saif al-Islam, the son of Colonel Gaddafi who was captured in November, has had the ends of his thumb and forefinger amputated as he prepares to face trial on corruption and war crimes charges. Human rights groups have expressed concern over the treatment of... | Saif al-Islam was captured by rebel forces in November .
Human rights fears over treatment of Gaddafi's son .
Colonel Gaddafi's daughter demands inquiry into circumstances surrounding dictator's death . |
ecdec825309c3b74b7d25376ae4b1a46ceea640f | By . Jennifer Smith . The men recalled how killer Joanna Dennehy attacked them at random in two separate incidents last year . Two men who were targeted at random by serial killer Joanna Dennehy have described how the woman 'showed no emotion' as she brutally stabbed them and left them for dead. Robin Bereza and John R... | Robin Bereza and John Rogers randomly targeted by Joanna Dennehy .
The men said woman 'showed no emotion' as she repeatedly stabbed them .
Victims tried to fight Dennehy off but she 'did not react' to kicks .
She allegedly told an accomplice 'I want my fun' before attacks in April .
Dennehy admitted attacking the men a... |
ecded3b65064b904d3f2fb9fb9afb1581f98002e | (CNN) -- At home and at work, there was no doubting Mary Sherlach's success. Professionally, she'd worked in three Connecticut school systems before settling in as school psychologist at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, writing on her website that "I truly enjoy working with the SHS staff, parents and children." Perso... | Mary Sherlach was a school psychologist at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary .
She was among 26 people killed by a gunman inside the Newtown school .
On Facebook, a friend calls Sherlach's death "so unfair and horrific"
Sherlach was married for more than 30 years and had two daughters . |
ecdeeb0571150b5743615d60bf58426fbb27c3f3 | (CNN) -- The credible but as yet unconfirmed reports that three men directed by al Qaeda have plans for an attack on the United States to coincide with the 10th anniversary of September 11 reminds us of the persistence of the threat from Islamist terrorists. Yet our research indicates that al Qaeda and those motivated ... | Recent terror alert renews concern about al Qaeda, authors say .
Their study shows domestic terrorism often comes from non-Islamist sources .
Non-Islamist terrorists have been more likely to seek unconventional weapons, they say .
Authors: In U.S., Islamist terrorism no more deadly than other forms since 9/11 . |
ecdfbdce46d0581991f74554c0615f61ec654cf3 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 7:09 PM on 11th August 2011 . The FBI has joined the frantic hunt for a female American tourist missing in Aruba, as authorities on the Caribbean island continued to hold her supposed travel partner who insists she drowned in a snorkelling accident. Gary Giordano, from Marylan... | Gary Giordano 'emphatically denies' any involvement in Robyn Gardner's disappearance .
Friends say despite the wild tattoos, she was a gentle soul . |
ecdff1a197c08b72a398d5ae32c2f6a1ae812516 | By . Laura Topham . Erin Boag defied those who criticised her for dancing while pregnant saying: it's 'good exercise'. She added: 'What do people expect us to do, just sit at home resting all day?' When Erin Boag , star of Strictly Come . Dancing, took to the stage at the Royal Albert Hall at 22 weeks pregnant . in Dec... | Danced at 22 weeks pregnant and received call from fan complaining .
Erin, from New Zealand, now 36 weeks pregnant - but still going to the gym .
'There's nothing wrong with dancing while pregnant,' she said .
Dancer, 39, has show planned for seven weeks after baby's birth . |
ece002f4769385d32d0eed394ae80cb260e751df | (CNN) -- A French journalist reporting alongside soldiers is missing in Colombia after a leftist rebel group attacked their unit, killing four people and injuring six, officials said Sunday. Romeo Langlois, who works for France 24, is a war reporter with more than 10 years experience in the country, said Colombian Defe... | French journalist Romeo Langlois is missing .
He works for France 24, which reports he is being held prisoner .
Kidnapping government forces and civilians is a key strategy of the FARC . |
ece004be1b6366bca7203069de2d1ed94bee6d47 | (CNN) -- Iran has threatened that it will retaliate against the Obama administration's proposed new economic sanctions on Iran's oil exports by blocking the flow of oil from the Persian Gulf. "If sanctions are adopted against Iranian oil," said Iran's Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi, "not a drop of oil will pass th... | Iran has threatened to block flow of oil through Strait of Hormuz if U.S. sanctions its oil .
U.S. Navy has warned that disruption in traffic will not be tolerated .
Vali Nasr says the sanctions designed to prevent war could wind up causing it .
He says the first casualty in a battle could be the world economy . |
ece02b7ef207eeac8cf9a144e1f62865193f825d | A giant sculpture of a hedgehog has been unveiled on Clapham Common after a survey found that a quarter of people in the UK have never seen the animal in the wild. The 12 foot long, eight foot wide, seven foot tall structure took a team of artists two months to build, and it has been keeping hundreds of visitors to the... | Seven foot high sculpture was unveiled on Clapham Common last Tuesday .
It is made from 2,000 soft wood spikes and coconut fibre that resembles fur .
Structure created to promote new TV programme by Sir David Attenborough . |
ece0483f5a6ef886fcbdf6d4c3db770c2a7cf4ac | By . Rob Preece . PUBLISHED: . 10:08 EST, 14 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:13 EST, 15 August 2012 . The military officer in charge of planning for the Olympics has warned that it could take two years for the armed forces to recover from the burden of deploying extra troops at the Games. Wing Commander Peter Daulby al... | Wing Commander Peter Daulby says the need for extra troops was a 'game changer' for the military .
He warns against further cuts to the armed forces, adding: 'It just shows you the dangers of pulling the military down'
Thousands of extra troops were deployed to Games venues after private firm G4S failed to provide enou... |
ece06fc72415457ccc8fca0a125c82802a999ce8 | By . Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 03:48 EST, 22 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:23 EST, 22 October 2012 . Primary school exams are to be simplified to accommodate pupils who do not speak English as their first language, the exam regulator Ofqual has ruled. Tests sat by 11-year-olds should be constructed with larger fonts ... | Exam regulator Ofqual says primary school tests should be constructed with shorter sentences .
The exams should also use clearer fonts .
Critics call the move an insult to foreign children . |
ece0e949e9e39eef758d7247b7fcdfa441493e66 | (CNN) -- Keisuke Honda is the rising star of Japanese football. The 24-year-old has been likened to a Japanese David Beckham, both as an attacking midfielder with devastating free-kick skills, and as a pin-up with a distinctive off-the-pitch style. But the CSKA Moscow player would rather be known for his own achievemen... | Keisuke Honda is the star of the Japanese football team .
Has played for CSKA Moscow since December 2009 .
Rumors of move to a bigger European team this winter .
Dream move would be the play for Real Madrid . |
ece0f00f0c9d658d09b9d45c608c20ac3c3b2139 | Washington (CNN) -- The latest video ad from the Republican Senate campaign arm accuses Michelle Nunn, the Democratic Senate candidate in Georgia, of supporting amnesty. Seems like the usual in hyper-partisan Washington, right? But in attacking the Democratic candidate, the ad also lumps in more than a dozen Republican... | GOP ad: "Michelle Nunn proudly supports Obama's amnesty plan for illegal immigrants"
The problem? The ad is referring to an immigration bill supported by 14 Republicans .
That bill was pushed to the Senate floor thanks in big part to Republican Sen. Marco Rubio . |
ece13d7d26c92eeb46749b20e1449bcd8309df9d | A multi-millionaire businessman responsible for storing some of the greatest art treasures and luxury goods in the world has been arrested on suspicion of fraud. Yves Bouvier - whose rich and famous clients include many from Britain - was placed in custody in Monaco on Wednesday night, along with two alleged accomplice... | Yves Bouvier was detained in Monaco, along with two alleged accomplices .
Comes amid accusations so-called 'Freeports' are being used to dodge tax .
Ultra-high net worth individuals use the vast repositories to store treasures .
Bouvier owns £50m Luxembourg Freeport at Grand Duchy's Findel airport .
It is connected to ... |
ece1e64caebbb31dbe19b9032ee74b0d1c6e5349 | Taxpayers are spending £100million every year on interpreters to help immigrants who cannot speak English, a Mail on Sunday investigation has found. Police, town halls, hospitals and courts are all spending huge sums on translating documents and providing professional interpreters to assist people with poor English. Th... | Police, hospitals and courts are all spending huge sums on translators .
Councils in England spent £11 million on language services in last year .
Polish is the most commonly translated language by courts and police .
Met spends nearly £7million a year on interpreters for crime suspects .
A hospital trust in the North ... |
ece21766ad2623208a9ade990c9e1a2f3ad492c8 | (CNN) -- The Justice Department is preparing to sue Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, known internationally as "America's toughest sheriff," saying talks between the two sides have fallen through. The Obama administration and Arpaio's Maricopa County Sheriff's Office had been in the midst of settlement talks, after the Justi... | The two sides had been in the midst of settlement talks .
The Justice Department wanted Arpaio to allow an independent monitor .
Arpaio: "This will not happen, not on my watch!"
The government alleges the sheriff's office has committed constitutional violations . |
ece225b80f2e521ea7d374d6634e16eff17c59ee | (CNN) -- Urban transport in Bolivia's administrative capital of La Paz has always been about what goes up and down. Situated in a deep canyon more than 10,000 feet above sea level, the Andean metropolis is one of the highest cities in the world. Densely populated barrios (neighborhoods) occupy the hills encompassing th... | An urban gondola 10.7 kilometers in length is being designed and built in the Bolivian city of La Paz .
Medellin, Rio de Janeiro and Caracas have already installed similar structures as modes of mass city transportation .
Those behind the La Paz project hope it will reduce traffic congestion and connect some of the cit... |
ece3ecbfa45d68a9329249b6a6904c59ea3468c2 | By . Lizzie Smith . PUBLISHED: . 12:21 EST, 26 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:01 EST, 26 July 2013 . var twitterVia = 'DailyMailUS'; . DM.has('shareLinkTop', 'shareLinks', { . 'id': '2379180', . 'title': 'Amanda Bynes\' father can\'t hide his concern as it emerges she has blown $1.4m in just a few months... and even too... | Made two separate withdrawals of $100,000 in last couple of months, and spent the lot .
Ruling on conservatorship postponed by judge until a full hearing on August 8 .
Bynes remains in psychiatric centre after involuntary hold was extended to two weeks .
Parents say Amanda has severe body image issues, insisting she an... |
ece40a905cfe605ef70513ecc92ad1d1e69291b5 | A television commercial that prompted complaints for its portrayal of a white woman feeding a young black boy like a dog will not be formally investigated, South Africa's advertising watchdog has ruled. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) says it is satisfied the actions of the organization behind the advert, Fe... | An advert showing a white woman feeding a black boy like a dog has run in South Africa .
The ad ends with "the average domestic dog eats better than millions of children"
Feed a Child withdrew its ad and issued an apology for any offense caused .
The Advertising Standards Authority has since ruled that no formal action... |
ece416f3d55cee80c5bb16524001d345c996631d | (CNN) -- Jennifer Lopez sang "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" on Saturday to a leader who has been characterized as one of the most repressive in the world. "We wish you the very, very, happiest birthday," Lopez said to Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, and then she sang to him at a huge celebration at ... | Jennifer Lopez performed at Turkmenistan president's birthday celebration .
Human Rights Watch says Turkmenistan has "extraordinary levels of repression"
Spokesman: Lopez didn't realize the human rights issues around Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov . |
ece47f9bc3a6d75f67c2636ff092f4b6aac82a01 | Fall River, Massachusetts (CNN) -- In a coastal city south of Boston, a community often known for its veterans is grappling with the loss of four young men who died this year while on active military duty. Army Sgt. Robert Barrett and Army Spec. Scott Andrews were both 21 years old when they were killed in Afghanistan,... | 4 soldiers from Fall River have died this year while on active duty, officials say .
Military mother: "Enough's enough and it's time for this to come to an end"
Obama Thursday said the U.S. is making significant progress in the 9-year war in Afghanistan . |
ece4824c51f5ab8f73ab99eaad777ce9d7657e7a | New Delhi, India (CNN) -- A Harvard-educated legal expert was elected head of Tibet's government-in-exile on Wednesday, filling the shoes of the Dalai Lama who said last month he was going to give up his political role. Lobsang Sangay got 55% of the vote, beating two other candidates for the post of Kalon Tripa, or pri... | NEW: Sangay earned a doctorate in law from Harvard University .
NEW: In May, Tibetan representatives will discuss the Dalai Lama's proposal .
Sangay beats out two other candidates .
The Dalai Lama has said he wants to hand over political power to an elected leader . |
ece48ebedb46f302a4364ca97dc5156c1e540e05 | ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- An angry, naked man commandeered a school bus full of teenage students Thursday in Atlanta, police said. The man drove the bus for less than a mile before a student confronted him and the bus crashed into a wall off the road, according to police. The incident started Thursday afternoon when th... | Police: Arris Pitmon ran toward the bus and climbed in through an open window .
Pitmon took control of the bus then abandoned it while it was moving, police say .
The bus crashed and some students were taken to area hospitals . |
ece58e26809ccb14801a9d07806cd3364e7aba9c | (CNN) -- Even before the smoke had cleared from a series of bombings in the Thai capital of Bangkok Tuesday, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak blamed Iran for the incident, as well as the attacks against Israeli diplomats in Delhi and Georgia two days ago. "The attempted terror attack in Thailand proves once again th... | Quaglia: Bangkok suspects not involved in a sophisticated, state-financed terrorist attack .
Quaglia: Attack was amateurish operation with little advance planning for contingencies .
Quaglia: It's possible Iran is seeking to modulate its retaliation for murder of its scientists .
Quaglia: Iran may have leveraged "B-Tea... |
ece5c879efd0d4e685ffe9ffcb390d9ca6af8f1a | (CNN Student News) -- November 30, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Washington, D.C. New Zealand . Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program .
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ece63840078b154edd1f19ff74a7fa5fee75653f | By . Rebecca Brett . Dublin has been voted one of the friendliest cities on the planet. The Irish capital was ranked fifth in the top 10 of the world's most welcoming urban destinations, by readers of Conde Nast Traveller. Rising eight places from the 13th most friendly city last year, it shares the position in the pop... | Dublin moved up eight places to share 5th spot with Sydney .
Others at top of list include Melbourne, Seville and Auckland .
Beijing, Moscow and Paris were listed as some of unfriendliest . |
ece6adcf1a2bfc1dfde26dcda5d5ed4f3263d8cc | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 06:14 EST, 17 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:49 EST, 17 July 2013 . Foreign tourists, including Europeans and Americans, were injured when a train derailed on a popular traveling route in Thailand this morning. French, Australian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and American tourists were amon... | Chinese and Japanese tourists were also injured when the train derailed .
One person was seriously injured, railway authorities said .
Seven of the 10 carriages flipped on old mountain tracks at Den Chai .
Second time train derailed on the Bangkok to Chiang Mai route in a month . |
ece6e00dec81edc5de36bf60d0a0a09e27838f19 | People with homes in the infamous ‘Tornado Alley’ live in fear of the destruction that can be wreaked by devastating twisters. But one scientist thinks states in the centre of the U.S. could be protected from destructive storms, by erecting three giant walls. The physicist said that the walls, which would measure 1,000... | A physicist from Temple University, Pennsylvania thinks that three 1,000ft walls could throttle air flow to prevent the formation of tornadoes .
Structures would be built in Tornado Alley - an of the U.S. stretching from the Dakotas to Texas that is flat and particularly prone to twisters .
But experts have dismissed t... |
ece7af7e049ff52bb703ca80b4b8a1480fdb861b | Philadelphia (CNN) -- The operators of two vessels involved in the "duck boat" accident on the Delaware River two summers ago have reached a $17 million settlement with the victims and the families of the two Hungarian students who died that day. The families of the Dora Schwendter and Szabolcs Prem will split $15 mill... | The families of two Hungarian students who died will split $15 million .
The disabled "Ride the Ducks" tour boat was struck by a barge on July 7, 2010 .
Survivors of crash receive $2 million in settlement for $17M total .
Pilot of the tugboat is serving prison time for causing the accident . |
ece7ff57373c559a5f4234f42bf60c238c6b1f06 | Jesean Morris, 20, was wanted for violating his parole in Omaha, Nebraska . A young man trying to give back by taking part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge last week ended up getting hosed when authorities recognized him as a fugitive wanted for violating his parole. Jesean Morris, 20, found himself heading back to pris... | Jesean Morris, 20, was on parole after serving a sentence for assault and use of a firearm .
Morris uploaded an Ice Bucket Challenge video to his Facebook page which authorities used to identify his whereabouts .
The former convict gave police a false name and spit on them as he was being apprehended Friday afternoon . |
ece827ad048f8b629e37daaa13e56b894bf85d67 | (CNN) -- The president of South Africa lashed out Tuesday at NATO's enforcement of the U.N. resolution authorizing the organization to act to protect innocent civilians threatened by Libya's civil war. "We strongly believe that the resolution is being abused for regime change, political assassinations and foreign milit... | NEW: S.A. President Jacob Zuma accuses NATO of political assassination .
NEW: Actions "undermine" African Union efforts to find solution, Zuma says .
NSC spokesman says the report to Congress on Libya is in the final stages of preparation .
McCain urges Obama to seek Congress' approval for the conflict in Libya . |
ece82ec1cc2bc846317aabe63a890a268f7d5e15 | Marnie the dog was once known as 'Stinky,' and lived a harsh life on the streets of Connecticut. But her life changed dramatically for the better when the lovable dog was adopted. So much for the better, in fact, that the Shih-Tzu is now one of the most popular dogs on Instagram and and has more than 134,000 followers.... | Dog's remarkable life reads like a Hollywood rags to riches story .
Shih Tzu once lived on the streets of Connecticut and was named Stinky .
Lovable dog also had 14 decaying teeth removed and was blind in one eye .
Marnie was adopted by MTV producer Shirley Braha and now meets celebs .
Ms Braha says: 'Marnie lives ever... |
ece837f6a40d2d660ac109b18d2f23e2f5296217 | By . Alasdair Glennie and Sara Smyth . PUBLISHED: . 19:02 EST, 11 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:05 EST, 12 November 2013 . For budding pop stars or rebellious teens, a tattoo is virtually a rite of passage. Until now, the same could not be said of ageing BBC broadcasters. But David Dimbleby has thrown convention to... | David Dimbleby visited Vagabond tattoo parlour in east London .
Had scorpion inked on his shoulder to mark his star sign, Scorpio .
'It is sitting on my shoulder ready to attack my enemies,' he warns . |
ece8cbf9073f1ae6c7006e10a9ef2369353617d6 | A man who fathered 22 kids by 14 different women - earning himself the title 'America's biggest deadbeat dad' - is to get his own reality TV show. It comes after unemployed Orlando Shaw, 33, was filmed boasting outside a Nashville courthouse following a child support hearing, 'the ladies don't like me, they love me.' ... | Orlando Shaw, 33, was filmed boasting .
outside a Nashville courthouse .
It followed a child support hearing brought by his ex partners .
The video of him boasting of his prowess with women has since gone viral .
He now claims Hollywood has been calling, and offering him own show . |
ece94a708c2b0bce23067c8f6547f866c9106f2c | By . Rob Waugh . Last updated at 8:50 AM on 3rd January 2012 . Nasa's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter flew over the moon at just 16.2 miles up to capture shots of the huge Aristarchus crater on the moon - a feature so massive it's visible to the naked eye from Earth, created when a huge comet or asteroid slammed into a pl... | Orbiter flies past just 16.2 miles up .
Images of crater twice as deep as Grand Canyon .
Shows layers of minerals like strip mines on Earth . |
ece95b72bfc4104d59448972ee41e0d413d2acfe | Police officers in Moscow could be fired after a leaked video appeared to show them mocking a schizophrenic woman who had stripped naked and danced on a desk. The clip prompted outrage in Russia after the woman, identified as Irina K, was arrested for allegedly shouting abuse at passers-by in the Russian capital's west... | Footage showing clearly disturbed woman prompted outrage in Russia .
She danced around Moscow police station clearly disturbed after arrest .
But instead of helping her or handing back her clothes, officers laughed .
Spokesman said it was likely the officer who shot the video will be fired . |
ece9a72fac05865e743e25a740ba6dd5818d7848 | This is the moment David Cameron was shoved by a jogger who sprinted past bodyguards, sparking a major security alert. Fitness fanatic Dean Farley, 28, charged into the Prime Minister outside Leeds Civic Hall yesterday. The incident – captured on a bystander’s mobile phone – led to a police protection row as experts ac... | Dean Farley, 28, charged into PM outside Leeds Civic Hall on Monday .
Security experts said that Mr Cameron could have been stabbed or killed .
Metropolitan Police Commissioner has ordered an investigation .
But the runner claimed had no idea it was Mr Cameron he had 'brushed into' |
ece9f4ff4aabe2cad7efe2073d4d5ed19d8c7f16 | (CNN)At least 19 people died Sunday when soccer fans clashed with police outside a stadium in Cairo, the health ministry said. Egypt's government-controlled Al-Ahram newspaper website reported that at least 30 people were killed. The violence took place ahead of a scheduled match between Zamalek and ENPPI. The match we... | The cabinet indefinitely suspends the country's Premier League soccer matches .
Egypt's general prosecutor is sending a team to investigate .
The violence is the deadliest soccer-related violence in Egypt since a 2012 stampede . |
ecea33b4c834bd566a7d2ff98e6364deb0d912bf | Manchester City are the Premier League champions, Liverpool threw it away. Or so everyone would have us believe. In fact, there are four-and-a-half hours of the title race still to run. And given what happened in the final 11 minutes at Selhurst Park on Monday night, that allows plenty of time for the plot to thicken. ... | Manchester City have two games left to play this season .
Manuel Pellegrini's team will face Aston Villa tonight and West Ham on Sunday .
Both games are home fixtures at the Etihad Stadium .
Man City only need four points to make it virtually impossible for Liverpool to beat them to the Premier League title .
Brendan R... |
ecea51819310ba2491da663f880b8c261fdbe0e7 | (CNN) -- Federal officers charged with keeping terrorists off planes are now searching their own ranks for staff who told CNN that few flights were protected by air marshals. Iraq war veteran Jeff Denning says a TSA investigator called him trying to find out if he spoke to CNN. The Transportation Security Administratio... | TSA questions former air marshal about e-mail encouraging him to talk to CNN .
In March, CNN reported that armed air marshals are on fewer than 1 percent of flights .
TSA denied findings, says it is investigating possible release of classified info .
Employee says he sent e-mail because he wanted to expose problems in ... |
ecea9055a05aa48f8b11fdc372833b0b96a83bac | LONDON, England (CNN) -- The days are getting shorter, the nights colder, but that doesn't mean that your electricity bill needs to go through the roof. In a unique experiment, the residents of Britain's Scilly Isles are hoping to show that reducing your electricity consumption doesn't have to be difficult. The Isles o... | UK's Scilly Isles take part in a day-long experiment monitoring electricity consumption .
Islanders being encouraged to switch off all non-essential electrical appliances .
E-Day is the culmination of a four-day long Earth Summit on the islands . |
eceaa0a693aa61fe7a14f6899c6bb0394ca3460b | It is a milestone her parents feared she would not reach. Courageous Harmonie-Rose Allen began her very own countdown to Christmas today, opening the first door of her advent calendar, with help from her mother. The one-year-old watched in awe as her mother Freya Hall helped her daughter, revealed the festive chocolate... | Harmonie-Rose Allen, 1, was struck by a bout of meningitis in September .
She fell ill with the killer bug just 10 days after walking for the first time .
Doctors warned her parents their daughter had a 10% chance of surviving .
She fought the disease but medics were forced to amputate both her arms and legs as well as... |
eceb91e9357085ca1ffd477744b0a97ec61310d9 | Virat Kohli became the first man ever to make three Test centuries in his first three innings as captain and Lokesh Rahul made the first of his career as India fought back on day three of the fourth Test against Australia at Sydney. The hosts had declared on 572 on day two but India produced a brilliant response to rea... | Virat Kohli is the first man to score three Test centuries in his first three innings as captain .
India reached 342 for five after Australia declared on 572 on Wednesday .
Kohli was undefeated on 140 at the close of play on day three in Sydney . |
ecec5e4bd422fdf6814c58df449f8d89fb80958b | Yup, you could say that determined former model Jodie Kidd has put her heart and soul into trying to win tonight's Celebrity MasterChef Final. 'Oh my God!' she shrieks when she thinks about it. 'I went for it. I pushed myself so out of my comfort zone that I was out of control. And then, after two hours of cooking, I c... | Jodie Kidd, Charlie Boorman and Sophie Thompson in the Masterchef final .
Kidd told MailOnline she has given 'a hundred, million percent'
The former model famously refused to eat pudding for 15 years .
Despite not doing 'blubbing', the model said final was emotional .
All three say they have taken a break from cooking ... |
ecec8075301c6777848e3089f7f0847e25ea1720 | Click here to see more of our brilliant Match Zone, including the move for Ayoze Perez's opener . Is it really only a month since Alan Pardew headed into the last international break looking every inch a dead man walking, castigated by Newcastle fans campaigning for owner Mike Ashley to axe their manager? On Sunday at ... | Ayoze Perez opened the scoring just before half-time with an audacious flick to put Newcastle ahead .
Fabricio Coloccini doubled the lead for the Magpies just after the 60-minute mark .
Three points for Newcastle takes them up to seventh in the Premier League table .
The win was Newcastle's fifth in a row - a remarkabl... |
ececc9c8d1447ed5819b0de2f3ca1936d079ea83 | (CNN) -- AC Milan stayed just one point behind Serie A leaders Juventus with a convincing 3-0 win over Cagliari in the San Siro Sunday. Juve had kept up the pressure with a 2-1 win over Udinese Saturday, but Milan responded in style. Star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic set them on their way as he curled home a 20 meter fre... | AC Milan keep pace in Serie A title race with 3-0 win over Cagliari .
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores opener in easy win in San Siro .
Borussia Moenchengladbach beat Stuttgart 3-0 in Bundesliga .
Valencia consolidate third in Spain after 2-2 draw . |
eced41cf1559989c5fa5b2b803e8e7f36e0532dc | (CNN) -- A Spanish study found women are more susceptible to guilt than men, and suggested that in the interests of equality, men should accept more guilt, women less. Equality considered in such terms is a shibboleth. Guilt is bad stuff; it poisons life, saps resolution and crushes orgasmic potency. No psychologist ou... | Germaine Greer: Study found women feel the poison of guilt more than men .
Greer: Women are raised to take the blame for crimes against them, she says .
When a rape victim is unnamed, she says, it supports the stigmatization of rape .
Greer: Women must reject stigma and refuse to feel shame for the way others treat the... |
eced790dfe39679c5bf37544da6aa55c22877b31 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- The world's oldest known Christian Bible goes online Monday -- but the 1,600-year-old text doesn't match the one you'll find in churches today. The British government bought most of the pages of the ancient manuscript in 1933. Discovered in a monastery in the Sinai desert in Egypt more than 160... | Handwritten Codex Sinaiticus is more than 1,600 years old .
Includes two books not part of official New Testament .
Discovered in a monastery in Sinai desert in Egypt more than 160 years ago .
Scholar named Constantine Tischendorf recognized its significance in 1844 . |
ecedcde75ecec7a1989e8970a0f76f5afdbf4e90 | By . Margot Peppers . A theatre professor and costume designer has married fashion with biology by creating a series of dresses inspired by cancer cells. Fashioning Cancer: The Correlation between Destruction and Beauty is an exhibition by Jacqueline Firkins, who works in the Department of Theatre and Film at the Unive... | University of British Columbia professor Jacqueline Firkins hopes her gowns will prompt a conversation about cancer in relation to beauty and body image . |
ecee864cc4a840102d5da4fad03d2826b6629553 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 8:59 AM on 2nd February 2012 . Britain's biggest broadband suppliers are failing to deliver by providing speeds half as fast as advertised, a study revealed today. Providers like Sky, Orange, BT and PlusNet all delivered actual broadband speeds which were half as fast as their... | BT, Orange, and Sky all fail to deliver on advertised broadband speeds . |
ecef128140d24b3f7757da3c65e331bc08635916 | By . Adam Lee Potter . No man is happy without an instruction manual, be it for a widescreen TV or a Black & Decker drill. And the heir to the throne is apparently no exception. Prince William – ever the military man – is preparing for impending fatherhood with a no-nonsense guide by former Commando and father-of-thr... | Reporter Adam Lee Potter worked through Commando Dad – Basic Training .
Prince William is using the guide to prepare for fatherhood in July . |
ecef4aacd855c1a39986f24b79525a8a7b6d40db | PANAMA CITY, Panama (CNN) -- Ricardo Martinelli, the multimillionaire owner of a supermarket chain, was inaugurated as president of Panama on Wednesday. Ricardo Martinelli is a pro-business conservative who defeated a candidate from the ruling center-left party. National Assembly President Jose Luis Varela performed t... | NEW: Deposed Honduran president attends ceremony .
Supermarket chain owner Ricardo Martinelli inaugurated .
Martinelli promises smaller government budget, raises for public workers .
New president says Panama will fight drug trafficking in region . |
ecefb73b362a6938b85f85057ee46eb10f871266 | A five-year-old boy who became an internet sensation after repeatedly using the word 'apparently' during a TV interview has now scored his own commercial. Noah Ritter, from Pottstown, Pennsylvania, who found fame following an interview with WNEP last month, is the star of an advert for Freshpet, which makes refrigerate... | Noah Ritter, five, became an internet hit after he was interviewed by a Pennsylvania news station at a local fair last month .
He repeatedly used the word 'apparently' and the video went viral .
He is now starring in a TV commercial for pet food company, Freshpet . |
ecf03e357d4d2e33dbd57f172dee1a88b0a66718 | Italian superyacht designer Federico Fiorentino has revealed a new concept that could one day be a floating playground for a billionaire and his or her celebrity friends. The luxury vessel, called The Belafonte, is a superyacht on steroids with a massive bow and striking bronze exterior that catches the sun’s reflectio... | The Belafonte was designed by Milan-based Federico Fiorentino .
Renderings show a hot tub surrounded by sunloungers on the top deck and a pool on the middle deck .
Luxury vessel has five cabins, including a large VIP suite and a massive room for the owner .
Superyacht has a top speed between 18 and 24 knots (20 to 27mp... |
ecf061a818107ee2b7d23d87253e2aab2a20335e | By . Rebecca English and Daniel Miller . PUBLISHED: . 06:06 EST, 5 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:02 EST, 5 October 2013 . Questions: Prince Andrew ended trip with a visit to Eugenie in New York . Royal globetrotter Prince Andrew has come under fire after taking his daughter Eugenie to dinner in New York during an of... | Prince met with youngest daughter during final leg of 'official' world tour .
Think tank Royal United Services Institute subsidised Prince's expenses .
Palace insists the rest of New York stay was paid by the Prince himself .
The body has appointed Prince Andrew to its board of advisors .
He was accompanied on his trip... |
ecf0c84748b126d617a5af3757808d7a811310f2 | After a dour first half, Everton and Leicester City shared four goals between them after the break in a pulsating final half hour at Goodison Park. Steven Naismith fired the Toffees into the lead in the 57th minute with a scuffed effort. Everton's opening goal forced Nigel Pearson into action with the Foxes boss spring... | Steven Naismith's scuffed shot fired Everton into the lead .
Nigel Pearson sent on Jamie Vardy and David Nugent from the bench .
Vardy set up Nugent for the equaliser .
Esteban Cambiasso pounced to give the Foxes the lead .
Romelu Lukaku pounced late on to salvage a draw for the Toffees .
The Belgian forced Matthew Ups... |
ecf150b42f0c4c85b43002dbead3f0df6d9065c9 | By . Rosie Taylor . PUBLISHED: . 07:06 EST, 4 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:32 EST, 4 August 2013 . West Germany lost to England (pictured) in the 1966 World Cup final. A report has suggested some of the German players may have been doped . West Germany's footballers who played in the 1966 World Cup Final against Eng... | Report claims state-sponsored doping programme ran in West Germany as well as Eastern Bloc .
Three players who lost to England in 1966 final had traces of banned drug .
World Cup-winning 1954 team injected with speed, report claims . |
ecf1a8ddf697dc2ef24ff215da89fb3270cfade9 | An American model is suing Apple after she claims naked photos were stolen from her iCloud account months before the recent celebgate hack where resulted in nude photos of stars including Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton flooding the internet. Joy Corrigan, 20, claims she tried to warn Apple in early July after fearing... | Joy Corrigan, 20, claims she tried to warn Apple in early July after fearing her account had been hacked when nude photos of her leaked online .
She says Apple told her she had been the victim of phishing and that she needed to change her password .
Naked photos of over 100 actresses, performers and even Olympic athlet... |
ecf1f704f0aeaeccb4e068e6278ae67a9d7aa86c | German pensioners are being sent to care homes in Eastern Europe and Asia in what has been described as an ‘inhumane deportation’. Rising numbers of the elderly and sick are moved overseas for long-term care because of sky-high costs at home. Some private healthcare providers are even building homes overseas, while sta... | Country's elderly and sick being sent abroad due to rising care costs .
Situation described as 'inhumane deportation' and a huge 'alarm signal'
Warning to Britain where pensioners are selling homes to pay for healthcare . |
ecf22010203c124e41b7d4b8485dadab675a2a09 | By . Emily Davies . PUBLISHED: . 07:10 EST, 10 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:54 EST, 11 February 2013 . Nearly four million British adults have never had any form of paid work in their lives - more people than the population of Wales. Figures show the scale of the problem facing British welfare system, which has be... | Ten British cities with worst lifelong joblessness mostly in the north .
London is worst affected location and young people are worst-hit group . |
ecf2c0279761b796c260c7c10e44e46dc3fc39bd | By . Graham Poll . PUBLISHED: . 04:45 EST, 30 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:28 EST, 30 December 2013 . Reputations count for so much in football and Howard Webb will appreciate that when he reads reviews of Sunday's Chelsea v Liverpool game. When refereeing appointments are made the tenet 'big names for big games' ... | Howard Webb should have sent off Samuel Eto'o, Lucas and Oscar .
The ref should also have given Liverpool's Luis Suarez a penalty .
Webb hopes to be selected to referee at next summer's World Cup in Brazil .
He has refereed more Premier League games than any other official this season without showing a red card or givi... |
ecf2c8c3a07fbc3ec0834cc4f06f45ad6ef339c2 | By . Richard Spillett . Britain is continuing to export millions of pounds worth of military equipment to Russia despite concerns Moscow is arming separatist rebels in Ukraine, MPs have warned. The Commons Committees on Arms Export Controls (CAEC) have revealed that 251 export licences for the sale to Russia of contro... | Ministers promised to halt flow of arms from UK to Russia in March this year .
Putin's regime is believed to be arming rebels fighting in eastern Ukraine .
But it emerged today that 251 export licences to the country remain in place .
They are worth £132million and cover sniper rifles, ammunition and armour . |
ecf2e4edce47e84a6eb65ba1163ca17e32b7bc1f | By . Rosie Taylor . PUBLISHED: . 08:23 EST, 19 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:15 EST, 19 May 2013 . Coronation Street star Neville Buswell has denied he flashed an underage girl in the 1960s. His comments follow reports police in Lancashire had interviewed two women about historic allegations of inappropriate behaviour i... | Actor, 70, played Ray Langton on the soap in the 1960s and 1970s .
He said he had never met the woman behind the claim . |
ecf3118d173d9ffcae48cee1c2870dccbcf77fc0 | One of the two terrorists shot dead by Belgian police last week had apparently faked his own death in Syria, so he could return to his home country undetected and attempt a terror attack. In a sign terrorists are using disinformation to confuse and distract security forces, Islamic State fighters claimed on social medi... | One of the two terrorists shot dead by Belgian police faked own death .
ISIS fighters claimed on social media Tarik Jadaoun, 24, was 'martyred'
But weeks later he returned to Belgium and attempted terror attack .
He was shot dead with Redouane Hagaoui, 22, on Thursday in Verviers . |
ecf31267c6018806083b1bcb56262462bf70e77a | By . MailOnline Reporter . A 15-year-old learner driver accidentally ran over and killed his toddler brother in the family driveway on Saturday. Alex Marivilla, two, died after being hit outside the Jolie, Illinois, home about 3pm. The teen driver, whose parents had asked him to move the GMC Yukon SUV, didn't realize h... | The teen backed over toddler Alex Marivilla outside their Joliet, Illinois, home on Sunday .
The learner driver didn't realize Alex followed him to the driveway .
The teen's parents asked him to move the SUV .
Police said it was a tragic accident . |
ecf334e809fccf1dd47f435ce15c6245ee341d74 | A 17-year-old boy who is an openly gay teenager has said he was forced to change schools after being given an ultimatum by the his principal to delete his YouTube videos in which he is seen with his boyfriend. Austin Wallis was told to find another school by his principal at Lutheran High North school in Houston. He wa... | Houston teenager says he was forced to change schools because he posted video blogs on his YouTube channel about being gay .
School gave him an ultimatum: delete the videos or leave the school .
Staff at Lutheran school say they had the 'right' to expel him for being gay . |
ecf416a21ac1e304358036799430570f326e9635 | (CNN) -- The cardiac arrest leading to Joan Rivers' death happened as the comedian's personal doctor began performing a biopsy on her vocal cords, a source close to the death investigation told CNN. A staff member at Manhattan's Yorkville Endoscopy clinic told investigators that the doctor, who has not been publicly id... | Rivers' personal doctor who did the biopsy was not certified by the clinic, a source says .
The doctor took a selfie while Rivers was under anesthesia, a clinic staffer tells investigators .
Biopsy was done without Rivers' prior consent, the source says .
Rivers died a week after suffering cardiac arrest at the Manhatt... |
ecf45d3c9e4e0581ea2720e9e8c43743fa8344d9 | (CNN) -- A Pennsylvania prison guard accused of sexually and physically abusing more than 20 inmates has been arrested, according to the Allegheny County District Attorney's office. Harry Nicoletti, 59, was arrested Tuesday evening in Pittsburgh, and faces 92 counts of institutional sexual assault, official oppression,... | Pennsylvania prison guard is accused of sexually and physically abusing 20 inmates .
Harry Nicoletti was arrested Tuesday evening in Pittsburgh .
He faces 92 counts, including charges of "institutional sexual assault" |
ecf467ca57015d066a4b7f355c7d2809ce9afc2a | By . Steve Doughty . PUBLISHED: . 18:42 EST, 2 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:53 EST, 4 April 2013 . Cash bribes to hospitals to put patients on to the controversial Liverpool Care Pathway will be ended, families have been told. The disclosure means that the NHS payments – which amount to at least £30million – are like... | NHS payments to put patients on Liverpool Care Pathway to be stopped .
Care Minister Norman Lamb assured families as part of ongoing inquiry .
Admitted people are 'terrified' of the controversial LCP . |
ecf4d3d981df15a0effd8fe735f1b4196c92cb0b | By . Kimberley Dadds and Louise Saunders . PUBLISHED: . 15:29 EST, 31 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:45 EST, 1 June 2013 . She's currently enjoying a tropical holiday on the paradise island of Tobago with her rugby hunk boyfriend, Danny Cipriani. But Kelly Brook's mood doesn't seem to be mirroring her peaceful surroundin... | Kelly reignited feud when she mocked Katie's recent marriage to Kieran Hayler .
Katie tweeted Kelly must be 'obsessed' with her and alluded to the model's bedroom skills with their mutual ex-boyfriend Danny Cipriani .
Price then added further messages asking Brook to ring her and warning her Danny will never be faithfu... |
ecf511207e89b52eac291decc892f9a0f8614835 | By . Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 12:28 EST, 15 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:06 EST, 15 February 2013 . Expensive tastes: Christopher Travis has over 80 previous convictions, nearly half for eating at Michelin starred restaurants and refusing to pay . A fraudster with expensive tastes for eating out at Michelin starre... | Christopher Travis has more than 80 previous convictions .
Nearly half his crimes were carried out at Michelin restaurants and pubs .
He was already banned from eating at every restaurant in Britain .
Jailed after admitting 88th offence when he ate tapas and refused to pay . |
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