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ed16949b6f4c0b8d409aca8e65c9b4f4ed9deb76 | A neuroscientist from Austin, Texas gave the love of his life a brain in a jar--a wedding gift that some may have trouble wrapping their heads around. Michael Mack's bride-to-be Meg Mack on the other hand thought the gift was the most unexpected, thoughtful, and unique gift she'd ever imagined. Inside a jar meant espec... | Michael Mack gave his bride-to-be Meg Mack a 3D printed model of his brain in a jar .
Both Meg and Micheal are neuroscientists so the gift was thoughtful and appropriate .
'She judges people by their brain,' said the groom . |
ed16c2d234dfcba2fe1cf024bff99cbe714c0247 | Recovering: Michael Schumacher could recover from his brain injury within three years, says a doctor who treated him just after his ski accident . A French doctor who treated Michael Schumacher after the F1 champ's ski accident has predicted a possible recovery within three years. Jean-Francois Payen, a doctor at the G... | Jean-Francois Payen treated Schumacher immediately after his accident .
He said the F1 star is no longer in a coma and is slowly getting better .
Schumacher is still being treated at home by team of 15 specialists .
It is understood the former champ remains immobile and unable to speak . |
ed174c98d13b8fc66776f718a9519a19b710c8bf | New York (CNN) -- On the same day that a defense attorney was assigned to Maksim Gelman, accused of killing four during a New York City stabbing and carjacking spree, one of his surviving victims recalled the terror he felt during the alleged rampage. During a court hearing Monday, Gelman was appointed a defense attorn... | NEW: A victim recalls his attack: "I'm not thinking much of anything besides survive"
Maksim Gelman was appointed a defense attorney during a court hearing Monday .
He is accused of killing four people -- stabbing three and running over another .
The dead include his stepfather, his former girlfriend and her mother . |
ed175df1ff7ce6c80f83cb19a74fc02eb0520c1d | By . Sean Poulter . PUBLISHED: . 19:12 EST, 27 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:40 EST, 28 November 2013 . Officials are under fire for keeping details of an outbreak of the MRSA bug in Christmas turkeys secret from consumers (stock picture) Officials are under fire for keeping details of an outbreak of the MRSA bug i... | Food Standards Agency and Defra refuse to name East Anglia farm involved .
Have also decided to allow turkeys to be sold as normal for Christmas .
Food industry experts have said it is vital consumers are given full facts . |
ed17e663a6d2bf1b424f2e73975529e9d8337de2 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:53 EST, 13 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:53 EST, 13 June 2012 . Behold the bonobo, our ape cousin that's kinder and gentler than the chimpanzee or, well, us. Now scientists have mapped the primate's DNA, and some researchers believe that may eventually reveal secrets about how... | Humans are a 'mosaic' of bonobo and chimpanzee genomes .
Bonobos live only in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo .
Don't fight but mate repeatedly (and ruled by alpha females)
Chimps and bonobos were only discovered to be different species 90 years ago . |
ed17fa70f8447921483c27b97bd707c777aec2fc | By . Will Stewart . Vladimir Putin is under pressure to put 'peacekeeping' troops on the ground in Ukraine as NATO accused the Kremlin of posing 'a threat to the international order'. Separatists supporting Moscow in eastern Ukraine called on the Russian president to put soldiers into Donetsk and Lugansk regions to mai... | Separatists in eastern Ukraine urge Kremlin to help 'maintain order'
They have asked Russia to send 'peacekeeping' troops to the region .
News comes as NATO says Russia has 'broken the rules' in Ukraine .
Anders Fogh Rasmussen also called Putin's actions in Ukraine 'illegal' |
ed18539e722991bb12b15de9c998aca7168e3380 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:37 EST, 12 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:55 EST, 12 December 2013 . FSU star player Jameis Winston's alleged rape victim had been hit and could only remember patchy details of the attack, according to newly-released 911 tapes today. A friend of the woman can be heard on a ... | Jameis Winston had sexual assault charges dropped against him by the Florida State Attorney's office last week .
Florida State player is a favorite to win the Heisman trophy this year - college football's most prestigious individual award . |
ed186004195a3f30c412831ea06b6a096fca3e79 | A popular YouTube prankster who boasts more than 1.2 million subscribers to his comedy channel has turned his talents for low-budget video making into a booming family business after landing his own reality series. Jack Vale, 41, uprooted his wife, and their five children, from their home Hungtington Beach, California,... | The comedian's YouTube channel boasts more than 1.2 million subscribers .
Jack, 41, is currently starring in Jack Vale: Offline on HLN, which documents his family's public pranks .
He revealed to Daily Mail Online that he moved his whole family to Las Vegas in order to find new victims for his hilarious hidden camera c... |
ed18656f314aecd758878890779b11b3a9f13452 | (CNN) -- It has been 20 years since filmmaker Michael Moore took on General Motors in "Roger and Me." He's still sticking it to big business for what he sees as the deliberate shafting of the little guy. Filmmaker Michael Moore says Wall Street created a "invisible virtual casino" with people's money. His new film, "Ca... | Filmmaker Michael Moore takes on capitalism in his latest documentary .
Moore says Wall Street took our money and made bets with it .
Moore: Richest 1 percent in America are wealthier than bottom 95 percent combined . |
ed188d989486caebfdd3e3303b8483fc8ff308a4 | A mother has warned parents of venomous spiders after her daughter, four, was bitten in her bedroom and left with a swollen leg and red rash which spread over her body. Penny Jordan, 38, called paramedics after a red patch on her daughter Elle's body began to spread from her leg to her stomach and neck, her foot balloo... | Penny Jordan, 38, called 999 after daughter Elle, four, was bitten by spider .
A red rash on girl's leg started to spread to her stomach and neck .
She also had a temperature and a swollen foot .
It is thought Elle was bitten by a house spider at her home in Birmingham .
Spiders are growing larger than usual because of... |
ed190d261066903e358f71897f20591f86dabf67 | By . Lucy Crossley . PUBLISHED: . 00:28 EST, 7 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 04:33 EST, 7 January 2014 . An international media frenzy over reports North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle was executed by being thrown to a pack of dogs appears to have originated as satire on a Chinese microblogging website. The story, w... | Story had emerged that Jang Song Thaek and five aides were killed by dogs .
Hong Kong newspaper picked up report from satirical microblog post .
Details of how Jang Song was executed have not been released .
Kim Jong Un's uncle was the second most powerful figure in North Korea . |
ed1959d511c4edf18dc41c74b111466274e11e32 | (CNN) -- The cost of college tuition will continue to rise as long as federal student aid programs continue to increase with little or no accountability. That was the hypothesis (now known in education circles as the Bennett Hypothesis) of a column I wrote for The New York Times in 1987, in response to tuition hikes at... | William Bennett: Increases in federal financial aid don't seem to improve college affordability .
Bennett: Taxpayers subsidize higher education, but institutions' performances haven't kept up .
He says student loan indebtedness could be the next U.S. debt bomb .
Bennett: Colleges need to keep costs down, or else taxpay... |
ed198202e09729a55770d9f818a1dd99eff7f744 | An exceedingly opulent seaside resort in Southern California has sold for a record-breaking $360million (£240million). The price tag for the the Montage Laguna Beach in California was so high that it works out at $1.4million (£930million) per room. In fact, only the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai in Hawaii and the Waldor... | The Southern California seaside resort has just sold for a record-breaking $360million (about £240million)
Each of the 250 guestrooms' price tags reached almost $1.4 million, the most expensive in the state .
Only the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai in Hawaii and the Waldorf Astoria in New York have sold for more in the U... |
ed19857f76b4bd3b1abdf1a6a7363d82f706f730 | The house where Rudyard Kipling wrote some of his best-loved works including the Just So Stories has gone on sale for £1.6m. The beautiful five-bedroom home is located in the centre of Rottingdean, near Brighton, East Sussex and still features the study where the author penned some of his works. Artist Sir . Philip Bur... | Kipling rented the five-bedroom house in the centre of Rottingdean, near Brighton, East Sussex from 1897 to 1903 .
Moved in with his wife Carrie, daughters Josephine and Elsie, and son John to be near to his aunt - who lived next door .
Artist Sir .
Philip Burne-Jones painted the writer at work in the property's study ... |
ed1a01815849da849bad880f4f56b52e571256a5 | Micah Richards claims he had chances to move to Chelsea and Manchester United earlier in his career - but he's now loving life in Italy's Serie A with loan-club Fiorentina. The 26-year-old Manchester City youth product faces English opposition on Thursday evening in the form of Tottenham Hotspur in the Europa League an... | Manchester City youth product is on loan at Serie A side Fiorentina .
Richards claims he could have moved to Chelsea or United five years ago .
Lack of first-team football means he is likely to leave City in the summer .
Richards and Fiorentina face Tottenham in the Europa League on Thursday .
READ: Liverpool, West Ham... |
ed1a77ad8de42d91fadd3007bf289e13cb469fd6 | You're only as old as you feel: Kim Il Sung, founder and 'Eternal President' of North Korea, who had some wacky ways of trying to maintain his youth . North Korean revolutionary leader Kim Il-sung would take blood transfusions from men and women in their 20s and spend hours watching children playing in a bid to live to... | Odd health regimen is revealed by Kim's former doctor, who defected in 1992 .
She says same health issues he suffered have affected his son and grandson .
There is speculation that Kim Jong-un recently had gastric band surgery . |
ed1ad6aadc42548fe7a0a0e9c8ba71931c0a9a82 | Tweeted her rant at the Italian fashion house for their summer 2013 show . Songstress Azealia Banks is no stranger to controversy. After she burst onto the music scene with her crude lyrics and her Dazed and Confused album cover was banned in seven countries because it featured a blown-up condom, it instantaneously bec... | Tweeted her rant at the Italian fashion house for their summer 2013 show . |
ed1ad8836df7314b4fa1dbdc6259f4419120ff67 | London (CNN) -- Australian cricket legend Shane Warne and actress Elizabeth Hurley are engaged, it was confirmed on Sunday. The couple confirmed the news on their Twitter pages, with both saying: "Thanks for all your congratulations." They also linked to a picture of themselves about to go to dinner in St. Andrews, Sco... | Australian cricket legend Shane Warne and actress Elizabeth Hurley have become engaged .
Couple confirme news on their Twitter pages, saying: "Thanks for all your congratulations"
Warne, 42, proposed to Hurley, 46, on Friday at St. Andrews in Scotland . |
ed1afa471127b776cca8fdb3bed09386d280d098 | By . Zoe Szathmary . Carlos Arredondo, a volunteer in the Boston Marathon bombings who was captured in a famous image helping victim and amputee Jeff Bauman, settled a police brutality case on Tuesday. Arredondo claimed in a civil complaint seen by the Boston Herald that four Boston officers 'dragged' him to the sidew... | Claimed four Boston police officers 'dragged' him to a sidewalk when he refused to move his parked truck during a funeral procession in 2009 for Sen. Ted Kennedy .
Said he was knocked 'facedown, and handcuffed with his arms behind his back' by officers . |
ed1bc0e84e1baec3ff7b4f7ed0d6d02667c9e998 | By . Sara Nathan and Neil Sears . PUBLISHED: . 11:38 EST, 28 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:08 EST, 28 October 2013 . Domestic Goddess Nigella Lawson has refused to co-operate with Vanity Fair as they ready to publish a probe into her marriage split from Charles Saatchi. The 53-year-old celebrity chef is at the cente... | Vanity Fair will publish report on Domestic Goddess's marriage split in January .
Writer flew to London to interview friends and associates of the couple .
Advertising guru Charles Saatchi is threatening to sue his ex-wife for $800,000 and reveal 'truth' behind their split .
He accepted police caution after being pictu... |
ed1c05b124958b554afcd643ca77de58a72864d0 | The drive-by shooting of a female teacher 200 metres from her school in Pakistan yesterday has sparked calls for protection of the girl pupils being taught there. Shahnaz Nazli, 41, was on her way to the all girl's school where she worked in Shahkas, near the country's volatile tribal belt on the Afghan border, when tw... | Shahnaz Nazli, 41, was gunned down by two men on a motorcycle yesterday .
She worked at an all girl's school in Shahkas, near the Afghan border .
Taliban has banned all women over the age of eight from being educated .
Region is rife with militant activity leaving young girls afraid to go to school . |
ed1c438f446ccf15486c9c743d37adc42edbb59a | By . Katy Winter for MailOnline . A woman who was so fat she struggled to fit through the door and was given less than four years to live has shed a staggering 22st. Jane Smythe Longhurst, 46, tipped the scales at 36st, was left housebound as she struggled to walk - or even stand. Unable to stand long enough to cook he... | Spoilt as a child, Jane began gaining weight age 11 .
Had reached 36st by adulthood, with a BMI of 89.6 .
Unable to stand or care for herself, Jane was dependent on her daughter .
Diagnosed with pulmonary stenosis and oedema .
Also suffered high blood pressure and arthritis .
Unable to leave her home, doctors told her ... |
ed1c641494216ed9e44dc0fd4fb7f54041a3edf5 | Many . pensioners have annuities linked to RPI - scrapping it could have cut £10,000 off a pension over 20 years . By . Becky Barrow . PUBLISHED: . 18:12 EST, 10 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:46 EST, 11 January 2013 . Pensioners and savers were the big winners yesterday following a shock decision by the Office for N... | Pensioners and savers will see the benefits after the Office for National Statistics not to scrap a key measure of inflation .
It will continue to produce the retail prices index method of calculating inflation even though it is inaccurate .
Many .
pensioners have annuities linked to RPI - scrapping it could have cut £... |
ed1cfb34bcaa061eaad66a68b3243531c9d02c41 | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 03:31 EST, 7 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:37 EST, 7 June 2013 . Thousands of supporters cheered as Turkey's prime minister returned to his troubled country early this morning. Recep Tayyip Erdogan told supporters that had thronged to greet him outside Istanbul's international airport th... | Recep Tayyip Erdogan returned this morning following four day trip .
PM: 'These protests that are bordering on illegality must come to an end'
Three people have died - two protesters and a policeman . |
ed1d0181710d7fcd8a05d2c94eefe81ad789bde1 | Attack: Miriam Margolyes blasted the English class system after become an Australian citizen . One of Britain’s most respected and enduring actresses launched a stinging attack on the English class system... and added insult to injury by becoming an Australian citizen. BAFTA-winning star Miriam Margolyes criticised her... | Miss Margolyes criticised UK after citizenship ceremony .
She said her native land 'lacks energy and optimism' |
ed1d95784d817d0514e2b2fdc60e5aeac74ffb6c | Wilfried Bony brought a smile to the face of one young Manchester City fan ahead of his imminent arrival to the club. The 26-year-old, who is set to join the Premier League champions for close to £30million after add-ons from Swansea, posed for a picture with City supporter Robert March in Abu Dhabi at the weekend. Bon... | Wilfried Bony is close to joining Manchester City from Swansea .
Bony is in Abu Dhabi with Ivory Coast ahead of Africa Cup of Nations .
26-year-old has scored 34 goals in 70 games for Swansea . |
ed1da0ddc0803dea6588ea983db02d54ed543c65 | By . Fergal Macerlean . PUBLISHED: . 20:03 EST, 7 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:03 EST, 7 December 2012 . Argentine intimidation has led to the cancellation of two luxury cruise ship visits to the Falkland Islands. The plush 700-capacity Seven Seas Mariner and Oceania Cruise flagship Regatta, owned by Prestige Crui... | Seven Seas Mariner and .
Oceania Cruise flagship Regatta have axed .
an early February stopover to the British overseas territory .
Comes after militant action by Buenos Aires port .
workers prevented the British-flagged Seabourn .
Sojourn cruise ship from sailing for the Falklands . |
ed1dcad2c628f297c060328004f8904804919f5a | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 09:38 EST, 15 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:47 EST, 16 May 2013 . A model railway fan has been ordered to dismantle his £10,000 train set in his loft by his housing association on health and safety grounds. Father-of-three Robert Burdock, 61, has 63 locomotives which whizz along 70ft of tr... | Robert Burdock, 61, has been building model train sets for the last 40 years .
Father-of-three insists the train set is safe and has been in place for 15 years .
He has 70ft of track and 63 locomotives in his attic .
The set includes hand-crafted stations and depots . |
ed1ded514e3836c06f84ea15b7ce436d693a5921 | With sunglasses tucked into his shirt, an Australian terrorist smiles as he holds up two decapitated heads for the camera in Syria. Sydney born boxer Mohamed Elomar casually poses with the severed heads in photos posted on Twitter by his friend, convicted terrorist Khaled Sharrouf. Another image, uploaded on Friday, sh... | Khaled Sharrouf posted the pictures on Twitter on Friday .
His friend Mohamed Elomar is seen holding up severed heads .
Both men fled Australia for Syria in December last year .
They are fighting for terror group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Sharrouf has been taunting Australian police on social media . |
ed1e0270c9a29b37775609960b841d5e48d061a5 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Nothing says "Wish you were here" quite as well as the good old postcard. Is the electronic age throwing sand in the face of the traditional postcard? Tell CNN Business Traveller what you think in the Sound Off box below. Once a quintessential element in the travel experience, crafting a 10-lin... | Postcards were once the favorite way of documenting our holidays .
The postcard was invented in the U.S. and its heyday was in the 1930s and 40s .
In recent years travellers have turned to blogs and emails to keep in touch .
CNN wants to know if you still send postcards, leave a comment below . |
ed1e2aba85a9bd46ba7411e7c3d51730fe1b41e0 | After being fired from Reddit, he took to the social networking site to criticize his former employer. But David Ehrmann's complaints escalated to an unexpected level when Reddit's CEO replied back - in view of everyone on the site. Mr Ehrmann, a former advertising programmer, opened one of the firm's trademark AMA (As... | David Ehrmann opened AMA (Ask Me Anything) thread of Reddit yesterday .
He wrote: 'I was laid off', before claimingdismissal was for 'no reason'
But after posting remarks, Reddit CEO Yishan Wong posted a public reply .
First priority was to clarify advertising programmer was 'fired' not 'laid off'
Went on to say Mr Ehr... |
ed1e70f1ce0b1e178965ea33fefed833395febcb | By . Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 16:04 EST, 24 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:16 EST, 24 April 2013 . The ex-wife of former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt says she made a mistake in agreeing to a divorce settlement of $131 million because she claims the value of his MLB tea... | Frank and Jamie McCourt filed for divorce in 2010 after 30 years of marriage .
Frank McCourt valued the team at $300 million at the time of their divorce .
Jamie agreed to abandon claims for a share of the Dodgers in exchange for $131 million .
Team sold for record-breaking $2.15 billion in 2012 . |
ed1ece616a9a2100faa9a8cb2b7551b10881b0f4 | By . Emily Sheridan and Lucy Buckland . PUBLISHED: . 09:46 EST, 31 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:17 EST, 2 January 2013 . Hollyoaks star Jennifer Metcalfe has been left devastated after being dumped by her Dancing On Ice star boyfriend Sylvain Longchambon. But the Hollyoaks star has emerged with a smile on her face... | Dancing On Ice professional 'dumps former partner and Hollyoaks star Jennifer Metcalfe on Friday over phone'
Pals say she is 'gutted' and feels like she has been 'kicked in the teeth'
Sources say Sylvain has 'developed feelings' for Dancing On Ice partner Samia . |
ed1ef0b21bec1bb8c26d796ffdde98abbd977db1 | (CNN) -- Germany announced Sunday it has agreed to lend 100 million euros ($144 million) to the rebels in Libya for "civilian and humanitarian purposes" despite staying out of NATO's bombing campaign against Libyan government forces. Germany had previously announced a loan of $10 million (7 million euros) for humanitar... | NEW: Rebel forces fight to hold on to village of Qawalish .
Germany to lend money for "civilian and humanitarian purposes"
Statement: The money ultimately will be repaid from unfrozen assets .
Germany previously announced a smaller loan of $10 million . |
ed1f1b71a9cb31b1936a24819ad28142b6a3cf62 | Poor Hugh Blake. It’s not really his fault; he’s just a young player trying to seize an opportunity, but his name and new status have stirred up a hornet’s nest. National eligibility is back on the agenda again, because it is in disrepute again. A mockery is being made of the spirit and concept of international sport. ... | Hugh Blake qualifies for Scotland through his grandparents .
He has signed for Edinburgh but has not even played for them yet .
Jamie Gibson's switch from Leicester to Northampton is intriguing .
England's Manu Tuilagi continues to struggle to overcome a groin injury . |
ed1f263f52e397b003c46dd62d4329a2b91aa4c1 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:58 EST, 4 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:58 EST, 4 October 2012 . Federal investigators have arrived at the burned out U.S. consulate in Libya - three weeks after the terror strike that led to the deaths of four Americans. Libyan officials said the team, which included sever... | Team that includes FBI agents shows up at burned out U.S. consulate building on Thursday morning .
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vows full probe into what happened at the facility on the 11th anniversary of September 11 attacks .
U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens was killed along with fellow Americans Sean Smith, Tyro... |
ed1f7853eacb3c5422b95af36014d7826a618486 | (CNN) -- Was there ever any doubt? When it mattered most, the man which this Brazilian team's quest may depend on, delivered once again. Neymar, the face of this World Cup, scored his fourth goal in three games to book his country a date with destiny and Chile in Belo Horizonte on Saturday. The 22-year-old, for so long... | Brazil defeats Cameroon to seal top spot in Group A .
Host will now take on Chile in last 16 on Saturday .
Mexico defeats Croatia 3-1 to claim second place .
Mexico faces Netherlands in knockout phase . |
ed1f83285e6a108b0f99926837345e93aff23fb5 | By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 05:57 EST, 5 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:49 EST, 5 April 2013 . The housing market may have taken some knocks over the past few years, but this terraced house is a particularly extreme victim of the crash. The two-bed home in Burnley, Lancashire is the cheapest house in Britain, on sale ... | Two-bedroom house in Burnley going under the hammer for bargain price .
But home is boarded up and derelict after being abandoned for four years . |
ed1f9ad50c21714bbdc087066460affa41f75f64 | Water drips from the ceiling and splashes on to chairs and the large desk in Barnet manager Martin Allen’s office. It is two hours until their game against bottom-of-the-table Alfreton Town kicks off. Allen has invited Sportsmail behind the scenes of his Conference table-topping side and there is a small gathering of u... | Barnet sit top of the Conference after six wins in seven matches .
Sportsmail go behind the scenes at Barnet with manager Martin Allen .
Barnet beat bottom of the table Alfreton Town 2-1 on Saturday .
Allen, nicknamed Mad Dog, reveals how he likes the changing room to be a hive of activity before games to help his play... |
ed1fdbc0065413031c390e595ecc5a94ff864d8e | Nearly a quarter of those killed by US drone strikes in Pakistan could have been civilians, a report claims. With Washington and London facing growing pressure to cut drone programmes, the figures are certain to inflame relationships with Pakistan. The study released yesterday by the Council on Foreign Relations conclu... | Figures are certain to inflame relationships with Pakistan .
America has sought to play down ‘collateral damage' of strikes . |
ed204f6f5989b40f4f223b9753bc0e5922e3f65d | (CNN) -- Thousands of Chileans may have to sleep in the streets Wednesday night after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake rattled the north part of the country, killing at least two people, injuring dozens and destroying hundreds of homes. Valentina Bustos shot this photo Wednesday of earthquake damage at a hotel in Antofagast... | NEW: Tocopilla mayor: More than 1,200 homes flattened, shelters damaged .
Dozens of workers freed from collapsed roadway tunnel, officials say .
Chilean Navy is moving heavy equipment into the area to help with rescue .
7.7 quake north of Tocopilla happened at 12:40 p.m. (10:40 a.m. ET) |
ed2135509eabd79b1aaf2dd87c53232920bc498c | (CNN) -- If investing in credit default swaps or commodity derivatives doesn't exactly fill your heart with a sense of wonder and excitement, then a product with a little more va-va-voom could be a surprisingly viable alternative: vintage cars. Records have been tumbling recently for classic cars sold at auction. Last ... | Auction house Bonhams sold Ringo Starr's vintage car on December 1 .
Classic cars rose 430% in value over the past decade .
Investing in classic cars bears risks such as maintenance costs and lack of liquidity . |
ed215b84a011b7a696a2561f9c442d3792fac3fb | (CNN) -- A Tulane University football player was hospitalized after fracturing his spine during a game Saturday, leaving him motionless on the field, a team doctor said. Devon Walker was injured when he collided head-on with one of his teammates while trying to tackle a Tulsa ball carrier near the end of the first half... | NEW: Arkansas player Tevin Mitchel is also injured in a major hit Saturday .
Walker, a Tulane safety, is hurt while playing against Tulsa .
He is escorted off the field and is now stable and in traction at a hospital .
A doctor says Walker has a "cervical spine fracture" and an edema in his neck . |
ed215e098bb4b508806c7cc1767f1cabb69c4c7a | By . Damien Gayle . UPDATED: . 09:40 EST, 7 March 2012 . Reversal: Afghan president Hamid Karzai has backed a strict code of conduct for women in the country . Activists have accused the Afghan president of reversing improvements in women's rights after he endorsed a strict 'code of conduct' issued by clerics. Hamid Ka... | Activists worried women's rights being used as bargaining chip in negotiations with the Taliban .
New code promotes segregation of the sexes . |
ed21872541a4aef3742fa11200627dbe7c792561 | (CNN) -- A Turkish passenger jet crashed as it tried to land at Amsterdam's main airport Wednesday, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 55, Dutch airport authorities have said. Rescuers attend the fuselage of the Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 following Wednesday's crash. The Turkish Airlines Boeing 73... | Flight data recorders receovered from wreckage of Turkish Airlines crash .
Plane broke in three, reports say survivors escaped through cracks in fuselage .
Dutch airport authorities report at least nine dead, 50 injured .
Media: Survivor says there were no emergency warnings from the crew . |
ed218da20fcee48878d84adaab53920f7a828467 | By . Emma Reynolds, Jill Reilly and Snejana Farberov . PUBLISHED: . 00:00 EST, 14 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:36 EST, 21 November 2012 . The male model who last week accused Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo, of having sex with him while he was underage stands by his story, claims he was pressured into recanting it,... | Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash, 52, was accused of engaging in underage sex with male model, Sheldon Stephens, 23 .
Stephens then retracted his story, after Clash agreed to pay him $125,000 .
Source says Stephens cried during negotiations with Clash's lawyer and he now wishes to undo the settlement 'to restore his name'
St... |
ed21abff33272bee9696725ce6c67f9a5d53b53f | Jesse Lingard's chances of impressing Louis van Gaal in the coming weeks have suffered a blow after the Manchester United midfielder was pictured leaving hospital on crutches and with his right leg in a brace. The 21-year-old made his Premier League debut against Swansea on Saturday but lasted just 24 minutes after bei... | Lingard was injured in the 24th minute at Old Trafford on Saturday .
He hurt his right leg in a challenge with Swansea's Ashley Williams .
Midfielder was pictured leaving Bridgewater Hospital on Sunday .
The 21-year-old becomes the latest injury concern for Louis van Gaal .
United fell to a 2-1 defeat in their opening ... |
ed21eac0189738e5a32abab95dbf9707cbecb409 | Ed Miliband today issues the stark threat that manned border posts could be introduced if Scotland backs independence in next week's historic vote. With just 11 days to go until the referendum - and polls showing growing momentum for Alex Salmond's nationalists - the Labour leader has urged voters to face up to the con... | Labour leader revealed passport checks 'would have to be looked at'
His spokesman: 'It would be up to us to secure our northern border'
Comes as shock poll puts Yes camp ahead on 51% to No camp's 49% .
Revelation comes just 11 days before history-making referendum . |
ed220ed66c0ca07086f5d8ac0982783b62b5dc8f | ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- It was the music of rebellion and youth. Artists traded witty improvisations onstage chronicling the pain and the promise of being black in America, inspiring inner-city and rural Southern audiences alike in nightclubs and on street corners. Atlanta-based Jaspects fuses rap with jazz in hopes ... | Atlanta-based group Jaspects fuses rap, jazz to attract younger audiences .
Hip-hop, like jazz, is at risk of not evolving due to lack of ownership, some say .
Producer Jermaine Dupri says there aren't enough black execs in music business . |
ed2224e62bd594b4ab449920ea770ee71c66af4e | On the town: Liverpool University students enjoying a Carnage event with a Playboy v Bunny Girl theme . Police will today issue an unprecedented plea for moderation in drinking as they admit defeat in tackling Britain’s excessive boozing culture. The country’s most senior officer responsible for fighting alcohol-relate... | Police admit defeat in tackling Britain's excessive boozing culture .
Chief Constable Adrian Lee will say efforts have 'barely scratched surface'
He believes there have been 'few changes' in the past 12 months .
A campaign against public drunkenness will be rolled out this weekend .
Breathalyser scheme could see drunke... |
ed226933e372ed6c6a2b55e8285812cce47d89cd | By . Damien Gayle . Heathrow Airport's new Terminal 2 is set to open in months, giving the capital a spacious new air transit point able to handle 20million passengers a year. Replacing the old, overcrowded Terminal 2 which had stood since the Fifties, the new facility was today hailed as a cornerstone of Heathrow's re... | The new Terminal 2 is to be rebranded to become 'The Queen's Terminal' when it opens on June 4 .
Spacious new air transit facility will be able to handle 20million passengers a year, flying to 51 destinations . |
ed226b47ba6b05ee355511c0ce5c9cbe3c982456 | By . David Kent . Wigan have signed Cardiff City left-back Andrew Taylor on a three-year deal. Taylor, 27, captained the Cardiff side that won promotion to the Premier League a year ago but drifted out of the picture following the departure of manager Malky Mackay in December. Wigan hope that he can help them back into... | Andrew Taylor captained Cardiff when they were promoted .
Fell out of favour under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after Malky Mackay's sacking .
Wigan boss Uwe Rosler keen to achieve promotion next season .
Rosler claims Taylor's experience will be vital in Latics' hopes . |
ed22beb226545cf12f166cffe21ba22e827856ef | By . Alex Gore . PUBLISHED: . 08:05 EST, 26 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:46 EST, 27 February 2013 . Mo Farah’s double gold medal triumphs at last year’s Olympic Games were watched by millions around the world – but obviously not by the TV journalist who asked: ‘Haven’t you run before?’ Mistaking Farah for a plucky... | Farah, 29, had won a half marathon in New Orleans in record time .
He appeared a little stunned by the foolish question, asking 'sorry?'
But the anchor was unaware of the gaffe and repeated the question .
She later asked him 'how do you prepare for a marathon like this?'
The champion British runner replied: 'I haven't ... |
ed230561fb67f7ed0a4ede5f2827b39fdc23f6a7 | By . Francine Wolfisz and Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 11:11 EST, 9 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:25 EST, 10 September 2012 . A woman has been killed and a man is fighting for his life after a horrific crash with their motorbike at a speed trials event. 38-year-old Charlotte Tagg, from Suffolk, was riding in the side... | Suffolk woman Charlotte Tagg was racing in sidecar of black Honda Asco .
Male driver left in critical condition after it smashed into a barrier .
Hours earlier, a 60-year-old man was stabbed close to crash scene .
Brighton Speed Trials team works 'incredible hard to ensure safety' |
ed230d7f642d34721bc92a1378f597bf9a91d088 | (CNN Student News) -- September 21, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . Iran; Strait of Hormuz . Atlanta, Georgia . 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 publi... | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program .
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ed23395996bcddd96b97dfb75ef5db02c0a05270 | By . Associated Press . Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday the deteriorating conditions in Iraq could have 'global consequences' as terror group ISIS continues to take control in large swaths of the country. Clinton said during an event for her new book, 'Hard Choices,' that it was important t... | At a book event on Friday, Hillary Clinton talked about how America should deal with the current turmoil in Iraq .
Terror-group ISIS has been taking over larges swaths of the country and the Iraqi prime minister has asked for aid from the U.S.
Clinton said any sort of military hep should come with a set of conditions .... |
ed23592a5a99c447b02db6ff019ba00a80591f25 | Rory McIlroy's booming drives helped him birdie both the 17th and 18th holes on Wentworth's West Course to win the BMW PGA Championship last Sunday. But if you thought the Northern Irishman hit the ball a long way you've seen nothing yet. Former world long drive champion Joe Miller has starred in a remarkable video pro... | Wentworth hosted BMW PGA Championship last week .
Rory McIlroy won the European Tour's flagship event .
Course closes with two signature par-five holes .
Former world long drive champion Joe Miller hits massive drives to reduce both to short two-shot holes . |
ed241da4b2e988ca408799d7ea2a3e382a42008b | Extreme conditions: Police say Armando Villa appears to have died from heat exhaustion while on a fraternity-sponsored hike in the Angeles National Forest . A California university has ordered a . fraternity to cease and desist all activities following the death of a . 19-year-old pledge during an initiation activity. ... | Armando Villa, 19, died following a hike in the Angeles National Forest Tuesday .
His family say the fraternity-sponsored hike was actually a hazing ritual .
They say he was left in the mountains with very little water and no shoes to find his way back .
His companions found a ranger who called emergency services after... |
ed24a43ffe3bf1f8d6a625c2bc66882e532d1054 | Electronic cigarette makers are in a race to design and buy new variations of the technology after becoming a billion-dollar industry. China is the front runner in the manufacture and development of so-called e-cigarette technology, as it's a country with over 300 million smokers. New . versions being patented include ... | The e-cigarette market is now estimated to be worth $3.5 billion .
China is the front runner in manufacturing and developing e-cigarettes - and the country has over 300 million smokers .
Since 2011, China has been the world's top patent filer for all inventions .
New ideas being patented include 'pay as you go' and caf... |
ed24dbf5b6c5b8cd1dfe90d0d4945f8ca745bde5 | When he was found crammed into a chicken coup, his rescuers feared for the worst. But three months after Budi the orangutan was taken to safety in Indonesia, the little ape has finally left intensive care - and is almost able to stand by himself. His heartbreaking plight and subsequent recovery has earned him fans arou... | Endangered ape spent ten months in a chicken coop cage in Borneo .
Rescued by British-based charity, he has fought back to health .
Now beginning to learn to walk after physiotherapy on his twisted limbs .
'Fighter' has finally left intensive care and is on road to recovery . |
ed24e6c14f5b08c4a07dcded01b8a9e561e24cc3 | By . David Martosko In Washington . PUBLISHED: . 18:51 EST, 2 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:23 EST, 3 September 2013 . Syrian strongman Bashar Assad has challenged the U.S. and France to prove that he used chemical weapons against his own people. He claimed on Monday that while his armed forces might possess chemi... | Assad says attack would have been illogical as his soldiers were also among the victims .
Syrian leader blames rebel groups for destruction that killed more than 1,000 people .
Warns strike from West would set of 'Middle East powder keg' |
ed250a20907f99e35df954aec62f46ab50c6c3f0 | An Idaho lawmaker provoked ridicule after asking if a swallowed camera could be used to conduct a remote gynaecological exam on a pregnant woman. Republican State Representative Vito Barbieri made the bizarre remark as the House State Affairs Committee heard nearly three hours of testimony on a bill that would ban doct... | Idaho state affairs committee was hearing testimony on a new abortion bill .
Bill proposes a ban on prescribing abortion drugs via video conference .
Vito Barbieri asked if doctors could do a remote gynaecological exam .
Queried whether a pregnant woman could swallow a camera for this .
But he was told it was impossibl... |
ed250e8327538ef45e6deb4b75ba457eec3558c4 | Sarah Bajc has a bag packed, ready to join her partner of two years, a passenger on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, wherever he is. She has included an outfit for him. "Because he wouldn't want to wear his dirty old stuff anymore," she said of Phil Wood, a 51-year-old IBM executive. "And he probably wouldn't want to wear... | Sarah Bajc says she still feels Philip Wood's presence .
She writes on Facebook: You never know who might see a post and offer help .
She says she thinks her partner is a hostage and is more valuable alive .
Wood would remain calm, help ease tensions, she says . |
ed2512cb27319411ce16807e1234e69acb924e16 | By . Kathryn Knight . PUBLISHED: . 09:23 EST, 4 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:32 EST, 4 October 2013 . I am lying in a crisp white bathrobe on a vast and comfortable bed, channel flicking through the flat-screen television and nibbling on a bowl of nuts and olives while awaiting my dinner. A glass of chilled white w... | First-time mother Kathryn tried out the Mermaid Maternity Retreat .
Enjoyed two-night stay, at £595 per night .
Includes hospital transfer, all meals, breastfeeding support and more . |
ed2519f9a2e3363b1a90b9f6176d85c484a99a9f | By . Larisa Brown . PUBLISHED: . 08:12 EST, 14 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:51 EST, 14 November 2012 . David Peters, pictured at Hereford magistrate's court earlier this week, is accused of racially abusing a black anti-blood sports protester . A hunt master hurled racist abuse at a black anti-blood sports protest... | Master 'hurled abuse at "saboteurs" who attended meet to voice protest'
Peters claims he was verbally abused and called 'Welsh sheep s******* c***' |
ed25ad6173d8936bceeb44719edfa2807ddd2131 | (CNN) -- Authorities imposed curfews and limited access to city centers across Iraq as thousands of protesters demanded economic progress and an end to corruption, police said. Demonstrators were reported to be gathering in Baghdad, Basra, Nineveh, Anbar and Salaheddin. The developments follow weeks of demonstrations a... | Demonstrators gather in Iraqi cities after Friday prayers .
Authorities impose curfews to limit access to city centers .
At least 13 people died in protests a week ago . |
ed25e6e1187449e2cccc347a26ba6b011f0fc1e8 | Bungling Highway Patrol troopers mistakenly accused an elderly driver of stealing his own car after misreading his number plate. Sobbing, Robin Bruins had three guns pointed at him and was ordered to remove his shirt, before being handcuffed and hauled off to jail. He was driving his classic 1962 Chevy Impala in Las Ve... | Robin Bruins was driving his 1962 Chevy Impala in Vegas when stopped .
Troopers first misread the registration plate by omitting a 'plus' sign .
Then a dispatcher mistakenly took down the vehicle's VIN number .
Due to errors Impala appeared to be stolen and using expired plates .
Senior citizen was stripped of top, han... |
ed268a9784230d93effb7c297458f2eb7771282f | Los Angeles (CNN) -- A lost interview of Martin Luther King Jr. recorded more than five decades ago, but recently found in a Tennessee attic, will soon be heard in the last room where the civil rights leader slept. Illusionist David Copperfield purchased the reel-to-reel tape Wednesday and will donate it to the Nationa... | Illusionist David Copperfield will donate the tape to the National Civil Rights Museum .
"It gave me chills," Copperfield says .
It was striking because the recording revealed King in a relaxed mode, Copperfield says .
Stephon Tull found the reel-to-reel tape in a dusty old attic in Chattanooga, Tennessee . |
ed2701d5f3f55443b55f9b1969bbb6ecbe675e69 | (CNN) -- A rogue militant group formerly allied with al Qaeda kidnapped more than a 150 teenage Kurdish students in Syria and forced them to take Islamic training, a monitoring group and Kurdish officials told CNN on Friday. Radical fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are holding the boys ranging i... | Teen boys reportedly held at school for Sharia law .
Kurdish official blames radical fighters ISIS .
International officials are asked to intervene . |
ed27068405878af444666d899dbf6ef130b56f7f | Tunis, Tunisia (CNN) -- Welcome to Tunis. It may have been the last flight into Tunisia. Tunis Air Flight 848 from Beirut, Lebanon. Throughout the flight I watched as the passenger in the seat behind me, an older Tunisian gentleman, got steadily more intoxicated on his bottle of Johnny Walker Black Label. Toward the en... | CNN reporter, camerawoman have harrowing trip into Tunis .
Crew catches last flight into country .
Tunisia's president has left the country amid unrest . |
ed274815bd55ad87f014ef2855c4b48ba65d2ef0 | Gay marriages are a 'Trojan horse' that 'fundamentally weakens' the institution of the family, a senior Roman Catholic cardinal has warned. The Catholic Church has been at war over the acceptance of same sex unions following an unprecedented Vatican sex conference last month. A global group of bishops tasked with bring... | Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco said gay marriage 'undermines' humanity .
Follows a rejection by the Vatican to soften its stance on gay marriage . |
ed2749007b1ff9e96c9f65b8b7679a8433bdfc3d | By . Emma Reynolds . You may think you know what an addict looks like - but growing numbers of suburban mothers are becoming hooked on prescription drug Adderall in the battle to be the perfect parent. Overstretched women across the US are turning to medication used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, wh... | There has been a 750% increase in use for women aged between 26 and 39 .
Mothers are lying to doctors and using their children's prescription to get hold of the drug .
One parent used Adderall to stay up until 3am cleaning .
Others use it for weightloss and to cope with stress . |
ed27949ccc710ab454509b835dfa78e0a14db7ba | (CNN) -- In the last decade of the 20th century, the Turkish lira fell in value 1,000 times against the U.S. dollar, meaning that tourists returning to that country after several years found that any old money they still possessed since their last visit had become almost worthless. Now as fears grow about whether Greec... | Some holidaymakers appear to be having second thoughts about visiting Greece .
Others concerned about safety if violent street protests resume against austerity cuts .
Idea that has investors worried is the so-called "Grexit" -- or Greek exit from the eurozone .
Travel experts say tourists visiting economically trouble... |
ed290afbd0af695912f4c55eb05376c03f1a2356 | Washington (CNN) -- The Senate and the House of Representatives passed a bipartisan deal Friday extending the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits while also avoiding a Medicare fee cut for doctors for the rest of the year. The bill cleared the Senate in a 60-36 vote less than an hour after the House approved it b... | NEW: Obama calls passage of the package "a big deal"
Senate and House pass payroll tax cut deal .
The compromise raises the deficit by $89 billion over 10 years, the CBO says .
The deal extends payroll tax cut, unemployment benefits, and "doc fix" |
ed29acd49538634a50ca670c8d6192b729cbb297 | By . John Edwards . Follow @@JEAlty . CLICK HERE to follow Sportsmail's LIVE coverage of the transfer deadline day . Long-term Everton target David Henen looks set to join Olympiacos from Anderlecht in a £3million deal. Despite Henen spending weeks with Everton, training under the watchful eye of manager Roberto Martin... | Everton target David Henen is set for a £3 million move to Olympiacos .
Belgian youngster spent time training at Goodison Park .
Toffees boss Roberto Martinez was only willing to pay £1.5 million for him . |
ed2a202e643f11ac7bad1f388ad3f6008956d251 | Washington (CNN) -- The Hells Angels are going to court, protesting a federal policy barring the motorcycle club's foreign members from visiting the United States. In a complaint filed in federal court in Washington, the Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation, as the group calls itself, said its designation as a "known cr... | The Hells Angels motorcycle club claims charters in 35 countries .
The group is suing to protest a federal policy barring its foreign members from the U.S.
It also is fighting its federal designation as a "known criminal organization"
There was no immediate reaction to the lawsuit from government officials . |
ed2aaada35c672869c1dfb2c5678764495cafaba | Survivor: Nurbanu's husband threw acid in her face eight days after she divorced him for being unfaithful . This woman's horrific scars serve as a cruel and permanent reminder of the moment her husband of 18 years flung acid into her face. Nurbanu had divorced her unfaithful and violent spouse after catching him with a... | Nurbanu had divorced her husband of 18 years after discovering he had been unfaithful .
Eight days later the 36-year-old was at home in Bangladesh when her former spouse arrived and threw acid into her face .
He was jailed for a year but following his release Nurbanu is once again living with the man who left her blind... |
ed2b5c1f7f4d7e89d11522d0da9d254ea65e86df | Washington (CNN) -- Many Americans are planning to get a glimpse of Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton when they arrive in New York City next week -- and it seems that President Barack Obama wants in as well. The President has invited Prince William to meet with him in the Oval Office on Monday. Before The Duk... | The President will meet with Prince William on Monday .
The Duke of Cambridge will also meet with Joe and Jill Biden .
William and his wife, Kate Middleton, will be in the U.S. for three days . |
ed2b86813b0405ec4b8af81c2fec0be6b57d9e82 | Sergio Garcia's parents brought him to the United States from Mexico nearly two decades ago. He's been waiting for a green card ever since. But there's one thing the undocumented immigrant no longer has to wait for, according to a California Supreme Court ruling on Thursday: his law license. Garcia can be admitted to C... | California State Bar: The decision is a legal one, not a political one .
California's Supreme Court: Undocumented immigrant Sergio Garcia can practice law .
"I'm glad to see us moving forward in the right direction," one law student says .
Critic: Case shows troubling trend, a push to "normalize illegal immigration" |
ed2bd81a71285ecf24bf47eec075910096becb90 | A stranded cargo ship was busted out of ten-foot thick ice by a hulking Canadian icebreaker after a US Coast Guard ship got stuck. The Arthur M Anderson had languished in frozen-over Lake Erie for five days on its way to Wisconsin after getting trapped by the hefty sheets of ice. Its ten-strong crew were stuck on board... | Arthur M Anderson cargo ship was tripped in frozen-over Lake Erie .
US dispatched the Bristol Bay, an icebreaking tugboat, to rescue it .
But the Bristol Bay got stuck - and needed helicopter delivery of extra food .
Canadian coat guard dispatched larger icebreaker - the Griffon .
The Griffon was able to break through ... |
ed2c078445dee59e1cbb79012feb8be3c0d4cfed | Washington (CNN) -- How many people died of marijuana overdoses last year? "Spoiler alert -- it's zero!" said Oregon Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer, putting his hands over his head in the shape of a zero. The comments were made at an event Thursday with a bipartian group of House members calling for Congress to jump o... | Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer points out there are no deaths from marijuana overdoses .
"It's not more dangerous than cocaine," he said .
Pot legalization passed in ballot initiatives in Alaska, Oregon and D.C. Nov. 4 . |
ed2c2d0571be912afa3f686cee931b41d662c47b | Austin, Texas (CNN) -- Who: William "whurley" Hurley of Austin, Texas . What's with the nickname: It's an abbreviation of his name and the title of his personal blog. Why you might know him: He worked in research and development at Apple and IBM, owns a handful of patents and is considered an influential tech thinker.... | CNN chats with tech innovator William Hurley at the South by Southwest Interactive festival .
His mobile-app company created the iPad app for News Corp.'s tablet publication, The Daily .
Hurley: "We're actually designing the app in our imaginations now" |
ed2c963814672f24bc7f4d5b992b5189843f15f7 | (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is traveling to Israel on Monday as part of the latest effort to forge a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. Kerry is flying from Paris -- where he had discussed the Ukraine crisis with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey L... | Kerry kickstarted latest peace effort eight months ago .
Spokeswoman: Kerry decided to return to region this week after consulting with U.S. negotiators .
Borders, security issues, status of Jerusalem still are sticking points . |
ed2ca2c930d1fff38360a5196acaf2bea38cd336 | By . Daniel Miller . PUBLISHED: . 14:37 EST, 4 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:00 EST, 4 June 2013 . Britain basked in wonderful sunshine today with temperatures soaring to a glorious 23C, and the great news is there's even better to come. The mercury peaked at around 23C in Woodvale near Blackpool, but most of the count... | After a stinking spring, it seems summer has finally arrived!
Temperatures peak at a glorious 23C and there's plenty more to come . |
ed2cb9d96946b06093202841d7e8d0a351db5854 | (CNN) -- A cold case in Alabama is heating up. State law enforcement officials announced the indictment of a suspect Wednesday in a series of sex crimes committed against three young Alabama girls between 1999 and 2004. Attorney General Luther Strange credited the state's unit that focuses on older, unsolved crimes for... | Alabama grand jury indicts suspect in old sex crimes case .
Victims were between 13 and 15 years old .
Charges range from rape to sodomy and sexual abuse .
Suspect was already jailed in Kansas for sex crimes . |
ed2cd48c9776d475184ddd20e8a8e1d0a21ede53 | By . Mike Dawes . Japan's Hideki Matsuyama won the Memorial Tournament in a play-off with Kevin Na after a dramatic final day at Muirfield Village. Na was in early at 13 under after a superb eight-under-par 64 and waited for around 90 minutes while the other leading challengers fell apart on the closing stretch. Overni... | Japanese wins in a play-off at Muirfield Village .
Matsuyama and Na both finished on 13 under par .
Bubba Watson led going into final day but shot a 72 in final round .
Paul Casey was highest-placed Englishman tied for 13th on seven under . |
ed2cf6f54ef426694d3545faaec02e9494c5a145 | Defence chiefs fear plans for two giant wind turbines could allow enemy jets to evade radar as their own fighter plans would confuse them as threats. Officials at the Ministry of Defence say the 115ft (35-metre) towers are so big they could look like planes on monitoring equipment. The MOD say radar could classify the ... | Officials at the Ministry of Defence say .
the 115ft towers are so big they could look like planes on .
monitoring equipment . |
ed2d20243fc6d255d349ace2ce10f4465fe31f43 | For the second time this year France manager Didier Deschamps has been on the receiving end of abuse from the partner of a player he has not picked for the French squad. Back in May Deschamps did not include Samir Nasri in his World Cup squad, leading his girlfriend Anara Atanes to tweet, 'F*** France and f*** Deschamp... | Montpellier keeper Geoffrey Jourdren was not picked for the France squad .
Jourdren's wife Noemie posted on Facebook with a threatening message believed to be aimed at France manager Didier Deschamps .
Stephane Ruffier pulled out of the squad and Deschamps chose to call up Rennes goalie Benoit Costil instead of Jourdre... |
ed2d3741693a5ee31be83d0f564280c02520a7de | By . Victoria Woollaston . Following almost a year of rumours, Apple is said to be gearing up to finally launch its iPhone 6 at an event on 9 September. Reports claim the Californian tech giant has scheduled a ‘big media event’ for this date - and is expected to use it to unveil its next-generation of iPhones. The date... | Reports claim Apple has scheduled a ‘big media event’ for 9 September .
It is expected to use the event to unveil its next-generation iPhones .
The date ties in closely to previous events, which typically occur the second week of September .
Last year, Apple announced its iPhone 5S and 5C on 10 September .
It then laun... |
ed2d714d8fb085ab835547754d6d4d104e604fe6 | (CNN) -- Three people connected to the U.S. consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, were killed in two drive-by shootings, a senior White House official told CNN Sunday. Two of the victims were an American employee at the consulate and her U.S. citizen husband. Their 1-year-old child, who was in a vehicle with the couple a... | 1-year-old child of two of the victims survives the attack .
Juarez mayor: "We know that the U.S. citizens were targeted"
Drive-by shootings kill U.S. employee at consulate and 2 others in Ciudad Juarez .
State Department warns Americans of danger of traveling to three Mexican states . |
ed2da6ea60e614b8150f3b66449210e864f63435 | The family of the eight-year-old boy killed in the Boston marathon bombings has revealed the heartbreaking moment their daughter awoke two weeks after the attack and learned her brother had died. Seven-year-old Jane Richard lost her leg in the April 15 blast, while her mother Denise, 42, suffered head injuries, her fat... | Martin Richard, 8, was one of the three victims killed in the April 15 blast .
His sister Jane lost her left leg below the knee and underwent her 11th surgery on Wednesday to close the wound .
His mother Denise suffered head injuries, underwent brain surgery and still cannot see from one eye but has been released from ... |
ed2e843b805c082d6b079391d293f821d93de14b | The Co-op was plunged into fresh chaos yesterday as its chairman fell on his sword for appointing crack addict Reverend Paul Flowers to head the group’s bank. Len Wardle’s resignation came as anger is growing among ordinary investors whose retirement incomes are being raided to prop up the disaster-prone bank. He admit... | Len Wardle resigns as Co-Op Group chairman with immediate effect .
Replaced by deputy Ursula Lidbetter who condemns 'shocking' revelations .
Methodist minister Paul Flowers, 63, caught on camera buying drugs .
It was just days after he was grilled by MPs over his bank's performance .
Flowers boasts of using ketamine al... |
ed2e8f8d347421ed4eb7ae5cb7ca75a4a75522eb | Two of the teens . accused of gunning down a promising Australian student in the street . 'just for the fun of it' were today charged with first-degree murder and . the third as an accessory. Chris . Lane, 22, originally from Melbourne, was jogging in the small town of . Duncan in Oklahoma on Friday when he was shot in... | Promising baseball student gunned down on Friday after a visit to his sweetheart .
James Edwards, 15, and Chancey Luna, 16, charged with first-degree murder .
Michael Jones, 17, charged with accessory to murder .
Parents of teens accused deny their sons are involved .
Police believe they were going to shoot someone els... |
ed2f51b11d66d48e342432d7b8123d4bd82c406e | If the spy drama Homeland, which finishes its fourth season tonight, seems a little too realistic, perhaps that's because it is rooted in a series of incidents that actually happened. The programme focuses on the so-called 'drone war' and the conflict between the CIA and the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence agency... | Spy drama Homeland fourth season ends tonight on Channel 4 .
Programme focuses on 'drone war' and conflict between CIA and Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence agency .
It has many similarities with real life horrors, such as the villain Haqqani .
Also includes attack on a convoy so Haqqani and a band of fighters can... |
ed2f7587e446a37fed3432088d1a82db709d5b91 | CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for "crude and hurtful" remarks he made about Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama after an interview with a Fox News correspondent. The Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized to Sen. Obama's campaign Wednesday over "hurtful" remarks. The rema... | NEW: Jackson's son criticizes him for remarks .
The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he made "crude and hurtful" remarks about Obama .
Jackson: "Hot" mic caught conversation with a guest on a TV show .
Jackson said Obama was "talking down to black people" |
ed2fbd330a1ade964de92bc0b5d82d4437e0b7ed | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Days before the start of Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings, a new national poll indicates that by a narrow margin, Americans would like the Senate to confirm her as the next Supreme Court justice. Critics warn confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor could turn into a partisan battle. I... | Almost half of Americans favor Sonia Sotomayor as Supreme Court justice, poll says .
Most Democrats support her while most Republicans oppose, according to poll .
Sotomayor would succeed retiring Justice David Souter .
Confirmation hearings set to start Monday . |
ed2fe77c4e5fde3220b8c17a87b96ac8d4cd3217 | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 05:02 EST, 10 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:32 EST, 10 July 2013 . A 'critical incident' has been declared in Dover after 15 asylum seekers were discovered in a cross-Channel ferry's tanker this morning. It is understood that the asylum seekers were found after banging was heard from th... | Group were discovered on board P&O's Spirit of France this morning .
Had been in the vessel's tanker at the Port of Dover . |
ed3001f3c4985a265fd680eaf85705a7f7301efe | (EW.com ) -- Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan are headed to Washington. On Tuesday's "Live! with Kelly and Michael," the co-hosts announced their first-ever interview with President Barack Obama. The duo is headed to D.C. to talk to Obama in the Blue Room of the White House, where they'll discuss the recent "White House ... | Ripa and Strahan will head to D.C.
It will be their first interview with the President .
The show is set to air on May 30 . |
ed307dfebd516734cd536a7507ea54680c097cc7 | Online love scammers have stolen more than $25 million from Australians in just one year, prompting the consumer watchdog to join forces with government anti-money laundering agents in a bid to crack down. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will start sending about 400 letters every fortnight to ... | Australian consumer watchdog will start sending letters to suspected victims of online dating scams .
There were close to 3,000 reports of relationship scams in 2013, with one third of people losing more than $10,000 .
Those who have been potentially scammed will be identified by suspicious cross-border money movements... |
ed3153467b35e3810aef3959e7f9ce54f9710cbe | By . Julian Robinson . A wargamer dressed as a soldier and carrying a fake gun nearly died when he strolled into a packed subway station in a country on high alert after a series of public killings. Ming Shao, who was off to join friends playing survivalist games in Taiwan, said he couldn't be bothered to pack his unif... | Ming Shao wore outfit on his way to play 'survivalist games' in Tapei, Taiwan .
Armed police revealed they were 'poised to fire' if he made the wrong move .
Officers were called in amid concerns he was a gunman ready to open fire .
29-year-old released with a caution after saying he 'didn't mean any harm'
Incident came... |
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