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ede64306423615b58752ddf893f1bea671628455 | Ahead of Monday night's intriguing piece of Premier League action, Sportsmail will provide you with all you need to know, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats... Here is all the information you need for West Brom's home clash with Manchester United... West Bromwich Albion vs Manchester United... | Manchester United visit the Hawthorns on Monday night to face West Brom .
Louis van Gaal's team currently sit sixth in the Premier League .
Man Utd's last Premier League fixture resulted in a 2-1 win over Everton .
West Brom most recently lost to Liverpool 2-1 at Anfield .
Alan Irvine's men have won just two of their l... |
ede6608c6e7012819ce2ffcf0d11cc2e9253ba3c | Inter Milan are making another attempt to prise Stevan Jovetic away from Manchester City. They have been rebuffed twice already for the striker, who signed for City last summer in a deal worth £22million. Jovetic has only managed five starts for the Premier League champions, but managed six goals during his first seaso... | Inter Milan have had loan and permanent bids rejected .
Jovetic is the current fourth choice striker at Man City .
But Manuel Pellegrini is keen to keep the young striker at the Etihad . |
ede6ed4b4b554622d8f4a248e38a7b691177c5b6 | Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- The suspected cyberattack that appeared to target South Korean banks and broadcasters Wednesday originated from an IP address in China, South Korea's Communications Committee said in a statement Thursday. The attack damaged 32,000 computers and servers of media and financial companies, the c... | NEW: Attack traced to IP address in China, officials say .
North Korea has staged similar attacks in the past, expert says .
Banks, broadcasters targeted; government networks unaffected, Yonhap reports .
South Korean military steps up its cyberdefense efforts in response . |
ede85804ded5c400f1fa2935f4d568ad705f10f2 | (CNN) -- Football's version of the fabled David vs. Goliath battle will begin on Tuesday as Europe's top club competition kicks off its quarterfinal stage. In one corner, modern-day giants Real Madrid -- one of the richest sporting teams in the world, with a squad featuring the planet's most expensive player, Cristiano... | Spanish giants Real Madrid take on Cypriot minnows APOEL Nicosia on Tuesday .
APOEL are the first Cypriot team to have reached the Champions League knockout stages .
Real are aiming for a record 200th win in Europe's premier club competition .
Real have played 343 matches in the competition, APOEL have played just 49 . |
ede86ab4d93f36c4b3a34551d0fed47b133aec3a | Washington (CNN) -- Pentagon budget cuts will severely reduce U.S. military efforts to stop the illegal trafficking of drugs and people into the United States from South and Central America, according to the top American commander in that region. Gen. John Kelly, head of the U.S. Southern Command, said mandatory budget... | General testifies before Senate committee .
He's worried about impact of Pentagon budget cuts .
Navy operations will cease in some areas, he says . |
ede89ac9d7ad79dd76cc70c1a168ad29de75a103 | By . Sophie Jane Evans . The Jeremy Kyle Show has been criticised for allowing a woman to abuse her teenage sister by calling her a 'crackhead' and a 'silly anorexic slapper'. Leah, 17, was accused of taking crack cocaine and spending time in 'crack dens' in the episode of the ITV programme, which was broadcast on Sept... | Leah, 17, was accused of taking crack cocaine by her older sister, Kelly .
Could be seen sobbing and breathing heavily as she confronted sibling .
Also accused of having 'reputation' with men and stealing from mother .
She later appeared in 'state of anxiety' as she received lie detector results .
Ofcom claims the show... |
ede90cb6ad5358d6d893c0bf435107c010b86bb0 | Teachers and healthcare professionals who fail to report suspected female genital mutilation in children will face the sack, under a new law expected to come into effect this year. Doctors, nurses and teachers would be obliged to report cases of FGM in under -18s or risk being fired and barred from practising, accordin... | Proposed law would make it mandatory to report FGM in under 18s .
'Professionals' who fail to report FGM face being sacked and struck off .
Would apply to teachers, regulated health and social care professionals . |
ede967f6312e81a2cc43e9bb5169351436d0fcb3 | By . Kieran Corcoran . PUBLISHED: . 07:40 EST, 20 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:28 EST, 20 November 2013 . Jailed: Peter Clarke, pictured, was today sentenced to 16 years in prison at Preston Crown Court after admitting drugs and firearms offences . Police have seized a terrifying array of weapons, including machin... | Peter Clarke, 35, used to be an Army firearms instructor .
He was found guilty of murder in 2001 but had his conviction quashed .
Clarke later became boss of a gang that trafficked drugs worth millions .
He was sentenced to 16 years in jail today after a two-year investigation .
Police found guns, knives and cocaine by... |
ede9a56dd437e81c5a99f66fa3d29336b4fd50c1 | Firemen were called to a house fire that broke out after a mechanical cleaning gadget somehow switched itself on and destroyed itself by moving onto a kitchen hotplate. Local media in Austria have referred to the incident as 'robot suicide' and even suggested it was fed up with the constant cleaning it had to do. Firem... | Local media in Austria speculated it was a 'suicide bid' from the robot .
Firefighters had to evacuate the building after it started a blaze in kitchen . |
ede9cf6d196b2c749d86f7b5fef55f25c409f90f | By . Mark Duell . Last updated at 10:12 PM on 2nd March 2012 . An angry 17-year-old male student claims he felt suicidal after being booted out of high school for 'being gay and wearing high heels'. Asante Cotman, of Charles City County, Virginia, was allegedly told to remove his heels because he was disrupting lessons... | Asante Cotman suspended for three days in Virginia .
Claims headteacher said he was disrupting lessons .
But teen felt 'suicidal after suffering discrimination' |
edea632739e9c867c30002ceb205da4dc0676358 | By . Ryan Gorman . PUBLISHED: . 20:08 EST, 1 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 10:47 EST, 2 January 2014 . A Florida teen watching his drunk father beat his mother defended her by shooting the violent man dead. Christopher Albano, 35, came home drunk early Wednesday morning and started hitting his wife. The 15-year-old boy... | Christopher Albano, 35, was shot dead by his 15-year-old son .
The beaten mother called 911 to report the shooting, saying her son shot the violent man defending her .
Police have not decided whether to press charges . |
edea99c10c6c1e17f8e93443aaf88be9b93d69f6 | HANCOCK, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Imagine climbing 276 steps to change a light bulb. That's all in a day's work for Rian Harford. The Zephyr wind turbine towers over Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort in Massachusetts. He's a mountain operations mechanic at Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort. And that light bulb isn't just a regular l... | Jiminy Peak bills itself as first North American ski resort with wind turbine .
Ski resort's turbine shaves $450,000 a year from energy bill .
Turbine produces enough power for more than 600 homes .
Boston professor warns that wind turbines kill bats that help ecosystem . |
edeae7a3da0d3a41ca09ad10405cf50bc63b31f2 | By . Sarah Griffiths . PUBLISHED: . 08:45 EST, 30 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:33 EST, 30 August 2013 . British mobile phone users are now able to call home and surf the internet while abroad without incurring extra charges. From today, Three has become the first UK mobile phone operator to allow holidaymakers to te... | From today, Three customers can use their UK price plan instead of incurring international roaming charges in certain countries .
The 'Feel at Home' scheme is initially only available in the Republic of Ireland, Australia, Italy, Austria, Hong Kong, Sweden and Denmark .
Thought the move will spark a .
war among mobile ... |
edeafdea212a2968bc95037f2e98a95825ba2745 | Ban: The legal challenge by tobacco companies against plain packaging was rejected by the Australian High Court . Australia is banning the sale of branded packaging of tobacco products after the High Court dismissed . a challenge from international cigarette companies on the new . anti-tobacco marketing laws. The court... | Australian High Court rejected challenge to new law by tobacco companies .
Cigarettes will be sold in packages with health warnings on a plain olive green background .
British DoH's public consultation on plain packaging closed Friday . |
edeb632c5722a769b7f22940d8fb1f653a5a3287 | Nigeria, Africa's largest oil producer, ended oil subsidies on New Year's Day that had kept gasoline prices artificially low. The cost of a liter of gasoline shot up from 65 naira (40 cents) to at least 141 naira (86 cents) virtually overnight. Furious Nigerians have since taken to the streets, staging 'Occupy Nigeria'... | Nigeria's government removed fuel subsidy on New Year's day ending .
Thousands of Nigerians have taken to the streets in protest over fuel subsidy removal .
Price of fuel more than doubles amid anger from Nigerians . |
edebbabf4bc52c71d311d66aece5854634fe4ea6 | By . Simon Cable . PUBLISHED: . 18:24 EST, 18 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:24 EST, 18 June 2013 . Unity: Doreen Lawrence and singer Emeli Sandé, pictured together yesterday at the line-up announcement at Abbey Road Studios in London . The mother of Stephen Lawrence yesterday thanked the pop stars who have agreed to pe... | Doreen Lawrence said Stephen's love of music had encouraged the idea .
It will feature the likes of Plan B, Tinie Tempah, Jessie J and Emeli Sandé .
Event for charity will take place at London's O2 Arena on September 29 .
Other artists in one-off concert include Jamie Cullum and Ed Sheeran .
Tickets for the Unity conce... |
edebe3fd49fab43f464ee8a26a3509c39986a888 | The sheer amount and range of cultural activities available at any given time in Berlin is astonishing. Even with a good guidebook it's almost impossible to scratch the surface of its constantly evolving scene. Here are 10 destinations that'll help newcomers get up to speed with what's happening in a city that refuses ... | Klunkerkranich is a super cool 2,500 square-meter rooftop bar and garden atop an old parking deck .
Sammlung Boros houses impressive contemporary art displays in a massive World War II bunker .
Mobile Kino is a cinema on a bicycle that roves the city to screens movies in different venues . |
edec1b6814c86b2c67be232de79a85f38f392a2b | As anger continues to swirl around syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh after referring to a law student as a 'slut,' even the president can't keep from weighing in. The backlash against Limbaugh has intensified in recent days, as an eighth advertiser has dropped its support of his radio program and two stations have pu... | Right-wing host labelled student Sandra Fluke a 'prostitute' on the air .
President Obama said he considered his own daughters before he called Sandra Fluke to offer his support .
Fluke supported Obama's contraception plan when she testified before Congressional committee last week . |
eded1f4008acd79fe512da26ddab041ddc5a7486 | (CNN) -- You got to give the people, now . Give the people what they want . -- The O'Jays . Now that Republicans have control of both houses of Congress, they are going to have to do better -- and do right by all Americans, not just their fringe conservative base. In the first days of the newly minted 112th Congress, a... | Sally Kohn: Now that the GOP has control of Congress, it needs to do a better job .
Kohn: Republicans must go beyond their fringe conservative base and ideologies .
Crumbling infrastructure, immigration, good wages are issues that matter, she says .
Kohn: GOP should stop shutting down the government and show it's up to... |
eded5a50b20f8ae0d1e20d5a68c40d2776921430 | By . Associated Press . Thousands of people expressing grief, anger and hope for a better future marched through Staten Island on Saturday to protest the chokehold death of an unarmed black man by a white police officer. The afternoon rally and march was led by the Rev. Al Sharpton and relatives of Eric Garner, who die... | The afternoon rally and march was led by .
the Rev. Al Sharpton and relatives of Eric Garner, who died July 17 .
after a New York Police Department officer took him to the ground with a chokehold .
The marchers, starting at the .
intersection where Garner was first confronted, walked behind a banner .
that said: 'We Wi... |
edef1dcb98f767062966d31c5ee83d3f4ba93733 | By . Ted Thornhill . An Oregon hotel is suing a TripAdvisor user who alleged in a review that its housekeeping staff ‘were high or drunk’ and that the owner ‘smokes weed’. The reviewer, who went by the username 12Kelly, also wrote that ‘breakfast is nasty, the rooms are nasty’ and ‘Jen front desk had phone sex with som... | TripAdvisor user left review of Lincoln City hotel it's claimed is 'malicious'
'12Kelly' wrote that some staff at The Ashley Inn 'were high or drunk'
The anonymous user also alleged that the owner smoked drugs .
At the time of writing 158 reviews of the hotel rank it as 'excellent' |
edefd0598c8d1ab74b2b9b6f08ec2ebb9e361505 | Ahead of the midweek Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Arsenal's home clash with Southampton... Arsenal vs Southampton (Emirates Stadium) Team ne... | Arsenal host Southampton at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night .
Morgan Schneiderlin will miss the clash after suffering a leg injury during Southampton's defeat to Man City .
Schneiderlin's absence described as a big blow by boss Ronald Koeman .
Arsenal are unbeaten in their last nine Barclays Premier League gam... |
edeff6cc2b9466048f507d8e3e680724d921f30b | By . Louise Boyle . PUBLISHED: . 11:27 EST, 11 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:22 EST, 11 April 2013 . Tiger Woods' new girlfriend Lindsey Vonn proved a good luck charm on Thursday after she turned up to watch the golf player for the first time. Woods finished in touch with the leaders at two under par for the day at Au... | Woods finished in touch with the leaders at two under par for the day at Augusta National Golf Club, Georgia .
Vonn watched her boyfriend with binoculars but rested up due to recent ski injury . |
edf00ee174e508ad97372699afed541e96f86337 | For Hafez al-Assad, the calculation was clear. He had won power in Syria by outmaneuvering rivals and, when necessary, using force. His son would not have to repeat those steps to win power -- but likely would have to emulate his father to remain as president. Al-Assad groomed his son, gave him a military pedigree, tou... | Hafez al-Assad ruled Syrian for decades with iron fist .
He hoped his son, Bassel, would succeed him .
Bashar made some reforms, but he has continued authoritarian rule . |
edf0608bfde8d2b73c2976e4a3093346c442b375 | By . Mark Prigg . PUBLISHED: . 07:19 EST, 15 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:22 EST, 15 August 2012 . It is a rare glimpse into space weather that has never been captured on film before. This amazing Nasa image shows a 'sprite', a flash of red and blue light which flashes for a thousandth of a second. Researchers have ... | Images reveal rarely seen phenomenon from the International Space Station .
Spites filmed at 10,000 frames per second by Japan's NHK television .
Could lead to new insights into Earth's weather . |
edf08fc78dd82606c5b6e552667c90fa71673804 | By . Claire Bates . PUBLISHED: . 06:14 EST, 11 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:41 EST, 11 June 2012 . An air stewardess who was told she would never walk again after suffering from an extremely rare form of cancer will tomorrow jog through her home town carrying the Olympic torch. Bally Taylor, 37, was told her excruciat... | Bally Taylor, 37, will tomorrow carry the Olympic torch through her home town of Dunfermline .
Mrs Taylor went to the doctor with severe back pain when she was pregnant. She was first told it was caused by her baby pressing against a nerve . |
edf0be5d6a3fe81d8772f29b82705d863a3a65be | London (CNN) -- All Airbus A380 airplanes must be checked for cracks in the wings, the European Aviation Safety Agency ordered Wednesday. The order covering all A380s does not mean the planes must be grounded, said Dominique Fouda, a spokesman for the aviation agency. "They can fly, they just have to be checked within ... | The European air safety agency orders all A380s checked for cracks in the wings .
The order does not ground the fleet .
There are 68 A380s in operation around the world, the company says . |
edf0c4fda625d021ee99a0741860ef1bd9a488f1 | (CNN) -- A man alleged to be a senior member of a Tijuana-based drug cartel was extradited from Mexico to the United States on Friday to stand trial. Eduardo Arellano-Felix, 55, faces charges of narcotics trafficking, racketeering and money laundering. He was arrested on October 25, 2008, after a gunbattle with Mexican... | Eduardo Arellano-Felix, 55, faces charges of narcotics trafficking and racketeering .
He was arrested in 2008, after a gun battle with Mexican forces .
Two of his brothers have already been convicted in the United States . |
edf0fc87026986e75a34e33eda59a874832b35fb | Forecasters will soon measure the weather in space from a new operations branch set up by the Met Office. The Space Weather Operations Centre will open next week in Exeter after years of preparation and millions of pounds of investment. It was created in 2011 after the Government added Solar Storms to the National Risk... | Met Office is to open a Space Weather Operations Centre on Wednesday .
Forecasters will monitor solar flares and magnetic storms in earth's orbit .
Disruptions can ruin satellite signals and wipe out power grids . |
edf1328be34eee466d4d16539e4bfe3469e91eda | NAPLES, Italy (CNN) -- The Italian prime minister plans to declare Friday that the worst part of a garbage crisis in Naples is over, even though a visit to one neighborhood found residents still living amid huge piles of trash. Garbage has been piling up in the streets of Naples since a municipal dump was closed on Dec... | Italian PM Berlusconi to declare worst of Naples garbage crisis is over .
CNN reporter discovers districts where residents still throwing trash into street .
Crisis flared up December 31, when one of two municipal dumps closed .
Berlusconi appointed "garbage czar" in May to focus on the crisis . |
edf17ab20a1fa769974ac1eeab8a3b1165f4927b | (CNN) -- Inter Milan's title defense got back on track with a crushing 4-0 win over city rivals AC Milan, after three first-half strikes capitalized on the sending off of Rossoneri skipper Gennaro Gattuso on Saturday night at the San Siro. New boys Samuel Eto'o (left) and Wesley Sneijder celebrate Inter's impressive vi... | Inter thrash rivals AC Milan 4-0 in derby after Gennaro Gattuso is sent off .
Goals from Motta, Milito, Maicon and Stankovic seal humiliating defeat .
Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o has goal disallowed to cap good performance .
Elsewhere, Bari draw 0-0 with Bologna despite finishing with ten men . |
edf1a2036346ec0c24f88d2aa66eeccba7a166bd | She's been dubbed a child prodigy, a genius and 'the binary wunderkind'. But Akiane Kramarik says everyone is blessed with a gift - she simply found hers at the very tender age of three. Art has become a way of life for the 20-year-old, who grew up in a small town of Illinois in what she described as a 'dirty shack' w... | Akiane Kramarik began drawing at the age of three as she grew up in Illinois .
At the eight of eight, she completed her first five-foot long oil painting and featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2003 .
Since then, she's published best-selling books and paintings which are valued at millions of dollars .
The artist has... |
edf22e7841e23cbdb27295d53a186270c604bef9 | By . Simeon Gholam . Follow @@SimGholam . Keisuke Honda has urged his team-mates not to show Greece the same level of respect that they afforded Ivory Coast in their opening World Cup group game. The 28-year-old opened the scoring for Japan against the Elephants on Saturday with a superb 16th-minute effort, but they ev... | Honda urges team-mates not to show next opponents Greece too much respect .
Japan went down 2-1 to Ivory Coast in opening World Cup game despite taking lead .
The 28-year-old believes that they were overawed by their opponents .
Will more than likely be knocked out the tournament if they lose to the Greeks . |
edf289da08be7dc2c3e05e00fd50f9d1d813322b | By . Luke Salkeld and Wills Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 12:33 EST, 9 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:06 EST, 9 December 2013 . Facing jail: Edward Alexander Somerset subjected his wife to more than two decades of abuse, a court heard yesterday . An aristocrat from one of Britain’s grandest families is facing jail after s... | Edward Alexander Somerset, 55, admitted four counts of assault .
Subjected his wife Caroline to more than two decades of domestic abuse .
Attacks were fuelled by 'drink or drugs or both', a court heard yesterday .
They took place on the sprawling Badminton Estate in Gloucestershire '
Somerset's father, the 11th Duke of... |
edf2c9daf94f5457e55578300f4f48749cf27e03 | By . Jenny Awford for MailOnline . A mother-of-two who cared more about going to a Bon Jovi concert than looking after her injured toddler was spared jail by a judge today. The 22-year-old rock fan mother took her daughter to hospital suffering from a broken wrist - but asked when she could get away because she had tic... | The 22-year-old mother took daughter to hospital with an old wrist injury .
Nurses were shocked that she was so anxious to leave to see Bon Jovi .
Mother denied causing bruising and neglecting to get medical attention .
But was found guilty today and given 12-month suspended sentence . |
edf2f7b971b9cc0dfaac26637723debcd2136c24 | A doctor who was suspended for arranging a boob job that went horribly wrong has been allowed to return work. Dr Ashish Dutta was suspended in 2012 after Andrea Scott was left with scarring and burst stitching following her breast augmentation at the Aesthetic Beauty Centre in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Ms Scott, from County... | Dr Ashish Dutta was suspended in 2012 after Andrea Scott was left with scarring and burst stitching following breast augmentation surgery .
Dr Dutta did not carry out the surgery but advised Ms Scott and organised the operation even though he was subject to a six-month suspension .
After a review hearing, he has just b... |
edf3a9f5088a5475da86b4df3ab96dd66f8ed687 | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 04:26 EST, 7 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:01 EST, 7 June 2012 . Referendum: Lord Owen says the deepening eurozone crisis means that Britons should be asked urgently whether the UK is better off out of the EU . Britain has the perfect opportunity to break from the 'shackles' imposed ... | Lord Owen says Germany is racing towards 'a single European government in all but name'
Therefore Britons must be asked: 'Will the UK be better off leaving the EU or staying and joining the euro?', he says .
Britain could leave for a larger 'European Community', he says .
George Osborne today again resists calls for an... |
edf3cab8dead0dfab81011bb368f754ec6e40ddf | It was the most memorable goal of an unforgettable World Cup, and now Robin van Persie's diving header against Spain is adorning the walls of a Brazilian favela in a brilliant bit of street art. While the YouTube videos and Vines will serve as a reminder of Van Persie's brilliance online, Brazilian artists have left a ... | Van Persie's diving effort in 5-1 win will live long in the memory .
And now artists have replicated one of the World Cup's big moments .
The brilliantly detailed mural shows Dutchman in now-famous pose . |
edf4dbd52e147745db077d0fb63954134beccd2a | Hollywood film producer Scott Rudin and Sony Pictures Chair Amy Pascal have been further embarrassed by leaked emails released as a result of the Sony hack, this time mocking President Barack Obama in a set of racist email exchanges. On the eve of a fundraising breakfast being attended by the President at the home of D... | Scott Rudin and Amy Pascal mock President Obama in a new series of emails that have been released .
Pascal was set to attend a breakfast with President Obama at the home of DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzeneberg and asked Rudin what to ask .
The pair then implied that the President only liked movies with black actors and s... |
edf561b572c892b98a0a88a43cbb3638f033e2c3 | (EW.com) -- Justin Timberlake hasn't released an album since 2006′s "FutureSex/LoveSounds," mostly because he has been distracted by the business of being Justin Timberlake. That tends to fill one's day with acting in Oscar-winning films, dropping into the occasional SNL sketch, hosting a golf tournament, sometimes g... | According to Timberlake's publicist, there are currently no plans for a new album .
Producer Jim Beanz claims to be working with Timberlake on a his "crazy" new album .
Timberlake hasn't released an album since 2006′s "FutureSex/LoveSounds" |
edf5679b155cbf5f6068111b6d16f026ab94f2eb | Life sentence: Jeffrey MacDonald, 70, has vowed to continue to fight against his conviction for the horrific stabbing deaths of his pregnant wife and two daughters . The case of the Green Beret doctor who has maintained for decades that not him but a band of hippies chanting 'acid is groovy, kill the pigs' slaughtered ... | Jeffrey MacDonald, 70, is serving a life sentence for the murders of his pregnant wife and their two daughters in 1970 .
MacDonald has always maintained his innocence and says a band of hippies killed his family .
The killings came just months after the murders of Sharon Tate and four others by the Manson Family .
A ju... |
edf5aaf6c48a14789eec105b32a5ccb3efe5970a | (CNN) -- A career criminal has been charged in the March killing of a 6-month-old Chicago girl, the city's police superintendent said Monday at a news conference. Garry McCarthy said Koman Willis has been charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery in the death of Jonylah Watkins, whose death was held up na... | Koman Willis charged with first-degree murder in the death of Jonylah Watkins .
Watkins' father was also shot March 11 .
Willis has dozens of prior arrests, police say; he turned himself in, came with a lawyer .
Police believe the motive for the shootings was the alleged theft of a video game . |
edf655b772699ef946d9e3d44e028e693cffdbb1 | (CNN) -- Two men have been arrested in connection with an effigy of Sen. Barack Obama that was hung outside a building at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, police said Thursday. Joe Fischer, left, and Hunter Bush were arrested on disorderly conduct and other charges, police said. Authorities found a life-size ef... | Effigy of Sen. Barack Obama was hung at University of Kentucky, police say .
University of Kentucky senior, another man arrested .
Men arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, burglary and theft . |
edf6f043f0a0dc25bb7c269eba91afaf6d3a37ba | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Britain feared that it would have been overwhelmed in the event of a Soviet attack because of the depleted state of its armed forces, according to secret files made public on Tuesday. U.S. President Jimmy Carter watches UK PM James Callaghan speak at a 1979 meeting in Guadeloupe. Papers release... | Britain feared it would have been overwhelmed in Soviet attack, papers reveal .
Papers were released by the National Archives under the 30-year rule .
Prime Minister James Callaghan called the situation a "scandal" |
edf7160af9cfcc9f1b01de472a256a04867f3a66 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. State Department threw aside diplomatic language Tuesday, attacking Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for creating what it calls a "catastrophe" by throwing many international aid workers out of the country. President Omar al-Bashir ordered the expulsion of aid groups after he was indicted... | State Department says Sudan president throwing out aid agencies is "catastrophe"
Hillary Clinton warns Sudan president will be "responsible for every single death"
Omar al-Bashir wanted aid groups out after indictment on war crime charges .
Spokesman: Bashir must reverse decision because "people's lives are at risk" |
edf74546707cf016ae87b080fbba6b45fab496c0 | JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israel has declared a unilateral cease-fire in the fighting in Gaza beginning at 2 a.m. Sunday (7 p.m. ET Saturday), Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said. A man escapes after an Israeli strike in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza on Saturday. "Hamas has been dealt a very serious blow," Olmert said. "We... | NEW: Cease-fire in Gaza fighting to begin at 2 a.m. Sunday .
NEW: Chief Palestinian negotiator says truce won't stand unless Israel leaves Gaza .
NEW: "I do not suggest that Hamas or other terrorist organizations try us," PM says .
Two children killed in Israeli artillery attack at a U.N. school north of Gaza City . |
edf78b78c2369dc46fcff3a87d8fba6635fe3b71 | (CNN) -- When the patrons of the Stonewall Inn fought back after the New York police raided that Greenwich Village gay bar 44 years ago, no one there imagined the federal government would ever recognize the rights of two women or two men to get married. No other movement for equality in the United States has ever trave... | Charles Kaiser: At Stonewall riot 44 years ago, no one would have imagined today's ruling .
He says the push for equality for gay men and women has made incredibly fast, recent progress .
He says much of it due to political process; boons of Kennedy appointment, Obama election .
Kaiser: Still a long way to go on same-s... |
edf7902a9db631610aa974b41289a9a06c104b6f | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:47 EST, 3 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 17:50 EST, 3 January 2014 . It's known for its crass comedy, but it seems the endless double entendres and sexual references in '2 Broke Girls' are too much for some fans. The Federal Communications Commission has received 91 informal c... | The Federal Communications Commission has received 91 informal complaints about the CBS show in the last two years .
Viewers were angry about the crude sexual double entendres and crassness of the dialogue . |
edf7ca0bce5f6d7d639b994174d45e007a1358d5 | Tony Abbott has promised to 'shirtfront' Vladimir Putin over what he knows about the MH17 tragedy when the two lock horns at the G20 conference in Brisbane. But the Russian President certainly didn't look too nervous about a curtain raiser confrontation with the Australian PM in Beijing, where both leaders will briefly... | Vladimir Putin touches down in Beijing for APEC Summit .
Putin and Tony Abbott and will attend discuss free-trade in the region .
The Australian PM grabbed global headlines after pledging to 'shirtfront' Mr Putin during the G20 leader meeting . |
edf80ad84683b64bce7fc01927917785f1d9f69e | (CNN) -- You're not imagining it: Airline seats are generally getting smaller. But while many airlines have been slimming down their seats over the past few decades, we've been bulking up. According to the World Health Organization, the global prevalence of obesity has doubled since 1980. "Seats are getting smaller and... | Airline seats are shrinking from the once standard 18.5 inches to 17 inches across .
Meanwhile, passengers are getting heavier, and flights are getting more crammed .
Airbus is calling on the industry to make seats wider . |
edf840503bbcbd2421a95fa8d68034841ab04cac | (CNN) -- Mexican authorities say they've rescued 165 migrants who were apparently kidnapped as they tried to cross into the United States. The victims were held for weeks in the northeastern border state of Tamaulipas, Mexico's Interior Ministry said Thursday. One hundred fifty of the migrants are from Central America.... | NEW: The migrants were held in squalid conditions, officials say .
A majority of the victims are Central American migrants .
Mexico's Interior Ministry says they were held for weeks .
Rights groups have said drug cartels target migrants in Mexico . |
edf8434bc5e30e4edc1082f38771c1fcd84ff821 | By . Victoria Woollaston . PUBLISHED: . 04:40 EST, 15 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:09 EST, 15 July 2013 . Apple is said to be hiring outside help to tackle design problems with its smartwatch - dubbed the iWatch. According to the Financial Times (FT), the tech firm wants to bring in fresh pairs of eyes to look at the ... | Apple believed to be 'aggressively' hiring people to work on its iWatch .
In-house developers thought to be struggling with the wearable tech .
This could push the iWatch release date back until 2014 . |
edf8c603200817f90887ad7eb6c5deee97f072f8 | By . Katy Winter . PUBLISHED: . 09:40 EST, 18 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:15 EST, 18 November 2013 . From a life-sized Johnny Depp to an unbelievably lifelike elephant and a Kings Road-ready Cath Kidson bag, Cake International 2013 saw sponge cake modelled into works of edible art as bakers gathered to show off t... | Show held in Birmingham, ahead of others in London and Manchester .
Saw 1,000 hopefuls enter their designs, 65% more than last year .
Mary Berry and Mich Turner appeared as well as 25,000 visitors . |
edf8fd8f1ee8760335ca2dc07f5d4c9724e1e82a | By . Tom Kelly . PUBLISHED: . 20:16 EST, 29 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:17 EST, 29 December 2013 . For decades, they have provided a lifeline for pensioners and low-income shoppers looking to pick up second-hand goods for a snip. But charity shops have now been accused of abandoning their traditional clientele b... | Names such as Oxfam and Cancer Research UK selling expensive items .
They have been accused of abandoning their traditional clientele .
Many are now effectively mini boutiques selling designer items . |
edfa40f4e03d5b426f000a58956d68c86bb5e3ff | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 20:09 EST, 30 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:11 EST, 30 September 2013 . 'I don't believe it': Grumpy grandads such as Victor Meldrew, played by Richard Wilson, appear to be on the decline as more aging men say their later years are the best of their lives . Women are grumpie... | Survey suggests old men like Victor Meldrew are on the wane .
Study polled 1,000 men and women over the age of 65 . |
edfa4b1543e8c167e383d9780e9d6e2c4538cbff | Australian Police said that they raided homes in the south-west of Sydney on Thursday but that the raids had nothing to do with Monday's siege at the Lindt Cafe in Martin Place. A spokeswoman for the Australian Federal Police and New South Wales Police confirmed that the forces were 'conducting search warrants as part ... | Police raid homes in the south-west Sydney area .
They were 'conducting search warrants as part of an on-going operation'
The raids were not in any way related to the siege in Martin Place . |
edfaf8202d5d01341c276b50e143fb01ab738100 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . South Korean rhythmic gymnast Soo-ji Shin was invited to throw the ceremonial first pitch at a recent game in the Jamsil Stadium in Seoul and pitched an acrobatic ball that left even the boys in the dugout gaping. With perfect poise she took her position then proceeded to effect possibly the... | South Korean rhythmic gymnast Soo-ji Shin has performed one of the most impressive wind-ups in first-pitch history .
The 22-year-old had even the players impressed with her acrobatic pitch . |
edfb6e85cb71a859a1d324d88a55fff8917a1fa6 | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has extended for six months the cease-fire he imposed last summer on his Mehdi Army militia, al-Sadr's office in Baghdad said Friday. A Baghdad street is reflected in the glass over a poster of powerful Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. The official said a l... | NEW: Iraqi prime minister welcomes al-Sadr stand down order .
Influential Shiite cleric gives stand-down order another six months .
15 bodies found in mass grave near Baquba, Iraqi official says .
UNICEF reports measles outbreak in Anbar province . |
edfb72d5da869c01a37a4ece54ac99e0b32153fe | By . Harriet Arkell . The mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has been named the most powerful woman in the country in a list compiled for Radio 4's Woman's Hour. Home Secretary Theresa May, who was ranked second in last year's inaugural Woman's Hour Power List, said Baroness Lawrence was 'an example to us all... | Racism campaigner tops list of 10 women described as 'game-changers'
The 61-year-old mother of murdered Stephen Lawrence 'never gives up'
Others include NHS whistleblower Julie Bailey and journalist Caitlin Moran .
Cancer doctor Nazneen Rahman and Girlguiding CEO Julie Bentley on list .
So are social activist Carmel Mc... |
edfbc602687dea3581b3fd107be9e8a57b6e9a0a | By . Peter Campbell . PUBLISHED: . 18:22 EST, 10 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:26 EST, 11 September 2013 . Mary Portas was last night accused of misleading Parliament about a £500,000 television fee she received following her government-backed review of Britain’s high streets. The self-styled retail guru told MPs ... | Self-styled guru told MPs she was not paid to make TV shows on the back of her report .
Last night she admitted she had received huge sum from Channel 4 . |
edfcdd7a0732195b05468efc5d5c11ac3e86f39a | Millions of 'textlexic' Britons are unable to understand the abbreviations sent to them in phone messages, research suggests. Six in 10 adults admit they have received a message which left them baffled, thanks to the ever-growing dictionary of initials and phrases. Even people in powerful positions can become confused,... | Initals confuse many phone users, survey finds .
Fears that written English standards may decline . |
edfd2483602d8e6dcd8bc169e6982fb807390bae | England embark on 12 months crammed with cricket, knowing they still have much to do to show they have fully recovered from a year that ripped them apart. The tumultuous events of 2014, culminating with the sacking of Alastair Cook as one-day captain, give way to a non-stop diet of high-profile competition that will ma... | England play a tri-series with Australia and India before the World Cup .
Test series against West Indies follows before the summer's Ashes .
England's year concludes with Tests against Pakistan and South Africa .
England suffered tumultuous 2014 culminating in Alastair Cook's sacking as one-day captain .
Peter Moores ... |
edfd2af6f86db68a7d93e4c6dde219aead15f78d | (CNN) -- An American couple hopes to return to the United States next week to be reunited with their family after a two-year legal nightmare has trapped them in Qatar, charged with wrongdoing in the death of their adopted daughter. On Monday Matthew and Grace Huang will appeal their conviction, which has garnered inter... | Matthew and Grace Huang were living in Qatar when their daughter died .
The were imprisoned, later released during their appeal .
They will find out this week if the appeal has been successful . |
edfd4daaade310b3266fe3d65ac7bfb7b580f489 | Cristiano Ronaldo has had every reason to celebrate on the field after a stunning start to the season for Real Madrid. And the superstar has been doing the same off the field as he celebrated the one-year anniversary since his underwear brand CR7 launched on Sunday. The 29-year-old, who scored the opener in his side's ... | Cristiano Ronaldo already has 17 league goals to his name this season .
The Real Madrid star scored in Saturday's 4-0 win over Granada .
Ronaldo celebrated the one-year anniversary of his underwear brand on Sunday with a brief-shaped cake .
The CR7 collection has been a success since launching last November . |
edfd6c75105bd5d764e24b42b354b8384c823aa3 | Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. military is considering the mandatory evacuation of thousands of American troops and their families in Japan out of concern over rising radiation levels, a senior defense official tells CNN. The official, who did not want to be on the record talking about ongoing deliberations, says there a... | Contingency plans being discussed, defense official says .
Only family members being flown out as of now .
No warships left at base in Yokosuka, Japan . |
edfdda8ed6f45d093fa6ee4629ca708fdd6fccef | A polo player who taught Princes William and Harry has died in a freak accident in Florida after his horse fell on top of him when the animal was hit in the head with a mallet. Mexican Carlos Gracida, often described as the Queen's favourite player, was a favourite instructor with celebs and royalty, giving lessons to ... | Polo player Carlos Gracida, 53, has died in a freak accident .
Horse fell on top of him during a match, causing brain damage .
Sportsman played with Princes Charles, William and Harry as well as teaching the two younger princes how to play the game .
He was often named as the Queen's favourite player .
The father-of-tw... |
edfe0263e02a799ef2326b08c675f047ea90a06b | Convicted murderer Jodi Arias was pictured yawning in court yesterday as a jury prepares to decide whether she will be given the death penalty for the brutal killing of her ex-boyfriend. The former waitress, 34, from California, looked somewhat bored with proceedings during the retrial of her sentencing at Maricopa Cou... | Arias convicted of murder last year but jury was deadlocked on penalty .
Former waitress stabbed, slashed and shot her lover Travis Barker in 2008 .
Prosecution pushing for death penalty at retrial of sentencing in Phoenix .
The cost to Arizona taxpayers for Jodi Arias' defense now tops $2.7million . |
edff08df38218978cb9be0a4248883699b211b2c | LONDON, England (CNN) -- British newspapers were filled with speculation Wednesday that Prince William may soon propose to his girlfriend, Kate Middleton, after an influential blog reported on a possible date. In an entry on her Web site, The Daily Beast, former magazine editor Tina Brown wrote that a "high-placed sou... | No response from Clarence House, Prince William's official residence .
Couple have been dating since 2003, when both were students in Scotland .
Prince is currently training to be a search-and-rescue pilot with the Royal Air Force . |
edff0a069c44382c9d06a3bb4c1bbef6951dc4ea | Tom Buchanan never told anyone about the shooting that left him carrying a bullet in his gut for 70 years . A bullet that wounded Tom Buchanan when he was a young man took 70 years to kill him. The Chicago resident died on Sunday from complications from a bullet that he carried in his abdomen for more than seven decade... | Tom Buchanan was shot in the 1940s when he was a young man .
He died on Sunday after complaining of pain in his abdomen .
The medical examiner ruled he died of complications from a gunshot wound he suffered seven decades ago .
Authorities have ruled his death a homicide . |
edff5cefe07a0ce8640927b1314e43b76df23b99 | By . Sean Poulter, Consumer Affairs Editor . When Heston Blumenthal turned his skills to the Christmas pudding, the result was a sell-out sensation with buyers scrambling to pay a fortune on eBay. Now, he has delivered his take on the Easter Egg in a limited edition creation that comes with a surprise nest of tiny eggs... | Chef's take on the Easter Egg filled with a nest of tiny eggs on edible paper .
Sales of mass-market eggs have been falling due to concerns over obesity .
But Waitrose insists there is a market for a premium product .
Heston's egg comes after the success of Hidden Orange Christmas Pudding . |
edff7f742f12e52d2aa06b1ae55226b510403126 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 04:06 EST, 24 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 10:32 EST, 24 January 2014 . A teenager convicted of attempted murder and stealing celebrity chef Guy Fieri's Lamborghini was sentenced to 21 years in prison yesterday. Max Wade, 19, stole the TV cook's $200,000 convertible in a 'Missio... | Max Wade, 19, was found guilty of stealing $200,000 convertible in October .
Also convicted of attempted murder of Eva Dedier and her boyfriend .
Guy Fieri appeared in court briefly to confirm that he didn't know Wade and had not given him permission to take his car . |
edffa035145d7c0aeacabbe816db4250c54076f6 | (CNN) -- Rep. John Dingell of Michigan became the longest-serving member of Congress on Friday with 57 years, five months, 27 days and counting on Capitol Hill. His longevity record eclipses that of the late Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia. Here's a look at congressional tenure, by the numbers: . 9.1 years: Average l... | Rep. John Dingell became longest-serving member of Congress on Friday .
Dingell's record eclipses that of former Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia .
Contrast that with the 60 days that Dean Barkley served to finish Paul Wellstone's term .
Dingell and his father, John Dingell Sr., served a total of 80 years in Congress ... |
edffd493c0afdaaa599e82547ca82963dda56018 | By . Daniel Martin . PUBLISHED: . 18:55 EST, 2 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:33 EST, 3 October 2013 . The NSPCC is still receiving calls from victims of Jimmy Savile a year on from the TV documentary which exposed the serial paedophile’s reign of terror. Police say there the former BBC broadcaster abused at least 1,... | Police say Jimmy Savile abused at least 1,300 people over 54 years .
Children's charity NSPCC says more victims are still coming forward .
Charity has also seen an overall surge in the number of child victims of sexual abuse and rape contacting them .
The number of cases it is referring to police and social services is... |
ee003eec25f6a9df2381aa2abd3bb1472ad8f533 | (CNN) -- One poker player gave new meaning to the saying "throwing money down the drain." Christian Lusardi, 42, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, flushed $2.7 million worth of counterfeit poker chips down the toilet in a room at Harrah's Resort and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey state police said. He was arrested ... | A poker player used fake chips in the Winter Poker Open in Atlantic City, cops say .
Christian Lusardi, 42, flushed the chips down a hotel toilet, clogging the pipes, cops say .
Tournament officials had to cancel the event with 27 of 4,800 players left . |
ee00f506d49053a33a2664a0dbfa56b798f2928a | (CNN) -- As the summer ocean waves wash up onto America's beaches, we find ourselves thinking, nervously, about Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" and the paralyzing fear that sharks inspire in us. Yet, paradoxically, we celebrate global attempts to protect the declining number of sharks. The world has figured out we need these... | Tara Sonenshine: As China gets richer, demand for shark skin soup rising .
International campaigns and help from U.S. have slowed the demand for the soup, she says .
She says saving sharks is part of a movement helping elephants, rhinos, other animals . |
ee013063163adba307ecb7cfe87fc2db2df44496 | Authorities say an airline passenger who took a cigarette break caused a security scare at New York City's Kennedy Airport that led to some flights delays. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says it happened late Saturday afternoon in Terminal 8 after the man had gone through security screening and then went... | The breach happened in Terminal 8 after the man had gone through security screening and then went out to smoke .
The passenger returned through a gate that wasn't open .
The man was interviewed but not arrested .
JFK is one of the most heavily trafficked airports in the U.S., handling tens of millions of passengers ea... |
ee01bcda946b06cfd023aabcbee093cc1d9d6d82 | (CNN) -- Female suicide bombers detonated explosions that rocked two subway stations in central Moscow during rush hour on Monday morning, killing dozens of people, officials said. A Web site associated with Chechen separatists, who have long fought for independence from Russia, claimed responsibility for the attacks.... | Chechen separatists claim responsibility for Moscow subway attacks .
Chechen separatists have fought for independence from Russia since 1991 .
Thousands have been killed and 500,000 displaced in the two decades since then .
Sunni Muslims, Russian Orthodox Christians form population of 600,000 to 800,000 . |
ee01c47a866f1f7dc5451bbe3ba73ab3e217a5a3 | These are the shocking images of a knife-wielding raider attempting to stab a convenience store worker during a terrifying robbery. The man entered the shop on Balham High Road at 1.45am on Wednesday February 18 before threatening the lone staff member. The attacker jabbed his ten-inch knife at the man several times, f... | Knifeman stormed into convenience store in Balham, south London .
The raider jabbed his 10-inch blade at the shop worker repeatedly .
Eventually the terrified employee opened the till for the violent attacker .
The raider escaped with the contents of the till onto Balham High Road .
Police say suspect 'used significant... |
ee0216b9628f0343b101d0d1a245885e78109414 | (CNN) -- Russian premier Vladimir Putin has criticized plans by European leaders to boycott next month's Euro 2012 football finals due to the treatment by Ukrainian authorities of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. German chancellor Angela Merkel has raised her concerns at Tymoshenko's treatment, while European Un... | Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin criticizes political boycott of Euros .
Says sport and politics shouldn't be mixed .
EU leaders boycotting event over jailing of former Ukrainian PM .
Supporters say charges politically motivated by current president . |
ee026827b4a7cfa90a574052c0418f0e13b45c80 | San Francisco (CNN) -- If somebody pulled out a gun on a crowded train you were riding on, would you notice? These people didn't. Why? They were too into their smartphones, a San Francisco prosecutor says. The September killing of 20-year-old Justin Valdez on that busy train was shocking enough. The shooter, apparently... | A college student was killed on a train in San Francisco .
DA: The gunmen waved his gun around and showed it before the shooting .
Nobody noticed the gun before the shooting, DA says . |
ee02a66dac58777033274c3461d086749dcd9278 | By . Michael Zennie . The parents of a Georgia nurse who was killed in a Chevrolet Cobalt with a defective ignition switch say a General Motors engineer lied to cover up the fact that the company knew about the problem. General Motors is facing mounting pressure over the 2.6million vehicles it has recalled over the def... | Brooke Melton, 29, died in 2010 when her ignition switch failed, causing her to crash .
Her parents sued GM and settled in 2013 .
But now, they are suing again, claiming the company withheld information about what engineers knew an when .
Company has also been forced to apologize after mailing out recall notices to the... |
ee02a7f83ba123581bb7021f49d616671d2c8a81 | (CNN) -- Cristiano Ronaldo gave Manchester United a New Year boost by again ruling out a move to Spanish giants Real Madrid. Ronaldo's goals fired United's brilliant 2008-09 campaign. The European Footballer of the Year has been constantly linked with a transfer to the Bernabeu, speculation which increased following r... | Cristiano Ronaldo dismisses new reports linking him to Real Madrid .
Portugal star insists he is "happy" at Old Trafford and wants to stay .
Ronaldo scored 42 goals in United's double-winning campaign last season . |
ee02b43d5ffbad01900e00d97b5fa16c176571a8 | Authorities have identified the mother of two toddlers who were found wandering alone on Thursday morning on a street in Long Beach, California . A relative of the children got in touch with police and named Shenae Irene Dixon, 23, to be the mom of the boys, who were left unaccompanied. Police released a photo of Dixon... | Shenae Irene Dixon, 23, is the mother of the boys, who were left unaccompanied .
A relative got in touch with police after seeing pictures of the boys .
A concerned passerby called police after spotting the children about 8:45am .
The two are both in good health but how they ended up alone is a mystery . |
ee02c905cd27f18e42442b9a7fb32f9c5508f862 | (CNN) -- Thirty-nine years ago, Roe v. Wade was decided. With the passage of nearly four decades, the landscape of abortion has changed in a way that should trouble even those who consider themselves pro-choice. Right now, 10 states and the District of Columbia have no statutory time limit on when abortions can be perf... | Mark Osler: 39 years after Roe v. Wade, time limits on abortion should be rethought .
Some states have no statutory time limit; others allow abortion up to the end of second trimester .
Osler says medical technology makes some fetuses viable in second trimester . |
ee03241e13984cbf5be430a93d8d008fbb519e03 | By . Lucy Crossley . Organiser: Ruthanne Reid, 57, (pictured at another event) was caught on camera at a hairdressing awards ceremony apparently headbutting one guest and striking another with her handbag . A hairdressing awards ceremony descended into a brawl after the organiser was caught on camera apparently headbut... | Ruthanne Reid appeared to strike a guest with bag at awards do in Glasgow .
Video footage from event at Thistle Hotel also appears to show headbutt .
Guest Kerry Campbell, 26, was also seen exposing her bottom to audience .
Michelle Keegan among 800 guests at INAA Scottish Hair and Beauty Awards .
Police attended but s... |
ee036b4c9dd766b5b2ad6ae57df679bfb9f83d90 | (CNN) -- Julie Hermann promised to help Rutgers' athletic program bounce back after an abuse scandal rattled the university and drew national attention. But now the woman tapped to turn around the troubled program is facing abuse allegations herself. Hermann's appointment as the school's athletic director came more tha... | NEW: Hermann: "There is a vast difference between high intensity and abusive behavior"
NEW: The university's president says the school stands by its choice .
In the 1990s, players said, Julie Hermann called them "whores, alcoholics and learning disabled"
Hermann picked to usher in a new era at Rutgers; officials praise... |
ee042a89fa798fbf789ab0a6dfc298e8e360c192 | More than 2,000 people have signed a petition calling for the arrest and prosecution of a group of teens who were caught on video viciously beating another teen after a baseball game in South LA. The boys were all leaving Valencia High School after the game last week when they allegedly attacked the boy, who is seen in... | Boy attacked after baseball game at Valencia High School in LA .
Around five teens choke and punch the victim before he flees .
His father has said the video proves who the perpetrators are .
Neither school or the police have identified or punished the attackers . |
ee047c280b6c93cadb89474231c1f53b4071a742 | By . Jenny Hope Medical Correspondent . Thousands of men with advanced prostate cancer could be denied a new drug by the NHS rationing body. Radium-223 extends life by nearly four months and improves quality of life for men whose cancer has spread to the bones. In . the latest blow to men with prostate cancer, the Nati... | New prostate drug Radium-223 extends life by nearly four months .
Nice said it is not able to judge whether drug is cost-effective .
Prostate cancer expert says 'We need to cut back the power of Nice'
Prostate Cancer UK describe the move as a 'terrible kick in the teeth' |
ee0492dacb9164b5d565c314d7c94771833c5fb7 | London (CNN) -- All former U.S. presidents, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and a raft of global dignitaries are invited to the funeral next Wednesday of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Downing Street said Thursday. The guest list also includes representatives of the Reagan family, Nelson Mandela's... | More than 2,000 invitations to Margaret Thatcher's funeral are being sent out .
Former U.S. presidents and Hillary Clinton are among those invited to the service .
Anarchists reportedly plan mass "party" Saturday to celebrate Thatcher's death .
Thatcher was widely admired on the global stage but is a highly polarizing ... |
ee05b5cd807453cb178e70411a018c9bb5190739 | Stephen Gately was found dead in Majorca in 2009 . The family of Boyzone star Stephen Gately are to hire a private investigator for a fresh inquiry into his death because they still have unanswered questions about what happened. Tony Gately, the former singer's younger brother, claims his family never had a full explan... | Boyzone star was found slumped on a sofa in apartment in Majorca in 2009 .
Five years later family still have unanswered questions about how he died .
They are in dispute with Gately's civil partner about star's £1.5m estate .
Gately's brother reveals he pleaded with Spanish police to reopen case . |
ee05e520b224749cb77517af18576a07817b589a | By . Luke Salked . Nirmal Gill, 49, allegedly murdered his wife Rosemary Gill, 48, in the bedroom of their home on July 20 last year . A jealous husband battered his wife to death with a metal dumbbell after he hired private detectives and found out she was having an affair, a court heard. Nirmal Gill, 49, is accused o... | Nirmal Gill, 49, accused of murdering his wife Rosemary Gill, 48 .
Alleged to have 'battered her over head with dumbbell' in bedroom .
It came after he discovered she was having affair with her ex-husband . |
ee0638c5c274347b2a28ce63bf0cc966d0fcb742 | By . Andy Dolan . PUBLISHED: . 17:58 EST, 25 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:00 EST, 25 April 2012 . When Liz Crowter put pictures of her vivacious daughter on a Down’s syndrome support group’s website, she had hoped to show others how those with the condition were ‘just like you and me’. But her efforts have backfired ... | Liz Crowter posted pictures of daughter Heidi, 16, on Down's syndrome support group website .
Mother contacted police but no investigation was launched . |
ee06458f756c2b4cb7ed77c6466d4cb26502db96 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 2:32 AM on 20th February 2012 . Yankees bosses are standing by their scandal hit general manager Brian Cashman as his embarrassing stalking case continues to make headlines. The father-of-two, who is facing a divorce after his alleged stalker claimed they had an affair and he ... | Accused stalker Louise Neathway claims to have had an affair with Cashman and says he got her pregnant .
Cashman's wife Mary filed for divorce after the alleged stalker claimed to have had an affair with the father-of-two .
Neathway has been accused of harassing her ex-husband and a long-line of former lovers since her... |
ee0669c600e9fa62e415b3c62e53a497acfa6574 | LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (CNN) -- Carlotta Walls LaNier points out the only two African-Americans in her senior class as she flips through her high school yearbook. She pauses when she sees the picture on a page dedicated to "Integration." Carlotta Walls LaNier and eight other members of the Little Rock Nine are invited t... | Carlotta Walls LaNier, eight others integrated Little Rock Central High School .
In 1957 school was all-white; today it's predominantly African-American .
"Little Rock Nine set the foundation" student says of Obama presidency .
LaNier hopes Americans will focus on a person's ability; not their race . |
ee068a49934591786939c03cfab9fdeced385ab0 | By . John Stevens . UPDATED: . 05:11 EST, 21 February 2012 . They have penalised British drivers for not carrying a warning triangle or a fluorescent safety vest. Now French police have another weapon to wield against holidaymakers – a law insisting all motorists have a breathalyser kit in their cars. The gadgets, desi... | Fine for drivers who fail to carry the £2 kit .
Rules in France already force drivers to carry a warning triangle and a fluorescent safety vest .
Critics brand latest measure a cash cow to make money out of foreign drivers . |
ee0699957a4d993474f1f0eb49a8905740f78d4d | (CNN) -- Despite his personal problems, golfer Tiger Woods received another accolade as he was voted PGA player of the year. Wood was chosen for the award by a vote from other professional golfers. "The recognition by [his] peers is one of the highest compliments a PGA Tour member can receive," PGA Commissioner Timoth... | Tiger Woods voted PGA Player of the Year by his peers .
Woods won six tournaments in 2009 .
Woods recently announced he would take golf hiatus to focus on family after admitting infidelity . |
ee06b2eca887fc07479b34ec80cdcecea968a204 | The advert for a 'customer-facing passenger assistant' has been criticised as 'gobbledegook' (file picture) The job adverts for a ‘passenger . assistant’ stressed that a ‘good face-to-face communicator’ was required . who must have ‘customer-facing experience’. Not to mention having a ‘natural flair for going the extra... | Plain English Campaign criticised The Go-Ahead group for the advert .
Said phrases like 'good face-to-face communicator' were gobbledegook .
'Passenger assistant' to be 'visible to passengers by patrolling both the lower .
and upper deck and be proactive in assisting with general inquiries' |
ee06e7d29c6812019a4c7d7def8bb1964566dd34 | Argentina and World Cup hero Diego Maradona thinks Germany's Thomas Muller 'has no muscles' but did well to rip Portugal apart as a 'ridiculous' and 'unprofessional' Pepe was sent off. Pepe's red card, after the Real Madrid defender's flailing arm caught Muller in the face before the thuggish nudge of his head made ref... | Diego Maradona says Thomas Muller 'has no muscles, but he tore (Portugal) apart' and 'it was just ridiculous to see (Pepe) act so foolishly'
1986 World Cup winner adds 'Cristiano Ronaldo was not allowed to be the player he is for Real Madrid'
Maradona says Cristiano Ronaldo was restricted and reckons Spain 'can bounce ... |
ee06ecd78cc830536aeed34ad7896113362cd2ea | (CNN) -- Nine years ago he was an electrician. Six months ago, he was worth some A$1.18 billion ($1.22 billion) Australia's mining boom having turned him into the country's richest person under 40 years old. Now, coal baron Nathan Tinkler, 36, is facing a mountain of debt. His wealth has plummeted to A$400 million, tha... | Billionaire Nathan Tinkler's rags-to-riches story in peril as his debt woes increase .
On Tuesday an Australian court ordered the liquidation of his personal holding company .
The 36-year-old mining magnate's racing empire and sports empire are in trouble .
Just nine years ago, Tinkler was an electrician working in the... |
ee0707d8fdef3bc7b5655106a3449b771710aec4 | Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama said Sunday that any controversy over his remarks last week that Israel-Palestinian negotiations should start from pre-1967 borders and include land swaps was "not based in substance." In his first speech as president to the main American-Israeli advocacy group, the American I... | NEW: A Palestinian official calls for sincere steps from Israel .
President Obama says the idea of pre-1967 borders with land swaps is nothing new .
Any controversy over his speech on the issue lacks substance, Obama says .
The president spoke to the main American-Israel lobbying group . |
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