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ee6caebd7065cde0fbe690e62b162d01c76f4203 | After escaping into the world of spiritual healing, an Australian couple made an unambiguous move to leave their comfortable lifestyle to run a retreat in the Amazon Jungle of Peru. It was a life-changing experience for Julian, 30 and Angela Moran, 31, when they discovered an ancient psychedelic plant medicine called ‘... | A Perth couple left their comfortable lifestyle to run a retreat in Peru .
It comes after Julian and Angela Moran experienced a spiritual ceremony .
They discovered an ancient psychedelic plant medicine called ‘ayahuasca’
It is used to heal extensive mental, emotional and physical problems .
The tea also produces a 'h... |
ee6ccb2eb352e4ca15e8e0df26b44e0e5c143b62 | (CNN)Julianne Moore won an Academy Award for her heart-wrenching performance in "Still Alice," in which she plays a linguistics professor with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Much has been written about her characterization of a woman struggling with the disease. But there's another reason the performance hits home fo... | Ai-jen Poo: "Still Alice" shows a scenario familiar to many Americans: An ailing family member and no plan for care .
She says it's good reminder in our aging population of the critical role that caregivers play in allowing us to live with dignity . |
ee6ced09c436a45a3ee5aee507bba3ee2abc1e69 | A woman who was shot by her stepdaughter's ex-boyfriend because she wouldn't let the girl spend time with him has died . Mary Lou Hutson, 55, died after a long battle against the injuries she sustained when Preston Pollard, 23, drove 15 hours to her house in Marion County, Florida, early Christmas morning and shot her... | Mary Lou Hutson, 55, of Ocala, Florida, died from gunshot head wound .
Preston Pollard, 23, thought to have shot her as she opened door to home .
Suspected shooter had driven from Venus, Texas, a 15-hour journey by car .
Richard Hutson, 36, also fatally shot. Ex-girlfriend Rose escaped to neighbor .
Pollard's car later... |
ee6dbbb03adc9e2761314918c7dc803000dfe0ad | Taking the family to a Walt Disney theme park is pricier than ever. The ticket price for a visitor aged 10 and up to Walt Disney World Resort's Magic Kingdom in Florida now costs $105. Including tax, the total price comes to $111.83. Magic Kingdom tickets for those ages 3 - 9 are slightly cheaper at $99. With tax, each... | It costs $105 to buy a one-day ticket for visitors ages 10 and up to Walt Disney World Resort's Magic Kingdom .
Magic Kingdom tickets for those ages 3 - 9 are slightly cheaper at $99 .
One-day tickets for those ages ten and up to Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park, each cost $97 .
... |
ee6e50d2293ee04fd50b0d33d3d28ba536f1a412 | (CNN) -- Health problems prevented Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez from coming to Caracas for an inauguration ceremony Thursday, but throngs of supporters swore an oath of loyalty in his absence. Thousands of red-clad Chavez supporters packed the streets around the presidential palace for a symbolic swearing-in for th... | Venezuela's vice president asks throngs of Chavez supporters to take a loyalty oath .
"I swear...to defend the presidency of Comandante Chavez," they say .
Rally comes as authorities reassure residents that Chavez's government continues .
Chavez is undergoing cancer treatment in Cuba and battling complications . |
ee6e7171c3336e4869c3a29a9b9779a4e4395788 | (CNN) -- Perhaps it's the inherently soul-crushing nature of the holiday season, but it seems many of our readers have been beset by quandaries of late. So, being the utterly benevolent souls that we are, we're choosing to devote this week's column to more reader questions. This week we tackle Facebook friend collector... | Have a Facebook friend who doesn't respond to your posts? They're likely a "friend collector"
Many friend collectors send requests out of curiosity and nosiness .
Should writers promote their work on Twitter? Yes, but they must do so in a tactical way . |
ee6e81db4825eb413000366791d098cdaec9f9cf | (CNN Student News) -- November 19, 2014 . A terrorist attack in the city of Jerusalem leads off our coverage this Wednesday. We're also reporting on a recession in Japan that could have an effect on the global economy. Our series on affording the cost of college continues with a look at skill-specific programs: What ar... | This page includes the show Transcript .
Use the Transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary .
At the bottom of the page, comment for a chance to be mentioned on CNN Student News. You must be a teacher or a student age 13 or older to request a mention on the CNN Student News Roll Call. |
ee6ead04de9deaa59003abb391845433673587e6 | TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Puzzled zookeepers in northern Japan have discovered the reason why their attempts to mate two polar bears kept failing: Both are female. A 4-year-old polar bear sent to impregnate a female polar bear at a zoo in Kushiro was found to be female as well. The municipal zoo in the city of Kushiro in H... | Zoo introduced polar bear cub to its resident bear and waited for sparks to fly .
And it waited and waited: Tsuyoshi never made amorous advances toward Kurumi .
Months later, the zoo makes key discovery: both bears are female . |
ee6eaefe68b8d75d3f952346486c14cd36bf7f9f | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:02 EST, 31 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:28 EST, 1 August 2013 . Teresa Giudice's life fell apart this week as the reality star and her husband were charged with 39-counts of financial fraud. And just when it seemed things couldn't get any worse it has emerged that her show Th... | Mother-of-four has thanked fans for 'love and support' on Twitter .
Family have been forced to hand over their passports to prevent 'great escape' to Italy .
Emerges Bravo are considering cancelling show to put an end to bad publicity . |
ee6ec128fdeba413b08fcf95421e664087259530 | By . Sara Malm . An Indian man has been sentenced to death after decapitating a baby and drinking the child’s blood. The incident took place two years ago during an occult ritual in Kalakuri village in Bankura, West Bengal, Indian media reports. Lakshmi Kanta Sarkar was found in a graveyard by a makeshift temple ‘drink... | Indian man found 'licking blood off a severed baby head' during ritual .
Self-confessed 'sorcerer' was nearly killed by mob who found him .
Lakshmi Kanta Sarkar sentenced to death by court in West Bengal . |
ee6f2814f9dbc2e45d207e3607b7a6d8224aa7d7 | By . Ryan Gorman . PUBLISHED: . 15:56 EST, 18 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:14 EST, 19 August 2013 . A Philadelphia woman is accused of tying her disabled cousin to a urine-soaked bed in a scheme to steal her assistance checks. Regina Bennett, 46, was first arrested early Saturday morning after an altercation with he... | Cops may never have found the prisoner had they not been called to break up a fight between neighbors .
Regina Bennett is in custody for both the fight and imprisoning her disabled cousin .
A family member defended Bennett, neighbors were shocked . |
ee6f4ca4a26c484addb212bd849be93806bcc9a3 | (CNN) -- It could have been the premise of a "Modern Family" episode: Three cast members get stuck in an elevator and joke about it on Twitter. Eric Stonestreet, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Julie Bowen were visiting Stonestreet's hometown of Kansas City, Missouri, when their crowded hotel elevator stopped short of the thi... | Eric Stonestreet, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Julie Bowen got stuck .
It happened on a visit to Kansas City, Missouri .
They were stuck for an hour before firemen rescued them . |
ee6ffd41c05b448de2f4e1411bcce4236609f5de | UK police and emergency services were heavily criticized Wednesday for their handling of a tragedy at a soccer ground in 1989 in which 96 people died, after an independent panel for the first time reviewed thousands of documents previously kept out of public sight. The crush at Sheffield's Hillsborough Stadium on April... | The mother of a victim vows to continue the fight for a new inquest verdict .
"These families have suffered a double injustice," PM David Cameron says .
A panel finds that police and ambulance services sought to deflect blame to the fans .
96 people died and hundreds were injured in the crush at Hillsborough Stadium . |
ee707603c0bd6a21adfb45920ba7d3be691cfa42 | By . Tamara Cohen For Daily Mail . The policy is set to be announced by Energy Secretary Ed Davey this week and will be included in the Liberal Democrat's general election manifesto . Homeowners could get £100 off their council tax bill if they make their property more energy efficient, under plans from the Liberal Dem... | Commitment set to be in Liberal Democrat's party manifesto next year .
Plans will be announced this week by Energy Secretary Ed Davey .
Policy would cost taxpayers £300m a year but would help Britain meet carbon emission targets . |
ee713a1cd54a1d564bacdb6f7f3f81a2e99a8aeb | Veteran actor Brian Blessed has withdrawn from a production of King Lear just over a week after collapsing on stage due to a heart condition. The booming-voiced 78-year-old initially continued with the show, in which he took the title role, but his agent said he was now withdrawing on medical advice. He said: 'Mr Bles... | Brian Blessed's heart condition is 'more serious than he was aware'
'On the advice' of his specialist he has pulled out of the production .
Blessed collapsed on stage during a performance in Guildford .
But after a 20-minute break he returned and completed the show . |
ee71655dc66892f624fbd0006f8f25201aeefbf3 | By . Matt Blake . PUBLISHED: . 11:28 EST, 23 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:34 EST, 24 July 2012 . The global ban on ivory trading should be lifted to stifle the recent surge in elephant poaching in Africa, the UN was told today. If adopted, the proposals would allow the sale of ivory only from elephants that died natur... | Proposals would allow the sale of ivory from elephants that either died naturally, culled, killed in trophy hunts or because they posed a threat .
The recent rise in Ivory poaching has been driven by Asian demand for ivory .
chopsticks, statues and jewelry .
It is the first time such a proposal has been made since a gl... |
ee7192cbb32a44b35e1a5b25a4a0f110f658d391 | By . Iona Kirby and Ellie Genower . PUBLISHED: . 01:12 EST, 4 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:26 EST, 4 June 2012 . The MTV Movie Awards winners are usually dominated by Twilight and Harry Potter. But this year it was breakout hit The Hunger Games that swept the ceremony, taking home four gongs. The film's star Jennifer ... | Hunger Games's Josh Hutcherson and Jennifer Lawrence take Best Male and Female .
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 loses out to Twilight - but wins Best Cast .
Jennifer Aniston wins Dirtbag gong for role in Horrible Bosses . |
ee71d0a80406a4365a232ae7c9c47e93b79e45a0 | Washington (CNN) -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords joined about 50 dignitaries and family members Thursday in Washington to mark the retirement of her husband, Capt. Mark Kelly, from the U.S. Navy. Kelly, 47,enlisted the military in 1987 and served as a combat and test pilot before joining the U.S. space program. He was part ... | Captain formally retired from the U.S. Navy on Saturday .
Vice President Biden presides over formal retirement ceremony .
Kelly's wife, Gabrielle Giffords, shot last January, takes part in the event .
The ex-astronaut says Giffords reminds him not to accept failure . |
ee725a58c642ca5cbdf7881d98478e923a4417f4 | After Tuesday's shooting at an Oregon high school, many media outlets, including CNN, reported that there have been 74 school shootings in the past 18 months. That's the time period since the December 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 children and six adults were shot to de... | CNN examined Everytown for Gun Safety's list of school shootings .
Everytown says 74 school shootings have occurred; CNN found 15 similar to Oregon shooting .
A 14-year-old was shot at an Oregon high school Tuesday, authorities said . |
ee72859047733eaf6a2f9a9806ad6316c88e85bd | By . Gerard Brand . Follow @@gedbrand10 . This seasons longest-running transfer saga finally has a signature. Arturo Vidal was spotted putting pen to a Manchester United shirt while on pre-season tour with Juventus, as his future at the Serie A side remains uncertain. Vidal, who is in Australia for the tour, has been l... | Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal signs Manchester United shirt .
Louis van Gaal has been chasing the Chilean all summer .
27-year-old yet to commit future to Serie A champions .
Paul Pogba says he hopes team-mate stays . |
ee728d1facfb62d11347e2ccfc5dd721c0f3d85d | Beijing (CNN) -- A miner in northeast China was rescued Saturday after being buried underground for 17 days, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The miner, whose name wasn't released, was in stable condition after receiving treatment in a hospital, the agency said. He was retrieved from a coal mine at about 4 a.... | A coal mine in northeast China floods May 2 .
A miner is rescued Saturday after 17 days underground .
A total of 10 miners died in the flood .
Ten more escaped, five were rescued and a search continues for three missing . |
ee73253e76f15502e9793baab72dad98e0d0b4b1 | Danny Cipriani has no intention of giving up. He won’t abandon all hope. Playing for England at the World Cup remains the objective, despite recent disappointment. The Sale fly-half has responded to being omitted from the national squad for the autumn Test campaign in fine style. Rather than allowing the setback to und... | Danny Cipriani was left out of England's Autumn Internationals squad .
The Sale Sharks fly-half hasn't given up hope of going to the World Cup .
The No 10 is preparing for a European Champions Cup clash with Saracens . |
ee738406c7e61760df7e110bbd3b0f81a689f91c | (CNN) -- A letter of reprimand was sent to the 911 operator who handled the emergency call from a social worker seeking help as Josh Powell killed his sons and himself in his Graham, Washington, home in February. It took eight minutes for 911 communications officer David Lovrak to send a police car, and it took an addi... | NEW: The operator was confused how the social worker "fit into the equation," the reprimand letter says .
Police arrived at the burning home 22 minutes after social worker's call, reprimand letter says .
911 operator David Lovrak missed "many red flags," his supervisor concludes .
Josh Powell snatched the children and ... |
ee749e47956e2e919d35df1e6bc9e7467e4f3fcd | Fraud and false claims for the state benefit that is most often abused has amounted to an astonishing £12.6 billion since the turn of the Millennium, MPs reported yesterday. The amount sucked out of Housing Benefit by welfare cheats, in exaggerated claims, and through straightforward bureaucratic blunders was the equiv... | Fraudulent and false claims have totalled £12.6billion since the year 2000 .
This is the equivalent of £1billion for the first 13 years of this century .
Loss to taxpayer would pay for policing Britain for a whole year .
Extent of the fraud was released in a report by Public Accounts Committee .
Report condemned the De... |
ee74c46ce4afd41b1bfa82379ec073bd02fe17fd | By . David Gardner In Los Angeles . PUBLISHED: . 19:13 EST, 18 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:13 EST, 19 November 2013 . Brittany Murphy's father has sensationally claimed that the tragic ‘Clueless’ actress was poisoned to death by after offering her celebrity backing to a whistleblower fighting the government. Ange... | Father Angelo Bertolotti, 87, claims Brittany and her husband were killed for supporting Department of Homeland Security whistleblower .
Julia Davis claimed U.S. was letting in terrorists over the Mexican border because of lax security and her backers were put under surveillance .
She and Mr Bertolotti are writing a te... |
ee750bb9f698665af946062ec602c73aabf32cb0 | WATERLOO, Illinois (CNN) -- A southwestern Illinois man accused of strangling his wife and two young sons did not ask how his family was killed or see their bodies after he learned of the deaths, a police official said at a preliminary hearing Wednesday. Christopher Coleman has pleaded not guilty and is being held with... | Police chief testifies at preliminary hearing for man accused of slayings .
Sheri Coleman, 2 sons killed in Columbia, Illinois, home .
Christopher Coleman, husband and father, is accused in the deaths .
Graffiti, threats against family tied to Coleman at hearing . |
ee75231c6ed87fdf7c9e9eea13e75540abfb1359 | (CNN) -- I moved from Turkey to New York right after college and stayed for 10 years. I instantly felt I belonged. No matter how small my apartment was, how little money I had or how bad the streets smelled, I was happy. I went to graduate school, worked, had the time of my life and became an adult. Although I missed m... | Binnaz Saktanber recently moved back to Turkey after spending a decade abroad .
She says she felt happy to be in Turkey during last summer's protests, hopeful for future .
Recently, she began to lose hope and started thinking about leaving again, she writes . |
ee757a5bf4431a9b6abb92c6c614affa67df3c5a | Helen Jones, 31, is said to have posed as an on-duty officer in Merseyside. When this photograph was taken, Helen Jones was a PCSO with Cheshire Constabulary . CCTV footage of a street brawl allegedly involving Liverpool FC captain Steven Gerrard was seized by an off-duty police officer as a 'as a tool for blackmail', ... | Helen Jones, 33, used her warrant card to get footage from a nearby bank .
It is alleged she took the footage on behalf of potential blackmailers .
The footage was then offered to the press, the court heard .
Jones'defence team argued that she was unaware of any criminal purpose . |
ee75bc145f3d6cbb0154c9f32e6bbc88cb58a3f9 | Joe Allen says Liverpool will be hoping Steven Gerrard can inspire them to the knockout stages of the Champions League - 10 years on from his historic heroics against Olympiacos. Needing victory to progress from the group stages a decade ago, the Reds were trailing 3-1 at home to their Greek opponents before Gerrard sc... | Liverpool host Basle in their Champions League group match on Tuesday .
Reds have to beat their Swiss opponents in order to qualify for the last 16 .
Liverpool drew 0-0 at home to Sunderland in Saturday's Premier League tie . |
ee75dcc2eb40bfb8a8a7a54327db1e8dddc702f5 | NEW YORK (CNN) -- Frank DiPascali, formerly the finance chief at Bernard Madoff's investment advisory business, pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday to 10 charges including securities fraud and international money laundering. Frank DiPascali, center in this courtroom sketch, said he knew for about 20... | NEW: Judge denies bail for Frank DiPascali, despite deal he had with prosecutors .
DiPascali, Bernie Madoff's fiance chief, pleads guilty to securities fraud .
Madoff was sentenced to prison this year for orchestrating Ponzi scheme .
DiPascali admits to creating false statements with historical stock prices . |
ee75e0c68790ea61466b2b6a660c5dd3a5ca60ef | A new video shows the moment that actor Dustin Diamond stabbed a man on Christmas night. On Thursday the actor - who played Screech on the popular nineties series Saved by the Bell - was arrested and charged with second-degree recklessly endangering safety; carrying a concealed weapon; and disorderly conduct, use of a... | A video shows the moment that Dustin Diamond stabbed a man at a bar on Thursday night before fleeing with his girlfriend .
Diamond, 37, is dating Amanda Schutz, a 27-year-old who works as a clown and goes by the name Loli Pop .
In the police report Dustin said 'he did not intentionally stab the individual in the bar'
H... |
ee7615dfb500dff1f706de6ae6f4e58706a5d772 | By . Eleanor Harding . Seven-spot Ladybird Beetle, feeding on pollen from a cherry flower, now believed to be a more amazing creature than previously thought . They may be smaller than the size of your fingertip. But when it comes to ladybirds, size is no barrier to might, according to new scientific research. Experts ... | New research reveals tiny bugs don't care about their size .
They estimate ladybirds can fly incredibly fast, reaching speeds of 37mph .
They can also stay in air for up to two hours, making long distance flights .
Can travel up to 74 miles in a single flight, according to new data .
Scientists at University of Hull ca... |
ee76363799e7dffc154ce8baba07ff92ab0cda1d | New York (CNN) -- Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., had been in the headlines for her alcohol and drug problems, but is remembered by relatives as a devoted mother and pioneer of "green" architecture. Mary Kennedy's family blasts stories on her death . A dark-haired beauty, Mary Richardson met ... | NEW: Mary Kennedy, 52, died of asphyxiation due to hanging, a local official says .
She is called a gifted architect and a "relentless advocate of green design"
She married Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in 1994, and the couple had four children together .
He filed for divorce in 2010, the same year Mary Kennedy was arrested fo... |
ee778d76bb20e64230d0a8461a00404ea4727528 | By . Ellie Zolfagharifard . PUBLISHED: . 05:08 EST, 30 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 11:06 EST, 30 January 2014 . China’s love-affair with the car has caused the country to suffer some of the world’s worst air quality. But now an innovative car vending machine has been unveiled in Hangzhou, on the the south-eastern coa... | At the push of a button, public can borrow cars from dispensing stations .
Cars reach speeds of 75mph and can travel for around 50 miles per charge .
Operator, Kandi Technologies, has opened two EV vending machines in Hangzhou and has plans to open another 10 this year . |
ee77bc29bb1ccda721cfe6d77ed3ca7fa0cbf12e | By . Travelmail Reporter . More than three quarters of Brits are booking their flights online, with the majority driven by lower prices. Some 77 per cent of holidaymakers snub travel agents in favour of buying plane trips on the internet, with 77 per cent of these saying cost is their main priority. Almost two thirds (... | Third of 18-24-year-old Brits always use smartphone to book online flights .
53% head to the net for flights so they can shop around for prices .
One in nine holidaymakers book their flights on the internet in 10 minutes . |
ee780a404681d45e5b6bcb44e44306a7bc78301d | (CNN) -- Goal machine Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Real Madrid won 3-2 at Real Betis in the Spanish Primera Liga on Saturday -- their 11th victory in a row. But it was far from easy for Jose Mourinho's league leaders, who trailed to an early goal in his 100th game in charge of the Spanish giants. Jorge Molina scor... | Real Madrid win 3-2 at Real Betis to go 13 points clear in Spain .
La Liga top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo grabs double .
Barcelona can cut the gap to 10 points with win at Racing Santander .
Roma improve European chances with win at Palermo . |
ee78945c0e2c0a54242f7e5c9ec181fe8b61a0c7 | By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 10:36 EST, 10 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:15 EST, 10 July 2013 . A 12-year-old boy who collapsed and ended up in a coma after attempting a bizarre craze called ‘thumb blowing', it was revealed today. Sam Thomas, of Newquay, Cornwall, copied an online video showing people how to put thei... | Sam Thomas, of Newquay, Cornwall, copied an explanatory online video .
Said to put thumbs in mouth, squeeze chest and blow through fingers .
Blacked out while trying stunt with friends before staggering to school .
But he soon started to feel faint before his body started 'shutting down' |
ee78bb623efcb270e3b39dcd9ba1b8b11c06114e | By . Hayley Peterson . Celeste Corcoran says she prayed for death as excruciating pain ripped through her body in the first chaotic seconds after the initial bomb went off at the Boston Marathon. But Celeste's husband, Kevin Corcoran, refused to let her go. He tore off his belt and wrapped it around one of her legs, ma... | Kevin Corcoran rescued his wife, Celeste Corcoran, 47, on the day of the Boston bombings .
Celeste still lost both her legs below the knee and daughter Sydney also suffered shrapnel wounds and a torn femoral artery .
'I wanted to die,' Celeste said, describing the pain .
Mother and daughter are recovering together in t... |
ee7933103300172b6b0b86ab15e2e791bef2fff3 | (CNN) -- World number one Rafael Nadal and second seed Roger Federer are through to the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Masters after straight sets victories on Thursday. Top seed Nadal, who is aiming for a remarkable seventh successive win on the Monaco clay, saw off local favorite and 13th seed Richard Gasquet 6-2 6... | Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer both reach the Monte Carlo Masters last eight .
Nadal defeats Richard Gasquet while Federer sees off Marin Cilic in straight sets .
Spanish top seed Nadal now faces Ivan Ljubicic, who shocked Tomas Berdych .
Fourth seed David Ferrer also impressive in brushing past Milos Raonic . |
ee797b970fde6b4373b60a8f1b29bda20f2de1fe | A notorious madam who allegedly supplied escorts to former New York governor Eliot Spitzer has condemned the 'day to day degradation' at Rikers Island and blames the conditions on her turning to prescription drugs. Kristin Davis, 38, spent four months in solitary confinement in the New York jail after she pleaded guilt... | Kristin Davis, 38, was found guilty of dealing prescription drugs this month .
The notorious madam faces 24 months in a federal prison .
Has described how she was in solitary confinement for four months .
Was 'not allowed a phone call, given food or a shower or real bathroom'
Said guards would comment on her body durin... |
ee79b4da4f3627be3360d497f22371a5ca9b7098 | A British jihadist from Coventry, nicknamed Osama bin Bieber, has been left disabled whilst fighting for Islamic State in Iraq. According to a source close to his family, Hadi told his father in late December that he had suffered ‘serious spinal injuries’ and was now completely deaf in one ear. He has been recovering i... | Mohammed Hadi, 19, told his dad that he suffered 'serious spinal injuries' and lost the hearing in one ear .
Nicknamed due to baby face looks, Hadi was operating as a ISIS police officer in Mosul .
He left Coventry with friends Ali Kalanter and Rashid Amani to join ISIS in March 2014 .
He is the last of the Coventry ... |
ee79bdfa8f5008287d0a56f008eafa6a1bef13cb | Retrial: Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who helped teh CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden has had a 33 year prison sentence overturned . The Pakistani doctor who was hailed a hero after helping the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden has had a 33 year prison sentence for treason overturned. Shakil Afridi was convicted in May... | Dr Shakil Afridi ran a vaccination program outside bin Laden's compound .
DNA was collected in an attempt to verify the al-Qaida leader's .
presence .
He was convicted on unrelated charges of .
'conspiring against the state'
Accused of giving money and providing medical aid to Islamic militants .
A Pakistani judicial .... |
ee79c5a83a083669497196bf905118d8c642bd0d | By . Hannah Roberts . A Bulgarian bishop has been sacked from his post after video emerged of him taking part in an orgy with four women. Bishop Boris, who headed the second largest monastery in Bulgaria, was filmed frolicking at a sex party with four women, which then leaked online and subsequently to the media. Bisho... | Bishop Boris was sacked after appearing in a sex tape with four women .
Bulgarian headed the second largest monastery in the country .
The 'orgy film' leaked online and made its way into the media . |
ee79d8906f66ee6db0bc2f8cb0d7ce5761ae917b | Two friends have been branded racist after 'blacking up' as tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams for a carnival parade. Kevin Stevens, 50, a local pub landlord, and his friend Jason Luke, 31, a builder, covered themselves in dark fake tan, brown face paint and afro wigs to join a tennis-themed carnival float. They ... | Kevin Stevens, 50, and Luke Jason, 31, dressed as tennis stars for carnival .
Wore fake tan, skirts and brown face paint for event in Truro, Cornwall .
But have been lambasted by onlookers and racism campaigners .
Costumes were called 'offensive', 'out-of-date' and 'inappropriate'
One of the pair says criticism is 'pol... |
ee7a4be398e52b47c14a9488baeeaf338745a0a9 | A sad little dog that waits in vain at a hospital for her beloved owner who has long since passed away has become Russia's answer to Scotland's 'Greyfriars Bobby'. Masha has been turning up looking for her master since he passed away at the Siberian hospital last year. The case mirrors that of the loyal Skye terrier wh... | Masha turned up at the Siberian hospital with her owner two years ago .
She was his only visitor and would return to their home at night .
After he died a year ago the dog continued to visit the hospital every day .
He was recently adopted but returned to the hospital within hours .
Has been compared to Greyfriars Bobb... |
ee7a8ae4c94638161471648a6ca693944abd6691 | (CNN) -- Luke Donald gave his preparations for next week's British Open a massive boost by securing a comfortable four-stroke victory in the Scottish Open at Castle Stuart, Inverness on Sunday. The world number one secured his third title of 2011 with a superb nine-under-par final round 63 -- his lowest-ever round on t... | World number one Luke Donald claims victory in the Scottish Open on Sunday .
Donald wins by four shots in the traditional warm-up event for the British Open .
The tournament is reduced to 54 holes because of adverse weather conditions . |
ee7ab05b6992c2fe55e62e4f2a289e05e249cb84 | Brave tourists have been trying out Chicago's newest attraction - a 1000ft-high viewing platform that offers spectacular downward facing views over the city. TILT is housed in 360 CHICAGO on the 94th floor of the John Hancock Tower and, as the name suggests, the enclosed glass and steel platform tilts visitors forward ... | The new attraction offers 'unrivalled views' of the Windy City .
Tourists are secured inside an enclosed glass and steel platform .
Observation deck tilts from 94th storey, offering downward panorama . |
ee7b3ea40a27a65c9a9fe4c07805dc871069b2c0 | (CNN)It started like any other of Peter Greste's 400 days in captivity. The Australian journalist, held in an Egyptian prison since December 2013, was exercising when the prison warden beckoned him over and told him that he needed to get ready to leave. "Pack your stuff," he was told. Confused, he asked the warden what... | An Australian journalist is released after more than a year in Egyptian prison .
Al Jazeera correspondent was convicted, alongside two colleagues, of supporting the banned Muslim Brotherhood .
Peter Greste says he felt a "real mix of emotions" upon his release . |
ee7b7b69837724533f03f797512098c3d2af1bc7 | (CNN) -- Louisiana State Police investigating wiretapping allegations against the New Orleans Saints football team said Monday they found no evidence any state laws were broken. The investigation began in April after ESPN, citing anonymous sources, reported that Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis had a device in his ... | ESPN reports that Saints GM Mickey Loomis could eavesdrop on opposing coaches .
State police find no evidence to support such a claim .
Loomis vigorously defended himself against the accusation . |
ee7b98ce2e326e83089c5d8be391e994e440fca8 | (CNN) -- Authorities have officially dropped all charges against an American who tried to snatch back his children from his ex-wife in Japan, the Fukuoka prosecutor's office said Thursday. Charges had been technically "on hold" since Christopher Savoie was released from jail in October, though legal experts had said th... | Christopher Savoie was jailed in Japan after trying to get kids back from mother .
Noriko Savoie was granted custody of kids, later fled to Japan .
Christopher Savoie was steps away from U.S. consulate when he was arrested .
Authorities released Christopher Savoie after he said he would not take kids "in this manner" |
ee7baeab04a97bf86b428bfae18524b5c95da9b0 | She’s known for her love of fast cars as host of BBC's Formula One coverage, but even Suzi Perry was impressed when called in to start up the four mighty engines of Britain’s largest cruise ship, P&O Cruises’ Britannia, for the first time. When working to full capacity, Britannia’s four engines will generate 62.4 Megaw... | Suzi Perry started engines of P&O's Britannia, Britain’s largest cruise ship .
Britannia’s four engines are powerful as 168 supercars or 1,000 normal cars .
The 141,000 ton ship will hits the water in March 2015 . |
ee7bbb8eb98f2a6a07dfd428cc8011dea559fdbb | By . Tania Steere . and Tamara Cohen . and Jenny Hope . A revolutionary vaccine that can stop meningitis B from devastating the lives of children has been approved for use on the NHS. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt was expected to announce today that the Government is going to fund the Bexsero vaccine. Last October the J... | Jeremy Hunt expected to reveal Government will fund Bexsero vaccine .
He has faced pressure to ensure vaccine is fast-tracked into routine use .
JCVI is moving towards approving NHS use of the £75-a-shot vaccine .
118 leading doctors wrote letter urging Hunt to give jab the green light . |
ee7c2fa84838a32750efb8202f7ca2e31a7c0071 | Traditional British rituals like eating a takeaway in front of the TV, or driving the short distance to work are killing us and need to be challenged. Greater public health interventions, similar to the smoking ban, are vital if society is to wage war on rising obesity levels, and combat related diseases including canc... | Dr Stanley Blue is a lecturer in social sciences at Manchester University .
We need to challenge social norms like drinking and eating junk, he said .
But these are social practices so preaching about being healthy won't work .
Smoking ban helped break the relationship between the pub and smoking .
Public health offici... |
ee7d05a4e16fd615aa84975fd06ced47dbd82b10 | Jimmy Savile’s £4,000 grave is to be dismantled on orders of his family 'out of respect for public opinion', it was announced yesterday. The astonishing U-turn by the Savile family was revealed only minutes after the Metropolitan Police press conference. Sources said the relatives were 'emotionally drained' by the shee... | Police have two formal allegations of rape and six formal allegations of indecent assault against presenter .
Detectives say alleged abuse 'primarily against girls spanned four decades'
Family 'emotionally drained by allegations' ask that late DJ's headstone be taken down .
Officers are 'expected to speak to celebritie... |
ee7d2a0b7fbcc51ce9ad2bddea0e0a2f2beb461b | Ancient graffiti belonging to a relative of Walt Disney has been discovered etched into the wall of Warwick Castle's prison. Experts believe the 372-year-old piece of writing scrawled on the walls by Edward Disney proves how close Mickey Mouse may have come to never being created if Walt Disney's relative had been exec... | Writing was scrawled on the prison walls 372 years ago by Edward Disney .
Disney was captured by the Parliamentarian Army after the Battle of Edgehill .
Distant relative of Walt would have awaited execution in castle's Guy Tower .
But because he was a wealthy noble he narrowly avoided being beheaded . |
ee7d2dd24d7168291e03c376d32d93e476d8293d | By . Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 11:58 EST, 13 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:58 EST, 13 September 2012 . A 12-year-old girl collapsed and died of natural causes after being hit by a rugby ball during PE class, a coroner ruled. Leonie Nice was playing tag rugby in the playground at Woodlands Comprehensive School in Ba... | A coroner ruled that Leonie Price, 12, died of natural causes after she was struck by a rugby ball .
She collapsed during PE class at Woodlands Comprehensive School in Basildon, Essex .
A forensic pathologist ruled out the possibility of being struck by the ball as triggering her sudden death . |
ee7dd8e19c9be9c0e6b593b494d810d742355ba8 | A mother-of-four was today mourning the death of one of her beloved Shih Tzus after it was attacked by two Staffordshire bull terriers during a walk. Debra Forman, 48, of Oldham, Greater Manchester, saw her ‘worst nightmare’ come true when tiny seven-year-old Ebony was killed after the vicious dogs launched an unprovok... | WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT .
Mother-of-four Debra Forman, 48, is mourning death of Ebony, seven .
Pet was killed when two vicious dogs launched an unprovoked attack .
Ebony suffered severed wind pipe and died in vet's intensive care .
Her other dog Millie was also badly injured and is now battling for life . |
ee7e11a32b3607f691cd5adea1bff5df265b7a73 | Workers from existing EU countries could be banned from moving to Britain if their economy collapses under Tory plans to overhaul EU rules, it can be revealed. David Cameron has vowed to put immigration at the heart of his plans to renegotiate the UK’s relationship with Brussels, before holding an in-out referendum. Th... | Cameron promises tackling freedom of movement is key to renegotiation .
Has suggested migration from poorer countries joining EU be curbed .
But senior Tories believe the limits could apply to existing member states .
Policy aims to stop workers fleeing countries with high unemployment . |
ee7e15c37c0a114147ef971f51493a0290cb07a6 | Washington (CNN) -- While acknowledging the hard-hit black community and budding criticisms in its ranks, President Barack Obama said in a speech Saturday night to the Congressional Black Caucus that he wouldn't give up -- and urged members of the black community to join him to jump-start the still-sluggish economy. "I... | NEW: Obama stresses "fairness," while admitting "we've got more work to do"
"Stop grumbling, stop crying," the president advises .
With the black jobless rate at 16.7% in August, it's major concern for officials .
Obama has recently been meeting with black journalists, leaders . |
ee7e70cc9d3a78bf3f17f710e997e3523fc42e01 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- An emotional Nancy Reagan helped unveil a statue of her late husband, President Reagan, on Wednesday, calling the 7-foot figure "a wonderful likeness." Nancy Reagan, with House Minority Leader John Boehner, wipes away tears at Wednesday's event. "I know Ronnie would be deeply honored to see himself... | NEW: Former first lady touts husband's "commitment to freedom"
California donated figure for Capitol Rotunda to honor former president .
Pelosi says statue contains pieces of Berlin Wall .
Commission planning events to mark 100th birthday in 2011 . |
ee7e791cbd86094ad1e8af35bf2439345e20b247 | Fukushima, Japan (CNN) -- After talking about spent nuclear fuel rods at Fukushima for more than two years, it is slightly disconcerting to suddenly be a few meters from them. Some 1,500 fuel units to be exact, rest in a cooling pool within the damaged Reactor 4 building. Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the crippled ... | Operators of crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to remove fuel rods .
1,500 fuel units resting in cooling pool within damaged Reactor 4 building .
Japanese nuclear plant damaged by earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 .
Process to remove the spent fuel is complex and potentially dangerous . |
ee7e7df35baa0982e493306a7d1869b85c36fcb1 | On Thursday, Dr. Kent Brantly thought he was going to die. It was the ninth day since the American missionary worker came down sick with Ebola in Liberia. His condition worsening by the minute, Brantly called his wife to say goodbye. Thankfully, the call was premature. Brantly is back on his feet -- literally -- after ... | Untested drugs can't be used in the midst of an outbreak, spokesman says .
Ebola drug ZMapp given to Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol .
Experimental drug had only been tested in monkeys . |
ee7ebd99850e4f1a8e7a366abfd963fdf2476f17 | The BBC sends out almost 100,000 letters every working day threatening viewers with £1,000 fines unless they pay the TV licence fee. MPs accused the corporation of heavy-handed bullying after it emerged it posted 47million letters demanding payment in the past two years. The mass mail-outs cost the BBC around £5million... | The BBC sent almost 46 million enforcement letters in the last two years .
At 20p per letter, the minimum cost over the two years is nearly £10 million, equivalent to the licence fee paid by 70,000 homes .
Last year the number of cautions and convictions for failure to pay the TV licence fell to 153,369 .
Andrew Bridge... |
ee7f07c331e206be4a581213d1f176e4d48b4e78 | Spanish newspapers Mundo Deportivo and Sport reflect on Barcelona's 2-1 Champions League win against Manchester City with much of the focus being on two-goal hero Luis Suarez. Suarez stole the show with a first-half brace during the first leg of their last-16 Champions League tie, however the Spanish publications belie... | Luis Suarez helped Barcelona claim 2-1 win against Manchester City .
Spanish papers praise Luis Enrique's side for display at the Etihad .
AS cover Real Madrid's pursuit of Manchester United keeper David de Gea .
Juventus duo Carlos Tevez and Alvaro Morata scored against Dortmund . |
ee7fb15063cedffdf67dc502b09abdf9f95c64f3 | (CNN) -- It seems "the worst drought that California has ever seen" has become even worse. It has been a month since Gov. Jerry Brown said the state was facing perhaps "the worst drought that California has ever seen since records (began) about 100 years ago." New numbers released Thursday are painting an even dimmer p... | The whole state is "abnormally dry," report says .
Gov. Jerry Brown has asked Californians to cut back on water use .
President Obama has announced federal aid . |
ee7fc58fc0e113cddf890d28d20cf4f63e368ae7 | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 10:11 EST, 18 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:23 EST, 18 March 2013 . A schoolgirl has been found dead in a village park after her family discovered that she was missing from her bedroom yesterday morning. Angelica Witt was found dead in the park by an early morning walker 30 minutes aft... | Angelica Witt was discovered in a park in Ynysbwl, south Wales .
Teenager had been her 'bright and bubbly' self Friday before she died .
Comes weeks after she said she had struggled with exam .
Police not treating death as suspicious but say it is 'sudden' |
ee7fc8ef0211fbf3e421986fa6ecd18946daab9d | Hong Kong (CNN) -- The number of Tibetans in China who have set themselves on fire to protest Beijing's rule has reached 100, according to Tibetan advocacy groups. Lobsang Namgyal, a 37-year-old former monk, set himself on fire earlier this month in Aba prefecture, known in Tibetan as Ngaba, an ethnically Tibetan area ... | NEW: The Tibetan man who set himself on fire in Nepal has died, police say .
The 100th Tibetan to self-immolate inside China is a former monk, Free Tibet says .
He set himself on fire on February 3, but it took time for news of the act to emerge .
Dozens of Tibetans have self-immolated in recent years to protest Chines... |
ee8055d65406735a60c57d6c8afa4fbd580e26d8 | Vermont Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy has set off on the first congressional mission to Cuba following Obama's announcement on Dec. 17 that Washington would start normalizing ties with its old Cold War foe. Leahy is heading a group of four Democratic senators and two Democratic representatives, all of whom have visi... | Leahy is heading a group of four Democratic senators and two Democratic representatives, all of whom have visited Cuba in the past and who strongly support Obama's policy .
Their three-day trip aims to get an idea from Cuban government officials of how they see the normalization process and convey a sense of what Ameri... |
ee805943fcfcf9adaf53129b43d79184581b19eb | (CNN) -- Jon Hamm has to have throat surgery, but it doesn't sound like it will keep the actor down for long. According to his team, the 42-year-old "Mad Men" star is poised to go under the knife next week in order to get a polyp removed. Hamm's rep tells CNN the operation will be a "very simple outpatient procedure." ... | "Mad Men" actor Jon Hamm will have throat surgery soon .
It will be a simple procedure to remove a polyp .
Reports have suggested the polyp has been affecting his voice .
The final season of his show will start airing episodes next spring . |
ee805f37c5540e6cf536ac9b4addf7ffa091e0f8 | (CNN) -- Syria smoldered on Saturday as soldiers executed dozens of defectors in Idlib province and shelling persisted in the besieged city of Homs, activists told CNN. More than 40 soldiers trying to defect from an army unit in Idlib province were executed by government troops, according to activists from the town of ... | Military defectors are executed in Idlib province, activists say .
Shelling continues in several Homs neighborhoods, activists say .
A suicide car bombing is reported in Daraa, where the uprising started .
The bodies of journalists Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik are handed over to Western diplomats . |
ee8063e8682071d11911f810503c3ea5b85788d1 | (CNN) -- Google recently announced that it would start including individual users' names and photos in some ads. This means that if you rate some product positively, your friends may see ads for that product with your name and photo attached -- without your knowledge or consent. Meanwhile, Facebook is eliminating a fea... | Bruce Schneier: It's no surprise that companies are tracking us more aggressively .
Schneier: Keep in mind that you're the product; their real customers are the advertisers .
He says for example, the "Do Not Track" law is essentially useless to protect consumers .
Schneier: Many sites run on advertising; companies have... |
ee8072fd36377fd873d67e8c9233e3d4aab15854 | She may be an established member of the Hollywood A-list, but Cameron Diaz, 42, has never played by the rules. And that includes her secret, somewhat surprising marriage to Good Charlotte rocker Benji Madden,35, and their subsequent low-key honeymoon in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The newlyweds opted for a rustic post-weddi... | The actress,42, and her rocker husband, Benji Madden, 35, headed to the luxurious Shooting Star resort in Wyoming .
The luxurious resort offers couples the ideal romantic setting for a honeymoon, with golf, skiing and spa facilities .
America's cowboy state boasts the famous Yellowstone National Park as well as Grand T... |
ee80e1bcec8130172e203d857089ee037c6c1cc1 | By . Rachel Quigley . PUBLISHED: . 15:56 EST, 1 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:33 EST, 1 November 2012 . Suspicions: Head football coach Todd Hoffner, 46, was arrested on allegations that he had possessed and produced child pornography . A university football coach facing child pornography charges took the stand yes... | Todd Hoffner, 46, was escorted off the pitch in August during training .
He was charged on two pornography counts after three videos of his children were found on a work-issued cellphone .
A search of computers taken from the Hoffner home found 'no additional items that would be considered child pornography' |
ee8124e905e3179d065d769a207edfa00e961800 | A small fragment of ancient pottery found in modern Israel has shed light on its Biblical inhabitants and could prove that the reigns of King Solomon and King David actually occurred. The 10th century BC 'Ophel Inscription' was unearthed last year, and scientists were initially baffled by the bizarre language that was ... | Archaeologists discovered small piece of pottery with writing on it last year .
Found in modern day Israel, the 3000-year-old Ophel Inscription was originally though to have Biblical Canaanite language on it .
Now expert believes mysterious language is Hebrew, which could prove that ancient Israelites recorded history ... |
ee815591a7e24bb1d6752d0b719175f9dc9b6c73 | (CNN) -- They are always the last to understand. It's weird, isn't it, the way our greatest cheaters and liars go so far and so hard in their efforts to win and dominate and overcome that, en route, they fail to see the inevitable downfall that awaits? Back in the early 2000s, when I was a baseball writer at Sports Ill... | Jeff Pearlman: Great sports cheaters are always the last to anticipate their downfall .
One example: Barry Bonds was high-living, inaccessible, felled by a doping scandal, he says .
He says Lance Armstrong now charged in doping, could be stripped of cycling triumphs .
Pearlman: Armstrong, others hurt fans, other athlet... |
ee8166a7ccca5eb8d7ee949ca97e7396c5a8d60a | On a road jammed with traffic in Kabul is a hospital behind very high walls. There's a security checkpoint at the gate and once inside, the guards search all belongings -- checking every bag, opening every zipper and looking through the lens of our TV camera to make sure it's not a bomb. Inside the compound are single ... | Four children were killed in a teen suicide bombing on September 8 .
They included Khorshid Hawa, 14 and her sister Parwana who was just ten .
Naweed Tanha, 17, tells of the moment the bomber attacked .
Most of the children were members of Skateistan, a charity for street kids . |
ee81741e9d3eedd5a163aed2480871f6d6a951d1 | By . Daniel Miller . PUBLISHED: . 12:28 EST, 26 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:28 EST, 26 June 2012 . A man has died after crashing into a post while strapped to a board in a new craze known as 'land surfing'. The 26-year-old and two friends were skating with their feet secured to a surfboard on wheels when the acciden... | Lithuanian man was not wearing helmet when he smashed into post . |
ee81ef8f4aeecd3a4490bcf092fd8449cadf760d | Newcastle United will attack from the word go this season after Alan Pardew hailed the raft of offensive reinforcements bought by the club this summer. Nine new players have arrived at St James’ Park, including Emmanuel Riviere, Siem De Jong and Jack Colback - offering Toon fans reason to expect a more attacking style.... | Pardew believes the offensive players he has signed are 'real quality'
He insists his side will 'a brand of football' that Newcastle fans 'expect'
The club held an open training session as St James' Park on Tuesday .
Newcastle have signed players including Remy Cabella and Siem De Jong .
They have recruited nine player... |
ee81f45e83b4ed7212432ee8b0aa79172f604956 | A former American school teacher is being extradited to the United States to face prosecution in Illinois on sexual assault charges, the U.S. Embassy in Bosnia said Wednesday. American Michael R. Vucic is charged with predatory criminal sexual assault and criminal sexual assault while employed at a public school in Ing... | Michael R. Vucic is charged with predatory criminal sexual assault and criminal sexual assault while employed at a public school in Ingleside, Illinois .
He allegedly assaulted a girl in 2012 while teaching at Gavin South Middle School in Ingleside .
At the time she was one of Vucic's students and in his class .
Vucic ... |
ee8233c75c80d400973c746973e4de574a3f9b54 | These photographs taken by shocked travellers aboard a Thai AirAsia flight reveal the dramatic moment a female flight attendant was scalded with hot water by an unruly passenger. The female passenger, from China, attacked the flight attendant with a cup of noodles in a violent row that began when she found out that she... | Thai AirAsia flight was en route to Nanjing, China from Bangkok .
Group lashed out at crew because they were unhappy with their seats .
Man believed to be woman's boyfriend threatened to blow up plane .
Plane returned to Bangkok while first aid was delivered to flight attendant .
Passenger and her entourage were kicked... |
ee823bba2e9f4281b679bdfc36d24a3a295f18cc | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 06:21 EST, 10 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:24 EST, 10 April 2013 . David Hughes, who was accused of child sex offences, was found dead at his home after being subjected to an online hate campaign . A coach driver facing child sex allegations is feared to have killed himself after being... | David Hughes was due to stand trial in June on six child sex charges .
He was found dead at his home in Clayton-Le-Moors in Lancashire .
Was accused of grooming girls from a local majorettes troupe .
Father-of-two denied charges but was subjected to online hate campaign .
Friends said he had been left 'devastated' afte... |
ee82b596c00f04975342dc90d59fd5f3711f9c5e | By . Tim Shipman . PUBLISHED: . 07:12 EST, 5 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:39 EST, 5 August 2013 . Mothers who stay at home with their children have made a ‘lifestyle choice’ and can expect no help with their childcare costs, George Osborne declared yesterday. The Chancellor enraged campaigners by unveiling a plan to... | Online voucher system expected to benefit about 2.5m households .
Even two parents who earn £150,000 a year each will get payments .
But plan has been criticised as an 'insult' to stay-at-home mothers .
Chancellor says non-working mums have made a 'lifestyle' choice .
Vouchers available to both parents earning up to £1... |
ee83272af0fcb8fa1b51e21a45b203859ead8d86 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:48 EST, 17 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 17:48 EST, 17 July 2012 . Not condemned: John Riccardi, who is convicted of killing rock guitarist Dave Navarro's mother nearly 30 years ago, will skip the death penalty because of a supreme court ruling . The California Supreme Court toss... | John Riccardi convicted of killing Connie Navarro nearly 30 years ago .
California Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that judge over Riccardi's trial improperly dismissed potential juror .
Ruling could affect other death row inmates, including Scott Peterson . |
ee8340cac8b8a4fd0a1bcf2c960dc2ac8df8610c | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Peter Head is a Director of Arup, a global firm of designers, engineers, planners and business consultants. He's playing a leading role in the planning and building of China's first eco-cities -- Dongtan and Wanzhuang. Peter Head is in charge of planning and development for Dongtan and Wanzhua... | Peter Head, director of Arup, has leading role in building China's first eco-city .
Believes sustainability is about long-term thinking, planning for future use .
Says energy supply, use and security are making major cities unsustainable .
Head: Developing countries must realize their future is in the "ecological age" |
ee83e2c143baf15fb249d2fcfc76c2a99c5298b1 | An undocumented Harvard University student was recently granted access to re-enter the U.S. after making the desperate decision to cross the border into Mexico to see his dying mother. Film student Dario Guerrero Meneses, 21, has been stranded in mexico for weeks after his mother's passing but on Tuesday he received th... | Dario Guerrero Meneses, 21, a film major at Harvard, has been living in crime-ridden Mexico City suburb since the summer .
He traveled to Mexico this summer to take his cancer-stricken mother to a clinic .
Rocio Meneses Diaz passed away August 14, and when her son tried to re-enter the country, he was turned back .
Dar... |
ee83e824e0db8aee7199127bf7b1b8b22eab21f6 | After tackling Britain’s unhealthy school dinners, Jamie Oliver has turned his attention to a new scandal of ‘criminal’ proportions. The celebrity chef says thousands of tonnes of wonky fruit and vegetables are being thrown away every year because supermarkets do not want to buy imperfect produce – and Britons do not w... | Celebrity chef says good produce is being thrown away as it is 'wonky'
Adds that it is 'criminal' that thousands of tons are being cast aside .
Says there's no difference in taste or nutritional value of misshapen food .
Comments come after investigation for new TV show Friday Night Feast .
Asda are to roll out a trial... |
ee83ff61f1bcc68ebb84143f49701c90e979b1a1 | After Chris Everitt was put in charge of a failing school, he thought it would be a good idea to sit in on lessons to see how the teachers were faring. But now he is facing strike action after the teachers claimed such a move would put them under ‘intolerable’ pressure. Westwood Girls College was placed in special meas... | Headteacher Chris Everitt has been trying to improve the failing state school .
Ofsted rated Westwood Girls College inadequate in January .
Staff will strike in protest at being monitored more than three times a year . |
ee842390695224b69885d0f53244d0ab196809b8 | New York (CNN) -- Two of the three individuals believed to be involved in a potential 9/11 anniversary plot against New York or Washington are Americans of Arab descent who traveled to the United States last week, according to a U.S. government official. However, another law enforcement official said there is no eviden... | NEW: NYPD Commissioner Kelly says the possible threat is credible, specific and uncorroborated .
"Nothing's really panned out yet," says a law enforcement official .
Officials are trying to locate two missing U-Haul vans in Maryland .
Two of three people believed involved in possible plot traveled to U.S. last week, an... |
ee8475c54314d855f8f011c2994ab890a78c7ebd | The second detachment of American troops arrived in Monrovia this Sunday to bolster health services in the country according to a source speaking to Agence France-Press. The United States is expected to send a total of 3,000 soldiers to Liberia to train health workers fighting to contain the outbreak of Ebola that has ... | The first 7 soldiers arrived in Monrovia Thursday with 45 to arrive in the next 2 detachments .
The United States will provide 3,000 soldiers in total to train and recruit health workers, as well as construct treatment centers .
American troops will not provide direct treatment to Ebola patients .
A United Nations reso... |
ee849956a2256cfe10b612b3de98f19076ca26d4 | OAKLEY, California (CNN) -- The black box sat inside a cabinet. Philip Garrido had given it to a friend for safekeeping, and that's where the friend kept it. The black box has jacks for plugging in headphones. Philip Garrido claimed it could speak his thoughts. "He feels he can speak to you and me and everyone else usi... | Phillip Garrido told people box allowed him to communicate without speaking .
He would only move his lips, friend says, and you were supposed to hear his voice .
Garrido and his wife face felony counts in case of Jaycee Dugard, abducted in 1991 .
For more on this story, watch "Anderson Cooper 360" Monday at 10 p.m. ET ... |
ee84cc29be54d81bf56531aba1d7e0eac9f086c4 | By . Leon Watson . Dangerous: A drawing pin in Richard Cooper's front tyre during the Wiggle New Forest Spring Sportive on Saturday . Saboteurs angry at bicyles 'taking over' country roads targeted a cycling event by scattering nails, putting lives of riders in danger. Nails were strewn along the road in a New Forest v... | More than 20 cyclists in the Wiggle Sportive race suffered punctures .
2,000 cyclists took part in the 84-mile ride which has angered locals .
Police are investigating the incident in Bransgore, Hampshire .
Drawing pins were also thrown on the road at the same event last year .
MP Julian Lewis condemned sabotage as 'ab... |
ee85815cdb525dc9246c5dd74dc686960e8d7ae9 | Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has had a one-game suspension rescinded, making him eligible for Sunday's NFC wildcard game against the Dallas Cowboys. Appeals officer Ted Cottrell reduced the discipline to a $70,000 fine, the NFL announced on Tuesday, after Suh could be seen stepping on the left leg of Gr... | Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has had a one-game suspension rescinded, making him eligible for Sunday's NFC wildcard game .
Suh deliberately stepped on Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers' ankle during Sunday's Lions-Packers game, the NFL ruled .
This as the wife of Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford cal... |
ee858a0b0492727275672903de29da3c465dc4b3 | By . Associated Press . An Indiana man has become the first American to be infected with a deadly virus that has swept across the Middle East, it was announced today. The man fell ill after arriving in the U.S. about a week ago from Saudi Arabia where he is a health care worker. He traveled via London to Chicago before... | Indiana health care worker with MERS had recently returned from Saudi Arabia .
Of the 400 people who have been infected with the disease, 100 have died . |
ee859f7b3091fec95b0c75f8d52e079f128ff885 | A blind Pennsylvania man has died after accidentally setting his clothes on fire while trying to warm a towel in a microwave oven. James Shaffer, 68, told investigators he was warming the towel to put it on his sore leg Tuesday evening in Stonycreek Township. But investigators say using a microwave to warm a dry towel ... | James Shaffer, 68, was heating the towel for his sore leg on Tuesday night .
Legally blind, he didn't realize the microwave had set it alight .
His clothes went up in flames but he managed to get to the bathroom and put them out in the shower .
Despite suffering burns to 80 percent of his body, fire crews said he was c... |
ee85a2f3bbca1bd1d954efcc87ee5014d5d24ad3 | Education ministers and their staff 'lacked inquisitiveness' about fears of extremism in schools, a report warned today. The Department for Education has been told it needs to 'always be vigilant and inquisitive' after an internal review said the issue was not taken as seriously as concerns about child protection. Chri... | Department for Education told it must 'always be vigilant and inquisitive'
Fears of extremism not taken as seriously as child protection concerns .
Permanent secretary Chris Wormald did not find warnings were ignored .
But stressed need for robust systems in place to deal with the threat . |
ee8673c962bd8ef72cd096d26e45049c82cd6947 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Dead: Sex offender Charles Mozdir, 32, had been on the run for two years prior to being shot dead following a dramatic shoot-out in New York City on Monday afternoon . A fugitive pedophile who was gunned down in New York City in daylight was turned in by his boss who recognised him from a tel... | Charles Mozdir, 32, had been accused of molesting young boys in California .
Authorities tracked him to a Greenwich Village smoke shop .
He died on Monday after firing at NYPD cops . |
ee86a8a114fec44d76b2d6dada866652a838a6f3 | Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Allied forces suffered a day of heavy losses in Afghanistan Friday after a helicopter crash killed six U.S. Marines and an attack killed four French soldiers, prompting Paris to consider an early troop withdrawal. The Marines died after their CH-53 helicopter crashed in Helmand province, a U... | Six U.S. Marines die in a helicopter crash, a U.S. military official says .
French troops are killed by an Afghan soldier were unarmed at the time, an official says .
President Nicolas Sarkozy: France may bring troops home early if security isn't restored .
NATO chief Rasmussen pays tribute to four French soldiers kill... |
ee86e246ee949cd75d452207916c934cb9b8fe42 | Jurgen Klopp insists he is a better manager now than he was two years ago when Borussia Dortmund last won the Bundesliga. The charismatic boss sees no reason to stand down despite Dortmund sitting bottom of the league and remains confident he can turn their fortunes around this season. Klopp, 46, has been tipped as Ars... | Jurgen Klopp insists he is going nowhere despite Borussia Dortmund's poor start to the Bundesliga season .
The 46-year-old manager has been linked with Arsenal .
He says he is a better manager than he was two years ago .
Dortmund are currently bottom of the Bundesliga table . |
ee87211ec28dc9b90b0b8f4529efbb0123a65104 | By . Emily Allen . UPDATED: . 06:01 EST, 6 December 2011 . Thugs who dumped huge chunks of concrete on to passing cars could be linked to 30 separate incidents on the same stretch of road police have revealed. Officers said they were looking into a string of attacks on the A12 near Brentwood, Essex, in the past two yea... | Last week Lisa Horne, 26, was driving when she heard a loud bang and her window shattered .
She says she was 'lucky to be alive' after walking away uninjured .
Mother Stella says: 'I don't know how they can go home and sleep... they could have killed four people'
57-year-old woman still in hospital after second concret... |
ee8749061a74b0debb3bfe8cae096ef1e98f4828 | A cargo ship that was stranded for nearly three weeks after it was beached on a sandbank has finally docked after being towed back to port. The 51,000-tonne Hoegh Osaka, which is carrying more than £30million worth of cargo, was grounded deliberately on a sandbar as it left Southampton on January 3 after it started lis... | Hoegh Osaka ran aground as it left Southampton for Bremerhaven, Germany, on January 3 with 25 crew aboard .
The 51,000-tonne ship was steered deliberately towards sandbar after it began to list severely shortly after leaving .
Multi-million pound plan to re-right the ship - which needed to be done before it could be to... |
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