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eeac2efaf0c8b32dfa58a75af09876514cedc560 | (CNN) -- A massive dust storm swept through parts of Australia on Wednesday, bathing the city of Sydney in a reddish haze. The Sydney Harbour Bridge is seen on Wednesday in Sydney, Australia. Susan Paget marveled at the eerie red view from the balcony of her apartment in Manly, a suburb of Sydney, and said she took the... | Residents of Sydney, Australia wake to eerie red haze over surrounding areas .
Weather forecasters say strong north-westerly winds blew dust in overnight .
Wind blew dust storm north onto Brisbane, predicted to move further north .
iReporter: "It was totally bizarre to wake up and see such a red bizarre sky" |
eeac41ddd7ccb82297ce940193172ec0307e533e | (CNN) -- Rip it up and start again. As a 20-year-old, Ana Ivanovic claimed the French Open on Roland Garros' clay courts. All the portents suggested great things were ahead of the Serbian. Here was a tennis player with an impressive forehand and serve, with the added bonus of being incredibly marketable. But six years ... | Ana Ivanovic has a new all-Serbian team behind her for the first time .
The 26-year-old has parted company with a number of coaches in the past .
The Serbian's last grand slam success came at the French Open in 2008 .
She is feeling confident about new season after finishing 2013 ranked 16th . |
eeac781987d4b634910a8049345a4293e17d549d | By . Mia De Graaf . PUBLISHED: . 13:22 EST, 7 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 14:03 EST, 7 January 2014 . A police officer, her lover and his wife stole thousands of road crash victims' details from her force computer and sold them to injury lawyers in a conspiracy that could have been worth £1million, a court heard. For... | Sugra Hanif, 27, 'downloaded 2,456 unique reference numbers from Thames Valley Police computers and sold them to injury lawyers for £800 fee each'
She and lover Raza Khan deny obtaining personal details and conspiracy .
Khan's wife, Paramjeet Kaur, 26, also accused of conspiracy, denies charge .
Winchester Crown Court ... |
eeaca02c92b714cad08d129594df20531272953f | (CNN) -- Do 41,363 days sound like much time? You very likely won't live that long, but James Sisnett did. That's long enough to have seen the first silent movie, when it came out, provided a movie theater even existed back then on the island of Barbados, where Sisnett spent his life. He was three years old the first t... | James Sisnett is celebrated as a witness to history on his native Barbados .
He was likely the second oldest man alive when he died at 113 .
As a child, he may have heard the news of the first airplane flight .
Sisnett was born in the 19th century . |
eeada8d9f64fa889d9f1b9dd41945291462fa63e | (CNN) -- China's energy imports are so fundamental to its survival and development that China's new leadership has taken extraordinary steps to secure future supplies. In a flurry of official visits over the past two months involving President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, China has sough... | China's new leader has taken extraordinary steps to secure future energy supplies .
President Xi Jinping's first state visit was to ink an energy deal with Russia .
Follows a spate of Chinese oil and gas investments in Africa, the Middle East and Australia .
China overtook the United States as the world's biggest energ... |
eeade1a9dc61a218147de632fc6cc100d1798d83 | (CNN) -- The last few years when he has played at his home grand slam, the Australian Open, Lleyton Hewitt has been asked: When are you going to retire? The former No. 1 has been hit hard by injuries in recent campaigns, undergoing multiple hip operations and another procedure to mend a foot, so it's not the silliest q... | Lleyton Hewitt wins his first title in four years by defeating Roger Federer .
Hewitt became the first player to break Federer in Brisbane and triumphs in three sets .
Federer's record against his fellow 32-year-old and grand slam champion fell to 18-9 .
But there was a Swiss winner in Chennai courtesy of Stanislas Waw... |
eeaea125d1b5b2219bd57baa5cac828d355b6198 | A shocking YouTube video has surfaced apparently showing a man brazenly smoking the drug ice inside a public train on a sunny day. The footage begins inside the carriage of a train passing Hawthorne station, in Melbourne's eastern suburbs. The camera zooms in on a shaven-headed man holding a glass pipe, using a jet lig... | The video comes from a train passing Hawthorne, east Melbourne .
A man is apparently smoking ice with a glass pipe in plain view .
The Australian Crime Commission has declared we are in an 'ice pandemic'
The drug, which is extremely addictive, can quickly cause brain damage .
The purity of the drug on the street has g... |
eeaee1bf050f2f00cbf928cef3e90cdbb43b15db | The Conca d’Oro - the Golden Basin - sounds like something hidden and precious. It is. This is a part of Tuscany, deep in the Chianti region, that not even Tuscany insiders know about. It’s a place you might stumble across, if you were lost. I should know. Although it’s only a 60-mile drive from Pisa, I got lost and di... | The Conca d'Oro - the Golden Basin - is one of Tuscany's less-known areas .
Small, idyllic villages such as Panzano are the order of the day in the area .
The town is also home to the butcher every celebrity chef has on speed dial . |
eeaf604182cd7aff6b202dcda33a7b2258414f8c | With his big blue eyes and beautiful grin, Dexter Cook was his parents’ pride and joy. But tragedy was to strike just weeks after the infant’s first birthday when his devastated mother and father found him dead in his cot. Desperate to know why Dexter had been a victim of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), parents Ja... | Dexter Cook died in his sleep last year, shorty after his first birthday .
Parents James, 37 and Gemma, 33, were told their son died of cot death .
A DNA test found he had a gene mutation associated with heart problems .
This may have caused his death but has never been seen before in a child .
Experts said breakthrou... |
eeafa9cc0fcffaae2382eb7adfd308a039312ceb | The newest player in the ongoing Deflate-gate saga doesn't wear a helmet when he goes to work. According to a new report, the NFL has focused its investigation on a Patriots locker room attendant caught shuttling balls from the official's locker room to another room in Gillette Stadium surveillance footage before they ... | NFL insiders revealed Monday that league authorities have now interviewed the Gillette Stadium attendant more than once .
Surveillance footage shows the attendant taking game balls from the official's room to another room before they saw game play, says a report . |
eeb091d1996fb3a8df2b699639e5768bd253d444 | Yohan Cabaye ensured Zlatan Ibrahimovic was able to get one over on his old boss Roberto Mancini in the Qatar Winter Tour match between Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan. The French midfielder calmly slotted home in the 57th minute to give PSG a deserved 1-0 victory at Le Grand Stade in Marrakech, Morocco, on Tuesday... | Yohan Cabaye opened the scoring in the second half with a neat finish .
Zlatan Ibrahimovic missed two good chances to put PSG ahead before that .
Mauro Icardi came closest to scoring for Inter with a dinked effort .
PSG XI: Douchez; Van Der Wiel, Aurier, Camara, Digne; Verratti, Chantome, Matuidi, Cabaye, Rabiot; Ibrah... |
eeb0c11d557dc429e7bbe782fb5130346c160bac | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 11:10 EST, 19 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:12 EST, 19 November 2012 . Ex-Chief Whip today denied giving Nadine Dorries permission to abandon her constituents for a month to take part in I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here. The MP for Mid-Bedfordshire... | Jennie Dorries told ITV her mum was cleared by party bosses to take a month off from the Commons .
But former Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell says she never asked for permission to jet off to the jungle . |
eeb1114ce328a1d362a0ae946171996d44c6f20b | (CNN)For the first time since she was attacked two years ago, the world can now see the uniform that teenager Malala Yousafzai wore when she was shot in the head by the Taliban. Malala, 17, has authorized the public display of the bloodied uniform, which includes a blouse, trousers and head scarf. It's part of an exhib... | Malala Yousafzai's uniform is part of an exhibit at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway .
The Pakistani teen was shot by the Taliban after advocating for girls' right to education .
Malala, 17, is the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner in history .
She and Kailash Satyarthi of India will receive their awards in Oslo ... |
eeb17e8bee934b06049e588e88ef545ac5ad1a5f | The teenage son of a former rock musician who travelled to Syria after marrying an Islamist extremist has been arrested over burning a Union Jack near the family's home in Kent. The 18-year-old was arrested alongside two 14-year-old's in Borough Green near Sevenoaks after allegedly climbing up the flag pole outside a l... | Eldest son of jihadi Sally Jones was arrested over the unpatriotic act .
The 18-year-old is accused of burning and spitting on the flag in Kent .
His mother fled the UK last year after marrying convicted computer hacker .
Jones regularly posts threats to West and Islamic passages on Twitter . |
eeb1de16ac29b982fcd7cd0553ee14042b005d60 | By . Emily Crane . A bright purple, alien like jellyfish has washed up on a Queensland beach and scientists believe it could be an undiscovered species. The glowing purple jellyfish was found by lifeguards on Coolum Beach on the Sunshine Coast on Wednesday morning. The extraordinary colour of the marine creature has ba... | Lifeguards find bright, vivid purple jellyfish on Coolum Beach .
Jellyfish expert says it could be new species due to bright colour .
Aquarium on the Sunshine Coast is now assessing the creature . |
eeb25438671d829c4197966e59aee5fa9a317d82 | (CNN) -- One of the most cosmopolitan cities in Africa, Johannesburg is multicultural and multifaceted. Make the most of your time there with these tips. The Apartheid Museum is an often disturbing view of South Africa's troubled past. Apartheid Museum It's a disturbing experience, but a visit to Apartheid Museum is es... | A visit to the Apartheid Museum offers an insight into the city's troubled past .
Sample the delights of crocodile and giraffe meat at the Carnivore restaurant .
If you prefer your game alive and in its natural setting, head to The Lion Park .
The best way to explore the city, and visit nearby Pretoria, is to hire a ca... |
eeb277445b4edbdae08b620452f003d07c5e7642 | For most people, honeymooning involves stretching out on the beach and doing very little. But not this couple. Anne and Mike Howard, from New York, USA, spent 675 days travelling the world after they decided that a two-week holiday just wasn't enough when they tied the knot. The adventurous spouses returned to the US o... | Adventurous New Yorkers, Mike and Anne Howard, logged a total of 125,675 miles on their epic global honeymoon .
Couple visited a total of 302 places across 33 countries, and six continents - and all on a budget of around just £50 .
The pair are now teaching others how to turn their travel dreams into reality, through t... |
eeb2d2901e03d7a53bdfe995871609ef4683575e | The head of the bioterrorism lab involved in potentially exposing dozens of workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to deadly anthrax bacteria has resigned. Michael Farrell, who headed the Bioterrorism Rapid Response and Advanced Technology (BRRAT) Laboratory, submitted his resignation Tuesday, CDC sp... | Michael Farrell led the Bioterrorism Rapid Response and Advanced Technology lab .
Farrell submitted his resignation Tuesday .
The potential anthrax exposure happened between June 6 and June 13 . |
eeb2d38781e76418cc931df802b515c3446cd560 | By . Darren Boyle for MailOnline . A woman who threw a kettle of boiling water at her boyfriend's groin after she claimed he had slept with her daughter has been jailed. Helen Corbett was made the subject of a restraining order after she she pleaded guilty to the assault but the following day she was back at her partne... | Helen Corbett threw boiling water at Peter Bailey over infidelity claims .
Corbett accused Bailey of sleeping with her 24-year-old daughter Crystal .
Bailey denied the affair, although he did sleep with her after the attack .
Bailey said that sleeping with Corbett's daughter was 'a stupid mistake'
Corbett missed Bailey... |
eeb2da54b984c309a942731507adec458da2793e | A white Islamic militant who christened herself 'Jihad Jane' and was convicted of plotting to kill a cartoonist who satirized the Prophet Muhammad, has claimed her actions were motivated our of love. Colleen LaRose, 51, of Pennsberg, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to charges including planning a jihad and conspiring to k... | Colleen LaRose, 51, of Pennsberg, Pennsylvania, is serving time for planning a jihad and conspiring to kill Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks .
Writing from prison, she said her actions were taken out of love for the Prophet Muhammad .
'Why did I do what I was convicted of?' she wrote. 'There's many reasons but the simples... |
eeb2f3a0c31870ffe91586d69f58da8f7ca92f8b | LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Mandy Moore is getting a license to wed rocker Ryan Adams. Mandy Moore has been with Ryan Adams for about a year. Moore's publicist confirmed Thursday the 24-year-old singer-actress is engaged to marry Adams, 34, who is known for producing rock music with a country influence. Spokeswoma... | Singer-actress Mandy Moore engaged to rocker Ryan Adams .
Moore has had top 10 music success, better known for movie roles .
Adams a prolific singer-songwriter as soloist and with Whiskeytown, Cardinals . |
eeb377a761c1708048efde300b48b289b158400c | Editor's note: Harry Shearer is an actor, author, director, satirist, musician, radio host, playwright, fine artist and record label owner who is the voice of a variety of regular characters on "The Simpsons," most notably Mr. Burns, Smithers and insufferable neighbor Ned Flanders. Harry Shearer says the White House is... | Harry Shearer: There is much good news in New Orleans, but still problems .
He notes report that Corps of Engineers levee design and construction led to breach .
Shearer says there may be flaws with the Army Corps' levee rebuilding .
He says Obama is ignoring problem, as Bush did previously . |
eeb37b7a33cd31c4661a106035c45eef62e972b9 | By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 14:18 EST, 26 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:25 EST, 26 June 2013 . Terry Day was diagnosed with a brain tumour in July 2010 which eventually killed him a year later . NHS staff treated a man suffering from a diagnosed brain tumour like 'just another drunk' in the vital hours before his de... | Terry Day was diagnosed with a brain tumour in July 2010 .
When he was rushed to Basildon Hospital his tumour was not acknowledged .
The 35-year-old was three weeks away from getting married .
Coroner said there were 'very serious failings' at Basildon Hospital A&E . |
eeb3aac715d496d1e64ac7a4acadaca5db73df7c | By . Ted Thornhill . A Chinese woman's attempt to visit her parents to show off her new car failed miserably after she mixed up the accelerator and brake pedal while parking – and demolished not just her car but part of her parents' house as well. Ye Chia, 29, who had passed her test last December, had not bothered to ... | Ye Chia, 29, drove her new car to her parents' house to show it off .
She accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brake as she approached .
The car ploughed into the house, in Zhejiang province, wrecking two rooms . |
eeb3ba3a0648320c3e09063d9ead2b26f8fd22c7 | (CNN) -- "Hey, Joe!" There was a time in American life that if you shouted those words on a busy street, or on a factory floor, you might see dozens of people turning expectantly toward you. Joes were everywhere. For much of U.S. history, Joseph was one of the top 10 names that families gave to their newborn sons. Toda... | Bob Greene: The Social Security Administration keeps track of evolving baby naming trends .
He says for decades, "standard" American names held sway--your Tom, Dick, Nancy. Not now .
Even names like Joe have moved way down the list. Starting In the '70s, names transformed .
Greene: Ethnic, cultural shifts probably reas... |
eeb3c3e6cb030281fc3c952185038e12a09f138a | Prestigious hotel Gleneagles is selling off an acre of land on a neighbouring street for £1million – with a golf course membership thrown in. Located just yards from the 2014 Ryder Cup PGA Centenary Course and with planning permission for a 'substantial' six-bedroom house, it could be a golfer's dream home. The price o... | Gleneagles is selling an acre of land on a neighbouring street for £1m .
Planning permission for a six-bedroom house with pool, gym and sauna .
Caledonian Crescent named most expensive street in Scotland in 2009 .
Price of the plot in in Auchterarder has been slashed from £1.55m to £1m .
Buyers will get two years' fre... |
eeb3dbff7c923333a1b8a0dfa21a7bfc838ff070 | A graphic designer was left paralysed from the neck down and fighting for his life after catching a common cold. Derek Ledingham, 41, has spent the past seven months in hospital after developing the rare nerve condition Guillain-Barre syndrome. The illness, which only affects one in two million people, attacks the body... | Derek Ledingham, 41, went to play football despite not feeling well .
A few days later he woke up and couldn't move his legs .
Rushed to hospital where he found moving his arms or breathing difficult .
Was eventually diagnosed with rare nerve condition Guillain-Barre syndrome .
This causes the body's immune system to a... |
eeb42a628b50dad03b8cfecddf065e91391b511a | (CNN) -- A man in a motorcycle detonated explosives Monday near a police van in northwest Pakistan, killing at least six people and wounding more than 30, police said. The explosion took place on a busy road in the city of Peshawar. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. It was the latest deadly blas... | No one immediately claimed responsibility for the Monday attack .
The Pakistani Taliban took responsibility for blasts that killed 8 on Sunday .
The group says it is targeting candidates in the upcoming democratic election .
Pakistani Taliban: "We are not in favor of democracy. Democracy is for Jews and Christians" |
eeb43ae606d2bd3018914e4bdaa1cdd6a3ee86d9 | A British Army sergeant major punched a married soldier three times after finding one of his female gunners in his bed and taking 15 photos to document the evidence, a court heard. Warrant Officer 2 Martin Holder intervened after allegedly finding Lance Bombardier Sarah White under the covers of Colour Sergeant James K... | Martin Holder, 50, allegedly found James Kelt in bed with Sarah White .
WO2 took 15 photos to prove the pair had 'breached' army standards .
Photos shown to the court show Col Sgt Kelt hiding under his green duvet .
Holder punched Kelt when he 'lunged' to stop him taking photos, court told .
A judge ordered the court... |
eeb45227d8d1b6ff8ffd2678d55cdf49a481b46e | Two female tourists who were kidnapped while canoeing in the Amazon jungle have told how they feared they were about to be shot by their captors moments before their dramatic rescue. Briton Kathryn Cox, 23, and Australian Fiona Wilde, 32, were snatched at gunpoint by a gang of kidnappers in Ecuador's Cuyabeno nature re... | Kathryn Cox was dragged from river and into jungle where she was robbed .
Hostages were rescued after operation involving more than 100 soldiers . |
eeb4610eae30a7dafafe2523b2d5e42aafa13600 | (CNN) -- As delivery of aid to Haiti is hampered by damaged ports and an overwhelmed airport, another conduit into the earthquake-ravaged nation -- its border with the Dominican Republic -- has become a challenging crossing itself, a United Nations situation report says. The 200 miles from the Dominican capital of Sant... | U.N.: Heavy traffic making 200-mile Santo Domingo-Port-au-Prince drive take up to 18 hours .
This hinders post-earthquake aid distribution from the Dominican Republic to Haiti .
U.N.: Hospitals in the Dominican Republic near the Haitian border are overwhelmed .
U.N. shifting aid distribution away from main highway betw... |
eeb4d545e68656bc38eaa618b7f519380361b402 | These were the violent scenes unfolding in the West Bank settlement today - where Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli security forces over the prospect of further Israeli development in the region. Yesterday, Israel published tenders to build 283 homes in the Elkana settlement in the north-west of the area. The... | Violent protests broke out in villages across region today over building plans .
Angry protesters hurled stones at Israeli security forces near city of Nablus .
Israel published tenders to build the 283 new homes yesterday .
The move came just days after the country announced its biggest land grab on occupied Palestini... |
eeb4d8281eca8e3f3b118489754e95100044db6c | Published: . 16:47 EST, 25 April 2014 . | . Updated: . 16:47 EST, 25 April 2014 . Like the 'selfie' or searching for one’s own name on Google, it has become something of an irresistible – and very modern – pastime. A study claims that we have become a nation of property price junkies, increasingly addicted to checking ... | Survey by ICM shows around a third of owners check every other month .
Experts say its is because people are paranoid about getting a bad deal .
Many are also 'addicted' to watching value grow as market keeps climbing . |
eeb543cf0a72670f83db3250a2882221a0e2a7b0 | PUBLISHED: . 07:28 EST, 6 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:30 EST, 7 September 2013 . What a difference a day makes. Only on Thursday, the country was basking in sunshine and 30C (86F) heat. By yesterday morning, however, temperatures had plummeted as autumn arrived with a flurry of showers – and barely any part of t... | Nearly 3in of rain is expected to fall by Sunday afternoon following heatwave that saw high of 30.2C in Kent .
Flood warnings for East Midlands, North West and Yorkshire, and temperatures could drop to 5C tonight .
Dry ground means any heavy rain is likely to flow straight off rather than soaking down to the water tabl... |
eeb55f830510c2e11d2b6e731d80ac7a01f53ee5 | The atmosphere on Mars was once thicker, warmer and wetter than it is today until it was damaged in a 'catastrophic collision' with a planet the size of Pluto, scientists claim. Data collected by Nasa's Curiosity rover suggests the Red Planet's atmosphere once had more oxygen in it than Earth, giving serious weight to ... | Curiosity rover found Mars's atmosphere was once thicker and wetter .
It is believed to have contained oxygen long before Earth's atmosphere did .
Yet no methane was found, which would have suggested life's still there .
Nasa scientists now believe a collision with a Pluto-sized planet caused the air to shrink . |
eeb5914ea8eb9f4148d03b6215b8f26899680bd5 | (Mashable) -- Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. is confident that the auto industry is on its way to eliminating CO2 emissions. He's less confident, however, that the world is prepared to adequately deal with an even larger problem: the global gridlock created by a population set to grow to 9 billion ... | The global gridlock created by a population set to grow to 9 billion people by 2044 .
Ford envisions a future where all cars are connected .
The answer to the crisis is not to build more roads, but to build a smarter transportation system . |
eeb6a57ea5609ef09e4832e7986165750cecb8c6 | By . Kieran Corcoran . PUBLISHED: . 11:43 EST, 8 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 16:27 EST, 8 March 2014 . It is hardly the place for anyone who values a room of one's own. For while this Tokyo resident does have his own space - and at a bargain price - it measures a paltry five square metres. Although he has evaded spiral... | Unnamed resident pays £145 ($242) rent a month in notoriously pricey Japanese capital .
But has nowhere to put his mountains of rubbish, piled all around the room . |
eeb6b78b995854e70f7a328db4c36b210e05b78e | By . James Nye . A graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who went missing more than a week ago in northern India has been found dead in a ravine after she reportedly slipped while jogging and fell several hundred feet off a cliff, MIT officials said Sunday. Kaitlin Goldstein, 28, a native of Pr... | Rhode Island native Katilin Goldstein, 28, discovered dead in Leh, in northern India .
The MIT student had been missing for more than a week and her parents had flown out to find her . |
eeb6c3a8ec44958945f03bad3a1f7285e0063af8 | Queens Park Rangers are confident of completing a £6million deal for Reading goalkeeper Alex McCarthy. And the top-flight new boys are also moving in on a permanent deal for Liverpool defender Jack Robinson. Talks over a move for the highly-rated goalkeeper have now commenced and thought to be progressing well. VIDEO S... | Harry Redknapp wants Alex McCarthy to compete with Robert Green .
McCarthy is expected to sign a four-year contract at Loftus Road .
QPR are also keen on signing Liverpool defender Jack Robinson . |
eeb772f81443492ee8d8372a904326818eb2bbf8 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural address is one of the most anticipated speeches in decades, with many expecting his words to be chiseled into marble some day. Many expect Barack Obama's inauguration speech to compare to those given by Roosevelt and Kennedy. Obama aides said that the speech ... | NEW: Aides says Obama's speech will call for a new era of responsibility .
His inauguration speech is being compared to Roosevelt's and Kennedy's .
Obama is expected to "calm the nation" like FDR did in 1933, columnist says .
The first African-American president is also likely to refer to MLK's address . |
eeb7d135fe6856d7ccbeefb00aa20b79299426f6 | By . Associated Press . Two teenage boys were arrested Monday after making specific plans to kill three staffers then gun down as many students as possible at their Southern California high school, police said. The boys, who did not yet have weapons but were trying to get them, had been under constant surveillance sinc... | The boy, 16 and 17, were arrested at their homes and haven't been named .
They had a list of targets but also planned to kill others .
Both about to begin their senior year at South Pasadena High School . |
eeb87c384f50e39371654b711149a1b82a33968f | Ready for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler to kill it once again as co-hosts of the Golden Globes? We are, too. But before we get there, there's a little something called the nominations that we should get out of the way. On Thursday morning, Kate Beckinsale, Peter Krause, Paula Patton and Jeremy Piven announced the nominees f... | Nominees for the 72nd Golden Globe Awards were announced Thursday .
The ceremony will air January 11 .
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will co-host again . |
eeb88db12bebc886b8c9f9de5c32ea61f5cccc2d | (CNN) -- Basketball legend Michael Jordan has caused a furor at the President's Cup golf tournament after the former Chicago Bulls player was snapped smoking a cigar at the Harding Park course in San Francisco. Michael Jordan smoking a cigar at the Hardin Park golf course. Jordan -- who is acting as the honorary assist... | Presidents Cup golf tournament is being held at the Harding Park course .
Under San Francisco law it is illegal to smoke while playing at the event .
Michael Jordan was photographed smoking at cigar during a practice round .
Jordan is the honorary assistant captain for the U.S. team at the event . |
eeb9ac13716a7fc8d3dceba7b4f61166954e77b5 | By . Tim Shipman . PUBLISHED: . 20:44 EST, 8 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:44 EST, 8 February 2013 . The Queen's closest aides are to be publicly grilled by MPs to justify her spending, the Mail can reveal. Members of Prince Charles’s inner circle will also give evidence to Parliament about whether they are wasting... | Buckingham Palace will receive £36.1m to fund the Queen's official duties .
Sum is a 16% increase on the £31m paid to finance the Monarchy last year .
Watchdog the Public Accounts Committee will now scrutinise royal finances . |
eeb9cdab6fa3d68f5068546b1b3dc16488b77474 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Navy has moved the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole and other ships to the eastern Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon, Pentagon officials said Thursday. A file image of the USS Cole, which the U.S. Navy moved to the Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon. The deployment comes amid a political standoff o... | U.S. Navy makes move amid a political standoff over Lebanon's presidency .
The presence is important," says chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff .
Lebanon's pro-Western majority in parliament struggles with pro-Syrian opposition . |
eeba2528f69dfd18b3064afba385cecaa92447cc | A former professional rugby player said to have started the deadly NekNominate craze which has claimed three lives in Britain said 'it has gone too far'. Ross Samson, 26, is thought to have inadvertently spread the game where players film themselves downing drinks and posting the videos online, daring others to outdo t... | Ross Samson, 26, posted 'first ever' NekNominate video on Christmas Day .
Rugby player Tweeted a day later that the game was spreading .
NekNominate has gone round the world and been linked to three deaths .
Bradley Eames, 20, 'became the third NekNominate victim' after downing nearly two pints of gin .
Stephen Brookes... |
eeba697ba54331b183677a8bbb748d27ab7f5262 | If you always have room for dessert – and maybe even a second helping – you are about to be handed the perfect excuse. It may be in your genes. Scientists say that millions of Britons carry a rogue stretch of DNA that stops them feeling full and leaves them craving sugary and fatty foods. The FTO gene, carried by more... | A rogue stretch of DNA stops millions of Britons feeling full after eating .
People with the rogue DNA - the FTO gene - crave sugary and fatty foods .
16% carry 2 rogue copies of the DNA and are 70% more likely to be obese .
49% carry one flawed FTO gene and are 30% more likely to be obese .
People with the 'hunger gen... |
eeba9856448ccac17aa0ea87927c5da430112229 | By . Steve Robson . PUBLISHED: . 03:28 EST, 14 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:39 EST, 14 August 2013 . A doctor's wife died in front of her husband and their three sons after getting into difficulty while swimming at a beach in the Outer Hebrides. Holidaymaker Rosemary Wickstead, from Herne Hill, London, was swimming ... | Rosemary Wickstead and her family, from London, were visiting Isle of Harris .
Got into difficult swimming at Traigh Mhor beach on Monday evening .
Airlifted to Western Isles hospital in Stornoway where she died .
Locals say the beach is known for strong currents and rip tides . |
eebab5fd63cc6d8b16336559223a4570229ee2e1 | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 08:16 EST, 13 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:20 EST, 13 February 2013 . The discovery of a vital ingredient for fertiliser under the North York Moors has prompted a 'gold rush' as people race to invest in a company that plans to mine it. A massive deposit of polyhalite – a mineral wh... | Investors race to snap up shares in company that wants to mine reserve .
Potash, found in North York Moors, is essential ingredient for fertiliser . |
eebaf70ba744f22da57721a1b7e1016a9b91ea47 | (CNN)It matters that Disney has chosen to make its newest princess Hispanic. Princess Elena of Avalor, who will debut next year on Disney Junior's "Sofia the First," according to the company, appears to represent a commitment to diversity -- which also happens to be a smart business strategy in a country with a burgeon... | Raul Reyes: Disney announced new Latina princess, which is laudable, likely profitable in America with growing Hispanic population .
He says multicultural heroines, like Elena, let Disney fans, like Latina girls, feel more fully part of American society . |
eebb6dfe561aac7f0c50340d28aace0619ae96f5 | (CNN) -- Pressure is growing for world leaders to respond to Syria's brutal crackdown on anti-regime protests. Earlier this week, the United Nations' Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, said more than 5,000 people had been killed in Syria since the uprising began in March. The Syrian government has issued activ... | Human rights activists call for an international response to violence in Syria .
Diplomats say intervention could make situation worse .
U.N. says more than 5,000 people had been killed in Syria since the uprising began . |
eebc16a17c6b4520d1cb04ef7f602f693a6c4862 | By . Emma Glanfield . This extraordinary ‘bayonet hat’ would have allowed British soldiers in the First World War to attack the enemy with their heads if it was given the go-ahead, it has emerged. However, the incredibly rare prototype cap - which comes with a sharp six inch blade fixed to the top of it - was deemed to... | Hat with six inch blade on top was brainchild of British solicitor Philip Baker .
Soldiers could have used it to attack enemy by charging head first at them .
Prototype cap was rejected by War Office which deemed it too dangerous .
Rare item is now expected to sell for £3,000 when it is auctioned on June 25 . |
eebc5250216314bc33d4adc6b6e82e49c99fdb97 | After months of intense political rumors, China's ruling Communist Party announced Tuesday an official probe into a retired senior leader for suspected "serious disciplinary violation." Zhou Yongkang, the former domestic security czar, was placed under investigation in accordance with Party regulations, the Central Com... | "It's almost certain" Zhou would be put on trial, a longtime political observer says .
Zhou had been on the nine-member Politburo Standing Committee .
He had been rumored to be under house arrest before Tuesday's announcement .
If indicted, he would be the highest-ranking PRC official ever to face corruption charges . |
eebcdd174ffde0a62db664020de71137cf939f85 | By . Rachel Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 10:54 EST, 22 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:47 EST, 23 April 2013 . Soaring numbers of students are smoking shishas - but experts are warning that the Middle Eastern water pipe is not a safe alternative to cigarettes. A study carried out by University of California San Francisco has f... | Number of people using the Middle Eastern smoking pipe has more than doubled over past five years .
But new research has discovered that the pastime poses as many health risks as cigarettes .
Levels of deadly carbon monoxide and carcinogenic benzene found to be double in those who used pipe . |
eebcf44b65a7a9b91fbcc1935b5db9039d44fb74 | By . Daniel Bates . PUBLISHED: . 09:55 EST, 12 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:48 EST, 12 December 2012 . Revenge? Ann Curry, pictured at industry awards last month, could be on the move to CNN, according to sources . Ann Curry could yet have her revenge on NBC by joining CNN as an evening anchor, according to report... | New head of CNN Jeff Zucker wants a 'big name' to boost low ratings .
Ratings at Today show fell 7pc following Curry's departure in June . |
eebd62ab36585d3d0b64e0b95409eb706bf02673 | Millions of young children dreamed about being Ariel while watching the Disney film as a child, but few did much more than request the doll on their Christmas list. But for some, the appeal of a mermaid is clearly much stronger. The annual Merfest convention in Cary, North Carolina, saw over 300 men and women come toge... | The annual Merfest takes place in Cary, North Carolina .
Hundreds of men and women dressed up for watery event .
Enthusiasts dress in custom made tails that cost up to £2,500 . |
eebd8687c9139cadd40543bdd313669e4307722c | By . Harriet Arkell . PUBLISHED: . 11:38 EST, 2 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:43 EST, 2 December 2013 . Steam engine fan Karl Doran, seven, of Darlington, died at an open-air museum after he fell off the steam engine he was riding and was crushed . A schooboy volunteer at an open-air museum died after he fell off t... | Karl Doran was volunteering at Beamish Museum in Stanley, Co Durham .
He stood on the tow-bar as his father Phillip, 41, drove steam roller around .
Karl fell off and was run over by the trailer being towed by the steam roller .
Mr Doran, from Darlington, saw his son lying apparently lifeless behind it .
Verdict: accid... |
eebd926964768e4230a0b674797346559511b977 | (Rolling Stone) -- Rock stars and merchandising extraordinaires KISS have joined forces with Fox's animated hit "Family Guy" for a co-branded product line that will hit stores in fall, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Fox will develop the products with KISS' licensing agent, Live Nation Merchandise, and will look f... | Rock stars KISS have joined forces with animated hit "Family Guy"
Fox will develop the products with Live Nation Merchandise .
KISS has previously made three cameos on the show . |
eebdbc873de8e77cc464c3d6499e96eca5c40c2b | Facial: Sergei Polonsky tweeted this picture of him having a beauty treatment, telling Lebedev 'I will appear at your nightmares' (sic) A Russian tycoon who has refused to appear at the trial of media mogul Alexander Lebedev spent last week goading him on social network sites. Sergei Polonsky has sent a series of taunt... | MoS finds Sergei Polonsky in luxury apartment near Tel Aviv .
He is supposed to be attending a trial against Alexander Lebedev in Russia .
Mr Lebedev is accused of punching Mr Polonsky on a TV talk show . |
eebe44a0764f6ea02003446a298f6b154be5a61d | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 04:13 EST, 2 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:13 EST, 2 March 2013 . Hywel Basham, from Newport in South Wales, who was jailed for attacking his sister Sally Edwards with the knife used to cut their mther's birthday cake . A brother was jailed yesterday for stabbing his own sister with the... | Hywel Basham, 43, repeatedly stabbed older sister Sally Edwards .
The pair, from Newport, were celebrating their mother's birthday . |
eebe6d7e80a87071ddd77c485e500372932663cc | A 42-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after a police sergeant was shot in the leg with his own gun during a struggle in a hotel room. The Sergeant, from the Darebin Police Service, was called to a man self harming at the Sleep & Go Bell City on Bell Street in Preston, inner north Melbourne, on Thurs... | A police sergeant was shot with his own gun in a Melbourne hotel room .
A 42-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder .
Police were called to the Sleep & Go Bell City hotel to reports of a man self harming and a struggle occurred when they entered the man's room .
The man will appear in Melbourne Magistrates... |
eebe991c88b5c2b0ef1ade24e8e3440aa960d211 | A cat has been hit with 'an animal ASBO' after allegedly biting and scratching people while also damaging property. Rocky, who is owned by Samantha Davies in Rotherham, Yorkshire received a letter concerning her cat's behaviour. The letter warned that council officials received 'several complaints' about Rocky which ha... | Rocky the cat has been accused of biting and scratching his neighbours .
Rotherham Council received reports of anti-social behaviour by the cat .
Owner Samantha Davies has been warned she will be fined if Rocky escapes .
Ms Davies said locking up her cat is cruel, especially in the hot weather .
She asked the council t... |
eebede1cf6079d08141c385837c0f044ec581d38 | By . Ted Thornhill . PUBLISHED: . 05:57 EST, 23 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:03 EST, 23 October 2013 . Ringo Starr needs a little Help! finding five teenage fans that he photographed during The Beatles’ first tour of America in 1964. The group were snapped by Starr in Miami Beach, Florida, after their car drew up a... | The group were snapped in Miami Beach during the Beatles' first US tour .
The picture is being published in Starr's new book, Photograph .
The signed publication contains around 250 never-before-seen images .
If you’re one of the teens in the car that Starr photographed, or if you recognise them, email us at editorial@... |
eebeea4d3b26e28b126d06d240d1db0c0135afe5 | By . Nina Golgowski . PUBLISHED: . 17:37 EST, 20 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:32 EST, 21 October 2012 . A mysterious ground shake through parts of southern New Jersey rattled residents around 11am this morning leaving bewildered residents still without answers. Both the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Weath... | The U.S. Geological Survey has speculated the shake was from a sonic boom .
Local military base said military training is not responsible .
Lighthearted residents speculate 'Romney dropped his BINDERS’ and Gov. Chris Christie went jogging . |
eebefab55529611ef87b6133d2c3976d696c9b77 | The teacher who was sent to prison after he eloped to France with his teenage pupil has written a letter from his jail saying he will not leave her and that being without her is 'torture'. Jeremy Forrest, 31, sent the seven-page missive to a newspaper saying that him being banned from contact with the 16-year-old, whom... | Forrest, 31, was jailed for five-and-a-half years for abducting the girl .
He has now written to paper vowing never to leave the teenage pupil .
Says not being allowed contact with her 'breaches his human rights'
They kissed when she was 14 and began a relationship when she was 15 .
She has reportedly sent him three '... |
eebfc5ca1525ce54edeef565b7a89d754e158db2 | By . John Stevens . PUBLISHED: . 13:52 EST, 26 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:33 EST, 26 July 2013 . Two gipsies who beat a farmer to death with a crowbar after they found little worth stealing at his home have been jailed for life. Frankie Parker, 26, and his uncle, Gary Smith, 21, struck pensioner Llywelyn Thomas over... | Pensioner Llywelyn Thomas was beaten to death in Cambridgeshire .
He was home watching Strictly Come Dancing when burglars broke in .
Floors and doorways were covered in the retired farmer's blood . |
eebfe6ed205d655cd1a3f26963bdcf5abe495cc0 | Jerusalem (CNN) -- A former Israeli soldier has posted photos of herself on Facebook posing in front of blindfolded Palestinian prisoners, prompting harsh reactions. The former soldier, identified online as "Eden from Ashdod" in Israel, is seen smiling sitting on a blast barrier next to a blindfolded man. In another pi... | "Eden from Ashdod" is seen in photos with blindfolded prisoners .
Israeli military calls it "shameful behavior" by the soldier .
It is not clear if the military can take any action against her . |
eec02626c78037eb740792912c1870401536d1b9 | Colorado police are looking for a robbery suspect who goes by the name 'Baby Obama' in relation to a December aggravated robbery and shooting, police say. Denver police are enlisting the help of the public to locate 21-year-old Zachary Bowyer, who is only known to some people by his street name 'Baby Obama,' CBS report... | Denver police are looking for a robbery suspect who goes by the name 'Baby Obama' in relation to a December aggravated robbery and shooting .
Zachary Bowyer, 21, is considered armed and dangerous and police are offering an award of up to $2,000 for his capture .
Bowyer reportedly got his nickname due to his resemblance... |
eec029e1e03729c462e1d40762e63c5186903997 | Footage has emerged of a cyclist flipping over the wheels of his handlebar while travelling along a freeway. The man, believed to be named Anthony, was cycling 50km an hour with a group of others in Byron Bay - north of Sydney - when he came across a piece of aluminium in the cycle way. Before he noticed the debris, he... | The cyclist, believed to be named Anthony, was on a freeway travelling 50km an hour .
A piece of aluminium in the cycle way caused him to flip off his bike as other cyclists had to quickly swerve around him .
His front wheel came off as a result of the accident and the man is reportedly okay .
The video was uploaded on... |
eec087ec6f97af7da8a1a9c3e586efe86ed32a57 | A Minnesota woman has pleaded guilty to killing her fiance by tying him to an SUV and dragging him along a country road until he died. Jessica Kilde, 33, will be sentenced for second-degree intentional murder in Becker County March 16. Prosecutors say the mother of one from Ogema lashed Richard Baity, 41, to the vehicl... | Jessica Kilde, 33, of Minnesota, will be sentenced for second-degree intentional murder in the August killing of 41-year-old Richard Baity .
The nurse's aide with a vast criminal record admitted to tying her fiance by the neck to her Ford Sport Trac and dragging him .
Kilde told police she and Baity had a dispute that ... |
eec0add7c2efd6cb35e98fa93b65f785b97bc615 | Bollards installed at the entrance to a picturesque Oxfordshire village that boasts David Cameron as its MP has enraged residents who say they look more in keeping with a council estate. The 'ghastly' bollards were put up in Asthall, West Oxfordshire, two months ago to prevent the bridge collapsing in the village. But ... | Bollards put up at entrance to Asthall, West Oxfordshire, angered locals .
Installed to prevent a bridge collapsing in the historic Cotswolds village .
But villagers say it would look more in keeping with a council estate .
Farmer said village bus got stuck when it tried to get through narrow gates . |
eec0be4e5380e76e5187b41ce9c6c6d9bece8320 | He is accused of raping and strangling teenage beauty queen Bronwynne Richardson - his own cousin - and dumping her battered body in the Murray River 40 years ago. Colin Newey was only 20-years-old when, according to police, he abducted 17-year-old Richardson from outside Coles in the NSW border town of Albury, stran... | Colin Newey is accused of murdering his cousin Bronwynne Richardson 40 years ago .
The beauty queen was abducted outside Coles in Albury, NSW in 1973 .
Her battered body was found dumped in a lagoon two days later .
Newey, 61, was charged in July with murder and extradited from interstate .
A judge has now ordered his ... |
eec0e7d73590b646f099bcc00451523a849c3ec5 | By . Daniel Martin, Whitehall Correspondent . PUBLISHED: . 18:32 EST, 21 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:33 EST, 22 September 2012 . Controversial: Planning Minister Nick Boles has defended the proposals . The revolt against proposals to allow large extensions in back gardens spread to the planning minister’s back y... | Grantham and Stamford MP Nick Boles has defended proposals to allow large extensions in back gardens .
Lincolnshire Council has become the latest authority to oppose the controversial plans .
Rule change could see homeowners allowed to build out as far as 26ft without planning permission . |
eec21fa3b402082d954525f1a903f10e850dc829 | By . Associated Press . Mantecore, the white tiger that injured Roy Horn on a Las Vegas stage over a decade ago, has died. He was 17. A statement released by illusionist duo Siegfried & Roy on Tuesday said the tiger died from an illness on March 19. No other details were provided. The average lifespan for such a tiger ... | Mantecore attacked Roy during a sold-out performance in 2003 .
Roy was left paralyzed in the attack .
The show ended up being canceled .
Siegfried remembers the tiger fondly in Facebook post . |
eec24a76754f827d957968480637667a23e418b3 | Arsenal winger Theo Walcott's imminent return cannot come soon enough for Gunners teammate Jack Wilshere. Walcott needed surgery after rupturing knee ligaments against Tottenham Hotspur in January but his rehabilitation is almost complete and England midfielder Wilshere believes the winger's comeback will spark the nor... | Theo Walcott ruptured his knee ligaments against Tottenham in January .
The winger missed the World Cup, but is nearly back to full fitness .
Teammate Jack Wilshere believes he will drastically improve Arsenal .
The Gunners are 11 points behind Premier League leaders Chelsea . |
eec256caccd32c88a0877a43de4479c95ad4d48a | These are the first pictures of the victims who died in a shooting rampage when a 'deeply disturbed' gunman went classroom to classroom at a Connecticut school. Emilie Parker, six, was killed when the shooter opened fire on children and teachers at 9.30am on Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticu... | Bodies of the victims have all been identified and were removed from the school during the night .
Emilie Parker, 6, Ana Marquez-Greene, 6, Jesse Lewis, 6, Noah Pozner, 6, and six-year-old Grace McDonnell among the victims .
Teacher Victoria Soto threw herself in front of her first grade class to protect them from the ... |
eec26c0d2c78fd085e964dff0a0b07542e6dce0e | She is France's most famous dominatrix, has written several books on sexual submission, and now lives in a chateau in Normandy with a female submissive 31 years younger than her. But for 50 years of marriage Catherine Robbe-Grillet, now 83, submitted herself to the sexual slavery of her husband, Alain, who drew up a co... | Alain and Catherine Robbe-Grillet married in 1957 in Paris .
In 1958 Alain drew up a Contract of Conjugal Prostitution .
It laid out eight rules making Catherine his sex slave .
While she never signed it, she willingly submitted to his fantasies . |
eec2ad1db16ae89f59fe793153f077115298dec0 | (CNN) -- As events continue to unfold in Syria, the future of this Arab nation remains unknown. There are many questions. Will the regime of President Bashar al-Assad eventually fall? If so, what kind of leadership would replace al-Assad? If not, would al-Assad's style of governance change? The answers will have a majo... | Whatever happens in Syria will have a major effect on its neighbors and the Middle East .
Expert: A regional war could draw in outside countries such as the U.S., Russia .
The sectarian power balance might change if the Syrian regime is deposed . |
eec2aed04b38f3752d8a2927c7a2830827b434eb | An insider trading investigation has been launched into Ted Kennedy Jr's former company. The Marwood Group, a healthcare-focused consulting firm co-founded by Kennedy, received notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week. The agency's staff officially notified Marwood that it plans to recommend t... | The SEC is investigating the Marwood Group, founded by Ted Kennedy Jr, son of the late US senator from Massachusetts .
Kennedy, who left Marwood in January to run for office, says the company is cooperating with the SEC investigation .
Government information was allegedly passed to clients about new prostate cancer dru... |
eec3848ae34022156360618535781f446dc217d1 | (CNN) -- A federal judge has ordered the Obama administration to release 28 videotapes purportedly showing forced feedings and other confinement measures of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay facility in Cuba. Judge Gladys Kessler ruled Friday the tapes can be released with modifications -- such as blurring faces -- to ad... | Videos show forced feedings at Guantanamo Bay .
They can only be released with modifications .
Government will likely appeal, meaning they won't be seen soon . |
eec41d0b6a2ce5c848427e3b1c542d83a44f8543 | By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 11:46 EST, 1 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:35 EST, 1 March 2013 . A leading paparazzo who has photographed many of the world's biggest celebrities has been shot dead in Rome. Daniele Lo Presti was found with a single bullet in his head, prompting fears he had fallen victim to a Mafia-style... | Daniele Lo Presti discovered lying face down in pool of blood on the street .
Police suggest possible link with his controversial line of work . |
eec4b894d17a89eeed79af35fb8fca1ba3b81414 | At a Nashville detention center with a long history of violence, escape attempts and sexual-abuse allegations, more than two dozen teens broke out of a common area and created a large disturbance in the yard Wednesday night, roaming the area with sticks and spraying a fire extinguisher. Officials said two staff members... | A second escape attempt was staged at a Nashville detention center for teens Wednesday night .
About 28 boys got out of their rooms and roamed the Woodland Hills facility armed with rocks, bats and poles .
Video shows them beating guards and throwing rocks .
On Monday, 32 teenagers 'overwhelmed' guards and escaped from... |
eec4d0c689a8e3720cbf268554bfb37979a2277d | London, England (CNN) -- Windsurfers took to the sea Tuesday for what could be the last time in an Olympic Games if the International Sailing Federation gets its way. In May 2012 the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) decided that windsurfing -- which made its Olympic debut in 1984 -- would not be included in the ... | Windsurfing made its Olympic debut in 1984 for men and 1992 for women .
In May 2012 it was announced that kiteboarding would replace windsurfing in the Olympics .
The International RS:X Class Association calls the decision "perverse and unfair" |
eec5096150de69993ccd5d146ae2f1aa2a4e079d | Should Ross Barkley start for England at the World Cup? Wayne Rooney dominates the headlines. After a rusty display against Peru, followed by Roy Hodgson’s decision to use him out wide against Ecuador, a debate has started: will he — or won’t he — start alongside Daniel Sturridge when Italy stand in front of England in... | Liverpool star Sturridge should spearhead England's attack .
Rooney should play out wide - not in second striker's position .
Manchester United forward could not lay a glove on Italy's Andrea Pirlo . |
eec50b30d85329aa50938f88d298de451edd3e6b | By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 14:56 EST, 13 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:12 EST, 14 January 2013 . Sir Jimmy Savile could be awarded a posthumous knighthood – so he can then be stripped of it. The bizarre plan is being considered by the Honours Forfeiture Committee because knighthoods cannot be removed from people... | An OBE or knighthood expires when a person dies but title 'Sir' is still used .
Honours Forfeiture Committee may award Savile another knighthood so he can be stripped of it publicly . |
eec55303154ba68e3e0fef045e8183fb2b0d3473 | A 62-year-old woman from Oklahoma survived without food and only rain water for 8 days in her car after a cancerous tumor swelled in her body and caused her to become disoriented. Kay Springer, 62, disappeared in June and was found barely alive in a ditch eight days later. Fox reports that Springer was running errands ... | Kay Springer, 62, disappeared in June and was found barely alive in a ditch eight days later .
A cancerous tumor growing in Springer's body made her delirious and caused her to get lost .
Springer was discovered by a fisherman and had surgery to remove her tumor .
She is in recovery and is spending lots of time with he... |
eec5d12ccb19a9ae9b2411e1a81f7087b8395b5c | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has accused Hamas of causing thousands of unnecessary deaths by fighting in Gaza for longer than was needed. President Abbas said all casualties could have been avoided and blamed Hamas for needlessly extending the war with Israel. His words came as hundreds of Palestinian Islamic mi... | Palestinian President accused Hamas of needlessly extending war .
Abbas said 'it was possible for us to avoid all' of the deaths in Gaza .
Israel and Hamas reached truce on Tuesday, both sides declaring victory .
Islamist fighters held a 'victory over Israel rally' in Gaza City today . |
eec5e997f2fcdf051e9d77452d38be065243bffe | (CNN) -- The crew of a Danish cargo ship that caught fire off the coast of Norway was trapped on board after a rescue attempt Saturday was halted because of bad weather, authorities said. A helicopter airlift of some of the crew members aboard the Britannia Seaways was halted because of strong winds, said John Sjurso, ... | 32 crew members of a Danish cargo vessel are trapped on board after a fire on the ship .
Airlift rescue attempts were halted due to bad weather, a rescue center spokesman said .
The ship is carrying 24,000 tons of military equipment from Oslo to Bergen . |
eec632cd072f56dbc4e4911fcb8bdf1d3bf9d548 | Mumbai, India (CNN) -- Forget going door-to-door, Gaurav Sharma, 31, campaigns from window-to-window. He's an independent candidate running for a seat in India's general election from South Mumbai. Unlike the politicians he's up against, who wear traditional Indian clothes, Gaurav Sharma dresses like a man with extraor... | Independent candidate runs for seat in India's general election dressed as a superhero .
Gaurav Sharma can scale a tall building in less than 20 minutes .
Politician plans to tackle basic issues like education, water and power if elected . |
eec653bfac6f95dff08f73a328f8e3fcd9b0a1ad | (CNN) -- Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-serving monarch, celebrated his 84th birthday Monday, giving the Southeast Asian country some much-needed cheer after months of devastating flooding nationwide. Also celebrated as Father's Day, the occasion launched a week of national celebrations, includ... | Thai King's 84th birthday sparks a week of celebrations .
Country has been suffering from devastating flooding .
King Bhumibol Adulyadej's wields moral authority but not political power .
Laws banning criticism of the monarchy are controversial especially after a texter was last week jailed for 20 years . |
eec671a6f267b05d68b0b7a105f5e56847c7bffb | By . David Kent . Roma are stepping up their pursuit of Tottenham defender Vlad Chiriches. The 24-year-old pulled out of the club’s tour of the USA and has been on the list of targets for Roma coach Rudi Garcia for more than a year. He has struggled to settle in England and is keen on Italy. Chiriches arrived at White ... | Tottenham defender Vlad Chiriches is a target for Serie A side Roma .
Romania international has struggled since arriving at White Hart Lane .
The 24-year-old has pulled out of Spurs summer tour of USA and Canada .
Sandro has also pulled out fuelling speculation of a move to Napoli or Zenit St Petersburg . |
eec6d9abbaf0191372b269505c15920edcaca209 | Tough new laws introduced to help ASIO and Australian Federal Police stop would-be terrorists from leaving the country and joining terror groups overseas are set to be watered down. A review of the Federal Government's proposed counter-terror measures has recommended the bill be passed but also found many of the chang... | Joint parliamentary committee on security have called for 36 changes to the 'foreign fighters bill'
Australia's spy and security agencies' ability to monitor or hold without charge anyone suspected of terror be reduced to 24 months not 10 years .
The Attorney-General's should not be able to declare certain country's a ... |
eec76f7f099146c354419935f548609ab954d2bc | By . Alex Finnis for MailOnline . A lot of Brits would have been stumbling for an early morning kebab on Bank Holiday Monday - but one man was more eager than the rest - and ended up ploughing his car right through the front of a takeaway shop. The hapless motorist, 29, lost control of his Ford Fiesta and crashed backw... | Man drove through window of Flames outlet in Smallthorne, Staffordshire .
Car swerved out of control and spun 360 before ending up stuck in shop .
29-year-old was arrested at the scene but then released on bail .
Staff joked that the driver must have been hungry for a morning snack .
Window has been boarded up and take... |
eec771ee41a9a2a25668c51da2aa408ed135afd1 | (CNN) -- The two women shot and wounded by Los Angeles police during the manhunt for renegade ex-officer Christopher Dorner are "not doing well," their attorney said Thursday at a news conference to announce a resolution to the loss of their bullet-riddled pickup truck. Margie Carranza, 47, and her mother, Emma Hernand... | Two women shot during the search for Christopher Dorner "not doing well," attorney says .
They were driving a truck similar to one police said Dorner was driving during vendetta .
Los Angeles will pay them $40,000 for the loss of the truck, city attorney says .
The two sides will discuss personal injury compensation ne... |
eec7bee98e75759721b4d56280406fea187c4220 | By . Amanda Williams for MailOnline . Jordan Dunn, 22, from Dover in Kent, at Thames Magistrates' Court where he was fined after storming the pitch to take a free kick during a Premier League match . A judge joked as he fined a football fan who stormed the pitch to take a free kick during a Premier League match, tellin... | Jordan .
Dunn, 22, ran onto pitch during West Ham Vs Tottenham Hotspur .
Shot was saved by West Ham’s Spanish goalkeeper Adrian San Miguel .
He was chased by a steward amid cheers from the crowd on August 16 .
Many said his effort was better than Spurs star Christian Eriksen’s free kick .
Was fined a total of £305 but ... |
eec7fc0cc5747a524c97429b7b1c0e3d4d44a7af | (CNN) -- A Texas couple who were burned to death in the Texas wildfires Thursday had been packing their truck to evacuate their home but were unable to escape fast-moving flames, a relative told CNN Friday. A house burns after wildfires raced through rural Montague County in Texas. "I think they underestimated how fas... | NEW: One person killed in fire just west of Dallas and Fort Worth .
NEW: Former television reporter, wife die in Texas wildfire while waiting for son .
Number of injured in Oklahoma wildfires rises to at least 49 .
Oklahoma governor declares emergency for 31 counties . |
eec803410bb1a53481662aab18fe175ffe4d557c | LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Mandy Moore is getting a license to wed rocker Ryan Adams. Mandy Moore has been with Ryan Adams for about a year. Moore's publicist confirmed Thursday the 24-year-old singer-actress is engaged to marry Adams, 34, who is known for producing rock music with a country influence. Spokeswoma... | Singer-actress Mandy Moore engaged to rocker Ryan Adams .
Moore has had top 10 music success, better known for movie roles .
Adams a prolific singer-songwriter as soloist and with Whiskeytown, Cardinals . |
eec805f63b5a534ff71ba9c5d33c2441c7de3ef7 | A dormant volcano buried two miles (3.2 km) beneath Stoke-on-Trent could supply heat to homes in the UK city by 2019. There is a layer of hot rocks at this depth that heats water to more than 105°C (220°F). And the City Council has announced it is planning to invest £52m ($85m) in a geothermal district heating network ... | Houses in Stoke-on-Trent could be heated by geothermal energy by 2019 .
A dormant volcano 350 million years old is believed to be heating rocks and water to more than 105°C (220°F) underground .
This heated water could be brought to the surface and used to heat homes .
This would be done by a geothermal district heatin... |
eec8261d98a1abf826f90368ef979842cf8d5ebf | Washington (CNN) -- William Henderson Foote was a lawman of the highest order in his small town of Yazoo City, Mississippi, when he died in the line of duty more than a century ago. He'd once been the town's constable, town marshal and circuit clerk while serving in the Mississippi legislature. And on Monday, Foote was... | The ATF honors William Henderson Foote, who was killed 128 years ago .
Foote was the first African-American federal officer to die in the line of duty .
He worked for a predecessor agency to today's ATF .
He was killed by a lynch mob in Mississippi, in 1883 . |
eec84779f9a7f2d078ee8c48dc33d726ab7ec276 | ‘The thing about the Cayman Islands is that the best sights are underwater,’ said my taxi driver as he drove along the dusty road from the airport. ‘There’s just not a great deal above sea level.’ After a week exploring the trio of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman islands which make up the Cayman Islands, I ... | Caribbean island is known for having some of the world's best dive sites .
Stingrays, turtles and even sharks inhabit the crystal-clear waters .
There's also lots to see above sea level including iguanas which turn blue . |
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