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ef08ce0d6a9e767dae565b4026d6e48c56741739 | By . Amanda Williams . PUBLISHED: . 06:58 EST, 19 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:09 EST, 19 August 2013 . A man who punched an announcer dubbed 'the voice of the Millennium Stadium' so hard he was left fighting for his life has today been jailed. Onlookers described an 'awful crack' as actor Rhys ap William hit the fl... | Rhys ap William was attacked as Wales celebrated Six Nations win over Italy .
Martin Frampton 'whacked' the actor, 37, who did not defend himself .
He has today been jailed for 12 months after actor suffered serious injuries . |
ef0907204e219f8ccce5897c9c688bc872f3ffc2 | (CNN) -- The ceremony was held on a chilly November morning in 1981 on the front lawn of the Jewish Community Center in Wilmington, Delaware, and after three decades the plain cardboard program printed for the occasion still resonates: . "Garden of the Righteous, Tree Planting Ceremony: In honor of the Righteous Gentil... | David Preston's mother and nine others survived the Holocaust hiding in sewers for 14 months .
Polish Catholic sewer workers saved their lives, and his mother wanted to keep faith with them .
Halina Wind Preston was the force behind a garden memorial to honor "Righteous Gentiles"
Preston: Nazis wanted no Jew to survive... |
ef0985b2e5975b789cea4725e2a69e231081c99d | Arsenal's stuttering domestic form didn't appear to faze the squad as they travelled via Eurostar to Belgium ahead of their Champions League group match against Anderlecht on Wednesday. The Gunners were all smiles as they boarded the train on Tuesday as they look to record their second Champions League victory of the s... | Arsenal travelled to Belgium ahead of their Champions League group match against Anderlecht .
Gunners are second in Group D with three points from two matches so far .
Third-choice goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez is set to start for the Emirates outfit . |
ef09d05618cf649d3c05deec3698ece7c42ddb43 | (CNN) -- Is Luis Suarez currently the world's best footballer? He is certainly making a case for himself. A day after the Uruguayan signed a new four-and-a-half year contract, Suarez found the back of the net two more times -- in brilliant fashion -- as Liverpool beat Cardiff City 3-1 to leapfrog Arsenal at the top of ... | Luis Suarez scores two goals and sets up the other as Liverpool beats Cardiff 3-1 .
Suarez has 19 league goals this season despite missing six matches due to a ban .
The Uruguayan signed a new four-and-a-half year contract with the Reds on Friday .
Manchester City and Manchester United also record comfortable victories... |
ef09eabbdba33673a208907ba7e6476e1d7ef02c | Researchers at a prestigious Swedish research centre have revealed a 17 year contest to slip Bob Dylan lyrics into scientific papers. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm say the game started with a paper called 'Nitric Oxide and Inflammation: The answer is blowing in the wind'. The winner will be the ... | Contest started with a paper called 'Nitric Oxide and Inflammation: The answer is blowing in the wind'
The winner will be the researcher who quotes Bob Dylan in the most scientific articles before they retire . |
ef09fea3c3fe48ebd52c5abec62e11a23d0edd29 | (CNN) -- The Wu-Tang Clan -- the New York hip-hop supergroup that spawned millions of album sales, nine solo acts and a few acting careers -- almost never was. If RZA, left, had been jailed or Method Man killed, Wu-Tang may have never formed, RZA says. Method Man, the group's most recognizable voice, was nearly killed... | Wu-Tang producer: Attempted murder conviction also could have derailed band .
Rapper/producer/actor RZA talks of forming Wu-Tang Clan in upcoming memoir .
RZA: Ol' Dirty Bastard made son watch him do drugs before 2004 fatal overdose .
Book cites lessons from Christianity, Islam, numerology, kung fu, chess . |
ef0a26b6b3e4fdc512277bfb7dbe8aaeab653bb4 | Doctors have reported a surge in cases of ‘digital dementia’ among young people. They say that teenagers have become so reliant on digital technology they are no longer able to remember everyday details such as their phone numbers. South Korean experts have found that those who rely more on technology suffer a deterior... | South Korean experts have a noticed surge in teenagers with poor memory .
New 'dementia' causes deterioration in cognitive abilities more commonly seen in people who have suffered a head injury or psychiatric illness .
Experts blame games consoles and mobile phones for worrying trend . |
ef0a3fb16c935f4ab4a7196f91b7b7ff7050b74f | London (CNN) -- Seven years after upsetting favorite Paris to win the right to host the 2012 Olympics, London is in the final straight of a long and often bumpy run-up to stage the sporting showpiece. As the city marks 100 days to go until the opening ceremony on Wednesday, venues are on schedule and within budget, tic... | Wednesday marks 100 days to go until the opening ceremony of the London Olympics .
London will become the first city to host the Olympics three times in the modern era .
Venues are on schedule and within budget; tickets sales have been strong .
London's aging transport system and security are two of the major issues re... |
ef0a6b5c3f3308facb3388e4065cd47e5a6c875c | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 05:38 EST, 3 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:53 EST, 3 October 2012 . Lydia Bishop died on her first day of nursery . Two nursery workers have been arrested after a three-year-old girl died when she got entangled in a rope while playing on a slide on her first day in day care. Police s... | Lydia Bishop died on her first day in nursery after a rope got entangled around her neck while she played .
Nursery workers and paramedics performed CPR on the toddler but she died at the York College Day Nursery . |
ef0a8fcbd2523ff319ebecedfd61c87eb1a9a97c | By . James Slack . PUBLISHED: . 19:32 EST, 14 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:38 EST, 15 May 2013 . Rule change: Migrant workers from Romania and Bulgaria will soon be eligible to work elsewhere in the economy . The cost of British-grown fruit and vegetables could soar by 15 per cent because of a shortage of migrant farm ... | Romanians and Bulgarians make up third of Britain's seasonal farm workers .
Will be allowed to work elsewhere when EU labour rules change in 2014 .
Government advisers believe prices could rise by up to 15 per cent . |
ef0afe68f0144b6ab27eb59701cee1997b80185e | Roy Hodgson claimed his young England team came of age after Danny Welbeck’s stunning double against Switzerland took the pressure off the head coach. England opened their Euro 2016 qualification campaign with a 2-0 victory in Basle to give Hodgson a major lift after last summer’s disastrous World Cup. He said: ‘We had... | Roy Hodgson happy with England side following 2-0 win in Switzerland .
Three Lions boss concedes that young squad is still naive but will improve .
Two Danny Welbeck goals sealed victory at St. Jakob-Park, Basle . |
ef0b577c9aa125e4e796328a1fe75270423533da | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 23:13 EST, 6 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:36 EST, 7 May 2013 . Dr Lara Sigurdardottir carried out the research into insomnia and prostate cancer . A lack of sleep can double the risk of prostate cancer, a study has found. Researchers spent five years comparing the health of olde... | Men with sleep problems more likely to develop prostate cancer .
Around 10,000 in the UK die from the disease every year . |
ef0b6a709003d57445557b253acbfbb0ae9f3282 | (CNN) -- An Australian woman often described as the world's oldest blogger has died at the age of 108 after posting a final message about her ailing health but how she sang "a happy song, as I do every day." Olive Riley posted more than 70 entries on her blog -- or "blob" as she jokingly called it -- since February 200... | Olive Riley died Saturday at a nursing home in New South Wales .
She recounted life during 2 world wars, raising three kids and working as a barmaid .
In her final post, dated June 26, Riley wrote how she felt weak . |
ef0bf5a83b451e4f7c30be318d3c8f93c9eaf67c | Just days after reports claimed Sony is working on a smartwatch covered in e-ink material, images of its device have emerged. The Fashion-Entertainments (FES) watch is currently raising money on crowdfunding site Makuake, and was said to have been created with help from the Japanese tech giant. Sony confirmed its invol... | Fashion-Entertainments (FES) watch is raising money on Makuake .
It was said to have been created with help from Sony's product division .
Sony confirmed its involvement with the startup to the Wall Street Journal .
People involved in the project admitted the tech firm's name was kept a secret to see if there was deman... |
ef0c2f88fafaa2985d6aecad09efebc3d686e464 | Hundreds of people are calling for adverts featuring England football players to be pulled after being knocked out at the group stage of the World Cup. Supporters are furious that players including Steven Gerrard, Daniel Sturridge and Joe Hart are still being shown on their screens despite their embarrassing performanc... | Hundreds have taken to Twitter to vent their anger .
Joe Hart stars in adverts for Gillette, Head & Shoulders and Doritos .
Steven Gerrard boots the ball in the back of the net in an advert for Mars .
Daniel Sturridge is the star of the Subway advert .
The nation has spent months watching football-themed adverts .
Engl... |
ef0c98c828f808246ae852e59027e7fcd64fb2e3 | One of the wives of Islamic State commander Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi have been detained by the Lebanese army, according to security officials. The woman, believed to be hairdresser Saja Hamid al-Dulaimi, was reportedly using a false passport when she was caught 10-days ago with the help of 'foreign intelligence apparatus',... | The pair were arrested with the help of foreign intelligence .
They are reportedly being questioned at the Lebanese defence ministry .
Officials release few details about the arrest or the pair being questioned .
One of Baghdadi's wives Saja Hamid al-Dulaimi has at least three children .
She could now be used as a barg... |
ef0cd03d9e73d2211bba5373cc424311eed55c18 | A gang staged a Christmas Day robbery at a convent that the Pope uses as his summer retreat, assaulting the Mother Superior during their rampage. Three men made off with €5,000 (£4,000) after the raid at Castel Gandolfo, 15 miles from Rome. The gang broke through a window at 12.30am as the nuns of the Pius XII institut... | Gang staged robbery at a convent Pope uses as his summer retreat .
Three men made off with €5,000 (£4,000) after the raid at Castel Gandolfo .
Raiders made for the Mother Superior’s office, and searched for cash .
She went to investigate but was grabbed, threatened and pushed to floor . |
ef0d0dd501e5f1dac201d07db78a8222bfb7af93 | Another American doctor infected with the deadly Ebola virus has arrived home for treatment in the United States. A plane carrying Dr. Rick Sacra landed Friday morning in Omaha, Nebraska, and he was then was taken to Omaha's Nebraska Medical Center, center spokeswoman Jenny Nowatzke said. His doctors in Nebraska said t... | Dr. Rick Sacra has been flown to Nebraska for treatment .
Sacra was stationed in Liberia when he caught the Ebola virus .
An aid organization says he will have better access to care in the U.S.
Sacra is the third American with the virus to return to U.S. for treatment . |
ef0d903a65f3b4de549ae6240a8a83ddbf232e5e | By . Richard Shears . More underwater vehicles may be used in the search for the wreckage of MH370 after a high-tech robotic submarine was forced to return to the surface by the bone-crushing water pressure close to the ocean floor. The search area proved too deep for the U.S. Navy's Bluefin-21 autonomous underwater v... | Search area proving too deep for Bluefin 21 robotic submarine .
Safety mechanism forced it to return to surface after descending to 4.5km .
Bluefin recovered just six hours into the planned 16 hour search operation .
It had been programmed to hover 30 .
metres above the seafloor .
The data it collected was analysed but... |
ef0da758f6d3ac8c96b88f54439f028007df7484 | Kelly Harwood, pictured outside Aberdeen Sheriff Court, where she has faced charges of wasting police time after falsely claiming her friend's son had raped her . A woman was remanded in custody today after falsely accusing her friend's son of rape. Kelly Harwood had drunken consensual sex with the 30-year-old on a cam... | Kelly Harwood had drunken consensual sex with the 30-year-old .
But the 43-year-old began to feel guilty for betraying her friend .
She called police and reported she had been raped in her sleep .
When confronted, Harwood promised her friend she'd come clean .
Instead she continued lying and was charged with wasting p... |
ef0dabd720a92dd15b0225c0f87d494b374170a9 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 20:40 EST, 28 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 23:08 EST, 28 November 2013 . More parents are giving their children middle names than ever before, with their use more than doubling in a century. Eighty per cent of children are now given a middle name, compared with the 37 per cent ... | Only 37 per cent of newborns were given a middle name in 1911 .
55 per cent are chosen to remember a dead family member or loved one .
James is the most popular for boys while for girls it is Rose .
Fathers are twice as likely to get a say in the choice of the middle name . |
ef0dd7ab683de39c2d9291d9df25816514e2de20 | By . Snejana Farberov . PUBLISHED: . 13:35 EST, 16 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:31 EST, 16 October 2013 . A 20-year-old aspiring model from Georgia has been killed in a suspected road rage accident that also took the life of the driver who rammed his pickup truck into her SUV. Chelsea Gerrish, of Gainsville, died a... | Michael Williams, 48, was reportedly doing 70mph when he drove into oncoming traffic and slammed into SUV .
Chelsea Gerrish, 20, a U-Haul employee and mother of a young boy, was killed instantly .
Mr Williams leaves behind a wife of 20 years and three children .
Police say he rammed another vehicle and switched lanes t... |
ef0e221c7edde75caf0d5bedc0d93745890a854f | Australian tennis player Marinko 'Mad Dog' Matosevic has slammed women's tennis and said he would never copy Andy Murray, who recently hired a female coach. His comment that he would never follow in the footsteps of Wimbledon champion Murray, who has appointed French former world No.1 tennis player Amelie Mauresmo as h... | Australian tennis player Marinko Matosevic has slammed women's tennis .
Matosevic said he would never follow Andy Murray, who has hired former world No.1 player Amelie Mauresmo as his coach .
The comments have overshadowed one of the biggest wins of his career .
Matosevic beat Marin Cilic in an upset win at the Queen's... |
ef0e238782170e1f0cca999b775433477c901dda | A puppy with three legs can't find a home because she keeps getting passed over for able-bodied dogs. Five-month-old Ruby was born with a deformed right front paw which had to be amputated after she was turned into the RSPCA. Puppies are normally snapped up within days, but because of Ruby's disability no one wants to ... | Ruby had a birth defect which meant her front right paw was folded up .
She was turned into the Derby RSPCA by her owner a month ago .
Puppies are normally adopted within days, but no one wants Ruby .
The RSPCA says the puppy is 'the happiest puppy you will ever meet' |
ef0e9bf37210cfe23487dd41e13354153ddcd139 | Havana, Cuba -- Alejandro Robaina, considered a legend among Cuban tobacco growers, died Saturday, according to Cuban cigar company Habanos S.A., which produced cigars named for him. Robaina was 91. He was diagnosed with cancer last year and died on his farm in the western Cuban province of Pinar del Rio, said Habanos ... | Robaina, who was diagnosed with cancer last year, died on his farm in Pinar del Rio .
Robaina's tobacco leaves are considered some of the best in the world .
A box of premium Vegas Robaina cigars can fetch more than $500 .
Robaina kept his lands after the 1959 revolution, when many others' were nationalized . |
ef0ef222ea1c9d85bd48df5b1d2c2589cff29b5e | New Haven, Connecticut (CNN) -- Last weekend, another large piece of "space junk" tumbled to Earth, perhaps in Southeast Asia. Many people -- if they noted the event at all -- probably worried about being hit on the head, even though the odds are overwhelmingly against such a catastrophe (trillions to one). But for tho... | Last weekend a large piece of "space junk" tumbled to earth .
Meg Urry, an astronomer, says it was the remains of a valuable research satellite .
The satellite's X-ray images of the sky enabled views of high-energy phenomena .
Urry: Thousands of astronomers used the ROSAT satellite to study the universe . |
ef0f44ce0242b062de99014ffc2aec3bef30d703 | Jumping on a trampoline, Blaze Duckworth seems to be playing as happily as any two-year-old. But the little girl is bravely battling arthritis and requires daily injections to help her walk. Blaze was diagnosed with the crippling condition after being bedridden with a mystery illness for almost four months. Bouncing ba... | Blaze Duckworth, of Bolton, Greater Manchester, needs injections to walk .
She became ill last Christmas but was not diagnosed until April this year . |
ef0f6a618fd76251922e449e4b96971f8853a3ec | DETROIT, Michigan (CNN) -- It's a stimulus plan on sneakers. The NCAA men's Final Four at Detroit's Ford Field could generate $30 million to $50 million from visitors. The NCAA men's basketball Final Four couldn't come at a better time for the city of Detroit -- the hard-hit capital of the U.S. auto industry at the cen... | NEW: Michigan State, North Carolina to vie for national title .
Men's Final Four couldn't come at a better time for hard-hit capital of the auto industry .
Detroit's jobless rate is highest in nation, and auto industry bailouts bode ill for future .
The participation of nearby Michigan State in the event adds icing on ... |
ef0ff17801059ec7a5d20c7b72eef6723d05936a | They're bigger, brawnier, and faster than the typical male, but are National Football League players healthier than other men their age? Justin Bannan, who plays for the Baltimore Ravens, participated in the study on NFL players. Yes and no, according to a new NFL-funded study that looks at the cardiovascular health of... | Death of Thomas Herrion has raised worries over the heart health of big players .
Researchers looked at 504 active NFL players from 12 teams in 2007 .
Players were less likely to smoke or have blood-sugar problems than other men .
NFL athletes are more likely to have prehypertension than other men . |
ef0ff331844cc835517fd6196d831fd07e3b7876 | By . Reuters . A mystery woman, who apparently tried to hide her identity by removing her fingerprints, has been identified as Ann Marie Miller, a disbarred lawyer from Virginia pictured here in this undated handout . A mystery woman, who apparently tried to hide her identity by removing her fingerprints, on Friday was... | The woman, jailed in Ohio since July 9, was arrested after trying to use a fake birth certificate to get a state ID card under the name Julia Wadsworth .
On her computer, investigators found she had researched information on how to remove fingerprints .
An article and photos in local press led to an anonymous tip ident... |
ef10058ca4c43f3a47dfb7d44363d4c7449573fa | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 07:17 EST, 28 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:19 EST, 28 November 2012 . Killed: Atkinson was jailed for six months for stabbing to death ex-girlfriend's parrot with a fork . A man has been jailed for six months for stabbing to death ex-girlfriend's parrot with a fork. Police alleged t... | Richard J. Atkinson, 63, pleaded guilty to two charges .
Police: He was alone at the couple's Everett home when he killed the bird and then trashed the house .
Judge: Atkinson's actions were 'depraved' |
ef104c7326bf34d60eea5307de9e25cdb4f7d36d | (CNN) -- A swarm of poisonous spiders has wreaked havoc in a remote town in northeast India, scaring its inhabitants and possibly killing two people. According to a report Sunday in The Times of India, a large number of spiders descended on the town of Sadiya in Assam as a local festival came to end on May 8 and sparke... | Indian newspaper reports a spider attack on remote town .
Two people killed and scores bitten by tarantula-like spiders .
Expert questions whether deaths caused by spider bites .
Spiders collected from town are undergoing tests . |
ef106fab92fa627490f24d2af8d300fdd78c536e | Rome, Italy (CNN) -- The center-left coalition headed by Pier Luigi Bersani appears to have won a narrow victory in elections for Italy's lower house of parliament, according to final figures released by the Interior Ministry. Bersani's coalition won 29.54% of the vote cast for the lower house, less than half a percent... | Results for the Senate showed the center-left winning with 31.63% of the vote .
"It's by no means done, but it is exceptional," an analyst says .
Bad weather is being blamed in part for low voter turnout . |
ef107d3ed0eb049d2be9aec7790c89c4e01f1aae | Guangzhou, China (CNN) -- In a voice alternating between desperate and hopeful, Qu Feifei talked to her daughter continuously Tuesday afternoon through a window left ajar at the main military hospital in this southern Chinese city. "Yueyue, give Mom another chance to love you, OK?" she finally begged, sobbing. On the o... | "Give Mom another chance to love you," the unconscious child's mother begs .
Video showing child being ignored after grave injury rocks China .
One passerby says, "Nobody else dared to touch her, how did I?"
The mother, Qu Feifei, wants to focus on the positive . |
ef10a6b2e80e146af8afcab8871c6e2e816154ee | By . Joel Christie . An online community of shoplifting bloggers who brag about their 'hauls' and exchange advice on how best to steal from stores has been exposed, with the network quickly dubbed 'the internet's Bling Ring'. The once-under-the-radar 'lifters' - who have been likened to the seven L.A. teens who were ch... | Online shoplifting community known as 'lifters' exposed by fellow blogger .
Group uses hashtags like #fivefingerdiscount on Tumblr to connect with each other from all over the world and share photos of what they have stolen .
Operate anonymously under screen names like Cash or Card .
Rumored to have secretly been aroun... |
ef10d340e6d905da92a49d7f42bc813389931584 | (CNN) -- The mother of a Brooklyn teenager shot and killed by police demanded an investigation Thursday, saying he was "slaughtered" and that she wants to know why. Kimani Gray, 16, died over the weekend. His death triggered protests in Flatbush, a community in Brooklyn where distrust of the police runs deep. "I'm stil... | Carol Gray calls for an investigation into her son's death .
"I'm still waiting for Kimani to come home," she says .
Kimani Gray, 16, was shot and killed over the weekend; his death triggered protests .
Police say Gray pointed a gun at them . |
ef10fde4204339cf288e8a8fb24d854133cc00cf | Following the death of Hollywood legend Robin Williams, the number of Australians seeking help from the Beyondblue Support Service nearly doubled. The 63-year-old U.S.acting legend was in the early stages of Parkinson's disease and was struggling with depression and anxiety before he died in his northern California hom... | Beyondblue CEO Georgie Harman said new figures show many Australians rushed for support following Robin Williams' suicide .
After his death, contacts made with the organisation happened every two minutes after his death was announced .
The most recent suicide data reveals suicide to be the leading cause of death for Au... |
ef11cfb52148f0080f66e754c24ba4383f27e8e9 | (CNN) -- Tiger Woods is no longer officially considered one of golf's top 50 players, ending a streak that extended back 15 years. According to the official World Golf Ranking, the 35-year-old Woods entered the weekend as the sport's 50th best player. But he lost that standing when Louis Oosthuizen finished tied for fi... | Woods entered this weekend as golf's 50th best player .
A strong performance by Louis Oosthuizen led to Woods' drop in rankings .
The last time Woods was not in the top 50 was in October 1996 . |
ef128edab026f65750506d17915ddd520e14f717 | By . Tom Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 10:31 EST, 31 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:32 EST, 31 May 2013 . Tragic: Karl Josiah, pictured, lay undiscovered at the crash scene for four days despite frantic searches by his family . A young man lay undiscovered for four days after his car plunged down a motorway embankment, an inque... | Karl Josiah's family launched a frantic search for him after went missing .
The Renault Clio, borrowed from his mother, rolled behind trees after massive crash .
Highways Agency officers noticed marks leading down a grass verge to undergrowth which hid the car .
The 23-year-old sent a text saying he felt 'drowsy' befor... |
ef12dab996bff2b59b1c2781310d8b662bcd338f | President Barack Obama pledged in the spring of 2013 to give back 5 per cent of his $400,000 salary in solidarity with federal government workers who were expected to lose an average of two weeks' pay because of automatic budget cuts – known in Washington parlance as a 'sequester.' A year later, however, it's not clear... | The president pledged a year ago to send $20,000 of his 2013 salary back to the treasury as a symbolic gesture to furloughed employees .
Most of the furloughs never materialized, and Obama's promised salary give-back may also have dissolved with the passage of time .
The joint tax return he filed with the first lady sh... |
ef1324a4d2278d0f43427666ce92c1e24e12d6b5 | Ottawa (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said Tuesday polls would not change the strategy in Afghanistan, underscoring the fact that he realizes the American people have tired of war. "We cannot fight wars by polls," Panetta said in Ottawa, where he was attending a trilateral defense meeting with Canadian... | Secretary of Defense: "We cannot fight wars by polls"
New poll shows 69% of Americans want U.S. out of Afghanistan .
Panetta is in Canada for meeting with Canadian, Mexican officials . |
ef1433d207178b555143a39326f3e64926e4d9f7 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:39 EST, 16 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:39 EST, 16 July 2012 . Three elderly Kenyans who claim they were tortured under British rule will today demand an apology and damages at the High Court. The trio say they suffered ‘unspeakable acts of brutality’ in UK-run detention cam... | Trio say they suffered ‘unspeakable acts .
of brutality’
Desmond Tutu has urged Cameron to concede the case . |
ef146fb2c29aebd1150f55de0cdce78c0828ca0c | By . Sarah Harris . Experts warn children are becoming less able to pick up traditional motor skills as they spend so much time using iPads and other modern technology . Toddlers these days are barely out of nappies before they are playing with touch-screen toys and fiddling with iPads. And now, it seems, they are payi... | More children are struggling to use pencils, pens and crayons .
Government guide encourages young children to 'recognise technology'
Some nurseries have spent millions on iPads, smartboards and cameras .
Experts claim overexposure to gadgets at a young age is dangerous . |
ef14a1fd9ddcfcac05fe0ae2a8aa73dc076f9fa6 | (CNN) -- Three-time defending champion Rafael Nadal made light work of his heavy schedule and a recurring foot problem to reach the last 16 of the French Open on Friday. Rafael Nadal inspects his blistered foot during his third-round victory against Jarko Nieminen. The world No. 2 crushed Finnish 26th seed Jarkko Niemi... | Three-time defending champion Rafael Nadal into last 16 of the French Open .
Spanish world No. 2 crushes Finnish 26th seed Jarkko Nieminen 6-1 6-3 6-1 .
Second seed next faces Fernando Verdasco who beat Mikhail Youzhny .
Third seed Novak Djokovic later joins Nadal in the fourth round at Roland Garros .
Nicolas Almagro ... |
ef14e2ad17bcbec4932af6d8766ee6f79fb30331 | Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Atlanta's public school system was told Tuesday it has until September 30 to make progress on a series of recommendations or risk its high schools' losing their accreditation, a fate that would affect the college hopes of many of the system's graduates. The probation placed on the system's hig... | Accrediting agency on Tuesday announced probationary status for Atlanta public high schools .
AdvancED: System has till September 30 to show progress on recommendations .
School board decisions and friction between members are at the core of complaints . |
ef15200464c03773bc54c3f437350eb530273ca0 | HIGHLANDS COUNTY, Florida (CNN) -- At the heart of Florida researchers' high-tech efforts to protect black bears is a rather low-tech tool: day-old doughnuts. A young bear sits next to a pine tree after being snared by one of the traps set by researchers. Researchers use the doughnuts and other stale pastries to bait t... | Researchers in South Florida capture bears, outfit them with GPS collars .
Collars help researchers track bears' movements .
Healthy bear population relies on animals' free movement, breeding .
Bears' natural habitat has been reduced, fragmented by development . |
ef15818c3ae4da0ff1bd1658e549c53e71b75710 | By . Leon Watson . Fed-up with watching his son's team lose heavily in a teenage rugby cup final, this father decided to put the boot in himself. He was caught on camera sticking a foot out to deliberately trip up an opposition player just as the winning side was about to score yet another try. The trip-up sent the att... | Father stuck out a foot during Herfordshire Shied cup final .
It sent an opposition player flying and incensed spectators .
Game between Royston and rivals Fullerians had to be halted .
His son's club, Fullerians, say they are investigating . |
ef15961d3cc01a158c0a3c229378653de01f9700 | Philadelphia (CNN) -- It's a large district in and around Philadelphia. It's not a swing seat; it's a safe Democratic stronghold—not a nailbiter. But in this midterm election, the 13th Congressional District race has attracted some national attention and some rock star fundraisers: Bill and Hillary Clinton. Why such ... | Former Rep. Marjorie Margolies lost her seat 20 years ago after backing Bill Clinton on budget .
Chelsea Clinton is her daughter-in-law, so she has a unique link to the former first family .
And Bill and Hillary are working to help her out in her political comeback bid .
But there's a fine line in gauging how much of t... |
ef15b43d03d2b50240ae20c8c7acfb0687533070 | By . Olivia Williams . PUBLISHED: . 14:59 EST, 16 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:30 EST, 26 August 2013 . Authorities in Zurich are trying an innovative way to regulate prostitution by introducing 'sex boxes' as discreet solicitation areas. The nine boxes to be unveiled this month in a former industrial estate have be... | Drive-in sex chalets in Zurich are aimed to improve security for prostitutes .
Rules include no filming, photography or .
They will be open from early evening to 5am every day .
Spokesman said they can now keep 'a closer eye on the sex industry' |
ef16f41385a62e47bd38f87e048d741f08019e68 | (CNN) -- Doctors will often prepare for surgical procedures by opening instrument and supply kits that contain up to 100 items. Many of these items, such as scalpels, needles or sponges, go unused; they're just not needed for that particular procedure. But because of government or hospital regulations in the United Sta... | Third World hospitals are saving lives with discarded medical materials from the U.S.
These supplies are clean, safe and unused but are thrown out for various reasons .
By salvaging surplus supplies, nonprofits are also reducing waste in America . |
ef181161c7242a346350a2cd66ae92259b5dce93 | By . Martin Robinson . A science teacher has been sacked after she pretended she had cancer and even swabbed colleagues for DNA to see if they could save her life by donating tissue. Samantha Scrine, 26, today admitted falsely claiming she was dying from stomach cancer but says she should not be struck off because 'st... | Samantha Scrine wants to avoid being struck off because she was stressed .
Tribunal heard she convinced colleagues she has cancer for eight months .
Put together funeral package including songs, life story and a credit card .
She also took DNA swabs and forged thank you letters from local hospital .
Colleagues approach... |
ef181f15e7ff58cd6c0e08df935400a9bfa2bf3b | Mothers are paying up to four times the recommended price for formula milk after two popular brands sold out in shops last month. Cow & Gate Comfort and Aptamil Comfort are marketed for babies who show signs of colic or constipation. Some infants have become hungry and distressed since the shortage began, leading paren... | One lot of three 900g tubs being sold for £100 on eBay yesterday .
Shortage due to problems in supply of crucial ingredient, maize starch .
One mother called more than 100 outlets in her search for the products . |
ef18aab3f9642dfa3bf5b98553ae44a633712fbe | By . Ian Sparks . PUBLISHED: . 13:40 EST, 26 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:06 EST, 26 March 2012 . Diet guru Pierre Dukan, a favourite of Carole Middleton, faces being struck off as a doctor in France for giving ‘dangerous’ food advice to teenagers. The celebrity nutritionist was yesterday accused of breaching medical... | Celebrity expert 'breached medical ethics' in France .
Said slimmer pupils should get higher exam marks . |
ef18c37048065a3175daf0990271384827c6f796 | Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Ali Hassan's body is broken, courtesy of a sniper who blew holes in the soldier's left leg and left hand. The wounds are so fresh that blood seeps through the bandages. He winces as he struggles to try to sit up before giving up and lying back down on the gurney. Staring up at the stained hospita... | Iraqi army soldiers, border guards, tell stories from the front line .
ISIS fighters are taking over large swaths of northern, western Iraq .
Civilians are also caught in the crossfire . |
ef18d72dc193bb29920da00c617f2845fa13eac1 | (CNN)A picture and audio posted online Saturday purport to show that one of two Japanese hostages held by ISIS has been killed after a deadline for ransom passed. It also appears to relay the group's new demand for the other's freedom: a prisoner exchange. The static image, shown in a video file posted by a known ISIS ... | Japanese and U.S. authorities say the video seems authentic .
Hostage Kenji Goto holds a photo of what appears to be beheaded compatriot Haruna Yukawa .
ISIS is now demanding the release of a prisoner in Jordan in exchange for Goto . |
ef19153083a73c51a50dd9691fdf43fd76e00cd4 | It is rare for women and men in Iran to enjoy the thrill of sports together in public, but it happened over the weekend when several restaurants and cafes appeared to ignore a ban on broadcasting the World Cup. Inside one Tehran coffee shop, a young, veiled Iranian woman held her fiancé's hand tightly as the seconds ti... | Women defy ban on watching sports with men to cheer on Iran in World Cup .
Ban was introduced after 1979 Islamic Revolution; mixed crowds deemed un-Islamic .
Women continue to fight for equality . |
ef1988d5b1b44e7d785709d29e41d1d18a1c068e | Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Suspected Taliban militants have executed a 7-year-old boy, accusing him of spying for the government, officials in southern Afghanistan said Thursday. The execution took place Tuesday in the Sangin district of Helmand province, said Dawoud Ahmadi -- the provincial governor's spokesman. In t... | NEW: Afghan president calls execution a 'crime against humanity,' if true .
Boy was accused of spying for the government .
Official: Other such executions have taken place in the province . |
ef199606e8ff696b19062cbd8a32af22436928cf | By . Pa Reporter . Hull's one-club half-back Richard Horne has announced he will retire at the end of the season. The 32-year-old has been with his hometown side all of his playing life, having made his debut aged 16. Since then he has racked up 383 appearances for the Black and Whites, including a victorious Challenge... | Half-back ready to hang up his boots 16 years after making his debut .
Horne has racked up 383 appearances for the Black and Whites .
Hull star helped his hometown club win the Challenge Cup Final in 2005 . |
ef1ab7fc8e2564fbc292e227f20cb2a26e380ca6 | Chantae Gilman pleaded not guilty to rape at King County Superior Court, Seattle, after being accused of breaking assaulting a man as he slept . A mother-of-three accused of breaking into a man's apartment, pinning him down and raping him while he slept has pleaded not guilty. Chantae Marie Gilman, 26, appeared at King... | Chantae Gilman, 26, allegedly had sex with a man, 31, while he was asleep .
Victim claims he woke up to find her on top of him, pinning his hands down .
He recognised Gilman as a West Seattle drug user but did not know her .
DNA from the man's sexual exam was found to match Gilman's sample .
A motion by a defense attor... |
ef1b4e7b488d5e64459af1a3b386df4a2fe0b55e | YouTube sensation Bas van Velzen has shown off his outstanding shooting technique once again, however this time he has decided to go up against a goalkeeper, Mitchell Molenhuis. Van Velzen became an internet star when a video emerged of the Dutchman curling the ball into an empty net at the end of 2014. However viewers... | Bas van Velzen has filmed video of himself curling the ball towards goal .
The YouTube sensation followed up previous video posted in December .
His first video has been watched over 4.5million times . |
ef1bbebf5e40b8b452be4bbb288d7c85f1f97484 | (CNN) -- He grew up as the second son of late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, deep in the shadow of his father. Bashar al-Assad was never meant to rule. He studied medicine in Britain, receiving a degree in ophthalmology, and headed the Syrian Computer Society. He switched his focus to military science, however, after... | Bashar al-Assad has ruled Syria since June 2000 .
He was not groomed for succession .
Despite some reforms, critics highlight empty promises .
Human rights groups say he must listen to the protesters . |
ef1bee6e167639240125c93f0df0edc8b48d7261 | By . Wills Robinson . A 14-year-old believed to be the first British soldier killed in the First World War may have been a victim of 'friendly fire', it has been revealed. Nearly 100 years after Private John Parr was shot, military experts have suggested his death may been an accident at the hands of his French and Bel... | Private John Parr will be honoured in an Anglo-German ceremony in August .
Royal Family member will visit his grave 100 years after war was declared .
Has emerged on night he died German cavalry was at least 10 miles away .
Believed to have given false age to enlist, saying he was 17 rather than 14 . |
ef1c38e8e2f17014e2034a1202e78ae5ecf0f698 | By . Sadie Whitelocks . UPDATED: . 12:33 EST, 16 January 2012 . It is believed 3,168 units of Sterimar Isotonic have been affected . Thousands of packets of a high street nasal spray are being withdrawn amid safety fears that they could be contaminated with harmful bacteria. It is believed 3,168 units of Sterimar Isoto... | Two batches of Sterimar Isotonic infected with bacteria .
Maker insist there is no immediate health threat .
Symptoms include fever and discoloured mucus . |
ef1c6215ceda24e400e3ed0ab8e948fbfdcd8793 | By AMANDA LILLIU FOR THE DAILY MAIL . Amanda Lilliu (pictured) has four children, the youngest of which, Natalia, has just turned 13 . Most busy mothers yearn for that moment in the evening when they can grab some precious time to themselves and, certainly, I’m no different. But a few weeks ago as I sat down to enjoy t... | Amanda Lilliu has four children, the youngest of which has just turned 13 .
Although she is not yet an 'empty-nester', she feels redundant in their lives .
Amanda's children have been her priority since she put her career on hold .
Now she's feeling the void, having older children who no longer need her constant care a... |
ef1cbb4a0a88c1d55dfc591a32e33552cd936e17 | Airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS targeted the Islamist rebel group Ahrar al Sham for the first time overnight in Syria, a monitoring group said Thursday. One airstrike hit the headquarters for Ahrar al Sham in Babsaqa, Idlib province, near the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, the London-based S... | U.S. defense official says Khorasan Group bomb-maker was killed in an airstrike .
At least six al-Nusra Front militants killed in airstrike near Aleppo, monitoring group says .
Airstrike hits Islamist group Ahrar al Sham, Syrian human rights group says .
Ahrar al Sham is a Sunni Muslim group that is not on a U.S. list ... |
ef1d3a758d1b91ff78c2e8526d9e1793e3c9d896 | By . David Kent . Nike have unveiled their latest football, under the name of 'Ordem', which will be used in three of the biggest leagues in Europe - England's Premier League, Spain's La Liga and Italy's Serie A. Each league will use a different colour variation of the ball, with the the Premier League taking the blue ... | Nike have released the 'Ordem' the official ball of the Barclays Premier League, La Liga and Serie A .
Ball comes in three colour waves with England using the blue edition, Spain the orange and Italy the pink .
Nike claim the latest design is their most 'aerodynamically tuned ball to date'
The Ordem is available from J... |
ef1d8a911d6fda8501dbe38b86566a7bd252df18 | Why would you ever leave vacation days on the table? When it comes to taking enough time off from work to have a real vacation, workers in the United States and Asia Pacific countries still need work channeling their inner Griswold. Given about 15 vacation days in the past year, U.S. workers took 14 and left one day un... | Many U.S. and Asian workers don't use all their vacation days .
Europeans get more vacation and use more of it .
Even workers with a lot of vacation think they need more vacation . |
ef1dc791c76b09b99b19aad4841e9927d440003e | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 11:26 EST, 20 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:30 EST, 20 April 2012 . Three men who were mown down and killed during last year's riots were lured into the middle of the road by a gang seconds before a car deliberately ploughed into them from behind, a court heard today. Brothers Shazad Al... | The men were flung 10ft into the air .
after they were hit from behind by the speeding car in Winson Green, .
Birmingham, on August 10 last year .
Court was told three of the accused stayed behind to .
chillingly watch the reaction of the crowd following the death smash .
'They were all in it together, each had a role ... |
ef1dedf689666f321195001eb28982af790761f6 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 07:46 EST, 13 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:11 EST, 13 November 2012 . Lord Rogers has broken his silence over the death of his son and its effect on his wife Ruth. The architect said that although he can bear the loss, his celebrity chef wife is 'up and down' and often exper... | Bo Rogers had seizure in bath after escape from flooding in Vernazza, Italy .
Architect Lord Rogers speaking at launch of campaign to rebuild the town .
Celebrity chef wife Ruth is 'up and down', experiencing 'tsunamis' of grief . |
ef1e0a7cc917da7c837ab89c48c8614845ea2363 | (CNN) -- The whole world is watching how Barack Obama picks his cabinet, but he and his wife Michelle have a much more personal choice to make at home -- and it's very political too. Sasha Obama, left, and Malia Obama will make the White House home come January 20. When they move to Washington, will their daughters Mal... | U.S. President-elect Barack Obama takes office in Washington in January .
Much debate about whether Obama's daughters will attend public or private school .
Where parents decide to send children often indicates their views on education .
Michelle Obama: This is a personal process, we ask that people respect that . |
ef1e1629c3aa34ed9b24fe7707a99099c58acf96 | (CNN) -- Someone out there just leapt all comic book purchase price records in a single bound. A near-pristine copy of Action Comics #1 -- better known as the first appearance of Superman -- sold at an online auction Wednesday night for a staggering $2.16 million. The seller? None other than cash-strapped actor Nicolas... | An original 1938 Superman comic sells at auction for a record $2.16 million .
The comic is believed to have been sold by actor Nicolas Cage .
The previous record for a comic book sale price was $1.5 million . |
ef1e18f0eca48f44782c8d33dc36e1d046b49dc7 | By . Ray Massey . UPDATED: . 04:09 EST, 6 January 2012 . China's biggest airlines will not pay a new European Union tax aimed at cutting carbon emissions, their trade body has said. On New Year’s Day the EU brought airlines under its Emissions Trading Scheme, which levies a charge based on their carbon emissions. Chai ... | China threatens to side with U.S. and Russia in bid to get EU to back down .
Washington threatened 'retaliatory measures' last month if green tax is allowed to stand .
Challenge by group of U.S. and Canadian airlines thrown out by European Court of Justice last month .
European Commission claims green tax would raise p... |
ef1e3f8e8ff237ebb3def89a19a1f8fdb915ca6f | A prisoner and his armed escort have been hospitalized after a shooting in a restroom at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on Friday afternoon. Inmate Brent James Taff, 34, was being extradited from Utah to Oklahoma when he asked to go to the bathroom in Terminal C at around 5pm. When he emerged from the stall, h... | Prisoner was being transported through Fort Worth at 5pm on Friday .
Broke into fight with law enforcement officer which ended in gunshot .
Inmate hospitalized with shot to the hand, officer also hospitalized . |
ef1e769b85785e76b7e1b5bb0856a3306584b124 | By . Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 05:57 EST, 30 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:05 EST, 30 July 2012 . One cook has turned his kitchen into his studio, creating artworks with a breakfast serving of pancakes. What started as simple shapes made from pancake batter to amuse his children has turned into three-dimensional sculptu... | Michael Goudeau creates 3D animals, replicas of other foods and famous artworks using pancake batter .
He then posts photos of his edible art online before the pancakes are eaten .
The project started after he made simple shapes and letters for his children .
He uses a bottle and nozzle to shape the batter and adjusts ... |
ef1f359c0cee53044ee62cdc7b7a11ebcac6c19d | Madonna's costumes and jewelry from films such as Evita and A League of Their . Own and the Material Girl music video will be the . highlights of a new celebrity auction. They are among the more than 140 items from the 56-year-old's life . and career that could fetch a combined total of up to $500,000 . at Julien's Auc... | The strapless evening gown, mink cape and jewelry Madonna wore in her Material Girl music video could sell for as much as $70,000 combined .
The wedding dress, veil and shoes that Madonna wore when she married actor Sean Penn in 1985 are expected to fetch up to $60,000 . |
ef1f4f462f7260abfee3ed7093ab7ed564c40d0c | For the first time in more than two decades, the United States has granted official recognition to the Somali government in Mogadishu. "There is still a long way to go and many challenges to confront, but we have seen a new foundation for that better future being laid," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday ... | "The terrorists ... are not resting, and neither will we," Hillary Clinton says .
The secretary of state cites "unmistakable" progress, but notes "there is a long way to go"
Somalia was plunged into chaos after dictator Mohamed Siad Barre was overthrown in 1991 . |
ef205c50fcfc7bdf1a2ac2bb5fff621fbf06f31e | By . Associated Press . and Daily Mail Reporter . Clay Pell is entering the race for Rhode Island governor — and bringing along his family legacy and the star power of his wife, Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan. The grandson of late U.S. Sen. Claiborne Pell will formally announce his candidacy on Tuesday. He made hi... | The grandson of late U.S. Sen. Claiborne Pell will formally announce his candidacy tomorrow .
Pell is married to Olympic ice-skater Michelle Kwan .
The 32-year-old Democrat served in the .
U.S. Coast Guard and worked on the White House National Security staff .
and at the U.S. Education Department .
Pell believes unemp... |
ef20c563e4edc1661ae71fc933245141e574586c | (CNN) -- There he goes again -- Russian President Vladimir Putin, portraying himself as the world's champion of peace and democracy. And, of course, doing it at America's expense. This time, Putin's PR machine managed to get him an op-ed in The New York Times, just in time for the start of talks in Geneva, Switzerland,... | Frida Ghitis: In op-ed, Putin poses as champion of peace and chastises U.S. on Syria .
On contrary, Russia sold arms to al-Assad regime, which has killed tens of thousands, she says .
She says he touts diplomacy, yet Russia, China subverted peace efforts on U.N. Security Council .
Ghitis: Putin wants to raise stock (no... |
ef20eb1998334c8167fceae0806fe38e1e16001a | (CNN) -- First came relief for Keegan Bradley, Hunter Mahan and Webb Simpson. Then thoughts turned to redemption. The trio have been selected as wildcard picks by United States Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson for the biennial team clash with Europe that starts later in September. And all three have memories from their pre... | United States Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson picks his three wildcard choices .
Keegan Bradley, Hunter Mahan and Webb Simpson make up 12-strong USA team .
European line-up also settled by captain Paul McGinley on Tuesday .
Ryder Cup begins at Gleneagles in Scotland on Friday 26 September . |
ef20f740c2d6f72837eacc0faa9814bcb80fe227 | (CNN) -- The massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on Friday spared the island of Indonesia, a nearby developing country that was devastated in 2004 by one of the deadliest tsunamis in history. Helping after that disaster was CNN Hero Robin Lim. Lim is the founder of Indonesia's Yayasan Bumi Sehat health clinic... | Robin Lim founded health clinics in Indonesia that offer free prenatal and birthing care .
When a tsunami hit in 2004, her midwife teams had to work with limited resources .
Lim: We try to have respect for everyone's faith .
Do you know a hero? Nominations are open for 2011 CNN Heroes . |
ef218a760f291a1bcd63e7e8146e94c0100a8bcd | By . Mark Duell . A mystery shipwreck has been uncovered after fierce storms shifted the sands which had buried it for hundreds of years. The wreck is only visible for around a few hours a day either side of low water in the shadow of Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland - and first appeared in June. Since then a team of ... | Wreck is only visible for around a few hours a day either side of low water .
First appeared in June in shadow of Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland .
Archaeologists studying timber to try to find out more about the vessel .
Tests now reveal wood used to build the ship was felled in around 1768 . |
ef222d80ae1cbbc0b89e0a60f2f982458b403696 | (CNN) -- Police have forensic evidence linking a pair of escapees from an Arizona prison to the investigation of a couple found dead in New Mexico this week, an official with the New Mexico Department of Public Safety said Saturday. The fugitives, who escaped from prison eight days ago, are suspects in the investigatio... | NEW: Forensic evidence links Arizona escapees to burned bodies found in New Mexico .
NEW: One escaped inmate's stepfather says he'd shoot stepson .
Two of three escapees are still at large .
Authorities believe the pair have left Arizona but are still in the U.S. |
ef22d6544939ef8327910dfdf39618cc69ba1644 | (CNN) -- Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Pietro Parolin to succeed Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone as the Holy See's secretary of state, the Vatican said Saturday. Until now, Parolin, a 58-year-old Italian, was the diplomatic representative of the Holy See in Venezuela. He has also worked in Nigeria and Mexico, as well... | NEW: Parolin is a veteran Vatican diplomat seen as key to pope's reform efforts, analyst says .
Archbishop Pietro Parolin is appointed secretary of state for the Holy See .
The secretary of state assumes the role of the Vatican's head of government .
Pope Francis has taken a number of steps to reform the Vatican admini... |
ef233997a176aa61ca06e80d870609fa7787da76 | Bastian Schweinsteiger believes hosts Brazil have been allowed to get away with 'hard tackling' at the World Cup so far - and has urged referees to be harsher in their punishment. Germany face Brazil in the semi-finals on Tuesday in Belo Horizonte and Schweinsteiger is keen for the referee to keep a close eye on Luis F... | Schweinsteiger thinks Brazil have been able to get away with bad tackling .
He thinks referees should be harsher on the hosts from now on .
Brazil committed 31 fouls against Colombia in their 2-1 quarter-final win .
Germany face Brazil in World Cup semi-final in Belo Horizonte on Tuesday .
Schweinsteiger says Germany s... |
ef23e754cd107acd4cb8354aabfa0ad0a7824b21 | A BASE jumping enthusiast has bravely posted footage of his latest jump on his Vimeo channel even through it portrays his abilities in a less than flattering light. The video, posted by user Subterminallyill, shows the extreme sports fan crashing into a protruding sheet of rock not long after jumping off a cliff on Nov... | An extreme sports enthusiast has posted a video online of a recent BASE jump which ended with multiple injuries .
The parachutist posted the helmet-cam footage on his Vimeo channel where his username is Subterminallyill .
It shows him crash into the cliff face before he is sent tumbling to the ground in a heap .
He suf... |
ef23f6bd2e6bc83b915f275e88c90c885087de39 | By . Louise Cheer . A decision to ban a same-sex couple from a school ball has been overturned after a 250-signature petition called for its reconsideration. James Fallon High School Year 11 student Sami Burgess wanted to take her girlfriend, Karlina Macartney, to a presentation ball at the school on September 19. But ... | Sami Burgess wanted to take her girlfriend, Karlina Macartney, to the ball .
The 17-year-old is a student at James Fallon High School in NSW's south .
She said a request to bring her 21-year-old partner was refused .
The teenager claims the principal told her it was 'socially unacceptable'
But the NSW Department of Edu... |
ef2408ce23a8e9ffbedb022036e015b864d8482d | By . Associated Press and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:27 EST, 28 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:15 EST, 29 July 2013 . Carissa Yip, 9, picked up her first chess piece three years ago - now she has become the youngest American to reach expert level. The child prodigy has moved so quickly up the rankings that sh... | Carissa Yip, 9, is the youngest American to reach expert level .
Her father, Percy Yip, said Carissa's next milestone is master level . |
ef244b7ce9b671eb64248c49b6f8a63ac2130e4d | By . Katy Winter . PUBLISHED: . 10:37 EST, 13 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:45 EST, 13 August 2013 . She is the powerhouse female Chancellor bankrolling Europe. And she is certainly no stranger to criticism. However Angela Merkel is probably more used to fending off comments about her economic policies than her appea... | Chanel director Karl Lagerfeld has criticised the German Chancellor .
Described Angela Merkel as having 'special proportions'
Was speaking about an outfit she wore to meet president Obama in June .
He has previously called Adele 'too fat'
Also said Pippa Middleton should only show her back . |
ef24c6a5a58823426af7a13ad8550a38ada70061 | (CNN) -- White tents line the sides of the valley where the landslide struck. Some villagers weep, others pray. The remnants of their shattered community lies buried below, submerged under as much as 60 meters of mud. In the space of one devastating week, natural disasters killed more people in Afghanistan than they di... | The death toll from a double landslide may be as high as 2,700, a relief agency says .
Authorities have declared the site a mass graveyard .
More Afghans died in natural disasters in one week than in the whole of 2013, the U.N. says .
Relief agencies are racing to help the survivors, who lack access to clean water . |
ef250ec762003eceb98665c70f86bcb786157d42 | (CNN) -- The president of Florida A&M University announced his resignation Wednesday, more than seven months after a drum major for the university band died following a hazing incident. "After considerable thought, introspection and conversations with my family, I have decided to resign from my position as president in... | NEW: Drum major's parents file lawsuit .
Robert Champion, 26, was badly beaten after a football game in Orlando .
"It seems to be in the best interest of the university," board chairman says of resignation .
The marching band has been suspended through the 2012-2013 season . |
ef2528df4bad7fd341f80cc1d51a6a0ef2ff73b1 | A retired NYPD deputy inspector has revealed his shocking ties to violent gangs and drug-dealing before he joined the force. Retired officer Corey Pegues admitted that he once attempted murder and was good friends with a notorious, cop-killing crack dealer. Mr Pegues revealed his dark secrets on a podcast last month as... | Retired officer Corey Pegues admitted that he once attempted to shoot a rival drug dealer and was good friends with a notorious cop killer .
Pegues, 45, left the force in 2013 after 20 years service with a $135,000-a-year, tax-free disability pension .
The cop admitted to being friends with David McClary who shot dead ... |
ef25b4d449ad0b0feb7ad7cab1f9f228bac2cee0 | (CNN) -- Thousands of government supporters demonstrated in at least five Shiite provinces in southern Iraq on Tuesday, opposing protests by thousands of people in mainly Sunni provinces that have gone on for more than two weeks. The demonstrations highlight the country's sectarian tensions. The Shiite demonstrations t... | Shiites demonstrated in Basra, Diwaniyah, Karbala, Al-Muthana and Babil provinces .
They supported Iraqi government and prime minister, opposed sectarianism .
Protests were in response to those of Sunnis, who say government is biased . |
ef2628818a3a3284d52df54f8bf7f71c17dbc84c | Daley Blind returned to Manchester and was immediately welcomed home by his new United fans. The Holland international was spotted at his hotel by supporters and the defender took to signing autographs and posing for photos, before heading off for lunch at the players' favourite San Carlo restaurant. And the £14million... | Daley Blind lands in Manchester on Wednesday and poses for pictures .
The Holland international can make Premier League debut against QPR .
The £14million signing for United says: 'Good to be in Manchester again!' |
ef26ab12f862af1682fae9b1bdbc047bde7c0512 | Two thugs forced a former trainee butcher to help them cut off his own toe in a torture ordeal described by a judge as 'like a Quentin Tarantino movie'. Richard Headford was bundled into a Mercedes by Blake Waldron and Curtis Jewell after they accused him of stealing drugs from them. He was driven to a property in Camp... | Richard Headford was accused of stealing drugs from two men in Bristol .
They bundled him into a Mercedes and drove him to a property in Inns Ct .
Blake Waldron, 24, then pulled out a handgun and demanded £10,000 .
He then told Mr Headford to choose between losing a toe or a finger .
Trainee butcher Mr Headford then ha... |
ef26d4e00bc0662da0b12150630ca3aa2684a76c | Arsene Wenger didn’t mince his words in a brutal assessment of Arsenal’s capitulation at Stoke, branding his back four ‘soft’ and ‘tender’. The Gunners were shambolic defensively and lacked gumption going forward as their winless run at the Britannia Stadium stretched to a fourth year. Behind inside 19 seconds thanks t... | Stoke raced into a 3-0 lead in the first half to stun Arsenal .
Peter Crouch, Bojan and Jon Walters all scored for Stoke .
Gunners winless run at the Britannia stretches to fourth year .
Arsene Wenger felt Chamber Chambers' sending off was unjust .
Hector Bellerin made only his second Premier League start for Arsenal . |
ef274aca0526ab055253a29b28605294e723bd58 | Istanbul (CNN) -- A Turkish prosecutor has openly accused police of interfering with a high-level corruption investigation. "Court orders have not been carried out and there has been open pressure on the judicial process from both the chief prosecutor's office and from the police force, which is supposed to carry out t... | NEW: Protesters march in Istanbul, Adana, are met by police .
A Turkish prosecutor says police have not carried out court orders .
He is removed from a high-profile corruption investigation .
Three ministers resign after their sons are detained . |
ef27a3d57e48175038b9b3140cf8457ae3acc8fd | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Confrontation: Michael Schmidt was shot by police after barricading himself in an apartment lobby . A Dallas lawyer was shot dead by police after he reported a burglary at his home and then barricaded himself in the apartment complex lobby. Police claim Michael Edward Schmidt started to fire ... | Michael Schmidt allegedly opened fire on officers .
11-year-old daughter was in their apartment at time of shooting . |
ef28246c0f2a1c9cbd7addff5aed6b3dd8a37f07 | (CNN) -- Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has conceded the London club's bid to win a first English Premier League title since 2004 is over following Sunday's 1-0 defeat at table-topping Manchester City. A second-half goal from Spain midfielder David Silva was enough to send City back above arch-rivals Manchester United a... | Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says his team are out of the EPL title race .
London club beaten 1-0 by leaders Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium .
Sunday's defeat leaves Arsenal fifth, 12 points behind Roberto Mancini's City . |
ef2859bf07d8605ccd1a3ca62ffc4adc3a9d92a4 | By . Kieran Gill . Follow @@kie1410 . World Cup winner Joachim Low says he will remain Germany manager for the 2016 European Championship in France. There was speculation Low would follow captain Philipp Lahm's lead after Germany beat Argentina 1-0 in the World Cup final at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, despite his c... | Joachim Low ends rumours of quitting as Germany manager after World Cup win, and says he is 'as motivated as the first day at the DFB'
Low says he needed days off to gather emotions - not to consider leaving .
Assistant manager Hansi Flick steps down to become DFB technical director .
Captain Philipp Lahm retired inter... |
ef28b1e3e254f27a56c646cf2119345f019e1383 | By . Francesca Chambers . Female Senate candidate Terri Lynn Land isn't going put up with accusations that she'd work against women if elected. The Michigan Republican shot down claims that Republicans are engaged in a 'War on Women' in a snarky new ad released Tuesday morning. In the ad, Land, former Michigan Secretar... | Former Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land, a Republican, and three-term Rep. Gary Peters, a Democrat, are in a dead heat in Michigan's Senate race .
Peters' campaign says Land would roll back women's health care access .
In a new ad, Land fires back, saying 'as a woman, I might know a little bit more about wom... |
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