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efb5d548922a5489d9395ff4679c0d2a7a544602 | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 11:38 EST, 11 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:22 EST, 12 October 2012 . A man was beaten with a rounders bat for his bank card and laptop before being 'slowly tortured to death' with knives and broken bottles, dumped in a wheelie bin and set on fire, a court heard. 'Vulnerable' Jami... | Jamie Dack, 22, was lured to a Southampton squat by the gang where he was beaten with a rounders bat for his bank card and PIN number .
The gang later returned and tortured Mr Dack to death with knives and broken glass, court told .
Donna Chalk, 21, Ryan Woodmansey, 32, Lee Nicholls, 28, and Andrew Dwyer-Skeats, 26, al... |
efb60671484daff5ab194d31135e77bf747f6fe7 | (CNN)It proved a day of firsts for Stan Wawrinka as he lifted his first indoor title and first at ATP Tour 500 level. Sunday's three-set final victory over holder Tomas Berdych in Rotterdam has also left the popular Swiss with a full set of tennis honors. He has six titles at ATP 250 level, a Masters 1000 crown at Mont... | Stanislas Wawrinka wins ATP 500 event in Rotterdam .
Beats holder Tomas Berdych in three-set final .
Completes full set of tennis honors and tour-level titles .
Andrea Petkovic wins the WTA Diamond Games tournament . |
efb6354785c2f56ed5159a72537f44a52c563809 | By . Sophie Borland Health Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:40 EST, 28 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:12 EST, 29 August 2012 . The number of cancer drugs being rejected by the health watchdog has risen by 50 per cent in two years, a report has revealed. Campaigners say NICE is saying no to more treatments since the Governme... | NICE is saying no to more treatments than it did before Cancer Drugs Fund was introduced. campaigners say .
Fund set up by Government was intended to supplement the number of drugs available .
Drugs turned down last year include treatments for advanced breast cancer and prostate cancer . |
efb67ae341478903427bb15e12034f66507255ea | A group of women sitting outside Costa coffee look shocked. They’re turning around to see who is screaming at the top of their voice, disturbing their quiet lunch. I would look around, too, but I’m incapable of turning — or stopping for that matter. I also know exactly who is disturbing the peace — it’s me, hurtling th... | The Air Wheel costs £429 and can travel for 24 miles on a single charge .
The device weighs approximately 13 kgs - similar to a fold-up bicycle .
The company behind the device claim a user can be proficient in two days . |
efb685492439bd7a52b341621fb2593916d17c3e | (CNN) -- A dreaded curse that has nagged Chicago's Wrigley Field for decades may have triggered a grotesque prank Wednesday, when an unidentified man in an unmarked truck dropped off a package containing a severed goat's head at the stadium. The gruesome parcel was addressed to the club's owner, Tom Ricketts, CNN affil... | An unidentified man in an unmarked van delivered a goat's head to Wrigley Field .
It may have been an attempt to reverse an old curse on the team .
Bill "Billy Goat" Sianis took his goat Murphy, a good luck charm, to a game in 1945 .
Murphy got kicked out, and an angry Sianis put a curse on the team . |
efb6ee60d52649b581cd4e982486cc60c5cad3d4 | By . Toni Jones . PUBLISHED: . 13:01 EST, 22 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:08 EST, 23 January 2013 . The Irish accent is the most popular in Britain, a survey revealed yesterday. More than a quarter of people questioned said they prefer listening to a soft Irish lilt to any other manner of speech and women were part... | 1 in 4 people prefer the Irish accent above all other .
The West Country accent landed second place with nearly a fifth of the vote .
The Essex accent came bottom of the poll with just one percent of the vote . |
efb6f88018a17e0d5ffbc02994318061c0072b98 | European Union migrants could be refused entry to France if their ‘personal behaviour’ is considered a threat to ‘security or public order’. The vaguely worded measure could be used to stop all kinds of undesirables entering the country, from those with criminal records to communities considered unable to integrate. Cr... | New law could stop criminals or communities considered unable to integrate .
Critics say measure could be used to stop EU nationals entering the country .
It comes amid growing row between the UK and Brussels over immigration .
European Commission warned any European migrant cap would be illegal . |
efb6f930b646903c5d47fb45290c9fb6dc86f566 | (CNN) -- Casey Anthony was "polite and cooperative" in her first meeting with her probation officer for check fraud and fraudulent use of a personal ID, a Florida Department of Corrections spokeswoman said Thursday. Gretl Plessinger, the department's communications director, said that Anthony reported to a probation of... | NEW: A Florida corrections spokeswoman says Casey Anthony was cooperative .
NEW: Anthony tells probation officer that she intends to do well, official adds .
Anthony started her one-year probation sentence Wednesday evening .
Officials refused to provide Anthony's location, citing security concerns . |
efb79d4ff70c94bb568df486b4290b4b9720a17b | A woman sentenced to two days in jail was locked up for 154 days after a judge forgot to sign the order for her release. Destiny Hoffman, 34, was given two days on August 22 by Clark County Circuit Court Judge Jerry Jacobi in Indiana for diluting her drug screen results, violating her court-appointed treatment program.... | Destiny Hoffman, 34, was given 48-hours for violating her drug treatment program in Indiana .
Judge Jacobi forgot to sign release form in August leaving the woman incarcerated until December .
The judge reportedly ordered her to jail without a hearing or legal counsel . |
efb7f1978ae33209221493fd99dac4f27a67a649 | By . Peter Campbell . PUBLISHED: . 20:09 EST, 15 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:10 EST, 15 November 2013 . It is often called the best kept secret in the City - company shares that come with lucrative perks. From discounted theme park tickets to Marks & Spencer shopping vouchers, firms are ramping up the freebies th... | More than 40 companies on the London Stock Exchange offer perks .
Some for all shareholders, but others require substantial investments .
Vouchers, cheaper tariffs and discount theme park tickets are among them . |
efb8e1cc61968d4fd7b82ad3aa0dad781cd9652b | Another winter storm is set to strike the Northeast, pummeling the already-frozen landscape with as much as ten inches of snow in a four-day onslaught. Less than a week after parts of the region received unprecedented levels of snowfall, a new system is set to roll down across the Midwest from the Canadian border. The ... | Boston, already hit by 40-inch downfall, due another 11 by next week .
Steady snow possible as storm system swoops in over Canadian border .
Swathe from New York City to Vermont set to be caught up in the snow .
Colder-than-average temperatures also expected for Northeast . |
efb8fb8355feb3312493903165b0edd4b2b27b26 | A producer at the humiliated San Francisco TV station which published . a series of fake and racially offensive names supposedly of the pilots on-board . the crashed Asiana 214 flight, captured the moment he realized their mistake tweeting simply ‘oh ***t’ According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Brad Belstock, a prod... | Station broadcast inaccurate names but apologized for the error a few minutes later .
KTVU says it confirmed the information with the National Transportation Safety Board .
NTSB says a summer intern verified the names when approached by the station . |
efb8fdf6f2453e5c5d5f76e9c0f035da916f7383 | By . Richard Spillett . A ship's precious cargo of 2,800 bars of silver has finally reached the Royal Mint to be made into coins - more than 70 years after it was sunk by a German U-boat. The shipment of silver worth £38million was bound for Britain at the height of the Second World Two, but it was lost at sea after th... | Merchant ship carrying silver from India for the war effort was sunk in 1941 .
Its cargo of 2,800 bars of silver has sat on the bed of the Atlantic ever since .
Record-breaking bid to salvage the silver from three miles down a success .
The Royal Mint is now making the metal into coins to remember the tragedy . |
efb981b48a0be44b22e77e47b8d2e9dab20b2935 | By . Lucy Laing . Last updated at 5:00 PM on 11th February 2012 . This is the heartbreaking picture of the mother who tried for a staggering 17 years to have a baby - and was a mum for just 32 days. Tracie Wright and her husband Paul, 42, had never given up trying despite nearly two decades of trying desperately to be ... | Joshua developed rare bowel condition and died in his mother's arms . |
efb9a4044a8f9c6c9c1655da3fb807b69eafa411 | (CNN) -- The government of Colombia has reached an agreement with FARC rebels in the fight against drug trafficking and cultivation of illicit crops, both sides announced Friday. Colombia is one of the world's top cocaine producers. The rebel group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia is estimated to make around $500... | Colombia is one of the world's top cocaine producers .
Agreement is part of a complex peace deal aimed at ending decades-long war .
Government plans to launch program on illegal crop eradication . |
efb9df53a3b1103e45f7dfe9e40830dbd13dacd4 | By . Charles Sale . Follow @@charliesale . A gala dinner for Caribbean football officials hosted by England’s doomed 2018 World Cup bid is being looked at by FIFA investigator Michael Garcia. It has emerged that Garcia quizzed England 2018 officials during interviews in London last year about them picking up the w... | Michael Garcia is leading FIFA's investigations into allegation of corruption in the World Cup bidding process .
FIFA are probing a £35,000 payment by England's 2018 World Cup bid team to cover a gala dinner for Caribbean officials .
Celebrations were to woo former vice-president Jack Warner .
Garcia is also looking in... |
efba4bbe35b24b00567d3c437fd06b9bb123b168 | By . Steve Grant, Saintsweb . Southampton and England striker Rickie . Lambert looks poised to join his boyhood club Liverpool, who released . him as a 15-year-old. We asked Steve Grant of fan website SaintsWeb whether the deal represents good business for the south coast club. Is it any wonder that many clubs appear t... | Liverpool are in talks with Southampton over a £4million deal for Lambert .
The striker is currently training with England ahead of the World Cup .
Lambert has risen from League One to the Premier League with Saints . |
efbafcefd63635caeceb2436e469bb19086455c3 | James Hook wants Gloucester to kick on from recent domestic successes and book a place in this season's European Challenge Cup quarter-finals. Victory over Kingsholm visitors Oyonnax on Saturday would secure a last-eight spot one game inside the distance. And after starting the year with successive Aviva Premiership wi... | A win against Oyonnax would secure Gloucester a place in the last-eight .
Gloucester buoyed by Aviva Premiership wins over Exeter and Saracens .
London Irish looking to keep the heat on Pool One rivals Cardiff Blues .
Pool Four Exeter face closest group rivals Connacht in Galway . |
efbb84593bc2d098fc75de21a5f04ff9c60b70d9 | Iain Duncan Smith has claimed his flagship Universal Credit scheme has been vindicated after evidence showed it is was helping people find work quicker and earn more. The Work and Pensions Secretary said research suggested that those receiving Universal Credit are 5 per cent more likely to find employment within four m... | Iain Duncan Smith has defended his flagship Universal Credit scheme .
Tory cabinet minister says evidence shows it is helping people into work .
Study shows those on benefit were 5% more likely to find employment .
They also spent extra days in work earning £50 more over four months .
But Labour said the new benefits s... |
efbc74f01c362471d27c0fb51035abbecada61ea | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:39 EST, 24 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:53 EST, 27 August 2013 . Mike Tyson has revealed that he is on the verge of dying from alcohol and drug abuse after years of lying about being sober. The former heavyweight champion made the startling revelation while at a press confe... | Former boxing champ made shock revelations at press conference Friday .
He has not used alcohol or drugs in six days, which he called 'a miracle'
Tyson claimed last year he had been sober for three years . |
efbd028151ee9a771596bf69a35f5f0b7438cdc2 | By . Misty White Sidell . While fashion most often celebrates clothes that are visible on the outside, a new exhibit diverges from the norm by focusing on what’s worn underneath. The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s new show ‘Exposed: A History of Lingerie’ explores the evolution of underpinnings from th... | Exposed: A History of Lingerie is currently on view at the Museum at FIT .
It includes more than 70 artifacts from the 18th century to modern-day . |
efbd1b0606279110ab6e3883154b2181a69de37b | (CNN) -- New Zealand may have retained rugby's Sevens World Series in fine style, but Fiji's Samisoni Viriviri claimed the honor of being named the competition's leading player following the finale in England. The flying winger was in imperious form throughout the season, as his searing pace and clinical finishing comb... | Fiji's Samisoni Viriviri named Player of the 2013-2014 Series .
New Zealand win fourth straight championship as season ends in London .
All Blacks have won 12 of 15 HSBC Sevens World Series . |
efbd4995e9ceb5c630db1dd7910a89ebfc87854f | Ask Alex Song who the best player in the world is and his answer is emphatic: 'Lionel Messi. Oh my God.' On Wednesday night, the East End welcomes the Barcelona superstar with open arms as the Boleyn Ground plays host to a mouth-watering international between Argentina and Croatia. Of course, the likelihood is that Mes... | Alex Song has no doubt who the best player in the world is right now .
Former team-mate Lionel Messi is 'unbelievable', according to Song .
Song is currently on loan at West Ham from Messi's side Barcelona .
Messi is in the East End with Argentina, who are facing Croatia in a friendly at Upton Park on Wednesday night .... |
efbdcf770baedce08e8829145380fd38e52bf15b | By . Tim Shipman . Tough? Labour's Rachel Reeves signalled a toughening of opposition stance . Britain's three main parties were on a collision course with Brussels last night after they all backed plans to limit migrants’ benefits – in defiance of the European Commission. Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith ... | Opposition and Lib Dems say migrants should be forced to wait for benefits .
Labour's Rachel Reeves says they must pay into system before taking benefits .
Iain Duncan Smith is talking to other EU countries about delaying payments . |
efbddac33e95f7129693ac5810b8a5f96638037f | NASA approved a $100,000 investment that pushes the envelope- not to mention sound barriers- when it comes to plane design. The space organization approved the hefty fund to allow for further development of a new type of aircraft called the supersonic plane concept. The plane is created in a way that will allow it to t... | Plane can fly on two of its sides and travel to supersonic levels .
Research based out of University of Miami . |
efbe68ef479af4241c23c1f1e32216d30bd3f449 | ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Chicken nuggets. Sandwiches. Pizza. Baseball games. Play-Doh. These are some of the basics of childhood that could prove deadly to my 4-year-old son, Teddy. Teddy took his first sip of milk in 2005, triggering a strong allergic reaction as seen in this family photo. Teddy has food allergies t... | Teddy, age 4, has food allergies that, left untreated, can cut off his breathing .
1 to 2 percent of children suffer from food allergies, according to experts .
Eating chicken, pizza, peanuts -- even going to baseball games -- can be deadly .
Teddy's mom describes how this affects his lifestyle, at school and home . |
efbe6b922a76dab1fbb428ed224047043953ac9d | A student from London was left temporarily blind after surgery to change the colour of her eyes. Shenise Farrell travelled to Panama, in Central America, for the unregulated procedure to change her eye colour from dark brown to light brown. She spent £8,000 on the operation but it went wrong and she was almost left per... | Shenise Farrell wanted to change her eye colour from dark brown to light brown so, in 2009, she flew to Central America for cosmetic surgery .
She spent £8,000 having coloured discs implanted into her eyes - the brown implants were 'out of stock' so she agreed to have blue ones instead .
After the operation her sight d... |
efbfaff648e96cad6ba152b36cedd3a9143c0832 | The plug has been pulled on the world's second most watched clock after Big Ben. The countdown clock at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida was dismantled after being in operation for over 45 years. Millions of people worldwide would watch the clock tick off the minutes and seconds to blast off at the launch site. Icon... | Millions of people worldwide would watch the clock tick off the minutes .
It signified the seconds to blast off at the launch site but has been replaced .
It was first used for the Apollo 12 launch in 1969 .
NASA said the old clock was second most watched clock after Big Ben . |
efbfef5311c32821589f0d1f89c3013420ace0ab | By ANTHONY BOND . Updated: . 12:25 EST, 14 October 2011 . The father of a two-year-old girl has accused his ex-wife of teaching their daughter how to smoke cigarettes after shocking images of the tot emerged on the internet. Gabriel Burulea is now demanding permanent custody of his daughter after claiming that his ex p... | Video emerges on YouTube showing baby smoking .
Father hopes he can now win full custody of his child . |
efc027d48feb5fc3fff2308fb87b4f66e18a4215 | British travellers suffer some of the highest rates of flight delays in Europe, and are owed up to £185 million in compensation from airlines. Statistics released by passenger rights specialist refund.me reveal that one in every four passengers in the UK are affected by delays of at least 15 minutes, the second highest... | Up to 575,000 Britons could be eligible for pay outs for disrupted flights .
Charles de Gaulle Paris worst airport for delays, followed by Heathrow .
£3.5 billion unclaimed compensation since regulation introduced 10 yrs ago . |
efc094a32440b20c6c8c2b23fbe1bb63c4c129f0 | Princess Beatrice, the first woman in line to the throne, may be among the victims of the Sony cyber-attack. The 26-year-old eldest daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson was working at Sony Pictures in London when hackers breached the company's computer network. During the hack last Monday, sensitive medical fil... | Princess Beatrice took up an internship at Sony Pictures earlier this year .
She was working when hackers breached company's computer network .
Hackers stole private information including medical files of Sony staff .
Even includes an email about the breastfeeding diet of a senior executive .
Latest reports suggest 47,... |
efc0a7dcbe7776a1cd2c785b7414a1a2a2aff8cd | By . James Rush and Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 09:04 EST, 26 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:19 EST, 26 September 2013 . A suspected sex offender who disappeared from his home with a gun has shot himself dead, police confirmed today. The body of Garry Foster was found at 2.15pm in the area of Claines, Worcester, follo... | Garry Foster left his home on Sunday afternoon and was last seen driving .
He disappeared after being questioned over sex offence allegations .
His body was found 28 miles from his home along with a shotgun . |
efc0cb21baffc78214ceb4d31dbd2f566e9f14f1 | Amanda Knox's former lover Raffaele Sollecito has reportedly asked her to marry him in a blatant attempt to flee to the United States. Sollecito made the desperate plea in March, six years after they were both tried in Italian court for the 2007 murder of Knox's roommate Meredith Kercher to avoid serving more jail time... | Sollecito reportedly made the desperate plea last March, six years after they were both tried in Italian court for the 2007 murder of Knox's roommate Meredith Kercher .
It was a last ditch attempt to avoid serving more jail time in Italy, his ex-girlfriend, Kelsey Kay, claims .
The couple, who split years ago, are awai... |
efc0d39557231c0293349d8ccdd7822d0a184eeb | If the Skyscraper Index maintains its track record, then China should steel itself for economic collapse. The infamous property index says construction booms that give rise to the world's tallest buildings are the harbingers of economic busts. On July 20, developers celebrated the groundbreaking of Sky City in the sout... | China's skyscraper boom to bring economic doom, if history is precedent .
China's Sky City will be world's tallest building in 2014 at 838 meters, besting Burj Khalifa .
Market crashes followed construction of Chrysler Building, Petronas Towers, Burj .
CIMB's Lawrence: Economic busts tend to occur after large credit ex... |
efc13ae139885170020fcc8d80b4eed010b58fea | By . Meghan Keneally . PUBLISHED: . 09:17 EST, 30 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:20 EST, 30 May 2012 . Apple's new CEO Tim Cook knew that he was facing an impossible task when he was tapped as the one to fill Steve Job's iconic turtleneck. 'Steve was a genius and a visionary… He’s an irreplaceable person. Steve was an or... | Tim Cook, who took over Apple after Steve Job died last year, spoke on a wide range of issues about new product development and his takeover .
Defends decision to have manufacturers outside of the U.S.
Talked about his grief after mentor Jobs' death . |
efc16b8ba178cc7d6ecfa244fc96b87d77a78aa0 | By . Ashley Collman for MailOnline . Shocking dash-cam footage captures the terrifying moment a mother and four young children were pulled over by police at gunpoint. The incident happened two weeks ago when cops in Forney, Texas were looking for a motorist who was waving a gun outside their window. But they ended up p... | Kametra Barbour was driving her two children and two godchildren recently when she was pulled over by police in Forney, Texas .
Police were looking for a suspect who was driving a beige or tan car and waiving a gun .
They pulled over her red car because it got off at the same exit .
Officers ordered the mother out of t... |
efc17be2facc256d10adde925ec1ef3990108f79 | New York (CNN) -- A Queens man who faces charges related to five firebombings in the New York City metropolitan area is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation, authorities said late Tuesday. The suspect was taken to a hospital in Queens after demonstrating irrational behavior, said Paul Browne, deputy commissioner for the... | NEW: The suspect is taken to a hospital in Queens after demonstrating irrational behavior .
NEW: Ray Lazier Lengend has confessed to the attacks, police say .
NEW: Among other charges, he faces one count of arson as a hate crime . |
efc1d72858c01808afde6deb352445e9123147c2 | (CNN) -- Referee Tom Henning Ovrebo was understood to have been smuggled out of England by police after receiving a number of death threats following his officiating of the Champions League semifinal second leg between Chelsea and Barcelona -- according to the UK Press Association. Tom Henning Ovrebo's refereeing of th... | Referee Tom Henning Ovrebo believed to have been smuggled out of England .
Norwegian received death threats after officiating Chelsea v Barcelona semi .
Chelsea captain John Terry supports Didier Drogba's reaction after the match .
Drogba has subsequently apologized for his actions in official club statement . |
efc2cd6cc2e18b351f6fb106843fa0e1eb98c835 | A decision on changes to the funding of Olympic sports will not be taken until after the general election in May - but could include team sports being funded in a different way. UK Sport is holding a consultation exercise on changes to its 'no compromise' funding system which funnels public money to those sports winnin... | Final decision to be made after the general election in May .
Team sports such as basketball receive no UK Sport money .
Many believe the system is unfair and favours sports such as cycling . |
efc31c5dd03df6c2e8c7bbc3f08e60382760fb05 | By . David Williams . Last updated at 7:48 PM on 16th August 2011 . Forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi are believed to have more than 200 Scud missiles held in reserve to defend Tripoli as rebel fighters draw closer to the Libyan capital. With rebels threatening to take control of two strategic towns guarding supply lines... | Missile launch an act of desperation, says analyst .
UN brokered meetings between Gaddafi loyalists and rebels held in Tunis .
Russia 'deeply disturbed' that Nato bombings go beyond UN mandate .
Rebels battle to hold gains around capital as Gaddafi calls for fightback .
Medics in Zawiyah say 21 killed in fighting on Mo... |
efc38a8cca6299f36c5ae626b1efa43342c728e9 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Starting Monday, health inspectors will halt and check the shipment of ingredients common to Mexican cuisine from Mexico to the United States, sources familiar with the salmonella poisoning investigation said. Since April, more than 900 people have contracted the same strain of salmonella, but its s... | Starting Monday, authorities will intercept some food from Mexico at the border .
Sources say salmonella inquiry expanding to cilantro, peppers and scallions .
943 people in 40 states, the District of Columbia, Canada have become ill . |
efc397454acc8d4d82c82212554533be07814733 | By . Ashley Collman for MailOnline . One 92-year-old man proves it's never too late to tell someone you love them. Last year, Howard Attebery of San Diego married Cynthia Riggs, the woman he spent a summer working with in 1950 and instantly fell in love with. The two never got together during that summer because Riggs ... | Cynthia Riggs, 82, and Howard Attebery, 92, met while working for a geology lab in the summer of 1950 .
Attebery says he immediately fell in love with Riggs, but the two never dated because she had a boyfriend at the time .
More than 60 years later, the two reconnected when Attebery sent a coded love letter .
They were... |
efc3f1ceb0a1fb7f68f517f6d2283a0fde714ce6 | Residents of Norfolk Island are outraged by a request from the Australian Government asking them to use the Advance Australia Fair as their official national anthem, it has been claimed . Since Queen Victoria handed over control of the small island - off the coast of Australia - to Pitcairn islanders in 1856, the 2,000... | Australia has been using Advance Australia Fair as its national anthem for 40 years now .
Norfolk Island have been using God Save the Queen as their official anthem since 1856 .
Administrator Gary Hardgrave wrote to Norfolk Island's chief minister Lisle Snell last month .
In the letter, Mr Hardgrave said it was 'surely... |
efc3f9549307e35364de42fac2eb8cb20abd4db4 | By . Simon Cable . PUBLISHED: . 13:53 EST, 9 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:30 EST, 9 December 2013 . Overpaid? Jennifer Aniston was eighth on a list after her latest three films made minimal returns . She commands up to £6.5million a film. But Jennifer Aniston might not be able to bank on such high fees much longer... | Forbes compared cost of films, including stars' pay, with box office returns .
Found 44-year-old is 8th most overpaid actress with last three films a flop .
Horrible Bosses, Just Go With It and Wanderlust cost £93m in total but only made £450m at the box office. Iron Man 3 cost £122m and made £741m .
Rom-com actor Adam... |
efc4644c1883d93e343bb68fbedcde1cd9540843 | London (CNN) -- Armed with a silky-smooth voice and an uncompromising spirit, Nigerian singer/songwriter Ola Onabulé has won admirers around the world. With a career spanning nearly two decades, the Nigerian singer has often been described as one of music's best-kept secrets. Onabulé says that although he can hear "the... | Ola Onabulé is an acclaimed Nigerian singer and songwriter .
He blends Afro beats with jazz and soul while his lyrics often tackle tricky issues .
He's blazed his own trail in a career that has produced seven albums . |
efc4a6606a50500cadfc055b284e84467562a38b | New Delhi, India (CNN) -- Police in the northern India state of Rajasthan say they were stunned when a man showed up at a police outpost holding a bloody human head in one hand and a sword in another. The head was that of the man's daughter, chopped off because of her "indecent behavior," Umesh Ojha, deputy superintend... | A man brings the severed head of his daughter to a police outpost in India .
The divorced daughter had been killed for "indecent behavior," the man says .
The woman's mother was too distraught to talk, police said . |
efc4fa1d6f7eba607fe0f591e8c23f14203621ac | PUBLISHED: . 21:06 EST, 7 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 06:53 EST, 8 March 2014 . An Army captain at the center of a sexual assault case that has scandalized the U.S. military testified Friday that a general twice forced her to perform oral sex on him during their three-year, illicit affair. Taking the stand on the first... | Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair, 51, is the highest-ranking American military officer ever to face a court martial over sexual assault charges .
He is accused of coercing a U.S. Army captain into a three-year affair .
Sinclair allegedly twice forced the officer - 20 years his junior - to perform oral sex on him while th... |
efc58ce45f52ec2729a6f39514f15b3aae9fe709 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 05:51 EST, 14 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:12 EST, 14 March 2013 . North Korea has carried out a drill using live artillery near its disputed border with the South, according to official media. The exercise was personally supervised by leader Kim Jong Un, who has issued a serie... | Dictator oversees drill near disputed border with South Korea .
Rogue state has increased warlike rhetoric following fresh UN sanctions . |
efc5ae8ee568b1224ecd917326733898aaf84347 | A baby girl born three days after Christmas arrived with an extra gift for her parents: two perfectly-formed bottom front teeth. Jaklina Bailey said doctors and nurses at the hospital in Branson, Missouri were stunned when baby Alyssa showed off her set of chompers. 'Right when she first arrived, everybody was just sho... | Doctors and nurses were stunned when Alyssa Bailey was born three days after Christmas with two perfectly-formed bottom teeth .
One in every 2,000 to 3,000 babies is born with teeth and doctors often remove them in case they fall out and present a choking hazard . |
efc5c37f2503460a27df864895b21044cfd17846 | (CNN) -- What rules must a turkey sandwich follow in order to board an airplane? With the six needles found in sandwiches on four international Delta Air Lines flights from the Netherlands to the United States, it's a question already stressed travelers are starting to ask. Assuming you get any food on your flight thes... | Airlines and caterers have shared few details about food inspection on planes .
Airline catering usually spot tested, expert says .
Expert: Isolated, one-off incidents such as recent Delta episode are difficult to prevent . |
efc5cb7f5e3772d179982586b42e761032a3d6d4 | MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Western nations and organizations Tuesday condemned Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for recognizing the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two breakaway regions in Georgia. A Tskhinvali resident celebrates Russia's recognition of South Ossetia's independence. "This is not an easy choi... | Russian president signs order recognizing independence of Georgian territories .
U.S., UK, NATO and EU condemn Russian move over independence .
Russia says recognition of independence is in line with international law .
South Ossetia, Abkhazia center of Georgia conflict with Russia . |
efc63bd76a868fae1777ae6da67864e1c7935c69 | The 19-year-old man charged with murdering a Las Vegas mother in a neighborhood gunbattle suffered a fractured skull as an infant - an injury that lawyers said could become a factor in the case. Erich Milton Nowsch's father pleaded guilty in 1996 to child abuse for the injury, according to archived Clark County Distri... | Erich Nowsch of Las Vegas, Nevada has been charged with murder of Tammy Meyers, 44, a mother of four and grandmother of one .
His lawyer Augustus Claus may use a fractured skull he suffered as an infant at the hands of his father in his defense .
This after Claus claimed Nowsch had smoked pot before surrendering to pol... |
efc63be033d0e39aa646ba9a7f892417fdb1b1a9 | Sudanese model Ataui Deng, 22, has been found alive in a New York City hospital two weeks after going missing. Friends first publicly raised concern on Monday, when a fellow model tweeted that Ataui hadn't been seen in two weeks. Celebrities including Rihanna rallied to raise awareness and find Ataui, who modeled for h... | Ataui Deng, 22, went missing from Manhattan 10 days ago and was found alive on Monday at an area hospital .
She worked for Trump Model Management and appeared in Vogue Germany; walked the catwalk for Zac Posen .
Her boyfriend, Grant Monohon, has been living with Ataui for at least two years .
She and fellow Trump mode... |
efc66ae7fba075b73a61bc66ec6e2503ac7d6e7e | By . Kerry Mcdermott and Steve Robson . PUBLISHED: . 05:43 EST, 24 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:03 EST, 24 May 2013 . It's certainly traditional, if rather miserable. The bank holiday weekend got off to a soggy start yesterday as the Met Office said this spring will be the coldest for more than 30 years. The unsettled ... | Reports of 12-mile tailbacks as incident hits Bank Holiday getaway .
Weather warnings in place across UK as gales sweep the country .
Heavy rain showers from London up to Newcastle, Met Office said .
Highways Agency warned drivers to take care in high winds . |
efc67224875f8da29b5eb67ad058c25aba6151f6 | (CNN) -- After a technical hiccup, SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule reached the International Space Station on Sunday. The unmanned Dragon is carrying more than 1,200 pounds of supplies for the crew and the crew's experiments. The station's robotic arm captured the Dragon at 5:31 a.m. ET, NASA said. The arm will guide the... | The International Space Station has captured the SpaceX's Dragon capsule .
The unmanned Dragon is carrying more than 1,200 pounds of supplies .
It suffered a temporary glitch with its thrusters after it launched into orbit . |
efc6f8ad308287c9e7085534b2ffc6aa93ffbdcd | By . Suzannah Hills . Response: Supt Kevin Purcell (pictured) apologised to motorists. But his colleague attacked 'vile' drivers on Twitter for encouraging the man to jump while they waited in a queue . A senior policeman has condemned ‘vile’ trolls who took to social networking sites to complain about a motorway being... | Man has been on the bridge over the M42 since 12.45pm yesterday .
Police have closed the M42 between the M5 and junction 1 at Bromsgrove .
West Mercia Police say the motorway will remain closed until the incident has been resolved . |
efc7ef878b05f0c7b3e42f1d919d1f027c659e17 | By . Olivia Williams and Kritika Sharma . PUBLISHED: . 16:37 EST, 1 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:14 EST, 1 March 2013 . A seven-year old girl was raped at her school in New Delhi on Thursday, according to police. The injured girl was taken by her parents from the school in the Mangolpuri area to the Sanjay Gandhi hos... | Seven-year-old girl found injured at her school on Thursday afternoon .
Doctors confirmed she had been sexually assaulted .
New Delhi residents demand police take complaint seriously . |
efc82d3428fe5b7aee7de0f113dc1dc886842483 | By . Amy Oliver . PUBLISHED: . 08:07 EST, 30 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:17 EST, 30 August 2012 . Held: Former News of the World legal manager Tom Crone who was arrested at his London home this morning . The News of the World's former legal adviser Tom Crone has been arrested over alleged phone hacking. The 60-year... | Mr Crone is the 25th person to be arrested .
under Operation Weeting . |
efc878ace97e483c0dd93946ca8e64783ac4a048 | By . Jenny Awford for MailOnline . Michaela Hutchings went on a spending spree after £50,000 was mistakenly put into her bank account . Designer clothes bought by a single mother after more than £50,000 of council money was mistakenly put in her bank account are being auctioned by police on eBay. Michaela Hutchings, 23... | Michaela Hutchings used £51,821 mistakenly transferred by Lichfield Council .
Spent money on items from Gucci, Dior, Louis Vuitton and Ralph Lauren .
Now all the expensive gear will be auctioned online by Staffordshire Police .
Spent £5,000 on shoes, jeans and sunglasses and gave £1,000 to her family .
Also transferred... |
efc896b4aa7e2fb76988ef113f02f41ffd0ac7c4 | (CNN) -- Jordan Axani planned to travel around the world with his girlfriend Elizabeth Gallagher, until they broke up. Now, he'll embark on Sunday on the circumnavigation with Elizabeth Gallagher. No need for a double-take: The name may be the same, but the person answering to it isn't. Axani had booked his-and-her air... | Jordan Axani booked an around-the-world trip for him and his girlfriend .
They broke up, and the ticket was non-transferable, he wrote on social media .
He looked for a woman with the same first and last name of his ex to take her ticket .
He decided upon a winner this week . |
efc9591c77717681cdf9f58c2b7f119cf9dfedb3 | (EW.com) -- "You gotta pull it together man," Andy Samberg, the final guest on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," told his friend. "You're moving up a time slot, across the hall, bigger stage, this is all good stuff!" Fallon, who has proven again in his last week before taking over "The Tonight Show" just what a gracious,... | Jimmy Fallon hosted his final "Late Night" on February 7 .
Andy Samberg was his final guest .
The Muppets also helped him transition .
Fallon will begin hosting "The Tonight Show" on February 17 . |
efc98bb6c0ec5e898d54418dc5b0538508f2ef61 | By . Neil Ashton . PUBLISHED: . 14:18 EST, 15 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 02:57 EST, 16 January 2014 . Southampton are in meltdown after executive chairman Nicola Cortese quit the club amid a bitter dispute with owner Katharina Liebherr. The club now faces the distinct possibility of losing its impressive manager and... | Chairman Nicola Cortese quits after dispute with owner Katharina Liebherr .
Boss Mauricio Pochettino is on the brink of leaving the south coast club .
Rickie Lambert could lead a player exodus, with West Ham leading the chase for his signature .
Liebherr, daughter of late benefactor Markus, will take over from Cortese ... |
efc98fb9fc36d2e50aa2eb59067a7c9256b87c95 | By . Daniel Bates . PUBLISHED: . 13:15 EST, 6 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:49 EST, 7 January 2013 . They are renown for their doom-laden lyrics about Satan and slaughter. Now the rock band Megadeth's front man is speaking out about something else close to his heart - the delivery policy at Men’s Wearhouse. Angry (F... | Megadeth's Dave Mustaine blitzes discount clothing chain with unlikely Internet post .
Tells fans, 'I wouldn't step foot in one even for shelter from a blizzard.'
Shopped in Salt Lake City, Utah M.W., claims purchases were never delivered .
Implores fans to, 'Go to JoS A. Bank, instead'
Ironically invokes chain's sloga... |
efc99a0cb8391e0666c324254e4c83e718addd13 | By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 06:27 EST, 4 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:19 EST, 4 January 2013 . It is 23 years since a professional footballer in Britain last revealed he was gay. And in an attempt to stamp out one of the game's last remaining stigmas, a Premiership star has become only the third footballer to ... | Matt Jarvis features on the front of February's Attitude .
He says the sport is ready to welcome any footballers wanting to come out .
David Beckham and Freddie .
Ljungberg have also been on magazine cover .
Justin Fashanu was last footballer to come out publicly in Britain in 1990 . |
efc9d0cbcd6a716cfa4cabf2cec2ad8c3084dc54 | By . Matt Barlow . Follow @@Matt_Barlow_DM . All eyes, not to mention camera lenses, were trained on Luis Suarez as he emerged, carrying his boots, into the sunshine at the tidy red-and-white Arena de Jacare. For Suarez, the World Cup finally seems set to start, 39 days after his last game, played alongside five Liverp... | Luis Suarez looks set to start for Uruguay against England on Thursday .
Striker missed Uruguay's opening game against Costa Rica .
England must also be wary of Edinson Cavani .
Suarez has called for Uruguay fans to 'trust' their national . |
efc9d1510240cac9607ce28b6265b8d75525f83a | Norwich City have issued three supporters with final warnings following complaints of homophobic abuse at Carrow Road. The trio have been warned after the Canaries completed an investigation into abuse flagged up by fellow Norwich supporters at more than one home match earlier this season. One of those incidents is kno... | Fans complained for homophobic abuse during Norwich City's 2-2 draw with Birmingham City at Carrow Road on September 20 .
Norwich have warned three supporters abuse homophobic abuse .
If they are found to be abusing against they will be banned from ground . |
efc9f10132653cd18eeb01ebd588d993570e781a | This is the embarrassing moment two teenagers had to be rescued in a dinghy just yards from the river bank - after they misjudged the tide and became stranded on mudflats. The distressed pair, both 15, were forced to wait for the coastguard after landing themselves in the sticky situation on the River Medway, in Gillin... | Two friends, 15, launched dinghy from one of their father's sailing boat .
But soon became stuck in mud after tide came in on River Medway, Kent .
Embarrassed pair had to wait for coastguard to save them on Sunday .
Huge response saw fire engines and specialist mud rescue team arrive .
Eventually winched to safety as a... |
efca49e5e52e46e7755f145d112b45473911da61 | Britain’s most expensive council house has been taken over by squatters – who have vowed to fight any attempts to evict them. The Grade II-listed building in south London sold at auction for almost £3million on Monday, but its new owner now faces the prospect of getting rid of around 20 unauthorised tenants. Within hou... | House near Borough Market, south London, was sold to anonymous buyer .
Squatters unfurled banners from the 200-year-old building this weekend .
They said they wanted to stop the house passing into private hands .
Building owned by Courage brewery before passed to Southwark Council .
Council wants to use the money from ... |
efcad6e8faeeaec0af2946340a663d20e0f5a0a3 | A Mexican man once listed as the world's heaviest human being died Monday at the age of 48. Manuel . Uribe had slimmed down to about 867 pounds, well below . his then-record peak weight of 1,230 pounds, which was . certified in 2006 as a Guinness World Record. Uribe's death was confirmed by an official of the health de... | Manuel Uribe had slimmed down from then record breaking weight of 1,230 pounds .
Had to be transported to the hospital by crane when experiencing an abnormal heartbeat .
Cause of death has yet to be certified . |
efcb6d38973bb518f327d5c07c9f849b065ae542 | The nuns in a Carmelite community in Lucena, Spain, received a voice-mail message on New Year's Eve that they had to share with the world. The caller was Pope Francis. "What are the nuns doing that they can't answer?" the Pope said jokingly. "I am Pope Francis, I wish to greet you in this end of the year, I will see if... | Pope Francis calls while nuns at a Spanish convent are praying, leaves voice mail .
"What are the nuns doing that they can't answer?" he asks jokingly .
Eventually Francis calls back, talks with the nuns on speakerphone .
"The message from Pope Francis was to never lose hope," says prioress . |
efcb953659f873363e58b113fd40f2eb10d08953 | A young woman who fell into a coma last year after getting breast augmentation surgery has been allowed to go back to her home but is still unable to move on her own and can only say a few words. Linda Perez now has to be under constant supervision as she has dropped to a skeletal weight. Doctors fear that the now-19-y... | Linda Perez, now 19, fell into a coma in the hour after her August 2013 breast augmentation surgery finished .
Was 'a vegetable' for two months and showed the 'stirrings' of life in October before being released to go home in November .
She can barely move, needs to be carried through the house, and can only say a few ... |
efcbb57bc244774f18f8462f481620087046034c | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 12:59 EST, 16 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:59 EST, 16 September 2013 . This year if you call Butterball's Turkey Talk Line for some cooking advice, you might get a male voice on the line. For the first time, Butterball is enlisting the help of men as well as women for its Turk... | For the first time, Butterball is enlisting the help of men for its Turkey Talk cooking-advice .
The talk line has offered advice to people cooking turkeys for 32 years .
Application for men to apply will appear its Facebook page .
In 1980s 9 Percent Of Callers Were Male, Now 1 In 4 . |
efcc175881425751991a4a11bcd38154e647dad4 | By . Martha De Lacey . PUBLISHED: . 18:45 EST, 17 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:14 EST, 18 June 2013 . Best-selling author Barbara Taylor . Bradford, whose 28 novels about powerful women have amassed her a fortune of £200 million, has slammed erotic fiction Fifty Shades Of Grey . as repetitive, badly written and 'not e... | Said 'hero' Christian Grey was most women's 'worst nightmare'
The British author has written 28 novels and has fortune of £200 million .
Fifty Shades was fastest selling book in history when published in June 2011 .
Taylor Bradford also said women were jealous of successful women . |
efcc87b54bf5728bd148c6702f84f414c01cb8f9 | Thousands of Algerian soldiers supported by helicopters are hunting for the ISIS-linked Islamist terrorists who beheaded a French mountaineer in a sickening video released yesterday. Herve Gourdel, 55, was captured by the Islamist group Jund al-Khilifa while hiking in the Djurdjura National Park on Sunday - just one da... | Sickening video showing murder of Herve Gourdel was released yesterday .
Islamist group loyal to ISIS called Jund al-Khilifa released beheading footage .
Militants titled the film 'A Message in Blood for the French Government'
55-year-old was captured in Algeria's Djurdjura National Park on Sunday .
Now France has vowe... |
efccc51846fbb36bc5e6bcb3c5933fb7aa671e44 | Sporting only the most stylish designer labels, wearing only meticulously matched colors, the Congo's dandies are the very embodiment of sartorial elegance. Known as "Sapeurs," these dapper dressers are a Congolese subculture devoted to the cult of style. In Brazzaville and Kinshasa -- the capitals of neighboring Repub... | "Sapeurs" are a Congolese sub-culture of dapper dressers .
Despite usually working menial jobs, they wear expensive European labels .
Daniele Tamagni snapped Sapeurs for his book "Gentlemen of Bacongo" |
efcd17c9a8bf9783a1befbc12b6f785e3c53c799 | By . Associated Press . A Pennsylvania pastor who broke church law by presiding over his son's same-sex wedding ceremony and then became an outspoken activist for gay rights can return to the pulpit after a United Methodist Church appeals panel on Tuesday overturned a decision to defrock him. The nine-person panel orde... | Frank Schaefer became an outspoken activist for gay rights after officiating at his son's wedding .
He can now return to his Pennsylvania church after a United Methodist appeals panel on Tuesday overturned a decision to defrock him . |
efcdddd7bf11926907aec1cc53193846e73ed68f | By . Jessica Jerreat . PUBLISHED: . 20:22 EST, 27 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:46 EST, 28 July 2013 . Last year Brazilian oil tycoon and seventh richest man on the planet Eike Batista had a total wealth of $34 billion. But the 56-year-old, who bankrolled the bid to bring the 2016 Olympics to his home country, has gone... | Eike Batista had boasted of desire to be wealthiest person on the planet .
56-year-old's oil conglomerate is estimated to have lost 90 per cent of its value . |
efce6bf3bd74bb2142846ec592b3957a26014fb6 | By . Gerri Peev . PUBLISHED: . 18:45 EST, 7 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:51 EST, 7 April 2013 . British support for membership of the EU is now ‘wafer-thin’, David Cameron has warned ahead of talks with European leaders. The Prime Minister will travel to Madrid, Paris and Berlin this week to demand the EU stop meddli... | Prime Minister will demand EU pay more attention to 'democratic consent'
Cameron accused the institution of 'over-reaching itself' with its lawmaking . |
efce96a4e62969ac8ad6d0764396b259c8cc1c94 | Slaven Bilic apologised to Arsene Wenger after he was sent off in the final moments of Besiktas’ fiery 0-0 draw with Arsenal in Istanbul. Bilic was escorted off after complaining to Serbian referee Milorad Mazic during a stormy first leg of this Champions League qualifier at the Ataturk Stadium. The former West Ham and... | Bilic apologises after constant shouting at the refereeing .
Croat boss was unhappy with decisions during 0-0 draw at Ataturk stadium .
But says Arsenal losing Aaron Ramsey will be key for next leg . |
efceaac9d34816e2dcb637ed21851bfa47c2a748 | Chicago (CNN) -- With NATO meeting this week in Chicago to discuss the war in Afghanistan, CNN reached out to some everyday Afghan-Americans to see what they think. What should be the next step? What do they hope will result from the summit? And what is the key to restoring peace after 10 years of bloodshed? Here are f... | CNN spoke to Afghan-Americans in Chicago to get their take on the NATO summit .
One restaurant owner says war isn't the solution: "People are upset, people are suffering"
Bring everyone together and let Afghans lead the peace process, one author says . |
efcf3edde4853d6ab4b1962a4d8b984b99b3318c | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Navy has charged six guards accused of assaulting detainees in May at Camp Bucca in Iraq, naval officials said Thursday. U.S. guards patrol at Camp Bucca in Iraq in May. The Army Criminal Investigation Division investigated alleged incidents that left two detainees with minor bruises. The d... | Navy guards accused of assaulting detainees at Camp Bucca .
Eight prisoners were confined to cell sprayed with riot control agent, Navy says .
Navy: Two detainees allegedly left with minor bruises . |
efd0400401a5d68b17972efc9c6b43e6d9e61e37 | Can animals go to heaven? Some people all over the world have been excited in recent days about reports by news agencies worldwide -- including one from CNN -- declaring that Pope Francis apparently believes they can. It turns out it's unclear what he believes about this. A previous pope, Paul VI, had no doubts. "One ... | It was Pope Paul VI, not Pope Francis, who said animals can go to heaven .
It's unclear where Francis stands on the issue .
An Italian newspaper says Francis' remarks suggest he agrees . |
efd048b23ef6406037b955c2d607e12098cbfe76 | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 12:03 EST, 17 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:32 EST, 17 December 2013 . James 'Whitey' Bulger (pictured in his mugshot) was captured after 16 years on the run . Former Boston crime boss James 'Whitey' Bulger was moved to a federal prison in Oklahoma on Monday, although it was not... | The facility is a transfer point but it is not clear where Bulger is ultimately heading .
Prosecutors in Tulsa are deciding whether to move forward with a first-degree murder charge against Bulger from 1981 .
Bulger is currently serving two life terms . |
efd076129b4f0e340f1643d10ecb6219ead2a09e | A 34-year-old man originally charged in the kidnapping of a New Hampshire teen is now facing 205 additional charges, according to two grand jury rulings. Nathaniel E. Kibby, arrested in July and charged with one count of felony kidnapping, is facing a litany of charges including aggravated felonious sexual assault, wit... | Kibby, arrested in July, faces more than 200 charges .
He is accused of kidnapping a 14-year-old New Hampshire girl .
Kibby is accused of forcing the victim to wear an anti-bark shock dog collar . |
efd0c416c3c90e5a9acad8f9eb870557aa39a7db | By . Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 08:31 EST, 11 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:59 EST, 11 August 2013 . The idyllic thatched roof cottage is a dream for many, and the designers of this eco-friendly house were no different - so made one out of seaweed . The remote forest home has a roof made entirely from water-based plant... | Eco-home on Danish island use local seaweed on roof and walls .
Eight tons of eelgrass was harvested to make 3ft thick roof . |
efd16e754a5aeba67558c5a830e984a922edf575 | (CNN) -- Sometimes a sign of the times is subtle. Let's talk about it: Second Life has long been a forum for self-help, now some rehab centers are setting up shop there. For clients of an alcohol rehab center in Atlanta, one appears in the form of an after-care option: they can meet their therapist for follow-up sessio... | Some rehab centers using virtual worlds to complement therapy for addiction .
Self-help has already been a large feature in Second Life .
Some psychologists say patients might distance themselves from avatar .
Others suggest it could provide way to gain some useful objectivity . |
efd1719113b6841d108a7106dfae9a5cfe087de9 | An eight-year-old girl was mauled to death by a circus tiger after it pulled her into its enclosure at an amusement park in China. Juan Niu was killed after sneaking away from her family to get a closer look at the tigers in a circus, and being pulled into their cage and mauled. The youngster was visiting relatives in ... | Juan Niu left her family to take a closer look at tigers at the theme park .
She was pronounced dead in hospital after suffering severe injuries in attack .
Park reached a settlement with victim's family and pledged to improve safety . |
efd1b5115bd3b36057e45208c7f04e8adb1d8d62 | State corrections officer Henry Blackwelder, pictured, is alleged to have allowed two Pasco County strippers to smuggle booze, to inmates at the Pasco County jail . A prison corrections officer is facing multiple charges for allegedly allowing a pair of strippers to smuggle booze and drugs in to inmates at a Florida j... | Henry Blackwelder, a former corrections officer at the Pasco County jail in Florida is currently under investigation .
He is accused of allowing a pair of strippers to smuggle booze and drugs in to inmates at the Florida jail .
His operation was revealed after an inmate escaped from a work crew and he failed to report... |
efd24cca275bb538bd311b18588d6adaba3782b3 | By . Leesa Smith . Pop-up testing centres have made major progress toward reaching the target of eliminating HIV in NSW by 2020. The results come through in 30 minutes at the centres where you can walk-in or book while other clinics have doubled of the amount of testing in the past 18 months. The data shows a pop-up cl... | HIV tests can be received within 30 minutes at pop-up clinics across NSW .
Some inner-Sydney clinics have doubled HIV testing rates .
NSW is moving towards reaching its target of eliminating HIV by 2020 .
Expert praises the state for fundamental change in testing . |
efd2f55c24a20a044bcc2b5628cc8185d8e18a99 | By . Graham Smith . PUBLISHED: . 10:55 EST, 21 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:28 EST, 21 August 2012 . Dom Mintoff, Malta's former socialist prime minister and dominant political force for more than half a century, has died. He was 96. Mintoff passed away at his residence near Valletta on Monday, the government said. ... | Socialist prime minister passed away at his residence near Valletta on Monday .
Oversaw closure of UK's military base on Malta in 1979 .
Mintoff was PM twice between 1956 and 1958 and between 1971 and 1984 . |
efd2fe2912bcdd2dd0ad8c88f0d855e10238b810 | A schoolgirl who was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in Pakistan has undergone successful surgery, it was revealed today.. Doctors at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham have confirmed that Malala Yousafzai, 15, underwent cranial reconstruction and cochlear implantation procedures yesterday. A hospital spokesw... | Medical team 'very pleased' with schoolgirl's progress following surgery .
She was shot at point-blank range in October for standing up for women's rights and access to education .
Taliban have vowed to target the Pakistani 15-year-old again .
She has been nominated for Nobel Peace prize . |
efd33f2e0a5225505529eb1296917e2594d016a3 | South Africa may be the dominant force in Africa's wine economy, but as the continent's middle class emerges and disposable incomes increase, entrepreneurs in some unlikely destinations are making inroads in the fine wine industry. As the world's eighth largest wine producer, South Africa's wine trade contributed 26.2 ... | South Africa is continent's biggest wine producer, but other countries also make wine .
Tanzania, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe all hoping to compete with South Africa .
Kenya's Rift Valley has a unique climate for its vineyards .
Non-South African wines still have a way to go, says one expert . |
efd38ff4be3158e4df0152a227c88890a4a0f015 | London (CNN) -- A 23-year-old English Premier League soccer player remained in intensive care Monday after suffering cardiac arrest during a game in London, his club Bolton said. Saturday's match between top-flight teams Bolton and Tottenham was called off after Fabrice Muamba, a Bolton midfielder, collapsed on the pit... | Fabrice Muamba still in critical condition in intensive care at London heart hospital .
Bolton says Fabrice Muamba will be anesthetized in intensive care for 24 hours .
Bolton's Tuesday match with Aston Villa is postponed .
Referee calls off quarterfinal match after consulting Bolton and Tottenham players . |
efd3d7d0baab1cf58f9d043a545e386073ec3588 | The United States has long been described as an ethnic melting pot - but researchers have created maps showing how the genetic ancestry of Americans changes from state to state. The new Harvard study used data from 23andMe, a Google-backed genetic testing firm. Researchers analyzed the genomes of more than 160,000 Afri... | Researchers analyzed the genomes of more than 160,000 African Americans, Latinos, and European Americans .
Scandinavian ancestry comprises about 10% of ancestry in European Americans in Minnesota and the Dakotas .
African Americans in Georgia and South Carolina have the highest average percentage of African ancestry .... |
efd592257003d4b98f258ae7b7bde7d66d655eea | By . Daily Mail Reporter . JK Rowling's new detective novel is at the centre of a row between her New York publisher and online retailer Amazon over the price of e-books. The ongoing standoff has seen Amazon remove pre-order buttons for a number of titles published by Hachette, including 'The Silkworm', which Rowling h... | Amazon has stopped pre-sale orders for titles published by Hachette .
JK Rowling's new detective novel The Silkworm is one of the books affected .
Hachette and Amazon are negotiating a new agreement on e-books prices .
Sources say Amazon is seeking a higher percentage split than offered .
Writers such as James Patterso... |
efd6129e6894340f272fc808c679a8952d749af8 | By . Sarah Griffiths . PUBLISHED: . 08:25 EST, 10 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:47 EST, 10 October 2013 . It might look a little bit like a novelty static caravan, but Belgian architects have managed to squeeze essential components of a normal home into a giant egg. The pod, which measures only 215 square feet, cont... | The egg-shaped micro-house measures just 215 square feet but has plenty of storage space in the form of cubby holes - that people can even sleep in .
Design was dreamed up by Belgian architects dmvA as temporary office space for a client that couldn't get planning permission for an extension .
The Blob VB3 micro-house ... |
efd61607e113d3967118dfd804a638352f882b76 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- A medical ailment that has worried male members of string sections across the music world for over 30 years has been exposed as a hoax. Male cellists of the world can breathe easy again. A senior British lawmaker confessed to making up the condition known as "cello scrotum" -- which relates to ... | Elaine Murphy is a member of The House of Lords and a trained doctor .
She made up cello scrotum ailment after reading about guitarist's nipple in 1974 .
Cello scrotum was referenced in a British Medical Journal article last year .
"A symphony of maladies" focused on health problems among musicians . |
efd625aa175bffbf99f9d05a96584655c49a816b | The bill for the British police investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is set to top £10million. Madeleine went missing aged three while on holiday with her parents in Portugal in 2007 and has never been found. David Cameron ordered a review of the case in 2011, which has seen Metropolitan Police dete... | Metropolitan police probe set up in 2011 to review evidence in the case .
British detectives have since travelled to Portugal and interviewed suspects .
Home Office bill for review was estimated at £5million when it started .
But figures show the cost of the inquiry will soon be more than £10million . |
efd63f570fbcde344584f0c040deeb4881742a4f | Beijing (CNN) -- Divining what is going in China's opaque political world is like reading tea leaves: it may be interesting but it's ultimately a futile exercise. The 18th Congress of the 82-million-member Chinese Communist Party, expected to happen in mid-October, will be a landmark event -- it will usher in a new gen... | 18th Congress of the 82-million-member Chinese Communist Party chooses new leadership .
President Hu Jintao will step down and likely be replaced by Vice President Xi Jinping .
Political maneuvering has increased among various camps as congress nears .
Two camps dominate: that of retired president Jiang Zemin and that ... |
efd67790c07c145755267c1e6d2902a237601268 | Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has canceled plans to drill in the Arctic waters off Alaska this year after a federal court ruling put the company's multibillion-dollar project on hold, the company said Thursday. It's the second year Shell has postponed its push to drill in the Chukchi Sea, where it began exploratory dril... | Shell says it lacks "a clear path forward" for drilling off Alaska .
A court ruling last week set back the project .
Shell began drilling in 2012 but skipped 2013 after several snags .
Environmentalists cheered Thursday's ruling . |
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