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f02052dcb24d6698c42a2a008a2928d1b637a713 | America's Jordan Spieth cruised to a 10-shot victory at the Hero World Challenge in Florida on Sunday as his compatriot Tiger Woods capped a miserable tournament by finishing last. Spieth's triumph is his second in as many weeks after he won the Australian Open by six strokes last Sunday and he continued that impressiv... | Jordan Spieth wins Hero World Challenge by 10 shots at Isleworth .
The 21-year-old claimed his second tournament in as many weeks .
He shot a final six-under round to set a course record total of 26 under par .
Host of the event Tiger Woods finished joint-last, 26 shots behind Spieth .
Henrik Stenson finished second, 1... |
f020ad84f6a3d22e79d51d19289e23065b56d489 | (CNN) -- The blacklegged ticks are out, and they're infecting hundreds of thousands of Americans with a bacterial illness -- more often than experts previously thought. About 300,000 Americans each year are diagnosed with Lyme disease, according to new estimate released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... | Lyme disease comes from a bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi .
It's the most common illness spread by ticks in North America and Europe .
Most people recover completely with appropriate treatment . |
f02104b37f319596b79855cbf965cb02c348754c | By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 10:32 EST, 6 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:00 EST, 8 August 2013 . The family of a businessman who died - after suffering a single punch from a racist drunk who is still walking the streets - today called for the case against the attacker to be reopened. Property manager Kamlesh Ruparel... | Property manager Kamlesh Ruparelia, 55, knocked down 'like a skittle'
Punched in face by Kieran Beresford, 38, who had drunk 10 cider pints .
Sheffield inquest is told Ruparelia did nothing to provoke Beresford .
Prosecutors dropped manslaughter charge against attacker in 2011 .
But victim's family are 'shocked by the ... |
f021d3b4c32464d3746caaf2f32787ab29de7633 | By . Zoe Szathmary . A video captured a hot air balloon colliding with a power line on Saturday. The video was filmed by Ruchika Misra and Christopher Almada on the ground, according to CBS News. Scroll down for video . Approach: The hot air balloon is seen moving toward the power line . Fire: The hot air balloon is se... | A hot air balloon collided with a power line in Clinton, Massachusetts on Saturday .
As the hot air balloon strikes the power line in the video, off-screen witnesses shriek as they witness flames erupting .
Just moments later, another power line fire is visible .
The balloon's six passengers suffered minor injuries, an... |
f0220e6fe0b0239f55e02651ace65a029518fee5 | London (CNN) -- Standard Chartered, a British banking giant, has paid $340 million to settle allegations it was involved in money laundering for Iranian clients. The settlement was reached with the New York State Department of Financial Services Tuesday, before a hearing due Wednesday. The hearing has now been adjourne... | Standard Chartered pays $340M to settle allegations of money laundering for Iran .
U.S. regulators accused the London-based group of concealing 60,000 transactions with Iran .
Standard Chartered is accused of helping Iran avoid sanctions by concealing $250B of transactions .
The group refuted the charges, saying 99.9% ... |
f0221e771eb528d14921e65572d8d798be9e5121 | By . John Hall . These incredible photographs are believed to be among the earliest of their kind in existence and offer an fascinating insight into life in the Far East during the 1860s. The images, which form part of a . captivating magazine, show life in China and Japan during the mid-19th century, and . portray vil... | Images show everyday life in China and Japan during mid-19th century .
They are taken from 'China Magazine', which ran from 1868 to 1870 .
Instead of emperors and military figures, the show everyday workers .
Fruit sellers, weavers, gamblers and street barbers are all depicted .
Today the collection sold for £12,500 - ... |
f022216c4f22a63cb3dd06d23718da83b4b36d0d | (CNN) -- It's about that time of year, when dyed green rivers and Guinness beers flow, the shamrock sunglasses and leprechaun T-shirts come out, and corned beef and cabbage enters the mainstream menu. Harvey Losh felt and showed his Irish spirit as he marched in a Seattle St. Patrick's Day parade. With St. Patrick's Da... | Irish Americans, who make up 12 percent of U.S. population, prepare to celebrate .
A political-roast host hopes for a call from President Obama .
Emerald Isle ancestors are remembered coast to coast, even in the desert .
Traditional step dancing hits Chicago before the river turns green . |
f02236a1dae6db103dda3d21302c710796a17428 | A young British ex-pat fled the 'murder island' of Koh Tao in fear of his life today as he claimed two men he suspected had killed two UK tourists there last week wanted him dead too. Terrified Sean McAnna, 25, from Shott, Scotland, hurried to the island ferry after making a desperate phone call for help in the dead of... | Sean McAnna says he was chased by men who quizzed him about murders .
As he hid in supermarket, he wrote message on Facebook pleading for help .
He wrote: 'Thai Mafia are trying to kill me. Please help me.'
Says he was approached in bar by man who quizzed him about the killings .
Man said: 'You're going to hang yoursel... |
f0229b7a12e59307d8fece2aa4ea9ed68f61a43b | By . Lee Moran . Last updated at 2:07 PM on 11th January 2012 . Critical: Holly Raper had been enjoying the adventure of a lifetime when she crashed on a dairy farm on King Island, off the coast of Tasmania . A young British woman is fighting for her life after a horrific quad bike smash during her dream trip to Austra... | Holly Raper crashed on King Island dairy farm .
Airlifted to hospital and now in critical condition .
£25,000 campaign launched to help with support . |
f022a2aa3ea089f037296ac56bd56819c29bba4d | Editor's note: Peter Bregman is chief executive of Bregman Partners, Inc., a global management consulting firm, and the author of "Point B: A Short Guide to Leading a Big Change". He writes a weekly column, How We Work, for HarvardBusiness.org. Peter Bregman says recession is an opportunity to reorient the focus of you... | Peter Bregman: The recession provides an opportunity as well as a challenge .
He says people who were working just for money now can rethink what they do .
He says, if you were laid off, focus your time on what you love doing .
Bregman: Spending time with people is best route to fulfilling new job . |
f022e684cfcf9e0c09245dddc8111c0adc995324 | An eight-year-old boy was allowed behind the wheel of an SUV after his father had been drinking, police have alleged. Frank Gordon Conway, 46, had his son between his legs and let him take control of his Grand Cherokee, steering the car and operating the pedals, after while he was believed to have been drunk in Robinso... | Frank Gordon Conway, 46, allegedly had his son in between his knees .
Drove Grand Cherokee on the street and in parking lot at night .
Car then struck a tree in Robinson township, near Pittsburgh .
Conway said he 'did not see a problem' with his child driving .
Was given multiple charges and will appear in court next m... |
f022e84b16e6c332941886e09ed30a230a68f878 | Apology: Jeremy Clarkson at Heathrow on Thursday following the outcry over his comments . Jeremy Clarkson was forced to apologise last night after a joke he made about executing public sector workers for going on strike triggered a political row and thousands of complaints. The outspoken TV presenter faced a storm of p... | David Cameron tells the Top Gear presenter it was a 'silly thing to say'
Ed Miliband says the comments were 'disgraceful and disgusting'
Union official says presenter's comments were 'almost like Colonel Gaddafi' |
f022eaf2c88f625cf97df0b7b4ec0e7a01c1ebae | Stepping in:Chancellor Merkel has assured Jewish and Muslim leader they will be able to carry our circumcisions on young boys . Germany's Chancelleor Merkel has promised Jewish and Muslim communities that they will be free to carry out circumcision on young boys despite a court ban. Last month a judge in Cologne sparke... | Judge in Cologne outlawed the practice on the grounds that it causes 'illegal bodily harm' |
f0230d8051bf93f7874098f0c01c7207d568e8f4 | Luke Shaw will become the world’s most expensive teenager when his £31.5million move to Manchester United is confirmed. Others who have worn the tag include the Brazilian Ronaldo (twice), former Swansea City boss Michael Laudrup and current holder Wayne Rooney, a soon-to-be team-mate of Shaw. Boy wonders: Luke Shaw wil... | Shaw's move to Old Trafford from Southampton will break the world record transfer for a teenager .
Rooney's £25.6m deal in 2004 remains the biggest fee paid . |
f02366bbff0f50319c8effebf5da6611f6fe1d64 | A New York man started an online campaign this week to stop his mother's killers from being released from prison on parole. Jason Minter was just 6 years old when he witnessed his mother's rape and murder 37 years ago. His mother Bonnie Minter had brought him along to a friends house where his 3-year-old sister was on ... | Jason Minter witnessed his mother's rape and murder when he was just 6 years old .
The three men convicted of the crime were each given life sentences but have been eligible for parole every two years since 2002 .
Mr Minter started an online campaign last week to block their current parole attempt . |
f0238b58227592b8eba1725f08df36a1c5e33ef4 | Luis Suarez chewed up and spat out Manchester City with a deadly double but the Barcelona striker found himself at the centre of a fresh bite row as Twitter users suggested he had a nibble of Martin Demichelis. Suarez’s first-half goals have Barca in the driving seat ahead of the second leg of their Champions League l... | Luis Suarez clashed with Martin Demichelis in 92nd minute at the Etihad .
Barcelona beat Manchester City 2-1 in Champions League last-16 tie .
Did the Uruguayan striker really bite again on Tuesday night?
Suarez was banned for seven games after biting Otman Bakkal of PSV .
FA handed him 10-match suspension after clash ... |
f023947f67b3b8ef630ab215279cd5562ed1a918 | By . Michael Wade . Follow @@MichaelWade_ . Marouane Fellaini has blamed injury for a below-par first season at Manchester United, but promised that the club will see the best of him next season. Fellaini was a deadline day signing from Everton for £27.5million but failed to live up to his hefty price tag as the Premie... | Marouane Fellaini says he will return to Man United fully fit next season .
Puts lack of form down to wrist injury suffered in October .
Backs David Moyes to make quick return to management after being sacked .
Claims new United boss can turn club back into title challengers .
Wants United fans to give the club time to... |
f023c4a1caf0515c71e87e9067859b7094e7457b | Younes Kaboul has been named as Tottenham’s new captain. The Frenchman has led the side on several occasions this season and has now been chosen by manager Mauricio Pochettino as the permanent successor to fellow central defender Michael Dawson, who joined Hull last month. Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris and striker Emmanuel Ad... | Tottenham have confirmed appointment of Younes Kaboul as skipper .
The Frenchman has led the side on several occasions this season .
Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris and striker Emmanuel Adebayor will both act as vice-captains . |
f0252f850113ec8bffddd64a76f474186a04034d | By . Larisa Brown . PUBLISHED: . 09:15 EST, 15 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:18 EST, 17 October 2012 . Jimmy Savile's best friend and his . personal assistant for more than 30 years has suggested alleged . child abuse victims are making the claims up. Janet . Cope, 70, refused to accept the former DJ was guilty of a... | Janet Cope met Savile while doing charity work at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in 1971, where it is alleged predatory paedophile abused underage children .
'I just think they are jumping on the bandwagon. I think they know what money is', says Mrs Cope, 70, who denies accusations against the former DJ . |
f02576f9bc2d310f33ab7b469bbe5c1932e69fe0 | Who is the only Englishman to manage five national teams? Here’s a clue: he once scored a hat-trick in a trial match for Chelsea and played in goal for Millwall twice. Any closer? The answer is Stephen Constantine, who in May was appointed as manager of Rwanda. He was born in London’s East End to an English-Irish mothe... | Stephen Constantine has travelled to all four corners of the globe in an extraordinary coaching career .
The Englishman is currently in charge of Rwanda, his fifth national team job after Nepal, India, Malawi and Sudan .
Constantine has also coached at Bournemouth and Millwall, as well as clubs in Cyprus and Greece .
H... |
f025b24fe70685e35de8693bc31f973820e4e7b0 | By . Victoria Woollaston . PUBLISHED: . 09:38 EST, 23 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:29 EST, 23 September 2013 . Microsoft has unveiled its next generation of Windows-powered Surface tablets at an event in New York. Called the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2, the tablets will run the updated Windows 8.1 operating syste... | Microsoft has unveiled the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 in New York .
Both tablets run a version of the Windows 8.1 operating system .
Reports suggested the tech giant lost $900m on the original Surface .
Surface 2 starts at £359 and the Surface Pro 2 starts at £719 .
Pre-orders start 24 September and the tablets go on ... |
f026515d76169dad74a25c3f82b99e5b56f1191e | Lima, Peru (CNN) -- For the last 15 years, Victoria Vigo has been trying to find the truth about her infertility. After her third child was born dead, the 49-year-old leadership skills instructor who lives in Lima, the Peruvian capital, was never able to conceive again. Three months after losing her child, a doctor con... | Nobody really knows how many women were forcibly sterilized throughout Peru .
The investigation was reopened in October .
"I felt mutilated," said a mother who has won a court case . |
f0270db08135f794506408d86b89f4ecb65e539b | A U.S. congressman shot a lion while on safari in Zimbabwe and then ate it for dinner. Republican Paul Broun, who represents Georgia's 10th Congressional District, told a conservative magazine: 'If I kill it, I'm gonna eat it.' Mr Broun made the unusual admission in National Review Online, adding: 'The lion wasn’t part... | Paul Broun said 'the lion wasn’t particularly tasty ... It was kind of chewy, but I ate it'
Broun said of dining on warthog that 'it's actually pork'
Georgia lawmaker keeps stuffed bear, lion, warthog in his Capitol Hill office .
Tea-party lawmaker is creationist who plans to run for US Senate in 2014 . |
f027fef3ee9395d9f5757d06c3b2c7574983d3e8 | By . Dan Bloom . Lenient: Craig Real, 21, was spared jail despite previously being convicted of manslaughter . A youth stole a TV weeks after he was released from prison for manslaughter - but was spared jail because it was his first burglary. Craig Real was 16 when he and two friends beat Big Issue seller Ralph Millwa... | Craig Real was 16 when he and two friends beat Ralph Millward to death .
They attacked him in Bournemouth because he refused them cigarettes .
All three were convicted of manslaughter and Real was jailed in 2010 .
Weeks after his release Real, now 21, stole a £250 TV from a summer house .
But a judge passed 'lenient' s... |
f02824a3c20d3e2fc781e94e840409c57a4810f7 | For Mario Gotze, life just keeps getting better. Fresh from winning the World Cup for Germany with a decisive extra-time goal, the Bayern Munich attacking midfielder took a holiday with his lingerie model girlfriend Ann-Kathrin Brommel in Ibiza. The pair were pictured relaxing and sunbathing on a boat - the least the 2... | Mario Gotze scored decisive extra-time winner against Argentina to win Germany the World Cup in Brazil .
Germany beat Argentina 1-0 after 120 minutes at Maracana in Rio de Janeiro .
Gotze spotted in Ibiza with lingerie model girlfriend Ann-Kathrin Brommel . |
f0282e7aad328d90417d8e84e5a52a80ec9ab712 | A jobless graduate is channeling fictitious comedy boss David Brent in an attempt to get hired. Dressed in a smart shirt, suit and tie, 21-year-old Will Bower recorded a video of himself as the smarmy Ricky Gervais character and uploaded the clip to his website recruitwill.com. The charismatic young man, who finished h... | Will Bower from Crawley, West Sussex has been unable to secure a job .
The 21-year-old uploaded the clip on his website recruitwill.com .
Video features him answering questions from a pretend interviewer . |
f028a7936772f2bf05cda437dd183687f480e009 | By . Sophie Jane Evans . A farmer spoke of his anger today after having to repeatedly rescue stranded drivers from his estate due to sat nav blunders. James Cookson has saved an average of one motorist a fortnight from Meldon Park Estate near Morpeth, Northumberland, over the past 18 months. Each time, the driver had t... | James Cookson rescues one driver a fortnight from estate near Morpeth .
Each time, motorist had turned on to tiny dirt path at guidance of sat nav .
Got stuck in muddy, 'rutted' conditions and had to be pulled out by tractor .
Today, Mr Cookson said he was frustrated at number of stranded drivers .
'Surely when you go ... |
f02978b1392183754d0cb99b8fc595652a65f52c | The photos of Oscar Pistorius and girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp appear to show a young couple in love. The series of images, given exclusively to CNN by a source close to Pistorius, come as the Olympic runner faces a bleak anniversary: one year since he shot his girlfriend dead at his home on Valentine's Day. Pistorius wi... | Photos show Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp together not long before her death .
One shows Steenkamp hanging over his shoulders, as he tenderly holds her fingers .
Another shows her nestling into his shoulder as he holds her in his arms .
Pistorius goes on trial for Steenkamp's slaying next month; he says he shot h... |
f02a83e7f45daeaedb41d73cae706a183d6512e1 | Pyongyang, North Korea (CNN) -- At Russia's urging, the U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Sunday morning aimed at defusing simmering tensions in the Korean peninsula. The meeting will take place at 11 a.m. ET on Sunday, a day after Russia had originally wanted to meet, its ambassador to the United Na... | NEW: Bill Richardson, who is not a U.S. envoy, says a N. Korean general was open to his ideas .
NEW: They include a military hotline and a commission to settle disputes in the region .
The U.N. Security Council will meet Sunday morning about the Korean crisis .
Planned South Korean military exercises have been delayed ... |
f02aa6e62454d3b03dd781f6e5dbb07a04e18346 | By . Sam Creighton . Labour leader Ed Miliband played football with children at the Khan al-Ahmer Bedouin camp. Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander, left, also took part in the kickabout . Ed Miliband took a break from his busy schedule on the final day of his Israeli tour to showcase his footballing prowess. Th... | Ed Miliband took part in a kickabout at the Kham al-Ahmar Bedouin camp .
He met with leaders of the West Bank community to condemn the expansion of Israeli settlements into the area .
This marked the end of the Labour leader's three-day tour of Israel and he will leave the country tomorrow . |
f02ae59424fa024f73f0dd70569ed8e2ba6eb33e | Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A Pakistani court Friday extended the custody of five Americans for an additional 10 days to allow time for police to complete investigations. The men, suspected of plotting terror attacks, were arrested in the small city of Sargodha earlier this month and transferred to Lahore, police sai... | Pakistan says the five Americans are college students who wanted to wage jihad .
They were arrested earlier this month in small Pakistani city of Sargodha .
The order keeping them in custody expired Friday; now extended 10 more days .
Police asked for custody extension to have more time for investigation . |
f02b09b0bc253a5f4bdb1db0ce0200a8b766d4a7 | (CNN) -- It was a fitting end to a remarkable era -- Alex Ferguson celebrated his final home game as manager of Manchester United with a dramatic late victory against Swansea on Sunday. While the result made no difference to either side's season, the jubilation that followed a rare winner from veteran defender Rio Ferd... | Alex Ferguson farewells Manchester United fans with 2-1 home victory on Sunday .
Scot is retiring after more than 26 years in charge at the English soccer club .
His 1,500th and final match will be at West Bromwich Albion next weekend .
Ferguson confirms that striker Wayne Rooney has asked to leave United . |
f02b52fa9faf2300c25d83d1aa06d4443bcdd297 | Nico Rosberg appreciates his Mercedes bosses have endured a 'very difficult' time handling his relationship with Lewis Hamilton this season. Motorsport boss Toto Wolff, non-executive chairman Niki Lauda and executive technical director Paddy Lowe have been forced to contend with a fair share of issues between Rosberg a... | Nico Rosberg says strained relationship with Lewis Hamilton affects team .
German leads his teammate by 14 points in the Driver's Championship .
Mercedes bosses Toto Wolff, Niki Lauda and Paddy Lowe face 'difficult' task of keeping peace between the pair .
Hamilton was incensed with Rosberg after dubious move at Monaco... |
f02b9190ab1c8ab7a1dcbaaf6d656c10a313d249 | It was billed by those who took part as the ‘road trip to end all road trips’. Taking in a private island, one of the finest hotel suites in the world and several hundred surgically-enhanced young blondes, it did not disappoint. In fact Prince Harry’s ten-day holiday bore an uncanny resemblance to the hit film The Hang... | Holiday was billed by those who took part as the 'road trip to end all road trips'
Accompanied by two of his closest friends – Tom 'Skippy' Inskip, 25, and 30-year-old Arthur Landon .
Prince Harry's ten-day holiday bore an uncanny resemblance to the The Hangover, a hit film about a Las Vegas stag do .
St James's Palace... |
f02bbaa6afebd48897348db806799a58e2c221a1 | (CNN) -- Philip Chism, 14, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder, aggravated rape and robbery charges in connection with the killing of his high school math teacher, Colleen Ritzer. The Massachusetts teenager is accused of killing Ritzer, 24, on October 22 in the girls' bathroom of Danvers High School with a box cutte... | The Massachusetts teenager is charged with murder in the death of his algebra teacher .
He is ordered held without bail .
A handwritten note saying, "I hate you all," was found near the teacher's body . |
f02bf1cade11679b835049280d00f767e1cbe699 | By . Rachel Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 11:31 EST, 29 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:47 EST, 30 May 2013 . Probiotics found in natural yogurt could help boost a person’s mood because they affect brain function, according to new research. Previous studies had shown that beneficial bacteria affected the brains of rats but no res... | U.S. researchers found that eating yoghurt twice daily reduced activity in areas of the brain associated with emotion and pain .
But there was increased activity in areas associated with decision-making .
Mechanisms behind changes are .
unclear but it is clear that gut bacteria send signals to the brain that can change... |
f02c0722220831d18d2b4266c39e5082efa13334 | The woman who needed 16 stitches in her head and face after being hit by a flying bottle during the alleged bar brawl between Chris Brown and Drake has spoken out about the ordeal. Australian tourist Hollie C. was caught in the middle of the fracas at the Manhattan club early on Thursday morning, when the hip hop rival... | Australian tourist, 24, needed 16 stitches after she was hit with a bottle .
Police investigating after five partygoers injured in NYC club brawl .
Chris Brown's lawyer has given detectives 'physical evidence' that allegedly shows Drake is to blame for the fight .
Police are treating Brown as a 'witness and a victim' r... |
f02c763374f368c0a03b48b421bcac82fffa4d23 | Click here for Sportsmail's brilliant World Cup Match Zone . Russia: TBA . South Korea: TBA . Host commentator . Russia take on Belgium next in Group H, they're going to have to improve to trouble Marc Wilmots side. King Capello though, eh? Meanwhile, South Korea take on Algeria. That's all from me tonight, I hope you ... | Russia responded immediately from keeper Igor Akinfeev's blunder .
Lee Keun-ho scores after a terrible mistake from Russian keeper Igor Akinfeev who looks distraught .
Kerzhakov capitalised after a goalmouth scramble .
Fabio Capello delighted with his players' response .
Rob Green made goalkeeping error for England und... |
f02c7cab0b4bdcc7a20cd4d08a3b857d078c1ebd | A father of three who was cycling for charity was killed by a drunk teenage girl just moments before he crossed the finish line of a race. Bethany Mackie, 18, yesterday admitted killing Christian Smith, who was raising money by cycling 248 miles between Kent and Sussex in just 24 hours. On March 22, moments before he f... | Bethany Mackie was twice the legal limit when she killed Christian Smith .
Mr Smith, 38, was on a charity cycle ride when he was struck from behind .
Mackie admitted causing death by dangerous driving and drink driving .
She was warned by Judge Adele Williams that a jail term was 'inevitable'
Mr Smith was raising money... |
f02d59c5d8e34b018e34e5e01cf650601582b44a | The director of the U.S. Secret Service offered an apology on Tuesday for security lapses that allowed a knife-wielding intruder to get into the White House through an unlocked door, down a hallway and into the East Room. 'It is clear that our security plan was not executed properly,' Secret Service Director Julia Pier... | Democratic congressman: Intruder got 'half of a White House tour' while running from Secret Service .
Secret Service director Julia Pierson fell on her sword in front of a congressional panel .
'I take full responsibility; what happened is unacceptable and it will never happen again'
Front door of the White House was U... |
f02d68d4e7d6c3aaa9171f721b317bdaf79e95da | London (CNN) -- British Airways cabin crew members voted overwhelmingly Friday to go on strike -- again. Nearly 79 percent of crew members, who are represented by the union Unite, backed the move. They did not indicate when the strike would occur. BA's cabin crew employees, embroiled in an ongoing wage dispute, have no... | The union representing cabin crew members on British Airways has voted to go on strike .
The union has voted to go on strike four times in the past 13 months .
BA crew members are involved in a lengthy dispute over wages . |
f02d7230cd2a87dfe78dac393ef9303e9e5dbb89 | Diego Costa's explosive start to life in the Premier League has been well documented by both the written press and the TV media. Now Chelsea's Spanish striker has even taken the world of video games by storm, with one user painstakingly recreating each of his nine goals on FIFA 15. The video, complete with TV commentar... | FIFA 15 user repeats Diego Costa's league goals for Chelsea in animation .
Diego Costa has started life in the Premier League superbly with a remarkable nine goals in just six games .
FIFA 15 video comes with TV commentary and is named Diego Costa 'Definition Of Clinical' |
f02d8f9f4650728444b5c700961fb37ca65bd081 | By . Sam Creighton . Jennifer Simpson had been meeting with the client for two years before the blackmail began . A 15-stone prostitute who worked under the name ‘Curvy Candy’ has been jailed after she blackmailed a client by threatening to tell his wife about their illicit meetings. Jennifer Simpson, 31, also made a f... | Jennifer Simpson, 31, from Stoke had been meeting the client for two years .
She threatened to tell his family about their trysts unless he paid her £500 .
When he refused she falsely claimed he had raped her .
She has been sentenced to two years and eight months in jail . |
f02d924c19e459e2c2b8fc02a1342e2b506ae49c | Al-Shahani striker Shami Hassan was left in agony after suffering a brutal double head crack in a game against Al-Sadd. The 30-year-old was initially knocked down from a challenge by his own goalkeeper, making contact with the top of his head in the process. Hassan was then left lying flat on the floor, when he receive... | Al-Shahani defender Shami Hassan received two heavy blows to the head during his side's game against Al-Saad on Sunday .
The 30-year-old was caught by his own goalkeeper .
Hassan was left lying on the floor in agony after the collisions .
The visitors eventually ran out 3-1 winners against Al-Saad . |
f02deaa375ec514819ffa039c17cbe80ba558713 | (CNN) -- Many trials in recent years have implicated our ongoing national struggles with race. But few have gotten as much attention as that of George Zimmerman, who shot and killed young Trayvon Martin 17 months ago in Sanford, Florida. Perhaps the uncertainty of what really happened that night is part of what drew us... | Paul Waldman: Zimmerman trial reflected much of U.S. struggle with race; verdict did not .
He says reasonable doubt and Florida law made acquittal unsurprising .
He says it may not have been law's intent, but the threat it addresses is colored by race .
Waldman: O'Reilly, Limbaugh, others are race-baiting when they war... |
f02f1fe3131872d2a542f9015b4b04e11b3d1bdb | Washington (CNN) -- Mitt Romney seemed to channel his inner CEO on Thursday when he sketched out a chart on entitlements on a whiteboard. There he stood, hair slicked down, white shirt sleeves rolled up to his elbows, listing differences between his and President Barack Obama's Medicare plans. If the scene seemed bette... | Mitt Romney's experience as a CEO both helps and hurts his campaign .
Political experts say Romney seems unused to tough tax questions .
Romney's choice of Paul Ryan as a veep was a solid CEO-worthy move .
Romney will have to work to prove his business skills will translate to Oval Office . |
f02fa23c4bded9fc282ac5c433e6e6ba804db677 | (CNN) -- It might have felt as if the lights had been turned off but Tiger Woods still has a flicker of hope at the Turkish Open. Woods was forced to abandon his efforts on the opening day of the inaugural $7 million tournament as thunderstorms brought a halt to proceedings on a gray and gloomy day on the on the Medite... | Thunderstorms halt play on opening day of Turkish Open .
Tiger Woods managed to complete first 10 holes before play abandoned .
World No.1 Woods six shots off the lead on one-under .
England's Paul Casey and Steve Webster in lead with South Africa's Darren Fichardt . |
f02fbb7f1fef4ee064c2ac2075131ce4868f37bc | (CNN) -- The first former head of state to be convicted of war crimes since World War II was sentenced to 50 years in prison Wednesday by an international court in The Hague, Netherlands. The Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor last month of supplying and encouraging rebels... | NEW: Charles Taylor aided "the most heinous and brutal crimes recorded in human history"
NEW: A victim recounted having to carry the severed heads of her own children .
He was also found guilty of using "blood diamonds" to fuel a civil war and enrich himself .
The former Liberian president sees himself as a victim of b... |
f030401b1b5a8f076cc136e0295c631b326e323b | By . Daniel Mills . The first pictures of one of the world's rarest sea creatures, Migaloo the white humpback whale, have been taken of the magnificent animal beginning his yearly migration north along Australia's eastern seaboard. The all-white Migaloo who shares his distinguishable albino appearance with just one oth... | Amazing pictures of rare white whale swimming north off coast of Sydney .
Migaloo, 35, photographed with 'competition pod' at Cronulla on Thursday .
The much-loved whale has returned every year since first sighting in 1991 .
Migaloo is protected by Federal Law which prevents him being approached .
Migration of humpback... |
f0305b8d38b670bc23b99156af23e31ae61f2e7b | Andy Murray has accused his critics of double standards in the wake of Rafael Nadal's dramatic comeback win over American Tim Smyczek in the Australian Open second round. The 27 year-old Scot was back on the practice courts on Thursday ahead of his own third round against Joao Sousa, but before that he took to Twitter ... | Rafael Nadal struggled with his fitness against Tim Smyczek .
The Spaniard looked to be heading out but battled back to win in five sets .
Andy Murray believes there are double standards when it comes to fatigue .
The Brit has been criticised in the past when cramping during matches . |
f030899a47ef5156ce98975574f5f10c92511197 | Washington (CNN) -- The House and the Senate aren't going to have all of the fun this election year. Governors are sure to get a slice of the pie with 36 races on tap. While not as high-profile as many congressional races, gubernatorial campaigns are statewide races and can reveal political and policy trends that play ... | There are 36 gubernatorial races on tap in 2014 .
Twenty-nine Republicans are governors, giving them an edge over Democrats .
Being a state chief executive is often a springboard for higher office .
Florida and Ohio offer key races and are presidential battlegrounds . |
f0308b9843972e442110550fe0f821b0b2d1c935 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A new policy sets guidelines for how long U.S. border officials can hold computers and downloaded information seized at checkpoints, and with whom they can share that information. New rules announced Thursday specify border searches to be conducted "as expeditiously as possible." The policy, announc... | New policy attempts to address travelers' complaints about privacy at borders .
Travelers given right to be "present in room," but not necessarily view searches .
Homeland Security: New rules "enhance transparency, accountability" |
f030d7c8c40f8538d732c6923292129a04094250 | By . Lucy Thackray . A family photo of Rin (back left) and Anthony Maslin (back right) with their children, (left to right) Otis, Evie and Mo. The children were tragically killed when MH17 was shot down . The father of three Australian children killed on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has taken indefinite leave fr... | Anthony Maslin will take indefinite leave from his job at Buxton Resources .
The father lost his children and their grandfather in MH17 crash on Friday .
Mo, Evie and Otis Maslin were to travelling to Perth for new school term .
They were accompanied by their grandfather, Nick Norris .
The devastated parents attended a... |
f030ec9678d3a2bae60a8d0300a4acd22ec0554c | Lance Armstrong insists he would never cheat - at golf. The disgraced American cyclist - who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after admitting to doping throughout all of them - is a keen golfer and says the code of fair play is one of the things which most attracts him to the sport. He told Golf Digest m... | Lance Armstrong lost his Tour de France titles due to prolonged doping .
But the shamed cyclist says he would never cheat while playing golf .
Armstrong says he loves adhering to golf's 'code of honour' |
f0310a0d89955fc41d7f35532e163563bea577d6 | A Walmart sale on cheap cellphone packages has triggered brawls and incidents of 'shopping rage' in stores across America as desperate Black Friday shoppers battle it out for cut-price calls. Video footage shot at Walmart . stores in Moultrie, Georgia, and Burlington, North Carolina and show crowds pushing, grabbing an... | Footage filmed at Walmart stores in Georgia and North Carolina show crowds trampling over each other to grab an exclusive cut-price offer .
What's the deal? $45 for a Straight Talk Unlimited Card, which comes with a free Samsung phone and 30 days free calls, texts and web access . |
f03144b202e311c099046d8cc24f60c571bace09 | Identical twins have appeared in court charged with the rape of the same woman. Mohammed and Aftab Asghar were arrested after DNA evidence allegedly linked one – or both – of them to the crime. Prosecutors will almost certainly need to use other evidence to build their case. Accused: The pair of identical twins, aged 2... | Identical twins Mohammed and Aftab Asghar, 22, both charged with rape .
DNA evidence linked the alleged crime with one - or both - of them . |
f0314fb198eac3f9755efe2d21253a36033cb5fc | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 23:40 EST, 27 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:40 EST, 28 March 2013 . Prime Minister David Cameron today congratulated Mini makers BMW as the company marked the 100th anniversary of car production at Oxford. It was on March 28, 1913 that the Cowley plant produced its first car - t... | PM congratulates BMW as Cowley factory celebrates centenary .
It has produced more than 11 million vehicles in its 100 years .
He says the Government is supporting the UK motor industry . |
f0318992c28c3337e8297e6fd4a7f588d1557d51 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Libya will pay hundreds of millions of dollars to victims of terrorist attacks involving Americans in an agreement signed and finalized Thursday, the U.S. State Department said. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State David Welch, left, and Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmad Fitouri sign the deal. Assis... | Deal ends Libya's liability in lawsuits from families of victims of terrorist acts .
Libya to pay more than $700 million to settle Lockerbie, La Belle disco cases .
Libya will be exempt from law allowing terror victims to be paid with frozen assets . |
f031cb7979fa138b10895704b6fe88723349f587 | (CNN) -- When international supermodel Naomi Campbell took the witness stand Friday in the trial against Liberia's former President Charles Taylor, Western media outlets showered unprecedented attention on this largely ignored war crimes trial. But many witnesses besides Campbell have testified since the trial began i... | Christopher Santora: Naomi Campbell brought attention to Charles Taylor's war crimes trial .
Since 2008, he writes, judges have heard of rape, amputation, slavery, child soldiers .
Big businesses complicit by profiting from timber, diamonds in war zones, he says .
Dirty secret is that affluent countries profit from the... |
f031e75f7f1fdfab49899b7d7fb943d7af1f87e3 | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 06:17 EST, 3 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:59 EST, 3 January 2013 . 2012 was the second wettest year in British history, the Met Office has revealed today. Official figures show that 1,330mm (52.4 inches) of rain fell in the past 12 months - just 7mm short of the highest total rea... | 1,330mm of rain fell in the last year - 7mm less than in 2000 .
Four of five wettest years in Britain have been in last 12 years .
2012 was the wettest year ever for England but not other home nations .
Number of days of torrential rain also up over last 50 years .
Britain can expect more floods, Met Office chief scien... |
f0320f6645a40e62888bc0d967dbab22a58ebe9c | (CNN) -- Chelsea named former Nigeria defender Michael Emenalo as the assistant first team coach of the English Premier League side, promoting the 45-year-old from head opposition scout. Emenalo has been at the London-based club since 2007, after being brought in to the backroom staff by then manager Avram Grant, who h... | Former Nigerian defender Michael Emenalo has been appointed assistant first team coach at Chelsea .
The 45-year-old has been at the London club as head opposition scout since 2007 .
Chelsea say promotion is a recognition of Emenalo's efforts at the English Premier League side .
Emenalo replaces Englishman and former Ch... |
f0322f35917d4175a58f29bae26ead214cdc13a8 | By . Simon Jones . Sheffield Wednesday have announced that Azerbaijani businessman Hafiz Mammadov has completed his takeover of the club. Mammadov – who also owns French club Lens and FC Baku in his homeland – sealed his deal to buy the Hillsborough club today. The new owner will replace chairman Milan Mandaric in char... | Hafiz Mammadov has bought the Championship club from Milan Mandaric .
Mammadov also owns Azerbaijan side FC Baku and French club Lens .
Football League are yet to ratify deal but Mammadov will become involved in running of the club . |
f03232d3a7aa2bc9383354cac93fc70d3bd53365 | In just a decade, the caterpillar of the horse chestnut leaf-mining moth has munched its way across most of England and Wales, turning leaves brown months early and shrinking conkers. Scientists say there is no way of controlling the tiny but insatiable pest – and we will have to get used to seeing fewer horse chestnut... | The horse chestnut leaf-mining moth has spread across England and Wales .
The insect turns leaves brown months early and shrinks conkers .
Scientists say there is no way of controlling the pest . |
f0324798b2efad8ca5c301274fc7a6298a26b481 | (CNN) -- The government is delaying legal action against Pennsylvania landowners who haven't yet agreed to sell their land for a memorial to victims of United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001, federal officials said Friday. This plot of land is scheduled to house the permanent United Airlines Flight 93 memorial... | Government may use eminent domain to seize land needed for 9/11 memorial .
Hijacked United Flight 93 crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania .
Federal officials say they hope to have first phase of memorial complete by 2011 . |
f0326199eef9a65c3b26bf092552d6b895b60f9e | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 04:54 EST, 23 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 09:20 EST, 23 January 2014 . Links: The four horses are believed to have some link to legendary gambler and former trainer Barney Curley . Bookmakers were estimated to have lost millions in just a few hours yesterday after four heavily-... | Four horses returning from lengthy absences win at races across country .
One bookie has estimated losses could be as high as £15million .
Others have suggested losses could be more in the region of £2million .
Horses understood to be linked to gambler and trainer Barney Curley . |
f03281023f76388a475ad280a9db808634f70d48 | DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- Dubai has forgiven the nearly $7 billion Baghdad owes it, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced Sunday. UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has promised to appoint an ambassador to Iraq. UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan promised to "put out these... | President of United Arab Emirates agrees to cancel all Iraq's debts to the nation .
West has urged nations to forgive billions in Iraqi debt .
UAE Cabinet nominates Abdullah Ibrahim al-Shehhi to be ambassador to Iraq . |
f032dd7e0f10fca16d789a06fe69d47e4f6b11a7 | By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 07:01 EST, 2 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:25 EST, 2 November 2012 . New Yorkers are known for their resilience when trouble comes along - and these fantastic photos show how skaters are still having fun by using their boards on the city’s storm-wrecked streets. Skateboarder Calvin No... | Calvin Nonato took these photos of friends skating in Queens, New York .
Tree pulled up concrete slabs in Sunnyside area during Superstorm Sandy .
21-year-old says: 'This is a little bit of happiness amongst a lot of misery' |
f03311b6779f67fbc9d6127dcb801ef4fc554d09 | If you've ever wished you had a recording of incriminating audio - or had a permanent record of your own witty comeback - a new iPhone app, billed as the app that allows users to 'capture audio AFTER you've heard it' could be the answer. The app, called Heard, records everything the iPhone microphone picks up on a cons... | A new iPhone app called Heard records everything the iPhone microphone picks up on a constant five-minute loop .
Users can elect to save important audio, or the app will automatically erase data more than five minutes old .
A free 12-second recording version of the app is available; the full version costs $1.99 . |
f033202fed15a5a5f9cdb8cdb5589b92c28b1a37 | By . Phil Vinter . PUBLISHED: . 13:11 EST, 18 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:19 EST, 18 April 2012 . A young British man has died after falling from the . third floor of a hotel on the island of Majorca. Adam Atkinson, from Castleford in Yorkshire, who is believed to . have turned 20 just last week, plunged from Hotel ... | Castleford man believed to have celebrated birthday just days before .
Tributes pour in on Facebook .
He is second briton to fall from hotel in Spain this year . |
f03336e770e2fef28934de1ed45460f3213985f3 | Manchester United midfielder Nick Powell is in discussions over a loan move to Bolton. The 20-year-old has failed to make an impression this season on loan at Leicester City, who will cut short the deal. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Powell score a Scholes-esque goal in England U21 training . Nick Powell, seen here playin... | Nick Powell is in discussions to join Bolton Wanderers on loan .
The Man United midfielder, 20, has struggled at Leicester City this season .
The Foxes are set to cut short his loan deal .
Louis van Gaal is keen for Powell to enjoy some more game time . |
f0333c062370e66da492ca235d201bfec85a87e4 | Los Angeles (CNN) -- A California city filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, the third in the Golden State to do so in recent weeks, stoking experts' concerns that other cities could follow suit. The city of San Bernardino, with more than 200,000 residents on the eastern tip of greater Los Angeles, "filed an emergency petiti... | San Bernardino has lost revenues in the housing and economic downturns .
The city is at the eastern tip of the greater Los Angeles area .
Expert: City bankruptcies could increase, if other cities see it can be done .
The city faced a $45 million shortfall as millions in revenues have evaporated . |
f033887d10e23403fcf540018440181274270fe4 | By . Sam Adams . PUBLISHED: . 11:21 EST, 14 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:40 EST, 14 September 2012 . Banned: Polish driver Damion Czarnocki (pictured) did a U-turn in the middle of the M6 Toll before driving the wrong along the motorway - because he did not have enough money to pay the charge . Most motorists avo... | Damion Czarnocki, 20, drove four miles the wrong way down the hard shoulder .
Made the reckless manoeuvre after realising he did not have £5.50 for the toll .
Pole had only been in Britain a few days before the incident . |
f0340c41a7928327f567a57a59c8b8712f0f7e19 | Ties: A website associated with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has outlined why it would be acceptable to kill all Jews and annihilate Israel . A website with close ties to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has outlined why it would be acceptable to kill all Jews and annihilate Israel. Conserva... | Doctrine says Israel would be wiped out in 9 minutes . |
f034318340c00ce954f8fc50bd53d8890995f797 | (CNN) -- A Mitt Romney campaign app went viral because it urged people to stand "with Mitt" for "A Better Amercia." An easy typo to make, but, you know, almost all typos are easy to make. There might be some irony here, given the comment Romney made to the American Society of News Editors in April: "Frankly, in some of... | Merrill Perlman: A copy editor would have fixed the "Amercia" typo in Romney's app .
Perlman: Newsrooms mistakenly fire copy editors to save money, and quality sinks .
She says readers complain of typos, grammatical errors and ridicule the media .
Perlman says news is taken more seriously when it's polished by copy edi... |
f03517c24a585d211d9dc5247e4f8cb0b1fb5650 | IT has been widely acknowledged that the new Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has had a good World Cup but at the Maracana on Sunday night there might yet be one player who could embarrass him, even though Holland departed the tournament on Saturday. Toni Kroos, the playmaker in the German midfield, is in the f... | Toni Kroos has been in fine form for Germany throughout the World Cup .
Louis van Gaal is understood to have turned down the chance to pursue the playmaker .
Germany face Argentina tomorrow in the 2014 World Cup final . |
f0351ccc9919b38b04e1aced338f40261e50806e | One of the three pilots on board a helicopter Brian Williams falsely claimed to have been travelling on when it was gunned down Iraq has given his version of the three days he spent with the millionaire NBC news anchor. Williams, anchor and Managing Editor of the flagship Nightly News show, had been under fire for 11 d... | Alan Kelly was one of three pilots on board Chinook aircraft with Williams .
He says aircraft did not come under fire at any point during Iraq mission .
Another helicopter 30 minutes ahead was hit by bullets and grenades .
That attack led Kelly to turn helicopter around and make a rapid landing .
Aircraft touched down ... |
f035465e7fdddbcdb6b60667ebb186a353e4dc94 | The 'friendly' match between Boca Juniors and Racing Club during Argentina's off-season proved to be anything but. Boca right-back Leandro Marin scythed down Racing midfielder Ricardo Centurion with a violent two-footed lunge. The ensuring red card was Boca's second of the game after just 30 minutes and they went on to... | Boca's Leandro Marin takes out Racing's Ricardo Centurion .
Marin's red card is his side's second of the game .
Racing go on to win 4-1 .
The game was a friendly during Argentina's close-season . |
f0354964d89c666e1e68faf2152579ac4706c0c9 | By . Chris Pleasance . When a couple in Hawaii came to buy a Jack Russell named Sally Mae for $85 from an animal shelter, staff happily handed the dog over, and took a picture to mark the occasion. But less than an hour later a very similar picture appeared on Craigslist which seemed to show the same dog up for sale - ... | Ten-year-old Jack Russell Sally Mae adopted by couple in Hawaii .
Shelter took picture of dog being held by new owners to celebrate .
Hour later Craigslist post appeared with similar picture trying to sell dog .
This time Sally Mae was listed as a five-year-old with price tag of $200 . |
f0354bda5c797a8b4e47b6734070ba690aa17586 | By . Mail Online Reporter . A woman from Alabama has been accused of running her husband over several times with a car after an argument. Angela Reynolds, 40, is charged with first-degree domestic violence. Her husband, 44-year-old John Reynolds, was found at the bottom of a friend's driveway suffering from serious but... | Angela Reynolds, 40, ran over her husband with a car at the bottom of their friends driveway .
Neighbors say she and her husband John were constantly arguing .
John Reynolds, 44, has serious but non-life threatening injuries . |
f0357b0b8101285d4c334fc35b557e867a185214 | (CNN) -- The Christmas season encourages us to think of Jesus, so highly revered and loved by both Christians and Muslims. So it is even more tragic to contemplate relations between the two religions today -- and particularly the plight of Christians in the Muslim world. In Iraq, savage killings of Christians have led ... | Ahmed, Chane: Bonds deep between Christians and Muslims; both faiths revere Jesus .
Yet, Christians being savagely killed in Iraq, under siege in Egypt and Pakistan, they say .
Mohammed named Christians, as he did Jews, as respected "people of the book," they write .
Writers: Islamic scholars need to speak out against ... |
f035e7009e767a0b00fc5dd1e2ad3e103909bc09 | New York (CNN) -- If a way to a man's heart is through his stomach, then what's true in love is true in business too. At least, it is in New York City. With some of the most upscale eateries and trendy downtown diners in the world, where you decide to take a client for lunch can be just as vital as what you talk about ... | New York City is enjoying a resurgence of the 'power lunch', where big deals are brokered over fine food .
The 'Big Apple' is home to some of the world's most fashionable restaurants, so picking the right one is essential .
Tim Zagat, co-founder and CEO of the esteemed Zagat restaurant survey gives us his top three cho... |
f0367a1c8ac216f5e550a35abdd627433b500757 | Being backed into a corner is the kind of scenario that instinctively appeals to Andy Murray, and on Tuesday night he duly came out fighting to keep his hopes alive at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Buoyed by the unconditional support of nearly 18,000 in London's O2 Arena, knowing that defeat would effectively end... | Andy Murray defeats Milos Raonic 6-3, 7-5 at the O2 Arena .
Scot needed to win to keep hopes alive in ATP World Tour Finals .
Murray remains in the hunt for a semi-final place .
He could lose to Roger Federer on Thursday and still qualify . |
f036a739073f038662aa990e9279f8bc9d3f4089 | Wilfried Bony believes Swansea will sell him 'for the right price' and not stand in the way of his dream to play in the Champions League after intense interest in the summer came to nothing. The striker was linked with the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool in the summer after a stand-out 2013-14 ... | Swansea host Arsenal on Sunday in the Premier League .
Wilfried Bony was the subject of strong interest after a 27-goal 2012-13 .
The Gunners were among major clubs interested in the Ivorian striker .
He said Swansea fans would understand if he was sold 'for the right price' |
f036c12e104b68182b107d5cb751ae62572dfb27 | Beyonce proved that she doesn't need to spend thousands of dollars to look Flawless, when she wore a $350 frock to her sister's nuptials Sunday. The 33-year-old sported a curve-hugging white dress by the label Torn by Ronny Kobo when she attended Solange Knowles's wedding to her video director boyfriend Alan Ferguson i... | The dress was from the label Torn by Ronny Kobo, which the singer has worn several times .
It is currently available for purchase online, but only in a size extra-small . |
f03748a21ed965d451c38d2a4ee1ebc6f6ece4e5 | By . James Gordon . A contestant on the Wheel Of Fortune who ended up losing out on a $1 million prize after mispronouncing the correct answer says a mixture of nerves and adrenaline got the better of him. Julian Batt, a freshman at Indiana University was given more than one opportunity to win large prizes including a ... | Julian Batt, 19, guessed .
the all letters to the answer 'The Mythological Hero Achilles' but .
instead of pronouncing it the proper way, he said 'A-chill-us'
The Indiana University freshman's inability to pronounce a word cost him a million dollars .
He then went on to make further mistakes guessing The Worlds Fastest... |
f0376239503f5ce1d5347d7d2041a02c78249622 | By . Claire Bates . PUBLISHED: . 03:06 EST, 24 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:06 EST, 24 July 2012 . Scientists have successfully tested a new drug treatment for tuberculosis which could be an effective weapon against increasingly resistant forms of the disease. The combination of three drugs killed 99 per cent of patie... | In some countries one in four .
people with TB has a form that can no longer be treated .
with standard drug cocktails . |
f0378d15d5f45bcf8399159a30c200bf762eefd6 | A cheating newlywed whose plot to kill her husband with a teenage lover became the subject of a Hollywood movie has made a new bid for freedom. Pamela Smart, of New Hampshire, was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, being an accomplice to first-degree murder and witness tampering in March 1991 at the age of 22 ov... | Pamela Smart, of New Hampshire, was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder with her 15-year-old school student .
The 22-year-old was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 1991 but all the while has maintained her innocent .
Smart, now 47, hopes a new documentary will convince authorities th... |
f0383b94933a6a3a02736b67ef3620f5f87baa7f | By . Catherine Eade For Mailonline . British travellers are getting better hotel deals abroad than at home, with London the 23rd most expensive destination globally. But prices aren't necessarily rising everywhere, the new survey shows. Out of 115 world cities, as many as 63 offered UK tourists lower rates in the first... | London is the 23rd most expensive destination, survey shows .
Monte Carlo hotel rooms now cost an average £227 a night .
Cambodia is the cheapest place, with rooms only £34 in comparison . |
f038e26eae0f146bee34064f19c6de1d5fc601b4 | A judge on Thursday sentenced a former Colorado sheriff to 15 months in prison for repeatedly violating his probation in a meth-for-sex case, saying the lawman, who was once regarded as a hero, had exhausted his opportunities to reform. Patrick Sullivan was sentenced two years after pleading guilty to plying young men ... | Patrick Sullivan was once considered an anti-drug crusading hero as the Arapahoe County, Colorado Sheriff .
Sullivan was busted for selling meth for sex in 2011 and has since repeatedly violated probation with more drug charges .
Sullivan served his initial sentence in a jail that once bore his name .
He was named Amer... |
f03901c379ba454f82612fcc6b90f1678c56d101 | It is 3am on Wednesday, September 10. Outside the private terminal of Birmingham airport, a fleet of cars are waiting to take England’s weary Under-21 squad home. Their four-hour flight back from the Moldovan capital Chisinau has just touched down, bringing an end to a tiring six day tour of Eastern Europe, and as the ... | Gareth Southgate's England U21 team emerged 2-1 winners against Croatia .
Southgate says ‘I remember Frank Lampard and Rio Ferdinand saying how close they were as a team in the Under-21s under Peter Taylor'
The Young Lions boss adds he feels there is a 'special bond' in the camp . |
f039ac942992be824eba2c2ea2dd80790c19b6c5 | (CNN) -- Modern medicine is very good at some things, and really lousy at others. As I wrote in a blog last week, psychiatry is no different in this regard. We understand some types of aberrant behavior pretty well and can do things to help resolve it. But, unfortunately, in other instances-and often the most interesti... | Psychiatrist: "Kony 2012" filmmaker Jason Russell's behavior is neither unexpected nor bizarre.
People who develop severe mania almost always demonstrate bizarre agitated behavior, says expert.
Dr. Charles Raison: Manias can almost always be treated, and sometimes very rapidly. |
f039cc648ee0bf22df33f7d77a686deca126ecb5 | Disappearance: Madeleine was nearly four years old when she vanished from Praia da Luz. Police are now investigating whether burglars were involved . British police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have been handed a confidential dossier on burglars in the Algarve by Portuguese officers. They kept th... | It is claimed that some children were abused during the thefts .
A woman who lives in the region says the burglars are mainly gypsies .
A mother says a man tried to take her baby six weeks before Madeleine disappeared . |
f039d3bd26b9b3d7cb6cf90e95ec510586f07bcb | Gloucester staged a storming second-half fightback at Kingsholm to ignite their Aviva Premiership campaign after an opening day debacle against champions Northampton. The west country club, smashed 53-6 by Saints, trailed Sale 17-6 at half-time after the Sharks ran in tries by wing Tom Arscott, scrum-half Chris Cusiter... | Gloucester came from 17-6 down at half-time to beat Sale Sharks 34-27 .
Jonny May and Rob Cook score tries for hosts at Kingsholm .
Danny Cipriani had been lively for visitors before Gloucester fightback . |
f039fbd0a20a458711e6bdccdd1722282520f63f | They are tiny eight legged mites, related to spiders and look rather like an ice cream cone with stubby legs at one end. Yet although you may not recognise, scientists say they are living on your face right now. A new study found the mites, invisible to the naked eye, in 100% of the people they tested. Scroll down for ... | Called Demodex, they live in our hair follicles, buried head-down, eating the oils we secrete.
Human faces host two species of mites - Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis .
Researchers found 100% of faces they examined had the mites . |
f03a0320b6c26c1053c70b6ec072adcf9258774d | By . Associated Press . A married father-of-three who was trying to dig around a 6,000lb boulder in his yard became pinned under the rock and died on Monday. Paul Comeau Jr, 47, had been working on extricating the boulder over several months in his yard in Raymond, New Hampshire, police said. He was digging around the ... | Paul Comeau Jr had been working on extricating the boulder over several months in his yard in Raymond, New Hampshire .
He was declared dead at the scene after first responders discovered Comeau was not conscious and was not breathing . |
f03a3e820d7b9e520f4ef7719b9649989224efb2 | (CNN) -- Add one more uncertainty to the many questions that surround the Amanda Knox murder verdict: Will she wind up back in a cell in Italy? "I will never go willingly back," she told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Friday. "I'm going to fight this until the very end, and it's not right and it's not fair and I'm goi... | NEW: The U.S. State Department won't say whether Italy has requested extradition .
Amanda Knox "remains a prisoner in the United States," law professor says .
Whatever happens, it won't happen soon, legal experts say .
"I will never willingly go back" to Italy, Knox says . |
f03a506c0fccae56d624399641cba6e3eb446c73 | Armed police in Germany launched a terrifying raid on a family's home to seize their four children after they defied the country's ban on home schooling. A team of 20 social workers, police officers, and special agents stormed the home of Dirk and Petra Wunderlich because they refused to send their children to state sc... | Youngsters aged from seven to 14 taken from their home in Darmstadt .
Judge said to have authorised force 'against the children' if necessary . |
f03ad0f2f1de9d4ae42f9ab590dd836788f42875 | (CNN) -- Humanity's curiosity about Mars has led to an exciting event: the dramatic landing of an SUV-sized rover, set for 1:31 a.m. ET Monday. NASA's $2.6 billion rover, Curiosity, will make its dramatic entrance into Martian territory in a spectacle popularly known as the "seven minutes of terror." This jaw-dropping ... | The dramatic landing of the SUV-sized rover is set for 1:31 a.m. ET Monday .
This landing process involves a sky crane and the world's largest supersonic parachute .
Curiosity's first stop slated to be Gale Crater, which may have once contained a lake .
The vehicle will be controlled from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laborato... |
f03b1731fd24b3fcbf6737963be3381e12c9508f | By . Meghan Keneally . PUBLISHED: . 00:54 EST, 19 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:00 EST, 19 September 2013 . Senator John McCain is fighting words with words as he has written an editorial blasting Vladimir Putin in a Russian newspaper. The Republican politician's op-ed comes a week after Putin took to The New York... | Comes a week after Putin wrote an editorial in the New York Times .
McCain writes that Putin has damaged his country's reputation by making them 'a friend to tyrants' |
f03b7e5578c024539f1baf52aa3d250b59020942 | French prosecutors have requested a five to six month suspended jail sentence for Toulon flanker Steffon Armitage following an alleged assault in a beachfront restaurant. The European Player of the Year, who has been hoping to make a late charge into England's World Cup squad, was arrested last month along with teammat... | Steffon Armitage told he should face suspended sentence by prosecutors .
The flanker claims he 'fell on the victim' and is sorry for being 'inebriated'
The Toulon forward and teammate Xavier Chiocci were arrested last month following their Champions Cup win over Leicester .
The 29-year-old also faces a Toulon tribunal ... |
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