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f10b74dcab555cf0f3a543eafc39acd63490be0f | Duncan Ferguson was involved in a motorway pile up when an Audi crashed into the back of his £18,000 BMW today, but refused to go to hospital . He is known for his hard-man reputation both on and off the pitch. So imagine what this motorist must have felt when they crashed into the rear of an £18,000 BMW only to find f... | Former Everton striker was driving club's BMW 1 Series at time of crash .
An Audi A3 convertible struck the back of the car at around 7.30am today .
The Scottish coach refused to go to hospital for treatment .
Neither driver is thought to have been seriously injured in the crash . |
f10b7faa76810d95c39636a85629e940bbf189e1 | An 'exasperated' Barack Obama offered no guarantees the U.S. would avoid an unprecedented default during a crisis meeting with Wall Street bankers yesterday. The President said it could not be taken for granted that the political infighting over the federal shutdown would ease in time to raise the legal debt limit befo... | 'Exasperated' president says shutdown feud may prevent debt solution .
He said: 'When you have a faction willing to default, we are in trouble'
Says he is not willing to water down healthcare bill to break deadlock .
Held crunch meeting with Wall Street bankers over budget impasse .
Goldman Sachs chief: 'Consequences o... |
f10bb3a473159d82634fc8894a05a621226949df | (CNN) -- A House subcommittee is expected to grill Department of Homeland Security officials about concerns that violence in Mexico may spill over the border into the United States. Mexican federal police patrol last week on the streets of Ciudad Juarez, just across the border from El Paso, Texas. Mexico's military and... | Mexican officials embroiled in increasingly violent clashes with drug cartels .
Cartels getting some weapons from stores along the border, congresswoman says .
House hearing focuses on security on the border, preventing spread of violence .
President Obama says he'd consider sending in National Guard, but not right now... |
f10bb7956facde6e9cc0a69e9001b2eceb4f7014 | It has been referred to as the black dog, the blues, or hitting rock bottom. However it is described, depression and anxiety affects between one and two million Australians in any given year. Often it is unexpected and can be severe, leaving those affected unprepared to cope with its onset. This was the case for ex-mil... | Hayden Bradford returned home from work and collapsed in the arms of his wife who rushed him to hospital .
He was diagnosed with severe form of depression and was fired from job after being told the company didn't want sufferers working there .
Was found to be immune to treatment and turned to alternate solutions .
Has... |
f10c043595a0788f25d7dc7a38e67ce1a42a88f2 | By . James Chapman, Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 18:40 EST, 25 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:40 EST, 25 June 2013 . Lord Justice Leveson is facing a standoff with MPs after being summoned to give evidence to a Commons committee on the future of Press regulation. The judge, who led last year’s inquiry into media stan... | MPs want to question Lord Justice Leveson on rival Royal Charters .
Judge refused to answer questions on day report was published .
Culture, media and sport committee has called judge to appear before them . |
f10c22f5e3447781242dd39bb6893fa63cd5bb16 | (CNN) -- Actress Lynn Redgrave died Sunday after a seven-year battle with breast cancer, according to her family. Redgrave, 67, was surrounded by her children at her Connecticut home when she died, the family said in a statement Monday morning. The star of stage, film and television was twice nominated for an Academy A... | Actress had fought breast cancer for seven years .
She was nominated for Academy Award in 1966 and 1998 .
"She lived, loved and worked harder than ever before," family says . |
f10c325479cf7c4017bb47cb49430dfc9d2e15b2 | A federal judge handed an Iranian-owned Fifth Avenue office building in New York to the government Monday. Worth as much as $700million, 650 Fifth Avenue was seized by the government because the owners funnelled rent money to Iran, a judge ruled. The 36-story building sits on the corner of 52nd Street, in the middle of... | Feds accused the buildings owners, a foundation with ties to the Iranian government, of funneling rent proceeds back to Iran .
The building is at 52nd Street and 5th Avenue, one of the most sought-after addresses in the city .
Selling it might fetch upwards of $700million for the families of victims of Iran-aided terro... |
f10c8fc076791c9bb7988f3da946c7b187a88a24 | It takes a strong mind and a lot of willpower to become a monk and feel closer to God. But one man has taken his devotion to new heights, literally. Maxime Qavtaradze, a 59-year-old monk, has lived a life of virtual solitude on top of a pillar high above his Georgian monastry for 20 years. Scroll down for video . Dedic... | Maxime, a 59-year-old monk, lives on top of Katshki Pillar in Georgia .
He has to scale a 131ft ladder if he wants to come down .
Followers winch supplies up to him because he only leaves the pillar twice a week .
Maxime decided to make a change in his life after a stint in prison . |
f10d5b9494a73ac1425cee068e36cb1dbca8dd77 | By . Hannah Roberts . Last updated at 10:27 AM on 1st October 2011 . It was intended to her portray her as an ordinary mom, keen to make savings for her family. But Michelle Obama's casual slip-out trip to Target is being met with scepticism, as media personalities deride the ‘incognito’ visit as a well-timed PR stunt.... | First lady's security visited the superstore 30 minutes before she arrived .
Photographer had shot Mrs Obama inside the White House just three days before .
Critics claim purchases of 'cleaning products and dog food' are part of disingenuous attempt to appear down-to-earth . |
f10e396ce134667fd51a69bad966d0b40dd3dc7c | New York (CNN) -- Fareed Zakaria, the CNN host and Newsweek columnist, has returned a prestigious prize to the Anti-Defamation League, another rebuke for the esteemed civil rights group's opposition to an Islamic center near ground zero. Zakaria, who received the ADL's Hubert Humphrey First Amendment Freedoms Prize fiv... | Zakaria returns an ADL award over Islamic center stance .
ADL says it's "shocked and saddened" by the move .
The center would have interfaith programs . |
f10e921f72f1b89ad7b0d093b92233809523b5b8 | Daley Blind trained with the Holland squad as he adjusts to life as a Manchester United player. The versatile left-back-cum-defensive midfielder joined his countrymen and new manager Guus Hiddink in Amsterdam on Tuesday. And his new United team-mate Robin van Persie also took part in the session despite fears he was su... | Daley Blind trained with Holland ahead of friendly with Italy .
He was joined by new Manchester United team-mate Robin van Persie .
Striker had been feared to be carrying a niggling injury .
United spent almost £150million in the summer transfer window .
Blind was joined by Luke Shaw, Ander Herrera, Angel di Maria, Mar... |
f10eac9af0b09b70706a57bd34ace4c325fc8f87 | By . Mark Prigg . PUBLISHED: . 05:03 EST, 16 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:46 EST, 16 August 2012 . A school report-style assessment of the health of the world's oceans has concluded that they 'could do better'. The report, based on 10 factors such as clean water, biodiversity, food provision, tourism and coastal pro... | School report style study looked at clean water, biodiversity and tourism .
UK received a 62, while the US pipped it with a score of 63 .
Researchers called for action to improve scores . |
f10ef4959b8e6865b43b00e4063f6e22599f7806 | The United States and the Soviet Union defined the world's first space race, but following South Korea's successful orbital rocket launch this week, it appears Asia -- particularly North Asia -- is the world's new epicenter for space rivalries in the 21st century. "In some sense we are already there," says Daniel Pink... | 'Asia already in space race in some sense', says ICG's Daniel Pinkston .
China, India have moon and Mars ambitions in 2013 .
Space race is proxy for arms race but 'could be worse', says Pinkston .
South Korea rocket launch will not be condemned, says Peace Institute's Cheong . |
f10f3c06fc46926c5124a9d8d3e88d7baa6c3289 | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 11:13 EST, 29 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:16 EST, 29 May 2013 . An Italian professor said on Wednesday he has identified what he believes is the world's oldest complete scroll of the Torah, containing the full text of the first five books of Hebrew scripture. Mauro Perani, professor of... | Scroll thought to be from 17th century was made between 1155 and 1225 .
Contains the full text of the first five books of Hebrew scripture .
Professor studied the scroll and suspected that a librarian had examined it in 1889 and not recognised its antiquity . |
f10f4235b20f99b65f8aa284511c744a267d8214 | (CNN) -- Paul Scholes came out of retirement for a shock return as Manchester United beat FA Cup holders Manchester City 3-2 in Sunday's dramatic third-round tie between England's top two teams. The 37-year-old former England international quit at the end of last season, but was named as a substitute by manager Alex Fe... | Manchester United beat FA Cup holders Manchester City 3-2 in the third round .
United veteran Paul Scholes comes out of retirement to play in the second half .
City captain Vincent Kompany sent off after only 12 minutes, which the club will appeal .
Wayne Rooney scores twice in first half as United set up fourth-round ... |
f10f73d87f8da8b1502397804f416886ba0581ff | Hundreds of Baltimore fans have formed a queue stretching back half-a-mile to swap their Ray Rice jerseys for other stars' in reaction to footage that showed the NFL star punching his then-fiancée unconscious. People started descending on the M&T Bank Stadium at 4am today after the club agreed to relieve fans of the #2... | Baltimore ravens offered fans chance to get rid of #27 Ray Rice jerseys .
Queues outside M&T Bank Stadium started forming at 4am for 8am start .
They will receive replica Nike jersey free of charge today and tomorrow .
Comes after NFL and Ravens bosses accused of turning blind eye to abuse . |
f10f8bb3e5ecef787861ad15273242e910e4b473 | The world is 'adrift' and America is in decline because of the 'extraordinary vacuum of leadership in this country,' New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Saturday. 'People both inside America and outside America no longer know what America stands for,' the outspoken politician told attendees of an Iowa GOP fundraiser, a... | 'People both inside America and outside America no longer know what America stands for,' New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Saturday in Iowa .
Christie, a probable 2016 presidential candidate, was officially in the state to celebrate Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad's birthday .
Christie acknowledged today that he's 'consider... |
f10f96f8dde72580f294a4e800d32d6973638a3c | By . Martin Delgado . PUBLISHED: . 18:28 EST, 30 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:28 EST, 30 March 2013 . Send off: Astronomer Sir Patrick Moore wanted the world's leaders on a rocket into spa . Visitors to a new science exhibition will hear the late Sky At Night host Sir Patrick Moore say how he wanted to get rid of the... | Sir Patrick Moore wanted to send world leaders to space to get rid of them .
Recorded message saying he wished to ship them to Alpha Centauri. |
f110011f92fc0148ff2bb9be035c1383f13d04a3 | By . David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 18:36 EST, 10 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 23:25 EST, 10 January 2014 . Aides to Chris Christie knew traffic closures they spitefully ordered on the George Washington Bridge were putting lives at risk after just a few hours – but carried on snarling traffic for... | Port Authority in New Jersey heard almost immediately that 'traffic test' was creating serious health and safety problems .
It wasn't until four days later that the agency's chief shut down the effort to close off George Washington Bridge access lanes, snarling nearby traffic .
Democrats are sharpening their knives, bl... |
f1103de28e90fba89f9459aa0a2d82f4af926247 | By . Sara Malm . Barbara Walters has indicated that Monica Lewinsky may have been in the mix as a potential host on her U.S. chat show The View. Ms Walters, who famously interviewed the infamous former White House intern after the scandal with then-president Clinton, said it 'would have been possible' that Ms Lewinsky ... | David Letterman admits he and others 'humiliated' Monica Lewinsky .
The talkshow host still feels bad about how he treated her in the 90s .
Monica Lewinsky famously had an affair with then-president Clinton .
She recently wrote an article about how she still cannot get a job . |
f1104ccf0ead142b3a46b3325a9429c445043d27 | By . Ted Thornhill . There’s a teacher in Italy who has very few problems controlling her class – because there’s only one pupil in it. In fact, there’s only one pupil in the entire school. The elementary in the tiny town of Alpette, Turin, is believed to be the smallest in the world and is attended by eight-year-old S... | The elementary in Alpette, Turin, is believed to be the smallest in the world .
It's attended by Sofia Viola, 8, who is taught by the school's only teacher .
She admits it is so lonely she has to imagine other children in the classroom . |
f1105954c4c16c4ee93c31f2b338b32fccc25c72 | By . David Wilkes . PUBLISHED: . 10:49 EST, 19 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:49 EST, 20 September 2013 . A man's home is his castle – especially when he’s spent £100,000 lovingly transforming it from a 1960s bungalow. Businessman Syed Raza Shah spent most of his life savings adding two extra storeys to the flat-r... | Syed Raza Shah given permission to increase floor space by 45 per cent .
But council said changes amount to a much more significant increase .
It argues alterations make it a completely different building .
He has now been ordered to demolish the 'dream home' |
f1105a8f7729e497d9366a66af23d5ef3fb3c590 | Hong Kong (CNN) -- If you can tolerate the junkies on the stairwells or the rats that sometimes scale the 12 floors of her building on the external electrical wiring, Lui's penthouse shack ticks all the boxes for a multi-million dollar property in Hong Kong. It's light, it's well ventilated and it has sweeping views of... | Hong Kong's network of sky slums are barnacled onto roofs of tenements built in 1950s, '60s .
Mostly found in old urban areas in Kowloon -- Sham Shui Po, Kwun Tung and Tai Kok Tsui .
Contrasts with luxury apartments that can often fetch up to US$12.85 million .
Slums stem from housing crises of 1950s, 60s when waves of... |
f111077e1c65bc6ab9452a9f0d02833d34abf3ab | After a month of threats from hackers that nearly derailed its release and almost brought Sony Pictures to its knees, the long-awaiting opening of The Interview on Christmas Day became a major event with packed crowds flocking to not only see the movie but also champion freedom of expression. Hundreds of theaters, from... | The long-awaiting opening of The Interview on Christmas Day became a major event with packed crowds flocking to the 300 independent cinemas nationwide screening the controversial movie .
For many cinema goers seeing the film was as much about championing freedom of expression as it was about going to the movies on Chri... |
f111136b113f41aff5f7904cee3b639f26e70dcd | An events company is offering children the chance to transform themselves into mini celebrities for the day by recreating a 'real' red carpet experience. New York-based party planners Red Carpet Kids specialize in organizing one-of-a-kind birthday parties for youngsters who are eager to experience the glamorous Hollywo... | New York-based events company Red Carpet Kids recreates glamorous celebrity events for children's birthday parties .
Prices start at $3,000 for the most basic parties but many cost upwards of $10,000 . |
f11134dbbd2193e4096ccf5feab25ca00cccb54b | By . Lizzie Parry . PUBLISHED: . 16:06 EST, 27 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 18:32 EST, 27 February 2014 . Al Capone's silver-plated cocktail shaker, an armchair once owned by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a cut-glass claret jug from the Titanic. They are just three of the items from the private collect... | The private collection of Stanley Seeger will go up for auction next month .
1,000 Ways of Seeing features hundreds of lots to be sold by Sotheby's .
Seeger and his partner Christopher Cone used all of the items they owned .
Admiral Nelson's teapot was used for afternoon tea, while Al Capone's cocktail shaker was used ... |
f1114e501d99d9fdb85f20a63fe06b07344de790 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . A young Massachusetts couple were killed in a car crash Wednesday morning on their way pick up relatives who were making a surprise visit. William Barnett, 20, and Alyssa Grenier, 18, were on their way to Logan International Airport to pick up Grenier's aunt and uncle when, as authorities wou... | William Barnett and Alyssa Grenier were picking up relatives visiting for her birthday .
Grenier would have turned 19 one day after the crash .
Authorities believe Barnett lost control of the vehicle after hitting a patch of ice . |
f11159df9c8a5ec9b510b20699f9db3453db9080 | U.S. fighter jets intercepted Russian bombers off Alaska and California this month, the latest incidents in a string of recent aerial encounters over the Pacific. On June 4, according to U.S. defense officials, four long-range Russian Tu-95 Bear-H bombers, accompanied by an aerial refueling tanker, flew into the U.S. A... | U.S. F-22s, F-15s intercept Russian bombers .
Russian planes were last intercepted off California in 2012 .
The Russian planes did not come inside U.S. territorial airspace .
The incident is the latest in a string of U.S.-Russian encounters . |
f1117c98c6313f5885e6f440cdc554031283b479 | They were big, brutish and probably not particularly good-looking. Now it seems that Neanderthals had to contend with an ailment that affected their appearance too - psoriasis. A new genetic study has suggested that these now extinct ancient cousins of modern humans may have suffered from the skin condition that causes... | Geneticists from the University at Buffalo studied ancient human DNA .
They found genetic faults in the Neanderthal genome that cause psoriasis .
Their DNA also had errors thought to cause Crohn's Disease in humans .
Scientists believe the two diseases may have originated in a common ancestor of Neanderthals and moder... |
f111875fc38126ae0b353e58bf41f4eace25474d | It is the extraordinary encounter every holidaymaker wishes they could have - a close-up with a whale. These tourists managed to capture amazing footage while on a boat in Mexico, showing them petting two whales in the wild. The mother and baby are first seen approaching the boat and gently nudging it as if to say hell... | Mother and baby whale approached visitors on boat in Laguna, San Ignicio .
Amazing footage shows tourists engaging with whales for 65 seconds .
Excited tourists shout 'Wow' and 'Yeah love this' as they stroke whales . |
f1118e7531ff19721d5f3022ed80f6afc91b5785 | By . Amanda Williams . Escaped: Michael Sheridan simply walked out of HMP Standford Hill in Kent on October 17 1999 and remained at large for 15 years . A fugitive prisoner who has fathered five children and has come to the attention of the authorities three times during 15 years on the run is finally back behind bars.... | Michael Sheridan walked out of HMP Standford Hill in Kent in 1999 .
Since then he has fathered five children and set up home in Wearside .
He has also come to the attention of authorities in Ireland three times over driving matters but they weren't aware that he was wanted .
But he was a wanted fugitive until May when ... |
f111a2a3d4e66ecf5b448dccd370c5674b8f9e0d | PUBLISHED: . 08:42 EST, 18 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:38 EST, 18 November 2013 . A cyclist in his early 60s has died after a collision with a lorry in London, the sixth to die on the capital's roads in a fortnight. Police were called to Camberwell Road in South London by London Ambulance Service at 12.07pm today... | The man, believed to be in his early 60s, died at the scene in south London .
Safety concerns over cyclists following spate of deaths in capital .
Driver has not been arrested, say police officers . |
f111af8f7cc932ab006f7752b7af8ac51fa03075 | A California builder has transformed part of his home into a fantasy feline adventure land. Peter Cohen, co-founder of Trillium Enterprises, lives in a 3000-square-foot cat castle in Santa Barbara, and has built 150 feet of catwalks, spiral staircases, tunnels, perches and all manner of cool kitty accessories to accom... | House builder Peter Cohen takes care of 14 cats in Goleta, California home .
He has spent $40,000-$50,000 on catwalks so kitties can scamper around .
Litter box closets are ventilated, and fur picked up by five Roomba robots . |
f1120bc05f4903857712f01d40d4c901780fe4a7 | TYRE, Lebanon (CNN) -- Diab Diab lost an eye and part of a leg trying to clear unexploded bombs from the fields of southern Lebanon. But now he is going to lose his job, too. Despite the dangers of clearing mines, Diab Diab wants to continue his work. For though there are possibly thousands of unexploded bombs and shel... | Bomb disposal teams leave Lebanon as funding dries up in economic crisis .
Thousands of unexploded bombs litter landscape around Lebanese villages .
Hundreds have been killed, hurt by deadly remnants of 2006 Israel-Hezbollah conflict . |
f11231a1603097bdce337b46fd64f383c5eb2607 | (CNN) -- There's no "authentic" way to be black, President Barack Obama told a group. For once, I agree with the President. Speaking at a town hall event this week about his "My Brother's Keeper" initiative, the President gave blacks permission to be individuals, rejecting the idiotic notion that speaking proper Englis... | Crystal Wright is tired of blacks putting down other blacks by saying they are "acting white"
President Obama addressed the term while speaking to a group of young men this week .
Wright: There is no litmus test for being black . |
f11267d10748141d7f478a32ba7dd23617473575 | (CNN) -- A man suspected in the killings of 11 women, whose remains were found in his Ohio home, is due in court Wednesday morning. Human remains were discovered at the Cleveland home of Anthony Sowell in October and November. Sowell, 50, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in December. He could face the death pen... | Anthony Sowell is suspected in the killings of 11 women in Cleveland, Ohio .
Sowell faces 85 charges, including murder, rape and kidnapping .
Sowell served 15 years in prison for a 1989 attempted rape and was released in 2005 . |
f112774d1917808e7548641cc127ecc059d6f7e9 | (CNN) -- Take a close look at the icon that Apple created for their new Maps app and you'll notice a few things. It points out the location of Apple headquarters at 1 Infinite Loop, but the red pin has been replaced by a blue line, one that leads away from their main building and suggests that you make a hard right thr... | Andrew Mayer: The new Maps app on iPhone 5 is clearly worse than the old one .
Mayer: Maps is an obvious misstep, but it isn't the only one Apple has made recently .
He says incremental steps cannot substitute for boldness, like the creation of the iPod .
Mayer: Apple's real problem is that its ability to "think differ... |
f112faa3606db38d2bc2343ad23143ec9ead6e81 | A revhead has lapped Manhattan in a record 24 minutes, seven seconds, despite stopping at six red lights on the 26.5 mile run. Kicking off his dangerous high-speed journey at FDR/East Side Drive at 116th Street, just outside of Harlem, the unidentified driver cut cars off, dodged traffic and weaved across lanes to smas... | Driver laps Manhattan in record 24 minutes, seven seconds .
He starts and finishes on FDR/East Side Drive at 116th Street .
He said he was in control the whole time and will reveal his identity in a year .
The driver broke previous records of 27 mins and 26 mins . |
f11300ed37bd456bd51b1281dfee24c43370b74d | (CNN) -- Three people were taken to a hospital and others were treated at an airport after an Aruba-to-Miami flight encountered turbulence while making its initial descent into Miami, an American Airlines spokesman said. The incident occurred Tuesday night aboard Flight 1780, about 30 minutes before it landed at 6:06 p... | About 12 people were injured, authorities say .
The turbulence occurred as the Aruba-to-Miami flight was landing .
Three people were taken to a hospital, an American Airlines spokesman says . |
f11400d030fdbd5d9997c8e4b300f75b43770c70 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 03:40 EST, 5 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:03 EST, 5 July 2012 . The victim of a devastating flesh-eating disease will return home after a spell of intense rehabilitation to a house completely redesigned to aid her recovery. Student Aimee Copeland, 24, who lost her left leg, righ... | Georgia student Aimee Copeland, 24, lost left leg, right foot and hands .
She contracted necrotizing fasciitis after zip line accident .
Parents are building a 1,800sqft two-storey extension to their house .
Will have a bedroom, sunroom, study and elevator to help her get around . |
f1142c27d35bb99c9a22d95761543746f98fb952 | By . Emma Reynolds . PUBLISHED: . 05:51 EST, 31 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:54 EST, 2 February 2013 . The family of a soldier killed in the First World War have been reunited with his Victory medal - after it turned up in a sewer. Private Charles William Curtin was killed at . Ypres in May 1915, aged just 35, and ... | Private Charles William Curtin was killed at .
Ypres in May 1915 .
Victory medal found more than 90 years later in a sewer in Manchester .
Relative of labourer who found medal tracked down the soldier's family .
Search took three years because medal had an alias name inscribed . |
f1150a74b6bfb0044dca16034b1723509f62cb9e | Beijing (CNN) -- The Chinese newspaper at the center of a censorship storm hit newsstands in the capital Thursday for the first time since journalists went on strike in protest against apparent editorial interference from the government. However, the Southern Weekly was not widely available in southern Guangdong provin... | Southern Weekly was not widely available in Guangzhou where it is published .
The newspaper's journalists accused officials of heavy-handed censorship .
Protesters gathered outside the paper's offices this week demanding more press freedom .
Thursday edition reprinted People's Daily editorial that regulation must follo... |
f11532e6d2383af0c3c19865218ec073c97675b7 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 00:00 EST, 16 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 22:25 EST, 16 February 2013 . America’s queen of crime-writing Patricia Cornwell once ordered an investigation into one of Britain's most acclaimed female police officers, saying she was a jilted lover and a 'threat,' according to cour... | The author had a relationship with Caroline Nicholl when she was chief superintendent with the Thames Valley police .
Cornwell desecribed Ms Nicholl as a 'threat' and asked an American police officer to investigate her, according to 2008 email exchange .
Nicholl said the two were 'smitten' with each other and says she ... |
f1155a363ea4bc60987501db6e9ad16c892fa0f5 | By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 09:06 EST, 18 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:22 EST, 18 November 2012 . Politicians struggling with stress are being treated by an on-site psychiatrist at the Houses of Parliament. The taxpayer funded therapist is holding surgeries for MPs and peers as part of Parliament's occupationa... | The therapist is holding surgeries for MPs and peers across the road from Parliament .
The psychiatrist is provided as part of an occupational health contract with St Thomas' Hospital . |
f115c1a1c4c3241e778c49b16f72ae2ef099dc93 | A surly David James refused an interview when he was approached at his hotel in Cochin, south India, where he is player-manager for the Kerala Blasters in the new Indian Super League. Team sources later claimed James was too tired to talk, but the Blasters dressing-room are also aware that all is not well back in the U... | Former England goalkeeper David James was declared bankrupt in May .
James has been forced into selling memorabilia to pay debts .
Items up for sale include football jerseys, a van and a chainsaw .
James is player-manager at Indian Super League side Kerala Blasters .
Blasters beat Goa 1-0 in front of Sachin Tendulkar t... |
f115c78f7ff0d88b086d9af4129a6907a49e473e | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:54 EST, 25 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:40 EST, 26 November 2012 . It's not easy being one of the world's richest men and top philanthropists. But with the fame and fortune of billionaire Stewart Rahr are numerous stories of tantrums, violence and pay-offs - all of which ... | Tales of rants and violence following the billionaire around the country .
Claims arise that he was rejected from exclusive golf club and recently got into spat with manager at Nobu .
Rahr sold Kinray for $1.3billion in 2010 .
Others know him for his big heart and frequent donations to charity . |
f115ff9abd5af5c43acd4a072ebf1ff2a5622cf4 | A former BP engineer has been charged with destroying 200-plus text messages about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, including one concluding that the undersea gusher was far worse than reported at the time. Kurt Mix faces two counts of intentionally destroying evidence requested by authorities, federal prosecutors anno... | Former BP engineer is accused of destroying text messages about the spill .
"Too much flowrate -- over 15,000," one of the messages notes .
Crude oil poured into the Gulf after a blast on a drill rig in 2010 .
The oil spewed for nearly three months . |
f1161d4a52a588d00cc2954259f1aca1f61c4735 | Oslo, Norway (CNN) -- Norway's nightmare lasted just over three hours, all in the middle of a summer afternoon. Authorities are still trying to piece together exactly what happened last Friday -- and, perhaps as significantly, why. But they have offered a timeline as to how the bloodshed began in central Oslo and then ... | An explosion rocked government offices in central Oslo on Friday afternoon .
Police say the suspect in that blast then headed 20 miles to Utoya Island .
There he gunned down at least 86 people, in addition to 7 killed by the bomb .
The 32-year-old man didn't put up a fight when he was arrested, police say . |
f1163d0608abe6e034f4eceef5536fb24685b316 | By . Hamish Mackay for MailOnline . Follow @@H_Mackay . Calum Chambers posted a photo of himself and Jack Wilshere returning home after England's 2-0 win over Switzerland. Arsenal's latest signing Danny Welbeck scored both goals to give Roy Hodgson's side victory in their opening European Championships qualifier. Alex ... | England beat Switzerland 2-0 in Basel .
Arsenal's Calum Chambers posted photo with Jack Wilshere .
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Danny Welbeck also in the squad .
Welbeck scored both goals in European Championships qualifier . |
f1169e4f8117ce0ab40c529db2ed0465a0711dd9 | By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 11:29 EST, 26 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:29 EST, 26 December 2013 . Tablet computers hit unprecedented heights of popularity as Christmas gifts this year - but Apple's iPad is no longer the top dog, according to analysts. Sales of tablets soared nearly threefold this year, with a tot... | Sales of tablet computers trebled this year, according to analysts .
But only 38% of devices were iPads, compared to 56% share for Android .
Budget tablets launched by Tesco and Aldi are stealing market share . |
f116d773e9b4c0e6f4f9fde6f91b1e3d7bfb30b3 | (CNN) -- A multistate romaine lettuce recall because of fear of contamination with a potentially deadly bacteria has restaurants east of the Mississippi River scrambling to assure customers that their salad is safe. "We have taken the extra precaution of contacting our lettuce supply chain partners to ensure that our p... | Just Salad sent e-mail to customers saying it confirmed safety .
Freshway Foods is voluntarily recalling lettuce possibly contaminated with E. coli .
E. coli outbreak has sickened 19 people in Michigan, Ohio and New York . |
f1172ff68f0a9edc6d27e645f1772d0be16a08f5 | By . Hugo Duncan . PUBLISHED: . 18:55 EST, 11 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 19:29 EST, 11 March 2014 . Warning: Mark Carney told the Treasury Select Committee a 'Yes' vote could have a major impact on RBS . Royal Bank of Scotland could be forced to move to England if voters north of the border back independence, Mark Car... | European law dictates bank must be based in state it does most business .
RBS and Lloyds have more customers in England than in Scotland .
Carney told Treasury Select Committee it is 'a distinct possibility' |
f1174542ca64b02cdd98eb8a2e2a54ecf70cbe1a | After a disappointing World Cup there could be more trouble ahead for Italy striker Mario Balotelli, who has been caught smoking while on holiday in Miami. The Milan forward, who was fined by his club last year for trying to smoke on a train, doesn't seem to be able to kick the habit, lighting up on his hotel balcony. ... | Balotelli is on holiday in Miami with fiance Fanny Neguesha .
Italy striker smoking cigarette on balcony .
Pair spent time messing around in the sea before returning to the beach .
Balotelli also posts picture with UFC World Championship belt .
Milan looking to sell volatile forward to cut wage bill . |
f117bf5701789dcd67f4519fa649ca52a955341f | By . Lucy Crossley . PUBLISHED: . 13:19 EST, 30 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:19 EST, 30 October 2013 . A teenage neo-Nazi accused of plotting a ‘new Columbine’ told the Old Bailey he wanted to ‘get back’ at his classmates for bullying him. The boy, now 17, said he wrote a ‘hit list’ in his diary of ‘potential targe... | Boy, 17, tells Old Bailey he wanted to 'get back' at classroom bullies .
Pupils called him a 'facist, racist and an English Anders Brevik', he claims .
He admits buying a machete, but says it was for camping trip .
Teenager denies stockpiling weapon for terror attack . |
f1183d1bfb5f989156b1ed0f2d884e44e3c18ccf | Peterborough chairman Darragh MacAnthony has launched a furious tirade against Nottingham Forest over the non-payment of a substantial fee for Britt Assombalonga. MacAnthony did not name names but took to Twitter to describe a situation he calls a ‘disgrace’ that undermined Peterborough’s efforts to recruit players on ... | Peterborough didn't sign any players on transfer deadline day .
Chairman Darragh MacAnthony says that is becuase they are owed money .
Doesn't name club but blames Championship side for outstanding payment .
Sportsmail understands club are Nottingham Forest .
Britt Assombalonga, Nicky Ajose and Lee Tomlin left club las... |
f118880222c54aabb94cef53fcbc8123b4a8527a | By . Becky Barrow . PUBLISHED: . 09:34 EST, 22 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:34 EST, 22 May 2012 . 'Getting poorer': Hikes in bills and travel costs are making it increasingly difficult for families to keep up (posed by model) The cost of living in Britain remains cripplingly high, with inflation currently five times gr... | Drop in inflation down to early Easter, say experts .
Food prices have jumped by 4.2 per cent, gas bills by 15.4 per cent and electricity bills by 8.1 per cent .
Average family will need an extra £1,035 to maintain the standard of living they had last year . |
f118b2d7eac2758f977e7f6a21d0f85ff5b7003a | One of four young men charged with throwing a rock onto a darkened central Pennsylvania interstate testified Tuesday that they intended to do some damage during a night of mayhem last month but did not anticipate their actions would cause severe injuries to an Ohio teacher. Keefer McGee took the stand against co-defend... | Keefer McGee took the stand against co-defendant Brett Lahr as part of a deal with prosecution .
The four teens, including Dylan Lahr and Tyler Porter, were throwing rocks at cars from an overpass in Pennsylvania .
The rock smashed through teacher Sharon Budd's windshield, landing directly on her head and causing long-... |
f119086a28c98c63e06db2afa9570dae5ee96f7a | They would put even the most talented and experienced dancers to shame. These stunning photos show giant white whales dancing in unison with their trainers at an aquarium in Harbin, north China. The magnificent creatures can be seen twisting, posing and forming shapes underwater as they perform alongside their human co... | Magnificent creatures can be seen twisting, posing and forming shapes as they dance alongside trainers .
Performed in front of visitors from across the world at Harbin Pole Aquarium in Harbin, north China, today . |
f1190a33e8b5f9ff11f0f8f1744f3ac69e0a511a | On paper it looks like the holy trinity of an attacking midfield, but Louis van Gaal's decision to play Adnan Januzaj and Angel di Maria either side of Juan Mata on Monday night may not be one he makes again. Despite 90 minutes of nail-biting action, the first 30 minutes were most telling, and set the tone for the rema... | Louis van Gaal played Adnan Januzaj to the right and Angel di Maria to the left of Juan Mata in the 2-2 draw at the Hawthorns .
Di Maria was superb with his delivery and utilised the wing, but both Januzaj and Mata failed to have an impact .
Manchester United were stretched and too wide, putting pressure on Daley Blind... |
f119491eb7d65f0b33efbd7134bb20845e24335e | Scotland manager Gordon Strachan knows he has some big decisions to make over the coming hours as he picks his side to face England at Celtic Park. Strachan's side come into the game following a morale-boosting 1-0 Euro 2016 qualifying win over the Republic of Ireland and although there will be no points to play for in... | Gordon Strachan's side looked relaxed during training on Monday .
Scots boosted Euro 2016 qualifying hopes with vital win over Ireland .
Strachan is weighing up whether to make changes against Auld Enemy . |
f11a7753d67227c04559ad6007354cc2d9970600 | Nurse Jacintha Saldanha, pictured with her husband Ben Barboza, is believed to have tried to commit suicide twice previously . The nurse who committed suicide after answering a hoax phone call about the Duchess of Cambridge made two attempts to kill herself last winter and had been prescribed antidepressants. Jacintha ... | Jacintha Saldanha made two attempts to kill herself last winter .
The nurse took an overdose during visit to India .
She survived but tried to jump from a building nine days later .
Family now demanding answers of Australian media group and hospital . |
f11c0a77f54c4e77e547ffc6aabd815c74905847 | By . Rob Draper & Ted Thornhill . and Paul Donnelley . Host nation Brazil narrowly scraped through to the Quarter-Finals of the World Cup in a nail-biting finish to this Group of 16 tie against Chile. The world's number one-rated team played South American rivals Chile at Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte probably exp... | Brazil beat Chile 3-2 to reach the World Cup quarter-finals .
Enthralling all-South American affair went into extra-time after ending 1-1 .
Chile's Gonzalo Jara hit the post with his spot-kick to send Brazil through .
David Luiz opened the scoring for tournament hosts Brazil in the first-half .
Alexis Sanchez equalised... |
f11c160f27b1c6013ed903de6e47d6bbd944b2f0 | By . Declan Taylor . Kevin Lisbie has had his wife to thank for fuelling Leyton Orient all season but the evergreen striker has decided to ban her cooking with Wembley in sight. The east London club compete for a place in the Championship when they take on Rotherham at Wembley in the League One play-off final. And a la... | Kevin Lisbie's wife Joanne has been cooking for the team on away trips .
The O's had the best away record in League One, losing only three times .
Lisbie has scored 18 goals for Russell Slade's team .
Will face Rotherham United at Wembley at 3pm . |
f11c19d4054a7ea0328afd1bc44fc7d024d5c369 | (CNN) -- Gasps punctured the air inside Boston Symphony Hall after the conductor interrupted the afternoon performance to announce to the 2,500 people in the audience that President Kennedy had been assassinated. Listening to the moment, which was captured on an audio recording, the emotions are still powerful 50 years... | This week marks 50 years since JFK was assassinated .
Boston symphony-goers learned of his death during a weekly performance .
The moment is captured on an audio recording . |
f11c291973266302838f8ee557065483874d2134 | (CNN) -- Pete Seeger, the man considered to be one of the pioneers of contemporary folk music who inspired legions of activist singer-songwriters, died Monday. He was 94. Seeger's best known songs include "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)" and "If I Had a Hammer (Th... | Pete Seeger dies of natural causes in a New York hospital, his family says .
His career spanned more than 70 years, often courting controversy .
He is known for songs like "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" |
f11c2a87336658f696f6cb5c02d3496e9fc296fb | The web site of Angry Birds app maker Rovio has been hacked two days after reports that the personal data of its customers might have been accessed by U.S. and British spy agencies. Rovio spokeswoman says the hacking lasted a few minutes early Wednesday and that end-user data 'was in no risk at any point.' The hacking ... | Site hacked early on Wednesday - but Rovio claim 'no user data' was at risk .
Claims made in documents provided by Edward Snowden and published in The New York Times, The Guardian, and ProPublica .
Location sharing apps such as Facebook, Flickr and Twitter are also implicated . |
f11c8c5ae0ae6deff7c3df48bc97e27c62f135a1 | By . Sarah Michael for Daily Mail Australia . When Tina Ramsdell heard the story of British parents Brett and Naghmeh King being arrested in Spain, all she felt was empathy. The Kings sparked an international manhunt when they took their five-year-old son Ashya, who has brain cancer, out of a UK hospital and fled to Sp... | Tina Ramsdell, from Gympie on Queenland's Sunshine Coast, sparked a five-day manhunt across Queensland and New South Wales in 2005 .
She went on the run with daughter Brandy, 6, who had terminal leukaemia .
Brandy had a 2 percent chance of surviving and Ms Ramsdell didn't want her last months spent in a hospital ward .... |
f11d64291b96e3ada9218ebb522ae2cfcfac1b4c | (CNN) -- Deepa, 40, was born in Mumbai, where she is now a banking technology consultant, as well as running a company that offers "offbeat sightseeing tours" of six Indian cities, including Mumbai, Delhi and Jaipur. Deepa Krishnan: "When you live in Mumbai you feel like you're in the nerve center of the country." Deep... | Deepa lives in Mumbai, where her company runs "offbeat sightseeing tours"
She says Mumbai is younger and more cosmopolitan than most Indian cities .
People in the city party hard, she says -- and there's an active cultural scene .
Last November's terrorist attacks have increased tension in the city, she says . |
f11d66fdd7a332049483ce839d5a0381d7abd006 | Paris’ top cop got more than he bargained for when he recently visited a tourist hot spot to see the French capital’s notorious ‘bracelet scammers’ at work. Police Commissioner Bernard Boucault and Jacques Meric, the city’s head of public safety, were physically attacked by the crooks when they made the official visit ... | Bernard Boucault visited Montmartre to see the crooks at work .
Mr Boucault, Paris' head of public safety and their chauffer were attacked .
Scammers order tourists to hand over money after tying bracelet on wrist . |
f11e317824e12813370785b80cf00cb4617c5428 | By . Snejana Farberov . and David Mccormack . In limbo: Scott Wilson, 23, was killed in a Florida car crash four years ago, but his ashes have yet to be put to rest because his divorced parents are at odds over what to do with them . Scott Wilson, 23, was killed in a Florida car crash four years ago, but his ashes have... | Polo mogul John Goodman killed Scott Wilson, 23, in February 2010 .
William and Lili Wilson are locked in legal battle over son's ashes .
Mother wants to keep cremated remains intact in Palm Beach County, while her ex-husband wants to divide them and take his share to Georgia .
Goodman was sentenced to 16 years, but hi... |
f11e6b96ed60886dd888524fa6e8a9f9aac569d7 | Hong Kong (CNN) -- China on Friday denied accusations by Japan that a Chinese navy vessel had put a radar-lock on a Japanese warship near a group of disputed islands at the heart of a bitter feud between the two Asian nations. The Chinese Ministry of National Defense said in a statement, its first official response to ... | The Chinese defense ministry says Japanese accusations don't match the facts .
It denies a Chinese frigate put a radar-lock on a Japanese destroyer .
Japan expresses dissatisfaction over the Chinese statement .
The alleged incident occurred near a group of disputed islands . |
f11eed34f355d3e95c760830733e6d6c9b89c660 | By . Emma Glanfield . PUBLISHED: . 13:56 EST, 3 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 16:23 EST, 3 March 2014 . A father was left with a three-inch gash to his head after being attacked by a neighbour’s cat because it hated his aftershave. Ian Olver, 44, who works as a plasterer, splashed on the Hugo Boss Bottled Night scent aft... | Plasterer Ian Olver, 44, had his head, neck and ear clawed by the animal .
The cat attacked him after smelling his Hugo Boss Bottled Night aftershave .
Animal psychologist says Blue the cat may have perceived scent as a threat . |
f11f9c061821e86345447866ae3cbec1b769a9fa | When it came to choosing the perfect ensemble for a visit to Dents glove factory in Wiltshire, there was one accessory the Duchess of Cornwall just had to wear – a pair of Dents gloves. Ever the diplomat, Camilla arrived at the factory, which is a short journey from Highgrove, with her hands encased in a cosy black lea... | The Duchess toured the Dents glove factory in Warminster .
Ruby the rescue dog was presented with certificate for long service .
Historic glove company was founded in 1777 in Worcester . |
f11fc18463628b9cc131ffae9755edb82fe24183 | The derogatory name has caused an outcry among millions of ambitious young and educated females who claim they have been thrown on the scrap heap (file photo) China has upset its young female population by labelling those who fail to marry by the time they are 30 as ‘left over woman’. The Communist government ordered i... | Millions of women say they have been thrown on the scrap heap .
Chinese government worries that unmarried men could cause social havoc . |
f12085f8391292e6e0fc17ad91df0907ba017985 | (CNN) -- Wisconsin state Sen. Glenn Grothman, who supports Gov. Scott Walker's repeal of a law that protected workers from pay discrimination, recently said, "You could argue that money is more important for men. I think a guy in their first job, maybe because they expect to be a breadwinner someday, may be a little mo... | Sandra Fluke: Women care about wages as much as men do; they want to be paid fairly .
On Equal Pay Day, women still make 77 cents for every dollar that men make, she says .
Fluke: More families will be supported by women than men, making issue more crucial .
Fluke pushes equal pay for equal work, higher minimum wage, g... |
f120bb0baa8f3efcac132c6884a961180854b190 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . He is the world's richest man, with a personal fortune of $76 billion, but Bill Gates will not be leaving it all to his three children. In a rare insight into his personal life, the Microsoft founder and his wife, Melinda, have opened up about how they are raising their family. The couple, sp... | Microsoft founder says most of his $76bn fortune will go to charity .
Gates tells TED talk his three children must learn to use their own abilities . |
f120eac570efe3f0466f4160da20ab24f8d6b4ae | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 21:51 EST, 2 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:49 EST, 3 May 2012 . Police called on the public today to help find several people who attacked officers during a May Day protest in downtown Los Angeles. Chief Charlie Beck shared video images at a news conference of two attacks on offic... | Police shared video images with public after May Day skirmish with police . |
f120ffd97c46f1905a3e38a771f46015e564a500 | By . Snejana Farberov . PUBLISHED: . 09:22 EST, 17 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:20 EST, 17 September 2013 . On November 8, 1985, Tom Odle, 18, brutally murdered his parents and three siblings in an LSD-fueled rage in the small Illinois town of Mount Vernon. The mass murder shocked the nation, and Odle was sentenc... | Tom Odle, 47, was convicted of killing his parents, 14-year-old sister and two brothers, ages 13 and 10, in 1985 .
Suffered years of abuse at the hands of his mother and was addicted to drugs .
Odle was originally sentenced to death by lethal injection, but had his sentence commuted to life in prison in 2003 .
Teamed u... |
f12106f2d5ff3afabe2baf95d30ecfc2dec7ac58 | By . Simon Tomlinson . PUBLISHED: . 09:33 EST, 13 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:14 EST, 14 March 2013 . They are hardly worlds apart on the cultural front. But that hasn't stopped Microsoft drawing up a new 44-page guide to Britain for its U.S. staff to ensure they can adapt to life in this country. The handbook cover... | Issued to staff moving to computer giant's new research HQ in Cambridge .
Guide also gives definitions of fish and chips and a Chinese takeaway .
Has section on shopping in the city and how to navigate round Argos . |
f12153a76d4083f721f2e65e28e30462bd560f14 | Lewis Hamilton is usually renowned for being a sharp dresser, but his choice of clothes for a charity event on Sunday looked like he might have been run over on the way there. The F1 driver attended the London Collections Men: One For The Boys charity ball in London wearing a white shirt scrawled with a black paint mar... | Lewis Hamilton attended the One for the Boys charity ball in London .
F1 driver wore interesting shirt with paint mark down the front .
Hamilton posed for pictures with actors Samuel L Jackson, Simon Pegg and Daniel Bruhl .
Hamilton had earlier visited the MotoGP of Cataluyna in Montemelo .
Mercedes driver travels to A... |
f12157479214f269f486645251c47c6c53d0920c | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 08:27 EST, 12 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:27 EST, 12 February 2013 . There is no denying that 2013 is already the year of Cara Delevingne. The fun-loving 20-year-old landed her debut British Vogue cover this month and has been the darling of New York fashion week. But while the b... | 20-year-old is Vogue's March cover girl .
Said she was shocked to be chosen and had to pinch herself .
Outgoing model says she considers herself shy . |
f121adcffd3e1843c596eb5f3b4eac35ab163249 | Paris, France (CNN) -- The body of a retired restaurateur who's been missing for two years has been found in a freezer in the French city of Lyon, police there told CNN Wednesday. The corpse of Jean-Francois Poinard, 71, was discovered Tuesday in the apartment he had shared with a girlfriend in Lyon, regarded as the cu... | Body of missing man is found in a freezer in a Lyon apartment .
The man's girlfriend has been taken into custody in the case .
Poinard was a well-known chef in the 1970s and 80s . |
f121fe6ddc0da73530b68189201c59a0d9a992d1 | By . Nick Enoch . PUBLISHED: . 08:39 EST, 26 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:24 EST, 27 June 2013 . A computer guru and multi-millionaire who became the biggest single donor in the 900-year history of Oxford University has been found dead in the water off his private island home in Bermuda. The body of Dr James Martin – ... | English-born Dr James Martin was author of more than 100 books and was a globally renowned speaker on the computer revolution .
His book, The Wired Society (1978), which predicted internet, was nominated for Pulitzer Prize .
Bermuda police say his death is 'not viewed as suspicious at this time' |
f122447f46deb18aaf7427f50db10de0c6bbf90d | Security forces picked through the scene of a devastating blast in Afghanistan today after two suicide bombers managed to set off a bomb in Kabul's diplomatic district. Bloodstains and body parts were left . strewn across the rubble after two guards were killed and five civilians . were injured in the blast. The two su... | Bloodstains and body parts left .
strewn across the rubble in Kabul .
Bombers targeted U.S. base in heart of capital's diplomatic district .
Remains of apparatus, including part of a suicide vest, are recovered .
Four died and five civilians were injured in the attack . |
f1228a2022968cef1464c179f13f8677a989e8d2 | (EW.com) -- Shailene Woodley has been offered the role of Hazel Grace Lancaster in the adaptation of John Green's "The Fault in Our Stars." "During our exhaustive search to find Hazel Grace Lancaster, I saw some stunning auditions by today's finest young actresses," director Josh Boone tells EW in an exclusive statemen... | Shailene Woodley will star in "The Fault in Our Stars"
She'll play Hazel Grace Lancaster in the adaptation of John Green's novel .
"Stars" tells the story of two teenagers who meet in a cancer support group . |
f122bd949185a506ed8aa57d731f9d2ac2e2dd16 | Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office contacted the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan about reports the ambassador warned against sending more U.S. troops to the country, a Karzai spokesman told CNN Thursday. Two U.S. officials confirmed to CNN that Ambassador Karl Eikenberry sent two cables t... | State Department says what ambassador tells president is confidential .
Hamid Karzai aides question U.S. ambassador's advice to Obama .
Ambassador reportedly warns Obama against sending more troops to Afghanistan .
Ambassador has expressed concerns about Karzai government in past . |
f122c00c39e2ae8970b3fc48a3b1d258de07bc98 | By . Wills Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 10:54 EST, 25 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:34 EST, 25 October 2013 . An Oxford University rugby club is to be disciplined after an invite for a party told players to pick a 'fresher of their choice' and spike their drinks. The crude claim was made in an email sent by a committee m... | Pembroke College team sent the crude claim in an email to fifty players .
Was part of a 'Crew Date' with another female society .
Were also asked to bring a positive pregnancy test and two bottles of wine .
Dean of college says behaviour was unacceptable and is now investigating . |
f122c1607d01612798534f9200588815336fd95c | (CNN) -- A Minnesota man who put up a website asking people to help him and his wife decide whether to have an abortion admitted Tuesday they never intended to terminate the pregnancy. Pete Arnold, who describes himself as a conservative/libertarian and has stirred controversy for his conservative posts on several webs... | Pete Arnold says site wasn't a hoax, but couple wouldn't have had an abortion .
Arnold: "I do want people to talk about this"
Site owner is a conservative commenter on several websites . |
f122d9fee7fdb9be2f69a589eee34f17bc93f145 | By . Chris Pleasance . PUBLISHED: . 04:01 EST, 15 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 10:07 EST, 15 March 2014 . Izzy McCarron, nine, saved her father's life by kicking him in the chest to restart his heart after he suffered a severe allergic reaction at home . A schoolgirl saved her father's life by kicking him in the chest a... | Colm McCarron, 35, collapsed at home from an allergic reaction .
He was suffering severe anaphylaxis and his heart had stopped .
Daughter Izzy knew she had to give CPR while mum phoned ambulance .
However she discovered that her arms weren't strong enough .
Instead she used her foot, stamping on Colm's ribcage .
The jo... |
f122e6de23ef12cb28ec9e7bb629b8bd995eb8e1 | This homeless man has been labelled Europe’s dirtiest person – because he sleeps buried in a pile of hot ash. Ludvik Dolezal, 58, burns whatever he finds to create his ‘bed’ before crawling into it to sleep. He has even burnt his mattress and duvet in order to achieve the perfect mound of fiery remains. Scroll down for... | Ludvik Dolezal, 58, burns whatever he finds to create his ‘bed’
Czech government gives him £81 a month in benefits .
Wears just a fleece to keep warm in freezing winters . |
f1235580ae9a7b7d6c047acdab380d623bc99ec1 | J.Crew customers have accused the retailer of cutting back on shoe quality, while failing to lower prices. After newsletter subscribers were alerted that the $125 Cece Ballet Flat, which was discontinued in early 2014, had returned last week both in the brand's US and UK stores, customers immediately began noticing dif... | The Cece Ballet Flat, which was discontinued in early 2014, has been made available again in the brand's US and UK stores .
But customers have complained that the shoes are no longer made in Italy and have criticized their 'poor quality' |
f124139a3a2cd63d47ae25677e5831f7428bca7e | By . Ashley Clements . Follow @@Ashley_Clements . If Yaya Sanogo's four goal performance in Arsenal's pre-season friendly against Benfica is anything to go by, the young Frenchman is ready to silence his critics ahead of the new Premier League season. The 21-year-old was in brilliant form as his side took part in their... | Yaya Sanogo scores four goal during Arsenal's pre-season match against Benfica .
Gunners youngster slips during celebration of his fourth goal .
Arsenal play Monaco in the Emirates Cup on Sunday . |
f1242703ffcde5252123b35f0e24918a753f05a9 | The leather goods and luxury stationer Smythson has employed Samantha Cameron as a part-time creative consultant since 2010 on a £100,000 salary . The Prime Minister was yesterday left embarrassed after facing questions about the fact the upmarket leather goods firm employing his wife is based in a tax haven. It comes ... | David Cameron left embarrassed after facing questions about Smythson .
Wife Samantha works for firm as a part-time creative consultant .
Company is owned through a holding company in tax haven Luxembourg .
Labour MP Tom Blenkinsop asked PM a pointed question about the link . |
f124bb4259dbf2990e3942a4d5901928ae4f1b1b | We're leaving. No, you're not. That's where the crisis in Ukraine stood Thursday after lawmakers in Crimea voted in favor of leaving the country for Russia and putting it to a regional vote in 10 days. This act drew widespread condemnation, with Ukrainian interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk calling such a referend... | Putin to Obama: Russia "cannot ignore the calls for help"
Crimean lawmakers set a date for a referendum on staying in Ukraine or joining .
Ukraine's interim prime minister, U.S. President Obama call such a vote unlawful .
West threatens Russia with punitive actions over Ukraine . |
f124eb66bafe1bbfa5eff51ca061c7dc823e2f58 | The stripper who was exchanging Twitter messages with New Jersey Senate hopeful Cory Booker has tried to downplay their conversations after they were exposed on Wednesday. Booker, the 44-year-old Newark mayor who is leading in the race to fill his state’s empty Senate seat, is an active Twitter user and regularly conve... | The woman, who goes by the name 'Lynsie Lee' on Twitter, shared direct messages between her and Booker from February .
Lynsie Lee works at Casa Diablo, a vegan .
strip club in Portland, Oregon .
She describes herself in her Twitter bio as .
'wits and tits #stripper #model #weirdo'
Lynsie Lee posted the articles on her ... |
f1252408f1a3e14607e0ffde3fb7699d504b6411 | By . Emma Reynolds . Last updated at 8:03 AM on 7th September 2011 . It is a rather ordinary English coastal city that hardly looks like the most attractive holiday destination for wealthy tourists from thousands of miles away. But an American couple who have just visited Plymouth for the 39th year running insist it is... | They met in the city when Bill Donald was billeted there in 1943 . |
f1256b874d610fb672e1b230674bd1b878c1f491 | (CNN) -- Defender turned striker Daniel van Buyten scored an 88th minute winner for Bayern Munich to give them a much-needed 2-1 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt to revive their Bundesliga title challenge. The Belgian was pushed up front by coach Louis van Gaal after Italian striker Luca Toni was substituted and he ca... | Daniel van Buyten rescues Bayern with late winner at Allianz Arena .
Belgian defender's goal secures 2-1 home win over Eintracht Frankfurt .
Hoffenheim up to sixth with 3-0 home win over Nuremberg .
Ninth round leaders SV Hamburg play on Sunday . |
f125a016ee059f02e52b7bcc40dfe06c0dd11c33 | Russian hackers with links to Vladimir Putin's government were behind an enormous cyberattack on JP Morgan Chase this summer, security officials believe - and they could have targeted as many as nine other banks. The huge security breach, which went on for months and affected 83million accounts, took place last June an... | Names, addresses, phone numbers and emails may have been compromised .
Breach affected 76million personal and 7million small business accounts .
Sources briefed on attacks say that hackers thought to be Russian .
Also said JP Morgan Chase was just one of ten institutions targeted . |
f125dc74081b9759cdf23073688abe8e0a4c3c69 | New York (CNN) -- The mother of one of the two New Jersey men arrested last week at a New York airport allegedly on their way to fight with an al Qaeda-affiliated group in Somalia says the two men are guilty of stupidity -- but not of the sinister plan described by authorities. "Anything makes him angry. But he's not a... | Mother of New Jersey terror suspect insists son "not a terrorist"
Son and his friend charged with conspiracy to kill outside U.S.
Mahmood Alessa's girlfriend says they were supposed to marry in Egypt . |
f12629d32e481a80f35c29c05f2395781e4e97d4 | States that have legalized marijuana for managing chronic pain have significantly fewer deaths from prescription painkiller overdoses each year, according to a new study published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers looked at medical marijuana laws and death certificate data in all 50 states between 1999 and ... | 23 states and Washington have legalized medical marijuana in some form .
Study finds 25% lower rate of prescription painkiller overdose deaths in states with these laws .
Drug overdoses have become the leading cause of injury death in the United States . |
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