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f146368875d4910010ad588c199b58bfff28b3c9 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Richard M. Nixon and his Brazilian counterpart, Emilio Medici, in 1971 discussed ways their countries could work together to overthrow the socialist government of Salvador Allende in Chile, according to a newly declassified document. President Richard M. Nixon, right, and his Brazilian co... | Document shows Richard M. Nixon, Emilio Medici had like-minded goals .
It says two leaders met at White House, Nixon offered money or other discreet aid .
CIA memo says Brazilian general thought U.S. wanted Brazil "to do the dirty work"
Memo, other documents were declassified in July of this year as part of project . |
f146bc467e9d1744e35a920e938127a7fa44c30a | They've battled it out over meat pies here in Australia, so it seems only natural that Karl Stefanovic and Ben Fordham would go head to head over hot dogs in New York. The Today show co-host and sports presenter wrapped up their week-long broadcast from Times Square on Friday by challenging each other to a hot dog eati... | Karl Stefanovic and Ben Fordham wrapped up week-long broadcast from Times Square with hot dog challenge .
The Today show hosts were each given a humongous tray of hot dogs and one minute to eat as many as possible .
Duo hilariously stared each other down before Fordham started gagging .
It follows the hottest pie in th... |
f146c08a9e35bc7c8fe8416c11bdcc86671d6733 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . The California Assembly is holding its first hearing on a bill that would have to end its killer whale shows and remove 10 orcas from their tanks. The bill, number AB2140, comes as a result of the CNN documentary 'Blackfish' which delved into the aggression of one of the male whales that led ... | New bill up for debate would ban the import or export of killer whales and would force SeaWorld to keep the animals in a bigger pen .
Democratic Assemblyman in Sacramento says the animals are too large and smart to be held in captivity .
SeaWorld has been fighting animal rights issues for years but the debate came to a... |
f146f7f6af4c8ba88e001ca98f30f7797300f40b | By . Jill Reilly . The son of a Canadian couple mysteriously under . investigation in China for threatening national security has insisted that they were not undercover missionaries in North Korea. His denial came as it emerged that Kevin Garratt, 54, and Julia Dawn Garratt, 53, from Vancouver, were sent hundreds of t... | Kevin Garratt, 54, and Julia Dawn Garratt, 53, were detained on Monday .
The couple run a coffee shop in Dandong, a gateway to North Korea .
Set up North-Korea focused charity that was sent money from Canada .
Son said the pair are 'safe' but confused and frustrated by their detention .
Ottawa Chinese embassy: 'There i... |
f1470a11d00e0fbca70f84760a8f570b61664bf8 | (CNN) -- Google unveiled a groundbreaking new Chromebook laptop Thursday — one with touchscreen capability, powerful chipset and an extremely high-resolution display. The Chromebook Pixel, available for order on the Google Play store and shipping in April, features a 12.85-inch touch-sensitive Gorilla Glass screen. The... | Google's Chromebook Pixel is a laptop with a touchscreen .
Announced Thursday, the Pixel has screen resolution double most Windows laptops .
It hosts a powerful Intel Core i processor and claims 5-hour battery life .
Price is somewhat hefty: $1,299 for Wi-Fi only and $1,449 for 4G . |
f147cebbd3baea0b1966e093577370ff9a62f2e0 | Looking slim and tanned, daytime TV presenter Jeremy Kyle and his former-model wife made a rare red carpet appearance at the NTAs last night. Jeremy, 49, posed with a protective arm around Carla, 40, who was radiant in a halter necked, backless silver and black sequined tunic dress, which, thanks to sheer panels, also ... | Jeremy, 49, looked slim and tanned with wife Carla, 40, at NTAs last night .
Met when Carla married a total stranger in a radio competition in 1999 .
Presenter and former model married in 2002 and have three children . |
f148a8d8934215185cdc1f70e1f8aa65aedc3b9a | President Barack Obama's national security adviser said Friday that her full-throated praise of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was appropriate given the former Taliban prisoner's willingness to go to war for his country -- despite questions about whether or not he deserted his Army colleagues. Susan Rice, who on Sunday said B... | CNN conducts interview with National Security Adviser Susan Rice .
Bowe Berghdahl is being "tried in the court of public opinion," Rice says .
Rice says she never intentionally misled the public on Benghazi or Bergdahl .
She regrets that the information she provided on Benghazi was wrong . |
f1490c8277290679721084103d2f7de3f8a8442b | A toddler was nearly blinded after a pet hawk ripped his face with its talons as he played in a park. Two-year-old Alfie Hall was in a playground with relatives when a Harris hawk named Bonnie swooped on to his head. Her razor-sharp talons cut his cheek, narrowly missing his eye, and severed part of his left ear. Alf... | Alfie Hall was with his mother Elysia when the Harris Hawk swooped and tore at his face .
The bird's teenage handler lost control after taking it to a public playground . |
f1492f24822c80c9808b620a7388ad8af2e18ace | By . Beth Stebner and Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 18:44 EST, 27 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:27 EST, 28 March 2013 . Won: A jury awarded former Hodgekiss student Cara Munn, now 20, more than $40million after a tick-borne illness left her brain damaged and unable to speak . A former student of a prestigious Connec... | Cara Munn, 20, was 15 when she made class trip to China .
She was bit by a tick and caught tick-borne encephalitis, leaving her brain damaged and unable to speak .
Hotchkiss School says they're going to appeal jury's decision . |
f149c2537ef974a6acb1df0b2d3b257c1a27d715 | By . Chris Hanlon . PUBLISHED: . 04:21 EST, 28 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:55 EST, 28 March 2012 . A 10-year-old girl trapped a paedophile when she used her games console to take a picture of him touching her. John Fisher, 46, was arrested after the brave youngster showed police the picture which officers described ... | John Fisher admitted attacking his young victim twice .
Picture taken by girl offered 'indisputable proof'
Judge jailed him for three-and-a-half-years . |
f149cf400e2c5b40bc930bf5826368c82658843d | London (CNN) -- Four current and former employees of Britain's Sun newspaper were arrested by authorities investigating claims of inappropriate payments to police, News Corp. and police said Saturday. Police searched the men's homes as well as the East London offices of News International, the News Corp. subsidiary tha... | NEW: Those arrested have been bailed and the searches are over, police say .
Four current and former Sun employees had been arrested, News Corp. says .
A 29-year-old police officer has also been arrested, London police say .
The arrests were made as part of an investigation into corruption allegations . |
f149f0dfd80dd3c604b3c610bd718bc40399e40d | Makhachkala, Russia (CNN) -- The building, No. 50, that members of the Tsarnaev family call home sits on a seemingly quiet street in Makhachkala. The capital of Dagestan, a semi-autonomous republic in southern Russia, borders the Caspian Sea on one side and on the other overlooks the Caucasus Mountains. For a time in 2... | U.S. and Russian authorities interview Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's parents .
The two brothers are accused of staging deadly Boston Marathon bombings .
The parents live in Dagestan, a part of Russia where Tamerlan visited .
Tamerlan posted videos linked to jihadist militants after going to the region in 2012 . |
f14a56b919cec991569c35564dbf5f4448a2c290 | By . Helen Pow . PUBLISHED: . 19:56 EST, 19 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 23:07 EST, 19 June 2013 . Hero: Cristina Torre, pictured in 2005, caught the baby in her arms when he fell from a shop awning . It was the catch of a lifetime. The daughter of former Yankee legend Joe Torre caught a baby who was dangling from the aw... | Cristina Torre, 44, spotted the 1-year-old boy hanging from the front of a store on 3rd Avenue and 92nd street at around 10 a.m .
As she was calling 911, the baby fell, but he landed safety in Torre's outstretched arms .
The little boy slipped through an open window at his second .
floor apartment .
His parents have be... |
f14a6e42b8e09e428ff47f7dd57dfdf56380973d | (CNN) -- Do you ever look at your smartphone and think it's just too stiff and flat? A growing number of tech giants have, and they're aiming to fix that with what may become the next wave of smartphone innovation. LG announced on Monday that it will start mass-producing a flexible, curved smartphone screen. Its first ... | LG is working on a flexible, curved screen for 6-inch smartphones .
Samsung recently announced a similar technology .
The durable, bent screens could be the next smartphone fad and even appear on smartwatches . |
f14a8123fa98e54e7e757d313b8777ff045610ba | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 01:05 EST, 20 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:06 EST, 20 September 2013 . Suspect: Police in Virginia were called to a wooded area in York County at 12:45 p.m. Monday and discovered Stephanie Griffith, pictured, with a 15-year-old girl . A Virginia woman, who told police she w... | Police in Virginia were called to a wooded area in York County at 12:45 p.m. Monday after reports of screaming .
They discovered Stephanie Griffith with the 15-year-old girl .
Griffith, 21, told police she was a teenage boy called Seth Walker .
It later emerged the pair have been having a consensual sexual relationship... |
f14b6bdb3703983407534843197aa569a2c40a64 | By . Ray Massey, Transport Editor . Last updated at 11:44 AM on 23rd February 2012 . Nearly half of pilots say they have fallen asleep at the controls, it emerged yesterday. The alarming admission came as union leaders warned MPs that even more passengers’ lives will be put at risk due to new European rules that could ... | Pilots fear new EU regulations would allow them to land a plane after up to 22 hours without sleep . |
f14c635eb3dbfdfe23cd0ebce28d7a34e75ce7c5 | (CNN) -- They are being billed as the Jimmy Choos of horseshoes but it's more than just the design that will appeal to jockeys and trainers. Australian company CSIRO Titanium Technologies claims to have built a lighter horseshoe by using titanium rather than the traditional cast aluminum. It says the shoe can be up to ... | An Australian company says it can manufacture a horseshoe made of titanium .
Weighing less than traditional aluminum horseshoes, horses can potentially run faster .
Advances in 3-D scanning helped to deliver the final product, the firm says .
A set of four shoes costs about $560 and one version was made in purple . |
f14ca3018e4b4af8ed73724961a4f43cccda05ec | By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 17:10 EST, 8 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:34 EST, 13 December 2013 . Arriving in stylish fashion, Tom Hardy and his fiancée Charlotte Riley stole the show tonight at a celebration of independent film-making. The 35-year-old actor wore a sharp black suit while his 31-year-old wife-to-... | Hardy, 35, and fianceé Riley, 31, attend British Independent Film Awards .
James McAvoy, Saoirse Ronan, Julie Walters and Steve Coogan also there .
Event is hosted by James Nesbitt at Old Billingsgate in Central London . |
f14d371ab191b08a08a976a17a1db406e9f69598 | There was no better place than the Gabba for Steven Finn to show he really can overcome the problems that threatened to nip his England career in the bud. It was here in Brisbane last year that Finn was sent home from an Ashes tour where he failed to make a single international appearance and was branded ‘unselectable’... | England beat India by nine wickets in latest World Cup warm-up .
Steven Finn was outstanding, taking career best 5-33 in comfortable win .
India were bowled out for 153, with James Anderson taking four wickets .
Ian Bell then hit 88* and James Taylor 56* as England cruised home .
Victory and bonus point takes them clos... |
f14d763dedfa2c9ebf49df9bd939dc344d018d4b | Anger: Rector George K Martin slammed the Rolling Stone's gang rape article as drive-by journalism . The chairman of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors ripped into Rolling Stone magazine Friday, saying the magazine unfairly tarnished the school's image with a piece of 'drive-by journalism'. At a special board... | Rector George K Martin gave most expansive comments since incident .
He slammed the Rolling Stone gang rape article as 'drive-by journalism'
Said the unfounded allegations hurt many people . |
f14e341a9d9e0a6f0c1940b58966c45c32b2e428 | A council employee went on a rampage with a JCB causing £300,000 worth of damage at the recycling plant where he worked. Trevor Lewis, 59, used the digger to wreak havoc at the Eastwood Recycling Centre in Todmorden, West Yorkshire after growing depressed with work after suffering a knee injury last year. Today, Lewis ... | Trevor Lewis used a digger to wreak havoc at the Eastwood Recycling Centre in Todmorden where he worked .
Set a container at the site alight before using the JCB to destroy everything he could including recycling bins .
The 59-year-old said he had become disillusioned with his job after suffering from a knee injury las... |
f14e6fad4a341c8e3fae12dc8a4806b42d1132ec | Jack Wilshere and Danny Welbeck looked focused as Arsenal trained prior to Tuesday's Champions League group stage clash against Borussia Dortmund. Wilshere scored and played outstandingly in Arsenal's 2-2 draw against Manchester City on Saturday, while Welbeck enjoyed an encouraging debut before limping off with cramp... | Arsenal take on Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday in their first group game of this season's Champions League .
The Gunners had a training session on Monday prior to the clash against the German side .
Jack Wilshere and Danny Welbeck looked focused as Arsene Wenger put his side through their paces .
Welbeck went off with cr... |
f14e890398cd12c91cb3d04ec48c730afedf3353 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 02:52 EST, 25 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:08 EST, 25 October 2013 . A mother may have to wait a year for the judge’s verdict on a contempt charge against her after bringing her newborn baby to jury duty while breastfeeding. A Missouri judge told new mom Laura Trickle, of Lee... | Laura Trickle, of Lee’s Summit, was breastfeeding when she was called for jury duty in August .
She asked to be exempt from appearing but her request was denied .
Trickle was told to either arrange for child care or bring somebody with her who could care for the child .
She brought the child with her to jury duty but n... |
f14edf3017607a1f9311e2982596f2d0de52efe7 | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 11:17 EST, 6 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:20 EST, 6 June 2013 . Claims: Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg is suspected of hacking Danish police data . The Swedish founder of the file-sharing site The Pirate Bay is suspected of hacking into a company handling sensitive informati... | Gottfrid Svartholm Warg from Sweden is thought to be one of the suspects .
Hackers accessed European database on police and judicial co-operation .
A 20-year-old Danish suspect was arrested yesterday .
Hackers copied some 4 million pieces of data in the security breach . |
f15026b255ba5b08875c82d7b2485438423199d0 | Marion 'Suge' Knight had a long-standing 'beef' with the man he is charged with attempting to murder by mowing him down in his truck, Daily Mail Online can reveal. Cle 'Bone' Sloan, 51, was knocked unconscious and has a 'mangled' foot after the collision last week, an incident which saw music producer Terry Carter, 55,... | Cle Shaheed 'Bone' Sloan was left with a mangled foot when he was hit by Marion 'Suge' Knight's truck in a fast food restaurant car park .
Terry Carter was also hit by the truck and killed, with Knight now being held on charges of murder and attempted murder .
Sources reveal Sloan and Knight, founder of Death Row recor... |
f150b182b143883fd81e02c28233969c28bd1f1e | Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud is alive and remains in hiding, a spokesman for the group told CNN Thursday. "Hakimullah Mehsud is alive and he is our chief," said spokesman Azim Tariq. "All the reports regarding his death are propaganda." Tariq said Mehsud remains in hiding bec... | Hakimullah Mehsud previously reported dead, buried .
He is "alive and he is our chief," Taliban spokesman Azim Tariq says .
Tariq: Mehsud remains in hiding because he is being targeted by U.S. drone attacks .
Pakistani and U.S. officials said they have been unable to confirm Mehsud's status . |
f150b6f6f04c102aeb00ec73b19a62880c32a55e | (CNN) -- Charles Saatchi told a London newspaper Tuesday that he went to police voluntarily over an incident in which he grabbed his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, by the throat to avoid it "hanging over all of us for months." The furor over the incident dominated the British press Tuesday, a day after Saatchi ac... | NEW: Saatchi tells paper he went to police to avoid an incident "hanging over all of us"
Images of Saatchi with a hand around his wife's throat were first published Sunday .
Victim support groups use incident to highlight the enduring problem of domestic violence .
A representative for Lawson says she and her children ... |
f150d38fbf96ead0dbc4ce155162704ec26fba62 | (CNN) -- Spec. Shaun Gopaul woke up at 4 a.m. on May 12, 2007, and waited at a battle position south of Baghdad for members of his company to pick him up. Sgt. Alex Jimenez, left, and Spc. Shaun Gopaul had served in the military together since 2005. One of those he expected to see was the larger-than-life figure of Sgt... | Shaun Gopaul, Alex Jimenez served together in military starting in 2005 .
Gopaul: "He saved our lives" by showing us what to do .
Bodies of Jimenez, another soldier found in Iraq after a year .
Jimenez learned Arabic and taught others so they could talk to locals . |
f150f46f55f73765e714df073e97d18ef320ff6a | By . Chris Greenwood . PUBLISHED: . 15:25 EST, 29 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:30 EST, 30 July 2013 . Police are investigating whether a wealthy banker whose plane crashed in the English Channel faked his own death. Sascha Schornstein, 36, has not been seen since his single-engine small aircraft came down off the coas... | Sascha Schornstein, 36, has not been seen since crash on July 21 .
His Russian wife Yulia has appealed for funds to pay for submarine search .
She said she could not think of a reason why her husband would vanish .
Police are treating case as missing person's inquiry and keeping 'open mind' |
f1515336ec362b311974f927b1b398a830aa929a | (CNN) -- "Girls" actress Allison Williams is headed for Neverland. NBC has announced that the 26-year-old will portray Peter Pan in the network's upcoming musical, "Peter Pan Live!" "I have wanted to play Peter Pan since I was about three years old, so this is a dream come true," Williams said in a statement. "It's suc... | "Girls" actress Allison Williams will play Peter Pan .
She joins Christopher Walken, who plays Captain Hook .
The musical, "Peter Pan Live!," will air on December 4 . |
f15249afe10ea127aa12e0a09d31c55836037905 | A quick glance at the current MotoGP standings is all you need, to see who is the current top dog in the sport. Marc Marquez is in just his second season at the pinnacle of motorbike racing, but has won 10 of 11 races and is all but certain to reclaim the world championship he won in his rookie year last term. Just hav... | Scott Redding hoping to land factory seat with Honda for 2015 .
Brit has starred in first MotoGP season, heading into British Grand Prix .
21-year-old aims to be top open class Honda rider going into Silverstone . |
f15265b09e5b3a6985ee78b71a6e1a3f20620174 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 22:20 EST, 11 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 22:20 EST, 11 June 2013 . Too soon? As outrage continues to build over the National Security Administration's controversial Prism program, in which the federal government collects the electronic communications (email, text messages, phone ... | James Clapper jokes he was busy reading emails and almost didn't make it to the dinner .
Clapper has a history of foot-in-mouth moments .
Clapper also took comedic aim at the TSA's controversial decision to allow pocket knives on airplanes . |
f152e44da8335f5dd1d05c7d419f5e26587741ed | West Ham will have the word ‘London’ inserted on their new club crest when they move into the Olympic Stadium in 2016, if fans approve. As the Hammers enter their penultimate season at Upton Park, the Barclays Premier League club have proposed plans to evolve their emblem with supporters invited to cast a deciding vote... | West Ham invite supporters to cast deciding vote on the design .
‘London’ is incorporated in the badge to help the ambitious club make strides in global football market .
Boleyn Castle make way for two gold Hammers in the proposed badge . |
f1530ba8fa57f10f56852c83b7d2281fa90874bf | Staff at the New York clinic where Joan Rivers suffered a heart attack during a routine throat procedure failed to weigh her before sedating her with Propofol - the anesthetic that killed Michael Jackson - a damning new report reveals. Her daughter Melissa is 'outraged' by the revelations by the New York Department of ... | Joan Rivers died age 81 on September 4 at Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC .
NY Department of Health and Human Services releases damning report into star's cardiac arrest at Yorkville Endoscopy Clinic on August 28 .
Catalog of errors includes how Joan was NOT weighed before anesthetic Propofol was given .
She only gave gave... |
f15317cfe36eb4b0e9a53b385376d409ebfca833 | By . Jamie Mcginnes . PUBLISHED: . 07:40 EST, 26 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:40 EST, 27 June 2012 . A woman has revealed how an old flame secretly camped in a tent at the back of her garden until they were able to be together. When Sue MacLean accepted a Facebook friend request from Alex MacDonald, her former boyfrie... | Sue MacLean met Alex MacDonald, her former boyfriend of 25 years before... even though he was married and she was in a relationship .
Mr MacDonald camped out close to her back garden until they could be properly together .
His jilted wife Val, 50, is angry at woman who 'stole' her husband . |
f1532cc1004afb4bef9668e0e97f28db963e554d | Albert Einstein: He was right about the expansion of the universe . Albert Einstein has been proved correct in his view of how the universe is expanding, according to a scientific study released today. The new test of Einstein's view of the universe has proved him right with ‘incredible accuracy’ and is helping scienti... | Dark energy was only discovered 14 years ago .
Theory predicts how fast galaxies are moving apart .
Einstein's brain now on display at the Wellcome Trust in London . |
f154e891de5d370d57c104f44d77fe1725b22fa6 | By . Ryan Gorman . and Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 22:22 EST, 20 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 06:06 EST, 21 February 2014 . Former NFL safety Darren Sharper pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he drugged and raped two women he met at a West Hollywood night club, while the emergence of a new accu... | Darren Sharper, 38, has been accused of drugging 11 people, including one man, and raping eight different women across four states .
He reportedly met most of the women in night clubs and invited them back to his hotel room where drugged them before the assaults occurred .
He is currently facing charges in Los Angeles ... |
f15558b9d6db045a1a81057681cb1214121d50a7 | By . Matt Blake . PUBLISHED: . 13:25 EST, 13 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:18 EST, 15 September 2013 . A brave rape victim has spoken out about her horrific ordeal in a bid to help others after she was attacked by a man because 'he was bored'. Student Taylor Walker, 22, was walking through her dormitory carpark at... | Taylor Walker, 22, was attacked by Tyrone Batts, 26, last year in a carpark .
He pounced as she approached her car at Vanderbilt University, Tennessee .
When the attack was over he kissed her on forehead and stole her money .
She is now working as an advocate for rape victims and is training as lawyer .
She says while ... |
f155ded730e6da5fa6dfa675467f90a841905490 | By . Beth Stebner . PUBLISHED: . 16:40 EST, 22 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:47 EST, 22 August 2012 . The stepmother of missing Oregon boy Kyron Horman has been named the primary suspect in his disappearance by a judge overseeing the civil case. Judge Henry Kantor named Kyron’s stepmother Terri Horman as the ‘prime s... | Kyron Horman mysteriously vanished in 2010 after not showing up for class .
Biological mother Desiree Young suing stepmother Terri Horman for $10m .
Judge in civil case said it is of utmost importance to find Kyron, dead or alive .
Authorities have spent over 28,000 hours searching for boy, now aged 9 . |
f15663c64a9b000e3ed975ae8fba529c3af4f833 | The great and the good of British sport were in attendance at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on Sunday night as Lewis Hamilton was crowned the 2014 BBC Sports Personality of the Year. World No 1 golfer Rory McIlroy was the bookies' favourite but finished in second place, while athlete Jo Pavey, who won at the age of 40 won t... | Lewis Hamilton wins the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award .
Sir Chris Hoy was presented with the Lifetime Achievement award .
Europe 2014 Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley wins Coach of the Year .
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo wins Overseas Personality of the Year . |
f15678bfa6ba0c37b0171fafcda3749106da310d | Problem: American teens have some of the highest rates of binge drinking in the developed world . American teenagers have the highest rates of drug and alcohol abuse in the developed world. And they are far more likely to be killed by violence than peers in Europe. This lost generation, whose unemployment rate is 20 pe... | Youngsters 'more at risk from binge drinking, drug taking and STDs than ever before'
Lancet report identifies new risks including cyber-bullying and 'sexting' |
f156cb746d895b8f4357b34232da61830ae50107 | Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell will remain free while he appeals his corruption convictions, a federal court ruled Monday. 'I plan to spend time with my new granddaughter who was born this month, attend my sons' graduation ceremonies, and embrace family time with my daughters,' McDonnell said in a statement. Hi... | Bob McDonnell was scheduled to start his two-year prison sentence on February 9 .
His wife Maureen is still scheduled to be sentenced on February 20 .
McDonnell said he is planning to spend time with his daughters and attend his son's graduation ceremony . |
f156ffdfc5a404c7f3deaeeaf6179c7611224628 | By . Harriet Arkell . PUBLISHED: . 12:57 EST, 6 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:46 EST, 6 August 2013 . A fast-food worker killed himself by standing in front of a train the day after he told his girlfriend 'I won't be here tomorrow', an inquest heard. Teenager Marcus Rawlings also wrote letters to loved ones before he... | Marcus Rawlings, 19, died when he was hit near home town of Bicester .
The fast-food worker had told his girlfriend 'I won't be here tomorrow'
His father Andrew, 43, died in 2009 when he, too, fell in front of a train .
Oxfordshire coroner Darren Salter recorded a verdict of suicide .
If you or a family member have con... |
f1574b275cb176fde2462842eaf34c466859ac46 | Pepe Mel will meet West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace to discuss his future . Mel wants reassurances of the club's ambitions next season . West Brom are all but mathematically safe in the Premier League with a vastly greater goal difference over Norwich . By . Mark Staniforth . West Brom boss Pepe Mel believes uncertainty... | Pepe Mel will meet West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace to discuss his future .
Mel wants reassurances of the club's ambitions next season .
West Brom are all but mathematically safe in the Premier League with a vastly greater goal difference over Norwich . |
f1583d9c0cb745a9dd364b80d28a84a7abd9c7f3 | Several mass graves have been discovered, at least 1,000 people are dead and tens of thousands have been displaced in South Sudan as a recent outbreak of inter-ethnic violence has Africa's newest nation on the brink of civil war and possibly genocide. At the time of South Sudan's independence in July of 2011 -- free fr... | Africa's newest nation, South Sudan, is on the brink of civil war and possibly genocide .
The violence in South Sudan has many likening it to the Rwandan genocide of 1994 .
Survivor Freddy Mutanguha says the two situations have many similar warning signs .
To overcome risk of civil war South Sudan must develop a nation... |
f1583ef969693ae375d4266742ece6fcf3b3b267 | (CNN) -- Five-time world champions Brazil needed to come from two goals down to beat underdogs the United States 3-2 in the final of the Confederations Cup in South Africa on Sunday night. Brazil celebrated a third Confederations Cup triumph following victories in 2005 and 1997. Captain Lucio headed an 84th-minute winn... | Brazil come from two goals down to beat U.S. 3-2 in Confederations Cup final .
Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan put Americans ahead in first half-hour .
Luis Fabiano pulls one back 41 seconds after half-time and then levels score .
Captain Lucio heads home the winner in the 84th minute as Brazil retain title . |
f1584ed34c8348c9a623d7ccfb6aa12159732ccf | Finnmark, Norway (CNN) -- Millions of people know Clement Clarke Moore's poem "The Night Before Christmas," written in New York in 1822 and believed to describe Santa's mode of transportation, a reindeer-driven sleigh, for the first time. But Santa's reindeer have a story and a history all of their own, one tied to the... | Reindeer are a way of life for the Sami people of Northern Europe, says Laura Galloway .
An Alaskan missionary helped bring reindeer to North America in the 1800s, she says .
Galloway: In the 1920s an American businessman tried to popularize reindeer meat .
His marketing campaign helped create the indelible image of Sa... |
f15865a29e8582c577d68da367f745289c90201f | A U.S. drone mistakenly targeted a wedding convoy in Yemen's al-Baitha province after intelligence reports identified the vehicles as carrying al Qaeda militants, two Yemeni national security officials told CNN on Thursday. The officials said that 14 people were killed and 22 others injured, nine in critical condition.... | Two national security officials from Yemen confirm to CNN the deadly drone strike .
Intelligence reports indicated convoy vehicles carried al Qaeda militants, they say .
Yemeni security official: "This was a tragic mistake and comes at a very critical time"
Outraged residents in the region call on Yemeni leaders to put... |
f15865d73bef702eb00adac6c462a9acda205a27 | By . Amanda Williams . A heartbreaking suicide pact taken in 1915 between a soldier and his wife so they could avoid the horrors of the First World War has been discovered in archives. Shadrach Critchley, 35, and his wife Annie, 45, were found lying side by side on a mattress at their home in Leigh, Greater Manchester,... | Shadrach Critchley, 35, and his wife Annie, 45, were found lying side by side .
Alongside bodies were handwritten notes saying they didn't want to be apart .
Were found shortly after Mr Critchley was recruited to Cheshire Regiment .
Friends told an inquest held on May 28, 1915, he had 'rued signing up'
A jury who heard... |
f1586e5633c8af1729dd83e06c3e6a8151c9175b | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 11:44 EST, 5 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:57 EST, 6 November 2012 . Mystery: A researcher at an ancient monastic site in Cheshire has found this man, who died 750 years ago, was probably murdered with a single sword blow . Call in the Cold Case team - a 750-year-old murder has b... | The man died in the 13th century and was buried at Norton Priory in Cheshire .
A savage sword blow to the back sliced through vertebrae which would have caused fatal muscle and nerve damage .
He is thought to have been a prominent aristocrat since he was buried in pride of place at the former Augustinian priory . |
f15905218725e13f8d9967851f154f989dadce15 | Cheshire-based Alderley Park research centre threatened with closure after 40 years . 700 jobs to go in Chancellor George Osborne's constituency, 300 more under threat . Job losses another blow to Coalition Government's ambitions to lead world in Pharma research two years after Pfizer announce closure of Sandwich R&D f... | Cheshire-based Alderley Park research centre threatened with closure after 40 years .
700 jobs to go in Chancellor George Osborne's constituency, 300 more under threat .
Job losses another blow to Coalition Government's ambitions to lead world in Pharma research two years after Pfizer announce closure of Sandwich R&D f... |
f1593cba348e174f65a189a216887f071e2a5135 | By . Zoe Szathmary . Michael Jackson reportedly lived in deplorable conditions inside Neverland Ranch. The New York Post spoke with his former housekeepers about the alleged filth. A woman identified only as 'Maid No.1' told the newspaper, 'Michael sometimes ran around where the animals were, and he’d track... poop thr... | Michael Jackson's former housekeepers have claimed he lived in deplorable conditions inside Neverland Ranch .
The singer allegedly threatened throwing 'doo-doo snowballs' at staff .
Jackson's living conditions reportedly led to a bedbug outbreak .
He allegedly peed on the floor in front of a housekeeper the day after h... |
f1596f084b679f5a276dff7e51a4fa4b669163a6 | Grisly: Police said Chimboza was chewing flesh at the crime scene . A businessman in Africa has admitted to a savage act of cannibalism – ripping a man’s heart out and eating it ‘to show he was not gay’, while the victim was still alive. Andrew Chimboza, 35, told Cape Town police in a statement that he killed Mbuyiselo... | Andrew Chimboza, 35, told Cape Town police he had eaten a human heart .
He said in a statement that he had killed a Mbuyiselo Manona in self defence .
He said that he had stabbed him in the chest, sliced his heart and eaten it .
The autopsy report claimed that the victim would have been alive at the time . |
f15b67452725ad455436eca520f1d28ff7dbadd6 | The controversial new European Commission President is not a ‘sort of green-eyed federalist monster’, Lord Mandelson claimed today. The former Labour Cabinet minister insisted Jean-Claude Juncker was not pushing for a United States of Europe and feared Britain exiting the EU would be a ‘disaster’. But he warned David C... | Former Labour Cabinet minister defends Jean-Claude Juncker against critics .
Insists new Commission President he is not a 'green-eyed federalist monster'
Warns Cameron against wielding referendum like 'some sort of pistol' |
f15b8ef2e14ff768684a6461fa8efbb75103fbbb | LONDON, England (CNN) -- A series of major international sporting events, a weak currency and its perennially sunny perch on the tip of South Africa are making Cape Town one of the hottest sailing destinations of 2009. Lucky strike: The port city of Cape Town is set to benefit from several major sporting events . The I... | MainSail's 'Port of the Month' is Cape Town, South Africa .
The area is one of South Africa's most popular tourist destinations .
Cape Town is set to benefit from major international sporting events .
The port is the country's second biggest and hosts major yacht races . |
f15c2cf7c1bc1c8b91bd9d9fd750d3bb449826b7 | By . Deborah Arthurs . UPDATED: . 20:32 EST, 4 January 2012 . Birthday girl: With the Duchess of Cambridge set to turn 30 on 9 January, William is rumoured to be commissioning an oil portrait of his new wife to mark the occasion . With a party-planning socialite for a . sister and a brother-in-law as well-connected as ... | Party to be thrown at secret London location for 'close friends and family'
Kate to let hair down ahead of William's departure for Falklands next month . |
f15c8bd5b26d03aeb3592be0f395f1a2b4764934 | (CNN) -- An American imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates after posting a video that parodied Dubai teens will be released this week, a family spokeswoman said Tuesday. Shezanne Cassim plans to fly back to the United States on Thursday, family spokeswoman Jennifer Gore said. There was no immediate response to the fam... | NEW: Cassim got credit for time served, good behavior, U.S. official says .
NEW: Family lawyer blasts UAE's "archaic and unfair" legal system .
Shezanne Cassim plans to fly back to the United States on Thursday, family says .
He was sentenced to a year in prison in the UAE for a parody video . |
f15c8f0bb921ebe19a3bd07d12e70ed0a7bf688c | By . Nina Golgowski . PUBLISHED: . 20:30 EST, 22 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:08 EST, 23 December 2012 . The CIA's acting director has sent out a scathing public deploration of film Zero Dark Thirty to his entire staff after watching what he calls entertaining historical inaccuracies in its portrayal of the raid o... | Acting CIA Director Mike Morell lambasted the film for its meager credit to his entire team, its depicted use of torture as well as of his staff and their actions . |
f15cdbe2937bba7d78de0f752f400fade4d4b1b4 | Athens, Greece (CNN) -- Greece's Parliament has approved a key law needed to implement a five-year austerity package that was approved by lawmakers a day earlier. Lawmakers voted 155-136 in favor of the measure, with five voting "present" in the 300-seat house. The package had been demanded by international lenders -- ... | NEW: EU leaders welcome the passage of a law to implement a new austerity package .
NEW: Civil servants' union calls a protest rally outside Parliament for Thursday evening .
Passage of the measures should clear the way for Greece to get an emergency loan .
It needs the $17 billion in bailout funds to meet debt payment... |
f15d783bac280497139564a49e7ccb8c5484d6a6 | As television’s mild-mannered horticulturalist turned daytime chat-show host, Alan Titchmarsh rarely courts controversy. But when he invited ‘dog whisperer’ Cesar Millan to appear as a guest it was never going to please everyone. US-based Millan’s unconventional training methods to ‘rehabilitate’ ill-disciplined dogs, ... | Alan Titchmarsh grilled his guest Cesar Millan on the 'totally unacceptable' way that he trains dogs .
Members of the public had earlier called for the show to be cancelled because of Millan's 'barbaric' methods .
But after the show opinion was split over whether Titchmarsh was too 'abusive' to his guest . |
f15d79078a2d77cca5618418e10bbced322a49a8 | By . Helen Collis . PUBLISHED: . 07:25 EST, 27 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:28 EST, 27 September 2013 . McDonald's has apologised to a customer who was served this stomach-churning burger - which was raw in the middle. Sue Bennett, 43, choked in disgust as she took the top of the bun off the burger to remove the ... | Sue Bennett opened her bun and saw one of her burgers was raw .
A quick test showed it was half the minimum temperature for cooking .
Health inspectors are testing the product and investigating the branch .
McDonald's said it had retrained staff after this 'isolated incident' |
f15ed510e03025aec11a0f98efacb2c0187bead3 | Sunderland boss Gus Poyet is determined to give his star men the freedom to fashion another famous victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday. Poyet limps into the game on the back of a dismal goalless draw with West Brom last week and an FA Cup defeat at Bradford which raised some speculation over his ... | Gus Poyet is hoping his Sunderland side can upset Mancehster United .
The Black Cats beat United at Old Trafford 1-0 last season .
Poyet intends to give his attacking players freedom on Saturday .
The Uruguayan is under pressure from Black Cats fans at the moment .
CLICK HERE for all the latest Sunderland news . |
f15f3da49f7694d63d54e3f6a8698191668cfea2 | By . Daniel Miller . PUBLISHED: . 07:31 EST, 8 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:19 EST, 8 November 2013 . The father of the 12-year-old Sparks Middle School shooter was found guilty of child abuse after admitting hitting his son and giving him a black eye in 2012, it has emerged. Seventh grader Jose Reyes walked into ... | Jose Reyes Sr. pleaded guilty to misdemeanor child abuse charges in 2012 .
He admitting hitting his son, also named Jose Reyes, in January that year .
Reyes Sr. reported the incident himself and has no previous record .
Those who did discuss him with reporters said he liked video games .
His family has been cooperating... |
f15f9c2b5f7918be270b4b0d139bc55a33e27dbc | By . Ian Drury . PUBLISHED: . 10:15 EST, 8 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:46 EST, 8 December 2012 . During the gloomiest hours of the Second World War, it was the secret weapon that boosted the morale of battle-weary troops. An Army of deliciously curvy young women, often stripped to lacy underwear, were deployed to... | Author Mike Brown has brought together a fascinating collection of vintage photos .
Thousands of cards were sent out to soldiers to 'boost morale'
Charts history of the pin-up throughout the ages . |
f160ae15ea639709dee303e323eddc928575d9bc | Manchester United's stars have continued to drive their Merecedes, Porsches and Range Rovers to and from training - despite club sponsors Chevrolet shipping in a fleet of vehicles specifically for that purpose. The American manufacturer was hoping to gain some publicity from the likes of Wayne Rooney, Angel Di Maria an... | Chevrolet delivered 15 cars to Man United's training ground in April .
The American company hoped United's stars would drive them .
But the vehicles remain unused after players decided to drive own cars .
Chevrolet pay £47m a season to sponsor the club . |
f16102141e148ae717a6e623bfbd6e0dfbd5449a | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:32 EST, 22 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 15:28 EST, 22 January 2014 . The devastated widow of a man shot dead in a movie theater during a dispute over texting broke down today as she spoke out for the first time. 'In a blink of an eye, my . whole world just got shattered into ... | Nicole Oulson became emotional at a press conference on Wednesday morning as she recalled her excitement ahead of the date on January 13 .
Her husband, Chad, was texting their babysitter during the film to check on their daughter, Lexy, who had been feeling sick .
Retired cop, Curtis Reeves, told him to put the phone a... |
f1616631529202ba8e0e2137b4ca9d35f3c03387 | (The Frisky) -- Natalie Portman is getting a lot of Oscar buzz for her performance in "Black Swan." And while the young actress certainly deserves the attention for the mind-bending role, we're a little concerned that a dud of a movie is about to hit theaters that could distract critics from her performance in the ball... | Portman's rom-com "No Strings Attached" is coming out right before the Oscars .
Sandra Bullock made history in 2010 for winning both an Oscar and a Razzie .
Halle Berry followed her 2002 Academy Award with a Razzie Award in 2005 . |
f1617f3b1a109c829f98f848cd7c8e7fb0143700 | Dirty stethoscopes may be helping to spread dangerous bugs around GP surgeries and hospital wards, a study suggests. One of the instruments was found to be more contaminated with bacteria than the palm of a doctor's hand after being used to examine 71 patients. Among the microbes spreading from patients was the potenti... | Among the microbes found on stethoscopes is the superbug MRSA .
Experts say that they should be disinfected after each patient .
Some recent reports have suggested stethoscopes will soon be a thing of the past as more modern devices replace them . |
f161c2ebe2e8b7950185db864aaaa25654113347 | New York (CNN) -- Pedro Hernandez was arraigned early Friday evening on a second-degree murder charge tied to the case of Etan Patz, the New York boy whose disappearance 33 years to the day spurred nationwide attention about missing children. The suspect appeared about 6:25 p.m. Friday via video feed from Manhattan's B... | NEW: Pedro Hernandez is quiet and shows no apparent emotion during his arraignment .
NEW: His lawyer cites Hernandez's "long psychiatric history"
Authorities believe Hernandez killed Etan Patz, a New York boy who went missing 33 years ago .
Investigators have not found forensic evidence linking him to the case, officia... |
f161c5c16a45733fb29511b9f4f91e00ed7f819d | A couple of New Zealand men, who were desperate to move a fridge despite lacking ropes, were caught taking the saying 'when there's a will, there's a way' just one step too far. One sure-footed West Auckland man was seen perching atop a black Nissan over the weekend while holding a large fridge in place on the roof of ... | Daniel Jackson, from West Auckland, was seen balancing on the back of a moving car while holding a fridge on the roof of the vehicle .
He identified himself on social media after the image was shared by the person driving behind the movers and went viral .
Mr Jackson explained that he and his friend had no ropes but we... |
f161de2db52183c4827fa5bdee8f071b33c59b62 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 08:42 EST, 2 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:48 EST, 2 June 2013 . A 50-year-old man was charged with committing a sex act with an animal and burglary in a Chicago court on Saturday. Gerardo Perez is being held after animal welfare workers found him in a cage with a pit bull terrie... | Gerardo Perez, 50, was charged with felony sexual contact with an animal on Saturday .
Perez committed the act after breaking away from a group tour at a Chicago animal welfare facility .
Workers at the facility found Perez in a cage with a white and grey pit bull 'on his hands and knees'
Perez is being held on $80,000... |
f1620b3a85f0c849c8a961c82aea247bacb6afe6 | A top congressional Republican is drafting alternative gun control legislation that threatens to undermine proposals now under consideration by leaders of the Senate's Democratic majority. A spokeswoman for Iowa's Chuck Grassley refused to give CNN details of the senator's plan. In the past, however, he has backed mea... | Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley is putting together a new gun control bill .
Grassley is skeptical of new background checks -- an issue at the heart of the debate .
Grassley's bill could provide cover for red state Democrats and some Republicans .
Obama urges Congress not to get "squishy" on gun control . |
f16254bcbe6f7ed6f511c2cea74f18e7ce060565 | Furious: Mr Timothy Coupe (pictured) swore at traffic warden, Amy Harrison, and shot her with a water pistol after she issued him a parking ticket . A furious businessman unleashed a foul-mouthed tirade at the female traffic warden who gave him a parking ticket, before squirting her with a water pistol. Timothy Coupe '... | Timothy Coupe, 53, shot water at her face and chest after receiving ticket .
Amy Harrison was 'humiliated' when it caused her shirt to go see-through .
She fined him for parking illegally in a loading bay in Ambleside, Cumbria .
Coupe told her to 'get a proper f****** job' and called her an 'ugly f****** c**t'
Describe... |
f16299a95f2dbfe3aa6cfb1580df8bc0a234eaf0 | By . Michael Zennie . and James Nye . Sudden: Lisa Mason passed away while she was studying to be a nurse after taking out a $100,000 student loan . Donations are pouring in for a California couple who were saddled with $200,000 of their daughter's student loan debts when she died suddenly of liver failure. A GoFundMe ... | California pastor Steve Mason and his wife Darnelle are facing financial ruin .
Daughter, Lisa, 27, passed away suddenly from liver failure in 2009 .
Left parents with her three children and bills of $2,000 a month .
GoFundMe has raised nearly $11,000 in less than two days . |
f162cdc94d991057cc6d023567e3862281267e01 | By . Keith Gladdis . PUBLISHED: . 16:29 EST, 7 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:53 EST, 8 June 2013 . They could be scenes from the Third World as families eke out a living in makeshift shelters amid the filth of a rubbish dump. But the extraordinary photographs were taken at the site of a former football ground in a leaf... | More than 50 Romanians living among rubbish in north London wasteground .
Transylvanian migrants say they earn more here than they do at home .
Legal challenges holding up sale of former football club ground by council . |
f162dfbf65bcaf82ce48320b6b8f81fc8d3c0107 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- -- Federal officials have fined Exxon Mobil more than $6 million after it violated a three-year-old agreement to decrease air pollution at four of its refineries. Exxon Mobil's refinery in Baytown, Texas, is one of four that the EPA said had high sulfur emissions. The Justice Department announced W... | EPA says company had not sufficiently reduced sulfur emissions at four refineries .
The facilities in question are in Texas, Louisiana and California .
Exxon Mobil says refineries now meet EPA standards on sulfur emissions . |
f16324ea76aceff31eae04c382dc90e2f724d384 | (CNN) -- Manchester United have been drawn against seven-time European champions AC Milan in the draw for the first knockout stage of this season's Champions League. The heavyweight pairing throws up the prospect of Milan's David Beckham returning to Old Trafford to play against his former club. Soccer icon Beckham, wh... | Champions League last 16 draw sets Old Trafford return for David Beckham after AC Milan are pitched against AC Milan .
Jose Mourinho will face his former club as Inter take on Chelsea .
Real Madrid will play French side Lyon while Barcelona take on Stuttgart .
Liverpool draw Unirea Urziceni in Europa League last 32 and... |
f1635719df2feca5906ee5f70212eaa1c2847caa | Alan Johnson giving a statement on the Ireland bailout in 2010 during his time as shadow chancellor . Despite fewer and fewer people reading them, publishers keep churning out politicians’ memoirs. Out of duty I try to read most of them – but usually stop in a state of nausea after a few chapters, as the fantasy and th... | Alan Johnson identified as possible replacement for leader Ed Miliband .
His background as postman and union leader reveals deeply held principles .
Mr Johnson a genuine and honest politician widely respected by Tory voters . |
f1635d758dd6548550e1e5f87da376903c458186 | At least 37 hostages died in the terrorist seizure of a natural gas facility in eastern Algeria and the subsequent special forces assaults on it, the country's prime minister said Monday. Five other hostages are missing from the In Amenas complex and could be dead, Prime Minister Abdul Malek Sallal said. Read more: Pow... | The daughter of a Texas man killed says he was a "wonderful" father and person .
In addition to 37 confirmed dead, 5 hostages are unaccounted for, Algeria's leader says .
7 Japanese, 6 Filipinos, 3 Britons and 3 Americans are among those killed, officials say .
An Algerian official says the gas plant will reopen and fo... |
f163711b30426b7a61e2ac0a00e7847d8a962de7 | The first conversation between our ancestors was about DIY and likely took place between 2.5 to 1.8 million years ago. This is according to an international study which found stone tool-making drove the evolution of language among our human ancestors in the African savannah. It suggests communication among our earliest... | The study attempted to teach students art of 'Oldowan stone-knapping'
This is when 'flakes' are created by hitting a rock against volcanic rocks .
Students produced better flakes when they were taught through speech .
This suggests that, to advance as they did, our ancestors must have used language to teach each other... |
f1638d37f3e3c6b9f676db974cc08157ccfcecf1 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 15:34 EST, 5 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:54 EST, 5 December 2012 . Richard Dale Stokley was executed today for the 1991 murder and rape of two 13-year-old girls in an Arizona ghost town where they were raped, strangled and stabbed before being dumped in a partly flooded min... | Richard Dale Stokley had a last meal of porterhouse steak, french fries, okra, cauliflower, salad, fruit and ice cream .
Murdered and raped two 13-year-old-girls in 1991 . |
f163c2738feeb3c19e293e19d6c400fbcb8db9d9 | (CNN) -- World Bank President Robert Zoellick has warned that the eurozone crisis could have a dire effect on emerging markets if it continues in 2012. Speaking to CNN's John Defterios at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Zoellick discussed the World Bank's assessment that the coming year could be as bad for emerging ... | World Bank president Robert Zoellick warns the euro crisis has put emerging markets at risk .
Markets closest to Europe will be most at risk, he says .
He sees the future of the eurozone as resting on Spain and Italy . |
f16465af0140575483865c20294d7308e3872b98 | She was one of Britain's best-loved leaders and her family is still grieving her death less than two years ago. But that has not stopped the BBC from broadcasting a 'sick' story fantasising about the murder of Margaret Thatcher. The work by Booker Prize-winning author Dame Hilary Mantel is to be read on Radio 4's Book ... | Decision to air book led to accusations of 'endemic' left-wing bias of BBC .
The story imagines the assassination of former PM Margaret Thatcher .
Work by Dame Hilary Mantel will be read on Radio 4 show in the New Year .
Conservative MPs said it was an 'astonishing decision' to broadcast story . |
f164d949d9a8d9ea0d41d40f52253c5a6de37821 | A father-of-six has come up with a novel way of raising spirits for mourners at his funeral - by buying himself a coffin built in the shape of a giant Jack Daniels bottle. Former soldier Anto Wickham started planning his own funeral after seeing eight Army pals killed during the Iraq war. The 48-year-old, from Belfast,... | Anto Wickham had a £3000 coffin built in the shape of a Jack Daniels bottle .
Former soldier started planning his funeral after eight army pals were killed .
Decided he wanted a 'celebration' so had coffin built of his favourite drink .
While his friends saw the funny side of it, his mother was unimpressed . |
f16506c3363be6669ddb41dc40d0cfc676a0b3b6 | If right-wingers catch the wave of an election blowout on Tuesday, four GOP candidates could tilt the scales of diversity in their favor – including one openly gay man whose campaign has been forced to deny that he has exposed himself to staffers and masturbated in public places. Two Republicans aim to join South Carol... | Mia Love, a conservative Haitian-American, tries a second time in a tight Utah US House race .
Will Hurd, a former undercover CIA agent, is in a tight race with a one-term Texas Democrat .
Two openly gay GOPers are running for Congress in Massachusetts and California .
One has been dogged by allegations that he exposed... |
f1655328ca8bb1fc7cf37dc9c8a175801f97a579 | Ross Katsambanis, a commerce student and AFL fan, was outraged when he was required to sign a legal waiver at the Hellenic Republic restaurant in Brunswick . A Melbourne man said he 'nearly choked on his succulent, slow-cooked lamb' after he had to sign a legal waiver to take his food home from an exclusive restaurant ... | Melbourne man outraged after being asked to sign a legal waiver to doggy bag food .
The waiver was issued at the Hellenic Republic in Brunswick East, which is co-owned by Masterchef judge George Calombaris .
'I nearly choked on my succulent, slow-cooked lamb,' said Ross Kalombaris .
Mr Kalombaris was attending a celebr... |
f1662dbf09ea1a45bceaa9aa5a23e11feccbe873 | By . Ryan Gorman . and Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:59 EST, 23 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 18:05 EST, 23 January 2014 . Three people are dead and 31 are missing after a Quebec nursing home burned to the ground early Thursday morning. Flames engulfed the 52-unit complex in L’Isle Verte, about 140 miles... | The blaze is believed to have started around 12:20 a.m. Thursday morning .
A neighbor said he watched a woman burn to death as her son tried to frantically save her life .
Another witness reported seeing a woman's balcony collapse back into the building, throwing another resident into the raging fire .
Most of the doze... |
f166f95c97dd8d0c744b384464860436970e8d5b | Matthew O'Donnell was unaware a flea had buried into his foot after working in Tanzania (pictured) A backpacker was left horrified after a flea and hundreds of eggs burst out of his foot following a trip to Tanzania. Geography graduate Matthew O’Donnell, 22, was unaware a tiny chigoe flea had burrowed into his flesh a... | Matthew O'Donnell was unaware a chigoe flea had burrowed into his skin .
He was sitting on his bed and felt tingling sensation when bug burst out .
Chigoe flea landed on his bedclothes followed by hundreds of tiny eggs .
He had spent summer working in Tanzania and brought it back with him .
He has been left with a smal... |
f167007981457ce5b47ef88d78af280bbfeb3f59 | By . Mike Dawes . PUBLISHED: . 13:00 EST, 1 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 17:45 EST, 1 December 2012 . Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher committed suicide outside the club's Arrowhead Stadium home minutes after shooting and killing his girlfriend, authorities have confirmed. Belcher shot his girlfriend, iden... | Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, 25, shot and killed his girlfriend at their home .
He then traveled to the team's Arrowhead stadium, where he shot himself in a practice area .
Belcher and his girlfriend had a baby less than three months ago . |
f16703ae8e0265426b776173727d15e5c6bc1f04 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- You can almost picture it now: Paris Hilton swallowed up by a tight-fitting futuristic designer space suit -- one hand waving at the on-flight camera, the other clasping a Dior "space traveler" handbag. Tighter fit: Massachusetts Insititute of Technology researchers are working on a new, sleeke... | NASA, Orbital Outfitters and MIT all involved in designing new space suits .
Experts believe space-suit design will become more fashion conscious .
Several space fashion shows have already been held . |
f167840b1765283b1a0b8ccb1ea155ca65eb1817 | By . Mark Prigg . Amazon is believed to be working on a phone with a glasses-free 3D screen for release in June. According to reports in the Wall Street Journal, the device will use retina-tracking technology to make images on the smartphone's display appear to 'float above the screen like a hologram and appear three-d... | Phone rumoured to show images that 'float above the screen like holograms'
Will go on sale in September - the same time Apple is expected to unveil its iPhone 6 .
Back to Mail Online home .
Back to the page you came from . |
f1682a5067421bc62ef43ea40de214f2ee3f6f9f | By . Snejana Farberov . PUBLISHED: . 12:18 EST, 18 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:26 EST, 18 April 2013 . 'Bad mother': Courtney Addington, 24, was arrested and charged with murder for allegedly leaving her newborn baby to die in a trash bag in January . A 24-year-ld California woman has been arrested after police say ... | Police say Courtney Addington gave birth alone in her home in January and then had a relative drive her to a hospital .
Addington lied to father of the baby and her family about being pregnant, blaming weight gain on IBS .
Her online search history showed she looked up 'IBS medications' and 'How to stop blood loss' |
f16927a0c6342d01a6117a173221da555c0a1866 | London (CNN) -- There are few places in the world where you can see ancient statues, imperial European jewellery, masterpieces by Pieter Bruegel, paintings by Picasso and sculpture by Henry Moore all under one roof. But for a week starting Friday, you can see the finest examples of art from antiquity to the present day... | TEFAF celebrates 25 years showcasing the best in fine art and antiquities .
Classical sculpture, jewelry, Old Master paintings, antique furniture on display .
Highlights include necklace owned by Viennese Empress, works by Bruegel and Picasso .
Fair's organizers are confident, despite gloomy financial outlook . |
f1693c1ea53544a9a60496ed3d63578e35469b79 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:29 EST, 29 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:40 EST, 29 November 2013 . For women who like to coordinate their clothes and accessories, there is a new app that lets them match their outfit to absolutely anything. From a tasty tangerine to a practical paint chart or a clear blu... | Snap ColourPop is a free app for iPhones that aims to change how people shop for clothes by letting them search by photos instead of words .
Users of the app take a photograph of .
their chosen object and the app searches .
for clothes and accessories from 150 UK fashion retailers .
The London-based company's app lets ... |
f16a3ebd2212c54c71386eb04c56af862ff3cf63 | Hong Kong (CNN) -- North Korea's bipolar swings between nuclear provocation and fawning overtures for talks now form part of a familiar pattern. As recently as March, Pyongyang was warning the United States of "a simmering nuclear war" and cut its hotline with South Korea. But in the past week, media reports say it has... | North Korea swings between provocation and negotiation .
Analysts say North Korean diplomacy follows a familiar pattern .
The U.S. insists de-nuclearization is a pre-condition of talks .
Analysts say North Korea's behavior is now an embarrassment to China . |
f16a548611a8a4934ef46a7a19645a5d6fc50873 | By . Lydia Warren . PUBLISHED: . 06:55 EST, 17 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:48 EST, 17 May 2013 . A Hofstra University . sorority girl has been shot dead after a masked, armed intruder forced . his way into the home she shared with her twin sister and college . friends. The victim, . identified by friends as 21-year-ol... | Andrea Rebello, a junior at Hofstra, was shot dead at 2.30am on Friday .
Masked male intruder, who has not been identified, was also shot dead .
The victim's twin sister was in the home at the time of the shooting .
Police were alerted when another woman in the home was allowed out to get cash from an ATM and immediate... |
f16a970d9c6e1d6b05dac4452fc0d2f4dc8a557b | By . Louise Boyle . PUBLISHED: . 09:43 EST, 24 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 09:43 EST, 24 January 2014 . The relatives of a teenage mother say she was shot and killed by her 14-year-old . brother because of an argument over laundry. Justice Toliver, 17, was allegedly killed by her younger brother Mario because she ble... | Justice Toliver, 17, was found dead from a gunshot wound at an apartment in Oakland, California .
Her 14-year-old brother Mario, who allegedly fired fatal shot, is on the run .
Miss Toliver was the mother of a three-year-old girl and had just started a new job .
Family members pleaded with Mario to hand himself into po... |
f16aae2b5242707670a0d27825e147cf3f788e44 | (CNN) -- As Moscow escalates its invasion of eastern Ukraine and NATO convenes this week in Wales, the United States, NATO, and free nations around the world confront a pivotal moment of truth. If the international community, led by the United States, fails to respond in a strong and unified manner to Moscow's blatant ... | Sen. Kelly Ayotte: Moscow's escalation presents a challenge for NATO leadership .
She says starkly worded statements haven't deterred Russia's Vladimir Putin .
NATO needs to ramp up economic sanctions, provide military aid to Ukraine .
Ayotte: Failure to act would invite more aggression . |
f16b3459d41ae38952f705169e8910fce80caaf2 | By . Helen Lawson . PUBLISHED: . 06:31 EST, 16 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:14 EST, 16 March 2013 . Michael Duthie was given 180 hours of community service yesterday after he admitted claiming benefits after a £250,000 lottery win . A lottery winner who claimed £13,000 in benefits after his win escaped a jail term ye... | Michael Duthie ordered to carry out 180 hours of community service .
Court heard he was living 'hand to mouth' because of low-earning bonds . |
f16b46e3f0b23e6fbae6ffaa621c64eae9389515 | By . Hayley Peterson . PUBLISHED: . 19:48 EST, 24 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 00:12 EST, 26 September 2013 . NBC Sports has sparked outrage for airing an NRA-sponsored show in which the host kills an elephant by shooting it in the face. In a highlighted reel from this week's episode of 'Under Wild Skies,' host Tony... | 'Under Wild Skies' is hosted by Tony Makris, a lobbyist for .
the National Rifle Association .
In a highlighted reel from this week's episode, Makris travels to Botswana and hunts an elephant, shooting it several times before it dies .
Makris laughs as the animal lets out one last groan after the final shot and then he... |
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