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f1b93582fa283023ff53249c2a680dc147103439 | Royal Ascot scorer Born In Bombay has been sold out of the stable of Andrew Balding and will continue his racing career in Hong Kong. The royal trainer revealed the winner of the Britannia Stakes was heading for the Far East as he unveiled his team for Glorious Goodwood which is headed by Neptune Investment Management ... | Born in Bombay has been sold out of the stable of Andrew Balding .
Royal Ascot scorer will continue his racing career in Hong Kong .
Born in Bombay won the Britannia Stakes . |
f1b964ad812eb8c0302fad2e54d8e5e492ad4dff | A bill that would levy tough new sanctions on Iran if it fails to sign an agreement to curb its nuclear program cleared a Senate committee on Thursday. But lawmakers are holding off on a full Senate vote to see whether diplomatic negotiations yield a deal by March 24. Republican and Democratic members of the Senate Ban... | Lawmakers are holding off on a full Senate vote - for now - so that they can see whether diplomatic negotiations yield an agreement by March 24 .
Legislation would ramp up economic pressure starting in July if Iran doesn't ink a deal preventing it from developing nuclear weapons .
An amendment to the bill that passed w... |
f1ba45eab2db6cba5bef6c77858b18ef0a2047a9 | New York (CNN) -- A day after state lawmakers were due to head home, a pair of controversial issues seem to stubbornly postpone their summer recess. The first is something that many call a quintessential New York battle: Whether to enact the first statewide cap on property taxes. The cap is linked to the extension of r... | Senate leader says lawmakers reach "framework for ... agreement" on rent, tax issues .
Republicans have concerns over "unintended consequences" of same-sex marriage bill .
Backers need one more GOP Senate vote for same-sex bill to pass . |
f1ba93647c9caf7d783f9367c505db1072ac062f | What do you get when you have arguably the world's greatest-ever player, playing the current No 1 football game on the planet? Well in truth, not the spectacle that one would hope for. Three-time World Cup winner Pele took on his former Santos and Brazil team-mate Coutinho at a game of FIFA 15 on an Xbox recently - in ... | Pele played ex-Santos team-mate Coutinho at game of EA Sports 'FIFA 15 .
Pair enjoyed a devastating partnership as team-mates in the 1950s and 60s .
Duo's game was comical at times, with Coutinho winning the match 1-0 .
Pele was released from hospital in Brazil on Tuesday after recovering form a urinary tract infection... |
f1bb1e72a0ef0aead90ffbdbed911e0d51e801fb | Before he went missing, Johnathan Croom had developed an obsession with the movie "Into the Wild," in which a young man leaves society to go live off the land. Unfortunately, both stories had tragic endings. The body of 18-year-old Croom turned up in rural Oregon on Monday, authorities say. It was 1,000 feet from his a... | Law enforcement official says death is being investigated as a suicide .
Arizona father feared teen vanished in Oregon to live off land like the film "Into the Wild"
Johnathan Croom, 18, had never been in the wild before, says his father .
The teen's Honda SUV was abandoned in a small town in western Oregon . |
f1bb64104e656d843212818e19782c4759311c02 | By . David Kent . They might have blown the Premier League title but Liverpool held out for top spot in the official fair play league. Brendan Rodgers' men edged last season's winners Arsenal into second place, while Everton and Manchester City were also left trailing in third and fourth place. Luis Suarez's improved p... | Liverpool were judged to have been the fairest Premier League side overall .
Brendan Rodgers' side blew title but came out on top in fair play ranks .
Sunderland rated as the worst of the 20 Premier League sides .
However, Black Cats came out on top in fan behaviour stakes . |
f1bb909793aad116b30a3e5e8c2e838dc8f9c730 | (CNN) -- There's a popular African proverb that seems particularly relevant to this World Health Day: "If you think you're too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito." Beyond their power to annoy, mosquitoes and other insects carry an outsized ability to kill, disable and disfigure pe... | World Health Day focuses on diseases spread by insects, other animals .
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect one in six people worldwide .
50 cents will protect one person from multiple NTDs for a year, writes Neeraj Mistry .
Beating NTDs could be next major public health success story, he says . |
f1bbc7031393a899b231aeda0e28eacaa80e67d8 | By . Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 04:38 EST, 17 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:30 EST, 17 July 2012 . At 800 ft up in the air, thrill seekers are jumping from cliff tops and walking along slack ropes in a giant 'playground' perfect for daredevils. Adrenaline junkies travel from all over the globe to test their skills at the... | Moab Desert is a spectacular location for climbing, skydiving, base jumping and slacklining .
The towers range from 35 to 800 ft high .
Adventurers walk slacklines between towers and jump from cliffs 800 ft in the air . |
f1bbcd874d9d45c701405f157d7a853664cb81a4 | São Paulo, Brazil (CNN)A Miss Bum-Bum runner-up, Andressa Urach, now admits her obsession with beauty -- and cosmetic surgery -- almost killed her. Urach, 27, launched her career as a model and reality TV star with a face and body sculpted in the operating room. "I've had more than 10 surgeries," she told CNN. "My nose... | 2012 Miss Bum-Bum runner-up Andressa Urach had "more than 10" cosmetic surgeries .
After steroid, hydrogel and PMMA injections in her thighs, she suffered septic shock and was hospitalized .
The lesson she hopes this teaches is, "You have to respect the limits of your body" |
f1bbda17e3f52f9776cd66bf04dc57c2af8ce20b | By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 13:16 EST, 6 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:27 EST, 6 December 2013 . A violent boyfriend today admitted killing his former partner and her seven-month-old baby by 'strangling them in their beds' just two days after the couple had broken up. Wesley Williams, 28, killed Yvonne Walsh... | Wesley Williams, 28, had been dating Yvonne Walsh for several months .
But two days after the couple split, Yvonne and her baby son Harrison were found dead at her home in Billesley, Birmingham .
Post mortem examinations found they both died from pressure to the neck .
Williams today admitted the double murder at Birmi... |
f1bbf2f6b8e8211cc015154136cbc58d9ec6d7ab | By . Sean Poulter, Consumer Affairs Editor . Last updated at 6:12 PM on 20th January 2012 . Thames Water: Almost nine per cent of the holding company that owns the water and sewerage firm was bought by the Chinese . The Chinese government has bought nearly 10per cent of Britain’s biggest water company in a move that co... | Investment comes after Chancellor made Far East plea for investment in UK infrastructure .
Trade giant says 'I don't think you would find the Germans, French or Americans doing this' |
f1bc459e9dcd85e0cc14e0bd6ea07b93f330ee88 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 03:24 EST, 5 December 2011 . A £900million scheme to produce a computer system which could predict the next financial crisis has been backed by leading scientists. The Living Earth Simulator Project (LES) aims to 'simulate everything' on the planet, using anything from tweets to go... | Living Earth Simulator could predict the spread of disease and impending financial meltdowns .
Creator describes it as 'nervous system for entire planet'
EU Commission to pledge £900m to help get it built . |
f1bcaada123e5b5671efadd7331636c36a27839a | Most people know lengthy, pretentious restaurant menus will hit you in the pocket - and now a major study has set the price at 11p per letter. Linguistics professor Dan Jurafsky came up with his claim after spending months analysing 6,500 menus, from Michelin-starred enclaves to cheap roadside diners. He said restauran... | Study carried out by Prof Dan Jurafsky of California's Stanford University .
He analysed 6,500 restaurant menus for length and the type of words used .
Dishes described with longer words cost more - 'at a rate of 11p per letter'
Costly menus show off about food's origin while cheap ones call it 'tasty' |
f1bcec27c0b06a7a0f1650f6eee5d18a3bb9a145 | By . Simon Walters . and Brendan Carlin . Working class: John Major would front the campaign . An attempt to play down the Conservative Party’s ‘posh’ image backfired when a campaign to promote working-class Tory MPs found only 14 with sufficiently humble roots. Panicking party chiefs have now launched a desperate sear... | PM hoped to launch campaign with John Major at September conference .
But Party of Opportunity plug featured just one in 20 of the party's MPs .
Several other working class Tories claimed they were left out of the list . |
f1bcf559f484d82a1ead9e55956b9f8f78c99d1d | By . Daily Mail Reporter . and Ap . Thousands of mourners turned out Thursday to pay their respects to one of the two Las Vegas police officers killed by a pair of cowardly white supremacists who ambushed the two officers as they were eating pizza during their lunch break on Sunday. Officer Igor Soldo, 31, was laid to ... | Officer Igor Soldo, 31, was one of two police officers killed in last weekend's senseless attack .
Soldo and his widow, Andrea, have an 11-month-old baby .
Thousands turned out at a Las Vegas church on Thursday to pay their respects to the fallen officer .
Another officer, Alyn Beck, and Joseph Wilcox, a civilian who t... |
f1bd543a9b945bf608967a4aada2c005c8b63918 | Atlanta (CNN) -- Former NBA guard Javaris Crittenton is wanted in connection with the murder of an Atlanta woman, authorities said Monday. Crittenton, 23, of Fayetteville, Georgia, faces murder charges from the August 19 shooting of 22-year-old Julian Jones in Atlanta. Jones suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pro... | Crittenton is accused of murdering a 22-year-old woman .
The FBI says the former NBA player has fled to avoid prosecution .
He is believed to be in Los Angeles . |
f1bd701a3f92e1f194b8f8c0ffab0f6169a32ba2 | (CNN)The Baltimore Police Department is warning law enforcement agencies along the East Coast to take extra precautions in protecting their officers after a man carrying a .22 caliber handgun walked into one of the city's police stations Tuesday morning on orders from the street gang Black Guerilla Family. Jason Armstr... | Man says he was told to go to station by street gang Black Guerilla Family .
Officers find him suspicious, search him and find loaded handgun, drugs . |
f1bd7c6dc5355bf5f69e84db256a7f2a5b4d8096 | Created: . 12:35 EST, 19 May 2014 . Off the hook: Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore escapes further disciplinary action . Under-fire football chief Richard Scudamore escaped the sack today despite the Prime Minister joining the backlash against his sexist emails. David Cameron suggested a member of his C... | Scudamore escapes sanction after apologising for sexist jokes .
He said exchanges 'do not reflect my views towards women in football'
He will not lose his reported £2.5million salary over leaked exchanges .
FA: 'No further disciplinary action is required or justified'
David Cameron says a minister would likely be ouste... |
f1bd8148731ca2bdc91baefbe84843d226ce4c1d | By . Jaymi Mccann . PUBLISHED: . 11:32 EST, 4 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:47 EST, 4 March 2013 . The devastated mother of a 16-year-old girl killed in a hit-and-run broke down in tears and said 'I want my baby back' as she urged the driver to give themselves up. Shattered Sharon Clark said the callous motorist must ... | Jade Clark was killed in a hit and run as she rode her moped .
Mrs Clark broke down as she pleaded with the driver to come forward .
Police have launched a manhunt and said that the car would have been damaged in the collision . |
f1bda4b3aea8cdcbbc4d3ac134aa24670d2537e5 | By . Scott Jones . PUBLISHED: . 19:07 EST, 2 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:07 EST, 2 November 2013 . A 15-year-old British schoolboy is attempting to become the youngest person to ski to the South Pole. Lewis Clarke is due to set off later this month on a gruelling 735-mile, 60-day trek in temperatures that can dro... | Lewis Clarke is due to set off on the 735-mile journey later this month .
Will take him 60 days with temperatures dropping to minus 40C .
The school pupil from Bristol is raising money for the Prince's Trust . |
f1bdd614c8c618ed9dddea5eb3cbd88181321ddd | The boot that helped David Beckham to bend it and inspired Zinedine Zidane throughout his illustrious career is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a retro, limited edition design. Adidas revealed the new Predator Instinct boot which is a throwback to the original black boot, with red tongue, created by former Liverp... | Adidas Predator boot celebrates 20th anniversary with Instinct 'tongue' boot .
Boot was conceived by former Liverpool favourite Craig Johnston in 1994 .
David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane wore Predators throughout their career .
Limited edition design will not be available to buy in shops . |
f1bdeda285a193d3af2b7d82f25694532decefbe | By . Associated Press . and Alexandra Klausner . Maxine Kumin, a prolific New England poet and U.S. poet laureate who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for her work 'Up Country,' has died. She was 88. The Bennett Funeral Home in Concord says Kumin, who wrote more than three dozen books of poetry, fiction, non-fiction and ... | Kumin was an advocate for women writers, human and political justice and animal rights .
She was a close friend of the late poet Anne Sexton .
Kumin wrote more than three-dozen books, one of which will be released later this year . |
f1be056374b568b98f3fc61daa406f03910081f5 | (CNN) -- Spanish champions Barcelona have announced they've agreed a deal to sign Javier Mascherano from Liverpool. The Argentina international asked to be sold in July and has recently been left out of Liverpool's squad as his drawn out move neared completion. Mascherano is now expected to fly to Barcelona this weeken... | Barcelona have agreed a deal with Liverpool for Javier Mascherano .
Argentina international set to finalize terms with Spanish champions .
The 26-year-old joined Liverpool in January 2007 . |
f1be64ad73f53078ca604120d9b3f1df91c9b560 | By . Nathan Klein . An Australian family which fought tirelessly for nine months to save their pet from death row says the ending is 'bittersweet' after the dog was released from the pound - but forced to relocate more than 1200 kilometres from home. After a long and expensive battle with authorities, and a groundswell... | Zeus was captured by council rangers after escaping his owner's backyard .
The pooch was adopted as a Labrador cross Staffordshire terrier .
Brisbane City Council deemed him part American Pit Bull, a restricted breed in Queensland .
A destruction order was issued for Zeus; the family took the council to court .
Court a... |
f1beeea89fa353c9c10e9b3b311ea4e32aba0fa9 | (CNN) -- Brazilian model Mariana Bridi da Costa, whose hands and feet were amputated in a bid to save her from a deadly and little-known illness, died early Saturday, two friends of the model told CNN. Brazilian model Mariana Bridi da Costa died Saturday after undergoing multiple amputations. "Unfortunately Mari couldn... | NEW: Brazilian amputee model Mariana Bridi da Costa died early Saturday .
Da Costa's hands, feet were amputated after she contracted septicemia .
Da Costa placed sixth in the Miss Bikini International competition in China . |
f1c02e086ee6eeab871ccb6b6404cccff305c75d | An 18-year-old has been arrested in connection with Christmas cyber attacks on Playstation and Xbox networks following a joint investigation between the FBI and British police. The 'quiet' teenager, named locally as Jordan Lee-Bevan, was arrested during a raid at his semi-detached home in Southport, Merseyside, today, ... | The 18-year-old was arrested on a quiet residential street in Merseyside .
Comes after thousands were left unable to play games on Christmas Day .
Investigation was a joint effort between the FBI and British police forces .
Neighbours of the teenager in Southport him as 'quiet' this afternoon .
Suspected of unauthorise... |
f1c0ffaaca3db5835a5725f6757afd604fae5930 | Some of the Queens Park Rangers players and staff look as if the Christmas spirit has taken hold at Loftus Road. The same can't be said for a number of others. Harry Redknapp's side have forgone a fully-fledged festive party, but did opt to record a miming version of Slade's Merry Christmas Everyone to amuse. At least ... | Rio Ferdinand, Charlie Austin and Harry Redknapp all appear .
QPR mime Slade's Merry Christmas Everyone on Youtube .
Leroy Fer, Clint Hill and Shaun Wright-Phillips mime along . |
f1c13ebaa125ca3b22f1eddc740ff3cba0c88d7e | (CNN) -- Gunmen abducted a South Korean trade official in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, South Korea's semiofficial Yonhap News Agency reported Monday, in the latest violent incident highlighting the turmoil in the North African country. Quoting South Korean officials, Yonhap said four unidentified, armed men abducted Ha... | South Korean taken from his car in Tripoli, Yonhap News Agency reports .
His whereabouts and motive for abduction unknown .
Seoul tells South Koreans in Libya to leave the North African country .
Libya government struggling to impose law and order . |
f1c1cf48a646d7adce2dcd7e8a762e6e920f081f | By . Sophie Jane Evans . Society bible Tatler has come under fire after encouraging children as young as 13 to flirt with their friends' fathers to secure invitations to lavish events. The shocking advice, featured in an article entitled 'Ten Charm Rules', was published in the glossy magazine's supplement, Teen Tatler.... | Advice issued in article titled 'Ten Charm Rules' in Teen Tatler supplement .
Advises children as young as 13 to buy gifts and flirt with friends' fathers .
In doing so, they will get invitations to lavish events and holidays, it says .
'Flirt (gently) with the parent of the opposite sex... bingo, you're a winner'
Yest... |
f1c1e533ef1a266b04713e5b9891e55f419ea58f | This will come as no surprise if you have kids, know kids or know anyone who has or knows kids. Disney is reporting that sales of dresses based on its megahit movie "Frozen" topped 3 million in North America this year alone. Let's say that again: More than 3 million Elsa and Anna role-play dresses were bought. In North... | Disney plans to release a new "Frozen" animated short .
It's called "Frozen Fever"
A new Epcot attraction based on "Frozen" is coming . |
f1c2200a905f3510655dfeb23df512a398537e56 | An extremely rare shark species considered a 'living dinosaur' has been caught off the coast of New South Wales to the shock and amazement of local fishermen. The species, known as a goblin shark, are rarely seen as they typically reside in waters near the ocean floor at around 1,200 metres deep. As they dislike sunlig... | An extremely rare shark was pulled from waters off the NSW south coast .
The 'Goblin Shark' is known as a 'living dinosaur' and normally live near the ocean floor .
The fish was pulled up by 22-year-old Lochlainn Kelly and his father Mike .
The specimen will be sent to the Australian Museum in Sydney . |
f1c279eadeec8cd8fbfbe47415c92a42f1a09caf | The San Antonio Spurs delivered a decisive end to LeBron James' two-year reign atop the basketball world by routing the Miami Heat 104-87 on Sunday to win the NBA Finals four games to one. San Antonio trailed by 16 in the game's first seven minutes but outscored the Heat 55-29 over the decisive second and third quarter... | San Antonio Spurs sealed a 4-1 NBA Finals series win over Miami Heat .
The result ends LeBron James and Co's two-year dominance of the NBA .
Kawhi Leonard was Finals' MVP and netted 22 points .
James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh eligible for free agency . |
f1c2f243c09b50c51c7f86749c8b4efd44dcac1c | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 01:17 EST, 31 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:17 EST, 31 August 2012 . A disgruntled investor from Atlanta spent nearly three decades trying to get law enforcement to help him get possession of his stolen car. And considering the car in question is a specific model of 1962 Ferrar... | One of the only four 1962 Ferrari 330 LM-B ever created was stolen in Atlanta in 1977 .
That racing model was the last of the brand to have a front-engine and is currently valued at $15million .
In spite of police records marking the left, it is presently thought to be owned by Samsung billionaire Lee Kun-hee . |
f1c384d8fac5578c4c567d026781ed010ae25cdf | Munich, Germany (CNN) -- Iran will give "positive consideration" to a renewed prospect of one-on-one talks with the United States on its nuclear program, its foreign minister said Sunday. Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said a new round of talks between Iran and the five permanent U.N. Security Council members, plus ... | The U.S. needs a "fair and real intention" to resolve the nuclear issue, Iran says .
Holding off Iran "is becoming more complex," Israeli PM Netanyahu says .
Biden held out the prospect of direct U.S.-Iran talks Saturday .
Iranian foreign minister says a new round of P5+1 talks will be held February 25 . |
f1c44b96e1fb450ce5d100f76db7d8797d924edf | By . Jill Reilly . A suicidal Disneyland Paris worker poured petrol over himself and had to be restrained from setting himself alight by a colleague after he was summoned to a meeting with the theme park bosses. The grim revelation adds to mounting speculation about working conditions at the most visited tourist site i... | Union: 'He emptied a barrel of petrol over his head and took a lighter to set fire...but a colleague jumped on him at the last moment'
Grim revelation adds to mounting speculation about working conditions .
Two workers at the French theme park have previously commited suicide . |
f1c48b43a7f0e75f12bf0815dfa1ca42de2f6737 | Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN) -- France's new Socialist government is already causing ripples throughout a Europe struggling to balance government budgets without making ordinary people's lives miserable, but it has created a completely different problem in the Middle East. The prime minister's last name, it turns out, sounds l... | Jean-Marc Ayrault's last name sounds like a rude word in Arabic slang .
Arab broadcasters are trying to figure out how to handle the name on air .
We "have to deal with it" and be professional, an Al-Arabiya editor says . |
f1c546ebba1d4142a01a702ea42bf3a5c6674e95 | Pulsating light bursts into the cockpit of a plane thousands of feet in the air, filling it with seething brightness, and blinding the pilot and copilot. What sounds like a cheap reenactment in a hokey UFO reality show has become everyday reality in the United States. Laser attacks on aircraft occur an average of 11 ti... | FAA: Laser strikes on aircraft occur an average of 11 times a day .
Locating pranksters with lasers can be hard, but it's doable .
The FBI and 11 U.S. cities are offering reward money for tips leading to arrests .
There were 3,960 strikes last year, up from just 283 in 2005 . |
f1c54972119f429c980cbee713b7ff6d4e82b1d1 | By . Ap . The first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, Alice Coachman Davis, died early Monday in south Georgia. She was 90. Davis' death was confirmed by her daughter, Evelyn Jones. Davis won Olympic gold in the high jump at the 1948 games in London with an American and Olympic record of 1.68 meters (5.51 feet)... | Davis won a gold medal in the high jump in the 1948 Olympic Games in London .
She was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 2004 .
When she returned to Georgia after the Olympics, she was honored with a 175-mile motorcade .
The motorcade upon her return was segregated . |
f1c5791ee899c3a4e71e0ddd286ec7f07789086a | Five million retired workers could be given the right to sell their private sector pensions for cash under plans being considered by ministers. Pensions Minister Steve Webb is pushing for landmark pension reforms in last year’s Budget to be extended to those who have already retired. Under the changes announced by Geor... | New plans could see millions of retired workers given right to sell pension .
The changes are being floated by Lib Dem pensions minister Steve Webb .
He says he wants to 'trust people with their own money wherever possible'
Mr Webb said that he would like to launch a public consultation on issue . |
f1c5a4f0c070fa36cede504edb183895358ad3e5 | The parents of runaway Indira Gainiyeva last night issued an emotional appeal for her boarding school not to expel their daughter, excusing her by saying: ‘She is young, perhaps she fell in love.’ Speaking publicly for the first time since the schoolgirl did a midnight flit to the Dominican Republic with her boyfriend,... | Indira Gainiyeva's mother Firuza pleads her daughter to send a text .
Also issued appeal to school not to expel her for being 'young and in love'
Father, Ravi, says Indira may have run away to celebrate her 17th birthday .
School girl and fellow pupil Edward Bunyan still thought to be in Caribbean . |
f1c611902abd1399a0072665584fca276bd13617 | Washington (CNN) -- The House of Representatives passed a slightly altered health care "fixes" bill Thursday night, completing legislative action on President Obama's top domestic priority. The so-called "fixes" bill, approved by a 220-207 vote, now goes to Obama to be signed into law. It makes changes in the broader h... | NEW: House passes Senate health care "fixes" bill by 220-207 vote .
The vote ended legislative action on Obama's top domestic priority .
Senate Republicans had found violations in two provisions, forcing bill back to House . |
f1c629d8dfdda9b5907e61a97e6484d67c003a07 | The battle for mortgage customers has taken a new turn – with one bank launching a six-year fixed rate deal. A string of major lenders have slashed their interest rates and fees in recent days in an apparent end-of-year sale to meet targets. The tussle for business has seen several lenders drop their rates below 3 per ... | Tussle for business has seen several lenders drop rates below 3% for a five-year fixed rate mortgage .
Banks put up interest rates over the summer amid fears of imminent hike of base rate .
In mid-July, best rate on fixed rate five-year deal was 3.09% from Metro . |
f1c6557c97a3598f15a3d734d35ead2a82cf5bac | By . John Hall . A poor Indian couple have made a desperate appeal for financial help to save the life of their son who was born with his heart outside his body. Priyanka Pal, 24, was rushed to the labour room of the government-run Sultanpur Hospital in Uttar Pradesh state late last Wednesday where she gave birth to a ... | The as-yet-unnamed baby was born in Uttar Pradesh state on Wednesday .
He is suffering from ectopia cordis - an incredibly rare heart condition .
Chance of him surviving more than three days was less than one in a million .
He is now into his sixth day, but needs an urgent and expensive operation .
Baby needs private h... |
f1c67494b8e0409f4a63b01e2b7937b1c1ce1c60 | A days-long trek up some of the steepest inclines in the world isn't for everyone. Thankfully, many top tourist attractions around the world have taken note. Whether you're looking to experience the sacred Taoist beauty of Mount Huashan in China or view the Rocky Mountains from picturesque town of Banff, Alberta, the w... | Visit the north and west peaks of the sacred Taoist Mount Huashan, China .
Ride in the world's first glass-bottom gondola in Hong Kong .
View the Chino Cliffs in Palm Springs on a rotating aerial tramway . |
f1c70bc76cf48b4fa5c51b6d68e7074fa466d1c5 | A gay couple claim they were chucked out of a taxi operated by Uber because they were kissing and cuddling. Jordan Sloat said the driver told them he usually took gay couples but 'they don't usually do that sort of thing' after he ordered them out of the taxi in London. Mr Sloat and his partner Corey Watts, 23, had bee... | Jordan Sloat and partner Corey Watts travelled in an Uber taxi in London .
After they began kissing and cuddling driver stopped and ordered them out .
Mr Sloat asked driver if it was because they were gay, and claims driver told them that gay couples he takes 'don't usually do that sort of thing'
Driver has been suspen... |
f1c7546fa8e90705325d942d8c4cfa23608ca248 | By . Lizzie Parry . PUBLISHED: . 05:53 EST, 10 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:35 EST, 11 October 2013 . Avid fans of one red headed blogger were left bemused as Facebook linked her posts to a ‘similar’ page – that of a flame-haired porn star. Erika Napoletano, an author, marketing expert and former TEDTalk speaker, w... | Adult actress's page linked to blog .
Both women unaware of association until followers commented .
Facebook's automated process linked pages 'because of women's red hair' |
f1c79e96bdca10420b14aa6ac94d7d7572a1bb92 | A woman has been rushed to hospital in a serious condition after going into a suspected cardiac arrest during a produce at a cosmetic surgery. The woman, believed to be aged in her 20s, was undergoing a procedure at The Cosmetic Institute at Parramatta in western Sydney on Friday morning when she fell unconscious, the ... | Woman was undergoing a cosmetic procedure at The Cosmetic Institute at Parramatta in western Sydney on Friday morning .
Paramedics responded at about 10.15am to reports the woman had suffered cardiac arrest, had fallen unconscious and wasn't breathing .
She was rushed to Westmead Hospital in a serious condition .
Clini... |
f1c7b851921eb4abc3c6acc072ba2b64e3404271 | Lionel Messi has celebrated 10 years since his Barcelona debut this week with the club’s supporters optimistic the arrival of Luis Suarez and the threesome Messi will now help make up along with the former Liverpool striker and Neymar could open another illustrious chapter in his career. ‘SMN’ might not roll off the to... | Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez are set to form a devastating trio .
Messi is celebrating 10 years since his Barcelona debut .
The 27-year-old is three goals away from breaking Telmo Zarra's all-time La Liga goalscoring record of 251 .
He has scored an average of a goal per game in La Liga (minutes per goal)
Messi... |
f1c8429293cb6ac97ee3965f7183572985c23db5 | UPDATED: . 07:49 EST, 10 January 2012 . Experts found evidence of animals forming cliques and gathering information to help make group decisions - in much the same way as humans use Facebook Groups to streamline discussions . Humans didn't invent 'social networks', says a new study into animal behaviour - instead, our ... | Animal groups share information like Facebook groups .
Behaviours found in dolphins, whales, monkeys and hoofed animals .
'Six degrees of separation' rule also applies to animals . |
f1c8896bb48ac48a60339dda6608a43fee2f88c2 | By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 12:22 EST, 14 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:46 EST, 14 March 2013 . This is the terrifying moment a drug dealer parked a car just yards from a children's playground and attracted a running crowd of 30 drug users who surrounded it like children on an ice cream van. The footage released by... | Addicts race after a dealer's car to get their fix in Birmingham at 8:30am .
Police release footage taken from CCTV camera for BBC1 show on Friday .
Almost 30 men were jailed for drug supply as part of Operation No Deal .
Caught Red Handed will be aired every weekday on BBC1 until March 22 . |
f1c8a0fad38d1e7bdafbbef98dbb8dbc77b254ae | (CNN) -- The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a $16 billion bill to overhaul the Department of Veterans Affairs. It is a bipartisan response to the scandal over delayed care at medical facilities and allegations of alarming management shortcomings at the sprawling federal agency that serves millions of vetera... | The $16 billion measure would provide money for new medical facilities and doctors .
It now goes to the Senate, which is expected to act by Thursday .
It's a congressional response to the scandal involving delayed medical care for veterans . |
f1c8c33689b302b3e8aebf75610c55fdd6423724 | Sales of Ebola 'survival packs' are soaring amid fears the pandemic will soon spread further around the world. Some of the packs on sale online include everything from boiler suits and face masks to hand santisers and information books. Scores of companies and sellers are now advertising the kits for sale - with some p... | Packs including boiler suits, sanitisers and safety goggles for sale online .
Nursing supply company reports surge in demand for face masks .
Spike in sales of health products follows similar phenomenon in the US .
Products range from simple £2.99 face protector to £150 gas mask . |
f1c8d835d89e94041fdaae235cf1cc591c434200 | By . Jonathan O'Callaghan . Flies appear to 'think' before they act, and - like humans - they take longer to make trickier decisions, a study has found. Scientists admitted to being surprised by the discovery, which indicates that even insects show signs of intelligence. Gathering information before deciding on a cours... | Researchers tasked fruit flies with discerning between similar odours .
And the study at Oxford University found them to be indecisive .
When faced with a tough decision they took longer to deliberate, like us .
The research shows a gene called FoxP is responsible for decision making .
This gene is also linked to fine ... |
f1c966f6c5edefdf1587a16f3dbba4708b301359 | For more than half a century, D-Day and the military invasion known as Operation Overlord have been synonymous with the Allied victory in the Second World War. But new never-before-seen documents have revealed the codenames for these campaigns were changed almost three weeks before the invasion of Nazi-occupied France.... | Officers ordered D-Day and Overlord to be renamed Halcyon and Hornpipe .
It was feared the original top secret codenames had been compromised .
The new names have been discovered in never-before-seen documents .
Son of army officer Sam Wheeler found them when clearing parents' home .
Richard Wheeler then showed them to... |
f1cb4493d21b1b43e40dfd2cc0019076e97d4655 | A snake charmer from Malaysia kissed the same species of venomous snake that killed his father with one deadly bite for upcoming TV series ‘World’s Most Talented’. Amjad Khan from Taiping City is known throughout Malaysia as ‘The Snake Prince’ because of his ability to charm snakes with a hypnotic technique and the fac... | Amjad Khan from Taiping City is known in Malaysia as ‘The Snake Prince’
His father died of the exact same stunt when he was bitten in Kuala Lumpur .
King cobra lunges to attack Amjad the moment he sits down opposite it .
The snake charmer will appear in the third series of the talent show . |
f1cb5b9c794916196a171f8febc1e9dbaf8e652f | (CNN) -- California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Sunday a bill that prohibits most teenagers from getting bronzed in tanning beds, making the Golden State the first to do so. State Sen. Ted Lieu said he first tried, and failed, in 2007 to make it illegal for people between the ages of 14 and 18 to walk into a facil... | California's governor signs a law barring those ages 14-18 from using tanning beds .
The law is the most restrictive of any state, though Brazil banned tanning beds altogether .
The bill's author says it will "help save lives and prevent unnecessary suffering"
A WHO agency has classified tanning beds as 'carcinogenic t... |
f1cb6977bfa10f4da6b88156897db0dc2e8b45db | Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston has been asked by the Football Association to provide his observations about insulting text messages he sent to a supporter. Oyston has been urged to resign by the club's president Valeri Belokon after he called a supporter a 'retard'. He engaged in a series of foul-mouthed text messages ... | Karl Oyston asked by FA to provide his observations about insulting texts .
Blackpool chairman allegedly called a fan a 'retard' during text exchange .
Oyston has until January 15 to respond to FA's request for information .
Blackpool President Valeri Belokon has called for Oyston to resign . |
f1cc1ffd73e94780597b2e9286a8cfd9d26b09df | 'The Hunt is Over!' So reads a wooden sign visible in an Oregon couple's engagement photo. A woman smiles with a firearm -- as her 'captured' fiance dangles trapped and upside-down. The photo of bride Stevie Beard and groom Brady Hogevoll is now being widely circulated online - and took some careful planning to even ma... | Stevie Beard and Brady Hogevoll's engagement photo is now being widely circulated online .
Beard smiles with a firearm, and Hogevoll dangles behind her upside-down .
Hogevoll tested knots ahead of the engagement photo shoot, and Beard's father created the sign which says 'The Hunt is Over!'
The couple are planning to m... |
f1cc285bc880b39b943391f0b89d4b701b66fd40 | By . Aap . A Victorian prison, which is home to some of the state's most notorious underworld figures, bikies and violent offenders, is in lockdown after a small explosion, believed to have been triggered by a parcel bomb, occurred shortly after 1pm today. The explosion occurred in an unoccupied cell at Barwon Prison n... | Parcel bomb triggers explosion at Barwon Prison near Geelong .
Prison is home to some of Victoria's most notorious underworld figures, bikies and violent offenders .
Police said an area of the prison had been evacuated on Friday .
A second bomb is believed to have been discovered before it detonated . |
f1cc64e597cdd2d60de5c304df7711b6dc7165bb | The E! Entertainment network has apologized to Michael J. Fox after viewers witnessed a grossly insensitive screen graphic which referred to his diagnosis with Parkinsons Disease as a 'fun fact'. Twitter exploded with rage at the network for its message which declared that the popular 52-year-old Back to the Future and... | The E! Entertainment network is apologizing to actor Michael J. Fox for an online graphic during its Golden Globes coverage that listed his Parkinson's Disease as a 'fun fact'
Social media lit up in fury after the graphic appeared during E!'s live stream coverage . |
f1ccb7c106d326cf7257695a58c2e467ae58bc71 | By . Marcus Townend for MailOnline . National Hunt jockeys Sam Twiston-Davies and Jamie Moore are both calling upon their fathers for help as they attempt to win over the mile and a half Epsom Derby course on Thursday. Twiston-Davies will partner Golden Jubilee, trained by his father Nigel, while Moore, younger brother... | Sam Twiston-Davies will ride Golden Jubilee, trained by his father Nigel .
Jamie Moore will be on Whinging Willie from his father's Sussex stable .
HCC International Jump Jockeys Derby takes place at Epsom on Thursday . |
f1ccfdeb15d3affc8ce9e069c7aafdd600a2a3b5 | By . Lucy Crossley for MailOnline . A third man has been charged in connection with the death of an Afghan immigrant discovered inside a shipping container in Essex last month. Police charged Martin McGlinchey, 47, of Coalisland, County Tyrone, with conspiring to facilitate illegal entry into the United Kingdom. Meet S... | Martin McGlinchy charged with conspiring to facilitate illegal entry to UK .
McGlinchy, 47, will appear before magistrates in Basildon tomorrow .
Meet Singh Kapoor, 40, found dead inside container at docks last month .
Father-of-two was among a group of 35 immigrants hidden in the container . |
f1cd09dd303b3d54a535f888349efbcc77a18509 | A literary tour company featuring the talents of stars such as Richard E Grant, Downton Abbey's Hugh Bonneville and Celia Imrie has branded the residents of the Isle of Wight as 'miserable, whining tightwads.' Literatours was behind a series of tours around the Isle of Wight, with top actors narrating a journey uncover... | Company lists Richard E Grant and Hugh Bonneville on its roster .
Stars narrate the Isle of Wight's rich literary heritage .
Literatours decide to scrap the scheme and lay blame on the islanders . |
f1cdf6a346c9573d562cbead5fbb27b22b3fc60c | As a multi award-winning chef, bestselling author, TV channel proprietor and hugely successful syndicated show host, Sanjeev Kapoor is arguably the world's most revered exponent of Indian cuisine. For the past 18 years he has concocted a handful of new recipes every week as the host of "Khana Khazana," said to be India... | Celebrity Indian chef Sanjeev Kapoor travels to Copenhagen to create fusion of culinary styles .
Kapoor teams up with Danish chef Rene Redzepi, owner of two Michelin starred "Noma"
Kapoor is inspired by Nordic emphasis on fresh, locally sourced food and simplicity of flavors . |
f1ceb3ec9662f92fd2241ed9b2c9959406b53aeb | The Virginia man who pleaded guilty to shooting a Family Research Council employee last year was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison. Floyd Corkins has said he disagreed with the Family Research Council's stance against gay marriage. The shooting took place at the conservative policy group's office in Washington. ... | The Family Research Council is a Christian group focusing on many social issues .
The man who took the shooter's gun said: "I forgive you but I do not forget"
The shooter, Floyd Corkins, disagreed with the council's stance against gay marriage . |
f1d015b288e65d58dc148557ccfcda888ee6711f | (CNN) -- Jim Grant was driving home in Carlsbad, California, when he came to a fork in the road. No, an actual fork. The oversized kitchen utensil was 6 feet high, made of wood, painted silver and mounted in the concrete island at the intersection of Levante Street and Anillo Way in south Carlsbad. Grant, a local photo... | A retired teacher put a giant fork in the road .
The City of Carlsbad removed it the next day .
Neighbors want it put back .
CNN first heard about this story through photos shared on iReport . |
f1d0785328be822abcc6a91a4cfb21722c9f1d54 | By . Ryan Gorman . PUBLISHED: . 20:45 EST, 6 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:16 EST, 7 December 2013 . In shock: James Lovell's devastated family exits the church shortly after his funeral . Former ‘Today’ host Ann Curry joined the Friday morning mass of mourners at the funeral for a former colleague killed in Sunday... | Ann Curry was the only member of 'Today' staff to attend James Lovell's upstate New York funeral .
She was one of hundreds of mourners . |
f1d07b250bf21d564353a84fe943ca0a7e532ccb | By . Helen Pow . PUBLISHED: . 01:09 EST, 30 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:09 EST, 30 September 2013 . Charged: Ranya Al-Huthaili, of Roseville, pictured, was charged on September 12 with robbing the Dairy State Bank in Menomonie, Wisconsin - the last of the string of heists she's allegedly behind . A 23-year-old M... | Ranya Al-Huthaili, of Roseville, Minnesota was charged on September 12 with robbing the Dairy State Bank in Menomonie, Wisconsin .
The FBI believe it is the last of a string of heists she's behind, beginning August 15 .
The Saudi-U.S. woman was arrested on September 9 at Rosedale Shopping Center, after FBI agents trace... |
f1d0eacf44a6e8b309cee5df71e37631c7afa3a0 | The Curry family never knew what killed Thomas in 1925 when the boy was only 17, but they buried his body in Pennsylvania in a cemetery plot with his great grandparents. At least, they believed they did. When anthropologists dug up his coffin Tuesday they found no body, only wooden boards, reports CNN. A team of Univer... | Thomas Curry, 17, disappeared from the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, a reform school, in 1925 and turned up dead by the train tracks .
The school shipped a coffin back that was buried after a Catholic service .
Officials found a death certificate in 2008, stating the cause of death was a crushed skull, and the body... |
f1d12781f93ec8aeb7c7afd86d9b4f99c86c7e45 | The "kill switch," a system for remotely disabling smartphones and wiping their data, will become standard in 2015, according to a pledge backed by most of the mobile world's major players. Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft, along with the five biggest cellular carriers in the United States, are among those that hav... | "Kill switch" will become standard on smartphones in U.S. in 2015 .
The tech allows users to wipe and shut down their phones remotely .
Apple, Google and Samsung are among those signed up .
Many states may soon make such features mandatory . |
f1d13038d0168a543027c7121956c940313b5408 | A Minnesota farmer turned the snow that was ruining his greenhouses this winter into a spectacular 50-foot snowman that is now attracting national media attention and visitors from miles around. Greg Novak knew he had to clean up the nuisance snow, but he also thought it would be a great way to perk up his Gilman commu... | Greg Novak of Gilman, Minnesota spent hundreds of hours building the massive snowman he's dubbed Granddaddy .
Novak used heavy farm equipment to construct the monster snow sculpture and have a little fun as the winter drags on .
Media and visitors have flocked to the tiny central Minnesota town since the snowman was co... |
f1d18a161cf26dd052c359d5db7d35fe5bbe2312 | A representative study on internet attack traffic has revealed that China is the country where the largest number of attacks originate. By monitoring connections on the web it was shown that 43 per cent of online attacks originated in China, more than three times Indonesia in second place with 15 per cent. And the rese... | Massachusetts-based Akamai says 43 per cent of internet attacks originate in China according to a representative study .
They about 200 computer systems around the world to monitor connections .
And they found that almost half came from China, more than three times Indonesia in second place with 15 per cent .
The findi... |
f1d1d23612b50ddd7411ac8142fc888224870e04 | By . Sian Boyle . The BBC has been forced to defend spending thousands of pounds putting up staff in a luxury £279-a-night hotel while filming the popular countryside programme Lambing Live. During filming for the third series, the entire 65-strong team set up camp in a lavish country house hotel which boasts a spa, tw... | Production crew, including presenters Kate Humble and Adam Henson, stayed 21 miles away from the Scottish filming location .
Critics ask why staff could not stay at cheaper hotels nearer the farm .
BBC was forced to defend its spending on the programme saying rate paid was £58 .
Programme pulls in up to 2.6m viewers .
... |
f1d1d8fdd09045c23b4bd7891190a11b0fd1e3fc | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 03:34 EST, 24 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:15 EST, 24 August 2012 . Wonky carrots, stunted parsnips and imperfect apples will all make a return to supermarket shelves after Britain's dismal weather conditions affected this year's harvest. Shoppers are used to browsing the aisles f... | Supermarkets to relax restrictions on 'ugly' fruit and veg after wet weather takes a toll on the British harvest .
Below average yields mean rejecting 'outgrade' produce could force some farmers out of business, says NFU .
Anti-waste campaigners say a one-off relaxation of the rules is not enough . |
f1d223c9a2604a48895bb7b4bcac3c8c8f800627 | By . Simon Griver . The Maccabi Haifa website has posted an official statement from club captain Yossi Benayoun commenting on Wednesday's violent scenes causing the Israeli club's pre-season friendly with Lille in Austria to be abandoned when pro-Palestinian protesters invaded the pitch. Benayoun said: 'As a football c... | Protestors reportedly of Turkish origin attacked Maccabi Haifa players .
Some Maccabi players fought back as did coach Aleksander Stanojevic, who reportedly punched a protestor during brawl on pitch .
Captain Yossi Benayoun: 'We had no choice but to defend ourselves'
'The older players saw it as our duty to defend the ... |
f1d2b9f56b4598a229766c228f3b155934de47c4 | By . Lee Moran . Last updated at 4:35 PM on 5th September 2011 . Hurricane Katia could soon hit the U.S. east coast - just days after Irene caused extensive flooding, and Tropical Storm Lee dumped torrential rain across the central Gulf. The Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Centre said that yesterday Katia had inten... | Katia may be a 'major' hurricane later today .
Potential threat to U.S. East Coast still uncertain .
Hurricane expert sees definite risk to U.S. |
f1d2d246455e4ef9c3a57c97d3109a6976448d9d | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . Royal Bank of Scotland has been banned from paying bankers bonuses worth twice their salaries by the government. The Treasury said the huge payouts could not be made while the troubled lender was still part-owned by the taxpayer. But staff at RBS will still receive bonus... | Treasury refuses to sanction pay-outs worth 200% of annual salary .
Warns bank is still 'in recovery' and not yet performing well enough .
But under EU rules bank can still pay bonuses worth 100% of pay .
77 staff will earn £1million for last year, down from 95 a year ago . |
f1d304904bd909073cf75ab0c62b203cebb40d1d | Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Charges relating to Michael Jackson's death will be filed Monday, prosecutors said. Friday's announcement by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office did not say what the charges would be or who would be charged . Dr. Conrad Murray, Jackson's personal physician when he died las... | NEW: Dr. Conrad Murray, lawyer cancel press conference about case in Los Angeles park .
Murray's lawyers say they don't want to see client arrested publicly .
Murray says he gave Jackson anti-anxiety drugs, anesthetic to help him sleep . |
f1d30763cc75787402d7c4bfcde302ef312e1fc2 | (CNN) -- Sudan's Deputy Chief Justice recently made the alarming announcement that his government might start training judges to cut off the hands and legs of convicted criminals, if doctors refuse to carry out amputations as punishment. Abdul Rahman Sharfi said non-cooperation over the use of such amputations would be... | Sudan threatens to train judges to cut off hands, legs of convicted criminals .
Deputy Chief Justice says doctors who refuse to carry out amputations will be punished .
Belay: Sudan must put an end to the use of cruel, inhuman punishments . |
f1d3916df7ce23be31bbe4d5b699444627497e7b | (CNN) -- Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has revealed that the Spanish club's bosses have relented and will seek to sign him a new striker after all. Mourinho had initially been told that he could not replace Gonzalo Higuain, who could miss the rest of this season after having back surgery. France international Karim B... | Jose Mourinho hoping to land a new striker after Real Madrid sanction a signing .
Real could be without the injured Gonzalo Higuain for the rest of this season .
Former Real star Ruud van Nistelrooy claims he is wanted by the Spanish club .
Villarreal consolidate third place in La Liga with 4-2 victory over Osasuna . |
f1d3cd6462d5f28e4e7bedc12db014cf1e1b496f | (CNN) -- Rapper Gucci Mane was charged in federal court Tuesday with two counts of possessing a firearm as a felon after two September incidents during which he showed a gun and threatened police, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia. Reports at the time indicated that the "Lemon... | Rapper was charged with 2 counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm .
Prosecutor: Charges stem from two September incidents involving different guns .
Gucci Mane was arrested this year and accused of hitting a man with a bottle . |
f1d400287b8ea2cb1e756e556fba9c38045b3831 | Torrential rains washed long-buried landmines onto a heavily traveled highway near Chile's border with Peru this week. No one was injured, but activists say the incident is a reminder of the risks such explosive devices pose. "They are a constant threat. ... This is just reinforcing the need for all governments to clea... | Landmines "are a constant threat," one activist says .
Long-buried mines wash onto Chile's Pan-American Highway .
"It has become a critical situation," an activist says .
Removing landmines "is very difficult work," Chile's defense minister says . |
f1d464e15865c5610d6731fe19673ea9b2e3620a | By . Associated Press . Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told Congress Wednesday that officials of Qatar negotiating the release of captured Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl told the U.S. that 'time was not on our side' and a leak about the exchange would sabotage the deal. 'War is a dirty business, and we don’t like to deal with ... | Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is being questioned by the House Armed Services Committee about the Bowe Bergdahl exchange .
Called to answer questions about the lack of notification over the prisoner swap that freed five Taliban leaders in exchange for the one American .
Revealed that there was an earlier plan that woul... |
f1d471ae0dec92fca92dea7b7cf249ec59640ce9 | By . James Rush . Fifteen crew members of the South Korean ferry which sank, leaving more than 300 people dead or missing, have gone on trial. Captain Lee Joon-seok, 68, and three senior crew have been charged with homicide - a charge that could carry the death penalty. Two other crew members have been charged with fle... | Trial of 15 crew members of South Korean ferry which sank in April .
Captain Lee Joon-seok and three senior crew charged with homicide .
Two other crew members charged with fleeing and abandoning ship .
Nine others Sewol crew members have been charged with negligence . |
f1d4af219494ea091539bdbd9b5dd5a90a30eaf1 | (CNN) -- Don't underestimate the power of a spilled cup of coffee. A United Airlines flight from Chicago to Frankfurt, Germany, was diverted to Toronto this week after the pilot dumped a cup of coffee on the plane's communication's equipment. The unwanted liquid triggered a series of emergency codes, including one for ... | The coffee triggered emergency codes, including one for a hijacking .
The flight was en route from Chicago to Frankfurt, Germany .
The passengers caught a flight to Germany a day later . |
f1d4e0a83e18d1b6dd5506c877c087bd6b68261d | Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen may both take the field on Friday evening in the latest round of NatWest T20 Blast matches. You can be sure both men will feature prominently in Saturday morning’s papers – more prominently, in fact, than the games in which they are scheduled to appear. The frisson will say something... | English cricket is wilfully conservative despite talents such as Jos Buttler .
Excitement surrounds Flintoff (retired five years ago) and Pietersen .
Captain Cool MS Dhoni getting hot under the collar .
Was Sunil Narine's appearance in IPL final worth missing Windies training?
Monty Panesar's latest skirmish with the a... |
f1d527ca3307383ff17cf2f2858dfe1202662e4c | (CNN) -- The image makers were in overdrive at the Republican National Convention this week. They finally had their candidate but now they had a problem: The guy wasn't likable. And nowhere was that problem more acute than with women voters. Concerns about Mitt Romney's slash-and-burn economic approach at Bain Capital,... | Ilyse Hogue says the GOP tried hard at convention to show they are on women's side .
She says a look at Romney-Ryan positions and GOP platform show otherwise .
She says both would prevent abortion even in rape or incest, would cut nutrition aid .
Hogue: Romney still refuses to support the Lilly Ledbetter Pay Check Fair... |
f1d52ea3c006aaf9f26c1e8e0b1f2b0acc03fc6f | In his speech about ISIS last week, President Barack Obama said, "American military power is unmatched, but this can't be America's fight alone." Allies and partners of the United States, Obama vowed, would provide support to degrade and eventually destroy the militant group that has slaughtered many people in Iraq and... | France has begun reconnaissance flights over Iraq, its Defense Ministry says .
Saudi foreign minister: There is "no limit to what the Kingdom can provide" in fight .
At U.S. request, Australia is deploying aircraft to aid in battle against terror group .
British PM says defeating ISIS is "about working with others" |
f1d53cd06e0c50d9ce51ba2ae74052fb4822fded | (CNN) -- Jay Lin is the embodiment of the American dream -- and what is increasingly a Chinese dream. Originally from Wenzhou in eastern China, he moved to New York City as a teenager. After earning degrees from Ivy League universities -- Cornell and Columbia -- he secured a comfortable job in a bucolic town in Connect... | Mainland China has led international enrollment in U.S. higher education since 2009 .
Mainland Chinese students increased 23% to more than 723,000 at recent count .
Boarding schools, universities desire Chinese students for dollars and diversity .
International curriculum, university campuses setting up in China to mee... |
f1d556a904c77a7bd56037187a43b4487209d975 | By . Baz Bamigboye . PUBLISHED: . 16:32 EST, 21 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:51 EST, 22 June 2012 . Mirren: What... You want me to play the Queen again? Helen Mirren portrayed Queen Elizabeth II for the second time on Tuesday — at a reading of a new play that features Her Maj and some of the 12 Prime Ministers she’s s... | Helen Mirren dons regal attire for reading of new play on the West End .
The Audience was written by Peter Morgan, the man behind 2006 film The Queen, which won the actress her Oscar . |
f1d5a2e83beab6dd28a1fa5fc4f1d29bc1408521 | By . Eleanor Harding . PUBLISHED: . 10:06 EST, 7 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:31 EST, 8 April 2013 . Grand National victor Ryan Mania is in a 'comfortable' condition today after falling from a horse less than 24 hours after celebrating the biggest win of his career. All eyes were on the jockey at yesterday’s races af... | Mania, 23, is expected to be discharged later today after MRI scan .
Airlifted to hospital after falling and being kicked by horses in race .
He was riding Stagecoach Jasper in St John Lee Handicap .
Jockey unexpectedly won Grand National on Auroras Encore, a 66-1 outsider on Saturday . |
f1d5ead499396a333372fd477436eaebc687e715 | By . Tania Steere . Britain’s super-rich gave more than £2 billion of their cash to charity last year and a record number of Rich List donors gave more than £1 million each. David Beckham, author J K Rowling and boyband One Direction were among 165 donors who gave away more than £1 million. The 13th annual philanthropy... | J K Rowling and boyband One Direction among 165 who gifted over £1m .
Survey shows 48 donors gave more than £1m and 20 gave more than £25m .
It also shows wealthy Brits donated a record total of £2.4bn last year . |
f1d631895c71870a78e9017c35c1f268561dd96a | Richard Sandon was subjected to the 'cowardly' unprovoked attack while using his mobility scooter in Peterborough . A disabled RAF veteran has been left with serious injuries after being knocked out of his mobility scooter and stamped on by a thug who had tripped over his dog's lead. Richard Sandon, 52, who needs the s... | Richard Sandon was attacked while in his mobility scooter in Peterborough .
He had moved out of the way when he saw the other man approaching .
But his Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Blue was in the man's path .
Despite Mr Sandon apologising, he was subjected to 'cowardly' attack .
He was left with a broken arm, f... |
f1d68fa4b1f684ffd1b66cbf47615d83bfc571a0 | Peach County, Georgia (CNN) -- The strange, twisted metal Erector Set-looking apparatus is known in farming circles as a pivot. It might also be called a life-saver or, at the very least, a farm-saver. Because if you're a farmer and you have a pivot -- a farming word for irrigation system -- then you're probably not fe... | Nearly half of the continental U.S. is experiencing severe drought .
More than half of U.S. counties are designated disaster zones .
Irrigation systems are benefiting from the extreme drought .
Jim Reid: "It's a debt to me, but it's a benefit to me to have a commodity to sell" |
f1d6c0e9724a542a7bbd7964bd71a639b3a1b841 | Cracked: Jonathan Corbett's video shows how he smuggled a metal case through scanners at two airports . Controversial nude body scanners used at U.S. airports have come under fire again - after a blogger claimed he could easily smuggle explosives through them onto a plane. Engineer Jonathan Corbett has published a vide... | Jonathan Corbett claims he could easily smuggle explosives onto a plane .
Strip-search scanners banned in Europe over cancer fears . |
f1d6ffd0be9855ad934477ea912014ead8d65ed9 | (CNN) -- I am a movie critic. But because I am not employed by a newspaper, or a television station, Web magazine, ad agency or any institution that contributes to or profits from the media carnival that has become the Academy Awards, I can admit without fear of repercussion that the Oscars leave me colder than an arct... | Film critic Molly Haskell doesn't work for an outlet and can admit the Oscars leave her cold .
Haskell: Academy rarely honors truly great or difficult films; makes obvious choices .
She says Oscars and fashion coverage blots out all other news and goes on for months .
Haskell: Films from early part of year ignored and ... |
f1d7295694346de5fa47dc19afebdfcde28e2687 | (CNN) -- Few people can forget the moment quake victim Anna Zizi, 69, was dragged from the rubble, singing at the top of her voice, her face caked in dirt and debris. Amidst the heartache and anguish brought by the devastating earthquake, music has proved a source of comfort for Haitians at home and abroad. Those livin... | In France, Haitians turn to the sounds of kompa for comfort .
Kompa musicians are organizing performances to raise funds for victims .
Kompa is an energetic jazz-derivative, accompanied by Creole singing . |
f1d7f8b94d59ae43b83e59e92d9ad553891d314d | When Dr Michael Mosley launched the Fast Diet two years ago, he was confident that it was a great way to lose weight and improve health. But even he could not have been prepared for how the diet would take off, with hundreds of thousands of people around the globe successfully losing weight and transforming their vital... | On the Fast Diet, you only worry about what you're eating two days a week .
The concept was introduced by Dr Michael Mosley almost two years ago .
Today we show how to just 12 minutes of exercise a day can boost results . |
f1d84eae533d303febe8ef23452ed95027622e8f | A dog waited for her owner for five months after their Kansas City house exploded, killing a man and critically injuring another in the process. The dog, now named Asha, was left homeless and suffered injuries from the blaze. Her greatest pain was the loss of her owner Wiley Mitchell Jr. for whom she waited five months... | The dog, now named Asha, was left homeless and suffered injuries from a June 4 explosion that killed her owner Wiley Mitchell Jr.
Asha wouldn't leave the property for five months until she was finally rescued by animal care workers .
When Asha's injuries are treated she will be placed in a new home . |
f1d89bfd82988492f6392a150fe6ade97e52a798 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 6:10 PM on 23rd July 2011 . The 911 call Maria Shriver made following her son Christopher's serious surfing accident has been released. The restrained but worried mother is heard telling emergency services that her son 'can't move'. The 55-year-old also informs the operator th... | Arnold revises divorce settlement and will not deny Maria spousal support . |
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