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By . Emily Allen . PUBLISHED: . 07:03 EST, 31 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:03 EST, 31 October 2012 . Cruel: Christine Morgan (pictured) also held the child’s head under bath water, threatened to kill her and hit her in the face . A girl subjected to a decade of abuse was forced to drink bleach from a dirty cloth th... | The youngster was left with a 'burning sensation' in her mouth after Christine Morgan, 61, shoved the grimy rag into her mouth .
Morgan also held the child’s head under bath water, threatened to kill her and hit her in the face in abuse which began when she was four .
A judge today told Morgan she can expect .
to be ja... |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 01:24 EST, 21 June 2011 . The Liberal Democrats are preventing David Cameron from taking tougher action on immigration and stripping the workshy of benefits, the Prime Minister said. Mr Cameron firmly rejected claims that only Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg was being forced to compromis... | The PM admits the coalition 'has its problems' but works well .
He defended the deficit reduction plan and attacked Labour's call to slow it down and cut taxes .
He 'admired' some of Tony Blair's public service reform but added he had made many mistakes . |
By . Mark Prigg . PUBLISHED: . 13:10 EST, 18 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:42 EST, 18 October 2012 . For five million years after the worst mass extinction in Earth history, much of the planet was simply too hot for anything to survive, scientists have learned. Experts have long been puzzled by the 'broken world' sc... | Experts say 'broken world' that followed the Permian-Triassic mass extinction meant no life for five million years in a huge 'dead zone'
Temperatures in the tropics rose to lethal levels, soaring to 60C on land and 40C in the sea . |
An extreme kayaker who was killed after she was overtaken by powerful rapids was being profiled by '60 Minutes Sports' at the time of her death, it has emerged. Shannon Christy, a 23-year-old experienced kayaer, was preparing for the Great Falls Race on the Potomac on July 11 when she encountered trouble in the first d... | Shannon Christy, an experienced kayaker, was overtaken by powerful rapids as she practiced for the Great Falls Race in July .
Her death came just two days after she was filmed taking the same drop on the Potomac River for 60 Minutes Sports .
In the interview, she talks about the dangers of the sport . |
An obese woman whose anxiety led to alarming weight gain dropped six dress sizes after she learned to control her stress through yoga and pilates instead. Michelle Bird, 34, from Chatteris in Cambridgeshire, dropped from 13 stone to 8st 7lb in just two years after doctors said that she was on the verge of developing ty... | Michelle Bird, 34, from Cambridgeshire, dropped from 13st to 8st 7 lb .
Paired holistic exercise with breathing techniques and healthy eating .
She has now qualified to teach kettlebell classes and give nutritional advice .
Size six Michelle works as a fitness instructor at her business, Bodymode . |
(CNN) -- Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius was sworn in Tuesday night as secretary of Health and Human Services. Kathleen Sebelius dives into discussing the swine flu at the White House after being sworn in. She was sworn after she was confirmed by the Senate in a 65-31 vote. The timely vote puts Sebelius in office as the ... | Kathleen Sebelius sworn in after being confirmed by 65-31 vote .
White House says health team is equipped to handle swine flu situation .
Sebelius has come under fire for ties to late-term abortion doctor .
Sebelius was two-term Democratic governor in Kansas, a Republican-leaning state . |
By . Christopher Stevens for Daily Mail . When Sheridan Smith bounds onto the stage to belt out Merseybeat classics in Cilla tonight, her huge voice is sensational. Watch the second part of ITV’s outstanding Cilla Black biopic and you’ll see an actress who can do everything — comedy, drama and song, all at the same tim... | Sheridan had an intense on-off relationship with her one-time co-star James Corden .
He has written candidly about their relationship in his autobiography .
The pair split in 2009 .
She has also dated Amy Winehouse's former boyfriend Reg Traviss .
She collected an Olivier award for best actress in 2011, for her West E... |
(EW.com) -- The New Year will bring with it a new era of late-night TV. In preparation for the big change, Time magazine asked Seth Meyers -- who will take over "Late Night" in February when Jimmy Fallon moves on to host the "Tonight Show" — to grace the cover of its 2014 forecast issue. In the cover piece, available... | Time magazine asked Seth Meyers to be on its 2014 forecast issue cover .
He'll take over "Late Night" in February .
His studio is still being built, but the format is not .
Amy Poehler is expected to be on his first show . |
A mob, wielding baseball bats, broken bottles and knives, swarms a Paris synagogue. Violence erupts at a pro-Israel rally in Los Angeles after a demonstrator reportedly stomps on a Palestinian flag. Phone calls and text messages threaten a Palestinian-American who organized a protest in Atlanta. A trending Twitter hash... | While missiles fly in Mideast, tensions soar outside the region .
Hatred, even violence, erupts at demonstrations in France and United States .
People on both sides of the issue talk of death threats .
The battle is also being waged in venomous words on social media . |
By . Scarlett Russell . Soaring childcare costs in the UK are prompting more mothers than ever to start their own businesses from home. A new survey has found that two thirds (65 per cent) of mothers with children under the age of ten are considering launching their own business in the next three years. The dramatic ri... | Price of full-time childcare is at an all-time-high of £11,700 for two children .
Rise of British 'Mumpreneurs', mothers who start business from home .
One in seven mothers motivated by flexibility of being their own boss . |
By . Sara Smyth . PUBLISHED: . 17:41 EST, 17 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:14 EST, 18 September 2013 . In her role as a high-powered City lawyer, Miriam Clegg does not often get the chance to play the everyday school mum. So it is little wonder she ended up looking surprisingly glamorous on a visit to a primary sc... | Deputy Prime Minister's wife lit up the playground when she sashayed into Lairdsland Primary School .
Visit proved almost too much for the mother-of-three judging by her array of facial expressions . |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . Updated: . 19:50 EST, 10 August 2011 . The mother of twins arrested for alleged looting in Brixton has claimed that she thought her two sons had gone to the gym. Linette Livingstone said she was horrified to discover that her 19-year-old sons Icha and Micha had both been arrested following Su... | Mother of riot twins says her sons are 'good boys'
Sons were among first accused of raiding Brixton stores .
Mother of female JD Sports looter tells of her shame . |
By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 22:38 EST, 24 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 22:42 EST, 24 May 2013 . The Horace Mann School, one of New York City's most prestigious private schools, has apologized for more than three decades of sexual abuse perpetrated by some of its teachers and administrators, according to a letter ... | Horace Mann, the elite Bronx private school issues a public apology to its victims .
Board members who served when abuses were reported have been removed .
Victims say school leaders knew about the abuse but failed to stop it .
10-month investigation identified at least 12 possible abusers but can't prosecute .
Settlem... |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 00:20 EST, 13 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:01 EST, 13 May 2013 . Avid fans of the Doctor have been blamed for causing a stampede for online tickets to the Proms - prompting the system to crash and touts to sell them for more than ten times their original value. The Doctor Who Pro... | Record 114,000 tickets for the BBC Proms 2013 have sold since booking opened on Saturday - a 17 per cent rise from last year's sales .
Disappointed customers brand ticketing site 'atrocious' |
(CNN) -- One man's trash is another man's mystery. Nick DiMola holds what he believes are about 60 artifacts and pieces of artifacts from Mexico. Five years ago, Nick DiMola's rubbish removal company was hired to clean out a Manhattan apartment following the death of the owner, abstract artist Clinton Hill. The content... | Nick DiMola finds Mexican artifacts worth thousands in trash barrel .
Barrel belonged to deceased abstract artist Clinton Hill .
Mexican government claims it owns artifacts, seeks their return .
DiMola says he wants to donate artifacts to museums across U.S. |
(CNN) -- Kellie Pickler calls them her favorite shows. "When you get up onstage and you look out and you see a sea of soldiers or sea of marines or just a sea of your military in general, it's just so overwhelming, and it just really makes you feel good," Pickler says. The 26-year-old country music star has been singin... | Country singer Kellie Pickler has been on six USO overseas tours .
USO tours help boost the morale of military men and women stationed far from home .
Pickler: They need to know we haven't forgotten about them and what they do . |
The Obama administration official closest to the disastrous rollout of Healthcare.gov dodged questions from a congressional committee chairman – eight separate times – about how many Americans have signed up for coverage through government-run marketplaces. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator Maril... | Marilyn Tavenner provided few answers in a House Ways and Means Committee hearing Tuesday .
'We have a system that's working,' she boasted .
Obamacare website isn't verifying applicants' eligibility for subsidies, instead reminding them that they risk perjury charges by lying .
The one-year delay of the employer mandat... |
Forget the provocative likes of Rihanna and Miley Cyrus; in Japan, the look that both men and women aspire to is cute, wholesome and resolutely virginal. Japanese culture, in particular popular cartoons such as Manga and Hello Kitty, has an innocent mien while the cult of the computer game loving geek, the otaru, is bu... | Only 27 per cent of Japanese couples have sex at least once a week .
Some 'otaku' (geek) men choose to have virtual girlfriends instead .
Subject of BBC documentary called No Sex Please, We're Japanese . |
At first glance, the new car unveiled at a motor show appeared to be an updated model of the Range Rover Evoque. With its signature body shape, lights and radiator grill and silver logo across the front edge of its bonnet, it was the spitting image of the British bestseller. But in fact, it was a brazen copy of the hug... | Chinese carmaker LandWind launched its £14,000 X7 at a motor show .
It bore close resemblance to the £40,000-plus Range Rover Evoque .
Jaguar Land Rover may take legal action to protect its brand . |
(CNN) -- A dazzling meteor lit up skies Thursday night in at least 10 states, from Ohio to Maryland and all the way down to South Carolina. "It was a huge yellow burning tail streaking what seemed right over the city," one poster on the American Meteor Society's reporting page wrote from Virginia Beach, Virginia. "It w... | A fireball was seen in at least 10 states a little after 7 p.m. Thursday .
"It was a huge yellow burning tail," one viewer wrote to a meteor tracking group .
Others said it was green, white or blue .
Such events are common, but often go unseen, American Meteor Society says . |
A blind woman has had her confidence shattered after a holiday company told her she would be unable to go on a flight because she would not be able to see the safety demonstration. Lauren Wigglesworth, 27, has been left 'absolutely gutted' by holiday company Thomson, after she and friend Stephen Sherwood, 24, were told... | Lauren Wigglesworth and Stephen Sherwood were told they needed a carer .
They were forced to cancel their £538 trip to the C'an Picafort resort .
Thomson back down and say they can go after MailOnline cover the story .
Now company which specialises in holidays for blind has offered pair break . |
(CNN) -- In my home town of St. Louis, a petition has gained traction calling for police to wear body cameras that capture everything in front of them while they are doing their jobs. This would be just a step beyond the idea of putting dashboard cameras on all police cars, which some police agencies around the country... | In Ferguson, the idea of putting dashboard cameras on all police cars has come up .
A team of entrepreneurs is making a new nail polish that women can wear to prevent date rape .
Neil Richards: Cameras and chemistry, it seems, can deter police brutality and date rape .
Richards: But complex social problems can't be rea... |
A choir of protests echoed through the country's quintessential megamall, when a few hundred demonstrators from Black Lives Matter raised their voices at the Mall of America. They held the protest Saturday against the Bloomington, Minnesota, mall's wishes, and were met by police who made at least 20 arrests, CNN affili... | Police arrest at least 20 demonstrators, CNN affiliate reports .
Mall management asks organizers not to hold the protests on its private property .
Hundreds chant, hold up their hands and lie down to play dead .
Mall of America says it's the nation's largest . |
(CNN) -- Tony Stark may have started out as a Batman knockoff -- like Bruce Wayne he's a playboy entrepreneur, a mega-rich industrialist who inherited the good life before channeling his anger into homeland security -- but there's no doubt that in the movies Robert Downey Jr. has put clear blue water between Tony and C... | In the new film Iron Man is pitted against The Mandarin .
Stark's arrogance and narcissism come back to haunt him .
The love story continues between Pepper Potts and Tony Stark . |
Fresh charges were laid against 22-year-old Agim Kruezi on Friday, including that he transported a gun and stockpiled machetes, knives and balaclavas in preparation for a terrorist act . A young Queensland man charged with supporting terrorists in Syria was also planning a terrorist attack on Australian soil, it will b... | Agim Kruezi, 22, was allegedly planning a terrorist attack on Australian soil .
Mr Kruezi transported a gun and stockpiled machetes, knives and balaclavas .
He faces a total of seven charges .
Mr Kruezi, Omar Succarieh, 31, and Louis Maestracci, 32, were arrested in September in counter-terrorism raids in the Brisbane ... |
By . Daily Mail Reporters . PUBLISHED: . 15:02 EST, 15 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 09:58 EST, 17 January 2014 . A five-month-old American girl who was crushed to death on a baggage carousel at a Spanish airport died due to parental neglect, not because of the machine, the Spanish government has said. Authorities have... | Vashti Terry was crushed to death after becoming trapped in a baggage carousel at Alicante Airport last September .
Her mother, Nathania Terry from Maryland, had been holding the baby girl but dropped her when she climbed onto the carousel to retrieve luggage .
Within seconds, the baby had been pulled into a gap and cr... |
Today, the United States is conducting offensive cyberwar actions around the world. More than passively eavesdropping, we're penetrating and damaging foreign networks for both espionage and to ready them for attack. We're creating custom-designed Internet weapons, pre-targeted and ready to be "fired" against some piec... | Bruce Schneier: U.S. is pursuing policies that are destabilizing and expensive .
Schneier: The cyberwar arms race will define the Internet in the 21st century .
He asks: How much of what the U.S. does is an act of war by international definitions?
Schneier: We need more transparency, cooperation and viable cyberweapons... |
(CNN)Jordan executed two al Qaeda prisoners before dawn Wednesday, following through on a promised strong response to the ISIS killing of pilot Moath al-Kasasbeh, a government spokesman said. Put to death were Sajida al-Rishawi, the Iraqi would-be suicide bomber whose release ISIS had previously requested, and Ziad Kar... | Jordan executes Sajida al-Rishawi and Ziad Karboul .
President Obama meets with Jordan's king after pilot's murder .
Analysts predict the brutality of its latest video could come back to bite ISIS . |
By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 06:57 EST, 25 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:34 EST, 25 February 2013 . These chimps were more than happy to pose for their close-ups with a camera so small they didn't even notice it was there. These unique pictures were taken with the world's 'first digital fisheye camera' after ... | Snaps show the monkeys playing at the Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary .
Greg Dash took the pictures with a digital fisheye camera he designed . |
This is the heart-wrenching moment a dying wife renewed her wedding vows in a moving ceremony on her 60th wedding anniversary - with just days left to live. Brave Janet Jones, 79, was diagnosed with terminal cancer earlier this year but vowed to stay alive long enough to see her diamond wedding anniversary. And yesterd... | Janet Jones vowed she 'wasn't going anywhere' until the milestone .
She now feels her 'life is complete' following the ceremony .
Told how she had loved 'every second' with husband Gethin .
And how she once threw a custard pie in the face of another female suitor .
The couple has plans for their ashes to be jointly sca... |
By . Wills Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 20:35 EST, 6 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 21:06 EST, 6 January 2014 . A Taiwanese man managed to survive 60 hours drifting in rough seas, even though he could not swim. Tseng Lien-fa was catching baby eels off the island's east coast on Friday when he was swept into the water by a la... | Tseng Lien-fa, 42, was swept away by a wave on the east coast of Taiwan .
Survived for more than two days by holding onto a wooden coffin lid .
He eventually washed up on a beach nearly 50 miles from where he started .
Doctors who treated him said it was a 'miracle' he is still alive . |
Chimpanzees have special 'words' that they use for different types of food and can even learn the calls used by strangers from foreign groups. Primatologists have found that a group of adult chimpanzees from a safari park in Holland adapted the grunts they produced for foods like apples to match those of other chimps t... | Biologists studied chimps moved to Edinburgh Zoo from the Netherlands .
The Dutch chimps learned new grunts for apples from apes in Edinburgh .
It is the first evidence that chimps can learn calls relating to specific foods .
Such behaviour was thought to be a defining feature of human language .
It suggests this featu... |
Tax bill: Millionaire Michael Rockall, pictured with wife Gillian, claimed he needed a £6million yacht to impress his clients to avoid paying income tax on it . A millionaire who claimed he needed a £6million yacht to impress his clients has been ordered to pay tax on their luxury items after a tribunal ruled he person... | Michael Rockall, 70, had wanted to avoid paying tax on his 140ft yacht .
Said boat and jewellery worn by wife was needed to 'convey the right image'
He set up hotel and executive training business after leaving Barclays Bank .
Wife Gillian and their daughter wore gems including necklace worth £150,000 .
Vessel was used... |
By . Kieran Corcoran . When she awoke from a 14-week coma caused by a deadly brain condition, Liz Oldershaw's family were happy just to see her awake. However, their joy at her recovery soon turned to worry as they discovered she had lost most of her memories - and even how to talk, read and write. Liz, 24, could not e... | Liz Oldershaw, 24, developed encephalitis and was put into a 14-week coma .
When she eventually woke up she had lost most of her memories .
She had also lost the ability to read, write and even speak .
But she is piecing her past back together with help from her family .
They have made scrapbooks and photo collages to ... |
In Michel Platini’s perfect world football would be a non-contact sport. The Beautiful Game, as described by Pele, would be a work of art un-desecrated by physical collision. Supremely gifted players – like himself in his glory years with France – would be free to paint their masterpieces on the canvas of the pitch wit... | Platini and Pierluigi Collina are trying to make football a non-contact sport .
Gifted players would be able to stroll around free from obstruction . |
By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 07:09 EST, 10 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:49 EST, 10 October 2012 . Six penguins at London Zoo have died of malaria, it emerged yesterday. The birds were struck down by an avian version of the disease after being bitten by mosquitoes during the summer. Experts blamed the tragedy... | The strain cannot be passed on to humans, experts say .
58 remaining birds have been given special drugs to protect them .
Britain's record wet summer blamed for helping mosquitos thrive . |
Washington (CNN) -- Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia said Monday he thinks Hillary Clinton will run for president next year and that her decision could be known as soon as December. Kaine, a Democrat who has vowed to endorse Clinton should she run, made the comments in a question and answer session with students at Randolph ... | Hillary Clinton's 2016 decision could be known as early as December, says Sen. Tim Kaine .
Kaine, a Virginia Democrat, says he thinks Clinton will run for president .
Kaine is a former governor and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee . |
By . Eddie Wrenn . PUBLISHED: . 05:57 EST, 13 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:20 EST, 13 March 2012 . Brain scans of NASA astronauts who have spent more than a month in space have revealed damage to their eyeballs and brain tissue. The research may have long-term implications for long-term space journeys, hypothetically... | MRI tests on travellers to International Space Station uncover effects on eyeballs and brain connections .
Mission to Mars may not be possible .
Humanity's ability to get to and settle on another planet may also be a non-runner .
Nine of the 27 astronauts suffered an expansion of the cerebral spinal .
fluid space surro... |
By . Emma Reynolds . PUBLISHED: . 05:03 EST, 20 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:19 EST, 20 December 2012 . Disturbing: Kevin Robinson, 29, exposed himself to women while wearing scarves and balaclavas over his face . A serial flasher wore a pink suspender belt and black lacy bra and exposed himself to women in a tiny... | Kevin Robinson covered his face with a scarf or a balaclava .
He was jailed for 18 months for exposing himself to seven women . |
By . Peter Rugg . and Luke Augustus . Follow @@Luke_Augustus29 . American reality TV star Duane Chapman, also known as Dog the Bounty Hunter, has threatened MMA fighter Jon Koppenhaver after he allegedly beat up his ex-girlfriend Christy Mack. Porn star Mack has released a public account of the event that has left her ... | GRAPHIC PHOTOS .
Dog the Bounty Hunter Duane Chapman has threatened porn star's Christy Mack's ex-boyfriend Jon Koppenhaver .
Mack is in hospital with serious injuries after allegedly being beaten up by Koppenhaver .
MMA fighter War Machine, aka Koppenhaver, is wanted by police .
Chapman has tweeted Koppenhaver that he... |
By . Wil Longbottom . Last updated at 4:51 PM on 21st December 2011 . Syrian armed forces have carried out live firing exercises as a show of strength after 111 people were killed in one town yesterday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said troops using heavy machine guns and artillery carried out the killings i... | Heavy machine guns and artillery fired on town of Kfar Owaid .
Army defectors shelled as they leave their posts .
Syria finally allows international monitors into country after weeks of stalling .
Opposition group claims 250 killed in two days and appeals for UN intervention to protect civilians . |
Hong Kong (CNN) -- The Chinese authorities have contested reports that three Tibetans set themselves on fire last week in a remote area of southwestern China. The conflicting accounts followed an increase in security measures by the Chinese authorities in Ganzi, an ethnically Tibetan area of Sichuan Province, in respon... | Overseas groups have reported that three Tibetans set fire to themselves in China .
Local Chinese officials tell a state-run newspaper that the self-immolations didn't happen .
The Chinese authorities' accounts have regularly differed with those of advocacy groups .
The reports come after a clampdown by Chinese securit... |
Blackpool striker Nile Ranger has been questioned by police after he had a row in the middle of the motorway, it has been reported. The former Newcastle man is said to have been driving along the M55 near Preston on Friday night when he got into an argument with his girlfriend - who was in a separate car. It is believe... | Ranger said to have been driving along M55 near Preston on Friday night .
Believed to have got into argument with girlfriend who was in another car .
They crawled alongside each other shouting in their windows, it's reported .
Ex-Newcastle striker was sacked by Swindon earlier this year after being caught on CCTV punch... |
A young Palestinian protests with thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators outside parliament in London on Saturday . Jewish people in Britain are enduring a backlash of attacks, bomb threats and anti-semitic insults fuelled by the bloodshed in Gaza. More than 100 hate crimes have been recorded by police and communit... | Over 100 hate crimes recorded this month, more than double usual number .
Attackers invoke the Holocaust and even shout ‘Heil Hitler’ at victims .
Bricks thrown at Belfast's only synagogue, smashing windows .
Rabbi attacked by four Muslim teenagers outside school in Gateshead .
Bomb threat and stones thrown at a boy on... |
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Children with high-risk medical conditions or disabilities should be among the first to be vaccinated against H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised Thursday. CDC: The H1N1 virus is spreading in the United States, particularly in the Sou... | CDC: Children with medical issues should be among the first to get H1N1 vaccine .
Head of CDC predicts the vaccine should be available by mid-October .
As of August 22, 42 of the 556 U.S. deaths linked to H1N1 virus were in kids . |
By . Ollie Gillman . and Jonathan Petre . Civil servants spent thousands of working hours visiting a cricket website over the summer when England’s Ashes battle with Australia was in full swing, new figures have revealed. Mandarins at the Treasury, the Department of Health and the Department of Environment, Food and Ru... | England V Australia battle was watched by civil servants .
Defra calculated its staff spent 1,810 hours on the cricket website .
The five-test Ashes series ran from July until the end of August . |
By . Chris Pleasance for MailOnline . For party-going Prince Harry, his 30th birthday party was always going to be a night to remember. And the Duchess of Cambridge is planning an event he will likely never forget by turning one room of Kensington Palace into a nightclub with the help of Guy Pelly - the owner of London... | Prince Harry said to be relaxed about two ex-girlfriends attending birthday .
Kate thought to have invited Cressida Bonas, 25, and Chelsy Davy, 28 .
Camilla Thurlow, 25, who was spotted kissing Harry last month, may also go .
Kate is organising party with Guy Pelly, owner of London club Tonteria . |
On TV: Labour Peer Lord Falconer (pictured) appeared on BBC One to discuss plans for an assisted suicide law, but nobody represented the opposing view . The BBC has been accused of bias in its coverage of assisted suicide by a campaigner whose TV appearance was cancelled at the last minute. A Christian doctor was due t... | Labour's Lord Falconer discussed assisted dying plans unopposed on BBC .
Anti-euthanasia campaigner Dr Peter Saunders was due to appear on show .
However, he was dropped and nobody was invited to take his place . |
Tokyo (CNN) -- At least 18 people have died and 44 people are missing after Typhoon Wipha pummeled the Tokyo area on Wednesday. The majority died after heavy rain triggered flooding and landslides that blocked roads and crushed houses in Oshima, a small island 120 km (75 miles) south of Tokyo, a local official said. On... | NEW: 18 people have died, 44 missing after Typhoon Wipha hits the Tokyo area .
Oshima, a small island south of Tokyo, has been hardest hit .
More than 500 domestic and international flights were canceled .
The typhoon is moving north along the Pacific coast of Japan . |
A health care worker returning from Sierra Leone has sparked a new Ebola scare in the US after she was pulled off a United Airlines flight in Newark and rushed to the hospital on Monday. The woman, whose name has not been released, reportedly vomited aboard United flight 45 from Brussels and suffered from a high fever ... | The unnamed passenger is at Hackensack University Medical Center .
She vomited and exhibited a high fever aboard the flight from Brussels to Newark on Monday afternoon .
By the time she arrived at the hospital, the woman no longer had a fever . |
PUBLISHED: . 11:44 EST, 20 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:33 EST, 20 January 2014 . Kevin Keith, 49, and his wife Catherine were held and questioned after the body of Nicole Falkingham, 41 was discovered lying on the back seat of their car . A man arrested after a millionaire property developer's wife was found froze... | Kevin and Catherine Keith held after Nicole Falkingham's body discovered .
No charges were brought against the couple for their friend's death .
Police investigating tragedy found nearly 100 cannabis plants at address .
Keith said he converted part of house into drugs farm in return for money . |
By . Kate Lyons . University could become accessible only to the very rich with middle-class students unable to afford fees if the federal government's proposed cuts to higher education funding go ahead, warned the University of Sydney's Vice Chancellor. Dr Michael Spence spoke out as thousands of people took to the st... | Dr Michael Spence said 'aspirational Australians' could be unable to afford university education due to cuts to higher education .
'National conversation' needed to make sure students are admitted on merit and not due to wealth .
Comment comes as confusion reigns about what the cuts will mean, with Tony Abbott contradi... |
Queens Park Rangers defender Clint Hill’s furious exchange with a supporter on Saturday was sparked by his fears for one of the club’s young fans. Hill was involved in an angry confrontation with a Rangers fan, who had a child with him, following QPR’s loss at Burnley. The supporter launched into an x-rated tirade at H... | Burnley defeated Queens Park Rangers 2-1 on Saturday afternoon .
QPR players had to be separated from their own fans after Burnley defeat .
Richard Dunne, Clint Hill and Leroy Fer among those involved .
Harry Redknapp's side suffer 10th successive away Premier League loss . |
With a 354-foot replica of the Eiffel Tower at the centre, the vegetable gardens in the Chinese town of Tianducheng may be the world's most elaborate allotment. Where greens and radishes grow were supposed to be the beautifully manicured gardens of a development built to be just like Paris. But those plans were abandon... | Tianducheng was built to resemble Paris with its own 354-foot Eiffel Tower .
The town opened amid great fanfare in 2007 but is now a ghost town .
Overgrown gardens were overtaken by locals to grown vegetable . |
(CNN) -- As we tuck ourselves into bed at night, little do we realize that we have the chance to get some extra work done while we sleep. The unconscious mind has long been appreciated as a well of creativity from which some of our greatest artworks, scientific discoveries and inventions have been dredged up. But studi... | The unconscious can help make complex decisions, scientists say .
While sleeping, our ability to make associations is enhanced.
"Unconscious Thought Theory" says the unconscious is good at synthesizing large amounts of information . |
By . James Nye . PUBLISHED: . 22:12 EST, 1 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:40 EST, 2 May 2013 . A Wisconsin courtroom erupted in gasps on Wednesday when a 76-year-old woman arrived at her sentencing hearing expecting to get 45 days in jail for a crime committed 56-years-ago - but was instead handed a maximum 10 years in p... | Ruby C. Klokow entered a no-contest plea to the murder charge .
A deal led her to believe that she would spend less than a month behind bars .
Judge Angela Sutkiewicz said it would have been an affront to justice .
Was thought to be an accident until Klokow's son accused her of abuse .
Klokow admitted throwing Jeaneen ... |
Well educated and pulling in a decent income? If so, you're more likely to steal from hotel rooms, claims a new study. Eight per cent of hotel-goers have stolen something from their accommodation in the past two years, according to a poll by Keyfacts Online Research. And more than half of those who lift items that are... | Eight per cent of people have stolen from hotels, claim Travel24.com .
Survey reveals more than half of hotel thefts are by university graduates .
69 per cent of items taken are hygiene products such as shower gel .
Phones and televisions each make up two per cent of stolen hotel items . |
(CNN) -- Ferrari have absolved driver Felipe Massa from any blame after he crashed out of the Monaco Grand Prix, saying the collision was caused by car failure. The Brazilian, who suffered serious head injuries in an incident at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix, crashed twice in two days at Monte Carlo's demanding street ... | Broken suspension caused Felipe Massa to crash in Monaco Grand Prix .
The Brazilian crashed twice at the St Devote corner during the race weekend .
Massa says he has slight neck pain but nothing more serious .
Ferrari are focused on consistency at the next grand prix in Canada . |
By . Steve Robson . PUBLISHED: . 06:14 EST, 17 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:34 EST, 17 July 2013 . A market stall owner has been convicted for selling so-called ‘legal highs’ in the first case of its kind in the country. Hamayan Parwani, 37, was found guilty of selling an intoxicating substance to a person under the a... | Hamayan Parwani, 37, sold intoxicating substance from his stall in Leeds .
Handed a 12-month conditional discharge at Leeds Magistrates' Court .
West Yorkshire Police hail first case of its kind in the country . |
Zoo does not want Kitra, aged 10, to breed yet . She lives in an enclosure with her father and several others . By . Nina Golgowski . Last updated at 11:09 PM on 25th January 2012 . An orangutan at a Cleveland zoo has become the of it's kind in North America to receive an implanted birth control device. Two doctors, i... | Zoo does not want Kitra, aged 10, to breed yet .
She lives in an enclosure with her father and several others . |
Beijing (CNN) -- A prominent Chinese human rights activist has called for an investigation into what he describes as corrupt and cruel officials who he says "violently assaulted" him and his family before he escaped from house arrest and fled to Beijing. Chen Guangcheng addressed the Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao, in a v... | NEW: U.N. human rights chief is "disturbed" Chen Guangcheng's kin may be detained .
The blind activist fled to Beijing after being under house arrest for over 18 months .
He expresses concerns about his family and calls for a probe of local officials .
The whereabouts of a fellow activist who talked about Chen's case a... |
(CNN) -- Growing up in Massachusetts, Joshua Pahigian was an automatic Red Sox fan, and going to Fenway Park was akin to a religious experience, with observed rituals. "I would always order a sausage outside Fenway Park and wait for batting practice homers to fly over the 'Green Monster,' " said Pahigian, author of "Th... | Baseball author shares his favorite stadiums and why they stand the test of time .
Wrigley Field and Fenway Park are testaments to classic old-time baseball parks .
Camden Yards, PNC Park and the New Yankee Stadium provide a modern experience . |
(CNN) -- A century after her childhood inspiration Jim Thorpe won two gold medals at the Stockholm Olympics, synchronized swimmer Mary Killman will be competing in her first Games in London this year. Like the legendary athlete, Killman comes from a part Native American background in Oklahoma, and is a registered membe... | Mary Killman will be competing in her first Olympics in London .
The 21-year-old will be youngest member of the U.S. Synchronized Swimming team .
Killman inspired by exploits of Olympic legend Jim Thorpe, also a Native American .
She is a proud member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation . |
(CNN) -- Complete shock, surprise and disappointment -- that was my reaction to revelations from documents released by Edward Snowden that the National Security Agency monitored my e-mails from 2006 to 2008 after I left the Bush White House. I am one of five professionals featured in an article in The Intercept who fou... | Faisal Gill: Documents released by Snowden show he was under surveillance .
Gill was in the Navy, was senior policy adviser in Homeland Security under Bush .
Gill believes the only reason he came under suspicion was that he is Muslim .
Gill says Muslims must be free to join religious organizations without being spied u... |
(CNN) -- There may be a little bit of panic that sets in as you approach a toll booth and you realize you don't have any money on you. But apparently not for some people in Texas. Take, for instance, a man and woman from Pflugerville. According to the Texas Department of Transportation, their vehicle has passed a toll ... | One vehicle has used Texas toll roads 14,000 times without paying .
Texas now publishes the names of the top violators .
All of the top scofflaws are from the Austin area .
At least a payment plan is available . |
Sao Paulo, Brazil (CNN) -- For many it's the adrenaline, the thrill of scaling buildings to scrawl their gang's signature in huge black letters from the highest point possible. For some, it's also political -- a way to leave their mark on a city they feel has turned its back on them. They are Sao Paulo's pixadores or t... | Art and law breaking is part of the same recipe for Brazilian street artists .
Pixadores or taggers scale Sao Paulo's tallest buildings to get their message across .
Pixadore Cripta Djan says the art must have 'transgression' -- often a broken law .
They see art as one of three ways to make their name -- soccer or drug... |
By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 11:53 EST, 28 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:40 EST, 28 February 2013 . A businesswoman who was distraught at the death of her son was defrauded out of thousands of pounds by a close friend. Marion Kyte turned to her 'trusted friend' Claire Phillips to run her beauty salon after her ex-s... | Marion Kyte entrusted her beauty salon in North Wales to Claire Phillips .
Gave up business after she found son Gavin hanged at family home .
But Phillips took advantage of her generosity and embezzled £3,000 . |
By . Chris Brooke . PUBLISHED: . 05:40 EST, 10 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:39 EST, 11 July 2013 . When customers walk into her cafe, only to walk straight back out again, Martha-Renée Kolleh insists it has nothing to do with the prices or the decor. The problem, she says, is racial prejudice. In an almost exclusively... | Martha-Renee Kolleh put the sign up because of how she had been treated .
She said some customers walk out when they see the colour of her skin .
Mother-of-two serves British, African and Caribbean food at the cafe . |
A woman who lost part of her left leg in the Boston Marathon bombing fears she will not be able to afford her prosthetic limbs after the charity set up to help victims announced it was winding down. Heather Abbott was caught in the explosion when two pressure bombs exploded near the finish line in April 2013, killing t... | Heather Abbott lost part of her left leg when the bombs went off .
The One Fund Boston Charity helped her afford four prosthetic limbs .
She is incredibly grateful to them for their help .
The charity is now closing down and will not take donations after Dec. 31 .
Limbs cost a lot to maintain and need to be changed eve... |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Malini Mehra is a woman in a hurry. She's late for a meeting with Al Gore's people, the batteries on her cell phone are running out, and besides, UK call roaming charges are "horrendous." Malini Mehra: "We simply cannot afford to be timid on climate change." I've managed to get her on the phone... | Malini Mehra on mission to change attitudes to climate change in India .
Participated in Principal Voices in 2006, since then has stepped up campaign .
Says: "Tomorrow's world is Indian... it's high time we owned the problem"
India critiqued for being slow to act, National Plan of Action due in June . |
By . Emily Allen . PUBLISHED: . 04:30 EST, 27 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:02 EST, 27 September 2012 . Tragedy: Alicia Williams, 27, and boyfriend David . Platt died trying to rescue their dog in the . Clwedog River, North Wales . A couple drowned in a swollen river after apparently trying to rescue one of their ... | Body of Alicia Williams, 27, was found at 5pm yesterday and body of her boyfriend David Platt was found this morning .
Couple had been walking their five dogs when one got into difficulty and all five dogs have now been accounted for .
Boy, 11, suffered cardiac arrest after being struck by lightning in car park of Swin... |
A teenager from south-west London scored so high in a Mensa IQ test for . people under the age of 18 that she has been identified as one of the UK's brightest people. Any score of above 140 is . considered to be that of a genius and 13-year-old Neha Ramu from Surbiton scored 162, which is the highest mark possible, ma... | Neha Ramu has an IQ of 162 .
Identified as one of UK's smartest people .
Average British IQ is 100 .
Hopes to study neurology at Harvard University . |
(Mashable) -- Verizon customers interested in signing a one-year contract (as opposed to the standard two) should lock in their selections now; the company has confirmed that it is eliminating the one-year contract option as of April 17. Verizon claims the policy change is taking place because the "greater majority of ... | Verizon eliminating the one-year contract option as of April 17 .
Company says greater majority of customers sign up for two-year contract .
Contract-free month-to-month plans will still be available to consumers . |
(CNN) -- There in the baby section, behind boxes of strollers, was a 14-year-old boy with a secret. The runaway had made the 24-hour Walmart in Corsicana, Texas, his getaway hideout. For what may have been more than two days in July, he roamed the store unnoticed. When he was tired, he'd lie down in his hidden cubby an... | Boy was missing for 54 hours when the Walmart called .
An associate had seen him coming out from his hideout behind a wall of boxes .
Walmart won't press charges, spokesman says .
The 14-year-old was visiting his aunt, is known to run away often . |
By . Emily Allen . PUBLISHED: . 11:09 EST, 25 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:58 EST, 26 July 2012 . Sean Fitzgerald admitted speeding but was spared a ban after magistrates heard he needed to drive to gigs . The son of singing legend Tony Christie cried as he escaped a driving ban despite having 25 penalty points after ... | Sean Fitzgerald drives 20,000 miles a year for his father and other bands . |
By . Victoria Woollaston . PUBLISHED: . 07:35 EST, 13 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:08 EST, 13 November 2013 . Clothing sizes don’t always seem to make sense; a large in one shop can be a medium in another, but what if you could get a 3D-printed sweater that fits perfectly? Appalatch, based in North Carolina, alrea... | Appalatch sweaters are ‘printed’ using a Stoll knitting machine .
Each one is custom made using a customer’s precise body measurements .
They are made from 100 per cent fine 21.5 Micron Rambouillet wool .
The company is now looking for funding to buy more equipment . |
Roy Hodgson claimed his young England team came of age after Danny Welbeck’s stunning double against Switzerland took the pressure off the head coach. England opened their Euro 2016 qualification campaign with a 2-0 victory in Basle to give Hodgson a major lift after last summer’s disastrous World Cup. He said: ‘We had... | Roy Hodgson happy with England side following 2-0 win in Switzerland .
Three Lions boss concedes that young squad is still naive but will improve .
Two Danny Welbeck goals sealed victory at St. Jakob-Park, Basle . |
(CNN) -- The Philippine House of Representatives and Senate were meeting Monday to debate the imposition of martial law in the country's south by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the aftermath of last month's massacre of 57 civilians. As required by law, the president issued a report Sunday explaining her reasons f... | Arroyo outlines reasons for martial law declaration in 20-page letter .
Report: House, Senate might jointly convene Tuesday, House Speaker says .
At least six members of Ampatuan family arrested, ABS-CBN reports .
Authorities raid at least one warehouse and ranch belonging to family . |
By . James Rush . PUBLISHED: . 04:53 EST, 22 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 07:03 EST, 22 January 2014 . Simon Gamble is believed to have died one hour after he had been sent home from hospital with chest pains for a second time . A builder died just one hour after he had been sent home by doctors with chest pains after... | Mother alleges her son died an hour after he was sent home from hospital .
Simon Gamble went to Clacton Hospital twice in 24 hours before his death .
Chrissie Westgate told by coroner her son's heart 'just stopped beating'
Mrs Westgate is now calling for a review of the hospital's procedures . |
Charged: Yadina Morales is accused of manslaughter after her baby suffocated . A drunk mother killed her two-month-old daughter at her Maryland home on Saturday morning after passing out while breastfeeding. When the baby's father, Dwayne Bryant, tried to wake his girlfriend, Yadina Morales, he found the lifeless body ... | Yadina Morales was so drunk she didn't realize infant had been rushed to hospital .
22-year-old was three times over the legal limit for drink-driving when her daughter died . |
(LifeWire) -- Trapped beneath a capsized raft on a churning river in northern California, Galena Mosovich realized her body was "panicking," but not her mind. "I was choking and gasping... and the minute or so I was underwater felt like a lifetime," says Mosovich. Yet, in the moments before she was pulled to safety, Mo... | Expert: Third of those coming close to death have near-death experience .
Researchers: NDEs may be hallucinations, R.E.M. dream while awake .
Some experience spiritual moment that changes their lives . |
(CNN) -- A barn fire that killed two men and dozens of horses in Ohio on Saturday shows no sign of criminal intent, authorities said. The Ohio State Fire Marshal said the cause of the fire, at the Lebanon Raceway near Cincinnati in southwestern Ohio, is undetermined. "However, investigators have ruled out criminal inte... | NEW: Ohio State Fire Marshal: "Investigators have ruled out criminal intent"
Death toll comes down from earlier reports of 65 .
Two men who died are still unidentified; autopsies will be conducted Sunday .
11 departments respond to fire just before 5 a.m. |
(CNN) -- Toronto police Friday were investigating a threat against controversial Mayor Rob Ford, a police spokesman said. Two police officers were at the mayor's City Hall office. The nature of the threat was unclear, police said. The threat comes amid a raging debate about the raising of the rainbow flag at Toronto's ... | Police officers at Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's office .
Police investigate threat against controversial mayor .
Nature of threat is unclear, police say . |
Damascus, Syria (CNN) -- A former member of the Arab League monitoring team in Syria said he resigned from the mission because it is "providing the regime cover for more killing" and "shameful" brutality. "I quit because I found myself serving the regime and not part of an independent monitoring body," Anwar Malek, an ... | NEW: An Arab League official said Malek had health issues during his stint .
Malek said he saw 'shameful scenes' in Homs .
Prisoners were in 'deplorable' states, Malek said . |
(CNN) -- It has been an eventful few weeks for space news. First came the launch failure of an unmanned Orbital Sciences rocket and cargo spacecraft bound for the International Space Station, which started a conversation in the media about the wisdom of relying on commercial carriers for transporting cargo (and later, ... | Space has been in the news with a recent rocket explosion and a spaceship crash .
Chiao: Finally, we hear of positive news with the landing of Philae probe on a comet .
He says this is a major feat and success that gets people excited about space exploration .
Chiao: Philae is poised to help answer important questions ... |
By . Simon Tomlinson . Nine players and a coach were ejected from the stadium after a mass brawl broke out during a minor league baseball game, delaying the game by 15 minutes. Players clashed on the pitch after running off their benches in a Triple-A game between the Albuquerque Isotopes and the Reno Aces in Reno, Nev... | Players clashed in game between Albuquerque Isotopes and Reno Aces .
Umpires ejected nine players and a coach from the stadium after clash .
Brawl and subsequent ejections delayed game by 15 minutes . |
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Carrie Prejean's lawyer gave Miss California USA executive director Keith Lewis what he said was a final warning to retract statements made about the former beauty queen or face a defamation lawsuit. The lawyer for former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean, says the ousted beauty queen'... | NEW: Pagaent director responds, "Facts are facts, and we stand by them"
Attorney Charles LiMandri pens ultimatum to Miss California USA director's lawyer .
Carrie Prejean's lawyer says dethronement caused "severe emotional distress"
"Please view this letter as a last opportunity" to retract statements, LiMandri writes ... |
By . Anna Hodgekiss . PUBLISHED: . 08:48 EST, 21 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:02 EST, 21 October 2013 . When Jo goes on a bus, people give up their seat for her and strangers stop to ask when her baby is due. Aged 35 and appearing heavily pregnant, it’s easy to see why. But the story behind Jo’s large stomach is mo... | Jo developed liver cirrhosis after drinking three bottles of wine every day .
Excessive drinking has made liver so damaged that fluid - containing toxins and nutrients the liver would normally process - has built up in her abdomen .
Every three weeks she is admitted to hospital to have it drained off .
Now her only hop... |
Things have only gotten messier at Dartmouth College in the weeks since a former fraternity brother went public with hazing allegations involving swimming in and swallowing vomit. Senior Andrew Lohse brought the issue to the forefront in January, when he wrote a column in the school newspaper describing 'dehumanizing' ... | Former Dartmouth member said Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity pressured pledges to eat vomit omelettes and chug cups of vinegar .
SAE president denies allegations .
More than 100 faculty members called hazing 'open secret' and demanded independent task force to be formed . |
(CNN) -- Britney Spears is about to hit the Strip. The singer has announced that she will do a two-year residency at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas with a show titled "Britney: Piece of Me." According to the resort's website, the show will be "a celebration of one of the most illustrious careers in music... | Spears will play at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas .
Resort says the show is not just for Spears fans .
It comes as fans eagerly await her new album . |
A man known as 'Fat Boy' and 'Biggie' has been arrested after police found 23 grams of marijuana hidden under his stomach fat. The unusual hiding spot was discovered by police when they pulled over a vehicle after noticing 450 pound Florida man Christopher Mitchell, 42, was not wearing a seat belt. The packet of mariju... | Man known as 'Fat Boy' and 'Biggie' arrested for marijuana possession .
Claimed he was too big to fit a seat belt when pulled over by police .
Police also found a handgun, cocaine and a sock stuffed full of US cash . |
A picture has emerged of the British businessman and his Saudi wife who were attacked by religious police officers for using a women-only till at a Riyadh supermarket. It comes as the couple revealed that they have received an apology for the incident from the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vi... | Peter Howarth-Lees and his wife attacked by religious police in Saudi Arabia .
Couple had used a women-only cash register at a Riyadh supermarket .
Video footage has emerged of moment Mr Howarth-Lees is jumped on .
Head of religious police has apologised for the ugly incident, reportedly . |
By . Tim Shipman . PUBLISHED: . 19:17 EST, 15 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:27 EST, 16 September 2013 . 'Too posh': David Cameron is failing to connect with female voters . David Cameron suffered a double blow yesterday with two new polls showing he is haemorrhaging support in marginal seats and among women voters... | Poll shows Conservative Party voters are defecting to UKIP .
Women chose Labour as Cameron is 'too posh and out of touch' |
(CNN) -- Liverpool youngster Suso has been fined $16,000 by the English Football Association (FA) after calling a teammate "gay" for getting his teeth whitened. The 19-year-old reacted to a photo that colleague Jose Enrique had posted on social networking site Twitter that showed him having treatment on his teeth. He p... | Liverpool youngster Suso handed $16,000 fine by the English Football Association .
Spaniard called teammate Jose Enrique 'gay' on social networking site Twitter .
FA charge 19-year-old with improper conduct and warn him about future behavior .
Enrique dismisses the exchange as just 'banter' on his own Twitter page . |
Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- The hot-button issue of illegal immigration erupted in the California race for governor Wednesday as a Mexican housekeeper once employed by GOP nominee Meg Whitman alleged that she had been "exploited, disrespected, humiliated and emotionally and financially abused" by the former eBay C... | NEW: Whitman says she relied on an employment agency to verify housekeeper's status .
A letter warning Whitman of a SSN "mismatch" will be released, lawyer says .
Whitman campaign releases documents it says show ex-housekeeper lied about status .
The Mexican ex-housekeeper claims emotional and financial abuse by GOP ca... |
The city of Phoenix is facing a possible lawsuit after telling a woman she couldn't pass out free bottled water to people in Arizona's 112-degree heat. Dana Crow-Smith said she and a religious group were offering the water at a downtown festival in July as a kind gesture and to offer conversation on their Christian fai... | Dana Crow-Smith was offering conversation on Christianity when told she had to stop .
Woman told the gesture was in violation of a city code without having a permit . |
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was dramatically defeated Tuesday in a Virginia GOP primary, crushed at the hands of a little-known economics professor – a stunning upset and the highest-profile scalp on the Tea Party's growing trophy wall. The seven-term congressman lost by a 55-44 margin to Dave Brat, a political ... | Cantor lost the primary to Tea Party-backed economics professor Dave Brat .
Brat has no political experience and raised little money for his campaign; he will now face a Democratic candidate who teaches at the same college .
Brat's campaign coffers barely scraped $200,000 whereas Cantor spent $168,000 at steakhouses al... |
By . Jack Gaughan . Follow @@Jack_Gaughan . The message radiating from White Hart Lane is clear: Tottenham Hotspur are a team transformed. As they look to banish last year to a box marked ‘honest mistakes’, Spurs - under the management of Mauricio Pochettino - go into the new Premier League season refreshed, full of ne... | Mauricio Pochettino has already made an impact at Tottenham .
Pre-season training has been tough but enjoyable .
Ledley King backs Erik Lamela to shine this season . |
(CNN) -- Four ferries carrying about 1,000 passengers have been freed from heavy ice off the coast of Sweden and were back in port Friday, said the Maritime Search and Rescue Center. Arctic winds hampered icebreakers' efforts to free the ferries and at least 30 other ships from the icy grip of the Baltic Sea on Thursda... | Arctic winds and exceptionally cold weather hampered efforts to free the ferries .
Ferries were carrying about 1,000 passengers .
Swedish maritime spokesman expects most of the ships will be freed by Friday . |
A North Carolina U.S. senator had a PR nightmare Tuesday night after she failed to show up for a televised debate, leaving an empty chair to stand in for her. Kay Hagan, a Democrat struggling to keep her Senate seat in a year when Republicans have captured most of the political momentum, let North Carolina Republican H... | North Carolina Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan skipped the Tuesday debate, giving Republican state House Speaker Thom Tillis a free hour of TV time .
Hagan's campaign team filled reporters' in-boxes with rapid-response emails during the 'debate' even though she wasn't there .
She's under pressure after it was revealed that h... |
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