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A little pony with a whole lot of pride in his appearance was a star attraction at the Horse of the Year Show this week. Eight-year-old Luma the Lion, who was groomed to perfection to bring out his wild side, performed in a special display to celebrate the show's 65th anniversary in Birmingham. Creatively disguised as ... | Pony disguised as a lion performs at Horse of the Year Show .
Luma the Lion has been working with trainer since he was three-years-old .
Around 9,500 people watched the pair's unusual display in Birmingham . |
By . Chris Greenwood . PUBLISHED: . 04:51 EST, 13 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:58 EST, 14 May 2012 . Discrimination case: Abdul Rahman as a Metropolitan Police constable . A Scotland Yard police officer who spent three years in uniform before MI5 raised fears that he could be an Al Qaeda ‘sleeper’ agent is suing for co... | The father-of-four .
resigned from the force and is suing Scotland .
Yard for compensation . |
(CNN) -- The football world hadn't seen anything quite like it before. On Tuesday night the Turkish giants of Fenerbahce took on Manisaspor in Istanbul in what should have been an empty stadium. A pitch invasion by Fenerbahce's notoriously boisterous fans during a friendly in July had forced the Turkish Football Federa... | As many as 43,000 mostly female fans watch Fenerbahce play Manisaspor in Istanbul .
Male fans had been banned because of a pitch invasion last July .
Turkish football has been mired in a match fixing scandal .
Club vice-president Ali Koc tells CNN's Pedro Pinto the match was "historic" |
(CNN) -- President Obama on Wednesday will visit Phoenix, Arizona, one of the cities hardest hit with foreclosures, where he's expected to outline a $50 billion to $100 billion plan to help homeowners. Economist Peter Morici said $50 billion to $100 billion won't be enough to solve the mortgage crisis. Though administr... | Plan is expected to help reduce mortgage payments by modifying loans .
Obama plan may be between $50 billion and $100 billion .
Economists say that amount may help, but it's not enough to save housing crisis . |
British diplomats in the US have been forced to apologise after revealing they were hosting a party to celebrate the anniversary of the burning of the White House. The British Embassy in Washington held a ‘White House barbeque’ yesterday to mark the two hundredth anniversary of Britain capturing the US capital and sett... | Diplomats in the US held a ‘White House BBQ' to mark anniversary .
Embassy Tweeted a photo of a White House cake surrounded by sparklers .
On August 24, 1814, British troops occupied Washington for 26 hours .
It is the only time in history that the US capital has been invaded . |
Just when you thought unemployment was dropping and stock markets were surging back, these three analysts today sent out a stark warning to Americans to brace for another financial crash. Trend forecaster Gerald Celente advises buying a gun to protect your . family, stocking up on gold if the dollar crashes and plannin... | Gerald Celente, Harry Dent and Robert Prechter all predicting big trouble .
Markets and unemployment figures posting best showings in four years .
But analysts say Americans will riot when another Great Depression hits . |
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini is sweating on the fitness of his captain Vincent Kompany for the midweek trip to Sunderland after was he forced off injured in the closing stages of his side's 3-0 win at Southampton on Sunday. City closed the gap on leaders Chelsea to just six points with the win at St Mary's... | Manchester City beat in-form Southampton 3-0 on Sunday .
The win took City to within six points of the leaders Chelsea .
Manuel Pellegrini has plenty to ponder on ahead of Sunderland game .
Eliaquim Mangala was sent off and Vincent Kompany was forced off late on with a hamstring complaint .
Pellegrini unsure on extent ... |
Departing Brazil technical director Carlos Alberto Parreira has warned the country's football federation (CBF) against appointing a foreign coach. Luiz Felipe Scolari stood down as the Selecao's coach after their World Cup dream fell apart in a 7-1 semi-final hammering by Germany, followed by another defeat to Holland ... | Carlos Alberto Parreira, who won World Cup in 1994 with Brazil, warned Brazilian FA against appointing foreign coach .
Luis Felipe Scolari stood down after World Cup humiliation .
Parreira said 'great teams have to have a local coach'
Man City boss Manuel Pellegrini was approached but rebuffed the offer . |
(CNN) -- If recent trends are any indication, cartoon self-caricatures are becoming more popular than the clichéd photo in the mirror headshot. Cartoon avatars, both classic and new, are hot right now. The cartoon-spawning series "Mad Men" is back. The critically and commercially successful AMC show about 1960s ad exec... | The AMC show "Mad Men" has revived its popular "Mad Men Yourself" campaign .
The Wall Street Journal created an iconic "hedcut" of character Don Draper .
Many Facebook profiles have been taken over by caricatures .
One artist is enabling the portrait trend by using iPhone 4 video chats to create user avatars . |
By . Kieran Corcoran . PUBLISHED: . 13:28 EST, 17 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:06 EST, 17 October 2013 . Sex offender: Michael Souter, 60, was convicted of 26 offences today at Norwich Crown Court . A former BBC presenter has been found guilty of 26 child sex offences spanning two decades and faces jail. Michael So... | Michael Souter, 60, was found guilty of indecent assault, indecency with a child and serious sexual offences at Norwich Crown Court .
He committed the crimes from 1979-1999 against seven boys aged 11-16 .
Jurors heard how the 'local celebrity' got boys drunk before attacking them .
Police today confirmed they are inves... |
LONDON, England (CNN) -- British Airways said Tuesday it was in talks with Australian rival Qantas that could see a merger of two of the world's most prestigious airlines. BA says it is in talks with Australian rival Qantas. London-based BA said the exploratory talks would look at creating a dual-listed company but off... | British Airways confirms it is in merger talks with Australian rival Qantas .
BA says it is looking at possible dual-listed company structure .
Airline says it is continuing talks with Iberia . |
Jasem Emwazi took his son Mohammed (pictured) to London when the boy was six years old . The father of Jihadi John was a police officer in Kuwait before the family moved to Britain, according to a former friend. Jasem Emwazi took his wife, children and eldest son Mohammed, then six, to start a new life in London in 199... | The father of Jihadi John was a Kuwait policemen before moving to UK .
Jasem Emwazi started a new life with wife and children in London in 1994 .
His son Mohammed Emwazi, who is ISIS killer Jihadi John, was aged six .
Kuwait is now investigating Jihadi John's eight months in the emirate . |
By . Martin Robinson . Tragedy: Daisy Holmes, 16, sent a Facebook message to her on-off boyfriend hours before she was found hanged . A teenager described as a 'victim from birth' died hours after sending a message to her boyfriend telling him: 'this will be the last time I bother you', an inquest has heard. Daisy Holm... | Daisy Holmes, 16, was found hanged in her flat in November last year .
Her adoptive parents described her as a 'victim from birth' who self-harmed .
Teenager sent online message to her on-off boyfriend hours before death . |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 06:26 EST, 25 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:26 EST, 25 October 2012 . A tenth baby has died in the biggest outbreak of whooping cough for 20 years, health officials said today. There were 1,322 confirmed cases in England and Wales in September alone, 300 more than the total fi... | There were 1,322 confirmed whooping cough cases in England and Wales in September alone .
The Government is now offering the whooping cough vaccine to all pregnant women .
It is hoped they will pass on protection to the child . |
A college freshman has died as a result of bacterial meningitis. Sara Stelzer, an 18-year-old who was attending San Diego State University, was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday with flu-like symptoms and passed away on Thursday. The teen had previously been vaccinated for meningitis, meaning this is likely a differe... | Sara Stelzer, a college freshman at San Diego State University, died as a result of bacterial meningitis on Thursday even though she was vaccinated .
The teenager had been admitted to the hospital with flu-like symptoms on Tuesday and was quickly put on life support .
On her Twitter she had recently pointed out the eve... |
(CNN) -- Marissa Mayer's appointment as Yahoo's next CEO has inspired a lot of feelings and opinions online. She's the Band-Aid on a bullet wound, a web giant's last hope, a difficult manager who'd run out of ways to move up, a feminist icon, a fresh start. One group that has dusted off its long dormant passion and put... | Users ask Yahoo's new CEO to make Flickr awesome again .
Some feel the photo-sharing site has been neglected by Yahoo .
#dearmarissamayer was a trending topic on Tuesday . |
By . Kieran Corcoran . PUBLISHED: . 16:31 EST, 5 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:31 EST, 5 October 2013 . Trapped in their overturned tank, just metres from the German trenches, Captain Donald Richardson and his crew already faced an impossible situation. But, after three days of attack from their enemies, the brave m... | The crew of the Fray Bentos were trapped after their tank fell on its side .
They were attacked constantly by German machine guns and explosives .
Even British guns tried to destroy the tank to keep it from enemy hands .
But all but one of the men miraculously escaped the deadly situation . |
By . Associated Press and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 15:22 EST, 23 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:06 EST, 23 April 2013 . The mother of the Boston bombing suspects watches the video of her dead son's mutilated body and cries, her lawyer revealed on Tuesday, after it emerged that she is to be questioned by U.S. ... | The suspects' mother Zubeidat .
Tsarnaeva appeared publicly outside her home for the first time on Tuesday in Dagestan .
Lawyer asked for the family to be left alone and said they were not ready to speak with anyone .
Incredible new images emerged on Tuesday which captured the dramatic gun battle between police .
and s... |
By . Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 11:14 EST, 4 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:05 EST, 5 November 2012 . A family watch on in horror as bulldozers smash their home to make way for sewage pipes for the Olympic village in Russia. Sergei Khlystov and his son-in-law Maxim Samokhval tried to block the bulldozers at first but ... | At least 1,500 families are in the path of bulldozers clearing for the Games .
President Vladamir Putin hopes that hosting the 2014 Winter Olympic Games and the 2018 World Cup football finals will boost Russia's image .
The Government has spent a reported £307million resettling people whose homes have been destroyed . |
LAGOS, Nigeria (CNN) -- The imprisoned leader of the Nigerian militant group MEND has accepted an unconditional amnesty offer from the government, his lawyer said Friday. "The president has ordered his release, and we are hoping he will be released very soon," Wilson Ajuwaand said, referring to his client, Henry Okah.... | Henry Okah, MEND's main arms smuggler, was arrested in September 2007 .
Okah is accused of treason, terrorism and kidnapping .
Lawyers, relatives say he needs kidney treatment not available in Nigeria . |
(CNN) -- Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom has declared a state of national calamity because so many citizens do not have food or proper nutrition. Sisters Vidalia, left, and Maribel Agustin, who suffer from malnutrition, sit at a shelter in Guatemala in August. Speaking in a nationally televised address late Tuesday, ... | Declaration will make it easier to get food to those in need, president says .
President Alvaro Colom says Guatemala welcomes aid from international community .
Guatemala has highest rate of malnutrition in Latin America, U.N. says .
Colom blames food problems on drought, global warming, economic crisis . |
This dazzling video shows legendary English motorcycle trials rider Dougie Lampkin turning an ice hotel and snowy forest into his personal playground. The Red Bull athlete travelled to the snowdrifts of north-western Finland, where he used his motorbike to climb fallen trees, blocks of ice and other obstacles. He compl... | Dougie Lampkin used his motorbike to climb fallen trees and ice blocks .
Footage was recorded in snowdrifts of north-western Finland .
Mr Lampkin, from the Isle of Man, is a 12-time world trials champion . |
By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 04:59 EST, 10 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 23:28 EST, 10 January 2013 . A three-year-old boy who needed 100 stitches in his face and suffered a fractured eye socket after he was mauled in an horrific dog attack at a pub has asked his mother: 'Am I still cute?' Trafford-James Jackson-Poo... | Trafford-James Jackson-Poole was attacked in Newbold, Derbyshire .
He had been at a village pub with family when he was mauled .
Mother Gemma Jackson has called for the Japanese Akita to be destroyed .
The three-year-old could be scarred for life following the incident . |
Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher has signed for West Bromwich Albion on a three-and-a-half-year contract. The 30-year-old completed his move late on Monday night after an extension was granted for the deal to be completed beyond the 11pm deadline. Fletcher's initial deal is for two and a half years with the... | Darren Fletcher have moved from Manchester United to West Brom .
A deal for the Scottish international was confirmed late on Monday .
Premier League granted an extension for the deal to be completed .
Carlton Cole's proposed move to West Brom falls through .
CLICK HERE for all the latest transfer news with our live upd... |
A 161-foot multimillion-dollar superyacht called the Rockstar became pinned under a drawbridge neat Bay Harbour Islands in Florida Tuesday afternoon. The boat, which costs more than $250,000 to charter for a week, was carrying a group of 15 people at the time, but everyone escaped unharmed. The yacht was being towed by... | The 161-foot boat was being towed from Fort Lauderdale to Miami when a part of broad causeway drawbridge connecting North Miami with Harbor Islands collapsed .
Bridge came down on the top part of the yacht next to the hot tub, destroying part of the roof and causing tens of thousands of dollars in damage .
The yacht w... |
It was, in a nutshell, all you need to know about cricket’s attitude to its ongoing fight against corruption. Proof, if any were needed, that the priorities of the world governing body towards the biggest threat to the game’s health and credibility are totally and woefully wrong. When David Richardson, who has remaine... | ICC CEO Richardson is launching a ‘thorough investigation’ into how the testimony of New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum became public .
ICC anti-corruption unit hasn't led to a significant conviction in 14 years .
David Lloyd says corruption scandal is a 'total embarrassment' |
(CNN) -- Henry Cavill hasn't slipped into his "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" cape yet, but this is a start. On Monday, the Internet got its first look at Cavill as Clark Kent in the "Man of Steel" sequel courtesy of the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund. The U.K.-based organization works with current and retire... | The RMCTF tweeted a photo of Henry Cavill as Clark Kent .
The British actor is a supporter of the RMCTF .
Cavill will co-star with Ben Affleck in the 2016 movie . |
By . Chris Pleasance . Chinese police shot dead dozens of knife-wielding 'terrorists' dead yesterday after they attacked two towns in the country's western Xinjiang province. A gang armed with knives assaulted a police station and government offices in the town of Elixku, in Shache county, according to local police. So... | Knife-wielding gang attacked government buildings in Xinjaing province .
Chinese police label attackers 'terrorists' and say they shot dozens dead .
Xinjiang is home to Uighur people who have been blamed for past attacks . |
Labour was accused of an own goal last night after it sent out leaflets accusing the Tories of selling off the NHS – with adverts for private healthcare attached. Voters in key marginal seats received the mailshot condemning the Conservatives’ ‘NHS privatisation agenda’ and boasting how Labour would ‘save’ the NHS. But... | The Labour Party sent out leaflets accusing Tories of selling off the NHS .
But embarrassingly, inside the leaflets were adverts for private healthcare .
Labour MPs have privately vented their fury at the party's own goal .
Officials last night said they had no control over Royal Mail deliveries . |
CNN's new series i-List takes you to a different country each month. In May, we visit Macedonia focusing on changes shaping the country's economy, culture and its social fabric. Demir Kapija, Macedonia -- Jordan Trajkov was a successful banker studying for an MBA when he visited Napa Valley in California. The visit ins... | A visit to Napa Valley inspired Jordan Trajkov to start a winery in Macedonia .
His favorite varieties of grape are those native to Macedonia .
Winery was the first Macedonian company to be floated on its stock exchange . |
(CNN) -- The state of Arizona executed convicted killer Jeffrey Landrigan late Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the lethal injection, a corrections official said. The execution was carried out at 10:26 p.m. (12:26 a.m. ET), said Barrett Marson, a spokesman for the Arizona Department of Correctio... | U.S. Supreme Court cleared way for murderer's execution .
A lower court judge had blocked Jeffrey Landrigan's death by lethal injection .
Landrigan's attorneys said that the execution would violate his constitutional rights . |
Adam Lallana might have supported Everton as a youngster but the Liverpool midfielder is still getting to grips with life on Merseyside. The 26-year-old, who was born in St Albans and raised on the south coast, moved to Anfield from Southampton in a £25million deal last summer. But it appears the England man has not ye... | Adam Lallana joined Liverpool from Southampton for £25million .
The midfielder is settling in at Anfield after an injury early in the season .
Lallana struggles to understand the phrase 'lid' in a 'Scouse test' |
UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino has defended the expansion of the European Championship, insisting more teams and multiple host countries will 'inject the virus of football' throughout the continent. The championship has been expanded from 16 to 24 teams for Euro 2016 while the 2020 tournament will be held in 1... | The tournament for Euro 2016 has been expanded from 16 to 24 teams .
The 2020 tournament will be held in 13 different countries across Europe .
Gianni Infantino says the changes have created a new dynamic . |
By . Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 09:07 EST, 8 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:07 EST, 8 November 2012 . Apple has opened a broad new front its intellectual property war by patenting a rectangle with rounded corners. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a patent for the 'ornamental design for a portable display... | Patent finally granted to cover the design of Apple's original iPad . |
By . Paul Newman . Follow @@Paul_NewmanDM . If this . truly is to be Alastair Cook’s last stand as England captain then he . intends to stay true to himself and go down fighting when he takes on . India in the decisive third Test at the Ageas Bowl. For . all his defiance and the full backing of the ECB, it is difficult... | Under-fire Alastair Cook set to go for broke against India .
England captain will struggle to survive another damaging defeat .
India 1-0 ahead going into the third of a five Test series .
Cook without a century in his last 27 innings . |
Oldham Athletic pulled the plug on a deal to sign convicted rapist Ched Evans on Thursday after pressure from fans and sponsors. Sportsmail has contacted all 72 Football League clubs and the 24 clubs of the Conference Premier to ask if they had been offered the Welshman and whether they had any interest in signing him.... | Oldham Athletic pulled out of a deal to sign convicted rapist Ched Evans .
Sheffield United and Hartlepool United had also been linked with striker .
The Latics looked set to hand striker a two-and-a-half year contract .
Oldham performed a U-turn after pressure from fans and sponsors . |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . and Ap . In a recitation of death and destruction, a federal prosecutor on Tuesday chronicled for a jury the alleged conduct of four Blackwater security guards accused of killing 14 Iraqis and wounding 18 others in downtown Baghdad nearly seven years ago. In opening statements at the trial of... | Three of the guards, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard, face manslaughter charges, while another, Nicholas Slatten, has been charged with murder .
Prosecutor Patrick Martin told jurors on Tuesday that Liberty was seen Liberty was slapping people on the back, just like at a football game .
Some of the victims,... |
By . Lee Moran . UPDATED: . 18:56 EST, 7 February 2012 . Silence broken: Asma Assad, the British-born wife of Syria's president, has spoken for the first time since the country's uprising began last March . The British-born wife of Syria's president has spoken for the first time since the country’s uprising began last ... | Asma Assad appears to offer full support to husband in the email .
Sparks anger from activists who say she is 'delusional' |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 21:06 EST, 27 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:29 EST, 27 December 2013 . A 20-year-old allegedly went to the Indianapolis home of his former boss during the middle of the day and murdered the man's wife and daughter after getting fired from his job, court documents claim. Chris... | Christian Rene Haley, 20, stands accused of murdering Marylyn Erb, 52, and Kelley Erb, 23, at their home in Westfield, Indianapolis, on December 20 .
Haley had worked for the husband and father of the victims, Todd Erb, for three months, but was fired for 'attendence problems'
Court documents say Haley bragged to a fri... |
(CNN) -- Eight Florida teenagers -- six of them girls -- will be tried as adults and could be sentenced to life in prison for their alleged roles in the videotaped beating of another teen, the state attorney's office said Thursday. The teenagers seen in a video assaulting a 16-year-old could face life in prison. The su... | Eight Florida teens to be tried as adults in videotaped beating case .
Video shows 16-year-old girl punched by other girls .
21 percent of girls age 17 say they've assaulted someone, the Justice Dept. reports .
The teens have "disconnect" between thoughts and actions, psychologist says . |
Some say there's nothing worse than when someone bumps into you and spills your beer. Well, on Saturday night, Brooklyn Nets' Mason Plumlee took it to another level. The 6ft 9in basketball player knocked into waitress, Deila Barr, as he chased the ball during his team's heavy defeat by the Washington Wizards. The unluc... | Brooklyn Nets' Mason Plumlee knocks over a waitress during NBA match .
The mishap with the 6ft 9in basketball player saw fans drenched in beer .
The unlucky waitress was carrying a tray full of beers courtside .
It was the most lively thing the Nets did as they suffered a 114-77 defeat . |
By . Rob Preece . Murdered: A painting of teenager Rebecca Aylward, apparently showing blood coming from her head, has been covered up by art exhibition organisers after the girl's mother called it 'sick and disgusting' Controversial paintings of a schoolboy and his ex-girlfriend, who he murdered for a bet, have had to... | Paintings showing killer Joshua Davies and his 15-year-old victim Rebecca Aylward went on display at exhibition in Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales .
Festival organisers agreed to cover the pictures after complaints by Rebecca's mother Sonia .
Mrs Oatley, of Bridgend, described the paintings, by artist David Rees Davi... |
(CNN) -- Garrison Keillor, author and host of the folksy radio show "A Prairie Home Companion," was being treated Wednesday for a minor stroke he suffered over the weekend, a hospital spokesman said. Author Garrison Keillor attends an event in New York on November 18, 2008. Keillor, who turned 67 last month, was admitt... | Garrison Keillor, 67, was admitted to a hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, on Sunday .
Spokesman: "He plans to resume a normal schedule next week"
Keillor is expected to be released from the hospital on Friday . |
Outrageous: James Tracy claims that the government was behind the Boston Marathon bomber that left 3 dead and more than 180 injured . Outrageous claims made by a professor who specializes in conspiracy theories are set to provoke grieving families by saying that the Sandy Hook massacre may not have happened at all. Jam... | Professor James Tracy asserts the shooting may have happened differently, if at all .
Teaches Culture of Conspiracy at Florida Atlantic University .
School has distanced themselves from the tenured professor . |
(CNN) -- When Ann Arbor, Michigan, advertising executive Al McWilliams finished high school in the late 1990s, he made a vow. He swore he would "never, ever again" commute to work by car, "no matter what I was doing in life." Most of his teen friends were getting their first cars and feeling free, but McWilliams didn't... | New stats show rides on U.S. subways, light rail, commuter rail, trolleys increased 1.5% .
Americans took 154.3 more rides on public transit in 2012 compared to 2011, study says .
Big increases in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Nashville; Los Angeles, Boston, New York .
Cities with dropping subway ridership include Atlanta and W... |
QPR boss Harry Redknapp believes Mauro Zarate can be the answer to his striker shortage but insists a deal has not yet been completed for the West Ham forward. Zarate, who joined the Hammers from Argentine side Velez Sarsfield in the summer, reportedly underwent a medical at Rangers on Tuesday after struggling to estab... | Mauro Zarate is expected to join Queens Park Rangers on loan .
The West Ham forward has reportedly undergone a medical at QPR .
Harry Redknapp has said he is looking to bolster his attacking options . |
A guitarist from a Britpop band who once appeared alongside Noel Gallagher has been decapitated in a horrific road accident. Jeffrey Fletcher, 36, was killed instantly in a collision in Stockport on Monday afternoon after he leaned out of the window to check the road. He was lead guitarist for Northern Uproar, who had ... | Jeffrey Fletcher's band Northern Uproar rose to fame in the 1990s .
Band have since been playing Britpop gigs and released album last year .
Guitarist, 36, was involved in serious car accident in Stockport .
He was decapitated in road collision with a lorry on Monday .
The driver of the HGV is helping police, who are a... |
Pahoa, Hawaii (CNN) -- The lava flow has slowed, if not stalled altogether. Still, authorities warned Thursday that the threat to eastern Hawaii residents -- much like the oozing, simmering, destructive lava itself -- hasn't gone away. Darryl Oliveira, the director of the Hawaii County Civil Defense, told reporters tha... | NEW: Front of lava flow doesn't budge, "but there's lots of activity behind it," official says .
NEW: He says residents ready to evacuate are "very upset, distraught, frustrated"
NEW: A geologist says "the flow is still active;" things could change at any moment .
The lava flow on Hawaii's Big Island began in June; hou... |
London, England (CNN) -- The British parliament was officially dissolved on Monday, as a nationwide election campaign launches to determine if Gordon Brown can hang on as prime minister. The opposition Conservative party, led by David Cameron, has consistently held an edge in recent opinion polls, but it is not clear t... | UK voters go to polls in general election on May 6 .
Labour chasing fourth straight victory but Conservatives ahead in polls .
Dissolution of parliament a procedural step performed by Queen Elizabeth II .
New parliament due to take office on May 24 . |
For any homegrown tennis fan, watching Andy Murray battle his way through Wimbledon is a test of nerves - and the Duchess of Cambridge is no exception. The 30-year-old yesterday struggled to maintain her royal composure as she cheered on Murray during his quarter-final clash with Spain's David Ferrer. Sitting alongside... | Kate sat alongside Prince .
William in the Royal Box on Wimbledon's Centre Court amid a galaxy of tennis .
heavyweights .
She looked to be thoroughly enjoying herself as Andy Murray beat Spain's David Ferrer to progress to the semi-finals . |
By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 03:56 EST, 30 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:47 EST, 30 May 2013 . A businessman has failed in a bid to have his late mother's final will declared invalid because it was made after her memory started failing. A judge at London's High Court said yesterday that the law ‘upholds the right of e... | Judge: Law gives elderly people right to leave property as they choose .
Family members in long battle over inheritance from Constance Simon .
She made last will at family-organised 88th birthday party in Dec. 2005 .
Simon died in Jan. 2009 aged 91 and has three surviving adult children .
Assets at time of death inclu... |
By . Hayley O'keeffe and Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 01:39 EST, 15 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:42 EST, 15 October 2013 . Actor Sir Derek Jacobi has said that traditional Shakespeare performances where lines are recited like poetry 'send me to sleep'. The 74-year-old said that the plays should be delivered in the way... | Sir Derek said lines should be delivered naturally in the way a character 'thinks, feels and speaks'
The actor has claimed that Shakespeare didn't write any of his plays . |
(CNN) -- President Barack Obama offered comfort Sunday night to the survivors and the families of the 12 people killed in a mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado, never once mentioning by name the man accused of opening fire in a crowded movie theater. "I confessed to them that words are always inadequate in these kinds of... | NEW: Thousands gather to pray at a community vigil in Aurora, Colorado .
NEW: Aurora mayor: "We will reclaim our city in the name of goodness, kindness"
Obama decries the attack as an "evil act" and pledges the support of the nation .
Suspect James Holmes is accused of opening fire Friday in a crowded theater, killing ... |
Most people know that no two snowflakes are exactly alike. But to see how they become unique hexagonal wonders requires a microscope. Now one man has created a beautiful video showing how the flakes grow to form their hexagonal shapes in incredible detail. Scroll down for video . A water droplet freezes around a dust p... | Russian video maker Vyacheslav Ivanov .
filmed the formation of the hexagonal ice crystals to produce a two .
minute ‘microscopic time-lapse'
The flakes are created when a water droplet freezes around pollen or a speck of dust in the air, creating a growing ice crystal .
Differently shaped snowflakes are created depend... |
(CNN) -- Barclays CEO Bob Diamond and COO Jerry del Missier have resigned in the wake of the interest rate-fixing scandal that has rocked the bank. The resignations come less than a week after Barclays, one of the world's largest banks, was fined $450 million by British and U.S. regulators after admitting it purposely ... | Barclays CEO Bob Diamond resigns in wake of LIBOR rate-fixing scandal at bank .
Silva: LIBOR rate fixing unforgivable because it affects public, not rich investors .
Silva: Top bankers will now have to be more in touch with concerns of the public . |
By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 04:29 EST, 24 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:23 EST, 24 June 2013 . Britain's top rescue dog has finally hung up her lead after a career that saw her save more lives than any other dog and develop a pioneering scent detection technique. Mij led more than 200 search and rescue missions dur... | Mij led more than 200 search and rescue missions during her career .
The collie helped develop a pioneering scent detection technique .
But after seven years saving lives the 10-year-old collie is retiring . |
By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 07:24 EST, 26 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:45 EST, 26 November 2013 . Anyone who's always wanted to live like an oligarch will soon have the chance after the entire contents of one of London's most exclusive hotels are auctioned off. The Lanesborough, which is frequented by wealthy Rus... | Lanesborough hotel in London is about to undergo a full renovation .
All its furniture and fittings are being auctioned for estimated £1.2million .
Lots include four-poster beds, oil paintings and chandeliers .
Suites cost up to £18,000 and guests are given 24-hour butler service . |
He's not exactly known for his pro-democracy views and yet here's North Korean leader Kim Jong-un flashing a victory sign to student activists today on the streets of Hong Kong. And here he is again - standing in front of a wall with messages of support to protesters currently occupying part of the city's financial Adm... | Howard is a Hong Kong-born Australian musician and performance artist .
Last year, he became the first professional Kim lookalike .
35-year-old usually charges around £400 for appearances .
He's four years older, thinner and bushier of eyebrow than Kim .
'The key to becoming Kim is to always look unhappy and dissatisfi... |
(CNN) -- FIFA president Sepp Blatter has told CNN he believes there is no on-field racism in football and that players who think they have been abused should simply say "this is a game." The head of world soccer insisted FIFA had been tireless in their efforts to combat the specter of racism in football but suggested a... | Sepp Blatter tells CNN World Sport's Pedro Pinto there is no on-field racism in football .
FIFA president says players who are abused during a match should say "it's a game"
Two high-profile cases involving racism allegations being dealt with in English game .
Blatter underlines the work his organization has done to co... |
A man who was recorded confessing to the killings of two Chinese graduate students near the University of Southern California was convicted Monday of first-degree murder. Javier Bolden, 22, was found guilty of shooting Ming Qu and Ying Wu as they sat in a double-parked car about a mile from campus on April 11, 2012. Th... | Javier Bolden confessed to a jail cell mate that he killed USC students Ming Qu and Ying Wu in an attempt to steal their BMW in April 2012 .
On Monday, he was found guilty of first-degree murder. He will be sentenced at a later date and faces the possibility of life in prison without parole .
The families of the two st... |
By . Corey Charlton for MailOnline . A man was today being quizzed on suspicion of murder after his wife was found dead at the home they shared. Detectives made the grim discovery of the woman's body after her husband was believed to have dialled 999 to report an incident. Officer's arrested the 60-year-old at the scen... | Officers arrest 60-year-old on suspicion of murder after his wife found dead .
Police arrived at the house to find body after reports of a domestic incident .
Neighbours said the couple recently enjoyed a holiday in Belgium together . |
By . Jonathan Wynne-jones . PUBLISHED: . 08:46 EST, 15 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 09:17 EST, 15 January 2014 . These shocking images show a group of horses in agony after they were found on a housing estate trapped in barbed wire. The RSPCA has launched an urgent investigation after tearful residents discovered the ... | A group of horses were found tethered on a South Tyneside council estate .
Some residents were reduced to tears at the sight of the neglected animals .
RSPCA has launched an investigation and council demands their removal .
But the horses' owner has refused to move them despite threat of action . |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:34 EST, 28 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:33 EST, 28 October 2013 . A police marksman shot himself dead after rowing with his girlfriend who had cheated on him with a colleague, an inquest heard today. Colin Smelt, 43, blasted himself in the chest with his police issue Glock... | PC Colin Smelts was a member of elite Special Protection Command .
He shot himself with his police issue Glock pistol at his Camden flat .
PC Smelts attempted suicide after previous relationship failed, inquest told .
Fragile PC had taken weapons home to practice suicide, coroner told .
Coroner Mary Hassell recorded a ... |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:30 EST, 23 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:14 EST, 23 August 2012 . A 70-year-old U.S. Open tennis referee accused of smashing a coffee cup over her 80-year-old husband's head and stabbing him with one of the shattered pieces was apparently having an affair. A search warrant a... | Lois Ann Goodman arrested on Tuesday in New York after death of her husband Alan at their Los Angeles home on April 17 .
Had originally told police she had returned from work to find him dead .
Investigations 'found he had been killed with sharp object'
Police 'found emails between Goodman and another man'
Neighbours s... |
Four men in Saudi Arabia have been beheaded after dressing up as women in order to lure their victim away before robbing and killing him. A Pakistani drug smuggler was also put to death on Thursday bringing the number of people executed in the kingdom this year up to 26, according to an AFP tally. The Kingdom's Ministr... | Four robbers had donned women's clothes to lure their away their victim .
The men from Saudi Arabia then stole from the man and murdered him .
A Pakistani man was also executed after a conviction for drug smuggling .
Their beheadings brings the Kingdom's execution total this year up to 26 . |
(CNN)It's one of the biggest sporting events on the planet and in a growing market for new fans, football's global governing body has cut a media rights deal for the 2026 World Cup over a decade ahead of the tournament. FIFA extended its North American media rights agreements -- handing Fox the English language deal a... | Fox Sports wins rights to broadcast 2026 World Cup in USA .
FIFA refuses to comment that Fox faced no competition .
Fox previously against moving 2022 World Cup to Qatari winter .
World governing body refuses to disclose fee received . |
(CNN) -- As hosts of the largest carnival in world football, the pressure is on for South Africa's national football team to ignite the imagination of local fans by performing well at the 2010 World Cup. If Bafana Bafana is to succeed in their mission, conventional wisdom would be that coach Carlos Alberto Parreira wil... | South Africa legend Benni McCarthy is part of CNN's World Cup Draw coverage, Friday 4th December .
McCarthy is Bafana Bafana's leading scorer with 32 goals, including two in their previous World Cup adventures .
McCarthy currently plays for Blackburn Rovers and has had spells with Ajax, Celta Vigo and FC Porto . |
(CNN) -- The wife of the president of Oral Roberts University is denying allegations of improper behavior, saying the claims "sicken" her. Richard Roberts and wife Lindsay appear on CNN's "Larry King Live" last week. Lindsay Roberts, in a statement on the university's Web site, said the allegations against her "sicken ... | Suit filed by three profs who say Oral Roberts University fired them unfairly .
Lindsay Roberts says charges sicken her, and she's never had extramarital sex .
Suit also claims university gave a convicted sex offender access to students .
University denies that, also denies shredding evidence . |
(CNN) -- Tjaart van der Walt will seek to upstage two of his most illustrious golfing compatriots and win his first professional tournament at the Africa Open on Sunday. The 37-year-old goes into the final round tied for the lead with 2010 British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen and one shot ahead of two-time U.S. Open ... | Tjaart van der Walt catches Louis Oosthuzen at the top of the Africa Open leaderboard .
Veteran South African cards eight-under 65 to join major winner on 21 under par .
Former European Tour No. 1 Retief Goosen is a shot behind going into final round .
Defending champion Jonathan Byrd claims a one-shot lead at PGA Tour... |
By . Sam Adams . PUBLISHED: . 03:17 EST, 2 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:21 EST, 3 May 2013 . Injuries: Lee Rose, 23, was left for dead by a hit and run driver in Leytonstone, east London . The parents of a man left for dead by a hit-and-run driver have pleaded for help in catching the person responsible. Lee Rose, 23, ... | Lee Rose, 23, nearly died three times after collision in east London .
His family have staged a round-the-clock vigil by his hospital bedside .
Mother wants to trace passer-by who saved his life at the scene . |
With a level of detail usually reserved for globes in a classroom, it's hard to believe these replicas of Earth and Jupiter are completely edible. Rhiannon Michell, 26, created the planet cakes complete with core, mantle and crust after her school teacher sister, Sarah, asked her to make a delicious science model for h... | Rhiannon Michell, 26, has baked edible replicas of Jupiter and Earth .
The food blogger created the planet cakes using three layers of sponge .
Earth was made using almond butter sponge and lemon Madeira cake .
The inner layer of Jupiter was mudcake followed by almond butter sponge .
She painted the planets' distinct... |
A surfer who had his right hand and part of his left arm torn off in a shark attack nearly two months ago has been released from hospital and is back home. A photo was uploaded on Friday of Sean Pollard with girlfriend Claire Oakford, captioned: 'Back home and doing as well as can be'. Mr Pollard has been in hospital s... | Sean Pollard was attacked by a shark on October 2 at Wylie Bay, east of Esperance on Western Australia's south coast .
The surfer has been in hospital since then with the support of girlfriend Claire Oakford .
A photo was uploaded on Friday of the couple who say they are now back home in Bunbury, south of Perth .
A sil... |
(CNN) -- The two U.S. journalists released from North Korea last month after five months in captivity said "the psychological wounds of imprisonment are slow to heal." Freed U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee said they spent less than a minute on North Korean soil. In a column posted on the Los Angeles Times Web ... | Laura Ling and Euna Lee were arrested after stepping into North Korea .
Journalists were reporting on North Korean defections to China, human trafficking .
"We didn't spend more than a minute on North Korean soil," they wrote .
In retrospect, they raise questions about guide's involvement in capture . |
(CNN) -- One of the heroes of the French Resistance against Nazi occupation, Raymond Aubrac, has died in Paris at the age of 97. With his passing, France has lost one of its few remaining links to an era that brought both humiliation and inspiration. French President Nicolas Sarkozy paid tribute to Aubrac Wednesday. "T... | Raymond Aubrac was a hero in the French Resistance against Nazi Germany .
The 97-year-old and wife Lucie, who died 5 years ago, were instrumental in the historic group .
Aubrac was a Jew of Polish descent; he twice escaped Nazi capture . |
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:58 EST, 3 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:12 EST, 4 February 2013 . Bulgarian and Romanian workers will go to other European countries when an immigration ban is relaxed at the beginning of next year, leading politicians from the two countries said today. Bulgarian foreign m... | Bulgaria and Romania joined the European Union in 2007 but workers were prevented from travelling to the UK .
Ban preventing them from working in the UK comes to an end at the beginning of next year . |
Nicolae Patraucean, 20, strangled Rivka Holden, 55, and slit her throat before dismembering her body with a two-and-a-half inch Stanley knife blade, the Old Bailey was told yesterday . A 'sadistic' construction worker murdered a 55-year-old woman with a Stanley knife before mutilating her body, a court has heard. Nicol... | Nicolae Patraucean strangled Rivka Holden and slit her throat, court hears .
Ms Holden, 55, suffered horrific wounds in attack at her home in Colindale .
Prosecutor Timothy Cray described the attack as 'sadistic'
Patraucean claims to have no memory of the murder but has previously pleaded guilty to the charge .
Judge T... |
Almost 600 patients are dying in hospitals each year because of hunger and thirst, figures show. Bereaved relatives have told how their loved ones were ‘forgotten to death’ by staff who refused to help them eat or drink. Figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal that 7,949 deaths have been attributed to hu... | Bereaved relatives say their loved ones were 'forgotten to death'
Numbers have fallen recently, suggesting standards have improved .
The Mail has long highlighted neglect in hospitals and care homes . |
By . Pa Reporter . Hull's one-club half-back Richard Horne has announced he will retire at the end of the season. The 32-year-old has been with his hometown side all of his playing life, having made his debut aged 16. Since then he has racked up 383 appearances for the Black and Whites, including a victorious Challenge... | Half-back ready to hang up his boots 16 years after making his debut .
Horne has racked up 383 appearances for the Black and Whites .
Hull star helped his hometown club win the Challenge Cup Final in 2005 . |
Dead Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi raped hundreds of women during his years in power, and even kept a harem of sex slaves locked in the basement of his home, his former security chief has revealed. Mansour Daw, who stayed loyal to the tyrant until his downfall and subsequent death in 2011, said Gadaffi's sexu... | Mansour Daw stayed loyal to the tyrant until his downfall and death in 2011 .
The Department of Protocol was set up to source women for Gaddafi .
He would take groups of sex slaves on foreign trips disguised as guards . |
A widow has claimed doctors put her terminally ill husband on an 'end of life pathway' without telling her, denying her the chance to share his final days with him. Liz Watson, whose husband George was admitted to a Marie Curie Hospice for respite care, hit out at doctors after his condition deteriorated rapidly. She s... | George Watson was diagnosed with a brain tumour in March 2012 .
Widow Liz says doctors did not tell her husband was on end of life pathway .
The LCP can involve detaching tubes supplying food and water .
Was scrapped last year after an independent review branded it 'uncaring'
Inspection by Healthcare Improvement Scotla... |
Anaheim, California (CNN) -- In the shadows of Disneyland, often referred to as the "happiest place on Earth," many children are living a reality that's far from carefree. They are living in cheap motels more commonly associated with drug dealers, prostitutes and illicit affairs. It's the only option for many families ... | Chef Bruno Serato serves up free pasta to hungry children in Orange County, California .
Many of the children live in motels because their families can't afford apartments .
Serato's service was inspired by his Italian mother: "Her whole life was to feed kids"
Do you know a hero? Nominations are open for 2011 CNN Heroe... |
By . Charlie Skillen . Follow @@charlieskillen . Football fans are once again bearing the brunt of changes to the Premier League fixture schedule by Sky and BT Sport. The TV duo released changes to kick-off times for every weekend up until the end of November on Monday, leaving many travelling supporters frustrated. A ... | TV providers made changes to the fixture list on Monday .
Changes came out just 33 days before the start of the season .
Fans are made to find alternative travel with trains not an option .
Chelsea fans face three trips in first three months where they either cannot get there or back by train on the same day .
Southamp... |
Islamic State thugs have destroyed a collection of priceless statues and sculptures in Iraq dating back thousands of years. Extremists used sledgehammers and power drills to smash ancient artwork as they rampaged through a museum in the northern city of Mosul. Video footage shows a group of bearded men in the Nineveh M... | Extremists used power drills and sledgehammers to smash ancient items .
They wrecked a series of 3,000-year-old statues at museum in Mosul, Iraq .
One vandal says items being destroyed because they promoted idolatry .
Comes after thugs destroyed thousands of books at Mosul Public Library . |
By . Sean Poulter, Consumer Affairs Editor . PUBLISHED: . 15:49 EST, 18 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:51 EST, 19 September 2013 . Passengers hit by flight delays caused by bad weather may now be able to claim compensation of up to £510 per person following a landmark court case. The decision is expected to open th... | Court ordered easyJet to pay compensation to passenger Frederique Jager .
Her Gatwick to Nice flight delayed because of earlier bad weather .
Ruling has been hailed as a 'victory for passenger rights'
Ruling means airline can still deny compensation if bad weather delays flight at designated take-off time .
But if weat... |
By . Claire Ellicott . We've heard all the excuses about leaves on the line, or the wrong kind of snow. But Southeastern Trains have come up with a new reason for cancelling journeys: the staff have gone to Sainsbury's. A rush hour service from London to Hastings was cancelled on Tuesday because the guard could not be ... | Rush hour service from London to Hastings was cancelled .
The reason given was that the guard could not be found .
He was later spotted in Sainsbury's, having his break .
Customers had a 'nightmare' and said fares were a 'rip-off' |
David Cameron and Boris Johnson today rushed to the aid of a woman who had collapsed in the street. Paramedics arrived to find the Prime Minister holding the hand of the woman after ordering his ministerial car to pull over in Harrow, north west London. The Tory duo interrupted a day on the campaign trail to comfort th... | Prime Minister and Mayor Boris Johnson travelling in north London .
Tory duo ordered car to pull over so they could come to the woman's aid .
Paramedic Dominic Stark said he arrived to find PM holding her hand . |
(The Frisky) -- Megin and I first met as mid-level slaves to the fashion industry eight years ago. I recognized a kindred spirit the minute I caught her screaming harsh obscenities at her computer. We've been through boyfriend breakups, apartment break-ins, and career changes. So when she asked me to be a bridesmaid, I... | The two women bonded over work, apartments and boyfriends .
So when one got engaged, she asked the other to be a bridesmaid .
But plane fares, hotels, dresses and other costs began to add up .
Writer says friend turned into Bridezilla -- but she went along for one big day . |
Jenna Bush may not have lived in the White House full-time when her father was in office, but she did take advantage of it while she was there. Last night, the former First Daughter, now 33 and married to Henry Hager, admitted to Andy Cohen that she may have engaged in 'a little hanky panky' on the roof when she was yo... | The mother-of-one implied that the man she kissed that night was her now-husband Henry Hager . |
Most people will have experienced that horrible moment when they realise they've just stepped in dog mess left strewn over the pavement. Now councils across the country are using a controversial health and safety poster depicting a toddler eating dog waste next to the words 'children will put anything in their mouths' ... | Poster is part of campaign to get dog owners cleaning up after their pets .
Toddler eating dog mess appears next to the words 'children will put anything in their mouths'
Members of the public have criticised the controversial poster on Twitter .
Bristol City Council says it helps reduce number of dog mess incidents . |
Mourners gathered on Monday to pay their respects to the three Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers who were shot and killed as part of a rampage that shocked a New Brunswick city. The caskets of slain David Ross, 32, Fabrice Georges Gevaudan, 45, and Douglas James Larche, 40, will be visible inside Wesleyan C... | Mourners gathered on Monday to pay their respects to the three RCMP officers slain during a shooting spree in Moncton last week .
Victims were Constables Dave Ross, Douglas Larche and Fabrice Gevaudan .
Moncton will host a public memorial service for the officers on Tuesday at 1pm and the mayor expects up to 7,000 poli... |
Prime Minister David Cameron is to unveil the extension of the party’s flagship Help to Buy scheme, which aims to get people on the housing ladder . First-time buyers under the age of 40 are to be offered 20 per cent discounts on 100,000 new homes. David Cameron is to unveil a dramatic extension of the party’s flagship... | David Cameron will unveil dramatic extension to party's Help to Buy scheme .
'Starter homes' will be available at 20 per cent less than their market value .
First-time buyers under the age of 40 will be offered discount on new homes .
Discount possible because housebuilders would be exempt from some taxes . |
In this window, I have had an agent threaten me and threaten one of our West Ham players with physical violence, because he thought he was being cut out of a deal. I heard of three or four agents trying to jump in on other deals. Some of these people are like scavengers. It was all deeply unpleasant and I’m glad it’s o... | Sullivan lifts the lid on the 'dark arts' deployed by agents and players .
West Ham co-owner reveals he was threatened with violence - and so was one of his players .
Claims 'scavenger' agents demand more than £1m in fees .
Exposes culture of greed and calls for action from the Football Association .
It's like dealing ... |
By . Lydia Warren . Josh Powell starved one of his sons to the point of malnutrition and possibly poisoned his wife with homemade drinks before she vanished, according to a new book. The startling claims have been made by Susan Powell's friends more than four years after the 29-year-old mother-of-two disappeared from h... | Friends have spoken to the authors of a new book, out on Tuesday .
They claim that Susan Powell, who vanished from her Utah home in December 2009, was under the control of her husband, Josh .
They suggest she was poisoned by him 2 months before she disappeared because she felt sick and Josh often made her drinks .
One ... |
It is only two by two-and-a-half metres and made entirely from recycled material, but James Galletly is hopeful that someone will call his tiny project home. The multi-purpose space - which features a single bed, a desk and storage shelves, all of which fold neatly away – was inspired by the growing tiny house movement... | James Galletly is auctioning off the small home for $10,000- $15,000 .
He says the room could be used as an additional bedroom for a family home, but artists and writers have also expressed their interest .
The house was a prototype for his next project - a fully functioning mini-home including a kitchen and bathroom .... |
Denver Marchant was the police officer in charge of the crime scene in 1965 when a dead baby was found packed and posted to Darwin in the mail . Almost 50 years ago retired policeman Denver Marchant stood in a Darwin post office, investigating the shocking case of a dead newborn baby who had been posted in the mail. Th... | In 1965 postal worker John Polishuk opened a foul-smelling package .
He was horrified to find a dead baby boy who still had his umbilical cord .
The package had been sent to Darwin from a fake address in Victoria .
The policeman in charge of the crime scene has never been able to put the notorious cold case out of his ... |
By . David Mccormack . The World Cup may be over but you haven’t seen the last of goalkeeper Tim Howard, the undisputed breakout star for the United States at the soccer tournament in Brazil. Howard’s heroics as the U.S. made it through to the round of 16 earned him a legion of new fans and he’s currently advertising h... | Tim Howard was the undisputed breakout star for the United States at the soccer tournament in Brazil .
His growing popularity means big brands are falling over themselves to sign him up for endorsement deals .
He already has six-figure deals with Nike and McDonald’s and his agent says he is close to signing deals with ... |
(CNN) -- The Pulitzer Prize winners for 2009 were announced Monday, with The New York Times capturing five of the awards. Writer Jon Meacham won a Pulitzer Prize in biography for "American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House." The Times garnered wins in the categories of breaking news reporting, investigative repor... | Prizes were awarded Monday for excellence in journalism and the arts .
For first time, online-only news sites could compete .
Slate editor: overdue acknowledgement of quality Web-based journalism . |
Jihadi fighters have been told to remove metadata from their tweets and stop posting names, locations and identifiable photographs to stay one step ahead of Western spies. Radical group, Isis, has had a prolific social media output, but leaders are concerned that fighters have been inadvertently leaking data through th... | Jihadi fighters told to stop tweeting names, locations and identifiable photos .
Isis leaders also want them to remove metadata from their tweets .
Information from digital files can be valuable to intelligence agencies .
Arabic language manual handed out to fighters gives detailed instructions . |
By . Rupert Steiner . PUBLISHED: . 19:55 EST, 25 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:59 EST, 25 July 2013 . Europe is losing its competitive edge and UK growth is too low, the boss of Britain’s biggest consumer goods firm warned yesterday. Paul Polman, chief executive of Unilever, was also scathing about governments seeking ... | Paul Polman criticised governments seeking to lower debts by taxing firms .
The Unilever boss said that the economy's 0.6 per cent growth is too slow .
Outspoken Mr Polman has hit out at the EU's economic policy in the past . |
By . Lydia Warren . In 1938, London stockbroker Nicholas Winton decided to use his two weeks vacation to get to work. As violence began escalating against Jewish people in Europe, the 29-year-old traveled to Prague and ended up saving the lives of 669 children, mostly Jews, from almost certain death. Winton - now 104 -... | Nicholas Winton, then 29, spent his 2 weeks vacation in 1938 traveling to Prague to see how he could help save people .
He left with lists of hundreds of children and forged headed paper claiming he worked for the British Committee for Refugees .
After finding homes for the children in England, it was taking too long t... |
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