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74823 | Article: Tragic: Mohammed Abdul Razzak, 16, was found on the M60 motorway with multiple injuries days after missing a mock GCSE exam . A gifted schoolboy overcome by stress over his forthcoming GCSE exams jumped to his death from a motorway bridge. Mohammed Abdul Razzak, 16, had told his GP of his desire to end his life at least six times, an inquest heard. Finally, he walked to a motorway bridge near his home, climbed over the barrier and plunged 30ft on to the road below. He was taken to hospital but died from his injuries. The inquest heard that Mohammed was a well-liked and studious boy who was expected to do very well in his exams. But after starting his GCSE year he became withdrawn and anxious, sometimes disappearing from his home at night. His mother, Lufta Begum, said her son became distant and spent a lot of time alone on his computer drinking energy drinks and coffee. In a statement she told the inquest: ‘He was a healthy child, a hard-working, studious young man with a clever demeanour. ‘He was a young man who kept himself to himself and had very good predictions in terms of his academic achievements. But he did not discuss anything with the family or those close to him.’ Last autumn, the pupil went missing from his home in Oldham but turned up at his aunt’s house at 11pm. On another occasion he was reported missing after leaving at 1am and not answering his phone. He returned two hours later. Eventually he skipped a mock exam, later handing a letter to his English teacher explaining that he felt an urge to self-harm. At this point child protection services and his school intervened, and Mohammed spent a weekend in hospital where he was assessed by psychiatrists. Dr Debra Bradley, who oversaw his admission, told the inquest he had missed the exam because he was tired and wanted to end his life out of frustration. Tributes: Oldham Academy North paid tribute to Mohammed, a 'talented' and 'hard-working young man' After the assessment he was discharged and assigned a social worker. A few weeks later he appeared happy after being allowed to visit family in Bangladesh during term time. But just days before his death on January 6, Mohammed spoke to his GP and confided he had planned to commit suicide six times in the past – adding he was only talking about it to test people’s reactions. On January 5, he slept late and was seen by his mother only when he left his room for a shower at 11pm. Over the next few hours Mohammed sent a text message to a friend stating his intention to kill himself, before going out into the night and leaping to his death. His mother was informed at around 4am. Tests on the bridge over the M60 near Oldham showed scuff marks on the barrier, indicating he had climbed over the railing. Recording a verdict of suicide, Rochdale assistant coroner Lisa Hashmi said: ‘Mohammed was a healthy, intelligent young man who clearly had a very promising future. Save his obvious intellect, he was a quiet and reserved individual, however in the autumn of 2013 his mother noticed a change in his demeanour. Mohammed’s family, school and other professionals subsequently became involved in supporting him.’ Colette Burgess, headteacher at his school, Oldham Academy North, said: ‘He was an intelligent, hard-working and talented student with a particular gift for computing. He was a popular and mature young man, highly regarded by his teachers and well respected by his peers.’
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| Mohammed Abdul Razzak was vice student principal, predicted top grades . Headteacher described him as a 'hard-working, popular, talented young man' 16-year-old struggled with anxiety, became 'withdrawn' in final school year . Missed mock exam, wrote of self-harm, told GP he planned 6 suicides . Days later he was found on M60 motorway in Oldham, Greater Manchester . For confidential support call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or click here for details . | train |
295359 | Article: (CNN) -- Former President John F. Kennedy saw a proposed ban on above-ground nuclear tests as a way to thaw U.S.-Soviet relations after the Cuban Missile Crisis, according to recordings released Thursday. President John F. Kennedy expresses a desire to thaw U.S.-Soviet relatations, on newly released recordings. "If it does represent a possibility of avoiding the kind of collision that we had last fall in Cuba, which was quite close, and Berlin in 1961, we should seize the chance," Kennedy said in a July 1963 meeting with top government scientists. He signed a treaty with the Soviets and the British the following month that banned nuclear tests in the atmosphere, underwater or in space. Kennedy's presidential library in Boston, Massachusetts, released the four-minute recording of the meeting, held just four months before his assassination. The scientists taking part included John Foster and Norris Bradbury, the directors of two of the top U.S. nuclear laboratories; Glenn Seaborg, then-head of the Atomic Energy Commission; and a member of the commission, John Palfrey. Kennedy expressed hope that the treaty could produce "the possibility of a detente" between Washington and Moscow, "which may not come to anything but which quite possibly could come to something." The meeting took place just nine months after the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba brought the world's major nuclear powers to the brink of war. Kennedy said the Soviets were having "domestic, internal economic problems" and he was worried about the rise of China after a major diplomatic split in 1960. "I don't think anybody can say with any precision, but there isn't any doubt that the dispute with China is certainly a factor," Kennedy said, adding, "They want to avoid a nuclear struggle or ... they want to lessen the chances of conflict with us." But he said the rising nuclear ambitions of China, which would conduct its first tests the following year, could force the United States to resume its own tests. "It may be that the Chinese test in the next year, 18 months, 2 years, and we would then make the judgment to see if we should go back to testing," he said.
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| Kennedy's presidential library released four-minute recording of the meeting . Meeting held just four months before his assassination . Kennedy on recording: "We should seize the chance" Kennedy hoped for "possibility of a detente" between Washington and Moscow . | train |
185437 | Article: A fearless teenager has snapped these vertigo-inducing pictures while dangling 700ft in the air from some of London’s tallest skyscrapers. Harry Gallagher, 17, from Essex was able to dodge security to scale the likes of the ‘Walkie Talkie’, the ‘Cheesegrater’ and the unfinished London Pinnacle. The adrenaline junkie and his friends, who do not use safety equipment or harnesses, treat the scaffolds surrounding multimillion pound towers as their own urban climbing frames. Scroll down for video . Harry Gallagher and his friends (pictured his friend Johnny on a crane over Canary Wharf) have scaled dozens of London's tallest skyscrapers to capture photographs . They are part of a growing community of cityscape adventurers known as Urban Explorers and prefer to use the huge cranes bestriding buildings to capture views of the capital. Last month Mr Gallagher, who is also a free-runner, mounted a crane taller than the under-construction Baltimore Tower at the Isle of Dogs, which will be almost 500ft when it is completed. He said: ‘We’d been planning it for weeks, every little detail like what time we should arrive - we ended up at the bottom of the crane at 4am. ‘There was security there but I was still surprised how easy it was. His legs can be seen dangling as he sits on top of a huge crane overlooking London to capture a series of photographs. He is part of group known as Urban Explorers . Harry Gallagher pictured on top of St Thomas' Hospital beside The Shard, which stands at almost 1000ft and is currently the tallest building in the European Union . ‘The view was amazing. We could see all of Canary Wharf and all over the rest of London. We stayed up there for three hours but I wanted to spend the rest of the summer there.’ His death-defying stunts are similar to the ‘skywalkers’ of Russia and Ukraine who hang from the edges of buildings, but the retail assistant insists he is more interested in taking photographs. He added: ‘For skywalkers it’s about the risk, to climb towers and balance. We go up to enjoy the experience and to take photos. ‘As far as hobbies go, it’s just as dangerous as other extreme sports like motor sports, skiing or snowboarding. ‘I feel perfectly safe whenever I climb because I’ve been training for a long time. I have been free running for seven years and I think that has given me strength and, importantly, balance. Harry and his friends observe the London skyline after scaling a huge building that over looks the 'Walkie Talkie' (left) and The Shard (right) The group have been able to evade security and without any safety equipment climb massive towers in order to capture these breath-taking images of the capital . ‘When I am at the top, I’m constantly making sure my hands have got a tight grip. I don’t move until I know I am secure.’ Mr Gallagher, who also favours extinct rail lines and disused reservoirs for climbs, explained the last thing to do is to think about slipping and plummeting whilst hundreds of feet above the ground. He said: ‘I understand that I might not be setting the best example. ‘My theory is that if I can do it at 10ft I can do it at 100ft or 40 stories. But I would be lying if I said I don’t think about falling. But if you think you will fall, you will fall. The key is to think positive.’ Despite evading security in dozens of cases, not all climbs have been successful as he discovered after his first and only run in with police while climbing the frame of plush new apartments in Vauxhall, south London. One of harry's friends lies inside the cab of a crane as it overlooks London. They were arrested six months ago for attempting to climb apartments in Vauxhall . His friend Johnny is seen at the end of a crane snapping photographs overlooking Canary Wharf on a bleak misty morning in the capital. Harry says his mother refuses to look at the images they capture and is 'not happy' about his high-climbing hobby . He explained: ‘We were arrested about six months ago - within about 30 minutes of starting the climb we were in the back of a police car. ‘There were cars, a helicopter and police dogs looking for us. ‘Luckily on that occasion the charges were dropped. I found if you respect the police, they respect you.’ Mr Gallagher and his friends have seen security being tightened up in recent times but he says he isn't worried about getting caught again. 'If I'm doing it to capture pictures and not to be destructive I think the police can understand.' But the teenager’s toughest challenge has been convincing his mother to look at his impressive portfolio of photographs. He said: ‘My mum knows what I’m doing. It was almost impossible for her not to find out because I was out all night. ‘But she doesn’t want to hear about it. I can’t say she is happy about it and she doesn’t want to see any of the photos.’ Harry stands on a narrow bar of a crane to take this vertigo-inducing image. He has been free running - or leaping from tall buildings - for seven years .
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| Harry Gallagher, 17, has scaled iconic London buildings such as 'Walkie Talkie', 'Cheesegrater' and Pinnacle . Avoiding security and without safety equipment he has climbed cranes to capture series of amazing photos . Teenager and his friends are part of a growing community of cityscape adventurers known as Urban Explorers . They choose to climb huge cranes next to new buildings in construction or disused rail lines and reservoirs . Six months ago he was arrested as he attempted to scale frame of new apartments in Vauxhall, south London . He says his toughest challenge is to convince his mother to see photos who 'doesn't want to hear about it' | train |
73448 | Article: By . Robert Hardman . Flying low over the ocean formerly known as Somerset, we come to the frontline of this epic battle. And this really is a battlefield. Down below, entire squadrons of bulldozers and diggers are constructing a vast dam – a Hadrian’s Wall of mud – for mile after mile in order to prevent an enemy assault on nearby Bridgwater. The water has just swamped the main railway line outside the town, and a line has to be drawn somewhere. Fortress in the floods: A mud wall is all that separates this home from disaster in Somerset . A little to the north, an 18-vehicle convoy of juggernauts has just arrived from Holland carrying one of the largest water pumps ever seen in the British Isles. Are we looking at D-Day – or Dunkirk? Either way, it has come too late for those villages and farms which are already in occupied territory. Yesterday, the waters on the Somerset Levels just carried on rising and a steady stream of tearful, angry residents continued to head for dry land, surrendering to the elements. With one exception. As of last night, Sam Notaro was still cheerfully holding out behind surely the most extraordinary piece of DIY since Noah’s Ark. Having recently built the house of his dreams for his young family, Sam has encircled his pride and joy with a six-foot wall of mud and rocks which has now featured in bulletins and newspapers around the world. And it was still getting higher as dusk fell yesterday evening. As I later discover, the whole thing might be considerably taller still had it not been for an executive at the Environment Agency who held things up for a day because Sam had not obtained the requisite permit for earth-moving. Is it any wonder the agency’s management is regarded with such contempt in these parts? Sam has been nicknamed ‘King Canute’, much to his amusement. Protected: An aerial view of Sam Notaro's house on the edge of the village of Moorland which was evacuated on Friday . But Canute famously ordered the waves to halt and failed. Sam, on the other hand, appears to be winning. I’d say he’s more like Churchill. He’s certainly fighting them on the beaches. Just don’t bring up the Dambusters here at Dyers Farm. From my helicopter cockpit, I can see the waves lapping at the top of his ramparts, while Sam and his father and a couple of friends take it in turns to scoop up more and more mud with a pair of increasingly submerged diggers. After weekend storms brought big waves crashing in from the west, they have even built themselves a new breakwater and outer wall. What are spirits like down inside this besieged little plot? It’s impossible to touch down because the garden is completely waterlogged and the helicopter pilot fears he could get bogged down. So I plot an amphibious landing. Working my way round to the outskirts of the drowned village of Moorland, I meet Sam as he comes ashore to pick up some more diesel for his water pumps. He’s from a big family of local builders and the whole lot have rallied round. Mum’s put together a few bags of supplies – pizzas, bread, tomatoes and a couple of bottles of wine. What he’d really like now, says Sam, is some fresh socks. ‘I haven’t felt dry for a week – and I do miss my babies,’ adds the 40-year-old father of two small girls. Never give up: Sam Notaro and his father Joe in front of his home . He moved them and his partner, Alana, . to temporary digs last week. ‘I was feeling a bit down last night. It . was like the North Sea coming straight at us and I thought the waves . might break through. But we held out and we managed to get the second . digger in today and that’s cheered me up.’ As . we prepare to set sail, a couple of his neighbours are coming ashore in . a police rescue boat. ‘Goodbye, Sam. Don’t know when I’ll be back,’ says a lady called Lorraine, doing her best to put on a brave face. Her voice starts to crack as she explains that she’d only just installed a new kitchen. Sam offers his condolences. The whole area is in a state of bereavement. We set off in a boat skippered by Sam’s friend, Craig Fleming. A car dealer by trade, Craig has been helping out for a few days, staying up all the previous night to monitor the pumps so that Sam could grab some sleep. Poor Moorland is a dismal sight as we sail down the main road. Many people didn’t even manage to get their cars out in time. We turn towards Dyers Farm and the house is a truly surreal sight poking out of the sea – like Mont Saint-Michel with a four-bedroom executive home on top. When he started building this house four years ago, Sam worked out the highest point that flood waters had ever reached in these parts and then added on another foot. ‘I did apply to go three feet higher but the planning people wouldn’t have it.’ In some places beyond the wall, the water is now five feet over the ground and still climbing. This village in Somerset has been left devastated by the rising water levels has been virtually abandoned . We moor at ‘the jetty’, a series of pallets laid over the dam. The photographer steps on to the mud and promptly goes up to his thigh in gloop. It’s not the easiest landing. Inside the stockade, there’s a couple of inches of water on the ground but the house itself has been completely sealed up with sandbags and polythene. ‘Would you mind taking off your boots?’ asks Sam as we reach the entrance. I assume he is joking but he isn’t. Inside, it is a very warm, very tidy, very clean and rather empty house. All the furniture, it turns out, has been carried upstairs. The paintings are still on the walls, as is a television. Over a cup of tea in the spacious kitchen, with its panoramic sea view beyond the dyke, Sam’s father, Joe, 62, vents his exasperation. The family are deeply appreciative of the efforts of two local Environment Agency officials, both called Steve, who have helped them bring in pumps and sandbags. ‘They’ve been brilliant. It’s the people at the top who drive us mad,’ says Joe. Setting aside the now unimpeachable . arguments for dredging, he tells me how he had arranged for several . lorryloads of earth and clay to come in here last Tuesday as soon as it . was clear that the entire village was going to be submerged. Last man standing: The 40-year-old looks out of his recently constructed £1million house . ‘Then the contractor called me and said that he couldn’t deliver the earth because Sam and I didn’t have a permit from the Environment Agency. I called the agency and was told I could be fined £30,000 if I didn’t get a permit.’ The permit – to ensure that the earth was not in any way contaminated – would take six to eight weeks to be processed. A day later, after a series of increasingly frantic calls to different parts of the agency, an official finally agreed to waive the demand for a permit. Joe’s lorries finally arrived and Sam could start work on his dam. ‘These officials just don’t have a clue,’ sighs Joe. ‘They’re more worried about wildlife. I love wildlife, too – I wouldn’t even kill a spider – but they need a businessman running that agency. Someone who gets things done.’ Looking at the extraordinary earthworks taking shape around me, I suspect the agency could do with a Notaro or two, instead of the floundering Lord Smith. Between them, Sam and Joe have built their own mini-Netherlands in less than a week. Last night, Sam and his crew had another setback as one of his water pumps packed up. Today, if the floods are still rising, the diggers may have to leave before the water gets into the engines. ‘But we’re still in with a chance,’ says Sam, adding that the locals are very grateful for all the support from the Mail and its readers. ‘We’re still fighting.’
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| Sam Notaro was holding out behind his six-foot defences built out of mud . Wall circling his home means he is only resident left in village of Moorland . His mother has given him supplies including bottles of wine and pizza . But claims all he wants now is a fresh pair of socks . | train |
242897 | Article: Almost 36million people across the globe are living as modern day slaves where they are born into servitude, trafficked for sex work, trapped in debt bondage or exploited for forced labour. The Walk Free Foundation's annual slavery index last year estimated 29.8million people were living as modern day slaves with Mauritania, Uzbekistan, Haiti, Qatar and India among the nations where it is most prevalent. But the Australia-based human rights group this year increased its estimate to 35.8 million, in light of better data collection and slavery being uncovered in areas where it had not been found previously. For the second year, the index of 167 countries found India had by far the greatest number of slaves. India (pictured) has up to 14.3million people living as slaves, according to the annual global slavery report. Stock image used . Haiti (pictured) is among the countries where modern day slavery is most prevalent. The country's practice of sending poor children to stay with richer acquaintances routinely leads to abuse . Up to 14.3million people in its population of 1.25 billion were victims of slavery, ranging from prostitution to bonded labour. Mauritania was again the country where slavery was most prevalent by head of population while Qatar, host of the 2022 World Cup, rose up the rank from 96th place to be listed as the fourth worst country by percentage of the population. 'From children denied an education by being forced to work or marry early, to men unable to leave their work because of crushing debts they owe to recruitment agents, to women and girls exploited as unpaid, abused domestic workers, modern slavery has many faces,' the report said. 'It still exists today, in every country - modern slavery affects us all.' The index defines slavery as the control or possession of people in such a way as to deprive them of their freedom with the intention of exploiting them for profit or sex, usually through violence, coercion or deception. The definition includes indentured servitude, forced marriage and the abduction of children to serve in wars. Hereditary slavery is deeply entrenched in the West African country of Mauritania, where four percent of the population of 3.9 million is estimated to be enslaved, the report said. After Mauritania, slavery was most prevalent in Uzbekistan, where citizens are forced to pick cotton every year to meet state-imposed cotton quotas, and Haiti, where the practice of sending poor children to stay with richer acquaintances or relatives routinely leads to abuse and forced labour, it said. Qatar (pictured) is among the countries to have a high numbers of slaves. It has a large number of migrant workers, often living in dreadful conditions, working on infrastructure for the 2022 Football World Cup . Uzbekistan forces its citizens to pick cotton every year to meet state-imposed quotas. Pictured is a refugee camp on the border with Kyrgystan . Unsurprisingly, ranked fourth was Qatar. The tiny Gulf state relies heavily on migrants to build its mega-projects including soccer stadiums for the 2022 World Cup. It has come under scrutiny by rights groups over its treatment of migrant workers, most from Asia, who come to toil on construction sites, oil projects or work as domestic help. The next highest prevalence rates were found in India, Pakistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Syria and Central African Republic. The index showed that 10 countries alone account for 71 percent of the world's slaves. After India, China has the most with 3.2 million, then Pakistan (2.1 million), Uzbekistan (1.2 million), Russia (1.05 million), Nigeria (834,200), Democratic Republic of Congo (762,900), Indonesia (714,100), Bangladesh (680,900) and Thailand (475,300). For the first time, the index rated governments on their response to slavery. It found the Netherlands, followed by Sweden, the United States, Australia, Switzerland, Ireland, Norway, Britain, Georgia and Austria had the strongest response. Countries such as Syria and Iraq also registered increases in slavery following the atrocities committed by militant groups such as ISIS (pictured) in the past year . At the opposite end of the scale, North Korea, Iran, Syria, Eritrea, Central African Republic, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Uzbekistan, Republic of Congo and Iraq had the worst responses. Every country in the world apart from North Korea has laws that criminalise some form of slavery, yet most governments could do more to assist victims and root out slavery from supply chains, Walk Free Foundation's head of global research said. 'What the results show is that a lot is being done on paper but it's not necessarily translating into results,' Fiona David said. 'Most countries got 50 percent or less when we looked at the strength of their victim assistance regime. It's also striking that ... out of 167 countries we could only find three (Australia, Brazil and the United States) where governments have put things in place on supply chains.' The report showed that conflict had a direct impact on the prevalence of slavery, she said, citing the example of the Islamic State militant group which has abducted women and girls in Iraq and Syria for use as sex slaves. 'What our numbers show is the correlation really is quite strong so as an international community, we need to make planning for this kind of problem as part of the humanitarian response to crisis situations.'
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| Number of people living as slaves has increased six million since last year . Haiti, Qatar and Uzbekistan among the nations where it is most prevalent . India has the greatest number of citizens living as modern day slaves . This includes people trafficked for sex, exploited or living in servitude . | train |
174726 | Article: (CNN) -- A man shot and killed seven patients and a nurse at a Carthage, North Carolina, nursing home Sunday before being wounded during a shootout with a police officer, authorities said. Relatives of the nursing home's patients gathered at a nearby church, where they learned details of the shooting. Three other people, including the police officer and a visitor to the nursing home, were wounded in the attack, Carthage Police Chief Chris McKenzie said. The police officer was treated and released, McKenzie said. The slain patients ranged in age from 78 to 98, Moore County District Attorney Maureen Krueger said. The man accused of carrying out the attack, 45-year-old Robert Stewart, was in custody, and his condition was unknown Sunday night, McKenzie said. Stewart was not an employee of the Pinelake Health and Rehab Center, and he did not appear to have been related to any of the patients, she said. "There is still more to be uncovered as far as his purpose in being there," she said. A witness told CNN affiliate WRAL-TV that Stewart was armed with a rifle, a shotgun and other weapons. The officer who stopped him, Justin Garner, "acted in nothing short of a heroic manner" and probably stopped the carnage from being worse, Krueger said. Watch stunned community react » . Jerry Avant Sr. told WRAL that his son, Jerry Avant, a 39-year-old registered nurse, was the employee who was killed in the shooting. He said a doctor told him that his son had been shot more than two dozen times. Watch father of slain nurse and ex-wife of suspect react » . The doctor "said he undoubtedly saved a lot of lives," Avant Sr. said, speaking of his son. Stewart faces eight counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony assault on a police officer, and other charges are pending, she said. Carthage is about 60 miles southwest of Raleigh. See map showing Carthage, Raleigh » . Sunday's slayings were the latest in a series of high-profile in March, including the killings of 10 people by an Alabama man who was then killed by police. In addition, a man shot and killed a pastor in a southern Illinois church and stabbed two parishioners, and a 17-year-old in Germany killed 15 people in two small towns before dying in a shootout with police. In Carthage, crisis counselors were setting up in the town's First Baptist Church to aid survivors of the latest killings. "I don't know the emotion entirely has set in," McKenzie said. "This is a small community built on faith, and faith will get us through."
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| Slain patients ranged in age from 78 to 98, district attorney says . Nurse also among those killed at nursing home in Carthage . Man suspected of carrying out attack was shot; condition unknown, police say . Police officer also wounded in shooting . | train |
100270 | Article: Vincent Harris, Ted Cruz's top digital operative, is leaving the Texas senator's team to work for Sen. Rand Paul's political operation, as the jostling for staff ramps up ahead of the 2016 GOP presidential primary contest. Harris will join Rand Paul's political action committee and his 2016 team as a chief digital strategist, according to Doug Stafford, executive director of RAND PAC. Rand Paul talks climate change with Bill Maher . Stafford said Harris will sit at the "top of the leadership team," as Paul and his inner circle carry out what's expected to be a dizzying political schedule. Paul will likely announce his Senate re-election bid in the coming days, and he's said he'll make a decision on a White House run in the spring. Cruz has also kept the door open to a 2016 presidential campaign. Paul's team was attracted to Harris' push for Republicans to make digital operations a more robust part of campaigns, Stafford said. "We want to be leaders on that," he continued, saying Harris will focus on strategies involving data, websites, and social media among other things. Harris, 26, runs Harris Media, a digital strategy firm based out of Austin that has more than 20 employees. The firm helped reinvent Sen. Mitch McConnell's digital presence ahead of the Kentucky senator's successful re-election win this fall. Rand Paul to oppose Senate NSA reform bill . While Harris has had a number of widely-known clients — Rick Perry, Rick Scott, Mike Huckabee and Newt Gingrich — he gained a higher profile of his own after helping Cruz defeat Lt. Gov David Dewhurst for the GOP Senate nomination in 2012, throttling Cruz from a long-shot candidate who had never run for office to one of the biggest upset candidates of the year. Harris said he sent his resignation letter to Cruz's team Monday, and he's "very excited" to work for Paul's team, saying it will be his his firm's "marquee client" in the next election cycle. A staunch opponent to the NSA's domestic surveillance programs, Paul has sought to make himself a key ally for Silicon Valley and the tech world. His team plans to open a San Francisco office, where he's traveled multiple times this year, and he's trying to use his tech-savvy focus to connect with young voters on college campuses. Rand Paul meets with advisers on 2016 . Harris, who lives in Austin but plans to travel frequently to Washington and Louisville, said there's a host of programmers and designers in Austin who "aren't excited about a lot of potential 2016 candidates but who are very excited about Rand Paul." "I don't think there's going to be any problem in finding top-tiered talent," he said, adding Paul's team "will be embracing the tech community with open arms." Harris, like Paul, attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where Harris teaches a political science course twice a week.
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| Rand Paul's team is adding digital strategist Vincent Harris to its political operation . Harris and his firm previously worked for Ted Cruz, a potential 2016 rival for Paul . | train |
221594 | Article: By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:06 EST, 13 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:07 EST, 13 September 2013 . An Arizona landscaper has been arrested for branding his girlfriend's genitals with his initials. Christopher Lynn Jackson, 49, of Chandler, is accused of drugging the unidentified woman at a baseball game, who later awoke in pain to find him with branding equipment and a butane torch. She then found the letters 'C' and 'J' branded onto her 'vaginal area', Gawker.com reported. Arrested: Christopher Lynn Jackson, 49, of Chandler, Arizona, has been arrested for branding a former girlfriend's genitals with his initials . Jackson, the owner of a landscaping business called Lawn Tamers, apparently bragged to his now ex-girlfriend about having done the same thing to other former girlfriends, according to court documents obtained by New Times. He told the woman 'her vagina was his', after the incident in May. The incident was only reported last week when the woman finally built up the confidence to come forward. She claims the former couple were at a baseball game when Jackson asked her to go out dancing afterwards. The victim told Jackson she was too tired, so her offered her 'energy pills', which actually made her pass out. She awoke to find the assault taking place. Jackson was arrested on a felony aggravated assault charge and booked into jail.
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| Christopher Lynn Jackson drugged his then girlfriend but she awoke to find him with branding equipment and a butane torch . He told his victim 'her vagina was his' He bragged about having done the same thing to ex girlfriends . Jackson was arrested on a felony aggravated assault charge . | train |
299719 | Article: By . Mail Online Reporter . The family members of the East Texas mortician who inspired the movie 'Bernie' have hit out at him after he was let out of prison. Marjorie Nugent's family want to go before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to persuade . the court that Bernie Tiede should be sent back to prison. However, the court is still considering whether to . formally approve Tiede's release from prison on bond this past May. Release: Bernie Tiede walks into a court before a hearing granting his release at the Panola County court house in Carthage, Texas . Tiede was given a life . sentence in 1999 for shooting 81-year-old Nugent four times before . hiding her body in her freezer in the East Texas town of Carthage. Interest in the case surged after the 2011 release of the movie 'Bernie,' in which Jack Black portrays Tiede as a quirky mortician's . assistant beloved by the town. Nugent is depicted by Shirley MacLaine as . a grumpy, unpopular cheapskate. The family said that they are also keen to push back . against the movie's portrayal of her as a curmudgeon. Nugent's distraught relatives said that they only found out about Tiede's release from reporters and they're now fighting to have their protests heard inside a courtroom. Killer: Tiede (left) was convicted in the shooting death of his longtime companion, Marjorie Nugent (right) On-screen romance: In Linklater's dark comedy, Shirley MacLaine (right) portrayed the 81-year-old widow . Doppelgangers: Bernie Tiede (left) is the inspiration for Jack Black's (right) character in the movie Bernie . 'My grandmother was a real person,' her granddaughter, Shanna Nugent, said Friday in an interview. 'She can't tell you what happened and she can't defend herself, and the reason she can't is Bernie Tiede killed her. He stole her money and he killed her.' A judge in May ruled Tiede had been sentenced too harshly because jurors did not know he had felt abused by Nugent and that he had been sexually abused as a child. But while Judge Diane DeVasto let Tiede go free on bond, the Court of Criminal Appeals must decide whether to formally accept the sentence reduction. Nugent family members did not find out about that hearing until after it was finished, Shanna Nugent said. They are now trying to persuade the appeals court to return Tiede to prison, sending a brief to the court in June that argued Tiede should have revealed the abuse when he was convicted and that it could not be considered new evidence now. Violence: Tiede was given a life sentence in 1999 for shooting 81-year-old Nugent four times before hiding her body in her freezer in the East Texas town of Carthage . Film stills: Residents of Carthage, . Texas, remembered Bernie Tiede as a generous man who started . scholarships and showered his neighbors with gifts . Art imitating life: Linklater attended Tiede's . murder trial and co-wrote the screenplay for his 2011 dark comedy Bernie . starring Jack Black with a Texas reporter . But Tiede's attorneys responded with an Aug. 12 letter arguing that Nugent's family needed to wait to make arguments until after sentencing was settled. 'This case needs to be decided objectively, using legal precedents and the record, without the outside influence of emotionally based public opinion,' the letter said. Panola County District Attorney Danny Buck Davidson, who prosecuted Tiede but now supports his release, and Austin attorney Jodi Cole, one of Tiede's lawyers, did not return phone messages Friday. Nugent's family responded with an Aug. 21 letter arguing that the victim's family deserved to be heard, especially since Davidson now agreed with Tiede's attorneys. Nugent family attorney Chad Baruch said he expected the appeals court to decide on Tiede's sentence without saying first whether it would consider the Nugents' arguments. The court could take months to make a final decision. 'We would like to be heard,' Shanna Nugent said Friday. 'There's no one else to present the opposite side.' Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.
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| Marjorie Nugent's family want to appear before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals against Bernie Tiede's release . Tiede was given a life . sentence in 1999 for shooting 81-year-old Nugent four times before . hiding her body in her freezer in Carthage . Interest in the case surged after the . 2011 release of the movie 'Bernie' In the film, Nugent was depicted as . a grumpy cheapskate . But Nugent's family hopes to push back . against the movie's portrayal of the case and get him put back in jail . In May, a judge ruled that Tiede had been . sentenced too harshly . But Tiede's attorneys said that Nugent's family needed to wait to make . arguments until after sentencing was settled . | train |
83354 | Article: By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 08:06 EST, 22 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:05 EST, 22 March 2012 . When David Bowie sang about green eyes in his eighties song, Cat People, he probably didn't realise that years later his own eyes would be compared to those of a feline. But it appears that Bowie shares similarly mismatched colour eyes to Speedy - a white domestic cat from Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. Speedy, who has one green and one gold eye, was born with a feline form of complete heterochromia, a condition that also occurs in some other animals. The condition most commonly affects white-coloured cats but may be found in a cat of any colour, provided that it possesses the white spotting gene. Mismatched: Speedy was born with bi-coloured eyes - one is blue and the other is gold. She has a feline form of complete heterochromia, a condition that also occurs in some other animals . It appears that Bowie shares similarly mismatched colour eyes to Speedy - a white domestic cat from Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. But Bowie's different colour eyes are the result of being punched at secondary school, by a school friend. The impact tore the sphincter muscles in Bowie's left eye and although he had several operations, his pupil remains permanently open. This causes the eye to look like it is a darker colour, but it is actually the same shade. Lorraine Hudgins took the photographs of odd-eyed Speedy as she kept her company at her desk. Mrs Hudgins said: 'She belongs to the owners of the print shop where I work as a graphic designer. 'I took some photos of her playing with my computer mouse while she was helping me out with my work. 'She's a sweet tempered cat that loves attention - when she's not curled up in a corner asleep.' Speedy is also deaf, but Lorraine and Speedy's owners say she copes well nonetheless. Feline friendly: Speedy, who is deaf, belongs to the owner of a print shop and Lorraine Hudgins took this snap of the white cat when she came and sat next on her desk while she worked .
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| Appears that Bowie shares similarly mismatched colour eyes to Speedy - a white domestic cat from Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. | train |
310427 | Article: By . David Gardner . Last updated at 12:34 PM on 14th February 2012 . Apple has opened up its Chinese factories to independent examiners after claims that workers were subjected to appalling sweatshop conditions. The technology giant announced yesterday that members of the Washington-based Fair Labour Association would be checking the factories where iPads and iPhones are assembled. The team of observers began their inspections yesterday at Foxconn City in Shenzhen, China, a complex that employs and houses hundreds of thousands of workers. Poor conditions: A protester outside Apple's . Hong Kong store. An investigation has found Apple's pledges to improve . its working practices have proved hollow . Glitzy: Apple's shops, such as this one in London's Covent Garden, are a world away from the 'harsh' environments in its Chinese factories . According to reports, some Apple workers in China had to work 15-hour days for as little as £27-a-month. As many as 100 workers have been injured by toxic chemical exposures and audits have revealed under age employees and examples of pay being withheld as punishment. Apple said it has asked the anti-sweatshop group to carry out the ‘special voluntary audits.' ‘We believe that workers everywhere have the right to a safe and fair work environment, which is why we’ve asked the FLA to independently assess the performance of our largest suppliers,’ Apple chief executive Tim Cook said yesterday. ‘The inspections now under way are unprecedented in the electronics industry, both in scale and scope,’ he added. Workers in a Chinese Apple factory. An . investigation found some Apple workers in China had to work 15 hours a . day for £27 a month . Foxconn City is a unit of Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Company which employs up to 1.1million people in a series of huge factory complexes in China. Apple shares hit an all-time high as the company announced it would investigate the alleged ‘sweat shop’ conditions in its supplier’s factories. The shares broke through the $500 mark in early trading in New York yesterday, equivalent to £317 each. It values the electronics monolith at just shy of £300billion ($460billion) - making it the most valuable company in the world. It comes just seven months after shares topped the $400 mark. The New York Times claimed last month that Apple found ‘consistent violations’ of its code of conduct after inspecting 396 of its facilities. ‘The workers assembling iPhones and iPads…work excessive overtime. 'Some say they stand so long that their legs swell until they can hardly walk,’ said the Times. In 2009, a Foxconn employee fell or jumped from an apartment building after losing an iPhone prototype. Over the next two years, at least 18 other Foxconn workers were linked to attempted suicides. Despite claims to the contrary, the abuses appear to have continued. Last month, 150 Foxconn employees . threatened to leap from a three-story building after claiming of poor . pay and pressurised working conditions. Pictured, the late Apple founder Steve Jobs. Apple found 'consistent violations' of its code of conduct after . inspecting 396 of its sub-contractor facilities . The Chinese company – which also manufactures items for Sony, Nintendo and Hewlett Packard - has disputed allegations of back-to-back shifts and crowded living conditions. But the suppliers have agreed to give ‘unrestricted’ access to their plants, said Apple. July 2009: A Foxconn employee fell from apartment building after losing iPhone prototype. 18 more workers try to commit suicide over next two years. 2010: 137 workers at Suzhou facility, owned by Apple suppliers Wintek, injured by poisonous chemical, n-hexane, used to clean iPhone screens because it dried faster. May 2011: Four workers dead and 18 injured in dust explosion at Foxconn factory in Chengdu, which produces iPad parts. December 2011: 61 workers injured in gas explosion at Riteng Computer Accessory Co factory in Shanghai, which was trialling aluminium iPad 2 back panels. A month ago, the California-based firm took the step of becoming the first technology company to become a member of the non-profit Fair Labour Association, a group of businesses and universities focused on improving working conditions around the world. The FLA plans to interview thousands of employees at several Apple suppliers. The audits will cover facilities where more than 90per cent of Apple products are put together. The findings will be posted on the website www.fairlabor.org in early March. But campaign group for Chinese workers, China Labour Watch, criticised Apple for just conducting a public relations exercise. In an open letter to Mr Cook last week it demanded Apple accept lower profits so suppliers can raise wages, employ more staff and invest in improving safety. And group activist Fan Yuan said: 'We already know what the conditions are like in the factories. 'What Apple needs to do right now is take action to solve the problems. This move is not really about solving the problems, but rather about Apple getting publicity and rebuilding its positive image.'
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| Comes as firm becomes most valuable in the world . Apple now valued at $460bn (£300bn) | train |
50894 | Article: Comedian Lee Evans has announced his retirement from comedy. The slapstick star confirmed on the Jonathan Ross show that his stand up career is 'finished' and he wants to retire to spend more time with his family. The actor and comedian said he would quit comedy at the end of his current tour, saying: 'This is it. Finished...it's the end.' Scroll down for video . Lee Evans says his comedy career is 'finished' and he wants to retire to spend more time with his family . The slapstick star confirmed on the Jonathan Ross show that his comedy career is 'finished' and he wants to retire to spend more time with his family . On the show, which will air tomorrow, he told Ross the death of his manager, Addison Cresswell, had 'put things in perspective' Evans, who first found fame with his energetic, slapstick stage shows, has appeared in the theatre and films including There's Something About Mary. On the show, which will air tomorrow, he told Ross the death of his manager, Addison Cresswell, had 'put things in perspective'. He said: 'I don't know, I've come to a junction in my life where - please forgive me it sounds very narcissistic - I've done musicals and plays and films and stand up and you sort of get to a point where you go "I don't know what else to do next".' He added: 'I want to go and see my wife, she deserves my time, I've been working solidly.' Ross asked how long the planned to carry on in his job, to which he replied: 'I am knackered. This is it. Finished. This is the end. I am not doing anything.' Evans, who first found fame with his energetic, slapstick stage shows, has appeared in the theatre and films including There's Something About Mary . He said another reason for his departure was the death of his manager Addison Creswell, who died after suffering a heart attack last year. 'All I have ever done is work and Addison always used to put his arm around me and say, "Don't worry, I will look after you. It is okay",' he said. 'My dad always said to me, "You have got to work" so I constantly worked and did comedy tours. 'I think I have ignored for far too long my missus, and I want to spend a lot more time with her.'
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| Slapstick star confirmed his retirement on the Jonathan Ross show . The actor and comedian said he'd quit comedy at the end of current tour . It comes after the death of his manager, Addison Cresswell, last year . | train |
77995 | Article: Blair Cowan may have been born in New Zealand but he insists he will be the proudest Scot on show if he is given his BT Murrayfield debut on Saturday. The son of a Scottish mother and Cook Islander father, the 28-year-old is in line to make his bow at the home of the Dark Blues when they host Argentina this weekend. The London Irish back-rower already has three caps for Vern Cotter's men after being called-up for the summer tour of the Americas. London Irish flanker Blair Cowan is looking forward to his home debut for Scotland at Murrayfield . Fiercely proud of his Scottish roots, he was already looking forward to the chance of running out at the famous Edinburgh arena for the first time. But the fact that his mum Joan - born in the small village of Blairmore near Dunoon before emigrating to New Zealand with her parents - has flown half-way round the world to see the first Autumn Test has pushed his patriotic sensitivities into over-drive. He said: 'My family are very Scottish orientated. Since coming up here and seeing the values in people, I can see where my family got it from. New Zealand-born backrower Cowan has been in excellent form for the Exiles this season . 'My grandad, my uncle, my mum - they are all based in New Zealand but are all very Scottish. They were born here and raised here. 'Don't get me wrong, I'm very proud of my father's side and where I grew up. But a lot of the stuff that has been driven into me comes from my Scottish side. 'My Scottish family are all very proud people, very passionate. I think that shows in the way I play. I wear my heart on my sleeve. 'When I call my grandad to give him some good news, he still gets a crack in his voice. That almost brings me to tears. So now it is really nice to represent Scotland on behalf of my family as well. 'My family has been the backbone to my career so I owe them a lot when I go out to play.' Scotland and Saracens stalwart Kelly Brown has been left out of Vern Cotter's squad for the November Tests . Cowan first moved to the UK in 2009 when he signed for Cornish Pirates. As spell at Worcester Warriors then led to his move to the Irish Exiles. He has even toured Scotland when his sister married her partner in Edinburgh. But the atmosphere of a packed-out Murrayfield is something he has still to savour. 'I got a taste of playing for Scotland during the summer but now I've got my eyes set on playing at Murrayfield,' said the Wellington-born flanker. Ryan Grant (right) has been invited to train with the Scotland squad after Allan Dell was ruled out with an injury . 'That would be a huge honour and probably the highlight of my career if I get the chance. 'I'm dying to get out there. My mum has just come over to visit myself and my brother. It would be the first time in six years that I have played in front of her. 'To play in front of the Scottish crowd would be huge but to play in front of my family makes it even more special.' Cowan's inclusion in Cotter's latest squad is also notable because is seems to have spelt the end of former skipper Kelly Brown's international career. But with a World Cup just 10 months away, the new man in the squad is refusing to let the fall-out of that episode ruin his big chance. He said: 'Kelly has obviously been a huge part of Scottish rugby and I have the utmost respect for him. 'But Vern knows what he wants. That's the nature of professional sport and I'm just lucky enough to be what Vern is after. 'Kelly's absence is the elephant in the room but I have put it behind me and I'm just concentrating on my job. 'I want to take the next step with Scotland. I was reasonably happy with the end-of-year tour but there was still things I could improve on. Now is a chance to show exactly what I can do if I get the opportunity to play.' Meanwhile, Ryan Grant has been invited to train with the squad after Edinburgh prop Allan Dell was ruled out with a leg injury. Grant, who toured Australia with the 2013 British & Irish Lions, is only just back from shoulder surgery himself but could end up replacing Dell after he was injured in the Gunners' 33-8 defeat to Leinster in Dublin on Friday.
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| Blair Cowan was born in New Zealand but is the son of a Scottish mother . The London Irish backrower already has three caps for Vern Cotter's men after being called-up for the summer tour of the Americas. Cowan first moved to the UK in 2009 when he signed for Cornish Pirates . The flanker then moved to Worcester Warriors bfore his move to the Exiles . | train |
234376 | Article: Apple fell further behind rival Samsung in the battle of the smartphones with iPhone sales slowing and profits falling for the first time in ten years. In the first three months of 2013 it sold 37.4million handsets compared to 35.1million a year earlier. In contrast, Samsung is expected to shift 65million phones over the same period – up from 41million last year. Lost its shine: Apple is expected to reveal first profit fall in a decade today as sales of iPhone and iPad sales slump . And with its latest Galaxy S4 phone . going on sale as early as today in the US, the South Korean company . looks set to extend its lead in the global smartphone race. Apple, which last week lost its crown . as the world’s most valuable company to oil giant Exxon Mobil, posted . its worst set of results in the last decade. The US tech giant’s profits for the . period fell by 18 per cent to £6.3billion after it was forced to cut . margins to keep prices down. Sales were better than expected, . rising 11.3 per cent to £28.6billion. Some 19.5million iPads were sold . during the quarter, up from 11.8million. Apple CEO Tim Cook (left) and founder Steve Jobs (right) holding an iPad who died in 2011 following a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer aged 56 . Apple’s Wall Street shares have fallen by more than 40pc since September on fears that its flagship iPhone has lost its lustre. But yesterday Apple tried to appease shareholders with a 15 per cent hike in dividend to $3.05 per share. The results pile further pressure on Tim Cook, Apple’s boss who took over from founder Steve Jobs in January 2011. However he assured shareholders: ‘Our . teams are hard at work on some amazing new hardware, software, and . services and we are very excited about the products in our pipeline.’ Drop: Apple's shares have hit their lowest levels in a year-and-a-half suggesting the company has lost crucial ground to rivals including Samsung . Since Cook began running the company, . Apple has only launched the iPad mini, which has sold poorly and . whittled down profit margins. Under Jobs, who died in October 2011, . Apple released a series of revolutionary gadgets, from the music-playing . iPod to the iPhone and the iPad. Its products dominated every sphere the company entered, forcing rivals to play catch-up. Now Cook faces renewed calls to launch new game-changing products. Rivals: Apple's iPhone 5 (left) sales have slowed at the same time it faces competition from Samsung which unveiled its latest Galaxy S4 handset (right) last month . Pride: JK Shin, Samsung's president and head of IT and mobile communications, shows off the Galaxy S4 in each of its two colors . A new way to browse: The Galaxy S4 has different options for navigation. If the phone senses someone is looking at the screen, the user can tilt it forward or backwards to scroll up and down a Web page . Laurence Balter, technology analyst . at Oracle, said: ‘It was OK when Steve Jobs would say we have some great . things in the product line, but right now that credibility has been . lost.’ He added: ‘The market needs to see some evidence that the future is bright because the candle is flickering.’ Shares in Apple hit a record high in September, but have dropped sharply since then. Earlier this month the company that . manufactures iPhones and iPads in China, Hon Hai Precision Industries, . reported its biggest fall in sales in 13 years – raising suspicions . Apple has cut orders for the coming months. Eye-catching: Samsung Electronics in Australia transformed the iconic sails of the Opera House into a visual display showcasing hundreds of photographs submitted by Australians on Facebook . A photograph is projected onto the sails of the Opera House during the unveiling of the new Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone at the Sydney Opera House . Dramatic: Apple fell further behind rival Samsung in the battle of the smartphones which launched its new handset in Australia with this dramatic display on the Sydney Opera House . Surfs up: A photograph submitted on Facebook is projected onto the Sydney Opera House . With its latest Galaxy S4 phone going on sale this week, Samsung looks set to extend its lead in the global smartphone race . Extravagant: Samsung pushed the boat out at the launch of its new handset in Australia by projecting images onto the Sydney Opera House . Proving they are a match for Apple, Samsung outrageously showed they are all about the style after putting on this incredible display in Sydney .
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| Apple is no longer the world's most valuable publicly traded company . The US tech giant saw its profits for the period fall by 18 per cent . Its shares have hit their lowest levels in a year-and-a-half . Apple faces competition from Samsung which unveiled Galaxy S4 last month . | train |
187380 | Article: By . Hugo Duncan . PUBLISHED: . 19:04 EST, 17 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:04 EST, 17 December 2012 . Nearly half of all households in Britain are worried about their debts as the squeeze on family finances intensifies, the Bank of England warns today. A toxic combination of runaway inflation and low wage growth has left millions struggling to make ends meet in the run up to Christmas. The average household is now £22 a month worse off than they were a year ago, according to a study from the Bank, blowing a £264 hole in annual family budgets. Concern: Low wage growth and runaway inflation have left millions worried about their finances . Bank governor Sir Mervyn King has described it as the biggest squeeze on incomes since the 1920s. The Bank’s quarterly bulletin, published today, shows 11.25million households in Britain are now ‘very concerned’ or ‘somewhat concerned’ about their debts. Many have cut their spending, looked for extra work or even asked for financial help from relatives as the longest downturn for a century takes its toll. ‘Incomes have been broadly flat over the past year and rises in prices will have eroded the spending power of that income,’ the study finds. ‘Households on low incomes are more likely to have seen their income fall and a number of households remain uncertain about their future incomes.’ Household spending accounts for two-thirds of economic output in Britain and the pressure on family finances has held back the recovery. Tough times: The Bank's governor Sir Mervyn King has described the situation as the biggest squeeze on incomes since the 1920s . The Bank report says consumer spending fell 6 per cent in the 2008 and 2009 recession and ‘has been broadly flat since the end of 2009’. The typical disposable income – after tax, national insurance, housing costs, bills and loan repayments – fell from £699 a month in 2011 to £692 a month this year, according to the report. But after inflation is taken into account, the average household is now £22 a month worse off than it was 12 months ago. Real incomes, once inflation is taken into account, are now only just above where they were at the end of 2007. Modest wage growth has been eroded by the soaring cost of living, driven in part by the rise in VAT and higher energy bills. The five-year hit has left many worried about their financial security. The Bank report finds that 12 per cent of people are ‘very concerned’ about high levels of debt and a further third of the population is ‘somewhat concerned’ – a total of 45 per cent of households or 11.25million. Around 5 per cent of households, or 1.25million, have fallen behind with at least some bills and a further 17 per cent or 4.25million say it is a ‘constant struggle’ to keep up. The report says 35 per cent of households in Britain, or 8.75million, have cut spending while 4.5 per cent or just over 1.1million have asked for financial help from relatives. The Government’s efforts to restore the health of the country’s finances has also taken a heavy toll, with 48 per cent complaining that they have been affected by austerity, down slightly from 52 per cent last year. The Bank's report says consumer spending fell six per cent in the 2008 and 2009 recession and has remained flat since .
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| Average household now £22 a month worse off than a year ago . Households are cutting spending, looking for extra work or asking for help . Bank of England says consumer spending has been 'flat' since end of 2009 . | train |
47076 | Article: A beloved Standard Oil heiress who drove an old station wagon and wore jeans has shocked her former high school by leaving them $40 million in her will - and nothing to her relatives. Ruth Bedford, the last surviving grandchild of Standard Oil director Edward T. Bedford, was two months shy of her 100th birthday when she passed away in her sleep at her Greens Farms, Connecticut home on June 15. Bedford, who lived humbly despite her fortune, had told Foxcroft School, a small all-girls school in Middleburg, Virginia, that she was going to leave them money, but they only learned of the sum after her death. Humble life: Ruth Bedford, pictured left as a student at Foxcroft School in Virginia and right in her later years, left $40 million to her alma mater. She passed away in Connecticut in June, aged 99 . The $40 million bequest is likely the largest gift ever made to an all-girls school and one of the largest gifts to a secondary school from a woman, school officials told the Washington Post. 'Our students will directly benefit as we expand the experiential learning that has always been a hallmark of a Foxcroft education, refresh our physical plant, and strengthen our scholarship offerings,' Cathy McGehee, Foxcroft's head of school, said in a statement. Staff at the school, which has just 157 students, said some of the gift will be set aside to establish a scholarship in Bedford's name and some will be used to commemorate her love of theater. Bedford attended the small countryside school between 1928 and 1932. The institution, which has an equestrian program, had a lasting impact on Bedford, who was a talented rider and active on the basketball and cheerleading teams, her grandniece, Libby McKinney Tritschler, said. Accomplished: Bedford, top left with her basketball teammates, was a natural athlete who enjoyed horse riding, cheerleading and sailing. She later worked as a volunteer during WWII and a Broadway stage hand . Loved: Bedford, pictured right during her school days, also learned how to pilot a sea plane . She added that it was not surprisingly that Bedford, who was never married and had no children, did not leave anything in her estate for family members. Wealthy: She was the only surviving grandchild of Standard Oil's director Edward T. Bedfor . 'It was never about the money for my family,' she told the Washington Post. 'Money wasn't what they lived off of. They really gave back to their community.' Bedford was one of three surviving children of the son of Edward T. Bedford, who served as director of Standard Oil in the early 1900s, and grew up on her family's 17-acre estate in Westport. She grew up seeing her father, industrialist, farmer and philanthropist Frederick T. Bedford, and mother donate large sums to local hospitals and charities. After Bedford left Foxcroft, she served with the Red Cross during the London Blitz before moving to New York to work on Broadway as a Rodgers and Hammerstein production hand. She also raced thoroughbreds that won stakes at Saratoga and Belmont, and became a skilled pilot after she had been inspired to take up the hobby by the man she loved. She never married but she was known to have fallen for Briggs Cunningham, a millionaire race-car driver who later featured on the cover of Time. Bedford took up flying, hoping she would get to spend more time with him because he often flew to Long Island on business, the Post reported. Good life: After leaving school, she volunteered with the Red Cross and then moved to New York City . Strong: She had fallen in love with a millionaire race car driver Briggs Cunningham, pictured right, as a teenager and took up flying to impress him. But her sister married him and Bedford never wed . Thrill-seeker: Friends remembered Bedford as a skilled sailor, pilot, golfer and tennis player . But Cunningham's attentions were elsewhere - with her sister Lucie. The pair married in October 1929 and went on to have children. Lucie was known as a successful yachtsman. Bedford never had a love interest after losing 'her one true love', her grand-niece said. For the past five decades, she instead devoted her life to her community, her local hospital and her animals; she tended to pigs, llamas and thoroughbred horses. She lived a humble life; she drove an Oldsmobile station wagon and donned jeans to muck out her horses. She also enjoyed drinking scotch. She was also a skilled sailor, golfer, tennis player and aviatrix, and friends remembered her as 'generous, unpretentious, with a zest for life, a beautiful smile and laugh, and an interest in everybody around her no matter their position in society', Leesburg Today reported. Thankful: Foxcroft School is in the countryside in Middleburg, Virginia and has just 157 students . The countryside school has 157 students - a quarter of whom are from 15 foreign countries - and yearly tuition us $50,900 for boarding and $42,900 for day students. Its alumni include women from the Rockefeller, Carnegie, Mellon and Astor families. Students will be informed of the gift on Tuesday.
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| Ruth Bedford, the last surviving grandchild of Standard Oil director Edward T. Bedford, passed away in her sleep in Green Farms, Connecticut in June . She left $40 million to Foxcroft School, a small countryside school with just 157 female students in Middleburg, Virginia; she left the school in 1932 . Bedford left nothing in her estate to relatives; she never married after her sister wed the man she loved . She worked with the Red Cross during WWII then as a production hand on Broadway and volunteered at a local hospital for 50 years . Friends said she drove an old station wagon, wore jeans to muck out her horses and enjoyed the odd drink of Scotch . | train |
280486 | Article: By . Kieran Corcoran . PUBLISHED: . 09:03 EST, 20 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:00 EST, 20 November 2013 . A cash-strapped council has been attacked for installing expensive bins that cost £5,000 each, provide free wifi and send a text message when they're full. Ceredigion County Council in west Wales, which must make £9.5million in cuts by 2015, is under fire after setting up five 'Big Belly' solar-powered bins in seaside locations at a time when it is cutting teaching jobs, and has to dig deep even to fund public toilets. The hi-tech 'compacter' bins use energy from the sun to crush waste put inside it, which its makers claim gives it between six and eight times the capacity of a regular bin. Scroll down for video . Hi-tech: Pedestrians make use of the new Big Belly bin in Aberystwyth town centre . They are leased from the manufacturers for around £1,000 a year, and have been set up to tackle a litter problem in seaside areas with grant money from the Welsh Government. Councils in Somerset and London have already trialled the devices. It has been claimed the bins will save more than three times as much as they cost, but local people have attacked them as a waste of public money that could be better-spent elsewhere. In Aberaeron, one of the towns which now has a Big Belly, local representatives complained that the money could be better-spent keeping public toilets open. Councillor Mair Harrison said: 'We have to pay £4,000 to keep our public toilets open yet they are spending £5,000 on a bin. 'I know it is different funding pots but it’s still public money.' However, according to claims by CSG Asset Management, which distributes the bins in the UK, the bins will in fact the council money by reducing how often collections need to be made. The devices, which cost £21 per week each to lease, are said to save £77, reduce the number of bin collections needed by more than 70 per cent and scare off vermin. As the bins do not leave their rubbish exposed to the elements they are also said to cut the number of pests, as well as the problem of overflowing. The ability of the bins to text and email when they are full is also said to eliminate 'milk-round' stye collections, as collectors will only need to empty the bins when they know they are nearly full. A Welsh Government spokesman said: 'Bins in coastal towns, especially Aberystwyth, Borth, Aberaeron and New Quay, experience heavy use during the tourist season. 'Much of the litter is fast food litter that is bulky and attracts seagulls and rats. The innovative Big Belly Bins compress the litter using solar power. The bins can hold six to eight times more waste than the average bin. Pilot: One of the bins has been installed by the Clock Tower in Aberystwyth, pictured . 'The bins also eliminate smells and do not attract vermin. The bin will send an email and text when it has reached 85 per cent capacity. 'This means it can be emptied when needed rather than having to empty bins on a ‘milk-round’ type basis.' The Council has been under fire recently for implementing spending cuts, including one of £210,000 to school budgets, which will cost five teachers their jobs. Budget announcements last month revealed that Ceredigion would lose almost £5million in funding. The council's leader said at the time that the cut was 'unprecedented' and would prompt tough choices. Welsh councils have faced less pressure in the past years to save money than English counterparts, and have kept the ability to hike council tax by as much as 5 per cent a year to make ends meet. Ceredigion has increased council tax by 3 per cent per year every year since 2011, which has helped it to avoid making the severe cuts seen elsewhere. But in the Welsh Government's draft budget this year it was made clear that councils would have to make significant savings. Ceredigion was given a 4.6 per cent cut, roughly £5million. Taking inflation and existing spending plans into account, it will have to make £9.5million of cuts in the next tax year to balance its books. The change will be even more severe after the rural council's share of central government funding was revised down due to its declining population. When the cuts were announced, council leader Ellen ap Gwynn said: 'We will have to make some very difficult decisions over the next few months as we try and minimise the impact on the existing services, and we must accept that some services will need to be reduced or even cut.' The council is still deciding exactly what will be done to make the savings, but it has been suggested that libraries, refuse collection and public toilets will be in the firing line. Video courtesy ITV West Country News .
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| Ceredigion Council in Wales has installed five of the 'Big Belly' bins . They cost £1,000 a year each, run on solar power, and beam out free wi-fi . Manufacturers claim they hold eight times as much as than a normal bin . But local representatives questioned the squeezed council . Ceredigion is facing a £5million funding cut in the next tax year . But combined with inflation and current spending commitments, this means finding £9.5million of cuts . | train |
303941 | Article: (CNN) -- Roger Ebert's death, coming so soon after he announced he was curtailing his movie-reviewing schedule because of recurring cancer, is being greeted—especially across the Internet--with widespread shock, and the kind of grief one feels when one loses a longtime neighbor, a trusted friend, a beloved teacher whose lessons may not have had an immediate impact but became more meaningful with time. Who could have imagined the American people would ever feel that way about a critic, any critic? Few could have as far back as 1975 when Ebert, the prize-winning film reviewer for the Chicago Sun-Times, first teamed up with his Chicago Tribune competitor Gene Siskel for a locally broadcast weekly series, "Coming to a Theater Near You." Over the next 24 years, their weekly half-hour of movie clips and clipped arguments became an ever-expanding nationwide franchise. It catapulted both men to fame and riches befitting media icons -- and altered preconceived notions of what a critic looked and sounded like. Opinion: Ebert's sheer love of life . In fact, it's only natural the blogosphere should feel the pain of Ebert's leaving. One could say that blogs of all shapes, sizes and subjects owe their existence in part to the examples set by Siskel and Ebert. Long before Siskel and Ebert helped embed the "thumbs up/thumbs down" judgment meme in television folklore, critics were viewed in the popular imagination as fastidious bullies, often packing European accents and high-end vocabularies, with nothing but bad will to deliver to anything they saw or heard. The type was best embodied in past epochs by the performances of George Sanders or Clifton Webb, who portrayed acid-tongued theater critics in, respectively, "All About Eve" (1950) and "Laura" (1944). Siskel and Ebert knew about those movies, but they knew many more things those mythical assailants of reputation could not. The broad perspective they brought to movies also widened the public's view of critics. They were bright Midwestern guys who were, yes, erudite enough to know their European classics as well as the comparative merits of animated Disney musicals. They also were capable of squirting venom on things they didn't like with conspicuous panache. But their warm manner, open-ended aesthetics and companionable personalities helped viewers understand that criticism wasn't always about being, well, critical. It was a way of seeing the world, of thinking your way through something you otherwise took for granted. Their approach made criticism not only less threatening and formidable, but it also made critical thinking seem accessible, even, well, friendly. HLN: Favorite Roger Ebert quotes . Siskel accurately rated Ebert the better prose stylist of the pair. Certainly, he was the more celebrated writer, having been the first movie reviewer to win a Pulitzer Prize for criticism, in 1975. As idiosyncratic as his style could be (rakish and puckish when he felt mischievous; oracular and didactic when he felt messianic), he was never conspicuously out for blood the way Simon Cowell, the serpentine, post-millennial, popular prototype of a critic, often seemed to be when assessing talent on TV. His annual movie yearbooks exhibited his witty, humane approach to reviewing and to celebrity interviews, which somehow retained his personal touch even in later years as publicists tightened their control over one-on-one access to actors and directors. He was never shy about showing off his knowledge of movie history, but he also never made it seem like a closed shop, open only to a favored few. He wanted more readers to like better movies. And he carried out his mission through a website that became as much a trendsetter for other Internet venues as the Siskel-and-Ebert model became for point-counterpoint TV panel shows. One sensed Ebert's enjoyment at being a role model for movie geeks who wanted to get their own aesthetic values aired on the Web. As with his late partner, Ebert worked at putting on no airs. He seemed less like a snooty aesthete than a regular guy who just happened to know a little more about movies than anyone else in the neighborhood and set up a little corner stand to talk about them. If, as is often remarked, everybody's a critic, then Roger Ebert was one of the crucial forces responsible for empowering everybody to believe they're critics. Remembering Roger Ebert . This may annoy those who remain averse to the idea of criticism itself. But Ebert, who also used his blog for occasional political or social commentary, would probably reply by saying that, if anything, there aren't enough people engaging in critical thinking when it comes to matters affecting their own lives. And by "critical," I doubt very much that Ebert would have meant a position of carping or complaining or even cutting-down-to-size so much as a state of heightened perception, of being open enough to the possibility that whatever you're looking at or listening to may not be what it seems -- or should be. As the lights went down one last time, Ebert would have loved it if all those people sitting in the dark and hoping for the best understood that his approach to movies was big enough, openhearted enough to embrace far more than the movies he'd loved all his life. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Gene Seymour.
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| Gene Seymour: News of film critic Roger Ebert's death lamented across Internet . He says in many ways blogs owe existence to example set by Ebert, critic co-host Siskel . He says they changed view of what a critic does, made it less formidable . Seymour: Ebert's approach was openhearted enough to assess all manner of cinema . | train |
11960 | Article: (CNN) -- Heavy fighting between Somali militants and African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu, Somalia has left at least 19 people dead and 71 others wounded, according to a local ambulance group. "What happened today was a horrific tragedy, the shelling was continuous and it was hitting a populated area of Bakara market where people were unwitting, so it was appalling many people lost parts of their body and were screaming," said Ali Musa, director of the amblunce group in Mogadishu. Musa said his group collected 19 died bodies and 71 people with wounds. "The fighting started 5:30 a.m. and continued into afternoon so there was absolutely fear and chaos in Mogadishu," he said. Meanwhile, government spokesman Abdirisaq Mohamed Qeylow claimed that government forces pushed Islamic insurgents out of some areas. "We have pushed the militants back and our forces have reached Howl Wadag intersection near Bakara Market," said Qeylow.
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| The violence is called a "horrific tragedy" A source describes "fear and chaos in Mogadishu" | train |
23562 | Article: Miami (CNN) -- References to drugs, comments about hazing and pictures of semi-nude women taken from posts on a closed Facebook page have prompted the suspension of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity on Florida International University's Miami campus. An e-mail containing 70 screen grabs of posts allegedly found on the Facebook page for active members of Pi Kappa Alpha, also known as Pike, were sent to school officials and members of the media, including CNN affiliate WSVN. "Anyone have a connect for coke, not me, a friends wants, lol," says one post, while others mention "study drugs." There are offers to sell Adderall and Vyvanse, drugs prescribed to people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Several postings allegedly made by members of the fraternity make reference to the "Pike pharmacy." One lets the group know the "Pike Pharmacy is on campus all day today again" and leaves a phone number to call. CNN called that number and every number contained in the posts and was told "no comment" by three people. One said, "I have no idea what's going on" before hanging up the phone. Although most of the social media chatter in the screen grabs involved talk of drugs and alcohol, there were a few that made reference to hazing, one offering this advice, "HAZE THE F(*! OUT OF THEM....end of story." The obscenities in the screen grabs are numerous, as are the derogatory comments, especially those in reference to their female coeds. A few semi-naked pictures of women were included. One of the pictures showed a topless female, with the comment: "I think she was 17 at the time of the titi pics...LOL." Florida International University declined CNN's request for an interview but said in a statement that it "took prompt action and placed the fraternity on interim suspension pending the outcome of investigations by appropriate university departments, including the police." The board of directors of the Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity suspended the FIU chapter over the "disgraceful, offensive and indefensible" behavior. "The immediate decision to suspend by the Supreme Council was made to communicate clearly that this type of behavior is not tolerated," Executive Vice President Justin A. Buck said in a statement released Friday. "It is clear these individuals never had any concept of what Pi Kappa Alpha stands for." A conduct history of the Pi Kappa Alpha chapter at FIU shows the fraternity is no stranger to discipline investigations. It is currently on probation for an incident in June in which members were accused of interfering with the Office of Orientation and Parent Programs by "inviting new students to the house and serving alcohol," the university said in an e-mail. Ultimately, the fraternity was found "not responsible" for dispensing alcohol but was found "responsible" on the accusations of interfering, the university said. Over the past five years, this Pi Kappa Alpha chapter was brought up on discipline charges eight times. In April 2010, the fraternity was put on probation when members were caught painting obscene words and pictures on a student's car. Most of the incidents involved alcohol, including a 2008-2009 probation for providing alcohol to minors. While on probation, the fraternity was disciplined for having a party with alcohol. For this infraction, Pi Kappa Alpha was suspended from August 2011 until April 2013, but the sanctions were modified on appeal and the suspension ended a year earlier. This time, it may not be just the fraternity that will be disciplined. Police are looking into the possibility of criminal charges if people who posted on the page are found to have committed any crimes.
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| NEW: Fraternity headquarters suspends chapter at Florida International University . School says it "took prompt action and placed the fraternity on interim suspension" Screen grabs show posts that reference drugs and hazing . The Pi Kappa Alpha chapter at FIU has had past disciplinary problems . | train |
11769 | Article: (CNN) -- The holiday season is always a win for video gamers, as software makers jockey to one-up each other with slicker graphics, deeper play and more expansive 3-D worlds. But the larger and more complex modern-day epics like "Fable III" and "Fallout: New Vegas" become, the more it often pays to keep things simple. Classics such as "Tetris" and "Pac-Man" clearly illustrate this principle. As engaging today as they were when first launched decades back, it's these titles' sheer approachability and user-friendliness that make them timeless. Even the most sprawling modern-day gaming experiences, such as "World of Warcraft" and "Call of Duty: Black Ops," still bow to the classic game design principle of keeping play easy to learn but hard to master. The successful games observe two vital rules: . 1) Find clever ways to spin the same basic concept (swapping tiles, stomping enemy heads, etc.) multiple times . 2) Tip learning curves in the players' favor by slowly introducing added depth at a comfortable pace . There's a reason why social games, including "FarmVille" and "Mafia Wars," and iPhone apps such as "Angry Birds" and "Pocket God" continue to rack up millions of plays. It's not that these titles are revolutionary in design. It's that although the games are easy to start playing and enjoying, they increase in depth and complexity as the player gains more skill. This makes it less intimidating for players of all levels to try these games, which slowly entice us into their web. (Admittedly, the games' low price points, on-demand access and ample personality don't hurt either.) Make no mistake: Hardcore gaming enthusiasts do demand more value and substance from their titles than casual gamers. So designers are creating more robust virtual realms and expanding titles' value and scope through downloadable updates. Games in role-playing, simulation and strategy genres also thrive by adding greater intricacy, not less. In short, we'd weep for a world without the latest "Civilization" or "Gran Turismo." Instead of piling on pointless game variants or needlessly complicated controls, the most popular mass-appeal games often focus on executing a few simple features well -- and presenting them in endlessly novel contexts. What is "Torchlight" if not a smartly-placed series of mouse clicks, "Bejeweled" a simple slider puzzle or "Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock" a more high-tech version of Simon? No player likes to feel as if their favorite titles have been dumbed down. No designer appreciates admitting that behind all the fancy mission types, play modes and monsters, their basic play concept amounts to "checkers with a twist," or simply tapping the right keys on cue. Still, why overcomplicate matters? Freeform missions, jaw-dropping graphics and extensive online multiplayer support make excellent window dressing. But even in the era of sprawling odysseys like "Alan Wake" and "Red Dead Redemption," they remain secondary to a fun, engaging and approachable core game experience.
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| Simple games, including such classics as "Tetris," are less intimidating to newcomers . The most popular games often focus on executing a few simple features well . Hardcore gamers still love complex challenges, and no one likes to feel their favorite titles have been dumbed down . | train |
249217 | Article: (CNN) -- Children were among the victims of a plane crash that killed as many as 17 people Sunday in Butte, Montana, according to authorities in Oroville, California, where the aircraft stopped for fuel. Martha Guidoni said this photo was taken after she and her husband saw the plane "nosedive" in Butte, Montana. The single-engine plane stopped at the Oroville airport at about 11 a.m. PT, refueled and departed about half an hour later, Police Chief Kirk Trostle said. "There were some adults and children on board," he told reporters Sunday evening, adding the passengers got out briefly to stretch while the pilot refueled the plane. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus said based on preliminary reports, 17 people died in the crash. The Pilatus PC-12 was headed to Bozeman, Montana, but rerouted to Butte instead and crashed 500 feet short of the runway at Butte's Bert Mooney Airport, Fergus said. The flight plan originated in Redlands, California, according to flight-tracking site FBOweb.com. Stops were made in Vacaville, California, then Oroville, before the plane headed for Montana. Preliminary information indicates the pilot did not declare an emergency aboard the plane before the crash, Fergus said. The National Transportation Safety Board is sending an investigation team to the scene, Kristi Dunks, an aerosafety investigator with the agency, told reporters in Butte on Sunday evening. Dunks said the plane crashed at the Holy Cross Cemetery, located just south of the airport's Runway 3. She said there were no survivors, though she wouldn't confirm the number of people on board the plane. No one on the ground was injured, Sheriff John Walsh said. Eric Teitelman, Oroville's director of community development and public works, said the small airport has no control tower but because it has a "wide-open runway" and a self-service fuel system, it is a frequent stop for private aircraft. Teitelman said at least one person -- an aircraft owner doing servicing work -- was at the airport Sunday when the Pilatus stopped for refueling. The aircraft owner "met the pilot, saw the children running around," Teitelman said. The plane, manufactured in 2001, was registered to Eagle Cap Leasing in Enterprise, Oregon, according to the FAA. Martha Guidoni told CNN she and her husband witnessed the plane crash. She photographed one of the first images of the scene, which showed the cemetery in the foreground of a huge blaze. See a map of Butte, Montana » . "We were just taking a ride, and all of a sudden, we watched this plane just take a nosedive," she told CNN. "We drove into the cemetery to see if there was any way my husband could help someone, and we were too late. There was nothing to help." Her husband, Steve Guidoni, who went to the scene of the crash, said the plane "went into the ground" and caught a tree on fire. Watch footage from scene and hear witness recount what he saw » . "I looked ... to see if I could see anybody I could pull out or anything, but there wasn't anything there, I couldn't see anything," he told CNN. "Some luggage [was] strewn around. ... [There were] some plane parts."
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| Children among those killed in crash in Butte, Montana, authorities say . Witness says she watched plane "just take a nosedive" Single-engine aircraft crashed about 500 feet short of runway, FAA says . FAA: Plane left California; originally supposed to land in Bozeman, Montana . | train |
72465 | Article: Los Angeles (CNN) -- The discovery two years ago of a man's decapitated head near the Hollywood sign began a murder mystery that police now believed is solved. Gabriel Campos-Martinez, 38, was charged Monday in the death of 66-year-old Hervey Medellin, whose head and several other body parts were found by a woman walking her dog in Hollywood's Griffith Park on January 17, 2012, according to the Los Angeles district attorney. Campos-Martinez and Medellin shared a Hollywood apartment for about six months, Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Bobby Grace said. A coroner concluded that Medellin had died as a result of asphyxiation and ruled the death a homicide, Grace said. Investigators have not revealed a motive for the gruesome killing, which police believe occurred around December 27, 2011. A murder charge was filed on Monday against Campos-Martinez, who was arrested in San Antonio, Texas, Sunday. He is being held on $1 million bail and awaiting an extradition hearing. The dog walker whose golden retriever, Ollie, discovered the head near a trail below the Hollywood sign said she at first thought the head was a movie prop. "Our assumption was that there was always people filming up there, and it was a prop," Lauren Kornberg said in 2012. "We walked down the ravine and got closer and realized it was a freshly severed human head." Cadaver dogs eventually found several hands and feet -- but no torso -- in the wooded area, which is near the home of actor Brad Pitt.
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| Gabriel Campos-Martinez is charged with killing his former roommate . A dog walker found Hervey Medellin's head near the Hollywood sign in January 2012 . Investigators have not revealed a motive for the gruesome killing . | train |
122255 | Article: By . Daily Mail Reporter . Nicola Benedetti, whose album Homecoming: A Scottish Fantasy has entered the top 20 of the UK Official Album chart . She became BBC Young Musician of the Year when she was 16, was named one of Britain’s most powerful young women earlier this year and already has an MBE and eight honorary degrees. But Nicola Benedetti has added yet another string to her bow. Yesterday she became the first solo British violinist since the 1990s to enter the Top 20 of the official UK albums chart with her record Homecoming: A Scottish Fantasy. She is also the first ever Scottish classical artist to enter the Top 20. It’s at number 19 and expected to rise. The last British violinist to score a Top 20 album as a solo performer was Vanessa Mae in 1995. Nigel Kennedy achieved the same feat in 1989. Miss Benedetti, who is due to perform at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, said: ‘I am absolutely thrilled to have reached the Top 20, not something a classical artist ever expects. This is a deeply personal recording inspired by Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy. 'The project took me deep into the heart of Scottish culture. I hope the music, in all its diversity, is providing some uplift and pleasure.’ Earlier this year the 26-year-old lashed out at critics who claim glamorous classical musicians succeed because of their sexy image rather than their artistic ability. She said it amounted to sexism when talented female artists were judged on their looks, adding: ‘Classical music can be prouder of its integrity than many industries. People are basically chosen for their ability.’ Miss Benedetti’s latest achievement follows her MBE in 2013 for her educational and charity work. She was named in Britain’s Top 30: The Young Female Power List, published in the Times in February, alongside the likes of Adele, Emma Watson and the Duchess of Cambridge. Miss Benedetti's latest achievement follows her MBE in 2013 for her educational and charity work . Her rendition of Scottish Fantasy, a piece of classical music written in 1880 by the German romantic composer Max Bruch, now sits in the mainstream chart alongside pop acts such as Will.i.am – a judge on BBC talent show The Voice. The number one spot was claimed by the rapper and producer. His new single has gone straight in at the top of the charts to give him his 10th UK number one. It’s My Birthday, featuring 17-year-old American singer Cody Wise, tops the pile 11 years after The Voice judge’s first number one, 2003’s Black Eyed Peas hit Where Is The Love, . He knocked reigning chart queens Ariana Grande and Iggy Azalea down to two with Problem, while Ella Henderson also slides one to number three with Ghost, according to the Official Chart Company. The pop star now has five solo number one singles in Britain, the same as he has with the Black Eyed Peas.
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| Nicola Benedetti's new record enters official UK album chart's top 20 . Becomes first British solo violinist to enter top 20 since the 1990s . Musician already has an MBE and will play at the opening of the Commonwealth Games . | train |
20943 | Article: (CNN) -- On the second anniversary of the death of former North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, the nation held a memorial in his honor, lauding his life and achievements. During the ceremony, his son, Kim Jong Un sat front and center below the image of his father, which was festooned in gold-colored flowers. He assumed power after his father's death in 2011. The memorial marking the death of the elder Kim brought out what looked like thousands of party members and military personnel, who dressed in black or in green uniforms, into Pyongyang Gymnasium. They clapped in in synchrony, raising their hands above their shoulders. The anniversary came a week after an uncharacteristically public announcement of the execution of Kim's uncle, Jang Song Thaek that raised speculation about turmoil within the North Korean leadership. Showing allegiance . During Tuesday's ceremony, the remaining top brass, appearing solemn, flanked Kim. All the levels of power and control of North Korea appeared to be there, to show allegiance to Kim and the state, said Daniel Pinkston, senior analyst of the North East Asia region for the International Crisis Group. Anniversary ceremonies pertaining to the North Korea's founder, Kim Il Sung and his son, Kim Jong Il are common. "Kim Jong Un is using those dates for ceremonies as opportunities to have people in the leadership extend pledges of allegiance and loyalty to the regime, to the party and Kim Jong Un as a leader," said Pinkston. "There was a lot more eyes on it because of the recent purging and execution of Jang Song Thaek." 'Human bullets and bombs' In a separate event on Monday, members of the North Korean military -- the Korean People's Army -- swore to uphold Kim as leader and to defend him unto death at a meeting at Kumsusan Palace, reported the North Korean state news agency, KCNA. The participants "solemnly pledged to become human bullets and bombs" and to know only Kim, according to KCNA. The execution of Jang last week came as a shock. Jang, who was Kim's uncle by marriage, had been regarded as the second-most powerful figure in the secretive nation. Denounced as a "traitor for all ages" and "worse than a dog," he was executed for trying to overthrow the state "by all sorts of intrigues and despicable methods." His crimes on KCNA included: Behaving arrogantly, unwilling to stand up from his seat and "half-heartedly clapping." His widow and the current North Korean leader's aunt, Kim Kyong-hui did not appear to attend the Tuesday anniversary commemorating the death of her brother. However, she was mentioned in a KCNA report this weekend, suggesting she had survived her husband's purge. After the ceremony held at the Pyongyang gymnasium, Kim Jong Un later appeared with his wife, Ri Sol Ju as they visited the mausoleum where his father's body lies. Ri was seen walking by his side. For the rest of the North Korean population, the situation may be tense. Sokeel Park, director of Research and Strategy at Liberty in North Korea, an NGO, said he had heard from defectors secretly communicating with family members inside North Korea that there have been greater restrictions. This is common during anniversaries marking the Kims. "I've heard of increased restrictions on movement, and increased restriction on the market," Park said. "The general atmosphere is one of lockdown. Combine that with the quite shocking news to North Korea that Jang Song Thaek was looking to overthrow the leadership -- that's shocking in any society. That contributes to this tense atmosphere among North Korean people." Signs of instability? The execution of Jang has unsettled some North Korea observers as well as its neighbors, as they look for signs of instability in the government and possibility of provocation. The South Korean defense ministry said Jang's death could be a major turning point in North Korea since the founding of its power 68 years ago and there could be a provocation early next year. But the ministry's spokesman Kim Min-seok said that there is no "imminent sign of North Korea carrying out nuclear and missile tests." Park Geun-hye, the South Korean president said on Monday before a meeting with diplomatic and security ministers, that she could not rule out "reckless provocations" from the north. U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry called Kim "reckless" and" insecure" following the execution of his uncle, stating that it makes having a nuclear weapon in the hands of somebody like him "even more unacceptable." CNN's KJ Kwon in Seoul contributed to this report.
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| Two-year anniversary marked for death of Kim Jong Il . North Korea's top brass attended ceremony . Attention to North Korea after execution of Kim Jong Un's uncle . New: More restrictions in North Korea . | train |
40833 | Article: By . Louise Boyle . A 17-year-old rescue horse has been put down after an unknown assailant injected her with gasoline. Jolean, a Paso Fino horse, initially had a spot of blood on her shoulder last Monday which her owner, John Hoogerhyde, believed to be an insect bite. However the horse's neck began to swell and she was left bloated and in so much pain that she couldn't lie down. Two days later, she had to be put down at the small horse farm in Belleview, Florida. Scroll down for video . Horse owner John Hoogerhyde, pictured, said that his beloved horse Jolean had to be put down last week after an unknown attacker injected her with gasoline at his Florida farm . The horse's shoulder where it was injected with gasoline. The blood spot initially looked like an insect bite but went on to swell and left the horse unable to stand. Jolean was put down last Wednesday . Mr Hoogerhyde told MailOnline today that he had rescued Jolean 18 months ago from a cruel farm where she was beaten and starved. He said: 'It was a complete transformation, we had her loving people again.' Mr Hoogerhyde kept Jolean and two other horses on his land on Southeast 55th Avenue Road alongside a neighbor, who also has three horses. He said: 'I noticed a blood spot on her shoulder last Monday but it looked like a bug bite. I gave her medication but she began to swell and bloat. Two days later, she couldn't stand and we had to take her to be put down. 'The vet who did the autopsy asked me: ''Did you pour gasoline on this horse?'' which I told him I would never do. 'The vet said the smell of gas when they opened Jolean up was overpowering.' It is unclear how much gasoline Jolean had in her body as the chemical ate into the horse's tissue after it was injected. Jolean was rescued from a cruel farm 18 months ago and nursed back to health by her owner John Hoogerhyde. She died last week after being injected with gasoline by a mystery assailant . Horse farmer John Hoogerhyde (pictured last week) told MailOnline today that he rescued Jolean just 18 months ago from a cruel owner and had no idea who would have killed her . Mr Hoogerhyde told MailOnline that he had no clue who would have wanted to harm the aging horse in this way. 'Our area is very quiet, with no break-ins and no trouble,' he said. Mr Hoogerhyde's neighbor, Leah Greenleaf, also had her six-year-old horse Kate poisoned with gasoline. Kate has undergone two surgeries after the chemical spread through her body and is awaiting a third to remove poisoned flesh. Mr Hoogerhyde said it was 'still up in the air' whether the horse would survive. Mr Hoogerhyde has moved his two remaining horses off the property following the attacks. The Marion County Sheriff's Department is investigating but initial searches of the property did not turn up any suspicious items. A neighboring horse, six-year-old Kate, has undergone two surgeries after being poisoned with gasoline in a similar way to Jolean. It is still unclear if she will survive .
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| Jolean had a spot of blood on her shoulder last Monday which her owner believed to be an insect bite . The 17-year-old horse was rescued by owner John Hoogerhyde from a farm 18 months ago where she was beaten and starved . Jolean became bloated and was unable to stand. She had to be put down last Wednesday . An autopsy discovered a powerful stench of gasoline coming from the horse's flesh . | train |
170748 | Article: Britain’s biggest force is already recruiting those who have been on the wrong side of the law in a controversial attempt to increase race diversity . Convicted criminals will be allowed to join the police under plans to relax strict entry rules that critics fear will undermine standards. For the first time, candidates will be considered if they have convictions, cautions or fines for offences likely to include possession of cannabis or shoplifting. The Mail on Sunday has established that Britain’s biggest force is already recruiting those who have been on the wrong side of the law in a controversial attempt to increase race diversity. It can also be revealed that all forces across England and Wales will be encouraged to adopt softer rules on who should be ruled out from becoming a police officer. The College of Policing, which sets standards for the profession, is to publish a code of practice in the New Year on the vetting of would-be police officers. It will set out a relaxation of the current rules – which ban anyone with previous convictions, cautions or fines in all but the most exceptional circumstances – on the grounds that it is keeping potentially valuable people from becoming police officers. Instead, the college will tell police chiefs they can take on applicants with criminal pasts, as long as they are open about what they did. Those guilty of relatively minor offences, particularly those committed several years ago and which resulted in light sentences, are likely to be let in to forces. Applicants who try to hide what they did, or who committed serious crimes involving violence, sex offences or fraud, will continue to be barred from a career in uniform. And it will still be down to chief constables or personnel directors to make the final decision on a candidate. A spokesman for the College of Policing confirmed last night: ‘We are looking at reviewing the national standards around vetting. The current vetting standards are creating barriers to people who might be interested in policing. We need to look at this and apply discretion for minor convictions.’ But critics warned the move risked damaging public trust in the service, and claimed it was unnecessary as there is no shortage of highly qualified people who want to sign up. Steve White, chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, which represents rank-and-file officers, said: ‘The public need to have the utmost confidence that police officers are of the highest calibre and integrity and I have serious and grave concerns about anything which could undermine that.’ The current tough vetting rules, set out by The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) in 2012, do not provide an all-out ban on recruiting people with previous, as each case has to be considered individually. About 1,000 serving officers have committed some offence, but most are minor infringements of motoring law. ACPO rules warn, however: ‘Police forces should not recruit people with convictions, cautions and judicial or other formal disposals, which may call in to question the integrity of the applicant or the service. Scroll down for video . All forces across England and Wales will be encouraged to adopt softer rules on who should be ruled out from becoming a police officer . ‘The public is entitled to expect police forces will recruit people who demonstrate the highest standards of professional conduct, honesty and integrity.’ Ahead of the new nationwide code of practice, Scotland Yard has already relaxed its own rules to get more black and ethnic officers on the force, so that it becomes more representative of London’s diverse population. In a recent report the Met said: ‘Vetting removes 1.6 per cent of all applicants from the recruitment process. However, it removes 4.5 per cent of BME candidates. Earlier this year the Metropolitan Police Service Management Board agreed to accept a higher risk tolerance, particularly where offences occurred some time ago and which were of a minor nature. The force now disregards the existing ACPO guidance, which says anyone with a Penalty Notice for Disorder (PND) should normally be barred from becoming a constable. PNDs – on-the-spot fines – can be issued for offences ranging from possession of cannabis and shoplifting to using abusive words and being drunk and disorderly. Keith Vaz MP, chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, said: ‘Those who join the police should be beyond reproach. Standards must be kept at the highest level.’
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| Candidates will be considered if they have convictions, cautions or fines . Offences are likely to include possession of cannabis and shoplifting . Met has already been recruiting criminals to increase race diversity . Forces across England and Wales will be encouraged to adopt softer rules . | train |
219053 | Article: (CNN) -- Drew Peterson has met with a prominent divorce attorney more than a year after his wife, Stacy, disappeared, his lawyer confirmed to CNN on Tuesday. Drew Peterson's behavior after his wife disappeared deepened suspicion, but he says she ran off. Peterson, a former Bolingbrook, Illinois, police sergeant, has not filed divorce papers, said his attorney, Joel Brodsky. But Peterson told an author he would look into a divorce after Stacy had been missing for a year. He said he was considering divorce for the sake of their children. "I can confirm that Drew Peterson did have a consultation with Jeffrey Leving," Brodsky said, adding that no divorce papers have been filed. Leving, who bills himself as a father's rights lawyer, represented Cuban immigrant Elian Gonzalez's uncle and ultimately helped reunite the boy with his father. Police have said that 54-year old Peterson is a suspect in his wife's disappearance, which investigators have labeled a "potential homicide." Peterson maintains that his wife, who was 23 at the time of her disappearance, left him for someone else. In an interview in May with Derek Armstrong, author of "Drew Peterson Exposed," Peterson hinted that he planned to divorce her after she had been missing for a year. In Illinois, willful desertion or abandonment is grounds for a divorce after a year. The interview begins with Peterson expressing frustration with the media attention and negative reactions from his neighbors. "We were talking about the neighbors and how it's hard to live in the neighborhood with the media trucks around and the neighbors being so difficult," Armstrong told CNN. "I asked if he was going to move, and he said, 'Yeah, when I get a chance, but Stacy's on the title.' " After the one-year anniversary of Stacy Peterson's disappearance passed, Armstrong said he began to make some phone calls to see whether Drew Peterson was acting on his earlier plans. Armstrong said he called two other prominent divorce lawyers until he reached Leving's office, which confirmed the meeting. In a phone conversation, Peterson confirmed to Armstrong that he was "getting information" and "exploring options." Armstrong pressed Peterson, who responded, "A desertion. She deserted me." Peterson elaborated, "I've always said that I'm mad about that. But I'm looking into this for the kids. This neighborhood is not healthy for my kids because of Sharon Bychowski." Bychowski has been battling Peterson since his wife -- her friend and neighbor -- disappeared in October 2007. Peterson has accused Bychowski and other neighbors of harassing and threatening him. Armstrong asked Peterson whether he thought news of the divorce might encourage Stacy to contact him. "I have nothing more to say," the former cop shot back. Brodsky told CNN he had not been aware that news of the meeting with the divorce lawyer had become public knowledge. "We definitely didn't advertise it," he said. "That's real thorough detective work. [Armstrong] could show police a thing or two about finding someone." Drew Peterson said he awoke at his suburban Chicago home to find his wife gone October 28, 2007. He said she called him at 9 p.m. and announced that she was leaving him, Peterson said. Police confirm that there was some activity on Stacy Peterson's cell phone about 9 p.m. October 28, but her family and close friends say she would never leave her two children behind or go away without mentioning it to her family. In the days leading up to her disappearance, Stacy Peterson confided in friends and her sister. She said she was afraid of her husband and wanted to leave him, according to her sister, Cassandra Cales. "If anything happens to me, he killed me. It wasn't an accident," Cales quoted her as saying. At 10 a.m. that Sunday, Stacy Peterson failed to show up for an appointment with a friend. Worried, Cales called police Monday, October 29, and reported her sister missing. The media frenzy and police scrutiny soon revealed that Drew Peterson's third wife had died mysteriously a few years earlier during a nasty divorce. Kathleen Savio died just before the division of the marital assets was finalized, making Drew Peterson the sole beneficiary. Savio was found in the dry bathtub of her home. At the time, the death was ruled an accidental drowning. But her family continued to insist that Savio died as a result of foul play. The investigation into Stacy Peterson's disappearance brought renewed interest in Savio's death. Authorities exhumed Savio's body, further tests were conducted, and her death has now been ruled a "homicide staged to look like an accident." Some witness statements portray Drew Peterson as jealous, possessive and controlling. He was said to keep such close track of his wife that he frequently called her cell phone and appeared unannounced at social outings to take her home. This caused tension in the marriage, the witnesses told police. Police named Drew Peterson as the prime suspect in his wife's disappearance in November 2007. He has not been charged in the case, but he has been charged with illegal gun possession, which could put him behind bars for up to five years if he is convicted.
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| Peterson says he's looking into options since wife deserted him a year ago . Peterson: Neighbors are making it unsafe for family to live in home . Stacy Peterson left him October 28, 2007, husband says . Police have said Drew Peterson, an ex-cop, is prime suspect . | train |
208652 | Article: By . Peter Allen . PUBLISHED: . 07:42 EST, 28 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 13:58 EST, 28 January 2014 . Former French first lady Valerie Trierweiler faced further humiliation today after being referred to as ‘Rottweiler’ on a live news broadcast. The hugely embarrassing blunder took place during a flagship current affairs programme in Gabon, a former French colony on the west coast of Africa. A clip of the show is now spreading online in France, showing a female journalist announcing ‘more sad news’ towards the ends of a news show. Scroll down for video . In the doghouse: The female newsreader announced the 'sad news' that President Francois Hollande had broken up with 'the journalist Valerie Rottweiler' on Gabonese television . Un-muzzed: Valerie Trierweiler, pictured during her charity trip to India yesterday, earned the nickname 'Rottweiler' when she started dating Hollande . She then describes how President Francois Hollande has ended his ‘shared life’ with ‘the journalist Valerie Rottweiler’. Ms Trierweiler was first nicknamed ‘The Rottweiler’, after the potentially hugely aggressive dog, in April 2012. This was the month before Ms Trierweiler’s then boyfriend was elected, when she said: ‘I have character, they can’t muzzle me’. Ms Trierweiler has displayed her own fiery temper on numerous occasions, not least of all when she learned of Mr Hollande’s affair with the actress Julie Gayet almost three weeks ago. All over: President Hollande and Ms Trierweiler officially ended things over the weekend after his affair with a French actress . She is said to have gone on the rampage, smashing up antique furniture before checking herself into a hospital for eight days, suffering from stress. The relationship officially ended last Sunday, but Ms Trierweiler has been allowed to complete one last charity trip to India with presidential staff including a bodyguard. She is now expected to stay away from the Elysee Palace, and will be living alone in the flat she once shared with Mr Hollande in Paris’s 15th arrondissement. Gabon gained independence from France in 1960, but retains extremely close ties with its former coloniser.
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| Gabonese news anchor referred to Trierweiler as a dog live on air . Hollande's ex-partner has been nicknamed 'Rottweiler' since his election . Valerie Trierweiler and President Hollande officially broke up this weekend . | train |
235264 | Article: (CNN) -- It's getting a lot of chatter, but is it real? A new story about some New Jersey hospitals seeing a spike in births nine months after Superstorm Sandy has sparked talk that there just might be a post-Sandy baby boom. Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch is seeing a 35% jump, and two other hospitals are seeing 20% increases, a review by the Asbury Park Press found. It's the latest in a series of reports suggesting that when Mother Nature knocked out the power, some couples who were cooped up at home let nature take its course there, too. As CNN's Susan Candiotti reported in March, some doctors have been overwhelmed with business. "It got to the point where we had to stop seeing new obstetrical patients to the practice," said Dr. Robert Rubino, who runs an OB/GYN practice in West Orange, New Jersey. "We think we have a Sandy baby," Rubino's patient Meredith Swormstedt and her husband Hank told CNN. Stephanie Tych and Brian Boruch said the same. "Well, there was no TV," Boruch said, blushing. Tych put it this way: "We just got closer." For these couples, there's no doubt that Sandy -- amid all its destruction -- led to something joyous. A study suggests some natural disasters lead to an increase in pregnancies -- not where the destruction is most severe, but in areas that are affected and remain livable. "You may run out of power, but you're not running for your life. There's probably more opportunities for reproductive behavior," says Richard Evans, an assistant professor at Brigham Young University and author of the 2007 study "The Fertility Effect of Catastrophe." In 2009, CNN affiliate KPRC reported on some hospitals seeing an increase in births after Hurricane Ike. But some hospitals in the area struck by Sandy are not reporting any increase in birth rates nine months after the storm. Sandy still bringing down homes, but families vow to be back . New York City's Mount Sinai hasn't seen any such spike, Dr. Raymond Sandler, head of labor and delivery for the hospital, told CNN on Wednesday. The idea that people have more babies after natural disasters is "just not documented," he says. "I don't know why people are even saying it." These days, most people plan when to have children, and don't suddenly change their minds in a storm, says Sandler, who has worked in obstetrics in New York for 40 years. And those who "don't practice safe sex -- they're going to have babies whether the lights are out or not," he said. Snopes.com, the online myth debunking site, says the baby boom reports that inevitably follow nine months after crises "typically prove to be nothing more than natural fluctuations in the birth rate," or, in many cases, no variation in the birth rate at all. Carl Haub, a demographer with the Population Reference Bureau, a nonprofit that provides information about population trends, has looked at birth rates for decades and never found clear evidence that a region has a baby boom nine months after a disaster. It's possible, but it's "hard to pin down" variations "to a single event," he told CNN on Wednesday. When post-storm baby booms are reported, they're usually by individual hospitals, not broad regions, he said. So people in a small area may have stayed in and stayed busy, but they didn't represent a big swath of the population. Nine months after the New York City blackout in November 1965, The New York Times reported on a sharp increase in births. The report turned out to be inaccurate, which the Times itself later acknowledged. It will be some time before it can be determined whether Sandy caused an overall baby boom in the Northeast. Birth figures would need to be tallied and studied for numerous factors, particularly in areas that have been growing anyway. But for the couples CNN spoke with, what matters is the baby boom at home. Hank and Meredith Swormstedt told CNN they ruled out one name for their child pretty quickly: "Not Sandy."
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| Report suggests a baby boom 9 months after Superstorm Sandy at some N.J. hospitals . Some couples told CNN their children were conceived during the storm . Experts disagree over whether disasters lead to baby booms . Some doctors say it's a myth . | train |
70450 | Article: By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:46 EST, 18 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:43 EST, 21 January 2013 . The two Boulder, Colorado, police officers responsible for the January 1 shooting of the towering bull elk known as ‘Big Boy’ were arrested on Friday morning and are facing possible jail time. Officers Sam Carter and Brent Curnow are facing felony counts of tampering with physical evidence, attempt to influence a public servant and forgery, as well as misdemeanor charges of unlawful taking of a trophy elk, a Samson law surcharge, killing an elk out of season, use of an electronic device to take an elk, and official misconduct, said District Attorney Stan Garnett. Carter and Curnow could face prison time and the loss of their official police certifications. Scroll down for video . Busted: Boulder, Colorado, police officers Sam Carter and Brent Curnow, pictured, responsible for the January 1 shooting of the towering bull elk known as 'Big Boy,' were arrested on Friday morning and are facing possible jail time . On thin ice: The two officers are facing multiple felony counts and misdemeanor charges, said District Attorney Stan Garnett . The officers, who are on paid administrative leave pending an internal investigation by the Boulder Police Department, were released on $20,000 apiece, the Denver Post reported. According to an arrest affidavit, Carter told police the day after the shooting that he encountered an elk on January 1 that he said was injured and needed to be put down. Carter then blasted the animal with a shotgun, and Curnow, who was off-duty at the time, came to pick up the carcass with the help of an on-duty Boulder County sheriff's deputy, identified as Jeff George, the affidavit states. Carter did not report the incident or notify his supervisors that he had fired his weapon that night, though he told investigators that he called in the incident and said he did not know why dispatch had no record of it, according to the affidavit. However, cell phone records obtained from phone carriers for Carter, Curnow and George show the shooting was premeditated. Guardian: The elk had been seen around the community for several days before he was shot . Carter texted Curnow at 2:56am, about ten hours before the shooting, on New Year's Day saying, ‘found wapiti (elk) you up?’ That was followed by a text at 4:14am saying, ‘Should I go hunting?’ Carter also texted George that night. At 2:45pm, Curnow texted ‘You should have killed it’ to Carter. Carter responded, ‘Oh he's dead tonight. His right side is broke off at main beam. And he looks a little smaller. He may not be wapiti, but he's gonna die.’ When Curnow texted ‘Get him’ to Carter after 10pm, Carter replied, ‘Too many people right now.’Two minutes before midnight, Carter texted ‘Elk down’ to Curnow. All of the texts and phone calls from that night had been erased from Carter and Curnow's phones when they were seized for evidence. Carter allegedly had also applied for a road kill permit with the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Department, saying the elk had broken an antler off. Investigators believe Curnow had sawed the antler off. Spirit: Many admired the elk for its grace . According to the Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training Board, a Colorado police officer could lose his certification for any felony conviction or one of 43 misdemeanors, including first-degree official misconduct. The Boulder Police Department is conducting an internal personnel investigation into Carter and Curnow In addition to the criminal investigation. Both officers have been placed on paid leave. George also is subject to an internal probe, but he has not been suspended from duty. The neighboring Colorado community was shaken by the . loss of their beloved elk and held a walk to honor the creature while . accusing the local police department of cruelly misusing their . authority. Several dozen . residents of Boulder marched in a silent protest last Sunday, some blaring . elk calls on their outstretched cell phones. Remembering Big Boy: A woman holds her cell phone, which is blaring elk sounds, as she participates in a walk to honor Big Boy the Elk, who was shot to death by a police officer on January 1 . Memorial: Dozens of people in Boulder, Colorado marched in a silent protest to remember Big Boy on Sunday . 'We're concerned about the larger culture of misconduct that needs to be addressed in order for taxpaying voters to regain trust in the department,' a resident involved in the walk told CBS Denver. The walk was just one in a series of events for the late Big Boy. The week prior, the community held a candlelight vigil in his honor. The massive creature was described as their 'guardian' by some. Curnow had been with the department for 14 years, according to the Boulder Daily Camera. The Daily Camera revealed that the suspended officer owns a taxidermy website, which advertises 'quality taxidermy at an affordable price,' according to the paper. It is believed that Curnow and Carter were going to cut up the animal for its meat. There were mixed reports from Boulder residents that the bull elk had been behaving aggressively before it was shot. Vigil: Hundreds of Boulder residents gathered last Sunday for a vigil to remember Big Boy . Remembered: A mourner placed a framed picture of the elk on a Christmas tree . Watch video here: .
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| Officers Sam Carter and Brent Curnow are facing multiple felony counts and misdemeanor charges . Carter and Curnow could face prison time and the loss of their police certifications . 'Big Boy' elk was described as local 'guardian' and was shot dead by Carter on New Year's Day . | train |
84011 | Article: By . James Nye . Striking: Mary Jean Conniff at the Victor de Souza Fashion Show in 2012 at the Bowery Hotel in New York City . A rake-thin model was arrested for trying to steal boxes of fattening Pop-Tarts, a cake and cake mix from a Harlem supermarket. Six-foot-tall Mary Jean Conniff appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court on Wednesday charged with the May 5 theft where she agreed to a punishment of one day of community service. Store workers at the Harelm Pathmark said that they felt sorry for the light-fingered model. 'I don’t want to judge her, but maybe she needed it,' said one employee. 'Maybe she was hungry and had a sweet tooth.' The . Detroit native previously appeared at the Fall 2012 Victor de Souza fashion show . and was caught by a security guard stealing the sweet food, according to . The New York Post. 'He . observed the defendant remove one cake, three boxes of Pop-Tarts, two . boxes of cake mix and several other items from a shelf and conceal the . items inside the defendant's purse and pockets,' said the cirminal . complaint. The . store security allowed her to leave the Pathmark, after which she was . grabbed and held until the police arrived to arrest her. According to The New York Post, Conniff does not seem to have enjoyed much work since the show for Argentine designer De Souza. Highlight: Mary Jean Conniff does not appear to have worked since the Victor de Souza show in New York City in 2012 . He claims clients such as Lady Gaga, Sarah Jessica Parker, Naomi Campbell and Rihanna. She refused to speak to reporters after her sentence and if she keeps her record clean will see her petit larceny charge reduced to a violation. Arrested: Mary Jean Conniff was taken into custody from the Pathmark store in Harlem, New York City on May 5 . Her lawyer, Thomas Kenniff, said the whole arrest was a misunderstanding. 'There was no finding of guilt against my client. There’s no reason to think this was anything more than a misunderstanding. She will go on to live a law-abiding life as she has always done,' he said to The New York Post.
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| Six-foot tall model, Mary Jean Conniff, sentenced to one day of community service for the May 5 theft in New York City . Caught by security with Pop Tarts and cake mix in her handbag . | train |
41029 | Article: (CNN) -- When 81-year old Cecilia Gimenez took it upon herself to restore a flaking century-old fresco of Jesus on her local church's wall in Spain last year, she was treated to an international lambasting like only the Internet makes possible. Her work, which would have looked more at home on a proud parent's fridge door than on a house of worship, spawned memes, merchandise and even a Pinterest board of alternative "restorations." But things have taken a turn for the better, with the "Monkey Jesus" depiction, as it has become known, drawing tourists to the town of Borja in the thousands. The church, which started charging people to see the mural, has raised €50,000 ($72,500) for a local charity from 70,000 visitors, according to local news site Heraldo.es (Spanish only). Local restaurant and bar owners say business is booming and there are plans to produce official lines of merchandise including plates, postcards and cigarette lighters, with the proceeds split between Gimenez and the local council. Gimenez, who has sold artwork on eBay, even opened her own art exhibition in Borja this week, displaying pieces that suggest she is not totally devoid of talent. "I am happy ... people are being very nice," she told The Telegraph. "There are people who supported me a lot and I am very happy because of that." Her exhibition runs until August 24.
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| Cecilia Gimenez's "restoration" attempt was widely mocked . To date, 70,000 tourists have traveled to see the paint job . Plans afoot to launch merchandise including postcards and cigarette lighters . | train |
2574 | Article: By . Paul Thompson . PUBLISHED: . 00:20 EST, 3 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:17 EST, 3 December 2012 . A postal worker has been accused of trying to kill her husband with a tuna fish sandwich. Beth Dickison Richards is alleged to have crushed anti-depressant pills and put them in his lunch sandwich. The 37-year-old is alleged to have admitted to the murder attempt when confronted by detectives at her home in Lake Wales, Florida. Home problems: Beth Dickison Richards, of Lake Wales, Florida, who tried to kill her husband by putting antidepressants in his tuna fish sandwich . Investigators said they had yet to establish a motive for the attempted murder. According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, deputies were called to Richards' home where they were met by her husband, Gregory Lawrence Richards, and her step-sister, Jessica Jarvis. Jarvis told police Richards had told her earlier in the day that she had crushed a quantity of Trazodone pills and put them in her husband's lunch. Mr Richards said he had eaten part of the sandwich and felt sick. He was taken to Lake Wales Medical Center, where he was treated for nausea and dizziness. Killer meal: A tuna fish sandwhich (not the one Richards tried to use) According to the National Institutes of Health, Trazodone is used to treat depression and increases the amount of serotonin, a natural substance in the brain that helps maintain mental balance. During the investigation into Richards, who works as a US Mail carrier, a small quantity of cannabis was found. Richards faces charges attempted First Degree Murder, Poisoning Food with the intent to Kill, Possession of Cannabis and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. She is being held in Polk County Jail without bail.
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| Beth Dickison Richards is alleged to have crushed anti-depressant pills and put them in her husband's lunch sandwich . Gregory Lawrence Richards was taken to Lake Wales Medical Center, where he was treated for nausea and dizziness . Richards is being held in a local prison without bail . | train |
193703 | Article: By . Meghan Keneally . PUBLISHED: . 11:42 EST, 4 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:41 EST, 4 December 2013 . Good Morning America correspondent Amy Robach's return to ABC has been pushed back from the previously announced date as the network was side-lined by the sudden announcement that their weather anchor would be leaving the show just days later. Robach has been off the air since discovering via a televised mammogram that she had breast cancer that spread to her lymph nodes. She had a double mastectomy and 13 lymph nodes removed, and sent a grateful email out to colleagues on November 22 announcing that she would be back on the small screen on December 2. All smiles: Amy Robach, seen here on Wednesday, had a successful operation to remove the cancer and has told how it will be a long recovery process but she has yet to appear back on TV . High spirits: Robach said that while the disease has taken an emotional toll on her, she is determined to live to see her young children grow up and get back to work . Support: She tweeted this photo of she and Champion in the ABC studios shortly after GMA ended on Wednesday . That never happened as she did not appear on Monday's broadcast nor has she been seen on the program this week- even though she has been in ABC studios. Instead, the GMA staff had to deal with a surprise departure as well as her planned return as it was revealed this weekend that longtime weatherman Sam Champion was leaving the network and headed to The Weather Channel to launch his own flagship morning show. The news of Champion's departure only broke over the weekend and his last day on the news program was this morning. ABC press representatives refused to comment on the timing of Amy's return in relation to Sam's sudden departure, only reiterating how well she is doing. Robach made that point herself as she was pictured smiling as she entered the Manhattan offices of ABC this morning. She followed that with a photo of her own- posting a picture of her hugging Champion behind the scenes this morning with a shirtless cardboard cutout of him in the background. Last day: Sam Champion is leaving ABC after 25 years with the network and heading up a new show on The Weather Channel . Happy faces: The cast dedicated much of the last week to celebrating their departing comrade, never mentioning the fact that the return date for Amy Robach has been pushed back- and not for health reasons . 'I love @samchampion soooo much... Especially his hot bod! #missualready,' she posted at 9.29am New York time. Much of GMA on Wednesday was dedicated to Champion, with tributes, highlight reels and even the unveiling of a 100-square-foot mosaic of his face made entirely of marshmallows. October 1: In front of millions of viewers, a hesitant Robach undergoes her first mammogram as part of GMA's Breast Cancer Awareness campaign. Host Robin Roberts, who is a breast cancer survivor herself, urged the 40-year-old correspondent to have the test. October 30: Robach goes back to the doctor's office for further tests where they confirmed that she had two tumors in one breast, abnormal cells in the other and 13 cancerous lymph nodes. November 14: She underwent a bilateral mastectomy. They were able to save her nipples and doctors inserted expanders behind her chest muscle to stretch the area before inserting implants in a few months with a second surgery. November 22: Robach writes an emotional and upbeat memo to ABC staffers saying she is 'excited' to be back at work on December 2. The weekend of November 30 and December 1: News that Sam Champion will be leaving ABC to work at The Weather Channel. December 2: Champion and the GMA co-hosts confirm the news during the show, lavishing him with praise and wishing him the best. Robach does not appear on air. December 4: Champion's last day is celebrated throughout the program. Robach tweets a photo of she and Champion hugging backstage. The spectacle for Champion was thrown together over the weekend, and was publicly announced on Good Morning America on Monday where his co-hosts lathered him with praise. The effusive send off appears to be ABC's attempt to have the complete opposite situation that rival program The Today Show faced when one of their co-hosts, Ann Curry, left the show under significantly more tense circumstances. In their efforts to make sure that Champion- and viewers- felt loved as he left, they effectively over shadowed the return of Robach. On November 22, she wrote a memo to ABC staff proclaiming that while she had 'been through the ringer' with her cancer treatment, she was excited to return. 'As of right now, I plan to head back into the building Monday, December 2nd and I couldn’t be more excited to get back to work,' she wrote in the email. That never ended up happening and she has not made an appearance on the air at all this week. Media insiders are not the only ones noticing, as a number of Robach's Twitter followers responded to her photo this morning. 'How are you Amy. I thought GMA would give us an update,' a woman named Christine wrote. 'So nice to see you. Hope you are back on the air soon,' another user wrote. The last-minute side-lining of Robach becomes even more pointed as this week's issue of People magazine begins to hit newsstands today, with the mom-of-five on the cover. Under normal circumstances, GMA would have likely done a segment welcoming her back and tying it into the publication of her cover story.
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| GMA correspondent Amy Robach learned that she had a cancerous tumor in her breast after an on-air mammogram . She took time off to have a double mastectomy but wrote a letter to ABC staffers on November 22 announcing that she would return December 2 . Longtime weatherman Sam Champion announced just days before her expected return that he would be leaving the network after 25 years . His last day was this morning and much of the week has been dedicated to celebrating his time on the show . Robach has not appeared on air but has been spotted at ABC studios . ABC has refused to comment on the schedule change . | train |
77566 | Article: By . Craig Mackenzie . Last updated at 12:53 PM on 30th December 2011 . A sinkhole that forced the evacuation of 25 residents from their homes has spread to an historic cemetery, threatening dozens of graves. Officials in Allentown, Pennsylvania, have been given the go-ahead by a judge to exhume remains buried during the Civil War. The hole, measuring 50ft long and 30ft wide, was thought to have collapsed when a water main burst and flooded under a road. Scroll down for video . Hole in the road: Workmen gather at the 50ft long sinkhole in Allentown which is believed to have opened up after a water main burst . About 60 graves in Union and West End Cemetery are threatened have been roped off after several headstones tilted. The cemetery holds about 20,000 graves, . including 714 Civil War veterans. Among them is a Medal of Honor winner, Ignatz Gresser. Lehigh County Coroner Scott Grim said: 'If any sites are in jeopardy, than we are going to have to make that decision to excavate. 'It's a very sensitive issue. You are dealing with a cemetery. You are laid to rest and now it is being disturbed.' Everette Carr, president of the association which maintains the 157-year old . non-profit burial ground, revealed there were are no detailed historical records beyond those whose graves have headstones. Danger: Twenty-five residents had to be evacuated from their homes after water flooded a basement . Under threat: A red tape cordons off the graves which face being exhumed because of the sinkhole . Many of the dead were buried in wooden baskets as was the custom during that era. A dozen homes half a block from the hole on 10th Street were evacuated yesterday after firemen found a basement flooded. Five properties have been declared structurally unsafe. 'At this point, we don't know if the homes will have to be condemned or not,' said fire chief Robert C. Scheirer. 'Once we get the street secured, we will get into these homes and determine whether any have to be razed.' Emergency workers have cut off power supplies and are now filling in the hole in with concrete. Ann Blacker was forced to leave the home where she has lived for nearly three decades. She said: 'We're afraid we'll lose our home and everything in it. With sinkholes, you never know how far they will spread. There is just a lot of uncertainty now.' She plans to stay with her mother. A shelter has been set up at an elementary school to accommodate evacuees who need somewhere to stay. View more videos at: http://nbcphiladelphia.com.
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| The cemetery holds 20,000 graves, . including 714 Civil War veterans . | train |
69368 | Article: Jemima Khan's two sons have grown up in a world of immense privilege. Sulaiman Isa, 17, and Qasim, 15, will never want for material items and have a good chance of extremely successful careers ahead of them through their network of family contacts. It is is something that Jemima, a tireless campaigner for reufgees throughout the world in her role as a Unicef UK Ambassador, never fails to remind them. The 40-year-old has revealed that she is constantly aware of how lucky her children have it while she is visiting conflict zones and coming across boys who are the same age. Scroll down for video . Jemima Khan wants to raise awareness of plight of Syrian children, so she has launched the Wake Up Call selfie for Unicef . Over the last fifteen years, she has come across several instances where children are acting sometimes twenty years older than her own boys, shouldering responsibilities that would often be too much for a fully grown man. One of the first moments of realisation came when she was distributing supplies to a refugee camp in Pakistan 13 years ago. Speaking on the Lorraine show earlier today, she said: 'I met this seven-year-old boy, who was just a little bit older than my own son. 'It’s really hard not to make those comparisons. 'I’d taken tents in (to this camp) to distribute because the Pakistani government were not recognising them as refugees and allowing the aid charities to go in. 'It was during the monsoon and it was the most terrible situation. 'This seven year old boy was trying to put a 25 kilo (four stone) tent on his back and I went up to him and said, “Get one of your family members to help you, get the head of the household.” 'He explained that he was the head of the household - his mother had died in the camp, his father had died in the fighting, but more than that, he had four younger siblings that he was caring for, including a tiny baby. Jemima Khan appeared on Lorraine today to talk about her campaign . 'This 7 year old boy had taken on the responsibility of an adult and when I thought about my seven-year-old son who could barely run a bath unsupervised at that point, you see this huge difference. 'When you meet a child like that who is seven years old and has no concept of what being a normal child is like, that really affected me.' Jemima experienced a similar situation more recently, while visiting a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan. The heiress has revealed she came into contact with a teenager who was the same age as her eldest son, who made her realise how much her boys take their opportunities for granted. She said: 'I’ve just been to the Syrian refugee camp in Jordan and the situation is very desperate. 'The child that captures my imagination is the one that is the same age as my child now, so when I was in Syria in Jordan in the refugee camp this time, there was this 17 year old boy. 'I have a 17 year old boy and a 15 year old boy now. 'This 17 year old boy - his greatest wish in life was to be able to go to school, but he was having to go to work to support his family. 'He was having to do this menial work, but he was desperate to become a civil engineer. 'He was this serious boy who doesn’t watch TV, who was quite politicised and very gentle, but all he wanted was to be able to go to school and to be able to go to university . 'And I think about my kids and how I have to employ every tactic available to get them to do their homework, how lucky they are and how complacent they are about the immense privilege that they grow up in.' These experiences are two of many that convinced Jemima to spearhead the Wake Up Call Selfie with Unicef to raise money for children in Syria. She said: 'I’ve been working for Unicef for thirteen years now, it happened after I’d been to the refugee camp in Pakistan. Tom Hiddleston and Stephen Fry have both participated in the #wakeupcall selfie . 'When I set up an appeal for those children, Unicef approached me and said that they do that in every conflict zone, so I’ve been working with them for some time. 'In terms of this (Wake Up Call selfie campaign) being about Syria, I feel that we’ve been focusing on the military heavily and I want to put the humanitarian side back into the focus. 'There are 6.5 million children who are now in real desperate need.' She is hoping that people will be inspired to get involved with the craze in a similar way to the ice bucket challenge and the no make-up selfie. She said: 'I hope it will catch on with the public, because the eye make-up challenge and the ice bucket challenge did so well. You just have to take a selfie when you’ve just woken up, post it on social media with the hashtag #wakeupcall , donate money to Unicef and then nominate three other people.' Claudia Winkleman and Nigella Lawson have also contributed pictures of themselves waking up in the morning . The campaign has been popular among celebrities recently, but has had some backlash among members of the public who have criticised the idea of fame-hungry stars wanting more exposure on social media. But Jemima defended those celebrities, revealing it is actually all her fault. She said: 'I know that people get irritated by these campaigns. They think it’s about narcissistic celebs just wanting to put pics of themselves on social media. But the truth is, what’s really unfair is most of those people who’ve done it so far have been begged by me. People like Nigella Lawson – I had to beg her to do it, she doesn’t do selfies, she just talks about cooking on Twitter. She said it was too cheesy and forced and I had to beg her to do it, so I feel really bad for them when everyone goes, “Ugh, these celebrities just want to do this to get their face on social media."' To watch the full interview got to www.itv.com/lorraine .
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| In war zones, Jemima is often reminded how privileged her two sons are . The heiress wants to raise awareness of plight of Syrian children . She explained reasons for launched Wake Up Call selfie for Unicef . | train |
66067 | Article: Madrid (CNN) -- Spain's Princess Cristina faces preliminary charges in a financial corruption scandal involving her husband, Inaki Urdangarin, the office of investigating magistrate Jose Castro announced Wednesday. It's the first time since democracy was restored in Spain in 1975 that a direct member of King Juan Carlos' family has faced preliminary charges of any kind, in any case, a spokesman for the Royal Household said. Urdangarin, the king's son-in-law, already faces preliminary charges as a suspect in the fraud scandal that has created unprecedented problems for the popular royal family. He denies any wrongdoing. Now, both the princess and her husband are under investigation for allegedly diverting public funds earmarked for a non-profit foundation for private use. Late Wednesday, the Royal Household issued a statement saying it was surprised that the judge -- who last year said in an order that there were insufficient grounds to name the princess as a suspect with preliminary charges in the case -- had changed his mind. In his 18-page order Wednesday, the judge said that further investigation since last year had led to the decision to bring preliminary charges. The Royal Household statement also said that it is in "absolute conformity" with an announcement by prosecutors that they will appeal the judge's order to place preliminary charges on the princess. The Royal Household statement added that it maintains full respect for judicial decisions. Earlier Wednesday, the Royal Household press office tersely said that it does not comment on judicial decisions. But the story about the King's daughter dominated the news in Spain and was getting prominent coverage abroad as well. Finally, the Royal Household opted for its statement late in the day, after the prosecutors announced their move, a senior spokesman told CNN. The judge's order said Princess Cristina will be questioned on April 27 regarding "the handling and destination of funds obtained" through her husband's foundation and also a separate company. Urdangarin was granted the title of Duke of Palma when he married Princess Cristina, the king's youngest daughter, in 1997. Judge Castro is leading the investigation at a local court in Palma de Mallorca, in Spain's Balearic Islands. An adviser to the royal household also has been implicated in the scandal. Earlier this year, a judge ordered Urdangarin and a former business associate, Diego Torrres, to deposit a joint bond of 8 million euros ($10.8 million) for potential civil damages. If not, the judge would move to embargo the assets of the two men, a court spokeswoman said. No trial has been set in the case, which has riveted national attention. Although preliminary charges have been announced, they could eventually be dropped, but a filing of indictments would set a trial in motion.
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| NEW: Royal family issues statement about judge's decision, will appeal . The scandal has riveted Spanish media . Princess Cristina's husband also faces preliminary charges . The couple is under investigation for allegedly diverting public funds . | train |
43857 | Article: The bottle, which once contained Prieure des Couleys, will be sold at auction on September 13 . A bottle of Cognac drank by Vladimir Komarov and Yuri Gagarin shortly before their deaths will be sold at auction. The cosmonauts enjoyed the bottle of Prieure des Couleys after learning they would fly pilot and back-up respectively on the Soyuz 1 rocket launch in 1967. Tragically, Komarov was killed after the aircraft's parachutes failed during its descent, while Gagarin died the following year in a plane crash. Signed by each of the men and dated February 11 1967, the bottle is now being sold for £2,000 at the German auction house, Auctionata. When chosen for the Soyuz 1 launch, Gagarin had already become the first man to fly into space on Sputnik 1 in 1961, while Komarov had commanded the first multi-person voyage, Vokshod 1, three years earlier. The Russians had planned to launch the Soyuz 1 with Komarov inside and send off a second aircraft with two additional cosmonauts the following day. They would meet in space and dock, with Komarov expected to climb from one to the other as part of the mission to mark the 50th anniversary of the Communist revolution. Before blast off, several malfunctions were reportedly found within the rocket and its capsule and even Komarov, a father-of-two, knew he would not make it back alive. But, in a bid to save his friend, he reportedly told demoted KGB agent, Venyamin Russayev: 'If I don't make this flight, they'll send the backup pilot instead.' He perished trying to descend back to earth when the rocket's parachutes failed to open. Gagarin was banned from space flight following the incident and began training as a fighter pilot but died during a routine flight after training as a fighter pilot the following year. Viktoria Kisseleva of Auctionata said: 'In 1967 Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Komarov were selected to be part of the Soyuz 1 mission. 'Gagarin was a national hero and had wanted to lead the mission but the Soviet government did not want to risk his life. Vladimir Komarov (left) and Yuri Gagarin (right) drank the cognac after learning they would fly pilot and back-up crew respectively for the doomed Soyuz 1 mission . The cosmonauts were national heroes after Gagarin flew the first rocket in to space in 1961 and Komarov the first multi-crew mission in 1964 . An image of the Soyuz 1 crash from Russian television shows the charred remains of the aircraft after it plummeted to earth . Komarov's charred remains were on view in an open casket during an open funeral for the cosmonaut . 'Instead they named Komarov the mission commander. 'Despite the Cold War, the Soviet elite were never shut off completely from Western products and Gagarin managed to get hold of a bottle of fine French cognac. The bottle is signed by both men and dated February 11 1967 . 'He drank it on February 11, 1967, the day he was named in the back-up crew for Soyuz 1, probably with Komarov and the other cosmonauts chosen for the mission. 'Gagarin signed and dated the bottle on its label. 'There are other signatures on it which we presume were those of the other cosmonauts including Komarov but we can't say for sure. 'The bottle is a sad reminder of the tragedy that befell the pair. 'Komarov died when Soyuz 1 crashed after re-entering the Earth's atmosphere and six months later Gagarin perished while training to become a fighter pilot. 'In 1992, a German artist called Andora went to Russia and met with people who had been involved in the Soyuz mission. One of them had this bottle and sold it to Andora. 'He has spent the last 20 years compiling a collection of Soviet space flight memorabilia and has now decided to sell it.' The auction will take place on September 13.
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| Vladimir Komarov and Yuri Gagarin drank cognac before Soyuz 1 mission . Pair signed and dated bottle after learning they would fly pilot and back-up . Komarov became first man to die in space mission when rocket crashed . Gagarin died the following year in a routine flight as fighter pilot . Bottle of Prieure des Couleys cognac being sold for £2,000 at German auction house . | train |
239909 | Article: By . Tim Shipman . Last updated at 10:06 AM on 2nd February 2012 . War of words: David Cameron last night pledged to do 'everything' he can to get India to change its mind and buy the British-built Eurofighter . David Cameron stepped up his war of words with France yesterday, rubbishing the quality of a French jet that the Indian government has chosen to buy over the British-built Eurofighter. The Prime Minister vowed to do ‘everything I can’ to persuade the Indians to change their mind and award the £13billion deal to British company BAE Systems and its three European partners. India announced on Tuesday that French company Dassault Rafale had won preferred-bidder status to build 126 fighters because its equipment was cheaper. MPs branded the decision ‘disastrous’ for Britain as government lawyers investigated whether the UK could file a legal challenge to the decision. Going on the attack, Mr Cameron rubbished the quality of the Rafale jet, telling MPs the Typhoon was a ‘superb aircraft with far better capabilities than Rafale’. And senior government sources said the Indians had chosen ‘cheap and cheerful’ over quality. ‘They’ve gone for the Asda option instead of Waitrose,’ one source said. Mr Cameron added: ‘I will do everything I can – as I have already – to encourage the Indians to look at Typhoon, because I think it is such a good aircraft.’ The Indian decision handed a propaganda victory to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who last week taunted Mr Cameron with the sneering claim that Britain ‘has no industry’. 'Cheap and cheerful': The French-built Rafale jet which was described last night as the 'Asda option' Tory MPs are furious that India has snubbed the UK when Britain is pumping nearly £1.2billion of foreign aid into the country over the next four years. France gave just £18million in 2009. Tory David Davis, who represents workers at BAE’s Brough plant, near Hull, said: ‘That is disastrous news for thousands of workers up and down the country.’ He urged Mr Cameron to do more, ‘given the long relationship between India and Britain and given that we give many times more aid to India than France ever did’. The Government was again on the back foot yesterday after it emerged that the Ministry of Defence will no longer give British companies priority over their foreign rivals when buying weapons and equipment for the Armed Forces. Defence procurement minister Peter Luff said the only exception would be when buying British was necessary to maintain national security, as he outlined details of a new White Paper. Unions accused the Government of a ‘stunning betrayal’ of UK manufacturing for the decision to buy defence equipment ‘off the shelf’ from the cheapest supplier. Unite, which represents staff at BAE Systems plants in Samlesbury and Warton in Lancashire, called on Mr Cameron to fly to India. The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said No 10 was in talks with the British High Commission in Delhi, exploring ways to reopen the bidding process. 'Superior': The British manufactured Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft which the Indians have rejected because it is more expensive . He said: ‘We are looking at this issue closely. Clearly it is not a done deal.’ He also defended the plans not to protect UK firms when bidding for contracts with the MoD on the grounds that the new plans will save money. ‘Clearly defence procurement has been a problem in the past. We had a huge black hole in the defence budget. ‘We need to ensure we get the best equipment for our Armed Forces at the best price. ‘We have a competitive defence industry in this country and it will continue to win contracts.’ The spokesman also defended the huge amount of aid sent to India. ‘India is still home to one third of the people in the world who live on less than 80p a day. We have targeted the poorest people and places where there are security implications for the UK.’
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| French company 'preferred-bidder' to provide India with 126 fighters . Mr Cameron says Typhoon is a 'superb aircrat' and much better than Rafale . | train |
88612 | Article: For more stats and facts from Selhurst Park, click HERE for our brilliant Match Zone . If Paul Lambert is to quell the growing discontent among Aston Villa supporters, then he'll need Christian Benteke by his side. The Belgium international was on hand to ease the pressure on his manager on Tuesday night, scoring the winner, his first goal since March, against Crystal Palace. Benteke, making his return from a three-match suspension, is fully fit again after an achilles injury caused him to miss the back end of last season, the World Cup and the start of the current campaign. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Sportsmail Big Match Stats: Crystal Palace 0-1 Aston Villa . Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke wheels away in celebration after scoring against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park . Benteke scored his first goal since March against Neil Warnock's side during the first half of the Premier League clash . Eagles goalkeeper Julian Speroni dives to his left but is unable to stop Benteke's strike from going into his net . Crystal Palace (4-4-2): Speroni 6; Kelly 6 (Puncheon 89), Dann 5.5, Hangeland 6, Ward 6.5; Zaha 6, Jedinak 7, McArthur 6.5, Bolasie 6.5; Chamakh 6.5, Gayle 5 (Campbell 46). Subs not used: Hennessey, Thomas, Fryers, Bannan, Boateng. Booked: Campbell, Bolasie. Manager: Neil Warnock 6.5. Aston Villa (4-2-3-1): Guzan 7.5, Hutton 6.5, Okore 6.5, Clark 7, Cissokho 6; Cleverley 6.5 (Richardson 90), Westwood 6.5; Agbonlahor 6.5, Cole 5 (Sanchez 9, 6), Weimann 6.5; Benteke 7. Subs not used: Herd, N’Zogbia, Given, Lowton, Grealish. Booked: Clark, Weimann. Goal: Benteke 32. Booked: Clark, Weimann. Manager: Paul Lambert 7. Man of the match: Brad Guzan. Referee: Michael Oliver 6.5. Attendance: 23,935. 'I've been lucky enough to play with some of the best players in the world, and if he keeps progressing (Benteke can get there),' said Lambert. 'He offers you that potency in attack. He had that really bad injury, and his suspension never helped our case, but he's been excellent since he's been back.' Lambert will be hoping his talismanic striker can now stay injury - and suspension - free as he looks to keep the wolves from his door. Villa supporters have been asking real questions of Lambert; the swell of opinion for the Scot to leave is growing. And pressure from the terraces looked to be transmitting onto the field as Villa started nervously. Brad Guzan was saved by Ciaran Clark's goalline clearance after his fumble from Yannick Bolasie's shot was stabbed goalwards by Dwight Gayle. The visitor's then faced strong appeals from Palace for a penalty after Tom Cleverley tangled with Wilfried Zaha, before Gayle missed his kick after Joel Ward's inviting cross. Villa's uncomfortable start continued as Joe Cole, fresh from his first Villa goal against Burnley on Saturday, limped off in the ninth minute with a hamstring problem as the Midlanders provided nothing in the way of attacking intent inside the opening 15 minutes. However, in the 28th minute Villa provided a spark - invariably it came from Benteke, who turned Scott Dann beautifully on the edge of the area before unleashing a right foot drive that Julian Speroni tipped over the bar. There was no goal, but at least it was something; a semblance of fight from Villa. And it proved the catalyst Villa's winner four minutes later in a moment Palace defender Scott Dann will want to erase from memory. The centre half, located on the right-hand touchline, only needed to clear Martin Kelly's pass to avert any danger - instead he dallied and was robbed by Benteke, who took full advantage by striding forward before slotting past Speroni. Benteke took advantage of an error by Scott Dann to score the only goal of the match - click HERE to see more of our brilliant Match Zone . Palace midfielder James McArthur was unable to close down Benteke in time to stop the Belgium international from scoring . Guzan ensured Villa stayed in front before the break, saving from Zaha and Bolasie as Palace pressed for an equaliser before Maroaune Chamakh sent a diving header wide in the 50th minute. Had Benteke got a touch on Ashley Westwood's dangerous inswinging free-kick or Andreas Weimann finished with just Speroni to beat then the second half would have been far more comfortable for Lambert. But it was from pleasant for the Scot as Fraizer Campbell, on for Gayle at half-time, was denied a penalty after Clark looked to have pulled the striker down - much to Warnock's dismay. The Palace boss was even more bewildered when Campbell, Bolasie and Dann all failed to get a toe on Zaha's low ball across the face of goal in the final minute. 'We are looking for a player like Benteke in January, I think held Villa together tonight,' admitted Warnock. 'We should have had a penalty, though, the referee's in a bad position and didn't see Campbell was pulled back.' Wilfried Zaha, pictured with Tom Cleverley and Ciaran Clark, replaced Jason Puncheon for the match at Selhurst Park . Aston Villa defender Ciaran Clark clears the ball off the line as Brad Guzan and Dwight Gayle looks on . Crystal Palace winger Yannick Bolasie battles for the ball with Aston Villa left back Aly Cissokho . Aston Villa goalscorer Benteke leaps above Crystal Palace captain Mile Jedinak as he attempts to win possession for his side . Gabby Agbonlahor tries to block a pass by Eagles defender Dann during the Premier League clash . Gayle recovered from an injury knock to lead Palace's line against Paul Lambert's side . Joe Cole was forced off in the ninth minute after picking up an injury knock in the opening stages of the match in south London . Benteke is congratulated by team-mate Carlos Sanchez after putting his side in the lead with 32 minutes on the clock . Cleverley attempts to tackle former Manchester United team-mate Zaha from behind . VIDEO Lambert denies rift with former assistant manager Roy Keane . Aston Villa boss Lambert applauds his side while standing on the Selhurst Park touchline . Zaha, who played the full 90 minutes, looks dejected during his side's home defeat . Fraizer Campbell, pictured with Jores Okore, replaced fellow striker Gayle at the interval . Guzan celebrates with Agbonlahor and Alan Hutton after the final whistle at Selhurst Park . The American international puts his hands in the air after Premier League official Michael Oliver brings an end to proceedings . Palace manager Warnock looks dejected after seeing his side lose at home to Aston Villa .
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| Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke scored first goal since strike against Stoke on March 23 . Paul Lambert's side have leaped above Crystal Palace after their win at Selhurst Park . The away side recorded their first win since 1-0 victory against Liverpool on September 13 . Villa claimed their first away win against the Eagles since September 1980 . | train |
296417 | Article: The clinic where Joan Rivers suffered a fatal complication during a routine surgery has lost its federal accreditation and will stop receiving funds at the end of this month. In a letter sent to Yorkville Endoscopy in Manhattan, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services told the clinic it no longer meets their conditions for coverage. 'Therefore, CMS is terminating the Medicare Health Benefits Agreement between Yorkville Endoscopy and the Secretary, effective January 31, 2015,' it said on Monday. 'As of January 31, 2015 Yorkville Endoscopy will no longer be eligible to receive federal funds for services provided to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.' Loss: Joan Rivers, pictured right with her daughter Melissa, died in September after suffering a complication during surgery at an endoscopy clinic in Manhattan. The clinic has now lost its federal accreditation . The decision means that the private clinic will no longer receive Medicare and Medicaid funding, but it will still receive money from other paying customers. Rivers died of brain damage in September, when she was 81, after she stopped breathing during a botched endoscopy at the Upper East Side clinic on August 28. After her death, a startling report from CMS said Yorkville 'failed to identify deteriorating vital signs' and violated Rivers' right to privacy when a staff member took pictures of her while she was sedated. Following the complaint, the clinic submitted a plan of correction to CMS, promising to better handle anesthesia, respect patient privacy and improve emergency and review protocols. But when investigators returned to the clinic in December, they found the plan of correction had not been properly satisfied, and they continued to find fire hazards and failures in its reviewing systems, according to the report released on Monday. During the re-visit, they found that patients were discharged before anesthesiologists had properly evaluated their conditions after surgery. One anesthesiologist told the agents that she was just too busy to sign off on patients' forms. Failings: Yorkville Endoscopy, which is in Manhattan's Upper East Side, will no longer receive federal funding for Medicare and Medicaid patients from the end of this month, it has emerged . They also found that 'the facility was not constructed, arranged, and maintained to ensure the safety of patients', including leaks and damp through the building. Equipment used for medical gas had also not been inspected in nearly two years, while the air pressure was not low enough in the decontamination room, the report found. It also listed some patient grievances that the clinic had never fully resolved. In one, a Spanish patient complained that her anesthesiologist laughed at her when she made a mistake and that she felt 'scared and ignored' while at the clinic. If Yorkville disagrees with the decision to terminate the Medicare agreement, it can request a hearing before a judge at the Departmental Appeals Board within 60 days, CMS said. In a statement on Monday, the clinic said: 'We are continuing to work with all regulatory bodies. We intend to communicate with CMS and appropriate authorities to have the decision reversed. Doctors: Dr Lawrence Cohen, left, was the medical director at Yorkville Endoscopy Clinic while Dr Gwen Korovin, right, was Joan's private throat specialist. Both are believed to have been at the clinic . 'Yorkville continues to be a licensed facility and perform procedures while cooperating with the regulatory process.' Negligence was not alleged in the report, but Rivers' daughter has hired a malpractice attorney to look into her death and lawyers said they plan to file a wrongful-death suit against the clinic. After the inspections' initial finding were released, the lawyers said in a statement that Melissa Rivers was 'terribly disappointed to learn of the multiple failings'. 'As any of us would be, Ms. Rivers is outraged by the misconduct and mismanagement now shown to have occurred before, during and after the procedure,' it said. 'Moving forward, Ms. Rivers will direct her efforts towards ensuring that what happened to her mother will not occur again with any other patient.'
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| Yorkville Endoscopy in Manhattan will stop receiving federal funding at the end of January, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said . Joan Rivers was undergoing a procedure at the clinic on August 28 when she stopped breathing and suffered cardiac arrest; she died in September . The clinic was accused of failing to identify 'deteriorating vital signs' It was also accused of violating patients' privacy rights after a staff member allegedly took a photo of Rivers while she was sedated . Yorkville said it plans to appeal the latest decision . | train |
34245 | Article: Passengers aboard US Airways Flight 2846 were waiting on the tarmac at Phoenix's Sky Harbor Airport when their pilot came on the intercom. "We've been notified about a health emergency aboard the aircraft," passenger Dean Davidson heard. A few minutes later, Davidson saw a flight attendant walk toward another passenger sitting a few rows ahead of him. The flight attendant handed the slender middle-aged man a medical mask. Emergency personnel boarded the plane a short time later and removed the man, Davidson said. A firefighter then came on the intercom and announced that the passenger had active tuberculosis and was contagious and that other passengers on the flight had been exposed. He advised them to contact their physicians immediately, Davidson said. Arizona health officials are not recommending passengers on the plane seek medical care because their risk of being infected with tuberculosis is "very, very low," said Dr. Rebecca Sunshine, disease control director for Maricopa County Public Health. "To put this in perspective... We're much more concerned that the passengers on this flight contracted influenza than that they contracted TB," she said. The US Airways flight took off from Austin, Texas, on Friday, according to airline spokesman Bill McGlashen. It landed in Phoenix approximately two hours later on a layover before it was scheduled to fly to Los Angeles. There was no warning or flag on the passenger's record when he was going through security or when he boarded the plane, McGlashen said. After the plane took off, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified the Transportation Security Administration of a possible risk. The TSA then notified US Airways, McGlashen said. The passenger in question has not been confirmed to have an infectious disease, CDC spokeswoman Karen Hunter said Sunday. "And even if a passenger had infectious TB, the duration of the flight was so short that there would likely be no risk of exposure to other passengers." Another spokesperson for the CDC said Monday the government organization is still waiting on test results for the passenger, a U.S. citizen who was traveling internationally. Fast facts about tuberculosis . Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which mainly affects the lungs. It can also infect other parts of the body including the kidneys, spine and brain. There are two types of TB: latent TB infection, which is not contagious, and TB disease, which is contagious. A person infected with latent TB shows no sign of symptoms and may not feel sick. Someone with TB disease usually feels ill; they may be coughing up blood and may have a fever, night sweats and/or chest pain. TB spreads through the air when a person with an active TB infection coughs, sneezes or speaks. Germs can stay in the air for hours, but the risk in this case was very small, said Dr. William Schaffner, an expert on infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University. "The risk is greatest for people sitting two rows ahead of and two rows behind the individuals," Schaffner said. "We don't have to worry about the blankets and seat rests and the like. It's how the air is transmitted and handled in the plane." Schaffner said passengers on the plane should have a TB skin test done by their local health care provider. People who contract TB must take several medications for six to nine months to combat the infection, according to the CDC. Some varieties of the TB bacterium have developed a resistance to common antibiotics and may be more difficult to treat. People with weakened immune systems, such as those with HIV, are particularly susceptible to the disease. The number of TB cases in the United States has been declining since 1992, according to the CDC. In 2010, the most recent CDC data available, there were 569 deaths from TB. Davidson was flying home from Austin, where he had been visiting his daughter for Thanksgiving. He said other passengers told him the potentially infected man appeared "awkward" before and during the flight, continually rubbing his face. Davidson plans to get in touch with his doctor Monday morning. He said he has not heard from US Airways about the incident. In January 2010, a person infected with an active case of tuberculosis flew from Philadelphia to San Francisco on US Airways despite being on the CDC's "Do Not Board" list, which is different from the TSA's "No Fly" list. The Do Not Board list was created in 2007 after Atlanta lawyer Andrew Speaker traveled abroad with a drug-resistant case of tuberculosis, setting off an international health scare. Speaker insisted that he had not been told he was contagious; public health officials disagreed. The CDC manages the Do Not Board list in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security. The list is authorized under the Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001, according to the CDC. Local and state health officials can contact the CDC to request that someone be placed on the list. "To include someone on the list, CDC must determine that the person 1) likely is contagious with a communicable disease that would constitute a serious public health threat should the person be permitted to board a flight; 2) is unaware of or likely to be nonadherent with public health recommendations, including treatment; and 3) likely will attempt to board a commercial aircraft," the CDC website states. "Once a person is placed on the list, airlines are instructed not to issue a boarding pass to the person for any commercial domestic flight or for any commercial international flight arriving in or departing from the United States." The Do Not Board list does not apply to other methods of transportation. The CDC reviews the records of every person on the list every two weeks to see whether they are eligible to fly again. In general, airline passengers are not legally obligated to tell an airline when they are sick, said Jeff Ment, an attorney who specializes in travel law. Unlike cruise lines, which require you to disclose illnesses leading up to the cruise, he said, airlines do not include any language in the ticket purchasing process that would prevent you from traveling. "If you have some disease and its contagious, where's the threshold?" he asked. "If you have the flu? If you have a really bad cold? I think that once you establish some rule that there has to be notification, it becomes a slippery slope." As a "common carrier," Ment said, airlines are legally required to do as much as possible to ensure the safety of their passengers. If a passenger appears too ill to survive the flight without medical assistance, an airline could prevent him from flying, he said. Or if the airline knew that a passenger had a contagious disease, employees could require her to wear a mask during the flight to prevent germs from spreading. In this kind of situation, any legal troubles would more likely stem from a civil lawsuit. After the 2007 incident, Speaker was sued by eight of his fellow passengers in a Canadian court. Ment said plaintiffs would have to show that the infected passenger knew that he had the disease and was extremely careless around his fellow travelers. "The line is crossed when the person knows they're sick and intentionally tries to do something (to infect others) or acts with callous disregard for your well-being," Ment said.
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| Health officials are not recommending other passengers seek medical care . Passengers aboard US Airways Flight 2846 may have been exposed to TB . One man was removed from plane after it landed in Phoenix . CDC says passenger has not been confirmed to have infectious tuberculosis . | train |
257283 | Article: A US Marine charged with murdering a transgender Filipina refused to enter a plea on Monday as he sought to have the case dismissed. His trial in Olongapo City in the northern Philippines, will go ahead nevertheless. The court overseeing proceedings against Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton, from New Bedford, Massachusetts, entered a not guilty plea for him. The trial can now start within weeks, lawyers for the victim told reporters outside the court. The cramped courthouse, surrounded by market stalls selling dried fish and rice, is about a five-minute drive from a motel in a northern Philippine red-light district where the battered remains of Jennifer Laude, 26, were found in October last year. Private First Class Pemberton faces life imprisonment if found guilty of the murder of Jennifer Laude. Laude was transgender and began life as Jeffrey . Pemberton, who was 19 at that time, was the last person seen with Laude before her death, according to police. He faces life imprisonment if found guilty. On the night of the death, Pemberton and other Marines had just finished joint training exercises with Filipino troops at a military base. Pemberton had ventured into the nearby red-light district in Olangapo city for some rest and relaxation, met Laude at a bar, and went with her to the motel . Prosecutors allege that after discovering she was transgender he beat and strangled her before drowning her in a toilet bowl. The pre-trial hearings will continue this week, with his trial expected to start in the third week of March, one of the lawyers representing the victim's family, Virginia Suarez, told reporters. U.S. Marine Joseph Pemberton (left) met Jennifer Laude (right) at a red-light district bar after finishing joint training exercises with Filipino troops at a nearby military base . Prosecutors will present at least 18 witnesses at the trial including the motel cashier who says that Pemberton was the only person with Laude (pictured) the entire time she was at the hotel . Prosecutors will present at least 18 witnesses at the trial, including a friend of Laude who accompanied her and Pemberton to the motel as they checked in, Suarez said. A preliminary police report and autopsy findings that showed Laude, 26, died due to 'asphyxia by drowning' will also be presented as evidence, she said. 'We have enough evidence and witnesses to convict Pemberton of murder,' she said. 'He [Pemberton] was the only person with Jennifer the entire time she was in the hotel and the [motel] cashier can attest to that.' The murder charge, which requires premeditation, carries a maximum 40-year prison sentence, compared to 20 years for homicide. Philippine supporters of Laude hold up her image during a protest near the courthouse in Olongapo, on February 23, 2015, she was beaten and drowned in a red-light district motel in October 2014 . While awaiting trial, Pemberton is being detained at an American-guarded facility inside the Philippines' military headquarters in Manila under the terms of a Visiting Forces Agreement . Pemberton's lawyers had earlier asked the justice ministry to dismiss the case, stating evidence linking him to the case was 'based on nothing but conjectures and speculations'. The ministry rejected the petition, and an appeal against that decision is still pending with a higher court. Pemberton's lawyers said on Monday that he would not enter a plea until those proceedings were over, according to Suarez. Pemberton appeared in the court for the arraignment on Monday, but the proceedings were closed to the media. The state prosecutor and lawyers for Laude's family, as well as her relatives, relayed to reporters outside the court his decision to not enter a plea, as well as the emotion inside. Surrounded by 16 burly guards, Pemberton looked calm and flashed a faint smile during the proceedings, which lasted about an hour, Laude's sister Marilou, who was in the courtroom, told reporters. 'He had the nerve to kill my sister, yet he was meek in the courtroom... I am seething with anger,' she said. Marilou said the Laude family were determined to see Pemberton jailed for the maximum time possible, and would not agree to a plea bargain if there was an offer. 'There will be no compromise. He must pay for what he did to our sister... Finally the trial is moving, finally we can get justice,' she said. Laude's death re-ignited long-simmering anti-US sentiment in the Philippines, a former American colony that still allows a significant American military presence via joint training exercises. Under a Visiting Forces Agreement governing US troops' conduct in the Philippines, the United States is allowed to retain custody of Pemberton during the legal proceedings against him. While awaiting trial, Pemberton is being detained at an American-guarded facility inside the Philippines' military headquarters in Manila. A support of Laude wears a mask of Pemberton during a protest near the court. Laude's death re-ignited long-simmering anti-US sentiment in the Philippines, which hosts a significant American military presence .
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| Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton refused to enter a plea during a pre-trial hearing . He met Jennifer Laude, who began life as Jeffrey, in a red-light district bar before accompanying her to a nearby motel . Pemberton is accused of attacking Laude and drowning her in a toilet when he found out she was transgender . He is currently being held at an American-guarded facility inside the Philippines' military headquarters in Manila . The case has ignited long-simmering anti-US sentiment in the Philippines, a former American colony that still has a significant US military presence . The trial can now start within a matter of weeks, and if found guilty Pemberton faces life in prison . | train |
60331 | Article: By . Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 09:50 EST, 25 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 10:03 EST, 25 February 2014 . An Indian schoolbook is teaching Year 8 students that Japan dropped a nuclear bomb on the U.S. and that Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated nine months after his death. The Social Science textbook used in Gujarat state is said to have more than 150 factual, grammar and spelling mistakes. Other mistakes include placing Pakistan’s capital in the Hindu Kush Mountains and confusing carbon dioxide with CO3. Bad teacher: The mistakes in the Social Science textbook used in Gujarat state include placing Pakistan's capital in the Hindu Kush Mountains and confusing carbon dioxide with CO3 . The Social Science English medium textbook for Standard 8 published by the Gujarat Council of Educational Research and Training (GCERT) has come under severe criticism, and it is not exactly uncalled for. The 124-page book has 59 factual errors and more than 100 spelling mistakes, according to the Times of India. Among a long list of errors, the schoolchildren of Gujarat, a state which borders Pakistan, are taught that the Muslim country which won independence in 1947 was called ‘Islamic Islamabad’. It also states that the capital of Pakistan, or ‘Islamic Islamabad’, is located in the Khyber pass in the Hindu Kush mountain range on the border to Afghanistan. False claims: The textbook for Year 8 claims that Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in October 1948, instead of the true date of his death, 30th January that year . Just wrong: According to the textbook 'Japan dropped a nuclear bomb on the U.S. during World War II' The book, which allegedly is being used by more than 50,000 children, also claims that ‘the proportion of poisonous gas CO3 has increased due to cutting of trees,’ NDTV.com reports. Other statements include ‘Japan dropped a nuclear bomb on the U.S. during World War II,’ and ‘Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on October 30, 1948.’ Gandhi was in fact murdered by Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse on January 30, 1948. ‘I have been told that there are many errors. We are trying to bring out an errors list and publish it on the internet,’ executive president of Gujarat state board of school textbooks, Nitin Pethani told Times of India. ‘We cannot recall the books at this stage. But we give an assurance that we will correct the mistakes.’
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| Indian textbook for Year 8 riddled with factual and spelling errors . Book given to more than 50,000 children claims Japan bombed the U.S. Wrong date of Gandhi's death and puts Pakistani capital in the mountains . | train |
78802 | Article: Spending long hours at work could lead to relationships beyond the professional kind. With every relationship, comes a catch that could lead to a heartbreak but when it comes to office romances, it could mean tricky business. From risking careers to a short fling at an after-work-drinks – no matter how far you go in keeping it a secret – it’s important to prepare yourself if things end on a sour note. With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, Randstad’s group director Steve Shepherd, 49, shares his professional and personal experiences on dealing with a sticky situation and how it could turn into a long-term prospect if you play your cards right. Steve Shepherd, from Melbourne and his wife Joanne met when they were working together 27 years ago . Be discreet. Being overly affectionate or making it too obvious in a relationship or even a fling in front of colleagues would not result in a good outcome . Do tread carefully. Always keep it at a professional level and control your behaviour. If your relationship turns soar - not only will it affect the both of you, it'll harm the rest of your office or put your career in jeopardy - so be sensible about it . Do think about the consequences. Before plunging into a relationship, you need to consider why you're doing it and whether you can both work professionally and maintain your romance outside of working hours? Don't involve too many people. Depending on how it goes in your relationship - only involve your colleagues when you know things are heading in the right direction . Don't keep it a secret for too long. Most people tend to build it up inside because they think of the worst case-scenario if they tell their colleagues but most of the time - it's a positive reaction and it'll end those rumours . ‘If you’re in a relationship at work – my advice is discretion,’ Mr Shepherd told Daily Mail Australia. ‘Being overly affectionate or making it obvious with actions in front of other colleagues tends to not have a good outcome. ‘And if a relationship goes soar, trying to hide your emotions could have an impact – not only yourself on terms of how you perform in the workforce but it could harm the dynamics of a team environment.' Whether sparks fly or the chemistry is heating up, Mr Shepherd said it’s important to consider the consequences and what that potentially means for their career before starting anything serious. ‘We spend most of our waking lives at work and when you’re working at a large company and you’re single – the chances are – you’ll meet someone because it’s inevitable,' he said. ‘The real things to consider are keeping it at a professional level and control your behaviour. ‘We’re all here to do our jobs but if you get yourself into a little fling and not much is in it for either of you – don’t tell anybody. Not only will you put your career in jeopardy but it could be frowned upon. 'As long as you know what you're getting yourself into and it's not affecting your job - then it won't affect me and the rest of the office.' The pair have been happily married since with two children after colleagues and bosses attended their big day . The 49-year-old from Melbourne met his wife Joanne at work many years ago. ‘We were working together at another organisation at the time and we got invited to a housewarming party and we started chatting there,’ Mr Shepherd said. ‘When we started dating, we kept it on the down low and at a professional level at work for a good eight to nine months. After working for 18 months while being in a relationship, the pair got married and Mr Shepherd said he is still happily married to his wife 27 years later. The father of two said he is pleased to say that there was never an awkward moment or a public spat at work between himself and Joanne. ‘It was important for both of us to focus on our careers and what was more important – we made it clear that we didn’t want to damage the relationship with other colleagues,' he said. Mr Shepherd said it’s important to consider the consequences before being involved in any office romance . ‘You don’t want people around you to walk on egg shells and we both stepped back and worked as co-workers but after work, we would laugh about how we interacted at work. ‘The greatest thing for us was when we started telling people - half had already known but joked they were waiting for the day for us to come clean and others never picked up on it.' And would he recommend others to get romantically involved in an office romance too? ‘We’re still together 27 years later and I love my wife more each day. We have two great kids. How can I not recommend that?’ Mr Shepherd said. ‘Always tread with caution and make sure you have a great life and career – not one or the other. 'Be sensible. If you get wind up in another office fling – maybe consider having one less wine glass at the next function,’ he laughed. ‘Common sense prevails.’ Mr Shepherd is not the only person who has found love inside an office. Andy and his wife Fiona met six years ago when they worked together at an agency company in London . Andy, who wished to not give his surname, met his wife Fiona, 34, while they were both working in the same agency company more than six years ago. ‘It was one of those situations where you’re working long hours and spending lots of time together – you just grow fond of each other,’ 33-year-old Andy told Daily Mail Australia. ‘We kept it a secret at first because we didn’t know if it would progress after a couple of dates or turn into a long term thing. ‘But overtime, we started to tell one or two people and it grew from there. It obviously got serious and people were talking about it so we came out and said we were an item. It took the couple six months before progressing into a serious relationship but Andy admits it was quite challenging to maintain at first. ‘One thing that helped was, we worked in different teams so it’s certainly different when you’re working with each other every day,’ Andy said. ‘When we started telling people, most of the office had already known so it was the worst kept secret,’ Andy laughed. The pair hit it off and they both shared similar interests and ambitions - they had plans to travel the world . Andy and his wife married last year in Scotland where their colleagues and bosses attended the big day . When it comes to working, it could also be a great place to meet a potential partner with similar interests and ambitions as Andy discovered they both dreamt about travelling the world. ‘Neither of us thought we’d be working together for the rest of our lives and we knew we both wanted to travel,' Andy said. ‘We moved to Australia four years ago and got married last year in Scotland [where my wife is from]. Lots of our colleagues came to the wedding as well. ‘I think if you’re serious with each other, then there is nothing to worry about starting a relationship in the workplace. 'The only negative comment I got was "you're punching above your weight",' Andy laughed. Andy, who now lives in Sydney with his wife, said it was important to make it public to colleagues and bosses that you're in a serious relationship with another colleague because 'it’ll tear up those office rumours'. ‘A lot of people think it's a bad situation or it’s not going down well if they tell people but often what we picture in our minds would be different in reality,' Andy said. 'And in most cases, it’s actually not bad at all and you'd be surprised with the positive reaction. 'We've been happily married since and I plan to start a family with her in the future.'
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| Meet the two Aussie men who married their colleague sweethearts . But when it comes to office romances - it could mean tricky business . Steve Shepherd, from Melbourne shares his professional do's and don'ts . He met his wife at work 27 years ago and have been happily together since . Andy and his wife met when they worked at an agency company in London . Both men admitted their relationships started as a secret . But after months of dating, things became serious and they made it official . | train |
259174 | Article: (CNN) -- What have unions done for us lately? Other than give us Labor Day, and a three-day weekend to start football season. The answers may surprise you. Unions have long been part of our nation's history, fighting for better pay, safer working conditions, health care and retirement benefits, education and civic participation. Unions have brought diverse voices together, and their struggles have elevated the working conditions, the standard of living and the recognition of not just their members, but of all who labor. Unions played a major role in ending the sweatshops and child labor so common at the beginning of the 20th century. The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, or ILGWU, was one of the first unions to have a primarily female membership. And in the aftermath of the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911, in which more than 100 mostly young immigrant women were killed, the ILGWU was at the forefront of reforming working conditions and pushing for comprehensive safety and workers' compensation laws. Unions aren't a "thing of the past." They're a vital part of our social fabric and economic future. Did you know, for example, that unions run the largest career training program outside the military? Union apprenticeship programs generally partner with employers or industries to provide the kind of training that hard-wires excellence into workers and places them in good jobs that can support families. That's worth a lot when unemployment is stubbornly high and personal incomes are falling. I challenge you to watch this quick video about union-trained military vets who are rebuilding the World Trade Center without getting misty-eyed. Did you know that union letter carriers save lives all the time by alerting officials when an elderly person hasn't collected her mail from the mailbox? That firefighters are fighting breast cancer? That in Erie, Pennsylvania, union members arranged haircuts for more than 700 kids going back to school? In just about every community, the union movement partners with the United Way, and together they do amazing things -- from cleaning up after storms to building wheelchair ramps and running food banks. Unions have had their problems -- what organizations do not? -- and it's convenient for some politicians to belittle the contribution or usefulness of unions. Indeed, much of the public has lost touch with what unions do and who they are. Unions are just folks -- people who come together to improve their lives and their workplaces, because there's strength in numbers. The one thing the public does know is that union members, thanks to collective bargaining, have higher wages and better benefits. But union membership actually raises living and working standards for all working men and women -- union and non-union. When union membership rates are high, so is the share of income that goes to the middle class. When those rates fall, income inequality grows -- the middle class shrinks and the 1% gets richer. Collective bargaining affects more than wages and benefits. Union teachers bargain for smaller class sizes. Union nurses bargain for better patient care. When they're successful -- when they're not shut down by Scott Walker-type governors -- we all win. Working together, union members and their community allies also make up a powerful lobby for the common good. They've helped secure for us all the eight-hour day, job safety laws, overtime pay, Medicare and Social Security, civil rights protections, fair treatment for women and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workers and much more. These are some of the reasons even people who don't fit the stereotypes of union members have formed unions. Rocket scientists. Architects. Taxi drivers in New York, who are getting health care for the first time. Carwash workers in Los Angeles. Professional athletes. Writers and directors for TV shows. Go to a movie and you're enjoying the work of one of America's most unionized industries, from the actors and camera crews to set designers. But maybe the most important contribution of unions has to do with basic dignity. Memphis, Tennessee, sanitation workers, aspiring to become American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees members, picked up signs that declared proudly, "I Am a Man," and formed the setting for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. One of the core tenets of unionism is that all work has dignity. All work deserves respect. And all the people who perform it deserve respect. So even as Labor Day weekend recedes, say "thank you" to someone whose work you respect and rely on. And thank a union for the weekend while you're at it. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Donna Brazile.
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| Donna Brazile: Unions have done much to improve the lives of most Americans . She says they do community service, help raise wages, improve working conditions . Brazile: Union membership helps boost the living standard of the middle class . | train |
31299 | Article: (CNN) -- The best chocolate cake I ever ate in Kabul was tucked away on a discreet corner near the city's diplomatic area. Kamal Hamade, the well-known and loved Lebanese owner of Taverna du Liban, made sure every visitor to his restaurant had a piece of gooey cake on the house, and then some. On Saturday, the Taliban attacked the cozy Lebanese restaurant in Afghanistan's capital. One man detonated a suicide vest while two others stormed into the restaurant and fired at those inside, killing 21 people, 13 of them expatriates. One of them was Kamal. Taverna had a decent security routine in place: Visitors drove up and knocked. The Afghan guard slid open the peep hole to take a look. The patron was searched before being let in to the restaurant a short distance away from the metal-door entrance. But unlike many other establishments visited by Kabul's foreign residents, Taverna had one less door, one less pat down and lacked a long corridor away from the street. The restaurant and its owner were what security experts call soft targets -- semi-armored and lightly guarded. I walked through that aluminum metal door many times during my two years living in Kabul and working for an Afghan media company. One of those times, I was on my first date with the man who's now my husband. Another night, after a leisurely dinner with friends -- most of it on the house under Kamal's watch -- I was left alone to wait. My ride was nowhere to be seen, and Taverna had closed. Not wanting to bother the servers, who were ready to leave, and Kamal, who looked tired, I slipped outside to the front of Taverna to wait. Kamal tried to lure me back inside, but I also enjoyed the rare few moments outside in Kabul. When I told Kamal I would be fine, he brought out a plastic chair and sat with me. Kamal was originally from Lebanon, but it was clear from all our conversations that he loved Afghanistan. That night, we laughed, talked about Beirut, and watched his cat slink up and down the muddy street. Forty-five minutes later, my ride showed up. I went back to Taverna dozens of times after that visit, always catching a smile and laugh from Kamal -- with a hunk of chocolate cake. It seems like almost everyone who has lived in Kabul has a Kamal story. After the attack, friends, family and frequent patrons of the restaurant immediately took to social media to express their concern. "Any word on Kamal, the owner of Taverna, or his staff?" development worker Una Moore wrote in a Twitter post. Once security officials confirmed his death, photos popped on Facebook as people who knew Kamal and his restaurant shared their memories. Albums with titles like "Taverna" were filled with pictures of groups of smiling people gathered around long, wooden tables. Kamal, like most nights that he was in the country, was in the building the night of the attack, wandering around the restaurant with a cigarette or in his office, most likely. He lived above the Lebanese restaurant, keeping a loving eye on the falafel, staff and visitors. For many of us, it's hard to believe someone who loved Kabul so much -- and who was so much a part of the Kabul we loved -- has become a casualty in a deadly attack. Kamal's restaurant allowed for quiet dinners or raucous get-togethers after long work days. Kabul, known to the foreign diplomat, aid worker and journalist inhabitants as the "Kabubble," was a relatively safe place compared to the rest of the country. Much of my two years there were spent haphazardly throwing on a headscarf, walking down to the nearest supermarket to buy potato chips or use decent wi-fi at a cafe. The city never felt unsafe. Only one similar event comes to mind in recent years. In January 2011, a suicide bomber blew himself up in a supermarket popular with expatriates and middle-class Afghans alike. Those of us in the Kabubble were thrown off for a few days, left jarred, vowing it was time to get out. After a few weeks riddled with lockdowns, the event faded into the city's memory -- a moment of violence that had passed. This attack seems different, though. Perhaps not for the Afghan civilians who have lived through similar attacks for the last decade. But for the people who live in and love Afghanistan out of choice, it does change something. I don't know what this means for the country's upcoming election, for Afghans after the NATO troop withdrawals scheduled for later this year, or for the foreigners who flock to the country, investing themselves in the nation and its people. But I do know that without Kamal in Kabul, the city is a darker place.
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| Restaurant owner Kamal Hamade was among 21 people killed in a Taliban attack . His Taverna du Liban was a beloved spot for expats to gather in Kabul . Visitors got smiles and laughs from Kamal -- with a hunk of chocolate cake . | train |
77485 | Article: NEW YORK (CNN) -- Joan Baez is in a celebratory mood. And rightly so: She's survived 50 years in show business. Joan Baez says that her new Steve Earle-produced album was meant to sound like a throwback to the folk era. The legendary singer, who rose to fame during the folk movement of the 1950s and 1960s, is marking the occasion with a new album called "Day After Tomorrow." Produced by Steve Earle (whom Baez likes to call "Mister Gruff"), it's a collection of bluegrass-tinged songs reminiscent of her early repertoire. "We were looking for songs that feel like now but sound like back then," she said. Earle penned one of the album's standout tracks, "God Is God," which he describes as "recovery speak." Baez also covers "Scarlet Tide," a song written by Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett for the 2003 film "Cold Mountain." At 67, Baez finds her voice may not have the sheer power it did in her 20s, but her political spirit is intact. She passionately expressed her support for Barack Obama during the presidential campaign, the first time the self-described pacifist has taken sides in party politics. "I haven't heard an orator like that since King," she said. Baez knew the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and famously sang the protest song "We Shall Overcome" to a massive crowd at the Lincoln Memorial during King's 1963 March on Washington. Baez spoke to CNN about sustaining her voice and finding happiness in her 60s. The following is an edited version of that interview, which was conducted before Tuesday's election. CNN: What did Steve Earle bring to the table with your new album? Joan Baez: Oh, everything but the voice. Spirit, some songs. His gruffness to my non-gruffness. He worked fast, really fast, and I like that. And he brought the musicians. I don't know who to choose for musicians. We were a good match. CNN: Is there a song on the album that speaks to you more than others? Baez: I guess the ones I go back listening to are "God Is God" and "Rose of Sharon." "Rose of Sharon" sounds exactly like an old folk song. I wouldn't have guessed in a million years that it's contemporary. CNN: How does it feel to be embarking on a new tour at such a politically charged time? Baez: I've never seen this country this politically charged. I realized something this morning. I was watching Obama on TV and I thought, "I really love this guy." I love what he's capable of, I love that he's genuine. He's a statesman, and he's brilliant. People say do you think he can change America? He already has. ... And I know most of the things he'll have to do I would battle him to the death. He's going to be commander in chief of the Army, Navy and Air Force, and I'm a pacifist [laughs]. CNN: So you would almost prefer that he didn't run for president, that his talents could be applied in other ways? Baez: Yeah. I've thought that, yeah. Part of me wishes very strongly that Obama would be outside the system and his hands would be less tied. CNN: In the '50s and '60s, you lived and breathed the causes you rallied behind. When you look at young musicians today, do you feel they're attaching themselves to charities or causes because it's hip, rather than meaningful? Baez: I think it's probably a combination of things. I think people are afraid of risk so they'll [only] go so far. But I don't think people have felt the urgency that we felt in the '60s. But it's there. The urgency is there. There's a need for community, but we don't feel it. CNN: Why is that? Baez: That we don't feel it? Because we live more and more separately. Kids are walking down the street plugged in [to personal electronics]. The only place there's community really is in the ghetto, where they need each other and they know it. We need each other, and we don't know it. CNN: You look back at all the causes you've rallied behind, and there have been so many. ... Baez: It makes me dizzy. CNN: [Do] you feel emotionally wrung out? Baez: No. It's the opposite. What happens is it starts generating energy for myself. There's some part of me that's wiped out. I feel that sometimes. CNN: Do you find you have to work harder to keep your voice in shape? Baez: Oh God, yeah. It was very humiliating to find out that I was like everybody else in the world and that I had to get coaching. And now it's a real issue. I have to do [vocal exercises] every day, especially on tour. It's pretty exhausting. CNN: Would you say that life in your 60s is easier than life in your 20s and 30s? Baez: Oh God, yes. ... I was a highly neurotic kid, not particularly happy, which probably accounts for all those beautiful songs, those beautiful sad ballads. I found my home there. And as the years went by and as the therapy went on I was holding together. And then at around 50, I decided to fall apart and find the pieces and put them back where they should've been. And I did. And I did what I thought was impossible, which was really drag the stuff up, look at it, go through all that and then each time I did that ... it became a daily thing with the therapist ... to find out something huge. Go through the terror, go through all of it and then by the end of the week something had changed a little bit. This went on for a number of years. So I am now in a stage nothing like where I was before then. There's no stage fright now. Just the joy of singing. CNN: You're happy being single, aren't you? Baez: Yeah. After all I've been through, I don't want to risk [pats her heart]. I mean I feel so extraordinary, so much better. And you know if something walked into my life that feels right ... the question is, am I ready to see it or not? I'm sure it's wandered by me a few times. But at some point maybe I'll be ready to see that in which case it would be a good thing. ... [In] Buddhism there's no real happiness without the struggle. But the struggle has to defeat you in a way [before] you get to be like the Dalai Lama. You know those monks all giggle? All the time! They've got it figured out. Because things are what they are on Earth, and you be as good as you can, and you die, it's the next life. So what's the big f****** deal?
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| Joan Baez has new album, "Day After Tomorrow," produced by Steve Earle . Baez says causes generate energy, don't leave her wrung out . Singer says she was unhappy in 20s and 30s, only recently has no stage fright . | train |
218854 | Article: For years, the Burberry check was a mark of wealth and good taste, with the beige scarf considered a useful experience that would make any outfit. Retailing at £315, it was a wardrobe item that was rarely seen on people without a few zeros in their bank account. But in the late 1990's, the scarf was adopted by the Brit Pop clan, worn by the likes of Liam Gallagher, Robbie Williams and Nicole Appleton and soon became a status stamp for the cool youth. Adele (left) is one of the A-List celebrities helping the Burberry check to make a comeback, she was pictured wearing the distinctive pattern on a scarf while leaving an FKA Twigs gig in London last week. The style has suffered since it began to be associated with 'chav' culture in the early noughties, when D-List stars including Danniella Westbrook (right) started to wear it in abundance . But the tide started to turn against the British designer when companies started to produce imitation items featuring the recognisable square design. Soon knock-off Burberry check was being sold on items like baseball caps and scarves for as little as 99p across the UK. The turning point came in 2004, when former EastEnders actress Danniella Westbrook she dressed her daughter in a matching Burberry check outfit, complete with a pushchair covered in the distinctive pattern. By 2004, pubs and clubs across the country began refusing entry to customers who dressed in the label. Burberry started to remove the check from most of their items in an effort to distance themselves from customers who might give them a bad name. The plan worked and slowly the distinctively patterned scarf has started to re-emerge as a popular accessory among A-List celebrities. Only a week again, Adele was pictured leaving an FKA Twigs gig in London wearing a modern-version of the scarf. A few months ago, style icon Cara Delevingne was snapped wearing the original nineties version, while Gwen Stefani went even further in a checked raincoat. Femail takes a look at the stars who are making the Burberry check cool again (and some of those who made it fail in the first place): . Gwen Stefani wears a Burberry check raincoat while out and about in north London . Sshlee Simpson accessorises with a Burberry check scarf while out with her son Bronx Wentz in New York . Cara Delevingne wraps up warm with a Burberry scarf while leaving her west London home . Hollywood actress Morgan Lily wears a Burberry scarf to a film premiere in Utah . Blake Lively protects herself against the cold New York winter with a Burberry checked scarf . Pete Dohery wears nothing but a Burberry scarf after leaving a nightclub in 2005 . Madame Tussauds gave then-Prime Minister Tony Blair's wax figure a "chav" makeover in 2006, complete with Burberry cap .
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| Adele wore a Burberry scarf to an FKA Twigs gig in London last week . Cara Delevingne gave the accessory a hipster edge while out with friends . Super-stylish Gwen Stefani went the whole way with a Burberry check coat . A long way from THAT photo of Danniella Westbrook in head-to-toe check . | train |
213440 | Article: Monica, Rachel, Chandler, Joey, Pheobe and Ross spent endless hours sitting on that familiar orange couch drinking coffee, and now you can too - if you happen to be in New York this month. A real-life version of the famous Friends hangout Central Perk opened on Wednesday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the hit sitcom series, which premiered on September 22, 1994. A queue stretched down the street as fans waited for their chance to recreate the iconic coffee shop scenes made famous by actors Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and Matthew Perry during the show's ten-year run. Scroll down for video . Coffee with Friends: A real-life version of the fictional Central Perk coffee shop has opened in New York . Fan frenzy: Dozens of eager fans queued up to visit the pop-up coffee shop, on Lafayette Street in Soho . Friends moment: Visitors can have their picture taken sitting on the same orange couch used on the hit series . While none of the six lead castmembers showed up for the opening, James Michael Tyler - who played Central Perk's barista Gunther - was on hand to meet and greet fans. The actor will also make an appearance when the pop-up shop closes on October 18. The very same orange couch that featured in almost every episode as the characters hung out and drank coffee is on display, with fans taking turns to sit and have their picture taken on it. Not here for long: Fans have until October 18 to visit the pop-up on Lafayette Street . Cameo: Actor James Michael Tyler, who played Central Perk barista Gunther, popped by for the opening . Let me take a selfie: Eager fans captured snaps of themselves in the shop . Also in-store are pieces of show memorabilia, such as Monica's engagement ring, Chandler's wedding vows, Phoebe's sister Ursula's sex tape, and Joey's Soap Digest cover. Ross' laminated list of celebrities he would be allowed to sleep with even if he was in a relationship is on show - though eagle-eyed fans may notice that this version includes Isabella Rossellini, who in fact didn't make the cut for the final, laminated version in the episode. Joey's ceramic statue, Pat the Dog, and the gold frame from Monica's apartment door are also available to view. Memorable: Some costumes worn by the cast, including Monica's see-through blouse, Ross' leather trousers, and Rachel's outfit from the finale are on display . Props: Memorabilia from the show are available to view, including Monica and Chandler's wedding vows, and Ross' list of celebrities he'd like to sleep with... but eagle-eyed fans may notice something amiss with the list . Remember these? Joey's Soap Digest cover, Monica and Chandler's wedding invitations, Rachel's ultrasound, and Pheobe's twin sister's sex tape are also on display . Some memorable costumes from the series are on display: Rachel's outfit from the series finale, Ross' leather trousers (talcum powder and lotion free) and Monica's see-through red blouse are among them. The guitar Phoebe, played by Lisa Kudrow, used to perform her regular gig in Central Perk is also there for fans to see - and if they're lucky enough, they might catch one of the weekly performances of her beloved song Smelly Cat. Baristas in the pop-up handing out free cups of coffee wear T-shirts bearing the catchphrase, 'How YOU brewin'?' - a play on Joey's famous pick-up line 'How YOU doin'?' Hangout: Central Perk featured in almost every episode of Friends, with the characters spending hours on end sitting around talking and drinking coffee . There is a gift shop selling Friends merchandise including DVDs, T-shirts and coffee mugs. The pop-up coffee shop will be open Monday - Friday 8 am–8 pm, and Saturday - Sunday, 10 am - 8 pm until October 18. The stunt is being staged by Warner Bros. and is being advertised as is billed as 'The One with the Free Coffee' - a play on the show's episode titles, which all began with 'The One...' Cashing in: A gift shop sells T-shirts, coffee mugs and DVDs of the series . 'How you brewin'? Baristas wear T-shirts bearing a play on Joey's famous pick-up line . The One with the Free Coffee: Fans are treated to free coffee, in-store appearances of Smelly Cat and the occasional visit from James Michael Tyler . Friends, which revolved around a group of six twenty-somethings living in Manhattan, finally ended its ten-season run in 2004. Despite the show's New York City setting, Friends was actually filmed in Burbank, California. It was in 2009 that a replica of the Central Perk coffee shop opened in London for two weeks to mark the 15th anniversary of the show's start. It welcomed around 900 visitors a day. Another 'Central Perk' tribute cafe opened in a Beijing shopping centre this week. Where's Rachel? With the six stars no shows, fans were happy to pose with James Michael Tyler . Hit show: The coffee shop pop-up is to celebrate 20 years since it premiered, on September 22, 1994 .
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| Pop-up replica of fictional hangout will be open until Octoer 18 . Show memorabilia on display including famous orange couch . Regular performances of Smelly Cat will be held . Iconic sitcom series premiered on September 22, 1994 . | train |
2546 | Article: (CNN) -- Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana lost the appeal of their jail sentence for tax convictions in Italy, their lawyer said Wednesday. The men were sentenced to 18 months in prison by a lower court after being found guilty of failing to pay 40 million euros in taxes owed to the Italian government last year. They must also pay a 500,000 euro fine. The case will now be appealed to Italy's Supreme Court of Cassation, attorney Armando Simbari told CNN. The Dolce & Gabbana label is a popular brand on luxury clothing and accessories. CNN's Livia Borghese in Rome contributed to this report.
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| Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana face 18 months in an Italian prison . The designers were found guilty of failing to pay 40 million euros in taxes in Italy . The case will be appeal to Italy's Supreme Court, their lawyer says . | train |
53438 | Article: Everton hope to announce a breakthrough over a new 50,000-capacity stadium this week. The club believe Goodison Park, their home since 1892, can no longer generate sufficient revenue from a maximum capacity of 39,600. Everton want to move to nearby Walton Hall Park and have been talking to the council. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Goodison Park take centre stage in Everton 2014/15 advert . Seamus Coleman scores a goal at Everton's iconic Goodison Park in the Premier League . Premier League club Everton hope to announce a breakthrough over a new 50,000-capacity stadium this week . In April, Liverpool City Council reaffirmed its commitment to working with Everton on the prospect of a new stadium. It was last year the Toffees revealed they were exploring options for a new home inside the city boundaries of Liverpool. Everton did not find themselves at Goodison on their return from the international break, but claimed three points nonetheless as they beat West Bromwich Albion 2-0. Romelu Lukaku and Kevin Mirallas were both on target for Roberto Martinez's men at the Hawthorns. Everton believe Goodison Park, their home since 1892, can no longer generate sufficient revenue . Everton's current stadium Goodison Park has a maximum capacity of 39,600 and they want to up it to 50,000 .
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| Everton edge closer to announcing a breakthrough over a new 50,000-capacity stadium this week . Goodison Park, their home since 1892, can no longer generate sufficient revenue from a maximum capacity of 39,600 . Everton want to move to nearby Walton Hall Park and have been talking to the council to remain within the city boundaries of Liverpool . | train |
289609 | Article: By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 00:02 EST, 1 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 00:27 EST, 1 March 2014 . A trainee Catholic nun has pleaded guilty to smothering her newborn after giving birth in her room at a Washington, D.C. convent so no-one would hear him cry. Sosefina Amoa, 26, accepted a plea deal for voluntary manslaughter, punishable by 30 years behind bars, after admitting she killed baby Joseph at Little Sisters of the Poor convent on October 10. The Samoan woman gave birth just five days after moving to the U.S. to begin a five-month program to officially join the convent. Scroll down for video . Convent: Afraid the nuns would hear the newborn's cries and discover she lied about sexual activity, police say Amoa told investigators she smothered him . WUSA9 reported Amoa asked to be excused from her duties and went to her room on October 10. She delivered Joseph that morning. Afraid . the nuns would hear the newborn's cries and discover she lied about . her sexual activity, Amoa allegedly covered the crying boy's mouth and nose with a wool garment for several minutes. The young woman told police she didn't know what to . do, and was afraid that someone would learn of her . pregnancy. When she removed the garment, the child had stopped breathing. She 'wrapped the child in Samoan garb, . placed the child on her bed...remained in her room' until the next . morning, ABC7 reported, when she showed the infant to a sister at the convent. According to BBC, Amoa told the nun she found the baby outside the convent and both women took the body in a black bag to the hospital. The Little Sisters of the Poor said: 'We all feel this is a very tragic situation. We are just praying for everyone involved. Now that it is in the hands of the legal system, we will not be providing any further comment' Amoa was charged with first-degree murder after the death was ruled a homicide by asphyxiation. At the incident, she told police she did not know she was pregnant. According to the arrest warrant, she 'began Religious Formation, which included religious classes, doctrine, and prayer life'. The woman was considered a postulant - someone who wants to be admitted to the order. The Little Sisters of the Poor said in a statement they were praying for everyone involved. 'We all feel this is a very tragic situation. We are just praying for everyone involved. Now that it is in the hands of the legal system, we will not be providing any further comment,' Sister Constance Veit said in a statement.
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| Sosefina Amoa gave birth in her room at the Little Sisters of the Poor convent in Washington, D.C. on October 10 . The Samoan woman allegedly covered Joseph's mouth so no-one could hear him cry and discover she had a child . She and another nun took the baby in a black bag to a local hospital . Amoa accepted a plea agreement for voluntary manslaughter, punishable by up to 30 years in prison . | train |
84120 | Article: By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:38 EST, 27 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 18:42 EST, 27 February 2014 . A former police lieutenant broke down in tears today as he was sentenced to three years in prison for driving a sports car at high speeds while on duty and killing his passenger, a fellow cop. Keith Buckley, who used to work for the North Brunswick Police Department in New Jersey, wiped away tears after listening to statements given by Christopher Zerby's wife and mother on Thursday. 'I will never again be the same husband, father, brother or son and my career and reputation are gone forever,' Buckley, 45, told the devastated family as he choked back his sobs. The emotional scene came five-and-a-half years after . he borrowed a Dodge Viper from his brother around lunch time and asked . Zerby, a father of two young boys, if he wanted to go for a ride with him. Scroll down for video . Remorse: Former New Jersey police lieutenant Keith Buckley shed a tear in court on Thursday as he was sentenced to three years in prison for a car crash that killed a fellow cop . Overwhelmed: He wiped away tears as he told the court how he wished he could turn back time . But as they drove along Route 130 in the high-powered vehicle - at speeds as high as 94 mph - Buckley lost control and crashed into a utility pole, killing his 41-year-old passenger. Buckley, who had been a cop for 19 years before he was terminated from the job in 2008, suffered serious injuries but was listed in stable condition after arriving at hospital. He was initially charged with vehicular manslaughter, but pleaded guilty last year to official misconduct so that he would get lesser time in prison. Loss: Christopher Zerby, a dad of two, had served as a township cop for 16 years . The plea deal will see him serve two years of his sentence before . he is eligible for parole. He must also forfeit his job, his right to hold . public office and his police pension. He has claimed that he the crash was caused by his inexperience with driving a high-performance car, CBS reported. But during the plea deal, he said that he had enjoyed driving the car fast, even though he was putting the public and his passenger in danger, the New Jersey Star-Ledger reported. Superior Court Judge Bradley Ferencz told him on Thursday: 'The conduct you engaged in cannot be tolerated.' Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor . Michael Weiss agreed that Buckley, who had hoped to become police . chief, should not get leniency just because of his former job. 'What . if a mom and her baby were pulling out a shopping center as he crashed . and they were killed?' he asked. 'The defendant should not be treated . any differently than anyone else.' In their own emotional displays, Buckley's wife, mother and sister spoke of their loss. 'This is living hell,' Zerby’s mother, . Sally, 88, told the court. 'No parent should have to bury a child. I try to . remember Chris smiling, but all I see is him in the casket.' Distraught: Zerby's wife Christine sat beside an image of him with his sons as she blamed Buckley for taking 'my past, present and future from me' with his thoughtless actions back in 2008 . Heartbroken: Zerby's mother Sally said she could not forgot the image of her son in a casket . Grieving: Zerby's family sat silently in the front row of the courtroom, surrounded by Buckley's relatives . Zerby’s widow, Christine, added that the accident had cost her 'my past, present and future'. 'My . two sons lost their dad, but the person who lost the most is Chris,' she said beside a picture of her husband. 'He'll never see his sons grow up. He never saw his son learn how to ride a bike.' She then turned on Buckley. 'Why were you driving a rented Dodge Viper around North Brunswick that day while you were on duty?' she said. 'A car that belongs on the race track, not residential roads. Why weren't you doing your job?' Kathy Horvath, Christopher Zerby's sister, said that Buckley 'not only took my brother's life. He endangered the whole community'. Wreck: Buckley smashed a rented Dodged Viper into a utility pole after losing control, killing his passenger . The distraught family sat in the front row in court, surrounded by Buckley's family. In his own statement, Buckley said: 'I went from police officer to criminal in seconds because of a bad decision.' As he was handcuffed and taken away, his wife Jennifer yelled: 'I love you.' Zerby, who had grown up in North Brunswick, had been a township police officer for more than 16 years before his death and had served as the town's lead traffic safety officer. See below for video .
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| Former New Jersey police lieutenant Keith Buckley will serve 2 years before being eligible for parole after striking a plea deal . He was behind the wheel of a Dodge Viper that he borrowed from his brother when he lost control while speeding and hit a utility pole . His passenger Christopher Zerby, a father-of-two, was killed in the crash . In court on Thursday, Zerby's mother, sister and mother spoke of their grief . Buckley: 'I will never be the same and my reputation is destroyed' | train |
310473 | Article: Paul Pogba spoke to Sportsmail about winning the Serie A title with Juventus, the difficult time he endured during his spell at Manchester United and his dream to play in the World Cup with his twin brothers... Who is your sporting hero? I am lucky that I get to play with my hero - Andrea Pirlo. I make no secret I want to become like him. He has won everything, and he has won it playing such an important role. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Paul Pogba show some amazing skill... blindfolded . Flying high: Paul Pogba made 36 Serie A appearances last season as Juventus lifted the Italian league title . Hero: Pogba makes no secret of the fact he wants to play like Andrea Pirlo as he progresses in the game . What would you be if you weren’t a sportsman? Because of the age I started playing I have never thought about that question, and as I am about to go and play in a World Cup I am glad that I have never had to think about that question. Career highlight? I can’t choose between the two league titles with Juventus and winning my first international cap forFrance. They were both very special. ... and the worst moment? My time at Manchester United. Of course when you are at such a big club you understand you need to be patient for your chance, but I did not feel respected or valued as a player or a man. If your house was burning down, what one possession would you save? I know it is an obvious answer, but just my family. I don’t have one material possession that means that much to me. Struggle: Pogba did not feel respected or valued during his time as a Manchester United player . Favourite song? Anything by Kanye West or Jay Z. Not just because they make good music - but they are an inspiration for young black men all over the world. Inspiration: Pogba is a fan of American rapper Jay Z . What is the one programme on TV you can’t miss? I prefer to play video games, but I do like to watch the highlights from the NBA. Last film you saw? The Wolf Of Wall Street and it was incredible. If you could have dinner with three famous people, who would they be? Zinedine Zidane, Jay Z, and Usain Bolt. Can you cook? Best dish? I can do easy things like pasta with chicken or pasta with fish, but in Italy you just need to walk out the door and you can have the best pasta in the world cooked for you. Your favourite holiday destination? I like to be where it is warm and have got even more used to the heat being in Italy, so I would choose somewhere like Miami Beach. In a film of your life, who would you like to play you? A young Will Smith would be a great honour. Tell us a secret... Both of my twin brothers represent the Guinea national team. It is my dream that one day they reach the World Cup and draw France - so that we can all play on the same field at the World Cup. Dreaml: France international Pogba hopes to one day face his brothers, who play for Guinea, in the World Cup . Pogba, 21, is in France’s World Cup squad. He played 36 league games for Juventus as they lifted the Serie A title last season.
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| Paul Pogba reveals he did not feel valued or respected at Manchester United . Juventus' two Serie A title wins and first international cap for France are Pogba's career highlights . France midfielder hopes to one day face his twin brothers, who play for Guinea, in the World Cup . Jay Z and Kanye West are an inspiration to young black men, says Pogba . | train |
129329 | Article: Iraqi forces broke through to the jihadist-besieged Shiite town of Amerli today where thousands of people have been trapped for more than two months with dwindling food and water supplies. It is the biggest offensive success for the Iraqi government since militants led by the Sunni Islamic State jihadist group overran large areas of five provinces in June, sweeping security forces aside. The breakthrough came as America carried out limited strikes outside north Iraq for the first time since its air campaign against the militants began more than three weeks ago, and aircraft from several countries dropped humanitarian aid to Amerli. Scroll down for video . Kurdish Peshmerga fighters fire a rifle towards Islamic State position during the clashes which are part of the biggest offensive by the Iraqi government since June . An Iraqi militia fighter from Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Saraya al-Salam (Peace Brigade), fires a mortar during the heavy clashes . Two soldiers bend down and cover their ears as a cannon is fired in Duz-Khurmatu during the biggest offensive by the Iraqi government since June . A militiaman wears a balaclava with a skeleton design as he poses for a photo with other armed comrades . The mainly Shiite Turkmen residents of the town in Salaheddin province were running desperately short of food and water, and were in danger both because of their Shiite faith, which jihadists consider heresy, and their resistance to the militants, which has drawn harsh retribution elsewhere. 'Our forces entered Amerli and broke the siege,' Iraqi security spokesman Lieutenant General Qassem Atta said, an account confirmed by a local official and a fighter from the town. 'It is a very important success,' Atta later said on state television, adding that there was still fighting in the area. The operation was launched on Saturday after days of preparations in which Iraqi security forces, Shiite militiamen and Kurdish fighters deployed for the assault and Iraqi aircraft carried out strikes against militants. The U.S. had carried out air strikes against Islamic State fighters near the town in northern Iraq and airdropped humanitarian aid to civilians trapped there, the Pentagon said. President Barack Obama authorised the new military action, broadening U.S. operations in Iraq amid an international outcry over the threat to Amerli's mostly ethnic Turkmen population. A man loads a bullet into a recoilless rifle before. The breakthrough by the Iraqi government came as America carried out limited strikes outside north Iraq for the first time since its air campaign against militants began more than three weeks ago . A soldier wearing ear defenders fires a machine gun at IS positions. Residents in the area have been trapped for more than two months . Peshmerga fighters prepare bullets for a machine gun during heavy clashes with Islamic State militants in Duz-Khurmatu, Iraq . An Iraqi militia fighter from Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Saraya al-Salam (Peace Brigade), stands up next to a rocket launcher holding a flag and a rifle . A plume of smoke hovers after Kurdish troops fire a recoilless rifle during the clashes around 88 kilometres (54 miles) south of Kirkuk . An Al-Sadr militia fighter fires a mortar towards Islamic State positions while his comrade watches and puts his hands over his ears . A soldier turns away after a firing a mortar towards IS positions in Salaheddin province. The clashes have been welcomed by residents who have been running out of vital supplies including food and water . A woman and children react in a military helicopter after being evacuated by Iraqi forces from Amerli, north of Baghdad . Evacuation: A home to around 180,000 people, mostly Turkmen Shi'ites, the small town of Amerli, north of Baghdad is still holding out against repeated attacks by Islamic State fighters . Women and children are evacuated in a military helicopter by Iraqi forces from Amerli, north of Baghdad . Iraqi security forces and Turkmen Shiite fighters, who volunteered to join the government forces, hold a position on August 4 in Amerli, some 100 miles north of Baghdad . U.S. aircraft delivered over a hundred bundles of emergency supplies and more aid was dropped from British, French and Australian planes, officials said, signaling headway in Obama's efforts to draw allies into the fight against Islamic State. Iraqi army and Kurdish forces closed in on Islamic State fighters in a push to break the Sunni militants' siege of Amerli, which has been surrounded by the militants for more than two months. Armed residents of Amerli have managed to fend off attacks by Islamic State fighters, who regard the town's majority Shi'ite Turkmen population as apostates. More than 15,000 people remain trapped inside. 'At the request of the government of Iraq, the United States military today airdropped humanitarian aid to the town of Amerli, home to thousands of Shia Turkmen who have been cut off from receiving food, water, and medical supplies for two months by ISIL,' Rear Admiral John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, said, using an alternative name for Islamic State. 'In conjunction with this airdrop, U.S. aircraft conducted coordinated air strikes against nearby ISIL terrorists in order to support this humanitarian assistance operation,' he said, adding that a key objective was to prevent a militant attack on civilians in the town. He said the operations would be 'limited in their scope and duration' in order to protect Amerli's population. Warplanes hit three Humvee patrol vehicles, a tank and an armed vehicle held by militants in addition to a checkpoint controlled by the group, according to the military's Central Command, which runs U.S. operations in the Middle East. 'All aircraft safely exited the area,' it said in a statement. When Obama ordered the first air strikes and air drops in Iraq earlier this month, he justified the military operation in part to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe for thousands of ethnic Yazidis trapped by Islamic State militants on Sinjar mountain in northern Iraq. Islamic State militants overran most of Sunni Arab areas of Iraq after seizing the northern city of Mosul on June 10 . The town of Amerli is around 100 miles north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad . This is the area, straddling Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State group claimed to have control of . In mid-August, he declared that the militant siege there had been broken. Earlier on Saturday, two officers said Iraqi troops, militia and Kurdish peshmerga were advancing on Amerli from four directions. A major in the Iraqi army, who was advancing north towards Amerli from Udhaim, said progress was slow because the militants had mined the roads. He said they were around 15 km (9 miles) from the town, while those approaching from the north were just 3 km away. The major said he had counted the corpses of more than 40 militants killed in Iraqi air strikes on the road between Udhaim and the village of Injana. Also on Saturday, the Pentagon said U.S. warplanes and armed drones had carried out five air strikes on Islamic State fighters near Iraq's largest dam, the latest in a series of attacks in support of Iraqi and Kurdish forces. The strikes destroyed an Islamic State armed vehicle, a fighting position and weapons, and damaged a building near Mosul Dam, the Pentagon said. Backed by U.S. air power, Kurdish forces recaptured the strategic facility nearly two weeks ago. Separately on Saturday, a suicide bomber driving a car packed with explosives killed at least 11 people at a checkpoint in the town of Yusifiya, 15 km (9 miles) south of Baghdad, a police officer said. Islamic State militants overran most of Sunni Arab areas of Iraq after seizing the northern city of Mosul on June 10, and have proclaimed a caliphate straddling the border with Syria, where they also control vast swaths of territory. The lightning offensive brought the militants within range of the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region earlier this month, prompting air strikes by the United States. The Kurds have since been slowly regaining ground from the militants and on Saturday advanced on the northern town of Zumar. Peshmerga spokesman Halgurd Hikmat said control over Zumar would help the Kurds retake Rabia and Sinjar, two other areas seized by Islamic State. Violence in Iraq this year has reached levels unseen since 2006-2007, when the country was in the throes of civil war.
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| It is biggest offensive success for the Iraqi government since the jihadist group overran five provinces in June . Breakthrough came as America carried out limited strikes outside north Iraq for the first time in their military campaign . Aircraft delivered over 100 bundles of emergency supplies while more aid was dropped from British and French planes . Warplanes hit three vehicles, a tank and an armed vehicle while Amerli was completely surrounded . | train |
265605 | Article: (CNN) -- Just when you think derogatory stereotypes about dads are on the decline as fathers take a more hands-on role in child-rearing, along comes an online posting by a major brand that shows not everyone got the memo. And this one -- published, then pulled, by Clorox -- charts new terrain in depicting first-time fathers as clueless buffoons. "Saying 'No-no' is not just for baby. Like dogs or other house pets, new dads are filled with good intentions but lacking the judgment and fine motor skills to execute well," it reads. Somehow, it manages to get even more offensive from there. The list of "6 mistakes new dads make" begins with a father taking his child for a walk in "a cold, brisk, rain-soaked stroller" and only after 10 minutes beginning to wonder "why is this baby crying so much?" At that point, he notices his child is wearing "a short-sleeved summer onesie." He's also likely to put his child's clothes on backwards and not understand why they fit wrong. He lets baby eat off the floor -- so, the web post cautions, "At least get him to enforce a 5-second rule." He fails to notice the food -- or, worse, Play-Doh -- all over his baby's face, let alone wipe it off. Then he gives his child inappropriate screen time, plopping the baby down in front of "reality shows." Parental outcry led Clorox to reexamine the wisdom of the post. The company pulled the page from its website, but did not post a statement in response to the uproar. When I asked for comment, the company sent me this brief statement: "This article was written by a dad for other dads to make a lighthearted comparison between bachelor lives and new parent lives. We took the article down based on feedback and we know how seriously dads take their parental responsibilities." The post included some classic insults: "Prudence won't stop Daddy from relaxing with a brew and blaring inappropriate shows while baby stares in horror/awe/wonder at the colorful moving yell-box. Tell Dad to embrace parental sacrifice and crack a book." Finally, to top off this glorious work of wisdom and respect, the post states, "Some new dads have been inspired by raunchy comedies to bring babies to inappropriate places like casinos, pool halls, and poetry readings." Yes, you read that correctly. Poetry readings. Well, at least it's clear where Clorox got the inspiration for these stereotypes: fiction. "None of these places are healthy for baby," the post continues. "If dad needs persuading, just tell him that babies are terrible tippers and can never make bank shots." Wow. So, to summarize, new dads give our kids dirty food and Play-Doh to spread all over their faces while watching "Kardashians," then put them in backward summer clothes in freezing weather, oblivious to their cries en route to a poetry slam. But you can't blame us, because of our perpetually beer-soaked state and canine-level motor skills. Dads and moms wasted no time giving Clorox a piece of their minds. "This may be the dumbest thing I've ever read," David Livorne Hershey wrote on Facebook. "Me want to comment but me two dum," wrote Ariel Isenberg. Tony Hernandez called it "beyond unacceptable," and asked how anyone at Clorox thought "depicting dads in this manner would be received in a positive light." "As a woman, a single mother, and a feminist, I find this 'article' disturbing on so many levels," wrote Jocelyn Peskin. "Perpetuating unfounded gender stereotypes is deplorable and insulting. Always." Chad Welch inquired about a job, saying that since he's been primary caregiver to his boys for 13 years, he must be "one of the smartest men you might ever meet." Dad bloggers had a field day. James Zahn of therockfather.com said he generally steers clear of complaints about portrayals of dads, but this was "over the top." "If Clorox were to assign the same '6 Mistakes' to any other sex, race, or group -- there would be major hell to pay," he wrote. Chris Routly at daddydoctrines.com envisioned dads saying, "I would complain to Clorox about that thing, but I'm too busy betting on red. The baby loves it when I bet on red!" It's not the first time an insulting depiction of dads comes from a dad. Last year, Huggies took action after an ad infuriated people. Part of the company's response was a Facebook post from a father, using his first name only, who said he was responsible for the ad. Clorox did not say who wrote this "6 mistakes" piece, who approved it for the website, or whether officials have any assessment of it now. In an e-mail exchange, spokeswoman Rita Gorenberg said it was "a piece of web content written by a freelance humor writer who helps us on a number of projects. ... We have enormous respect for parents, moms and dads, as they make their way through the early years of parenting. We're in new territory with today's modern families and changing family roles and we appreciate all feedback to help us get it right." Chris Routly says this one web page does not reflect Clorox's actions in general. "I know you know better because I've seen the carefully crafted ads that you've produced that try to recognize dads as user of your products, who might be goofy, but at least aren't idiots," he wrote in an open message to Clorox on his blog. "I've seen you engage with some of the brightest voices in the dad-sphere on campaigns that seek to include dads into the picture in a positive way. I know you know better because you are a company made up of people who are moms and dads that know better what modern families look like." Some people argue that dads, and people of all groups, need to lighten up about stereotypes in general. "The problem these days is everyone has lost their sense of humor," Christine Lee wrote on Huggies' Facebook page last year. But others say the stereotypes send bad messages to boys and girls, and contribute to assumptions made in society and the court system that dads aren't as good caregivers as mothers. As far as angry parents are concerned, this "6 mistakes" post boils down to one big one by Clorox. Update: After this story published, Clorox published a note on Facebook saying that the post was actually an effort to "poke fun at the caricature of 'the hapless dad.'" However, there was no suggestion in the piece that it was making fun of a caricature, and Clorox did not say that when I asked about the piece. The Facebook note says, "To some of you it didn't come across that way and we apologize." What do you think? Weigh in in the comments below, or join the discussions on Facebook and Twitter.
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| Update: Clorox stated the post was a caricature and apologized again after this article published . Clorox posted '6 mistakes new dads make' as a humorous list on its website . The post said new dads are bad at dressing, feeding and tending their kids . After parents took the company to task, Clorox removed the post from its website . | train |
193730 | Article: Women who want the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to lift a de facto ban that prohibits them from driving have launched an online campaign urging Saudi females to stage a demonstration by driving cars on October 26. "There is no justification for the Saudi government to prohibit adult women citizens who are capable of driving cars from doing so," reads part of an online petition on the Oct26driving.com website. Since Saturday, it has garnered close to 11,000 signatures. No traffic law specifically prohibits females from driving in Saudi Arabia, but religious edicts there are often interpreted to mean women are not allowed to operate a vehicle. One of the first to sign the petition was Mai al-Swayan, an economic researcher who told CNN she definitely plans to drive that day. "I will simply use my car to drive to my normal destination ... driving the kids to the mall or family visits, or even grocery shopping." Al-Swayan, a Saudi woman who drove a car when she lived in the United States, said she sees no reason why she shouldn't be able to drive in her home country as well. "I am a capable woman," she explained, "and this ban is a clear violation of my rights." The issue of women driving in the conservative kingdom has long been a contentious one. And while such demonstrations are extremely rare, they have been staged at least twice before. In May 2011, prominent Saudi women's rights activist Manal al-Sharif was arrested after uploading a video to YouTube that showed her driving in Saudi Arabia. She spent more than a week in jail and quickly became a hero to numerous women in her country and across the Middle East. It was a sign of just how influential she had grown that on June 17, 2011, dozens of women across Saudi Arabia, emboldened and inspired by al-Sharif's ordeal, participated in the "Women2Drive" campaign by getting behind the wheel, defying the ban, and driving throughout the streets of their cities. In 1991, a group of 47 women protested the prohibition by driving through the country's capital city, Riyadh. After being arrested, many were further punished by being banned from travel and suspended from their workplaces. A video posted on the October 26 Movement website shows Lujaina al-Hathloul, a Saudi student in Canada, referencing the two previous incidents as she implores her countrywomen to take to the streets. "If you didn't get the chance to participate in 1991 or 2011, here's your new chance -- on October 26, 2013," al-Hathloul said in her video. "I hope that a huge number of girls take part this time." In addition to prohibiting driving, the country's strict and compulsory guardianship system also prevents women from opening bank accounts, working, traveling and going to school without the express permission of their male guardian. Saudi Arabia has been moving toward change under its current ruler, King Abdullah, who is considered a cautious reformer and proponent of women's rights. In January, he appointed 30 women to the Shura Council, the first time women had been chosen for the country's top consultative body. In 2011, he announced that women can run for office and vote in local elections in 2015, and in 2009, he appointed Saudi Arabia's first female deputy minister. All the steps were hailed as significant, but many female rights activists say progress still hasn't come fast enough. The new petition asks the Saudi government to present "to the citizens a valid and legal justification" for the ban, demanding authorities should not simply blame it on "societal consensus." Al-Swayan hopes the demonstration will works this time and that Saudi women will finally gain the right to drive. If it doesn't, she said, she won't give up. "I won't stop demanding that right over and over again," she said.
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| Saudi women reassert their demand for the right to drive . Women are being urged to drive cars on October 26 to support that demand . Demonstrations in 1991 and 2011 resulted in arrests . | train |
96934 | Article: Former Major General Christopher Elliott has warned the MOD need to stand up to politicians to prevent more military defeats in the future . Military chiefs must stand up to politicians and stop passively accepting plans or Britain will lose more wars, a former Major General has warned. Christopher Elliott highlights infighting and a fear to question senior officials, as key factors in the defeats suffered by Britain in the last decade. The former Major General's critique of the military's handling of the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq is contained in a new book High Command, based on interviews with military figures and those in the Ministry of Defence over two years. His interviews expose a dysfunctional leadership within the army and are published ahead of the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war. 'At the moment the UK is bound to fall in its face unless someone makes an honest appreciation of what they want [armed] forces for,' he told The Times. The book also highlights major decisions often being taken by two senior politicians with the MOD tasked with making plans fit rather than questioning them. 'The result of all this was that the MoD became absorbed with making plans work, instead of pausing sufficiently to probe whether the plans themselves were workable,' Mr Elliott wrote. Oxford University Press describes High Command: British Military Leadership in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, as 'a scathing indictment of the military's decisions in Iraq and Afghanistan.' Elliott's book explores the reasons behind the failures in the military campaigns, citing a lack of ownership and involvement in key decisions by senior Army figures. He quotes Lord West of Spithead, head of the Navy at the time, as saying he found out about things 'after they had been decided and I often didn't know where a decision had been made.' The warnings are contained in Mr Elliott's book High Command, composed of interviews and research . The book also exposes infighting, with naval officers admitting to jealousy over the amount of publicity soldiers in Afghanistan received because of the scale of deaths. Major General Christopher Elliott CBE retired from the army in 2002, having held a number of senior appointments in the Ministry of Defence, including Director of Military Operations, Commander 6, Armoured Brigade, Director of the Higher Command and Staff Course.
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| Former Major General Christopher Elliott wrote book about army failures . He cites a lack of MOD figures standing up to politicians as a problem . High Command also focuses on lack of leadership and infighting in forces . Retired General warns that the MOD needs to be able to question plans in future rather than passively accept decisions and try and make them work . | train |
309060 | Article: By . Jaymi Mccann . PUBLISHED: . 04:48 EST, 16 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:11 EST, 16 May 2013 . An elderly man failed to get into gear as he reversed his blue Renault into a river after trying to leave a car park. The pensioner was described as 'shaken up' and was taken to hospital for a routine check-up after the accident. Police were called to the scene at Old Castle Road at 4.27pm yesterday, where a car was in the Lliedi river, South Wales. Accident: The man reversed his blue Renault car into the river Lliedi in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire . Ray Sinclair arrived at the scene following the incident, while driving towards Llanelli Leisure Centre, and took these photographs. He said: 'I didn't see what happened, but I was told the man was parked across the way and was reversing out of a parking space. 'He went across the car park and reversed straight into the river. He was an elderly man, so we don't know if he was taken ill.' Riverbank: The elderly man is said to be 'shaken up' and was given a routine check-up following the incident . Reversed: Local police say that no offenses occurred. The Fire Service were called but were not required . He said he wasn't aware of anything similar had happened in the area before. A spokeswoman for Dyfed-Powys Police confirmed officers were called to the scene. She said: "One vehicle was involved and an elderly male was taken to West Wales General Hospital. "He had no injuries, he was shaken up. No offences have been detected.' A spokesman for Mid and West Wales Fire Service said a crew was called to the scene, but was not required. The car has been removed from the river.
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| An elderly man reversed his car into the Lliedi River, South Wales . Police say he is shaken up and was taken to hospital for a routine check-p . The Fire Service and Police were called to the scene at 4.27pm yesterday . | train |
87217 | Article: By . Sam Webb . A family of birds has set up home in a most unusual location - a Midland hotel's cigarette bin. The blue tits have snubbed the traditional hedges and trees for a nesting site that’s filled with discarded cigarette butts at Fairlawns Hotel, Aldridge, near Walsall in the West Midlands. Guests enjoying a smoke at the venue have been able to enjoy a bit of birdwatching as tiny birds fly in and out of holes on the bin. Although it seems like a bizarre nesting site, it’s secure, warm and filled with filters that act as insulation - the perfect place for a bird to make a home. Keep the home fire burning: A family of blue tits have made their home in a cigarette bin at a hotel . Hotel staff are keenly awaiting the chicks' emergence from the bin. A sign has been placed on the metal container to warn smokers that the birds are nesting inside . The management are so enamoured with their new feathered friends, who arrived two weeks ago, they've taken the bin out of action to ensure the family is not disturbed. A sign has been placed on the metal container to warn smokers that the birds are nesting inside and butts should not be binned. Now hotel staff are keenly awaiting the chicks' emergence from the bin. Hotel deputy manager Neil Wyatt said: 'The bin is only waist high, so we were very surprised the blue tits chose it for a home. Peek-a-boo: One of the birds peers at the camera as it emerges from the bin . In flight: Hotel deputy manager Neil Wyatt said: 'The bin is only waist high, so we were very surprised the blue tits chose it for a home' Although it seems like a bizarre nesting site, it's secure, warm and filled with filters that act as insulation - the perfect place for a bird to make a home . The birds' new home is located outside a conference room at the hotel . 'We first noticed they were flying in and out two weeks ago. Since then, they’ve been very busy. 'They’ve been taking food inside, so we know there’s young in there. It’s just a case of waiting for them to come out - hopefully, without a nicotine addiction.' It’s not the first time that birds have set-up home in an oversized ashtray. Last year a pair of great tits took over a cigarette bin at a restaurant in Yoxall, Staffordshire. Meanwhile, Severn Trent Construction workers were in a flap after a 40 tonne crawler crane was forced to stop work due to nesting birds spotted inside the machinery. An eagle-eyed team worker noticed the new born chicks while working on recent sewage improvements in Rainsworth, Nottinghamshire, and have since been called to stand down. Protected under the Countryside and Wildlife Act, the five baby Pied Wagtails are seen safely tucked away underneath the the crane's giant frame. Since being spotted back in April, the chicks are now being closely monitored. Construction workers were forced to stop work due to nesting birds spotted inside the machinery . Protected under the Countryside and Wildlife Act, the five baby Pied Wagtails are seen safely tucked away underneath the the crane's giant frame . A worker noticed the newborn chicks whilst working on recent sewage improvements in Rainsworth, Nottinghamshire .
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| A family of blue tits have made the unlikely spot their home . Management ban guests from using the bin while the birds are there . They are patiently waiting for chicks to hatch before they reclaim it . And in Nottinghamshire a bird nested in a crane has halted major works . | train |
325 | Article: Hong Kong (CNN) -- Brothers at the helm of a company that helped build Hong Kong's skyline and the man who once was the city's number two official were arrested in an investigation of a bribery case has shocked the former British colony. Thomas Kwok, 60, and Raymond Kwok, 58, and their families control Sun Hung Kai Properties, which built the city's three tallest skyscrapers. The billionaires were taken into custody by the city's Independent Commission Against Corruption. Share price Sun Hung Kai, the world's second largest property developer by market capitalization, was down as much as 15% in the first four hours of trading Friday, losing nearly $6 billion in market value. Kwok brothers arrested in raid . According to local media, the ICAC also arrested Rafael Hui, 64, who was Hong Kong's Chief Secretary from 2005 to 2007, and a former advisor to Sun Hung Kai. The trio was held for questioning, but has not been charged. The ICAC hasn't released details of the case. Sun Hung Kai confirmed that the Kwok brothers were taken into custody. In a city where property is king, the sight of local royalty being taken into the ICAC headquarters riveted Hong Kong media, and comes at a time where the city's reputation for transparency has been tainted by a number of scandals, most recently accusations against Chief Executive Donald Tsang that he got a sweetheart deal on an apartment and accepted private jet and yacht trips from businessmen. The arrest also comes on the heels of Hong Kong's selection of a new Chief Executive last Sunday and protests about process, in which only 1,200 people representing the city's elite -- including the two Kwoks-- are allowed to vote. The arrests "strengthen the perception that government and business is too close, especially now it involves a former number two Hong Kong (politician)," said David Webb, a corporate governance activist. "It's part of an overall pattern of increasingly suspicious behavior that is deeply upsetting to residents." Who are the Kwoks? The Kwok brothers and their family are the 27th richest in the world, with an estimated wealth of $18.3 billion, according to Forbes magazine. The family has controlling interest of Sun Hung Kai Properties, the world's second largest property developer by market capitalization. The family wealth has grown as Hong Kong property values, fed by increased investment from mainland China, have skyrocketed. The company has developed properties in Mainland China and Singapore, and interests in telecommunications and bus companies in Hong Kong . The Kwoks have been embroiled in a family dispute since 2008, when they led a fight to oust brother Walter Kwok as chairman and chief executive. Thomas and Raymond became chairman and chief executive, respectively, while Walter Kwok remained a non-voting member of the board. "I thought (the arrest) is probably a follow-on from the family split in 2008 ... it's notable that Walter has not been arrested," said Webb. According to court documents filed in 2008 during the family's legal battle, Walter Kwok questioned contracts awarded "to a select number of contractors," as well as a land deal in the city's New Territories. The Kwoks couldn't be reached for comment. Noah's Ark and a kidnapping . The Kwoks developments include the International Commerce Center, International Finance Center and Central Plaza, which are the tallest buildings in Hong Kong and among the highest skyscrapers in the world. Besides their property empire, Thomas is known for his evangelical Christian views. The family was instrumental in the building of a theme park with a life-sized replica of Noah's Ark -- a $103 million project funded by the Hong Kong government but run by Sun Hung Kai. The 450-foot long Ark was built to the specifications listed in the Bible, the architect told CNN in 2009, and includes a restaurant, hotel and a coffin -- in which visitors are encouraged to lay down and think upon their life. Sun Hung Kai property Central Plaza also has a church in its 75th floor atrium. The Kwok family first became Hong Kong tabloid fodder in 1997, when older brother Walter was kidnapped for a week before his family gave a ransom of more than $77 million. Hong Kong and corruption . This latest scandal comes just weeks after Hong Kong newspapers reported that outgoing Chief Executive, Donald Tsang, allegedly received a sweetheart deal on a Shenzhen apartment from a mainland businessman, as well as taking private jet and yacht trips with other Chinese tycoons. Tsang has admitted taking some trips, but said he had paid his own way, and he received no break on the Shenzhen apartment. The arrests of the Tsang's former second in command and the Kwok brothers is "an earthquake" for Hong Kong's business community, said Steve Vickers, a security expert and former head of the Hong Kong police Criminal Intelligence Bureau. "Hong Kong is undoubtedly far less corrupt than any other city in Asia. It does have a very powerful anti-corruption legislation and it is regularly enforced," Vickers said. "But this particular case is so high profile ... the issue will be whether charges follow." According to Transparency International's 2011 Corruptions Perceptions Index, Hong Kong is the 12th least corrupt countries in the world -- the U.S., by comparison, ranked 24th. The Kwoks will continue to run daily operation of Sun Hung Kai, according to the company board.
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| The arrest of two of the city's leading tycoons has shocked Hong Kong . Also arrested was the former second highest official in the bribery investigations . Comes as a number of scandals question government and business ties . Kwoks control the world's second largest property developer by market cap . | train |
153437 | Article: (CNN) -- It took more than 3½ decades, but Victoria Montenegro has finally recovered the remains of her father, and in doing so, her identity. The Argentinian mother of three, who lives in Buenos Aires, this week received confirmation that a body found in a Uruguayan cemetery is that of her father, Roque Orlando Montenegro, who disappeared in 1976 when she was just a few days old. It's a story about the depths of repression reached during Argentina's so-called Dirty War from 1976 to 1983. Thousands of people, mainly leftists, trade unionists, students, Marxists and their sympathizers, were targeted by the military regime that took power in March 1976 and even before then. Some were executed; many others simply were never heard from again. Victoria Montenegro had been seeking the truth about her father since she learned in the year 2000, when she was 24 years old, that the military couple who raised her were not her biological parents. "I was appropriated," Montenegro says, using the term given to children whose parents were killed or disappeared during the Dirty War and were given to other couples. The organization known as Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (May Square Grandmothers), helped her find the truth about her identity. The organization helps people, who were taken away from their politically persecuted parents as children, reconnect with their past. Guillermo Wulff, a spokesman with Abuelas, says that for Montenegro, learning the truth wasn't easy. "It took a long time for her to accept it; but when she did, she was then ready for the next step, which was finding out how her parents died," Wulff said. The Argentinian Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF by its Spanish acronym) announced this week that forensic and DNA tests prove that human remains found in a Uruguayan cemetery are those of Roque Orlando Montenegro, known as "Toti," who went missing in February 1976 when he was 20 years old. Luis Fondevrider, president of EAAF, said that identifying the remains of Montenegro was a process that started 10 years ago in Colonia, Uruguay, across the Rio de La Plata from Buenos Aires. "In 2002 we exhumed eight unidentified bodies from the cemetery in Colonia. At that time, we had no hypothesis as to how the bodies ended up there," said Fondevrider. EAAF took DNA and forensic samples from the bodies. In 2007, the independent organization started taking blood and DNA samples from people in Argentina with missing relatives. Victoria Montenegro was one of 8,500 people who left samples over the following four years. Finally, a match was made this year. But how did the body of a man kidnapped in Buenos Aires end up in a different country? Fondevrider believes Montenegro was killed during the so-called "death flights," a series of military flights in which political prisoners were thrown alive into the sea. Montenegro's body probably washed ashore on the Uruguayan coast. A nameless tombstone was placed over his grave in Colonia. For Victoria Montenegro, seeking the truth about her origins has been a slow and painful process, but she says knowing what truly happened has given her some closure. "Recovering my true identity was paramount," Montenegro said. "Having a true identity is a human right. Recovering the remains of my father has been important not only to understand how he died, but also to bring some justice to Argentina and the victims of the regime." Montenegro says her rendezvous with her past is only halfway done. Her adoptive parents, whom she calls "my appropriators," told her both of her biological parents had died in a Buenos Aires shootout in February 1976. She has no knowledge or clues about what happened to her mother. Her adoptive parents are deceased. She called it "a miracle" that the Godmothers organization found her and, "with a drop of my blood, was able to identify the remains of my father, buried in Uruguay since 1976." Now with a son who, at 20, is as old as her father was when he disappeared, Montenegro said she hopes the episode shines a little more light on a dark past. "As painful as it may be, we need to find the truth about our history," she said. "By exhuming and identifying our loved ones after all these years, we give them back their dignity."
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| Victoria Montenegro, 36, learned of her real father just 12 years ago . She learned this week that a body found in a Uruguayan cemetery was his . Roque Orlando Montenegro was 20 at the time of the 1976-83 "Dirty War" Victoria Montenegro still has no idea what happened to her mother . | train |
117068 | Article: Her political career has long been a butt of jokes for Saturday Night Live. So to toast the show's 40th birthday on Sunday night, Sarah Palin offered up some new material. Arriving at Studio 8H in her daughter's four-year-old silver mini dress, the former governor of Alaska joked about running for president, jesting that it would be great news for SNL's writers. Thrifty! Sarah Palin put on a leggy display at the SNL 40th anniversary show (left) in what appears to be a dress her daughter Bristol wore in 2011 (right) to the White House Correspondents' Dinner . The former Alaska governor joked about running again, jesting that it would be great news for SNL's writers . In a skit with Jerry Seinfeld, she asked how much the show would pay her to run for president in 2016. Seinfeld balked: 'No figure is too high Sarah!' She raised the stakes: 'What if I had Donald Trump as my running mate?' He replied: 'Now you're just teasing us!' Palin became a source of comedy inspiration for the show during her vice-presidential campaign alongside John McCain in 2008. Tina Fey developed a popular skit impersonating the Tea Party poster mom, which reached a climax when Palin herself made a cameo. The sketch drew in the show's highest overnight rating since 1994, with about 17 million viewers. But it didn't do wonders for Palin's political aspirations. After the episode aired, polls showed voters overwhelmingly agreed that Palin was unqualified for the role of vice president. Awkward: Palin and Alec Baldwin had an awkward exchange on the red carpet before the show on Sunday . Getting ready for her spot: Palin was sat with Taylor Swift and Steven Spielberg for her skit with Seinfeld . Speaking on the red carpet on Sunday night outside New York's Rockerfeller Center, Palin remembered the skit fondly. She told Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie: 'If this is indicative of the campaign, it was the most fun moment of the campaign.' Alongside Alec and Hilaria Baldwin, Palin hailed the show as a center for 'the most intelligent and comedic minds in America in one place.' Comedy inspiration: Tina Fey created a hit character out of Palin during the 2008 presidential campaigns . Fey's skit reached a climax when Palin herself made a cameo on the show (pictured) in the same outfit . But she was then caught in an awkward exchange with Alec Baldwin - with whom she shared an awkward cold open of SNL in 2008. She joked to him: 'I still prefer your brother!' Baldwin retorted: 'Of course you do,' before adding: 'We get to relax and have fun regardless of people’s politics. 'And I often think, if only Lorne Michaels could produce the Congress, maybe we’d have more fun and we would get more done.'
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| Former governor of Alaska arrived at Studio 8H in Bristol Palin's dress . Told Matt Lauer her time on SNL was the best part of 2008 campaign . She joked in a skit that she could run again to give SNL new material . Tina Fey's impersonation of Palin in 2008 drew in 17m viewers - the show's highest rating for 14 years . | train |
152000 | Article: (CNN) -- World No. 1 Novak Djokovic began his quest for a fourth title at the Dubai Tennis Championships with a straight forward victory over fellow Serbian Victor Troicki. The 25-year-old won three consecutive titles in Dubai between 2009 and 2011 before 17-time grand slam champion Roger Federer triumphed last year. Djokovic, who won the first major of the year at the Australian Open in January, is playing in his first ATP Tour event as he looks to maintain his unbeaten start to the season. His victory in Melbourne raised the prospect that Djokovic, who has won five of the last nine grand slam titles, could complete a clean sweep of the majors for the first time since Rod Laver in 1969. Asked whether he could go on another run like the one at the start of the 2011 season that saw him unbeaten for 43 matches he said in an on-court interview: "Yes I am definitely am (on a streak). "But I am not thinking about it or trying to better the one I had in 2011, because it's really hard to ask from myself something which may be impossible. "But knowing that I have done it gives me that mental edge and confidence I need in to approach every tournament with self-belief." Djokovic enjoys an impressive record over Troicki, losing just once in their last 13 encounters, and broke his opponent's first service game to set the tone for the match. Though the world No. 44 put up a better fight in the second set, Djokovic rarely looked in any danger as he wrapped up the match in just over an hour. "Because I have not played for a while I was extremely focused and committed to starting well," Djokovic added. "I played really, really well in the first set. I read his serve well, and I was aggressive in the court. So altogether I am satisfied with my performance and I hope I can continue." Elsewhere, the No. 4 seed Juan Martin del Potro was forced to save three match points during a hard fought 4-6 6-4 7-6 victory over Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis. The Argentinean, who won the 14th ATP title of his career in Rotterdam recently, came close to losing the contest at 4-5 in the deciding set but battled back to take it on a tiebreak. He's a great player," del Potro told the ATP Tour's official website. "He fights like me every point, and we had fantastic rallies. I'm so glad to beat him tonight in Dubai. "I played fantastic forehands to keep playing this match. Then in the end, of course, you need a little bit of luck to win these kinds of matches, and I think I played solid on important points in the third." Tomas Berdych, the No. 3 seed, had no such problems as he accounted for American wild card Rajeev Ram 6-1 6-3 in less than an hour. The 27-year-old was runner up to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at last week's Marseille Open, despite having a match point. He made the Dubai semis in 2011, losing to Djokovic. Nikolay Davydenko edged past the No. 6 seed, Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia. The Russian, who is retiring at the end of this year, triumphed 6-0 7-5. There were also victories on Thursday for Marcel Granollers, of Spain, Romania's Victor Hanescu, Tobias Kamke, from Germany and Russia's Dmitry Tursunov.
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| World No. 1 Novak Djokovic into the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships . Djokovic defeats fellow Serbian Victor Troicki 6-1 6-4 in just over an hour . The 25-year-old won three consecutive titles in Dubai between 2009 and 2011 . Juan Martin del Potro saves three match points in victory over Marcos Baghdatis . | train |
249581 | Article: Tennis ace Andy Murray has joined the fight to end poaching and the illegal wildlife trade that is threatening the survival of endangered species such as tigers and rhinos. The world number six has become a global ambassador for conservation charity WWF and will be supporting an initiative in Nepal that trains dogs to track down poaching activity in the country’s Chitwan National Park. Former Wimbledon champion Murray is well known for his love of dogs and will be raising funds throughout next year’s tennis tour for the programme. Tennis ace: Andy Murray has joined the fight to end poaching and the illegal wildlife trade that is threatening the survival of endangered species such as tigers and rhinos . In honour of his support a puppy, who will be specially trained as a sniffer dog, has been named Murray. Nepal is home to tigers, rhinos and elephants under threat from poaching for the illegal trade in their body parts such as rhino horn, and tiger bone and skin, while the country is also a key transit route for illegal animal products from India to China. The scheme aims to prevent poachers smuggling animal parts in the area of the national park. Paws for thought: Murray, pictured with Border Force sniffer dogs Tyke and Marley, will be supporting an initiative in Nepal that trains dogs to track down poaching activity in the country’s Chitwan National Park . Namesake: In honour of his support a puppy, who will be specially trained as a sniffer dog, has been named Murray, pictured here during his training . Murray said: 'It’s a shocking fact that the rise in rhino poaching increased by 7,700 per cent between 2007 and 2013 and as few as 3,200 tiger remain in the wild so anything we can do to deter poachers is a positive step in the right direction. 'I’ve followed WWF’s work on the illegal wildlife trade for a while now and been looking for a way to support the campaign. 'I think it’s incredibly important that this trade is prevented and the sniffer dog programme seemed like the perfect venue for me to get behind. 'I know from my own dogs how clever they can be and it’s fascinating how these sniffer dogs communicate with their handlers. I’m also really looking forward to going to see Murray at work at some point in the near future.' In action: Murray in action against Novak Djokovic in the BNP Paribas Masters last week . Heather Sohl, chief species adviser at WWF-UK, said: 'We’re delighted that Andy has joined us in our quest to fight the illegal wildlife trade and this programme seems the perfect fit for him. 'We’re looking forward to sharing news of Murray’s progress with him as well as from the wider team of sniffer dogs in Nepal. 'Illegal wildlife products are often difficult to detect so it is vital if we are to stop the trade for us to continually find new ways of identifying products being transported across the borders. 'With the right training, sniffer dogs can be used to trace wildlife parts, such as rhino horn, tiger bones and tiger skins.'
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| Murray has become a global ambassador for conservation charity WWF . He will support initiative training dogs to track down poaching activity . Former Wimbledon champ to raise funds during next year's tennis tour . A puppy named Murray in his honour will be trained to become a sniffer dog . | train |
37318 | Article: The United States cannot solve Iraq's problems with military force, President Barack Obama reiterated in a series of interviews taped on Friday that aired across several networks on Monday morning. Only Iraqis can resolve the violent conflict tearing apart in their country, Obama said, and in order to do accomplish this, they must find a way to ignore their sectarian differences for the common good of their homeland. 'If they can't, there's not gonna . be a military solution to this problem, Obama told CNN's Kate Boulduan. 'There's no amount of American . fire power that's gonna be able to hold the country together, and I've . made that clear to [Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki] and all the other leadership inside of . Iraq.' The U.S. can't go in and occupy every country in the Middle East facing turmoil, president Obama said in a series of interviews that aired on Monday morning . ¿Unless we are prepared to stay indefinitely in all these various countries, something that we can¿t afford, and it would involve over time accusations that we were occupying these countries,¿ Obama told Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski, ¿at some stage, they¿re gonna have to take responsibility for working together' The U.S. neither has the resources nor the responsibility to be the world police in the Middle East, President Barack Obama emphasized in the interviews. ‘Unless . we are prepared to stay indefinitely in all these various countries, . something that we can’t afford, and it would involve over time . accusations that we were occupying these countries,’ Obama told Morning Joe . co-host Mika Brzezinski,‘at . some stage, they’re gonna have to take responsibility for working . together.’ America's military cannot run around the world playing 'whack-a-mole' with extremist . groups, the president has repeatedly said throughout the last several . days. ‘Keep in mind that our goal in . Afghanistan was to decapitate Al Qaeda, which had carried out 9/11. That . has been accomplished. Now Afghanistan is a sovereign country that is . gonna have to deal with its own security,’ Last month the president announced that he would significantly draw down troops in Afghanistan by the end of the year. The president has made clear that he would not put boots back on the ground in Iraq. On Thursday Obama announced that the U.S. would deploy up to 300 military advisors to help train, advise and support the Iraqi army but made clear that the forces would not engage in combat with the Islamic radicals violently attempting to conquer the country. Obama also dispatched Secretary of State John Kerry to the region to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other foreign leaders. The two met for roughly two hours this morning in Baghdad, and Kerry said afterward the meeting was productive. According to the Associated Press, Iraqi officials familiar with the meeting said Maliki again asked the U.S. to launch air strikes against ISIL, and, once again, he was rebuffed. Kerry reportedly cited civilian casualties as an area of concern. President Obama has been credited with making similar remarks last week to members of Congress asking about air strikes. Oceans apart: Secretary of State John Kerry and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met face to face in Baghdad on Monday. The two government officials didn't appear to be on very friendly terms at a photo-op, but Kerry said the 100 minute meeting went well . Kerry, center left, flew to Baghdad this morning to meet with Maliki, right, and Iraq's other leaders to personally urge the Shiite-led government to give more power to political opponents before a Sunni insurgency seizes more control across the country and sweeps away hopes for lasting peace . The discussion between the two government officials was not expected to be friendly, given that Washington lawmakers have floated suggestions that the Iraqi premier should resign as a necessary first step toward quelling the vicious uprising. Nor . will it likely bring any immediate, tangible results, as Maliki has . shown no sign of leaving, and Iraqi officials have long listened to — but . ultimately ignored — U.S. advice to avoid appearing controlled by the . decade-old specter of an American occupation in Baghdad. Still, . having suffered together through more than eight years of war — which . killed nearly 4,500 American troops and more than 100,000 Iraqis — the . two wary allies are unwilling to turn away from the very real prospect . of the Mideast nation falling into a fresh bout of sectarian strife. 'The support will be intense, sustained, and if Iraq's leaders take the . steps needed to bring the country together it will be effective,' Kerry said after the meeting. Kerry also met with influential Shiite cleric Ammar al-Hakim, who . heads a leading rival Shiite political party; Parliament Speaker Osama . al-Nujaifi, one of Iraq's highest-ranking Sunnis; and Foreign Minister . Hoshyar Zebari, a Kurd. Kerry, center, greets the crew as he boards a plane at Jordan's Queen Alia International Airport in Amman this morning . A general view from a helicopter carrying Secretary of State John Kerry, shows Baghdad, Iraq as of this morning. Islamic extremists have still been unable to get close to the country's capitol city despite destroying neighboring towns . Even before U.S. troops left Iraq for good at the end of 2011, a merciless Sunni insurgency was pounding the country with car bombs, roadside explosions, suicide bombings and drive-by assassinations, mainly targeting the Shiite government, its security forces and Shiite pilgrims. Since the start of this year, and peaking this month, ISIL has overtaken several cities in Iraq's west and north, and over the past weekend was controlling several main border crossings between Iraq and Syria. The three-year civil war in Syria — where Sunni rebels are fighting to overthrow President Bashar Assad, whose Alawite sect is an offshoot of Shiism — emboldened Iraqi insurgents who regularly traverse the porous border to gain recruits, funding and weapons, and battlefield confidence. Years of political instability in Baghdad fueled anger against the Shiite-led government from Sunnis who felt powerless and saw their leaders targeted by al-Maliki's security forces. A senior State Department official told the Associated Press the insurgents' recent march on Baghdad has been slowed, although concerns remain that ISIL will attack the golden-domed Shiite shrine to the Imam al-Askari in Samarra. That city, in Sunni territory in north-central Iraq, was the site of a 2006 bombing that triggered the worst of the war's sectarian fighting. Last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid declared that Iraq is currently in a civil war. Iraq is the third stop on Kerry's trip to the Middle East. The Secretary of State, center, his staff and bodyguards are pictured here boarding a plane in Jordan this morning . Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, second right, greets Kerry, left, upon his arrival to Baghdad . Kerry's meeting in Baghdad today comes after an announcement by President Barack Obama on Thursday that the U.S. would send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq but no combat troops . The official, who spoke to AP before Kerry's meeting, said the secretary of state would not ask Maliki to resign, as some in the U.S. and Sunni Arab states in Mideast have demanded, because 'it's not up to us.' However, Kerry was expected to urge al-Maliki to quickly create a new government that is far more sensitive to Sunni and Kurdish demands for jobs, power and a fair legal system. Currently, Baghdad is operating under a lame-duck government, as a new parliament that was elected in April has not yet selected its Cabinet ministers. It took more than nine months to seat a new government the last time Iraq underwent the process, in 2010. This time around, the State Department official said, Maliki and other Iraqi officials cannot risk exacerbating the political instability, and further inflaming the insurgency, by stalling a new and more inclusive government. Both President Barack Obama and Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, also have urged Maliki to quickly form an inclusive government that promotes the interests of all of Iraq's ethnic and religious groups. The State Department official briefed reporters on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to be named in discussing the negotiations. He described al-Maliki and other Iraqi officials as anxious about what, if any, additional help the U.S. might provide to help curb ISIL after Obama this week said he would send about 300 special forces troops to Baghdad to advise and train local security forces. Obama did not rule out the possibility of also launching airstrikes against the insurgents, but that is not expected anytime soon, if ever, and he has adamantly said he will not send combat forces back to Iraq. Kerry greets U.S. Marines as he arrives at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad . A CBS News/New York Times poll released . this morning found that Americans are divided about how they want the president to handle the situation. Half . of Americans believe that U.S. does not have a responsibility to . provide military assistance to the ailing country, while 42 percent said . the U.S. was obligated to intervene. Likewise, . 50 percent poll-takers said they believe the ongoing situation in Iraq . will not increase the threat of terrorism in the United States, compared . to the 44 percent who thought it would.
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| President Barack Obama is standing firm in his decision not to deploy combat troops to Iraq . The country's problems can't be solved by military might alone, he said, in interview that aired on CNN, CBS and MSNBC this morning . 'There's no amount of American . fire power that's gonna be able to hold the country together,' Obama told CNN . Secretary of State John Kerry is in Iraq meeting with government leaders, including Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, delivering the Obama administration's message in person that Iraqis must come together in order to save their country from despair . A new poll shows that more Americans than not believe the U.S. is under no obligation to give Iraq military assistance . | train |
98705 | Article: By . Mia De Graaf . With a cream chintz sofa, gold-covered drinks table, and oak wood piano, it is one of the nation's favourite living rooms. And now, for a cool £3.5million, it could be yours as Gogglebox's notorious 'posh couple' put their Grade I listed B&B on the market. Steph and Dom Parker have pulled millions of viewers to the Channel 4 show with tipsy commentary on the week's TV from their 16-bedroom home in Sandwich, Kent. Scroll down for video . Steph and Dominic Parker have pulled millions of viewers to the Channel 4 show with tipsy commentary from their 16-bedroom home in Sandwich, Kent . The famous living room: Viewers who were hoping to see a spin-off chat show in this room will have to pay more than a licence fee to get a better look . On the market for £3.5m, it was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, who created the Cenotaph and Britain's elaborate country manor embassy in Washington . The Parkers use their 3.5-acre home, known as The Salutation, as a bed and breakfast, offering one of the most luxurious stays in the county . Padding to-and-from the overflowing drinks cabinet, the couple bark at everything from the news to Nigella, before glugging another vodka spritz. As their popularity grew, there has even been talk of the pair hosting a spin-off chat show on that very sofa. But it appears fans will have to pay a little more than a licence fee to keep the gold-paneled haven in their lives. On the market for £3.5million, the property known as The Salutation was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, who created the Cenotaph and Britain's elaborate country manor embassy in Washington. Describing the quality, their B&B's website says: 'Like a fine claret leaving you with a rounded after-taste, our rooms are tailored for the connosieur' Padding to-and-from the overflowing drinks cabinet, the couple bark at everything from the news to Nigella, before glugging another vodka spritz . Initially built as a family's country retreat in 1911, Mr and Mrs Parker transformed it into one of the county's most luxurious hotels. Set within the town and adjacent to the River Stour, surrounded by three-and-a-half acres of garden, the house boasts privacy. Describing the quality of the surroundings, their website says: 'Like a fine claret leaving you with a rounded after-taste, our rooms are tailored for the connoiseur.' The property comprises a main house, a secondary house, a coach house, gardener's cottage, and gate house . Demand is soaring for the Sandwich property, which boasts marble kitchen tops and cream-painted walls . The estate was initially built as a country retreat for one family in 1911, but the Parkers have opened their doors, and gained an extensive fan base . THE NEWS: I'm convinced Natasha Kaplinsky accidentally stuck her finger in the electricity socket - her hair was everywhere (Dom) THE VOICE: I'm slightly in love with Will.i.am. He's funny, clever, quirky and weird (Steph) MAXINE PEAK: I like to see a ballsy woman on television. I'm married to one in real life (Dom) DOWNTON ABBEY: I wonder how many windows they've got. We've got 63. (Steph) The property comprises a main house, a secondary house, a coach house, gardener's cottage, and gate house. Alongside the 16 bedrooms, it boasts seven reception rooms and 14 bathrooms. Outside, the grounds cover an area of . about three and a half acres, with a tropical garden, a kitchen . garden, a lake and a vegetable garden. Gertrude Jekyll, a famed horticulturist who formed the other half of a dream team with Lutyens, was called in to help with the gardens - which the Parkers have dubbed the Secret Gardens of Sandwich. The couple, who met and married in 1998, have two young children and a sausage dog called Gigi. They bought The Salutation in 2004. Both worked in property management before joining forces. Born in Canterbury, Dom Parker, 50, went to agriculture college before setting up his own holiday cottage company in New Forest in the 1980s. In 1991, he moved back to Canterbury to join the family steel business, but continued to harbour an interest in properties. Mr Parker told the Kent Messenger: . 'Our lives are changing. We just want to spend more time with the . children - we want to do something different and move on. He said: 'We have been planning to do that for a while now and we will just see what happens. 'A chat show is a possibility, we will wait and see - it would be very nice.' Outside, the grounds cover an area of about three and a half acres, with a tropical garden, a kitchen garden, a lake and a vegetable garden . Shrouded in trees and stone walls, the grounds boast privacy. It is set within the town and adjacent to the River Stour . The images released of the home, which the couple bought nine years ago, give a far more extensive glimpse into their lives than we see on TV . The impressive Lutyens property is on the market on Rightmove with estate agent Knight Frank. Matthew James, Head of Communications . at Rightmove said: 'If you enjoy having a nosey around other people’s . houses, you’re going to love looking at one as impressive as this. 'Steph . and Dom became a hit with viewers of Gogglebox and now that their house . is for sale on Rightmove, I’m sure it will draw a crowd with those who . want to see beyond the living room that became so familiar and get a . deeper insight into the couple’s luxury lifestyle.'
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| Steph and Dom Parker, Gogglebox's 'posh couple' have lured millions to show with tipsy commentary . Their 16-bedroom home in Sandwich, Kent, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyen is now on the market for £3.5million . Property boasts 3.5 acres of land, tropical garden, seven reception rooms, numerous outhouses . News will disappointment their extensive fan base hoping for a spin-off chat show in their chintzy living room . | train |
118092 | Article: By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 08:14 EST, 23 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:55 EST, 23 December 2013 . These stunning pictures show the incredible moment a killer whale flips a dolphin through the air. The unique pictures show the killer whale, leaping out of the sea, like the famous scene from the film Free Willy. An unfortunate dolphin finds itself in the whale's way and is sent somersaulting through the air by its giant fin. Catapulted: The dolphin is sent flying into the air as the killer whale breaches the surface . The series of incredible pictures, showing the strange ways of the animal kingdom, were taken by Jodi Frediani. The 65-year-old environmental consultant and photographer lives in Santa Cruz, California, where these spectacular shots were taken. Mr Frediani said: 'The photos of the killer whale tossing the dolphin was taken about three miles from shore. Impact: The huge killer whale had mistimed its strike, colliding with the dolphin and sending it skywards instead of sinking its teeth into the hapless creature . Hunter Vs. Hunted: The deadly battle between predator and prey took place miles from the shore off Santa Cruz, California . Back with a splash: The killer whale and dolphin come smashing back to the water after being launched in the air . 'I watched as the whales torpedoed through the water, but could not tell what they were hunting.' The action was fast, the whale did a major tail throw, attempting to bat the unfortunate dolphin and moments later, she came up from below flinging the dolphin through the air. 'As I watched through my lens, focused on the female killer whale, I saw the dolphin flying through the air like a bowling pin. Trapped: Stuck between two killer whales, the dolphin, centre, frantically tries to beat a hasty retreat from the predators . Shock: Wildlife photographer Jodi Frediani took the astonishing photo of the killer whale doing a tail throw in an attempt to bat the unfortunate dolphin unconscious . 'The vision took my breath away, according to the time stamp on my images, the toss took only one second. 'When travelling at speed like that, it is easiest for a killer whale to simply ram the dolphin with its head to kill it. 'Sometimes, the impact is so great and the trajectory just so, the prey flies through the air.'
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| Wildlife photographer Jodi Frediani caught the killer whales hunting dolphins off the coast of Santa Cruz, California . Killer whale launched attack on its prey with such force it was catapulted into the air . Environmentalist, 65, said: 'I saw the dolphin flying through the air like a bowling pin' | train |
136159 | Article: Love really is lovelier the second time around. Couples on their second marriage are happier and less likely to get divorced, a report claims. According to the Marriage Foundation, 45 per cent of marriages between first-timers are destined for the divorce courts. But just 31 per cent of second weddings will end in failure. And husbands who are tying the knot for the second time are more likely to find happiness. TV presenters Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan, who have been married for 26 years, are an example of successful second-timers . The relationships think-tank used figures from the Office for National Statistics to find out which marriages stand the test of time. It found those on their second union benefit from age and experience, and are more ready to commit. Rather than sliding into a marriage without much thought they will have carefully weighed the pros and cons. Harry Benson, who wrote the report for the Marriage Foundation, said: ‘Overall, second marriages do better because couples who get married for the second time are invariably older than those marrying for the first time. Couples on their second marriage are more likely to stay together as they benefit from the experiences of the past . ‘One possibility is that higher age is a proxy for higher income. Higher income acts as a buffer against some of the everyday difficulties faced by most couples. ‘Another possibility is that higher age means there are fewer young children from prior relationships. ‘And fewer second marriages for men are subject to the social and family pressures that lead into some first marriages. Hence men tend to do better second time round.’ He added: ‘The good news is that couples wishing to marry second time round no longer need to be put off by doom-laden statistics. Second marriages generally do OK.’ Relationship expert Dr Pam Spurr said that while previous statistics have shown that second marriages break down more quickly, maturity may well aid a second marriage. She added the second marriages can be particularly problematic when there are children from both previous marriages. And Relate counsellor Paula Hall pointed out that money can be tighter in a second marriage due to divorce settlements. But she added: ‘People in second marriages seem to have more insight and self-awareness. Having gone through divorce and separation, there can be more motivation to work through problems and save the marriage.’ TV presenters Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan, who have been married for 26 years, are an example of successful second-timers. Madeley had a brief marriage in his 20s but has told how he and his first wife were never well suited.
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| Marriage Foundation say 45 per cent of first marriages end in divorce . But, only 31 per cent of second marriages will end in failure . Couples benefit from age and experience, and are more ready to commit . | train |
269652 | Article: (CNN) -- Liverpool want to avoid playing on the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster and UEFA president Michel Platini says he will "do his utmost" to make it a reality. Liverpool fans had to be treated on the pitch as the tragedy unfolded at Hillsborough in 1989. The anniversary falls on April 15, one of two dates set aside for the second leg of this season's Champions League quarterfinal ties, the other being the previous day. European governing body UEFA issued a statement from Platini, rejecting reports that they had snubbed the appeal by Liverpool. "We are aware of the huge significance of the April 15 date for both Liverpool FC and their fans, and that is why we will do our utmost to make sure that the club does not have to play its UEFA Champions League second leg quarterfinal match on that day," Platini said. "This being the 20th anniversary of that tragic disaster in 1989 makes it even more relevant and we will take this into account." Ninety six people died when Liverpool supporters were crushed at the Leppings Lane end of Hillsborough on April 15, 1989, before the start of their team's FA Cup semifinal against Nottingham Forest. A cousin of Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was among the dead, and the England midfielder has urged UEFA to be sympathetic to the club. Gerrard told Press Association at the weekend: "We're still waiting to see whether UEFA will make us play on the day. That would be far from ideal given all the emotion that always surrounds the club on that day." Liverpool have never played a game on the anniversary of the tragedy. The Champions League quarterfinal draw takes place on Friday with four English clubs in the draw and no seedings in place. Liverpool reached the quarterfinals with a superb 4-0 home win over Real Madrid last week and followed it up with a 4-1 thumping of Manchester United to revive their Premier League title hopes.
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| Liverpool anxious to avoid playing on 20th anniversary of Hillsborough tragedy . April 15 is one of the two dates nominated for Champions League quarterfinals . UEFA president Michel Platini personally intervenes to ensure date stays free . | train |
268433 | Article: (CNN) -- On Wednesday, a propaganda video appeared on the Internet featuring Moner Abu-Salha, the U.S. citizen from Florida who died conducting a suicide bomb attack in Syria for al Qaeda in May. The video -- the third in a series of al Qaeda videos about Abu-Salha--underlines the importance of militant networks in Turkey that have enabled many hundreds of fighters from the U.S. and other Western nations to travel to fight with jihadist groups in the civil wars that are tearing apart Syria and Iraq. Abu-Salha says he travelled from the States to Turkey where he eventually connected with representatives of the Nusra Front, al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, explaining, "From tons of research I knew that mujahideen [holy warriors] come from all around the world, they come to Istanbul. I heard that the Turkey-Syrian border is close." Abu-Salha says that he was inspired to go to fight in the Syrian "holy war" by a lecture by the notorious Yemeni-American militant cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki who said this about traveling to jihad: "It's like a cliff, you jump off the cliff but you don't know if the water is deep or shallow. ... You just have to jump and put you're (faith) in Allah that the water is going to be deep and you won't be harmed." As Abu-Salha tells it, he arrived in Turkey with barely enough money for a Turkish visa and no contacts, but he eventually encountered a member of al Qaeda in Turkey who was bearded, dressed all in black and was missing an arm. The al-Qaeda fighter didn't speak English but Abu-Salha said, "I'm mujahidin, I'm mujahidin," which the man understood and he took him on a bus to meet another al Qaeda member who did speak some English. Abu-Salha recalls, "They get me something to eat. I tell them I come to fight jihad. I want to feel, die shaheed (as a martyr)." He says that the members of al Qaeda then took Abu-Salha to a "safe house" in Turkey where he encountered two other al Qaeda fighters who had been wounded and who were recovering in the house. Abu-Salha stayed at the safe house for a month, he says, before he was spirited across the border into Syria. The issue of "homegrown" American extremists fighting in Iraq and Syria has raised significant concerns among counterterrorism officials. The government is tracking about 100 Americans who have fought or attempted to fight in the Syrian conflict. Douglas McArthur McCain, who grew up in Minnesota, died while fighting for the ultra-militant Islamic State in Syria this past weekend. In addition to Abu-Salha and McCain, eight Americans have been charged with crimes related to supporting or attempting to support militant jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq. However, for now, no American involved in the Syrian and Iraqi conflicts has been charged with plotting an attack inside the United States. Both Moner Abu-Salha and Douglas McCain died fighting in the region rather than conducting attacks in their own country. Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters on August 25 that there are, so far, no signs of "active plotting against the homeland" by the Islamic State. As fears heighten of the potential threat from returning Western foreign fighters who have traveled to Syria or Iraq, restraining the flow of these fighters through Turkey must be a key objective. A European diplomat in Turkey told Reuters, "In recent months especially we've seen a real hardening in Turkey's attitude, a recognition that this is a potential threat to their national security and a desire to take more practical steps through intelligence channels, police channels." There are signs that Turkey's new efforts may be having an effect. One Islamic State spokesman told the Washington Post, "It is not as easy to come into Turkey anymore." Abu-Salah's recounting of his travel illustrates the potential risks foreign fighters take when seeking to reach Syria -- which may be exploitable by security services. Of his initial attempts to connect with militants in Turkey he said: "It was very dangerous what I was doing because I could have went to jail." If Turkey's new measures to disrupt the foreign fighter flow continue and a coalition can be built to adequately track and disrupt movement of militants into Syria and Iraq, the threat posed by Americans and other Westerners fighting with jihadist groups in the region may diminish over time.
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| Peter Bergen: New video of American suicide bomber shows Turkey networks key in jihad . He says Moner Abu-Salha describes how Turkey was gateway in al Qaeda connection . He says "homegrown" terrorists a key concern in U.S., but so far none have attacked on U.S. soil . Bergen: Turkey must step up efforts to stem flow of fighters through country to Syria, Iraq . | train |
132715 | Article: Osama bin Laden's son-in-law is being held in a super-secret 'terror wing' of a fortress-like federal prison that has housed some of the most notorious criminals of recent memory. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, who pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of conspiring to kill Americans on 9/11, is in a cell that's eight feet by 12 feet inside the Metropolitan Correctional Center. He's locked up just blocks from the former site of the World Trade Center where nearly 3,000 people were killed on 9/11. The grim MCC is a mini Guantanamo Bay . where prisoners are locked up for 22 hours a day. Hook-handed preacher of hate Abu . Hamza, who was deported from Britain to face terrorism charges in the . same court, is also in the same jail on the Terror Wing reserved for . high risk inmates. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO . The Metropolitan Correctional Center's 'Terror Wing' is where Sulaiman Abu Ghaith is being held on charges of conspiring to kill Americans on 9/11 . A typical cell inside the notorious, fortress-like prison which is located just blocks from the former site of the World Trade Center . Delay: Federal budget cuts could delay the start of a terrorism trial for Osama bin Laden's son-in-law, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith . 'Terrorist:' Ghaith is the highest ranking member of Al Qaeda to appear in a U.S. civilian court . The prison is considered one of the . harshest in the nation and Lawyers for ‘Lord of War’ arms trader Viktor Bout, who spent 14 months there in solitary, said it was so vile that it was like the jail depicted in the Alexandre Dumas novel The Count of Monte Cristo. Rooms are said to be filthy and anyone who participates in group exercise sessions on the roof is subjected to an invasive search afterwards to make sure they do not have anything that harms them or others. Prison guards are also known to pound on the doors at 2am and 5am and shine their flashlights in to make sure prisoners are still there. Lockdown is at 10:45pm every night, although that can be extended to 2am on weekends with the special permission of the governor or warden. Wake up call is at 6am and breakfast is served 30 minutes later. Among those who have been held at the MCC include mafia crime boss John Gotti, disgraced financier Bernie Madoff, failed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad and 1993 World Trade Centre bomber Ramzi Yousef. No view: Lockdown is at 10:45 p.m. every night and guards bang on the doors twice during the night to make sure prisoners are still in their cells . Hunted down: Osama Bin Laden, left, was killed . in 2011 in Pakistan after years of searching. The terror leader is shown . at right, watching himself on TV in his secret compound . Ghaith entered his plea Friday through a lawyer during a brief court appearance. Bin Laden's son-in-law will be prosecuted by the same team that indicted the Al Qaeda leader and terror mastermind. Ghaith, who did the mob equivalent of marrying the boss' daughter, spoke only to confirm he understood what has happening during the 17-minute hearing. The 47-year-old wore a standard issue navy blue prison top and trousers and looked despondent, staring intently at his translator throughout. FBI Assistant Director in Charge George Venizelos has called him the terror equivalent of a 'consigliere in a mob family.' He denied being what the U.S media have called the 'loudmouth son-in-law' to bin Laden, whose eldest daughter Fatima he married. According to a six-page indictment, Abu Ghaith is said to have conspired to kill Americans and boasted of the 9/11 attacks, which he also may have helped to plan. An artist sketch of Suleiman Abu Ghaith from his federal court hearing today where he pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to kill Americans . Ghaith only spoke in single-word answers as he entered his not guilty plea during the 17-minute hearing in federal court . The day after the terror attacks, he appeared in a video in which he urged 'the nation of Islam' to wage war on 'the Jews, the Christians and the Americans.' He later warned in another video that 'the storms shall not stop, especially the airplane storm' and told Americans 'not to board any aircraft and not to live in high rises.' Abu Ghaith is the most senior figure from Al Qaeda to face justice in a US court since it began its war on terrorism after the September 11 attacks, which killed 2,995 people. His prosecution in New York is a mark of how determined America was to get him – the FBI agents and District Attorneys who indicted bin Laden 15 years ago are based there and have been asked to assist on his case. At Manhattan's Federal Court Friday, which is a few blocks from Ground Zero, Judge Lewis Kaplan denied Abu Ghaith bail and said that the next hearing will take place on April 8. Members of the media gather in the snow outside Manhattan Federal Court for Ghaith's arraignment . Abu Ghaith, a former preacher, was arrested in Ankara, Turkey on February 28. According to the New York Times, the Turkish authorities refused to extradite him to the US so he was deported to his native Kuwait. On a stopover in Jordan he was supposedly picked up by CIA agents and flown to New York where he arrived on March 1. The case marks a legal victory for the Obama administration, which has long sought to charge senior Al Qaeda suspects in civilian courts instead of holding them in Guantanamo Bay - but Republicans say they should remain there. Proximity: This map shows the distance between the World Trade Center site and U.S. District Court, where Abu Ghaith will appear today . Ghaith was arrested in a dramatic take-down by CIA officials in Jordan several days ago, and is now being held in a detention facility in lower Manhattan. In 2001, Abu Ghaith is said to have . been imprisoned alongside al-Qaeda’s military director Saif al-Adel and . bin Laden's son Saad, after the leader sent them to Iran in the . hopes that they would be seen as ‘an enemy of my enemy,’ a U.S. official . said. Although the U.S. would not confirm . the conditions of their confinement, Iranian officials told NBC News the . al-Qaeda leaders had been captured shortly after their arrival in the . country in 2001 and had spent time ‘in jail.' Court papers state that before the 9/11 attacks, bin Laden 'summoned' Ghait to his side and asked for his assistance. Ghaith then warned the U.S. and its allies that 'a great army is gathering against you' and after the terror attacks 'the storms shall not stop, especially the Airplanes Storm.' Ghaith will be the most senior al-Qaeda member and closest bin Laden associate to face a trial in New York. Day in court: Abu Ghaith's trial will most likely be in U.S. District Court, pictured, less than a mile from the site of the 9/11 attacks . Others, including 'mastermind' Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, are being tried by a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Attorney General Holder said in a statement: 'No amount of distance or time will weaken our resolve to bring America's enemies to justice. 'To violent extremists who threaten the American people and seek to undermine our way of life, this arrest sends an unmistakable message: . 'There is no corner of the world where you can escape from justice because we will do everything in our power to hold you accountable to the fullest extent of the law.' Records compiled by a United Nations . sanctions committee show that Abu Ghaith was born in Kuwait in 1965, but . that he left Kuwait for Pakistan in June 2001. He then married one of bin Laden's daughters, Fatima. 'Ghaith held a key position in al-Qaeda, comparable to the consigliere in a mob family or propaganda minister in a totalitarian regime,' said FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Venizelo. After the September 11 attacks, Ghaith first surfaced as one of al-Qaeda's main spokesmen. Later, . U.S. officials believe he was part of a group of top figures in the . group that included one of bin Laden's sons, Saad, who allegedly . traveled to Iran, where the Iranian government claimed they were 'in . custody.' The Long War . Journal, a counterterrorism blog published by the conservative . Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, reported in 2010 that Abu . Ghaith had been released by Iranian authorities and supposedly had . returned to Afghanistan. Rep. Peter King (R-NY) announced Ghaith's arrest on Thursday, hailing it as a 'very significant victory' in the ongoing fight against al-Qaeda. King, the former chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, said the CIA and FBI had caught Ghaith within the last week. He said the arrest was confirmed by U.S. law enforcement officials. Ghaith had allegedly taken part in the September 11 plot against the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Wanted: Ghaith had been considered 'stateless' since since he lost his Kuwaiti citizenship after videos emerged showing him praising the September 11 attacks . 'Definitely, one by one, we are getting the top echelons of al-Qaeda,' King said on Thursday. 'I give the (Obama) administration credit for this: it's steady and it's unrelenting and it's very successful.' A terrorism analyst called Ghaith a 'big fish' who represents the 'core of al-Qaeda.' 'Ghaith is one of ten guys left that have the financial ties and reputation who might have been able to get the old band back together to execute spectacular international terror attacks,' Dr. Thomas Lynch at the National Defense University told ABC News. Turkish newspaper Hürriyet reported that Ghaith was passing through Jordan, on his way to Kuwait from Turkey when he was apprehended. Terror: After the September 11 attacks, Abu Ghaith first surfaced as one of al-Qaeda's main spokesmen . The newspaper said that Ghaith was initially taken into custody more than a month ago at a luxury hotel in the Turkish capital Ankara. Turkish officials decided he had not committed any crime in Turkey and released him the newspaper reported. A Turkish court reportedly ruled that . Abu Ghaith entered the country illegally from Iran on a fake passport . and was ordered to be deported. As a result of that ruling, Abu Ghaith . was seized in Jordan by CIA agents while en route to Kuwait. Ghaith . had been considered 'stateless' since since he lost his Kuwaiti . citizenship after videos emerged showing him praising the September 11 . attacks. However, Turkish officials refused to confirm Ghaith's deportation or his capture in Jordan to The Associated Press. In Amman, the Jordanian capital, a security official said he had no information on the CIA arrest. U.S. intelligence officials in Washington did not immediately respond to request for information about Ghaith either. 'I trust he received a vigorous interrogation, and will face swift and certain justice,' King added.
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| Al Qaeda spokesman Sulaiman Abu Ghaith pleaded not guilty in federal court on Friday . He's being held in the 'Terror Wing' at Metropolitan Correctional Center - less than a mile from where World Trade Center stood . Jail has housed some of the most notorious criminals over the years, including mob boss John Gotti and 1993 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef . Building looks like a fortress and cells are said to be filthy and comparable to jail depicted in the novel The Count of Monte Cristo . | train |
233389 | Article: (CNN) -- As Arwa Al-Hujaili begins her legal career, she has not only her own expectations to live up to, but those of a generation: she has just become Saudi Arabia's first female lawyer. After three years of petitioning the Ministry of Justice, Al-Hujaili, 25, has finally received her registration to practice as a trainee lawyer, the first woman to do so. "People tell me I'm a pioneer and I feel I need to live up to what they expect of me," says Al-Hujaili. "There's a great sense of responsibility. From now on, people will look at everything I do." Al-Hujaili, who decided on a legal career while preparing for university, graduated from King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah in 2010 and expected to be able to practice as a lawyer immediately. But much to her frustration, she has spent three years in a professional no-man's land, able to work as "legal consultant" but not officially recognized as a lawyer. Universities in Saudi Arabia began taking female law students in 2005 and the first graduates completed their studies in 2008. But the optimism soon wore off when female graduates found themselves unable to gain registration to practice. Many of Al-Hujaili's classmates, frustrated by the lack of progress in Saudi Arabia, left the country to work abroad. But Al-Hujaili stayed in her hometown of Jeddah and continued to apply for registration. In the meantime, some of her contemporaries began an online campaign to push for change, including a Facebook group called "I am a lawyer," a Twitter campaign and YouTube videos from women arguing their right to practice. In October last year, after accepting a petition with 3,000 signatures submitted by a group of female law graduates, King Abdullah announced that women would be allowed to register as lawyers. However, the Ministry of Justice still wasn't processing applications from women. "I kept on following up, but they wouldn't give me an answer either way," says Al-Hujaili. A friend and vocal campaigner, Hanouf Al-Hazzaa, then wrote a newspaper article in which she pleaded with King Abdullah to intervene. Al-Hazzaa had been one of Saudi Arabia's first batch of female law graduates in 2008, but had gone to the United States to practice after becoming disillusioned with the situation at home. "I wrote about how depressing the situation was, saying here we were, many of us working for federal courts outside the Kingdom, because we had no future inside it," says Al-Hazzaa . Two days later, the Ministry of Justice announced they would start accepting applications and soon afterwards Al-Hujaili's application was granted. Now working as a trainee lawyer and due to qualify fully in two years, Al-Hujaili hopes to pursue a career in family law to help other Saudi women. "Many women really need to talk to female lawyers, and I want to help those women to get their rights," she says. Al-Hujaili knows the path ahead won't always be smooth. "The social aspect is a very considerable one, for society to accept women lawyers, it's something new," she says. "It will be also challenging for the judiciary system to deal with female lawyers, but I think we can overcome these hardships if we prove ourselves as competent lawyers." Adam Coogle, a Middle East researcher for Human Rights Watch, agrees that challenges remain for female lawyers. "Saudi judges have a lot of leeway, and can remove a lawyer from a case," says Coogle. "She might face judges rejecting her counsel or not allowing her to speak, particularly if that judge is conservative and doesn't want women to speak in court." Other female lawyers are now following in Al-Hujaili's footsteps and gaining registration, although exact numbers are unclear. For Al-Hujaili, being able to pursue a legal career at home was well worth the wait. "Success is a nice feeling, especially when it comes after tribulation," she says.
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| Arwa Al-Hujaili has become Saudi Arabia's first female lawyer . Women were able to study law, but could only practice as "legal consultants" The move came after years of online protests from female law graduates . | train |
119877 | Article: (CNN) -- The murders of two Texas prosecutors has raised concerns about the safety of others in those positions, but the slayings of prosecutors in the U.S. is "beyond rare," according to a leader of the nation's state and local prosecutors. Scott Burns, executive director for the National District Attorneys Association, indicated Tuesday that there is no need for overreacting to the recent shooting. Burns said the best available figures show that only 13 prosecutors have been killed in the line of duty in the past 100 years. Neighbor of slain Texas prosecutor heard nothing unusual . A memorial in Columbia, South Carolina, erected to honor murdered prosecutors bears only 11 names, including just one federal official. The names of the two state prosecutors slain in Kaufman County, Texas -- District Attorney Mike McLelland and Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse -- will be added to the memorial at an appropriate time, the association said. While no one discounts the potential danger to prosecutors, officials are seeking to maintain perspective. The National District Attorneys Association has issued a statement to "remind all prosecutors to continue to be vigilant with respect to their personal safety and take appropriate steps should they receive any threats or cause for concern." Similarly, the Justice Department took a low key approach. "We always take the safety of Justice Department personnel extremely seriously and take appropriate steps when warranted," said Justice spokesman Wyn Hornbuckle. In contrast to the handful of slain prosecutors in the nation, the count of sworn law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty continues to mount. The National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington now bears the names of more than 19,000 officers slain while on duty, according to memorial officials.
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| National District Attorneys Association: Only 13 killings in past 100 years . Two prosecutors were killed in one Texas county recently . Law Enforcement Memorial in D.C. has names of more than 19,000 officers . | train |
2065 | Article: By . Daily Mail Reporter . A gas explosion sent six cars flying and seriously injured three people in the middle of a busy road in China. The explosion occurred at a traffic light and saw chunks of debris thrown into the air and spread down the road in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province. Police say the accident was caused by a build-up of methane gas in an underground sewerage pipe. Fire in the hole: Six cars were blasted into the air along with chunks of debris in a methane gas explosion in Wuhan, China . Big bang: The accident at a traffic light was caused by a build-up of methane gas in a sewage pipe that ran underneath the road . Explosion: Witnesses gather around the destruction as several water pipes have burst, spilling out into the streets . They said it was unclear what had . ignited the gas but it might have been an electrical spark from the cars . above that set fire to the methane is it seeped through the road . surface. The blast left three people seriously injured and several others were treated for cuts and bruises. It . also left a 65ft square hole in the ground and chunks of road . scattered in a wide circle around with the explosion happened. One . of those injured, Wu Tsou, 48, told local media: ‘It is a real disgrace . that they don't seem to take any care in making these things safe. ‘As a driver how can you know what's under the road. They should properly ventilate these places to stop things like this happening.’ Several cars were sent flying into the air when the gas pipe exploded in central Wuhan . Devastation: Debris spread further down the road and hit several cars near the explosion . Medical care: The blast left three people seriously injured and several others were treated for cuts and bruises . Police believe the gas may have been ignited by an electrical spark from the cars above that set fire to the methane is it seeped through the surface .
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| Several cars were sent flying after methane gas explosion in Wuhan, China . Three people seriously injured and several others were treated for cuts . Police believe spark from car ignited gas seeping through the surface . | train |
163148 | Article: By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 10:50 EST, 18 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:10 EST, 19 December 2012 . A century after it was last used a lost campsite from Captain Scott's doomed Antarctic expedition has been rediscovered. Professor Clive Oppenheimer, a volcancologist at the University of Cambridge, pinpointed the remote site using original maps and photographs. It was last used 100 years ago by surviving members of the team that travelled to the Antarctic with Captain Scott. Discovered: Professor Clive Oppenheimer at Captain Scott's lost campsite that has not been used for 100 years . As it was: The original campsite photographed 100 years ago which was set up by the British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 . Doomed: (l-r) Captain Laurence Oates, Captain Robert Scott, Petty Officer Edgar Evans; sitting (l-r) Lt Henry Bowers, Dr Edward Wilson . Scott and four companions set out to try and become the first to reach the South Pole. Although the team reached their goal on January 17, 1912, they arrived to discover they had . been beaten there by another team led by Roald Amundsen. The entire team of Captain Robert Scott, Captain Laurence Oates, Edgar Evans, Henry Bowers and Edward Wilson, died in March, 1912, during the 1,500km journey back to base. Base camp members were able to recover the bodies eight months later. Despite the tragedy, the surviving team continued to work and scaled the continent's second highest volcano Mount Erebus to complete a geographical study. The trip is historically significant as geologist Professor Frank Debenham had the idea of creating a polar research institute while on the trek. Now the camp the surviving team made on the peak's upper slopes has been re-discovered. All that is left of the original camp, right, is a stone circle left by Scott and his men . A document from Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition which has been used to re-discover his lost campsite . Professor Oppenheimer also used this original map to trace the camp . Prof Oppenheimer, who re-enacted the Scott expedition ascent, was working in Antarctica at the time and wanted to mark the centenary of the ill-fated mission. He painstakingly sorted through written accounts and pictures and managed to locate the camp within 24 hours of setting off from his base. He said he thought he was looking for a 'needle in a haystack' before noticing a gateway to a hidden area not spotted during his travels. He said it then took him just two minutes to find it. All that was left was rings of stones that the team built around their tents to keep the pegs firmly in the ground. The rest of the camp had disappeared completely. Prof Oppenheimer said: 'I was tremendously excited to discover the campsite. In my mind's eye, I saw the four men fussing around their tent. 'Transposing again the historic photographs on the snowy stretch in front of me, I couldn't help smiling and saying "hello boys".' UK and New Zealand authorities are now working to get official protection for the site. Philippa Foster Back, granddaughter of Prof Debenham and chair of The United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust said the discovery was "wonderful". She said: "It is a reminder of both the dangers and thrills of Antarctic science and a fitting tribute to the great legacies of exploration and discovery left to us by all the brave men of that party." Wilderness: A photo of the Erebus crater from Clive Oppenheimer's mission to re-discover the lost campsite from his famous Antarctic expedition . Incredible: The Erebus Lava Lake taken during Clive Oppenheimer's mission .
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| University of Cambridge Professor Clive Oppenheimer traced campsite using old maps . The volcanologist wanted to mark the centenary of the ill-fated Antarctic mission . It was last used by members of Scott's surviving base camp team . | train |
52236 | Article: By . Eleanor Harding . PUBLISHED: . 11:48 EST, 20 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:28 EST, 20 October 2013 . He has already been reprimanded for claiming that a burglar was ‘courageous’. Now Judge Peter Bowers has sparked outcry again – this time for letting off a sex offender after deciding his crime was ‘water under the bridge’. The controversial judge allowed predatory Gary Flynn, 35, to walk free from court despite hearing that he had forced an underage girl into oral sex. Judge Peter Bowers said because Gary Flynn assaulted the girl 15 years ago, it was 'water under the bridge' Flynn, a bouncer, admitted carrying out the attack more than 15 years ago after the traumatised victim spoke to police. He has previously been cautioned for a similar offence, the court was told. But in a move that has outraged . campaigners, Judge Bowers spared him jail because he was between 16 and . 18 years old when the incident took place. Flynn was also suffering from a head injury at the time, which the judge said may have clouded his judgement. Judge Bowers said: ‘You were a teenager suffering from the effects of a head injury which made your maturity and responsibility less than somebody of your age. ‘This is water under the bridge. You have lived 15 or 17 years without other convictions and there is no reason to think you will be committing offences in the future.’ Judge Bowers gave Flynn a three year community supervision order at Teeside Crown Court (pictured) This is just the latest in a string of . controversial rulings by Judge Bowers, who last year praised the . ‘courage’ of burglar Richard Rochford and let him off with a suspended . sentence. He told him: ‘It . takes a huge amount of courage, as far as I can see, for somebody to . burgle somebody’s house. I wouldn’t have the nerve.’ He was criticised for his choice of words, which were branded a ‘serious error of judgment’. Following an investigation, the . Lord Chancellor Chris Grayling and Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge upheld . complaints about the comments and issued Judge Bowers with a reprimand . for his remarks which had ‘damaged public con-fidence in the judicial . process’. Then in April, . Judge Bowers sparked anger again when he let paedophile Mark Martin skip . jail because he thought he ‘would suffer very badly’ in prison. Judge Bowers previously reprimanded for saying burglar Richard Rochford (pictured) had 'courage' In the latest case at Teesside Crown Court on Friday, Judge Bowers heard that Flynn indecently assaulted his victim, who cannot be named, in the late 1990s. Flynn pleaded guilty to one count of indecent assault on a child under 16 after admitting he groped the younger girl between the legs and forced her to have oral sex. Judge Bowers praised him for pleading guilty and sparing his victim the ordeal of giving evidence before handing him a three year community supervision order. Flynn, of Norton, County Durham, was also ordered to sign the sex offenders register. Yesterday, as he had Sunday lunch with his mother, Flynn was unrepentant when asked about the judge’s soft ruling. He said: ‘I’ve got nothing to say. I only pleaded guilty so that I could stay out of prison.’ Speaking after the case, Dilys Davy, of sex abuse charity ARCH, said: ‘It might be water under the bridge for him but not for his victim, she has to live with it for the rest of her life. ‘His comments are outrageous. It’s as though he is saying that because it happened a long time ago, no harm done. ‘This kind of thing can discourage victims from coming forward. A judge’s comments are important and the main reason people say they do not report abuse is the fear that they will not be taken seriously or won’t be believed.’ David Hines, of the National Victims Association charity, said: ‘It’s a disgrace. What a stupid thing for a judge to say. How can it be water under the bridge for the victim? ‘There can’t ever be water under the bridge for the victim before justice is done. ‘And it’s secondary victimization for them to have to see an offender walk free from court.’
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| Gary Flynn was given three year community supervision order . Judge Peter Bowers said 'no reason' to think Flynn would offend again . Judge Bowers previously reprimanded for calling a burglar 'courageous' Bouncer Flynn pleaded guilty indecent assault on a child under 16 . He groped the girl between the legs and forced her to have oral sex . | train |
64371 | Article: Sao Paulo, Brazil (CNN) -- Brazil's Senate passed a controversial forestry bill late Tuesday, supported by ranchers and farmers but opposed by many environmental activists. Supporters say the legislation will help cut carbon emissions and establish more realistic deforestation rules in what has become Brazil's fast-growing agricultural frontier. After a long debate, senators voted 59 to 7 to approve the legislation. The new "forest code" now returns to the lower house for approval and then must be signed by the president. The bill reduces the percentage of land that farmers and ranchers must maintain as forest when they develop it. It also establishes an amnesty for some past illegal deforestation. Critics say it will encourage developers to continue to illegally cut down the Amazon forest while supporters say it brings the country's legal framework in line with reality. In recent years, private ranchers and growers as well as the government have invested millions to expand soybean and beef production and build massive hydroelectric dams in the region. "Brazil has to take care of the environment, but at the same time it also has a responsibility to feed the world," Senator Jorge Viana said in a statement released by a pro-legislation lobby. Brazil is the world's No. 1 beef exporter and second biggest soy exporter. On Monday, Brazil announced that deforestation in the Amazon had fallen to a record low for the third straight year, providing more support for the forest code. Under the approved rules, developers will still be required to preserve some land as forest and replant other areas, thus helping cut carbon emissions. But stricter limits and fines have been stripped out of it. Environmentalists say that changes to the decades-old regulations on deforestation were necessary, but that the amnesties granted in this bill are excessive. Greenpeace Brasil called it a "Day of Shame." It is expected to land on the desk of President Dilma Rousseff early next year. It could prove a challenge for the new leader, who has supported development initiatives in the region, but who must also placate left-wing environmentalists in her coalition.
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| Supporters say the legislation is realistic . Opponents say it will encourage developers to illegally cut down the Amazon forest . The code could be a challenge for President Dilma Rousseff . | train |
33029 | Article: Bayern Munich have every reason to celebrate, as they sit top of the Bundesliga tree approaching the winter break. Pep Guardiola's side have already extended a seven-point gap over their nearest rivals Wolfsburg, and were treated to a lavish celebration at their annual Christmas party on Sunday. The players turned out with friends and families at star chef Alfons Schuhbeck's theatre show, boasting cabaret, comedy and acrobatics, as well as a meal created by the chef. VIDEO Scroll down for highlights of Bayern's latest Bundesliga victory . Claudio Pizarro, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Thomas Muller (left-right) applaud an act at the Bayern Munich Christmas party on Sunday . Manuel Neuer, Schweinsteiger and Muller pose for a photo (left) while an act entertains the crowds with a leaf blower (right) Mario Gotze and his girlfriend Ann Kathrin Broemmel (left), and Arjen Robben and his wife Bernadien, arrive for the party . Bastian Schweinsteiger (left) and Thomas Muller (right) arrive at the Christmas party . Robben (right) and his wife Bernadien were all smiles as they enjoyed chef Alfons Schuhbeck's theatre show in Munich . Bayern president Karl-Heinze Rummenigge addressed the players and their guests in a 10-minute speech, celebrating a 'very, very good' 2014 for both club and country. 'It's normally almost a given that we have problems after major tournaments,' Rummenigge said. 'Lots of people expected it again this season. But fortunately it's turned out differently. Our performances and the work put in by the coaches is unbelievable.' 'The last three or four years have been an unbelievable experience.' Centre-back Holger Badstuber (left) poses with Schweinsteiger and Muller for a photo at Sunday's Christmas party in Munich . Midfielder Schweinsteiger (right) poses for a photo with chef Schuhbeck, who provided the food and theatre show for the event . A wide shot of the crowd shows the Bayern players, staff and families enjoying one of the performances in the centre of the room . Robben and his wife Bernadien pose for a photo at the Bayern Munich Christmas party, where the team celebrated being top of the league . Former Bayern Munich and Manchester City centre-back Daniel Van Buyten was a special guest at the party, and Rummenigge was eager to publicly thank his ex-player after his retirement in the summer. 'I take my hat off to what you achieved for Bayern,' he said to Van Buyten, before turning his attention to Bayern's 1-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen the previous day. Franck Ribery scored the only goal of the game, taking Bayern's impressive record to 11 wins and no losses in 14 matches this season. Xabi Alonso (left) and Pizarro (right) pose with their partners at their tables, where they enjoyed a menu created by TV chef Schuhbeck . Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola watches an act from his table... he adopted a more casual appearance for the event on Sunday . Javi Martinez wore an open neck shirt to the Christmas party, where the players enjoyed a lavish meal and show at the theatre .
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| Bayern Munich are seven points clear at the top of the Bundesliga table approaching the German winter break . The players turned out at chef Alfons Schuhbeck's theatre show for their 2014 Christmas party on Sunday . Arjen Robben, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Franck Ribery and Xabi Alonso were among the players in attendance . Club president Karl-Heinze Rummenigge addressed the crowd with a speech celebrating the successful year . | train |
140053 | Article: BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- Germany's richest woman has said a former lover has threatened to release pictures of them together if she does not pay him millions of euros (dollars), according to her spokesman. Susanne Klatten holds a 12.5-percent stake in BMW. Susanne Klatten's spokesman Joerg Appelhans told CNN Tuesday that the BMW heiress alerted police in January this year that she was the victim of fraud and blackmail by a man he identified as Mr. S. Appelhans said the man had been threatening since autumn 2007 to release pictures of their "meetings" together. Klatten "came to the conclusion that the relationship with Mr. S. was of a solely criminal nature," Appelhans said. Some German media reports say Klatten is one of four rich German women who have been preyed on by the same gang. "His goal was from the beginning to con her and to blackmail her into giving him money. She rigorously notified authorities even in light of the uncomfortable public repercussions this would have for her. The ensuing criminal investigation led to the arrest of the perpetrator," Appelhans added. "The blackmailing with pictures of the meetings they had began in the fall of 2007. First, the blackmailer demanded a loan of several million euros. Later, he attempted to solicit a much larger sum." Anton Winkler, from the Munich state prosecutor's office, confirmed that an investigation has been opened and that a man called Helg Scarbi was arrested in January and is in custody in Munich. He declined to give further details. Rome daily La Repubblica, quoting documents German investigators sent to Italian prosecutors, has reported that the suspect allegedly tried to obtain €40 million ($51 million) from Klatten, according to The Associated Press. Klatten, the daughter of the late BMW chief Herbert Quandt, holds a 12.5-percent stake in the German carmaker and a 51.1-percent share of chemical company Altana. In 2007 Forbes magazine listed her as the world's 68th richest person, with a personal fortune of $9.6 billion. CNN's Frederik Pleitgen contributed to this report. Copyright 2008 CNN. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press contributed to this report.
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| Germany's richest woman says she is being blackmailed for millions of euros . BMW heiress says man threatening to release pictures of their "meetings" Munich state prosecutor says man was arrested in January . | train |
106350 | Article: By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:28 EST, 13 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:30 EST, 14 August 2013 . After struggling to keep some of his own backbenchers under control, never mind the LibDems, yesterday must have been a welcome relief for David Cameron. He made an enthusiastic new friend who was very pleased to see him – and only too happy to play ball. The Prime Minister met Phyllis the mongrel at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home as he toured the South London rescue centre to mark the arrival of its 1,000th volunteer. Scroll down for video . Warm welcome: Prime Minister David Cameron made a new friend, Phyllis the mongrel, when he visited Battersea Dogs and Cats Home . It was Mr Cameron’s first visit to the home, although Larry the Downing Street cat came from Battersea. The Prime Minister praised the 'fantastic' work of volunteers at the centre as he was given a tour. He said he believes those who give up their time to help others get an 'enormous amount of satisfaction'. Mr Cameron said: 'Battersea Dogs and Cats Home have been doing fantastic work for over 150 years and I'm delighted to congratulate them on their 1,000th volunteer.' The PM was greeted by a guard of honour made up of nine dogs currently waiting to be found new homes. Among them was Yorkshire terrier Bertie, who arrived at the centre three days ago after being found wandering the streets of London. Rescued: Mr Cameron also met Yorkshire terrier Bertie, who arrived at the centre three days ago . Friendly: Mr Cameron remarked that Bertie appeared 'good-natured', just before the little dog wriggled out of his arms a split second after being passed to him . Mr Cameron remarked that Bertie appeared ‘good-natured’, only for the little dog to wriggle out of his arms a split second after being passed to him. Phyllis, who was found in a Marks & Spencer car park in June, proved to be more loyal, happily chasing a tennis ball thrown by the PM. If only the voters were so easily pleased, eh, Mr Cameron?
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| David Cameron made friends with Phyllis while visiting Battersea Dogs Home . He was at the centre to mark the arrival of its 1,000th volunteer . He was greeted by a guard of honour made up of nine dogs . | train |
25951 | Article: (TIME.com) -- "My goal is to not alienate Anna Wintour -- and also bring in viewers in Peoria," says Alina Cho, host of CNN's Fashion: Backstage Pass (airing Sept. 15 at 2:30 p.m. E.T.), on which she has interviewed Marc Jacobs, Donatella Versace and more. Here, the fashionista (who profiles designer Bibhu Mohapatra in TIME Style & Design, available at time.com/style) lets loose with us. TIME: Of all the fashion heavyweights you've talked to, who surprised you the most? Cho: Karl Lagerfeld. I was just interviewing him in Paris, and I asked him, "After all these years, how you still can look at a dress and see that it needs to be a millimeter longer?" And he said, "Well I'm not blind yet!" He's very quick, he's very funny, and I think you have to be very smart to be funny. TIME: But he's not exactly a CNN staple. How do you tailor your fashion coverage to viewers who are more accustomed to hard news? Cho: In order to tell great stories, you need great characters. It doesn't matter whether you're covering the political race or the aftermath of a hurricane or fashion. So my approach has always been to be more character-driven than collection-driven. And there's no shortage of characters in fashion! TIME: Like Karl? Cho: Right, like Karl. The other thing I try to do, and I think this is really important, is make my fashion coverage accessible. People always say, "Oh, you're the new Elsa Klensch!" But I think the show that she did [CNN's Style With Elsa Klensch, which ran from 1980 to 2000] and the show that I do are very different, because we live in a different world. My fashion coverage has to be both aspirational and accessible. TIME: You've reported extensively on politics. Why do you think people are so interested in what candidates and their spouses are wearing? Cho: It just gives us another thing to talk about. And I think in many ways, Michelle Obama changed the game. She came onto the scene wearing Tom Ford one day and J. Crew the next. There's something appealing about that, no matter your politics. I know it's exciting for me to watch. She's incredibly fashionable. TIME: What do you make of Ann Romney's outfits? Cho: I think she plays it a little bit more conservative. Maybe that has something to do with her politics. I'll leave it at that. TIME: How do you dress well for TV? Cho: You know what they say -- the camera adds 10 pounds. So fit is incredibly important. I tend to favor dresses. I tend to favor three-quarter sleeve cardigans and a little belt, but I like to say I don't own many pants. I like the ease of a dress. You zip it up and you go. It's pretty simple. So as long as it fits great, I'm in. TIME: You travel to so many fashion shows for work. What's your go-to comfort heel? Cho: My go-to comfort heel is a flat. TIME: Touché! Cho: No, but really, I change between shows. Every female New Yorker can relate to that. Nobody wants to walk around in a high-heeled shoe! I'll carry my beautiful high heels in a bag. TIME: Smart. I've seen people do that on the subway. Cho: It's something my mother told me a long time ago. I'm just now starting to listen! Alina Cho is a national correspondent for CNN and host of Fashion: Backstage Pass. Fashion: Backstage Pass with Alina Cho debuts on Sept. 15 at 2:30pm E.T. on CNN US. © 2012 TIME, Inc. TIME is a registered trademark of Time Inc. Used with permission.
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| Alina Cho is most impressed by fashion heavyweight Karl Lagerfeld. Cho calls Michelle Obama's style "fashionable" and Ann Romney's "conservative". Fit is important for Cho on camera -- she favors dresses, 3/4 sleeve cardigans and belts. | train |
261689 | Article: By . Beth Stebner . PUBLISHED: . 20:09 EST, 1 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:16 EST, 2 January 2013 . Two experienced American climbers died while scaling Argentina’s tallest mountain, it was revealed today. Friends David Reinhart and Eric Nourse, joined by Eric’s twin brother Greg, were around 22,000 feet on Mount Aconcagua when Reinhart began experiencing severe symptoms of altitude sickness. Both Reinhart, 42, and Eric Nourse, 41, who had gone to seek help, perished on the steep slopes of the mountain. Greg Nourse alone survived. Scroll down for video . Tragedy: Greg Nourse, right, was the only man to survive the cruel weather of Aconcagua in Argentina after their friend fell ill; his twin brother Eric, left, died after going off to look for help . Loss: David Reinhart, a 42-year-old real estate executive from Portland, Oregon, began suffering symptoms of altitude sickness; Eric Nourse went to find help first, and was later followed by his brother Greg . According to Spanish-language news reports, the three alpinists were planning on scaling the summit of Aconcagua, which stands at 22,841 feet above sea level. The route they chose ran along a glacier, and is considered to be one of the most dangerous passages to the summit, Argentinian news outlets reported. As they were ascending last Friday, Reinhart developed altitude sickness that required immediate medical attention. The team used a satellite radio to call for help on Saturday. There are conflicting reports as to who remained with Reinhart and who first went to seek help. Matt Felton, who worked with Reinhart at a commercial real-estate company in Portland, Oregon, told the Oregonian that it was Eric who went to find help. Felton said: ‘(Reinhart)was doing something he really loved. He was doing it with his best friend.’His brother Greg remained with Reinhart to keep him warm on the frigid glacier. Greg then left to go find help. An Argentinian rescue squad found Eric Nourse in critical condition. He later died from pulmonary edema, where fluid fills the lungs, despite workers administering CPR to him. The condition is a common result of serious altitude sickness. Ascent: The three men were climbing Mount Aconcagua in Argentina, the tallest mountain in the Americas . According to the Oregonian, the Reinhart family later chartered a private plane to find Reinhart’s body. The rescue team found Greg Nourse alive but in need of medical care. He was admitted to a hospital in Mendoza. An Argentinian spokesperson told Spanish news agency Telam that Reinhart was ‘found dead in the rocky area called second band, at about 6,600 meters above sea level.’ Reinhart’s brother, Craig Reinhart, told the Oregonian by phone that his brother and their friends loved to travel the world and often would go on expeditions without guides. ‘They loved the outdoors, they loved each other and their families,’ he said from Argentina. He flew down to the South American country to arrange for his brother and Eric Nourse’s bodies to be sent back to the U.S. On their Facebook pages, each of the men is pictured camping, hiking, and going on other outdoor pursuits. They had been on expeditions in the Alps and had once scaled Mt McKinley. Reinhart is survived by his wife Char, as well as three brothers. Eric Nourse’s marital status is unclear. The mountain is located in the western province of Mendoza.
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| David Reinhart, 42, and Eric Nourse, 41, both perished while scaling Mount Aconcagua in Argentina . Nourse's twin brother, Greg, was found by rescue workers and survived . Three friends were seasoned climbers and had scaled the Alps, Mt McKinley, and Mt Rainier . | train |
150713 | Article: By . Janet Tappin Coelho In Brazil . Motorists driving along a busy highway in Brazil were shocked to see a horse being ferried in a two-door car with its head poking out of the window. The bizarre scene was captured on video in Fortaleza on Thursday by an astonished driver who first thought the animal was a very large Great Dane. 'I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,' said Evi Braga. 'The horse was sitting on the backseat of the car as if it was a dog. Scroll down for video . Bizarre: The horse was seen peering out of the window of a car in Fortaleza in the north west of Brazil . 'It scared me when I realised it was a horse. It looked fully grown and seemed to be enjoying the drive. It pushed its head out of the passenger’s front car window and didn’t look stressed at being squashed into such a small space. 'I drove alongside the vehicle and the driver didn’t even glance over at me to acknowledge he was doing anything wrong. 'The incredible thing was I couldn’t figure out how the owner got the horse into the car in the first place,' she added in amazement. The animal was being driven in a run-down two-door Ford Del Rey, manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in Brazil between 1981 and 1991. According to Brazil’s Federal Highway Police animals should be transported in a box or strapped in with a car seatbelt - something which would have been impossible to do with the horse. Braga added: 'It was at least 30 degrees on Thursday so it must have been really hot and smelly inside the vehicle. I wanted to laugh but I also felt more sorry for the horse.' Shocked: The driver of the other car initially thought the animal was a Great Dane . Passenger: The horse appeared to stick its head out of the window as the other car approached . There is no legislation in Brazil banning motorists from carrying an array of animals in their vehicles. A traffic cop said: 'The Brazilian Traffic Code states that if the driver is caught with animals on the seat in the front of the car, or between their arms or legs they face four penalty points on their licence and a fine of £25. He added: 'Besides putting their own life at risk they endanger the lives of others on the road. Unfortunately we didn’t catch this incident on our motorway cameras, if we had the offender would have been stopped immediately.' He admitted however, that over the years officers have logged all types of creatures being carried in domestic vehicles including sheep, goats, birds and snakes. Normal: There was nothing unusual about the vehicle as the other car approached .
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| Bizarre scene was captured on video in the city of Fortaleza on Thursday . Driver initially thought the animal sitting in the back seat was Great Dane . | train |
14870 | Article: Scraping muck and slime from the side of a tank, and continually cloudy water, annoys many fish owners. But now a young designer has created a fish tank that she claims never needs cleaning, the water never needs changing, and owners can save money bu never needing to replace the filter. The spherical tank only requires an owner to top up the water occasionally – and to feed the fish. Scroll down for video . Cleaning up: A young designer has created a fish tank that she claims never needs cleaning, the water changing, or a new filter. The spherical tank, called Avo, (pictured) only requires an owner to top up the water occasionally – and to feed the fish. Suzy Shelley, a graduate from Loughborough University, created the 15-litre tank, which is fitted with technology that enables fish, plants and bacteria 'to work together to create a balanced ecosystem'. The tank, called Avo, has a self-cleaning filter that ‘never needs replacing’. A continually-moving bed recycles older bacteria into plant food, creating space for new bacteria to grow. ‘Harmful ammonia, nitrite and nitrate are naturally removed from the water, meaning the water never needs changing,’ according to the company, called Noux. Crystal clear: A continually-moving bed recycles older bacteria into plant food, creating space for new bacteria to grow. ‘Harmful ammonia, nitrite and nitrate are naturally removed from the water, meaning the water never needs changing,’ according to the company, called Noux. The process is illustrated . A bright idea: Avo features smart LED lighting that is optimised for plant photosynthesis and growth, which leads to clear water. It glows red in the morning, white during the day, and blue at night to look pretty in a room . Self-cleaning filter system: The plants and bacteria work together to create a balanced micro-ecosystem. The harmful ammonia, nitrite and nitrate are removed from the water meaning the water never needs changing. The filtration system is natural and self-maintaining, comprising a moving bed that doesn’t need cleaning. Automatic lighting: When there is too much light, fish tanks get algae. Avo's lighting is plant-specific, providing the wavelengths that the plants need to photosynthesise and grow, making sure they are cleaning the water efficiently. It produces wavelengths of light that our human eyes can't detect. The light moves around the tank and is magnetic, so can be detached to access the fish and plants easily. Automatic heating: Water is heated at 27°C (80.6°F) - the perfect temperature for tropical fish. The heating elements are positioned to create convection currents which help the nutrients reach the roots of plants. Plant system: Seven plant pots slot into place in the filter system to make them easy for owners to lift out and trim. Size: The tank holds three-and-a-half gallons of water (15 litres). Price: It is available to pre-order from £150 ($242). Avo features smart LED lighting that is optimised for plant photosynthesis and growth, which leads to clear water. The lighting is soft red in the morning, white during the day, and blue in the evening. The tank is designed for tropical fish with a constant water temperature of 27°C (80.6°F). The heating elements are positioned to create convection currents which help the nutrients reach the roots of plants. The plants are housed in seven trays so they can be easily maintained and moved around to change the look of the tank. It has taken Ms Shelley over four years to develop the tank, which is now raising funds on crowd funding website, Kickstarter. Avo can be pre-ordered from £150 ($242) plus shipping and the tank is due to be shipped in July next year. So far, £45,000 ($72,669) has been raised out of her £60,000 ($96,892) goal, with 52 days to go. ‘I've always kept fish and it was a steep learning curve in the early days - trying to maintain a tank properly, making sure my fish were healthy and had a clean tank,’ Ms Shelley said. ‘Fish keeping isn't as easy most people think…there's important bacteria in the tank that need to be maintained, plus there's the weekly water changes and smelly filter cleaning needed to maintain a healthy tank,’ she wrote on Avo’s Kickstarter page. ‘I decided I'd design something that takes the stress out of keeping tropical fish and makes fish keeping simple, beautiful and above all enjoyable. ‘Avo is packed full of technology and clever design features that make it really, really easy to keep fish.’ Suzy Shelley (pictured), a graduate from Loughborough University, created the 15-litre tank, which is packed with technology enabling fish, plants and bacteria 'to work together to create a balanced ecosystem'
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| Spherical tank requires an owner to top up the water - and to feed the fish . Avo design was created by Loughborough University graduate, Suzy Shelley . Boasts a self-cleaning filter that ‘never needs replacing', and rotating bed . It recycles old bacteria into plant food, creating space for new bacteria . Avo has LED lights optimised for plant growth, which leads to clear water . Lighting is red in the morning, white during the day, and blue in the evening . Tank is available for pre-order on Kickstarter from £150 ($242) | train |
191532 | Article: Lying on the bed, I try to relax as my therapist massages tea tree cleanser into my skin, before wiping toner across my cheeks. While this might sound like a run of the mill beauty treatment, it's not. I'm face down on the couch, and it's not my face that's getting a pampering. It's, um, my bottom. That's right, I'm having a 'bacial' - a bottom facial - which, according to those in the know, is this season's hottest beauty therapy. Scroll down for video . 'Lit up like a rainbow': Kim under the LED lamp which is said to correct pigmentation and encourage circulation . I blame Cheryl Cole, Kelly Brook and Lady Gaga. They've spearheaded the trend for 'belfies' - self-portraits of one's posterior, posted on social media. As a result, bottoms are taking centre stage, with one London salon group reporting that, in the past few months, they have seen a 200 per cent rise in enquiries for the treatments. 'Many of those undergoing the bum facials said they were motivated by seeing celebrities' perfect behinds on Twitter or Instagram,' says Esther Fieldgrass, CEO of EF Medispa. 'One of the most common complaints is a spotty bottom. While a lot of people are affected by this problem, it's terribly embarrassing for sufferers, especially now it's swimsuit season. Blemishes can be caused by anything from hormones to tight underwear causing friction and trapping sweat against the skin, but a bit of TLC can work wonders.' Beauty expert: Clare Russell helps Kim achieve the perfect derriere . While I have no intention of posting a 'belfie' any time soon, I am only too aware that my own middle-aged bottom is somewhat neglected - and with a beach holiday looming, a bacial seems prudent. The bacial at EF Medispa is bespoke to each client - when it comes to bottoms, one size apparently doesn't fit all. So my treatment begins with an assessment. I strip off my jeans and climb onto the massage table. Unsure of the dress code, I opt for bikini bottoms. But before I have a chance to think about it further, my therapist, Clare Russell, has pulled them aside to inspect the damage. (Learn from my mistake - it's easier for the therapist if you bite the bullet and go commando, or slip into one of the salon's paper thongs.) Having endured the embarrassment of my 55-year-old buttocks being scrutinised under an unforgiving light, I perk up when Clare informs me that I am fortunate enough to be free of blemishes. But, she tells me gravely, years of neglect have left my bottom looking rather lacklustre. Some maintenance, she tells me, is most definitely in order. Fruity: Clare applies a blueberry smoothie - not a drink but a chemical peel aimed at removing dead skin cells . What were once dimples are now plain cellulite and things aren't as firm as they used to be. Plus, as I haven't exfoliated in some time, things are more prickly pear than peach. Clare prescribes a 'blueberry smoothie' which isn't a drink but a chemical peel aimed at removing dead skin cells. This is to be followed by LED light therapy - a non-invasive treatment using a high-grade cold laser to heal problematic skin. But first, my buttocks are massaged with tea tree cleansing cream. While having a stranger pummel your bottom is peculiar, I nevertheless feel my gluteus maximus begin to relax. Next is another cleanse, using a toner that aims to increase skin cell turnover, and then it's time for the smoothie, a mask containing blueberry extracts, blue corn meal and lactic acids. Ever since a Sex And The City episode where Samantha's face is left red raw after such a treatment, the term 'chemical peel' has struck fear in my heart. Now it is striking fear into my nether regions. But Clare reassures me that, although I might feel a light tingle or warmth on application, this is a very gentle peel that will restore a glow without visible irritation. She presses the mask on and leaves me to relax for 15 minutes while the mask weaves its magic. I can't help wondering what on Earth my husband would make of all this if he could see me, wearing nothing but a mask across my bottom. (I removed my bikini following the initial embarrassment). Women are keen to emulate the bottoms of stars like Kelly Brook, right, and Cheryl Fernandez-Versini . After a quarter of an hour has passed, warm, damp flannels are used to wipe off the mask, leaving my buttocks invigorated. Then it's time for the sciencey bit, with a little LED light therapy - which uses a combination of coloured lights to promote healing, correct pigmentation, help with any scar tissue and encourage circulation. Clare wheels over an arch-shaped lighting panel, which she places about 18 inches above my bottom before switching it on. I don’t feel anything, not even warmth, but my bottom is lit up like a rainbow. The blue light is an anti-bacterial spot blaster, which has the added benefit of preparing the skin for sun exposure by increasing its natural UV protection, making it a perfect pre-holiday treatment. The yellow light boosts the nervous, lymphatic and circulatory systems and helps detoxify skin tissue. In combination with the red light, it stimulates collagen production, which results in firmer skin. Clare says three to five treatments are recommended to obtain the best results. While the LED panel does its work, I dream of my new and improved bottom jauntily making its way along a Majorcan beach. After 15 minutes, the LED is wheeled away and Clare massages a divine-smelling shea butter moisturiser into the whole area, gently putting one hand on top of the other and tapping to create a vibrating sensation, which apparently aids lymphatic drainage. The process ends with a warning to keep my buttocks hydrated for the next four or five days - not a sentence you hear very often - using a rich body lotion. Finally, I sit up and, even without looking, I feel optimistic about the state of my derriere. Just knowing it’s had such state-of-the-art treatment makes me feel more confident. And frankly, so it should, because if there’s one thing that might give me pause for thought, it’s the price. At £180 for the Blueberry Smoothie plus a further £150 for the LED Light Therapy, I'm quite literally sitting on a fortune. But it's worth it. After just one session, I'm delighted, as is my husband, who comments on how smooth it feels. My bum feels firmer, the skin looks plump, its tone better, and my formerly dehydrated cheeks feel... dare I say it, soft as a baby's bottom. If you can't quite stretch to a £300-plus bacial, try DIY. Anything you'd use on your face can also be used on your bum. Start with a cleanser - Garnier Skin Naturals PureActive Deep Pore Wash (£3.49, superdrug.com) contains spotbusting salicyclic acid, as well as blueberry to reduce the appearance of marks. If you want to use a toner, Clarins' Gentle Exfoliator Brightening Toner (£25, clarins.co.uk) encourages cell renewal and prevents the build-up of dead skin cells. As for exfoliating, a body brush can scratch, so try a gentle fruit acid mask such as REN Glycolactic Radiance Renewal Mask (£30, renskincare.com). Leave for ten minutes and then remove with a warm, wet flannel. Moisturise with Olay Regenerist Night Renewal Elixir (£19.99, boots.com), which will also boost cell turnover.
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| Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Kelly Brook started trend for 'belfies' Means posting self-portraits of one's . posterior on social media . This is putting women under pressure to have the perfect derriere . Beauty salons are responding to demand for treatments . Kim Carillo tries a procedure involving a chemical peel and light therapy . | train |
190649 | Article: By . Adam Duggan . One US graduand has managed to cause himself embarrassment during what is normally a graceful walk from one side of a stage to the other. After shaking hands with administrators at Michigan’s Davenport University, Robert Jeffrey Blank couldn’t contain his excitement and decided to attempt a back flip. Unfortunately, his back flip attempt was an instant fail. Be careful: US college graduand Robert Jeffrey Blank fumbles mid-air to find the right landing position for his failed back flip attempt . Failing to rotate into the right position for the back flip fast enough, Mr Blank looks to have landed face-first on to the stage. Luckily, it appears he didn’t suffer any serious injuries - picking himself up, dusting himself off and proceeding to exit, stage right. Caught on camera by a university film crew – Mr Blank will be able to relive the joy, and shame, of his graduation ceremony for years to come. Remaining dignified: Robert Jeffrey Blank accepts his college diploma from Davenport University administrators . Cheers all round: The graduand looks elated, removing his graduation cap after shaking the hands of college administrators . Lift off: the graduand balances himself, preparing to take off on his back flip attempt . What just happened? Davenport University officials turn in shock, as Robert Jeffrey Blank's face hits the stage .
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| Davenport University graduand attempts a back flip after accepting college diploma . Falls on his face, to gasps from the audience and university administrators . Appears to be uninjured, manages to get up off the floor and walk off stage . | train |
30980 | Article: By . Harriet Arkell . PUBLISHED: . 05:55 EST, 22 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 06:08 EST, 22 January 2014 . Carer Faye Gibson, 36, from Beverley, East Yorkshire, was jailed yesterday for fraud after admitting stealing money from elderly men she was working for . A carer who agreed to marry the 74-year-old she was looking after has been jailed after stealing the money he had saved to pay for his funeral. Drug addict Faye Gibson, 36, got engaged to vulnerable Alan Buck without his relatives knowing and then plundered his Post Office account, a court heard. The mother-of-one from Beverley, East Yorkshire, also stole money from another man she cared for, 96-year-old Eric Moran, after he had asked her to do some shopping for him. Yesterday Gibson was jailed at Hull Crown Court after admitting two charges of fraud by abusing her position of trust as a carer. The court was told that Mr Buck, who suffers from heart problems and lives in supervised housing, had employed Gibson for seven years to help him with domestic chores. Prosecutor Sobia Ahmed said: 'They formed a relationship and got engaged four years ago, although Mr Buck's family were not aware of it.' The court heard that Mr Buck trusted Gibson with his Post Office card, giving her access to his account in which he said he had £2,500 saved to cover his funeral expenses. But when he checked his account, he discovered the balance was just £4. Gibson was arrested and Mr Buck's card found at her home, while her bank statements showed large cash deposits, the court heard. Ms Ahmed said Mr Buck's daughter said her father had now become suspicious of strangers since the theft, and forgot to take his medication. Gibson also stole money from her client Mr Moran, who has lived alone since the death of his wife two years ago and who suffers mobility problems. The prosecutor said Mr Moran had employed Gibson for eight years and often took him shopping to Morrisons. She said the elderly man noticed money was missing from his Halifax bank account and told police the only person who had access to his details was Gibson. Gibson admitted stealing £980 from Mr Buck and £3,900 from Mr Moran, though both men said more was missing from their accounts. Gibson was sentenced to three months in prison at Hull Crown Court, left, by Judge Michael Mettyear, right . Charlotte Baines, defending, said: 'She recognises this was despicable behaviour and regrets it. 'She . lapsed into heroin addiction, which she started when she was 21, . although these two men had no idea she was taking illicit substances.' Sentencing her to three months in prison, Judge Michael Mettyear told Gibson: 'A clear and consistent message needs to be sent out by the courts that people who care for the elderly and vulnerable and commit dishonesty against them will go to prison.' He said he had borne in mind her guilty plea and the age of her son, which had dramatically reduced the sentence he could have passed.
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| Faye Gibson, 36, agreed to marry Alan Buck, 74, before stealing his money . Mr Buck, who has heart problems, didn't tell his relatives he was engaged . Gibson, from Beverley, East Yorkshire, also stole from client Eric Moran, 96 . Both men had entrusted her with their bank details so she could help them . Hull Crown Court heard she was a drug addict who hid it from her clients . She admitted two counts of fraud by abusing her position of trust as carer . Gibson, a single mother of a nine-year-old son, was jailed for three months . | train |
108973 | Article: (CNN) -- Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States will not let up its pressure on Iran over its disputed nuclear program despite recent diplomatic overtures between the two countries. "We will pursue a diplomatic initiative with eyes wide open," Kerry said in Rome during a meeting Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, "aware it will be vital for Iran to live up to those standards other nations that have nuclear programs live up to as they prove those programs are indeed peaceful." Despite a softening of rhetoric on some fronts by the regime in Tehran, there have been fears by other countries in the region that the United States might be too quick to offer incentives to Iran in the latest round of negotiations between Iran and the group known as the P5+1, which includes the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany. Netanyahu, who has said Iran's nuclear program poses an existential threat to Israel, was cautious in his assessment of the current state of play. "Iran must not have nuclear weapon capability," he told Kerry. "I think no deal is better than a bad deal." For Netanyahu, any deal with Iran must include a prohibition on centrifuges that can be used to enrich uranium to a weapons grade level, as well as the dismantling of a plutonium heavy water plant in Arak that has yet to come on line. "They should get rid of the amassed fissile material, and they shouldn't have underground nuclear facilities," Netanyahu said in reference to the Fordow facility near the city of Qom, which was discovered in 2009. Netanyahu is not alone in his plea for the Obama administration to take a slow and cautious approach in the latest round of negotiations. Members from both parties in Congress have urged the administration not to loosen any of the sanctions that are choking Iran's economy prematurely. Legislation is being drafted that could tighten the sanctions regime until a deal is reached. "No deal is better than a bad deal," Kerry said echoing Netanyahu as the two began approximately seven hours of talks about Iran, Syria, and the peace process with the Palestinians. "But if this can be solved satisfactorily, diplomatically, it is clearly better for everyone." The next round of talks with Iran and the P5+1 is scheduled to take place next month in Geneva.
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| Kerry: "We will pursue a diplomatic initiative with eyes wide open" "Iran must not have nuclear weapon capability," Netanyahu emphasizes to Kerry . Both say that not reaching a deal with Iran would be better than agreeing to a bad deal . They are discussing Iran, Syria, and the peace process with the Palestinians . | train |
240935 | Article: By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 08:41 EST, 28 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:27 EST, 28 March 2013 . An obese New Yorker named in court as a Gambino gangster appeared on TV show The Biggest Loser hoping to shed some weight, it emerged today. Two witnesses at the racketeering and murder trial of Bartolomeo (Bobby) Vernace claimed Robert Iovane, nicknamed Big Head, was a member of Vernace's mob. In 2006 he featured in a special edition of the reality diet show when he teamed up with relatives who owned an Italian restaurant in the Bronx. Fat-fighter: Robert Iovane, nicknamed Big Head, appearing in The Biggest Loser with members of his family . Joseph Gambina testified that Iovane engaged in illegal sports gambling and loansharking . A source revealed the 45-year-old had been laying low for a number of years, but his brush with fame didn't go unnoticed in Mob Land, the New York Daily News reported. According to the witnesses, he was instantly recognised for being part of Vernace's crime crew which operated out of a Queens café. Former Bonanno mobster Joseph (Giuseppe) Gambina told the court his criminal dealings with Iovane included illegal sports betting and loansharking. Assistant U.S. Attorney Evan Norris asked him: 'Did you ever see him on TV?' 'Yes,' Gambina replied. 'I was watching TV at 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning and I saw him on that show, The Big Fat Loser.' Gambina said he was 'close' to Vernace, who's charged with the 1981 murders of two bar owners, Richard Godkin and John D’Agnese, allegedly killed over a spilled drink. The court heard that Iovane was a member of Vernace's crime crew that operated out of a Queens café . The family restaurant in the Bronx featured in the episode of The Biggest Loser Robert Iovane was in . Iovane's alleged criminal activities occurred in the 1990s . Another mobster, Howard Santos, had testified previously that Iovane was a 'flashy guy' who ran an illegal poker game called Squeeze, the New York Daily News reported. 'I mean he would whip out stacks of money like this thick and show off,' Santos said. Assistant U.S. Attorney Amir Toossi asked him how Iovane got his nickname. 'Because he's got a big head,' Santos said. Iovane was allegedly 'close' to Vernace, who's charged with the 1981 murders of two bar owners, Richard Godkin and John D¿Agnese . A holiday snap showing Robert (Big Head) Iovane and his daughter . Iovane and another Gambino associate allegedly beat up a guy named Frank the Mechanic in 1999 but Santos couldn't recall why. Iovane's alleged criminal activities occurred in the 1990s, but a source said he hasn't been around Vernace's place in years and dropped out of sight until appearing in the TV show. He worked in the relatives' restaurant and also operated landscaping businesses in Queens and Long Island. An old police photo shows Bartolomeo Vernace, the man on trial for two murders . 'He doesn't want to talk to nobody,' a man identifying himself as Iovane's brother told the New York Daily News before hanging up the phone. In an interview for the NBC reality show, Iovane said his battle with a 'band of heart-attack fat strapped to his waist' once led him to handcuff himself to a treadmill. 'My client has never been involved in any criminal activity, or had knowledge of any criminal activity, at any time,' said lawyer Robert Jannuzzi. 'Whatever these witnesses are saying is completely fictitious. They're liars,' he said.
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| Robert Iovane featured in a special edition of the reality diet show . The 45-year-old, aka Big Head, was named in court as a mobster . He was mentioned at racketeering and murder trial of Bartolomeo Vernace . | train |
27362 | Article: Read a version of this story in Arabic. Eddie Ray Routh was crying, shirtless, shoeless and smelling of alcohol when police caught up with him walking the streets of his hometown of Lancaster, Texas. His family didn't understand what he -- a Marine veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder -- was going through, he told the officer last September 2, according to a police report. He had a simple message that was as much a plea as it was a complaint: I'm hurting. That visit -- which came after Routh, angry that his father was going to sell his gun, left the house and threatened, his mother told police, to "blow his brains out" -- prompted him to be placed in protective custody and sent to Dallas' Green Oaks Hospital for a mental evaluation. Six months later, the 25-year-old Routh is in custody once again -- this time in a central Texas jail, facing murder charges in the deaths of America's self-proclaimed most deadly military sniper ever as well as the sniper's friend. He is on a suicide watch and under 24-hour camera surveillance, Erath County Sheriff Tommy Bryant said Monday. Should vets with PTSD, mental illness still have access to guns? And he's already run into further trouble, becoming aggressive with guards in his cell after refusing to give up a spork and dinner tray Sunday night, according to the sheriff. So who is Eddie Ray Routh? Bryant has said Routh was in the Marines for four years, though it is unclear how much of that time, if any, was in combat zones. Shay Isham, a lawyer appointed by a judge Monday morning to represent Routh, said his client spent roughly the last two years in and out in Veteran Affairs medical facilities for treatment of mental issues. His personal history and psychological make-up has come under the spotlight after the bloodshed Saturday. It was then, officials say, Routh killed two men on a gun range located in a remote part of the Rough Creek Lodge and Resort's vast 11,000 acres. This was, Bryant said, after Routh's mother "may have reached out to" one of the victims -- Chris Kyle, author of the best-selling book "American Sniper" -- "to try and help her son." The suspect was "a troubled veteran whom they were trying to help," said Craft International, a company founded by Kyle, who since retiring from the Navy in 2009 had sought to assist ex-troops with PTSD. Why might Routh have killed these men? He "is the only one that knows," Erath County Sheriff's Capt. Jason Upshaw told reporters on Sunday. "I don't know that we'll ever know," Upshaw said. Victims hailed as dedicated, caring patriots . No one else saw the shooting of Kyle and his friend, Chad Littlefield, according to Upshaw. It occurred sometime after 3:15 p.m. (4:15 p.m. ET) Saturday, when all three men together entered the expansive resort in Glen Rose, some 70 miles southwest of Fort Worth, and headed toward a gun range. Marcus Luttrell told CNN that Kyle, his friend, had gone to help Routh get "out of the house (and) blow off some steam." Another Kyle friend, former SEAL sniper program instructor Brandon Webb, explained that a range was a "familiar environment" for "military guys." Around 5 p.m. Saturday, a hunting guide alerted authorities Kyle and Littlefield's bodies had been discovered "lying on the ground, covered in blood," according to Routh's arrest warrant, which was posted on CNN affiliate WFAA's website. By then, Routh had taken off in Kyle's black Ford pickup, stopping first at his sister's house about 70 miles away in Midlothian. There, he told his sister and brother-in-law what he had done, telling them he had "traded his soul for a truck," the arrest warrant said. He set off again. How the violent mentally ill can buy guns . Police finally caught up with Routh near his home in Lancaster, about 15 miles south of Dallas, around 8 p.m. Saturday. Despite a swarm of law enforcement, he managed to speed off in the truck -- but after spiking his tires, authorities were able to detain him without a scuffle by 9 p.m., Bryant said. The story got intense, widespread attention in large part due to the victims, especially Kyle. While serving as a sniper in Iraq, the Navy SEAL wrote he personally had 160 confirmed kills from a distance of up to 2,100 feet -- more than any other U.S. serviceman, in any conflict. This helped led Iraqi insurgents to nickname the 6-foot-2, 220-pound Texan "the devil" and put a bounty on his head, he said. In interviews promoting his book, Kyle offered no regrets, . "I had to do it to protect the Marines," he told Time magazine a year ago. "You want to lose your own guys, or would you rather take one of them out?" After his retirement from a decade's service in the Navy, Kyle became a businessman, a reality TV personalty, a supporter of fellow vets, an avid hunter and an outspoken opponent of gun control. He leaves behind a wife and two children. His new ventures included joining other former SEALs in starting Craft International, a security company with the motto "Despite what your momma told you, violence does solve problems." He also helped established the FITCO Cares foundation, a charity that helps U.S. war vets "who have survived combat but are still fighting to survive post-traumatic stress disorder," the group's website said. Thousands pledged to toast him and Littlefield on Monday night, and hundreds expressed condolences on Kyle's Facebook fan page. "Chris, thank you for your service; not only to the country you loved, but also to your fellow warriors that needed a helping hand," one woman wrote. "Rest in peace brave hero, patriot and warrior. You are missed." The Facebook page also included a tribute to Littlefield, who the page's administrator wrote "felt deeply about the values of family, compassion, friendship and loyalty, and was equally as passionate about his love of God and country." "Chad, thank you for your love for your country, the dedication to your country and your love for life," a woman said. "God has brought another angel home." Chris Kyle, America's deadliest sniper . Correction: Earlier versions of this report incorrectly described the military background of Chad Littlefield, who was killed with Chris Kyle. Littlefield was not a veteran. CNN's Ed Lavandera, Josh Levs, Susan Candiotti, AnneClaire Stapleton, Barbara Starr, Emily Smith and Nick Valencia contributed to this report.
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| Routh told his sister he'd killed two men, "traded his soul for a truck," an arrest warrant says . The ex-Marine faces murder charges in deaths of veteran Chris Kyle and Kyle's friend, Chad Littlefield . Routh's family called cops in 2012; he was mad because his father planned to sell his gun . The 25-year-old told police he had PTSD, was hurting and his family didn't understand . | train |
40581 | Article: By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 09:38 EST, 14 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:40 EST, 14 February 2013 . A father born without functioning hands is suing Six Flags theme park after he was stopped from riding the Aquaman Splashdown. Clint Bench, who does not have fully formed hands, says he was 'embarrassed' after being told to get off the ride by staff at the Six Flags Over Texas in front of his children. In the suit, filed in Dallas federal court, Mr Dench says the amusement park violated the Americans With Disabilities Act. Clint Bench had bought three season tickets to Six Flags Over Texas amusement park in Arlington but was told he could not ride the Aquaman Splashdown because he has no hands . The father-of-two, from Weatherford, Texas, said when he tried to board the ride last May he was told by an employee to leave 'because he does not have hands', according to Dallas News. In the suit, Mr Bench said it caused him 'considerable embarrassment' as his children had never seen him discriminated before. Aquaman riders sit in a boat that travels down into water, causing a large wave to soak them. The papers filed on Tuesday say: 'Mr Bench is a physically fit, healthy adult with great . upper body strength. He can perform all manners of activities, including . activities that one would normally assume would require the use of . hands.' He can write, type, tie his shoes, fire a gun and enjoys water skiing and mountain biking and has never considered using prosthetics, it said. Mr Dench said he was 'embarrassed' and he said his children had never seen him being discriminated against . Mr Bench is suing for an undisclosed amount for 'mental anguish' as well as a refund for the three Six Flags season tickets he had bought and his attorney's fees. Lawyers for Mr Bench claim the amusement park altered its restriction rules after he made a complaint. A guide, they claim was written in September, now states that Aquaman riders 'must have one full arm and one full leg.' Dallas News quoted the papers as saying: 'Mr Bench - who is capable of riding every ride at Six Flags Over Texas, and who has done so many times without injury to himself of others - is now unable to enjoy the rides with his family.;' It added that people who choose to raise their hands in the air 'in a silly display of bravado' are not prevented from going on further rides. Sharon Parker, the spokesperson for Six Flags, told Dallas News that she had not seen the suit 'but generally we don’t comment on pending litigation.'
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| Clint Bench told he could not ride 'because he does not have hands' He said it was the first time his children had seen such discrimination . Claims park has now changed restrictions to insist on 'one whole arm' | train |
287288 | Article: By . Fiona Macrae . PUBLISHED: . 12:24 EST, 9 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:50 EST, 9 December 2013 . Warring genes could be the cause of hot flushes (pictured) that menopausal women can experience, scientists said . At last women have someone to blame for the menopause – their parents. Scientists claim that the hormonal mayhem is the result ‘genetic warfare’ between the DNA a woman inherits from her mother and that of her father. One set of genes wants her to continue having children. The other wants her to stop. The result is the hot flushes, mood swings, night sweats and other symptoms that go to make up the menopause. The British and Japanese researchers said that learning more about the genes involved could lead to a test that tells a woman how long she has in which to start a family. The study builds on the popular idea that the menopause evolved as a way of stopping our female ancestors from having children while they were still young enough to help care for the children of younger female relatives living nearby. This allowed them to safeguard their genetic line, by lavishing their children and those of relatives with love and attention, without having to go through the trauma of childbirth again. The team featured researchers from Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL), St Andrews University in Scotland and Sokendai, the Graduate University for Advanced Studies in Hayama, Japan. They say that, in times gone by, women tended to move away from home and in with their husband’s family once they got married. This meant their children would typically be related to more of those around them through their father than their mother. As a result, the genes a girl inherited from her father would in adulthood strive to stop her from having more children of her own so she could instead care for young relatives around her. However, the DNA she got from her mother would want her to have more children of her own, to help ensure the genes from her mother’s side lived on. RHUL researcher Dr Francisco Ubeda, who used maths to back up the theory, said: ‘The woman’s paternal genes are pushing for an earlier menopause, while her maternal genes are trying to stall the process.’ This conflict of interest could explain not only why women go through the menopause but also why it lasts so long and is so turbulent, the journal Ecology Letters reports. The study will be used to inform the development of personalised family planning (the pill is pictured) and preventative medicine for treating cardiovascular problems and even some cancers . St Andrews University researcher Dr . Andy Gardner said learning more about the genes involved in menopause . could help women decide how long to wait to start a family. He . said: ‘Now, when people are trying to decide, the best bit of advice . they can be given is to look at the age their mother underwent the . menopause.’ Dr Ubeda added: ‘Choosing if and when to start a family is one of the biggest decisions that we have to make in our lives. ‘Having . better, individualised information about when our fertility is likely . to tail off will help avoid anxiety and make sure that people don’t . leave it too late.’ The . research could also help doctors decide which methods of family . planning they should prescribe, based on a woman’s genetic background. In . the UK, the average age for a woman to reach the menopause – when their . ovaries stop producing an egg every four weeks – is 52, although many . experience it in their 30s or 40s. Earlier . research found that the drop in oestrogen levels during the menopause . could be linked to the ‘senior moments’ suffered by older women but that . hormone replacement therapy (HRT) helped.
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| Researchers from the UK and Japan discovered that a woman's genes are conflicted during the menopause, resulting in side effects . A woman's paternal genes are pushing for an earlier menopause, while her maternal genes are trying to stall the process . The research will be used to help the development of personalised contraception and preventative medicine for some cancers . | train |
143980 | Article: (CNN) -- Over the past five years evictions have become a symbol of Spain's economic crisis, but the latest homeowner to face the prospect of homelessness -- an 85-year-old woman -- has found an unlikely guardian angel. One of the poorest football teams in Spain's top division, Madrid club Rayo Vallecano, has promised to help Carmen Martinez Ayuso find a new apartment after she was evicted by her landlord. From the Vallecas district of the Spanish capital, Ayuso had lived in the apartment for half a century but couldn't pay the rent after her son had used her home as collateral on a loan he was then unable to repay. According to statistics published by the Bank of Spain, 1,218 evictions took place between January and June 2014 -- an increase of 17% from the same period in the previous year. Back in 2012 it's estimated that there were up to 200 evictions a day as Spain suffered the consequences of a housing bubble that burst after the housing market crashed in 2007-2008, while unemployment also soared. Ayuso's story grabbed the attention of the club with fans holding aloft a banner which read "Rayo against evictions" in a recent league match. "I know that there are lots of cases like hers," Rayo coach Paco Jemez told reporters. "The worst thing that can happen to a family is when they evict you from your home," added Jemez. "This is a lady who lived in her home for 50 years and due to her doing an honorable act -- being the guarantor of her son, which everyone in the world would undoubtedly do." Jemez has been in touch with Ayuso, who according to Spanish media, was unaware of the $50,000 loan her son had taken out. He promised it wasn't just him that would try and help Ayuso, but that the "the coaching staff, the players, the club" would also become involved. Jemez added: "Within our ability, we will help this lady and give her a hand so that she finds a place to live with dignity and so she doesn't feel alone. "I'm very proud we can lend her a hand. I'd like to help more people, but that's impossible. "What is within our power, we will do. Also, we will start an initiative so that anyone who wants to help will have the ability to lend a hand. We are very sensitive to this and what happened to her could happen to anyone." Rayo has an annual budget of around $8.6 million -- a total which is incomparable to that of its big city neighbor Real Madrid which has a cool $720 million at its disposal. Speaking to Spanish newspaper Marca, Ayuso praised the club for the "beautiful gesture." She added: "A thousand times thank you, God bless them," she said. "It's a beautiful gesture that they didn't need to do and Viva el Rayo! "If I see [Paco Jemez] I'll give him 40 kisses. But the only time I've seen him was during the neighborhood fairs. "We always supported Rayo in this family. I remember when we used to go to the swimming pools, which were right next to the stadium. But now we have different motivations to support them. "I'm certain my husband is showing his gratitude in heaven."
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| Rayo Vallecano to help find new apartment for 85-year-old . La Liga club moved to help following eviction . Carmen Martinez Ayuso had lived in the apartment for 50 years . Statistics show that 1,218 evictions took place between January and June 2014 . | train |
75134 | Article: Killed: Ahmed Samir Assem, 26, was shot dead on Monday in Cairo . Shocking footage has captured the moment an Egyptian photographer filmed his own death through his lenses. The grainy footage shows an Egyptian solider aiming and shooting at Ahmed Samir Assem, before the film goes black. The 26-year-old photojournalist was shot dead on Monday as he took photos outside the Republican Guard building in Cairo, where some believe the ousted president Mohamed Morsi is being held. He was one of at least 51 people killed when security forces opened fire on a . large crowd that had camped outside. Mr Assam, a freelance photographer was working for Egypt's Al-Horia Wa Al-Adala newspaper. 'At . around 6am, a man came into the media centre with a camera covered in . blood and told us that one of our colleagues had been injured,' said . Ahmed Abu Zeid, the culture editor of Mr Assem’s newspaper told The Daily Telegraph. 'Around an hour later, I received . news that Ahmed had been shot by a sniper in the forehead while filming . or taking pictures on top of the buildings around the incident. Scroll down for video . Caught on camera: Shocking footage has captured the moment an Egyptian photographer filmed his own death through his lenses . 'Ahmed’s camera was the only one which filmed the entire incident from the first moment. 'He . had started filming from the beginning of the prayers so he captured . the very beginnings and in the video, you can see tens of victims. Ahmed’s camera will remain a piece of evidence in the violations that . have been committed.' The military claimed it opened fire because a ‘terrorist group’ attacked in an attempt to storm the building. Terrifying: The grainy footage captures two soldiers on the roof of a building in Cairo . Filming: The footage zooms in and out as photographer Ahmed Samir Assem surveys the scene . Planning: The soldier disappears out of sight behind the yellow stone building . Horrifying: He then reappears with his gun ready for action before he aims at the photographer . Moment of death: The grainy footage captures a solider aiming and shooting at Ahmed Samir Assem, before the film goes black . But Mr Morsi’s supporters said the shootings were unprovoked. In an emotional news briefing, Muslim Brotherhood members branded military chief General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi an ‘assassin and a butcher’. But Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, the . country’s top Muslim cleric, urged Egyptians to ‘shoulder their . responsibility to stop the bloodshed’ instead of ‘dragging the country . into civil war’. Al-Shaimaa Younes, who was at the . sit-in, said military troops and police forces opened fire on the . protesters during early morning prayers. Tragic: Mr Assem was working as a photographer for an Egyptian newspaper . 'They opened fire with live . ammunition and lobbed tear gas,' she said by telephone. 'There was panic . and people started running. I saw people fall.' 'Women and children had been among the protesters, she said. Today Egyptian authorities escalated their crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood by ordering the arrest of its spiritual leader, while the group remained steadfast in its defiance of the new military-backed administration and refused offers to join an interim government. The prosecutor's arrest warrant . issued for the Brotherhood's supreme guide, Mohammed Badie, as . well as nine other leading Islamists will almost certainly stoke anger . among the group's supporters and fellow Islamists. The men are suspected of instigating . the violence on Monday, according to a statement . issued by the prosecutor general's office. Even as the new prime minister began reaching out to form a Cabinet and restore a measure of stability, the military-backed leadership has come under fierce criticism from those who supported its toppling of President Mohammed Morsi last week . Several groups in the loose coalition participating in the political process have sharply criticized the transitional plan, saying that sidelines them in the transition. After a week of violence and mass demonstrations, Egyptians were hoping that the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Wednesday will significantly calm the turmoil in the streets. The sunrise-to-sunset fast cuts down on activity during the day, but the daily protests have been largely nocturnal affairs, and some observers expect the Islamist camp will likely use it to rally its base. Still, the warrants highlight the . military's zero-tolerance policy toward the Brotherhood and other . Islamists, who continue to hold daily mass protests and sit-ins . demanding reinstating Morsi and rejecting what they describe as a . military coup. The military already has jailed five . of Brotherhood leaders, including Badie's powerful deputy Khairat . el-Shater, and shut down their media outlets. Morsi himself remains in . custody in an undisclosed location. In the face of Islamist opposition, . the military-backed interim president, Adly Mansour, issued a fast-track . timetable on Monday for the transition. His declaration set out a . 7-month timetable for elections but also a truncated, temporary . constitution laying out the division of powers in the meantime. The accelerated process was meant, in . part, to send reassurances to the U.S. and other Western allies that . the country is on a path toward democratically-based leadership. Army snipers were caught on camera shooting at a large crowd of Egyptian men this morning . The crowd of Morsi supporters had assembled in the square in the early hours of the morning. At least 51 people were killed . But it has faced opposition from the . very groups that led the four days of mass protests that prompted the . military to step in last Wednesday. The top liberal political grouping, . the National Salvation Front, expressed reservations over the plan late . Tuesday, saying it was not consulted - 'in violation of previous . promises' - and that the declaration 'lacks significant clauses while . others need change or removal.' It did not elaborate but said it had . presented Mansour with changes it seeks. The secular, revolutionary youth . movement Tamarod that organized last week's protests, also criticized . the plan, in part because it gives too much power to Mansour, including . the power to issue laws. A post-Morsi plan put forward by Tamarod called . for a largely ceremonial interim president with most power in the hands . of the prime minister. At the heart of liberals' objections . is that they wanted to write a new constitution, not amend the one . written under Morsi by an Islamist-dominated panel. That constitution . contained several articles that drew fierce criticism from liberal . quarters, and helped sparked street protests and violence in 2012. Other objections centered on superpowers of the interim president. However, the only Islamist party that backed military's ouster of Morsi . after millions took to the streets on June 30 demanding him to leave, . has been vetoing rewriting the constitution. Meanwhile, new Prime Minister Hazem . el-Beblawi, who was appointed by the interim president on Tuesday, is . holding consultations on a Cabinet that will face the difficult task of . guiding the deeply divided country through what promises to be a rocky . transition period. In what is seen as an attempt at reconciliation, . el-Beblawi has said he will offer the Brotherhood, which helped propel . Morsi to the presidency, posts in his transitional government. A Brotherhood spokesman said the . group will not take part in an interim Cabinet, and that talk of . national reconciliation under the current circumstances is 'irrelevant.' He spoke on condition of anonymity because of concerns for his . security.
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| Grainy footage captures the soldier . as he shoots from his vantage point . The film goes black the moment the bullet struck Ahmed Samir Assem, 26 . Shot dead outside Egyptian army's Republican Guard officers' club in Cairo . Arrest warrant issued for the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood . | train |
74146 | Article: A 28-year-old man appeared in court Monday after he became the second person to be charged with murder over the death of British soldier Lee Rigby last month on a London street. Michael Adebolajo was dressed in white, had a cast on his left arm and carried a Quran during his 10-minute appearance before Westminster Magistrate's Court. He spoke to confirm his name and that he was aware of the charges against him. But he kept interrupting the proceedings. He is also charged with attempted murder of two police officers and possession of a firearm. Adebolajo's case was referred to a higher court -- the Old Bailey in London, also known as the Central Criminal Court. He is due to have a bail hearing there within 48 hours. The other man charged with murder in the case, Michael Adebowale, 22, appeared in court last week. Police said Rigby was killed in a daylight attack a couple of hundred yards away from the Royal Artillery Barracks in the southeast London district of Woolwich on May 22. Adebolajo and Adebowale were hospitalized after the attack. Both were released from the hospital into police custody last week. Adebowale's case has also been referred to the Old Bailey in London. The killing has sparked an intense investigation by police. They announced two other arrests in the case Friday, of men seized on suspicion of supplying illegal firearms. Authorities also moved a man arrested on the suspicion of killing Rigby from a hospital to a police station. The charges against Adebolajo follow news of an inquest into Rigby's death. The inquest opened Friday at Southwark Coroner's Court and was quickly adjourned. Detective Chief Inspector Grant Mallon, the senior investigating officer into the death, said two men were incapacitated and detained at the scene of Rigby's death. In all, 12 people have been arrested, including Adebolajo and Adebowale, in connection with the killing. • Two men, ages 42 and 46, have been taken to a south London police station. One was arrested Friday in north London and the other in east London on suspicion of supplying illegal firearms. • Six others have been freed on bail, the most recent a 50-year-old man arrested last week on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. • Two were released without charges. Separately, a man who was arrested after he spoke in an interview about Adebolajo on BBC's "Newsnight" has been charged with two counts of dissemination of terrorist publications and one count of encouragement of terrorism. He is Ibrahim Abdullah-Hassan, also known as Abu Nusaybah. The charges are not connected to the Rigby murder investigation, police said. The killing of Rigby, who had served as an infantryman in Afghanistan and Cyprus, shocked people across the United Kingdom. He was married and had a 2-year-old son. On Monday, the British government announced that the Prime Minister David Cameron will lead a task force to tackle extremism -- a result of the Rigby killing. The task force will monitor radicalization in religious and educational institutions and challenge "poisonous narratives," the announcement said.
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| The hearing lasts 10 minutes . Michael Adebolajo, 28, has been charged with the murder of a British soldier . Adebolajo also faces charges of the attempted murder of two police officers . British PM to head task force to tackle radicalization . | train |
242988 | Article: (Health.com) -- Miranda Lambert may have forgotten to thank her fiancé, fellow country music star Blake Shelton, when she won her first Grammy this February. But when we caught up with the 27-year-old star on her tour, Blake was top of mind. In fact, the Texas native was thrilled to chat about everything, from her energy secrets to how she's getting into peak shape to swap "I do's" with Blake this month. Q: You're in Evansville, Indiana, now. Do you ever get confused about which city you're in? A: Yes! They usually write where we are on the set list, because I've made the mistake of saying the wrong state before. I was like, "Hello, Ohio!" And they just kind of looked at me like my head was on fire. [Laughs.] . Q: And how do you keep your energy up on stage? A: I eat a lot of protein and eat pretty clean. Junk food drags you down. I try not to have anything less than two hours before I go on stage, because I don't want to be up there all bloated. I basically have a grilled-chicken salad after the show, and that fills me up. Health.com: 9 low-cal chicken salad recipes . Q: You have a trainer with you on the road, right? A: Yeah, I wanted to get in better shape and wanted to keep it going for the wedding. We do a lot of circuit training, lunges, and crunches. And every morning we walk for 30 minutes. Q: Your parents were private eyes who ran an agency from home. It sounds like a TV show! A: It does. But to us [back then], it was just my parents' job. I did surveillance a lot, which sounds exciting, but it never was. If there was no babysitter, I'd have to go, and my brother and I would just lie in the backseat and color for 15 hours while my mom watched the house. Q: Did you know what your parents were doing, exactly? A: In a way, I had such a normal life. But in another way, I saw things most kids don't see. Our dinner conversations weren't about school and homework; they were about child custody cases or divorce. When I was a teenager, my parents took in victims of domestic abuse, which was definitely eye-opening. I had to share my room with a woman and her kids who had been abused. Health.com: 8 reasons to make time for family dinner . Q: What was the healthiest thing about your childhood? A: We had a farm and a garden, and for about two years we literally lived off the land. We raised rabbits and chickens, and also had our own hogs that we slaughtered. We didn't really go to the store for anything besides milk. My mom would say, "Go pick out what you want for dinner," and we'd go in the garden and get whatever vegetables we wanted. It was really old-school and really awesome. Q: Was it hard slaughtering animals that were your pets? A: Dad would give us two rabbits as our pets, or we'd have one pig we could name. They explained that not every animal was a pet -- some were providing for our family. It sounds weird to other people, but I look at it like, there are some animals you feed and some animals that feed you. Q: Are you a good cook? A: [Blake and I are] both pretty good. We have a lot of catfish, and everybody knows the best way to eat catfish is fried. I tried to be healthy and bake it once, which was horrible. We ordered a pizza! Health.com: 13 easy pizza recipes . Q: How did you know that Blake was the one? A: The first day I met him, I knew he was really special. We balance each other out. He's constantly joking, and I'm more serious. He can make me laugh at any point. Especially when I'm trying to be mad, he'll go, "Are we in a fight?" And then I'll start laughing and go, "I guess not now." Q: He must understand the pressure of being in the public eye. It's not enough anymore to just be a singer -- you have to look great, too. Is that tough? A: Absolutely. The bigger you get, the more pressure you have to deal with. The hard part is I'm a normal-size girl, and I'm fine with that. All these stars are so tiny, and they spend their lives trying to be skinny. I want to look my best, but I'm not a model. I'm not an actress. I'm representing normal girls. It's OK to have a little bit of curve. I'm happy with my body. So many girls come up to me and say, "Thank you for being normal," and I'm proud of that. Health.com: Find your feel great weight . Q: Do you guys want kids? A: We have seven dogs, so we're just taking care of them. They're all rescues, and all crazy-looking. Every animal is named after a song or an artist -- Delta, Delilah, Cher, Jessi, Waylon, Virginia Bluebell, and Black Betty. We have so much going on right now, we're gonna wait awhile. The dogs are really good birth control! Copyright Health Magazine 2010 .
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| Lambert eats a lot of protein to stay energized on the road . Lambert and fiance Blake Shelton have seven dogs, no time for kids . "The hard part is I'm a normal-size girl, and I'm fine with that," Lambert says . | train |
175854 | Article: (CNN) -- Scores of mourners packed a Memphis, Tennessee, church Wednesday for the funeral of Dr. Benjamin Hooks, a civil rights leader described as deeply inspirational and widely influential. Hooks, who led the NAACP from 1977 to 1992, died last week at the age of 85 after a lengthy illness. Neighbors, friends, family and political and civil rights figures filed into the Temple of Deliverance Church of God in Christ, where they watched a film that showed Hooks making a rousing speech and a montage of pictures celebrating his career and life. The historical imagery was accompanied by rocking spiritual music. Speakers delivered eulogies as Hooks' casket sat in front of the church pulpit. Noting that civil rights leader Dorothy Height, who died Tuesday, had been known as the "godmother" of the civil rights movement, Benjamin Todd Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP, told the audience that they gathered to honor the "godfather of the NAACP and the civil rights movement." "Dr. Hooks leaves big shoes behind, and none of us can fill them," Jealous said. Marc H. Morial, National Urban League president and CEO, praised Hooks' collaborative bent. He believed in groups working together and not engaging in turf wars, Morial said. Hooks, he said, believed "civil rights was a lifelong commitment," and while he was known for his strong oratory, his work in the trenches and his juggling of responsibilities were the qualities that made him effective. Morial said Hooks believed that "if you choose to serve, it cannot be a part-time thing, it cannot be a sometime thing, it cannot be a pretend game. ... It must be in your heart, soul and DNA." The Tennessee House canceled its activities so lawmakers could attend the funeral in Hooks' hometown. Hooks, who grew up in the segregated South, was "a vocal campaigner for civil rights in the United States," the NAACP said when it announced his death. He was a lawyer and an ordained Baptist minister who joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and led the NAACP for 15 years, it said. The organization "was suffering from declining membership and prestige when Hooks assumed his role as executive director," a University of Memphis biography says. The NAACP added several hundred thousand new members during his tenure, it says. The civil rights organization worked with Major League Baseball on a program that expanded employment opportunities for African-Americans in baseball, including positions as managers, coaches and in franchise executive offices, the NAACP said. Hooks was nominated to the Federal Communications Commission in 1972. He became the agency's first black commissioner and was with the agency for five years before leaving to serve with the NAACP. He also worked with colleagues to set up a program in which more than 200 corporations agreed to participate in economic development projects in black communities, the NAACP said. President George W. Bush awarded Hooks the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, in November 2007. "As a civil rights activist, public servant and minister of the gospel, Dr. Hooks has extended the hand of fellowship throughout his years," Bush said. "It was not an always ... easy thing to do. But it was always the right thing to do."
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| NEW: He "leaves big shoes behind, and none of us can fill them," NAACP chief says . NEW: Urban League president praises his work in the trenches, juggling of responsibilities . Hooks, 85, died last week after a lengthy illness, NAACP officials said . Hooks led the NAACP from 1977 to 1992 . | train |
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