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By . Louise Boyle . A waterfront restaurant that has been plagued with problems for years sank this morning - and not just in the financial sense. The Waterfront Restaurant in Hebron, Kentucky, was underwater on Tuesday morning at its dock. The owner, Jeff Ruby, tweeted a photograph of the submerged flamingo-pink barge with the message: 'Just another day in paradigm.' That sinking feel: The Waterfront Restaurant in Hebron, Kentucky, tipped forward and sank on Tuesday . The owner of the ill-fated venue tweeted a picture of his business on Tuesday with the message: 'Just another day in paradigm' The restaurant was keeled over on Tuesday morning in the Ohio river, causing staff to rush to the site to secure it . Owner Jeff Ruby, tweeted a photograph of the submerged flamingo-pink barge on Tuesday after three years of problems . The restaurant has been closed since 2011 after it came free of its dock on the Ohio River in Cincinnati causing diners to be rescued. It broke free again in February and floated 85 feet before being stopped by a bridge. An employee was inside at the time, according to reports. Staff rushed to the tipping structure on Tuesday to secure it. No one was on board at the time it sank between Monday evening and Tuesday morning. There had been plans by owner Mr Ruby to reopen the restaurant on dry land. Mr Ruby told Fox 19: 'It's sexy to dine on a floating restaurant, but it's not safe sex.' There had been plans to reopen The Waterfront (pictured here before it sank) on dry land this year . Jeff Ruby's The Waterfront restaurant before it closed down in 2011 after it floated away and guests had to be rescued . | The Waterfront Restaurant in Hebron, Kentucky, was underwater on Tuesday morning at its dock .
It floated away twice in the past including in February when one staff member had to be rescued . | e3ffbe17263f8330c87b3ea07580bfe166881192 | [
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(CNN) -- A malfunctioning jet engine on an Air Canada flight caused burning hot debris to fall to the ground after takeoff, an official with Canada's Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. The incident Monday, which involved Air Canada Flight 001 bound for Tokyo from Toronto with 318 passengers and 16 crew members aboard, damaged vehicles on the ground and forced the Boeing 777 to return to Toronto. No injuries were reported. Don Enns, a regional manager at the independent Transportation Safety Board of Canada, told CTV and CP24 on Tuesday that "some sort of failure" inside one of the plane's two engines disrupted the airflow, causing part of the turbine section to fly out the back. "Those pieces as they were liberated from the engine, they came out the back of the engine," Enns said. "Essentially, it just fell out the back of the engine, fell down, and unfortunately, we had cars underneath them." He called such an occurrence "very rare," saying the last time he could remember a similar incident was a decade or more ago. Engineers would dismantle the engine involved and study similar engines to try to learn why the malfunction occurred, Enns said. Boeing said in a statement that it "stands ready to assist the Canadian regulator, if we are asked to participate. Per international rules Boeing has to be asked by the regular to participate in the investigation." Boeing said it would provide technical expertise about the airport and "The engine manufacturer, GE, will have a similar role." For its part, GE said in a statement that it had sent a technical representative to Toronto for the investigation. "The GE90 engine model powering this aircraft is among the world's most reliable engines ... The GE90 engine fleet, with more than 1,400 engines in airline service, has accumulated close to 30 million flight hours and no aviation accident has ever been attributed to the engine," the GE statement said. The flight took off 2:10 p.m. ET Monday, but one engine then shut down, prompting the flight crew to follow "standard procedure" and return to Toronto Pearson International Airport, said Air Canada spokesman Peter Fitzpatrick. The crew requested an emergency landing, which Fitzpatrick said was standard because it gives certain planes first priority, though he also noted the aircraft involved is designed to run on a single engine if necessary. The plane landed normally, and passengers returned to the gate, according to Fitzpatrick. Constable George Tudos, spokesman for police in the regional municipality of Peel, said the aircraft returned to Toronto's airport at 3:53 p.m. More than an hour before that, around 2:30 p.m., people began reporting seeing smoke, and one spotted what may have been debris coming from a large airliner, according to Tudos. At least three vehicles on the ground were being investigated for damage. Sarabjit Sandhu told CP24, a CNN affiliate, that she and her husband had just gotten gas at a Petro-Canada station in Mississauga, outside Toronto, when they "heard a big noise, a bump, like boom." A number of vehicles in the service station's parking lot were damaged, including a Nissan Altima with its back window shattered to pieces while its owner was inside the station's convenience store. Pieces of gray, heavy material littered the scene, according to CP24. "It was so hot you couldn't even touch it," Sandhu said of the debris. | An Air Canada flight had to return after takeoff from Toronto due to engine failure .
One engine malfunctioned, sending debris out the back, an official says .
The cause of the malfunction will be investigated .
No injuries were reported, but some cars were damaged . | 7fb5c7f71c55551af1c8d3eae33354119545aa9f | [
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By . Joshua Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 20:49 EST, 24 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:22 EST, 25 October 2013 . Warning signs: Miriam Carey's Connecticut home was visited by police several times leading up to her Capitol Hill rampage October 3 and police now say she behaved erratically and made bizarre claims about Barrack Obama . A delusional but extremely lucid-seeming call to 911 from a Connecticut mother in the months leading up to her October 3 attempt to ram the White House with her car have been released by Stamford police. Miriam Carey, the self-described Prophet of Stamford who died after a Capitol Hill car chase ended in a barrage of bullets, made the alarming call to authorities to report people watching her outside her apartment. Police responded and found no evidence of people watching the 34-year-old. And on two other occasions, after Carey’s boyfriend Eric Francis, 55, made calls to report Carey’s mental instability, police arrived to find the new mother convinced that Obama was spying on her. In a 911 call from November 29, 2012 . obtained by the New York Post, Carey insists she’s been monitored by her . new neighbors for months. ‘I have some people prowling outside of my window and they’ve been prowling outside of my window for, uh, all day,’ she said. Carey, . who comes off throughout the call as totally coherent and lucid, had . been diagnosed with post-partum psychosis and had her daughter in a car . seat next to her during the rampage. Carey said there were four or five ‘people loitering, and they’re actually trying to videotape me from my window.’ She . told the operator that she knew them, all of them were men, and that . they’d been monitoring her since moving into her apartment complex . months before. Asked why they might be interested in taping her, Carey said the men had ‘special interests and items,’ but did not elaborate. Listen to Miriam Carey's 911 call... Surrounded: Police officers surrounded the car with their weapons drawn after Carey rammed a barricade close to the White House October 3 . Searching for answers: Carey's sisters have been vocal about their belief that Carey was not delusional. But her boyfriend Eric Francis couldn't disagree more . After investigating, police reports indicate there was no evidence that anyone was watching outside the dental hygienist’s windows. Police records also show that Eric Francis had expressed concern about her emotional stability and the safety of their infant daughter. In a December 10, 2012 call, Francis told the operator that Carey was outside her apartment in the cold, holding the baby while neither of them had on coats. ‘She just went outside and I can’t get her back in and the baby does not have no coat or anything,’ he said. Scene: Police swarm around the Nissan Infiniti car on grass near the Capitol October 3. Eric Francis says Carey told police that Obama was spying on her in the months before the attack . Questions: Sisters Valerie (left) and Amy . (right) are now in a custody battle over 14-month-old baby Erica, who survived the crash. Francis has his daughter now and claims Carey was extremely delusional prior to her calamitous death. The sisters disagree and are fighting to get Erica . He said she’d previously locked herself in the bathroom and wouldn’t come out. ‘This has been going on for a week, now,’ he said. ‘She need help. Please.’ When police arrived, Carey resisted the authorities’ attempts to help her and told them that President Obama had her under surveillance. She also insisted the president ‘put Stamford in a lockdown after speaking to her because she is the prophet of Stamford.’ The records released Thursday by Stamford police also say that Francis called them twice later in December to report she was having delusions and becoming violent. Another call to police this past May made by Carey to report that the wheels had been stolen from her 2011 Infiniti, the same car she used in her unsuccessful attack on the white house, and the car placed on cement blocks. Responding offers found that the theft had, indeed, occurred. Carey’s 14-month-old daughter Erica is currently in the custody of her father after a failed attempt by Carey’s sister to gain emergency custody October 11. Read police reports on Miriam Carey... | In a November 2012 call, Miriam Carey claimed people had been videotaping her for a month through her windows .
Her boyfriend Eric Francis made several pleading 911 calls to get help for Carey and their 14-month-old daughter .
Each time police visited her Stamford home, Carey insisted Barack Obama was spying on her because she was the prophet of Stamford . | 6125814480c8be2364621333b48ba23b53dcf418 | [
"By . Joshua Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 20:49 EST, 24",
"October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:22 EST, 25",
"October 2013 . Warning signs: Miriam Carey's",
"Connecticut home was visited by police several",
"times leading up to her Capitol Hill rampage",
"October 3 and police now say she behaved",
"erratically and made bizarre claims about Barrack",
"Obama . A delusional but extremely lucid-seeming",
"call to 911 from a Connecticut mother in the",
"months leading up to her October 3 attempt to ram",
"the White House with her car have been released",
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"instability, police arrived to find the new",
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"for, uh, all day,’ she said. Carey, . who comes",
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"She . told the operator that she knew them, all",
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(CNN) -- Sri Lankan officials rejected a proposed cease-fire from the Tamil Tiger rebels Sunday, warning instead that government troops intended to continue a new offensive until the group surrenders, a senior government official said. Tamil demonstrators call for a cease-fire in Sri Lanka during a rally Saturday in Paris, France. "The government is firm that (the rebels) lay down their arms and surrender. We do not recognize this so-called offer," said Lakshman Hulugalle, director of Sri Lanka's Media Center for National Security. The proposed cease-fire came six days after the Sri Lankan army launched a new offensive against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) in the country's northern area. Government troops made significant advances into rebel-held territory on Friday and Saturday, according to Sri Lankan Army sources. A government-imposed deadline for the Tigers to surrender passed last Tuesday. Tens of thousands of displaced civilians currently remain wedged in a dwindling swath of territory controlled by the Tigers along the country's northeastern coast. Government troops say they have rescued 39,000 civilians trapped in the area, but a U.N. refugee agency said Friday that a wave of "fresh displacement" has now exceeded 100,000 individuals. "In the face of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis and in response to the calls made by the U.N., EU, the governments of the USA, India and others, the (LTTE) has announced an unilateral cease-fire. All of LTTE's offensive military operations will cease with immediate effect," the rebel leaders said in a written statement issued earlier Sunday. "We welcome the attempts by the U.N. and its agencies to assist the civilian population and are ready to engage and cooperate with them to address the humanitarian needs of the population. ... We are in full agreement that the humanitarian crisis can only be overcome by declaration of an immediate cease-fire." The Tiger leadership asked the international community to "pressure the Sri Lankan government to reciprocate" on the cease-fire offer. The Tigers have been fighting for an independent state in Sri Lanka's northeast since 1983. As many as 70,000 people have been killed since the civil war began, and the group has been declared a terrorist organization by 32 countries, including the United States and the European Union. | Government says it will continue offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels .
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Members of Islamic State have admitted for the first time that they were defeated in the Syrian town of Kobane. Airstrikes by the US-led coalition were the main reason why extremists were forced to withdraw from the town, according to two of the group's fighters. It comes days after activists and Kurdish officials said Kobane was cleared of ISIS militants, who once held nearly half of the town. Scroll down for video . Airstrikes by the US-led coalition were the main reason why extremists were forced to withdraw from the town, according to two of the group's fighters . Members of the Islamic State group have admitted for the first time that they were defeated in the Syrian town of Kobane . The failure to capture Kobane was a major blow to the extremists, whose hopes for an easy victory turned into a costly siege under airstrikes by coalition forces and an assault by Kurdish militiamen. The United States and its allies have carried out 27 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria since Friday, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the operation reported on Saturday. Some 13 air strikes targeted areas near Kobane in just 24 hours, it was reported on Wednesday. The failure to capture Kobane was a major blow to the extremists, whose hopes for an easy victory turned into a costly siege under airstrikes by coalition forces and an assault by Kurdish militiamen . The strikes around Kobane hit 12 Islamic State tactical . units and a vehicle, and destroyed nine fighting positions, a . staging area and three buildings, the Combined Joint Task Force . said in a statement. The Pentagon said at the time that the militants had been driven . out of 90 percent of Kobane, a city near the border with Turkey . where fighting has raged for four months. Six air strikes in northern Iraq, where Islamic State . has seized swathes of territory, targeted al Asad, Kirkuk, Mosul . and Sinjar, hitting tactical units, a checkpoint, six buildings . and six shipping containers, the task force said. | Islamic State fighters admit for the first time they were defeated in Kobane .
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(CNN) -- Memo to Kathie Lee Gifford and the "Today" show from the Queen of Soul: Do some research before you talk about me! During the fourth hour of NBC's morning show on Monday, co-hosts Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford were talking with E! correspondent Jason Kennedy about Aretha Franklin wanting to be a judge on "American Idol," a story which CNN first reported. Gifford emphatically said today's generation of music lovers don't know who the 18-time Grammy Award winner is. "If they are looking for a younger demographic, there are a lot of kids out there (who) actually don't know who Aretha Franklin is. It's sad, but they don't," Gifford said. Then, Kennedy poured more cold water on the idea of Franklin doing the show, saying she doesn't like to fly and that will make it hard for her to travel across the country for auditions. "She does not fly. She needs to get over that (doing 'Idol')," he said. A few hours later, Franklin responded in an e-mail, exclusively obtained by CNN. In it, she set the record -- and her critics at "Today" -- straight. "While I enjoy Kathie Lee and Hoda daily, her assessment is totally wrong!" Franklin wrote. "I've been to California from Detroit four times this year and Florida. I go wherever I choose to go comfortably on my custom bus. "Further, my audience and fans span the age of 8 to 90! And are multi-ethnic, and I am very well known to young adults, tweens and teens. Their parents play my music and I take care of my business whenever I sign on the dotted line! "I'm surprised Kathie Lee did not research my worldwide celebrity audience! She's usually right on top of things with a great sense of humor, but she's totally wrong this time. She should research me before she speaks about me. I'm sure she thought she was right; still enjoy Hoda and Kathie Lee!" As for be a judge on "Idol," Franklin made it clear she's up for the task. "I could enjoy being a judge for a season or two. Let's kick it up a few notches and have a slammin', jammin' season," she wrote. Randy Jackson on depature of J. Lo, Steven Tyler . | Aretha Franklin told CNN she'd like to be a judge on "American Idol"
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(CNN) -- There's "no risk of Ebola" for a Dallas deputy who was hospitalized with possible symptoms of the virus, a Texas health official said Wednesday. The deputy, named by local media as Sgt. Michael Monnig, didn't have any direct contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, the man who died of Ebola in Dallas on Wednesday. "We know he didn't have direct contact with the patient (Duncan) and he doesn't have a fever, and in a situation like that there is no risk of Ebola," said Chris Van Deusen, spokesman for the Texas Department of State Health Services. The patient -- who was transported from Frisco, Texas -- had reported being in the Dallas apartment where Duncan had been staying and having "some contact" with Duncan's family members, Frisco Fire Chief Mark Piland told reporters. Monnig was a first responder and had spent about 30 minutes in the apartment, his son told CNN affiliate KTVT. He woke up Wednesday, feeling sore and fatigued and with a stomachache. "With the situation, what's happened, he just decided it would be better to be safe than sorry," Logan Monnig told KTVT. The family does not expect that Monnig has Ebola, but still, his son said, "We're kind of scared and just want to make sure he's OK." The patient was admitted to the emergency room at Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas "after reporting possible exposure to the Ebola virus," the hospital said. "Right now, there are more questions than answers about this case," the hospital said. "Our professional staff of nurses and doctors is prepared to examine the patient, discuss any findings with appropriate agencies and officials." Asked about the case by reporters, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Tom Frieden said the patient "does not have either definite contact with Ebola or definite symptoms of Ebola." A spokeswoman for CareNow, which made the call to emergency dispatchers, said the medical center "was being very cautious" after the patient checked yes in response to a screening question. In addition to Monnig, two other deputies from the department are feeling sick, Scott Guiselman, president of the Dallas Sheriff Fraternal Order of Police, told CNN's Erin Burnett. But state and local officials said they weren't aware of any other cases of Ebola-like symptoms. The new patient's case was the latest development as fears and concerns over Ebola spread worldwide. With multiple developments on numerous fronts, here's what you need to know to quickly get caught up on the latest: . WEST AFRICAN CASES . Grim tolls: . To date, the world's largest outbreak of Ebola has killed more than 3,400 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone -- the nations hardest hit. Since March, more than 7,400 people have contracted Ebola in those nations, according to the World Health Organization. A handful of cases have been reported in Nigeria and Senegal as well. The CDC says infections could reach 1.4 million in four months. The United Nations said that one of its medical officials in Liberia had contracted Ebola and was being treated there. The international worker, who's not been named, is the second member of the U.N. mission in Liberia to be infected with the virus. The first died on September 25. U.S. CASES . Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, died Wednesday, according to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, where he was being treated. | Health official: With no fever and no contact, there is no risk .
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By . Daniel Miller . PUBLISHED: . 14:43 EST, 22 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:38 EST, 23 May 2013 . A couple have spoken of their disbelief after just one of their disabled identical twin sons, who both have Downs Syndrome, was granted vital disability benefits while the other was refused. Little Arthur and Alfie, both 10 months old, share the exact same medical conditions and need the same round-the-clock care. But a government ruling has found that only Arthur was entitled to Disability Living Allowance of £76 per week. Mum Emma Banks-Lowe, 33, said the decision had left her 'gobsmacked' because the boys, born just one minute apart, share exactly the same medical issues and require round-the-clock care. Twins Arthur (left) and Alfie (right), both 10 months old, who share the exact same medical conditions with mother Emma Banks-Lowe . Spot the difference: Emma Banks-Lowe with identical twins Arthur (left) who has qualified for disability benefits and and Alfie (right) who has been refused despite having exactly the same medical condition . Emma and her mechanic husband David, 45, of Kirkham, Lancs, said the benefits are vital for both of the boys who need daily physiotherapy, and require frequent hospital visits. They have identical heart, lung and eye complications and they are expected to have problems walking as they grow older. After making individual applications for DLA on behalf of the twins Emma and David said they were amazed to find that Arthur had been accepted for support and Alfie had been refused. Emma, a sports centre supervisor, who has three other children from a previous relationship, said at first she was so shocked she thought there must be a mistake. She said the only explanation the . family has received so far is that the officer who assessed Alfie felt . the tot did not need any more support than a normal 10-month-old. She . said: 'A specialist midwife told me about the help you can apply for, . so I sent off two applications for them six weeks ago. The applications . were identical, just like them, they had the exact same information on . them, I may as well have photocopied the first. Peas in a pod: Both boys have Downs Syndrome and need the same round-the-clock care, but a government ruling has found that only Arthur was entitled to Disability Living Allowance of £76 per week . Confusion: Emma's letters advising her that Arthur will get DLA (left) and Alfie wont (right) 'I now wish I had put them in the same envelope, but I needed to apply for them separately as individuals. 'I explained that they each needed 24-hour care, we have at least one hospital appointment each week, physio practice every day with the special equipment needed. They already have specialised chairs and tables at home because I need to carry out the physio on them every day. 'We also have sensory items and a SATs machine which monitors their breathing during the night. I attached all the proof of this. 'As they grow, they will obviously . need even more care and attention, so the £76 a week would help towards . the cost of all that. 'Two . weeks ago I received a letter back regarding Arthur which said he had . been accepted to receive the £76 a month towards his care. I . was so adamant that Alfie would get the same result that I actually . went into work and told them I could now work part-time because I was . then able, with the extra help, take care of my children at home myself, . since I know the specialist care and attention they need. Condition: The twins have identical heart, lung and eye complications and they are expected to have problems walking as they grow older . Treatment: Both of the boys need daily physiotherapy and require frequent hospital visits . A government ruling has found that only Arthur was entitled to Disability Living Allowance of £76 per week . 'But then I got a letter through a couple of days later and I was shocked to read that Alfie had been declined. I was absolutely flabbergasted. 'How could my two sons, who are . identical in every way, not receive the same help? Being accepted for . DLA and being registered disabled is essential to ensure you can then . continue being supported as they grow up, receiving extra carers and . equipment. 'When . they are three-years-old, they won’t be able to walk properly, as they . have problems with muscle deficiency, so we may need a disabled blue . parking badge to park closer to the shops - it’s these little things . that will make a massive difference to our lives. 'At first Dave laughed it off . thinking they must have got confused thinking we were claiming for the . same child, since the initials are the same. 'But . when I rang up about Alfie they said he wouldn’t need any more help . than any other child his age. What 10-month-old baby needs to have . physio every day? We have appointments every week - that is not normal . for children of their age. Bump: Mrs Banks-Lowe poses while pregnant with the twins . 'I then told the woman that bizarrely they had accepted my son’s identical twin for the allowance, who had the exact same issues. 'Her answer was that somebody would call back - within 14 days. She made me feel like I was someone who was ripping off the benefits system or something - we’ve worked every day since we could. 'It’s not good enough. What worries me is that if it was two children from two separate families, one could be accepted and the other not. It’s a lottery game - the staff are being inconsistent and I want to highlight that issue. They obviously do not go by the same criteria, which is wrong. 'Alfie actually has more problems than his brother - he has bad eyes and will probably need to wear glasses at a young age. 'We need a bigger house because there is five kids in here including them. We’re looking for somewhere with a garden so they can play outside. 'I just want my boys to have the best possible start in life and the same chance to do so. If they don’t develop properly now, then it could really have an effect on their future. The money would even help towards them going to special nursery classes before they head to school. I’m just so angry about the situation. They are identical twins, born a minute apart. 'I need to be with them every minute of the day, it’s not easy and it’s just going to get more demanding when they are older. I do find it an absolute pleasure to look after them, but to know the extra help is there would be a relief. 'I would give anything for my boys. I was told they will always need a carer throughout their entire lives, they will never be able to even cross the road without someone by their side. 'We only have a three up two down terrace at the moment, but we’ve had an offer. They have affected all aspects of our lives. I’ve had to give up my horse Jess in the last few months because I just don’t have the time anymore to ride her.' A Department of Work and Pensions spokesperson said that, while it was not possible to comment on specific cases, the claims would be checked to see if they had been assessed correctly. The spokesman said: 'Disability Living Allowance isn’t generally paid on the condition someone has, but because they have specific care and mobility needs. All young children have care and mobility needs, but parents can claim DLA for children who need a lot more help or supervision than other children of the same age. 'Anyone who disagrees with a decision can ask the Department to look at the case again, presenting any new evidence, or appeal.' Father David Banks-Lowe with his two sons . Disability charity Scope said the case highlights a 'shocking' flaw in the application process. A spokesman said: 'It certainly suggests it is a bit of a lottery when you put an application in. If these twins live in the same situation and their care needs are exactly the same then the outcome should have been the same for both boys. 'The fact that it wasn’t means there was either a blunder here, or different assessors are judging cases differently.' Disability living allowance is the main benefit for disabled people to help with the extra costs they face as a result of their disabilities. It was replaced last month for adults with the new Personal Independence Payment, but continues for under-16s. | Arthur and Alfie, both 10 months, share the exact same medical conditions .
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By . Rosie Taylor . PUBLISHED: . 13:00 EST, 2 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:20 EST, 2 May 2013 . The head teacher of a rival school allegedly injected the yoghurt with rat poison and left it on the road to the girls' school . Two schoolgirls have died in China after eating yoghurt poisoned by the head of a rival kindergarten, according to state media reports. The Xinhua News Agency said the girls' grandmother found the yoghurt, which was left in a bag with a pile of notebooks, on the road near their school in Pingshan county. She took the books and yoghurt back home and let the girls, aged five and six, have it when they came back from school. But as they played outside after drinking it they suddenly started foaming at the mouth and collapsed to the ground. The children were rushed to the local hospital where they began fitting, but they later died. It is believed the girls were sisters named Lu and Flowers. Chinese media reported six-year-old Lu died on the way to hospital, while her younger sister Flowers died a week later. Hebei Youth Daily said their grandmother, who it named as Renshu Ting, also tasted some of the yoghurt and spent a few days in hospital. Police said the yoghurt was poisoned with tetramine - a rat posion. Officers believe poisoning was motivated by competition for students between the schools, media reports said. Reports claimed the woman headteacher confessed to injecting rat poison into the yoghurt and asking a man to place it with notebooks on the road to the rival kindergarten, which is in Hebei province. She and the man who allegedly helped her put the yoghurt on the road were arrested after the incident on April 24. There was no response from police or Pingshan county's information office last night. Five years ago, thousands of Chinese children were poisoned when the industrial chemical melamine was added to baby milk powder to make it appear to contain more protein. Six children died and tens of thousands were made ill by the incident. Death sentences were handed down to people found responsible for adding the melamine to the milk. Hebei Province is a rural area in northern China near the edge of Inner Mongolia . | Chinese girls aged five and six collapsed and later died .
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Police said they had 'no choice' but to shoot the man, who was since named Numan Haider .
The 18-year-old allegedly stabbed two police officers in what Justice Minister Michael Keenan said was an 'unprovoked' attack .
Victorian Premier Denis Nepthine praised the officers and said any death was a 'tragedy', irrespective of the circumstances .
Federal Justice Minister Michael Keenan said police appeared to be acting out of self defence .
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(CNN) -- Three Pakistani paramilitary soldiers were killed this week in a cross-border firefight between Pakistan and India, officials said Thursday. The soldiers were moving from one post to another along the border when they came under fire by Indian forces, said Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas, Pakistan army spokesman. Since a cease-fire is in effect, the firing by Indian forces was unprovoked, Abbas said. But Pakistani forces retaliated after the shots were fired, he said. It was unclear whether the incident took place late Tuesday or Wednesday, as Pakistani and Indian officials provided different times. Lt. Col. J.S. Brar, Indian defense spokesman for the disputed Kashmir region, said there were two violations of the cease-fire on the Line of Control, the de facto border between Indian- and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. In the first, fighting continued for about an hour, he said. A second violation took place Thursday morning, he said, and one Indian soldier was injured. Brar said he could not comment on Pakistani casualties. Pakistani officials said severe weather conditions in Kashmir, a Himalayan region, hampered removal of the soldiers' bodies. Pakistan has asked the Indian local commanding authority for a full report on the incident. India and Pakistan have have fought three wars since the partition of the Asian subcontinent in 1947. Two of them were over Kashmir, which is claimed by both nuclear powers. On August 20, an Indian army officer and five militants were killed in clashes along the Line of Control. India has accused Pakistan of aiding infiltration into Indian Kashmir, which has battled separatist violence for more than two decades. Islamabad has denied the accusations. More than 40,000 have died in the violence, officials say. CNN's Sumnima Das and Mukhtar Ahmed and journalist Shaan Khan contributed to this report. | The incident occurred along the Line of Control .
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By . Nick Lester . PUBLISHED: . 07:17 EST, 24 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:16 EST, 24 September 2013 . Fancy owning a slice of motoring history? Well now you can as long as you have very deep pockets. The birthplace of iconic British sports car maker Aston Martin has been put on the market for a cool £2.5 million. Number 16 Henniker Mews is a three-bedroom property tucked away in a posh part of Chelsea. History: The oldest existing Aston Martin A3 and the newest V12 Vanquish outside the birthplace of the classic British marque, which is on the market for £2.5 million . Apart from the plaque on the door there is little sign that this is where one of the world's most iconic motoring brands was born . And on January 15, 1913, it was the base for business buddies Robert Bamford and Lionel Martin. The engineers formed Bamford & Martin Ltd and used the property’s garage as a workshop for the fledgling car manufacturer. At Henniker Mews the duo developed their first model, known as the ‘Coal Scuttle’, completing it in 1915. After an impressive performance at the Aston hill climb, they decided to rename the firm Aston Martin. It is hard to believe from this posh Chelsea interior, that it was where the first Aston Martin was built . These sleek interiors and a slice of motoring history could be yours for £2.5 million . The Coal Scuttle, for all its importance, is no longer thought to exist with records showing it was last registered in 1928. But fast-forward 100 years and Aston Martin, now based in Gaydon, Warwickshire goes from strength to strength having built more than 60,000 high-performance models. The owners of 16 Henniker Mews have now decided to put their home up for sale after living at the address for 17 years. It has been put on the market with the Farrar & Co estate agency for £2.5 million. This is the equivalent of 78 Aston Martin Cygnets, 30 V8 Vantages or 13 Vanquish models. But it is less than the famous Bond DB5, which would set you back in excess of £2.5 million while a unique Aston Martin DB4 ‘Jet’ sold earlier this year for £3.2 million. Spread over 1,217sq/ft, 16 Henniker Mews boasts three bedrooms including one with ensuite, a large reception room and a kitchen/breakfast room. It has an interior designed by Mark Howarth and still boasts the famous garage while a plaque on the outside of the building shows off its famous past. Julian Chambers, from Farrar & Co, said: 'We are delighted to be marketing a house with such a historic provenance. 'Our hope is that the eventual buyer is a car enthusiast that continues the use of the car garage, rather than integrating it into further reception space.' Prior to its use by Aston Martin, 16 Henniker Mews was the London depot of engineering firm Hesse and Savory. Would-be buyers looking for the badge of authenticity need look no further than the plague on the front of the property . Roger Carey, chairman of the Aston Martin Heritage Trust (left) and David Richard, chairman of Aston Martin, at the property in Chelsea, London which was the birthplace of the first Aston Martin, and is now on the market . | A century ago it was the base of business buddies Robert Bamford and Lionel Martin .
The pair used the property's garage as a workshop to develop their first model .
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"September 2013 . Fancy owning a slice of motoring",
"history? Well now you can as long as you have",
"very deep pockets. The birthplace of iconic",
"British sports car maker Aston Martin has been",
"put on the market for a cool £2.5 million. Number",
"16 Henniker Mews is a three-bedroom property",
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"impressive performance at the Aston hill climb,",
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(CNN) -- A Brazilian goalie, his lover and his wife were among nine people charged with the murder of his former girlfriend who had been trying to prove he had fathered her son. The prosecutor filed the charges against Bruno Fernandes Das Dores de Souza and eight others in Contagem, Minas Gerais on Wednesday. Charges include murder with special circumstances, kidnapping, imprisonment, concealment of a corpse, conspiracy and corruption of a minor. Eliza Samudio, 25, remains missing two months after she was last reported seen. A former policeman, Marcos Aparecido dos Santos, was also charged with murder, conspiracy and concealment of corpse. All suspects are in jail except for one who is being sought. Souza's 17-year-old cousin told police the woman was killed. The teen said Souza watched as the missing woman was asphyxiated, mutilated and fed to dogs, local police investigator Wagner Pinto told reporters last month. Souza's new lawyer has said his client denies all the accusations. Attorney Ercio Quaresma said it's "irresponsible" to charge the nine suspects with corpse concealment since no body has been found. "It's an inconsequence to sign something like that not having concrete proof," Quaresma said. Quaresma said the goalie will not answer any questions for now. "He has not spoken and he won't speak until the defense decides he needs to speak," the lawyer said. "And that might not happen". Samudio was trying to prove that the goalie fathered her infant son, who is currently being cared for by her mother, police said. The police investigator described her death to reporters last month. "They tied her hands, and this other individual strangled her," Pinto said, referring to Santos. "Later, they deboned and disemboweled her." The woman's body was taken to an undisclosed location where her remains were fed to several Rottweilers, police said. The cousin told investigators that Souza watched the entire incident, according to Pinto. Souza's lawyer decried the accusations. "Are the Rottweilers being charged too?" he asked reporters. Souza's former attorney, Michel Assef Filho, said last month that the goalie has "no knowledge of the facts, he is astonished and scared by his cousin's testimony and that's it." Filho stopped representing Souza when the Flamengo Club suspended Souza's contract. The attorney works on behalf of the soccer club. The football star was last seen with Samudio in June as they headed for his country home in the state of Minas Gerais. A search for Samudio's body is under way. The Flamengo Club said it is suspending the goalie's contract until all facts are known. Journalist Luciani Gomes contributed to this report. | Brazilian goalie among nine people charged .
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Lawyer says the goalie will not answer questions about his alleged involvement .
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Frank Lampard has become the last member of England's 'golden generation' to retire from international football with the midfielder hailed as a 'superb representative' by national team manager Roy Hodgson. The announcement by Lampard, 36, comes as little surprise after his change of clubs this summer, and brings down the curtain on a fine England career that began 15 years ago in 1999 and ended at the World Cup in Brazil in June. The former Chelsea midfielder said the decision had been a tough one, but that his new club career with Major League Soccer side New York City - and his current loan spell at Manchester City - had persuaded him the time was right after winning 106 caps and scoring 29 goals for his country. 'Superb': Frank Lampard has been praised by England manager Roy Hodgson after his international retirement . England manager Hodgson said: 'Frank Lampard has been a superb representative of the English game - both as a player on the pitch and an ambassador off it. 'To reach in excess of 100 international caps is something very few professionals achieve and he is in exalted company. Decorated: Lampard's England career ends after 106 appearances and 29 goals for his country . 'He has served the national team quite brilliantly during his 15-year international career. It is with regret that I accept and understand the decision he's made.' Lampard made his final England performance in the World Cup against Costa Rica, and he follows Steven Gerrard in announcing his retirement. He said in a statement: 'I have taken the decision to retire from international football. It has been a very tough decision for me to make which is why I have given it so much thought since the World Cup. 'Due to my club career now going in a different direction it is of utmost importance for me to consider my family first - also, to concentrate on how I can perform consistently to the best of my abilities over my next few years in club football.' Lampard was part of a generation of hugely-talented young English players who emerged during the late 1990s - David Beckham, Gerrard, Michael Owen, Paul Scholes, Rio Ferdinand, Joe Cole, Gary Neville and Sol Campbell were among the others. The closest that group came to securing major honours came at Euro 2004, when they were knocked out on penalties by hosts Portugal in the quarter-finals despite having dominated the game. They also departed at the same stage at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, the last time England made the last-eight of a major tournament. Exalted company: Hodgson (right) said Lampard 'served the national team quite brilliantly' over 15 years . No one doubted the abilities of such a talented midfield, but successive managers struggled to accommodate Lampard, Gerrard and Scholes and one of them was often detailed to operate on the left, a tactic which rarely worked. Lampard's talent for scoring goals set him apart - no other midfielder has scored more for England and that talent was recognised by Gary Lineker, who paid tribute to him as 'a fine player, an outstanding finisher and a credit to the game of football'. Only an appalling decision by an assistant referee at the 2010 World Cup denied Lampard joining the ranks of those players who have scored 30 goals for England. Lampard's disallowed goal against Germany, despite clearly crossing the line, may however turn out to be his greatest legacy to international football: that was the incident that caused FIFA president Sepp Blatter to perform a U-turn and usher in goal-line technology. Final appearance: Lampard walks off the pitch after what would be his final game in an England shirt, their 0-0 draw with Costa Rica at the World Cup in Brazil . Lampard said that changes in youth development in English football now promised much. He said: 'It is now the time to move forward and I feel very confident that, with Roy Hodgson in charge, the young players that we have coming through and the changes that are being made throughout the development of the youth system in this country, we will have success in the future and a team that this country deserves. 'I would like to thank all the managers that I have worked under, all the players that I have been fortunate enough to play alongside, and all the England fans for their support, not only at home, but particularly on their travels with the team around the world. 'I now look forward to continuing to support the team as a fan and wish them every success for the upcoming campaign towards France 2016.' Young gun: Lampard scores in an under-21 win over Luxembourg in 1999, the year he made his full debut . Hodgson said he had not tried to persuade Lampard to change his mind. 'I've been aware since discussions in Brazil that Frank was considering his England future. I spoke to him since his loan to Manchester City about the possibility of him retiring, primarily due to the fact that he's taken on new commitments both here and abroad,' he said. 'I know it's not a decision he's taken lightly and, as with Steven Gerrard's decision, I promised Frank that I would accept his choice with good grace and not try to change his mind.' Lampard is the joint sixth most-capped player in England history, level with Sir Bobby Charlton, while his 29 England goals puts him joint ninth on the list of scorers. It’s not too late to play MailOnline Fantasy Football… There’s £1,000 to be won EVERY WEEK by the highest scoring manager . | Frank Lampard announced his retirement from the England team on Tuesday .
The former Chelsea midfielder played 106 times for his country over 15 years .
Current England manager Roy Hodgson said Lampard's in exalted company .
Hodgson said: 'He has served the national team quite brilliantly'
Now on loan at Manchester City, Lampard scored 29 goals for England .
Lampard made his full international debut in 1999 .
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By . Rachel Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 17:00 EST, 15 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:08 EST, 16 December 2012 . Telling it straight: C.J. de Mooi speaks out about his tumour . He has made a name for himself as Britain’s least graceful loser. C. J. de Mooi’s rant on The Weakest Link (he described his co-contestants as ‘idiots’ before adding: ‘I hope they, their loved ones and all their pets die horribly in freak yachting accidents!’) earned him cult status. He later joined the experts panel on another hit BBC quiz show, Eggheads, and wrote a book called How To Win TV Game Shows. Despite his straight-talking, it is perhaps ironic that illness once threatened to silence him. C. J.’s problems began in 1998 when he noticed a small swelling on the left-hand side of the roof of his mouth. He didn’t visit his doctor because he assumed it was a harmless ulcer. But eight months later, it was obstructing his speech and preventing him from eating properly. ‘I was a typical male about the . situation – I was scared and I didn’t want to admit I might be ill,’ says C. J., 43. ‘I didn’t even dare look at it in a mirror until it . started to press on my tongue.’ Two . months later, the obstruction had swollen further, so C. J. went to the . A&E department at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. ‘I . remember sitting in the waiting room for hours, wondering what the hell . it could be. I’ve never drunk, never smoked and I’m a vegetarian,’ he . says. ‘I was utterly terrified.’ Within . seconds of examining the growth, the doctor ordered a biopsy. C. J. was . kept in overnight for monitoring, and by the morning doctors had the . results for him. ‘The doctor asked if I wanted the good news or the bad news – naturally I opted for the former,’ he remembers. ‘He told me it wasn’t cancer. The . relief was indescribable. ’The bad news was that he would need the lump . removed immediately and that not only was the procedure risky, it would . require him being conscious throughout the operation. ‘The thought of having to be awake . during my own procedure made me feel sick, especially after I heard what . the surgery would entail,’ he says. The . benign growth had originated in C. J.’s nasal cavity and as it had . grown, it had pushed through the bony palate (roof of the mouth), which . is made of cartilage. At the time he believed it was the size of a pea, . but it was closer to the size of a golf ball at this stage because, like . an iceberg, the bulk of it was hidden. To . remove it, surgeons peeled back the skin on the roof of the mouth and . sliced a hole 1½ in in diameter into the bony palate to tease out the . tumour. The procedure took two hours. Quiz king: C.J. de Mooi, second from left, appearing on BBC's quiz show Eggheads . Remarkably, C. J. – real name Joseph Connagh – was able to go home the same day and he claims the pain was hardly noticeable. ‘It was no worse than the dull throbbing that the lump had caused in the first place. Anyway, I was so relieved it wasn’t cancer, I overlooked any discomfort.’ The surgery, however, did not involve filling the hole. C. J. was advised to chew on the right side of his mouth and drink through a straw, and eventually, the cartilage and skin would grow back. However, it would take eight years before it was fully healed. ‘Nowadays, someone who had this procedure would be offered a variety of solutions to close up the hole, such as a prosthetic palate,’ says Mahesh Kumar, consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon at the Hillingdon Hospital in West London. Mr Kumar warns people not to ignore growths because there can be disastrous consequences. ‘These tumours are often harmless but 50 per cent will not be – ignoring one is a risk not worth taking.’ Today C. J., who has moved from appearing in quiz shows into acting – he recently starred in a stage version of the thriller Deathtrap – remains spooked by his own incident. ‘My advice to anyone with any sort of abnormal growth is to get it checked out immediately, even if you’re scared,’ he says. | Eggheads' C.J. de Mooi's horror when he discovered a lump in his mouth .
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(CNN) -- Researchers from Alfred Kinsey to local nonprofits have tried for decades to count the United States' gay, lesbian and bisexual population, and still, there were no hard numbers. But for the first time, the decennial census results report counts of same-sex partners and same-sex spouses, regardless of whether same-sex marriage is legal in their states. Headlines from across the country reveal common themes: There are more people who identify as gay, and they've dispersed to more places. In New Jersey, "Number of gay couples ... rises sharply." In South Carolina, "Family makeup is changing." In Iowa, "Same-sex households up 77%." In Provincetown, Massachusetts: "America's Gayest City." The U.S. Census Bureau has been releasing the state data since June, along with information about how many children are being raised in same-sex parent households. National figures will be released in November. State numbers reveal about a 50% increase in same-sex couples since 2000, with some of the biggest increases in traditionally conservative parts of the country, said demographer Gary Gates of UCLA Law School's Williams Institute, a think tank dedicated to sexual orientation and gender-related law and public policy. The increase isn't because of a surge of gay people coupling in the last decade, Gates said. Rather, growing social acceptance of homosexuality has led to a greater willingness to report it. Some states with the greatest proportion of same-sex couples -- Vermont, Massachusetts, California, Oregon, Delaware -- are among those that issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples or allow civil unions. Other trends are emerging, too. What do Provincetown; Wilton Manors, Florida; and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, have in common? They're vacation or retirement destinations known for having strong ties to the LGBT population, and the data shows some of the highest concentrations of same-sex couples. "What may be happening is this idea that baby boomers were the first generation to really have a visible LGBT community, and of course, they're starting to retire now," he said. The numbers also show the proportion of same-sex couples raising children hasn't changed much since 2000, he said, despite increasing numbers of adoptions. Gates' explanation: Fewer couples are raising children from previous heterosexual relationships. "That form of parenting is on the decline," he said. "With greater social acceptance, people are coming out earlier in life and they're less likely to have children." So why count gay couples and their children at all? The numbers and correlations could be used to develop policies about same-sex marriage or partner benefits, advocacy groups say. "It's hard to advocate for a group of people when you can't say with certainty how many of them are in our communities," said Brian Moulton, chief legislative counsel for Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest LGBT advocacy group. "This helps us better quantify the economic harm to same-sex couples and how many people are affected by decisions to deny them the rights and benefits of marriage, especially those associated with federal law." But some argue the census didn't go far enough to collect data on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population. No question in the 2010 census asked "Are you lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender?" and no results share the total number of LGBT people in the United States. Rather, the census counted people of the same sex who live together and checked the boxes for "husband and wife" or "unmarried partner." The results are based on how people identify themselves, even if they live in states where same-sex marriages aren't legally recognized. The 2000 census provided the first opportunity for same-sex couples who described themselves as husbands or wives to be counted as same-sex couples. But those responses were ultimately counted as unmarried partners, because marriage for same-sex couples wasn't legal in any states then. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg officiates same-sex wedding . When the census counted only those who live with a spouse or partner, it left out the majority of gay people in the United States, said Richard Socarides, president of Equality Matters and former White House special assistant and senior adviser to President Bill Clinton. "Any data is better than no data, so I think there is some data that might be helpful for researchers and statisticians, " Socarides said. "But from a political perspective, until they agree to count the LBGT community in its entirety, I'm not going to be satisfied." Socarides acknowledged that the census doesn't specifically enumerate heterosexuals, but argues that population isn't wrapped in a polarized debate about rights. "The country is involved in a very important policy debate about extending rights and responsibilities to gay Americans and in the context of that debate, it is important to know how many people we're talking about," he said. Others have attempted to estimate -- not count -- the country's LGBT population, but any count can be hampered by survey methodology and willingness to respond. The Williams Institute estimated that more than 8 million adults in the United States are lesbian, gay, or bisexual, and nearly 700,000 are transgender. A study released in April suggested that nearly 9 million Americans, about the population of New Jersey, identify as LGBT. Williams Institute research has also found that about 50,000 same-sex couples have married, based on administrative data on the number of couples who have legally married in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont and New Hampshire. Another 85,000 same-sex couples have entered into civil unions or domestic partnerships in Vermont, California, New Jersey, Oregon, New Hampshire, Washington and Nevada, according to the Williams Institute. The census results are just one table on a long, long spreadsheet, but demographers and advocacy groups said it's a significant change. "The fact that the census is very publicly beginning to acknowledge the need for this kind of data, that's a big deal," Gates said. "Those who work to expand civil rights and legal protections for same-sex couples say having some sort of baseline count helps their efforts." Before the census count, some nonprofits conducted their own counts of the LGBT populations in their communities. The United Way of Broward County, Florida, launched its own web-based survey in 2009 with the goal of assessing the needs of the "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning" community. "The Count" asks basic demographic questions -- race, ethnicity and age -- but also tries to take the pulse of the community and identify problems. One question asks whether ageism, elitism, sexual addiction or lack of leadership are serious problems. Others ask respondents about violence or harassment based on sexual orientation, about health and whether their relationships are "nurturing and supportive." | The number of same-sex couples is on the rise, and they live in more places .
2010 census was first to count same-sex marriages in states where it's not legal .
D.C., Vermont, Massachusetts show highest proportion of same-sex couples living together . | d9b56603b66ce49142fe13d69888628836e490b4 | [
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A quiet revolution is taking place on the High Street. As you walk past shop windows, you may spot it: sleeves on dresses, flattering fits that are looser on the waist, and campaign shots that feature greying models. Elegant clothes for grown-ups, rather than styles for youthful fashion victims. And look around at who’s actually carrying bags, or shopping in giggling packs with friends — it’s not teenagers. They’re either buying online, or counting their pennies. Yamsin le Bon, 49, is the face of Winser London . The High Street is steadily being reclaimed by the 50-plus women it abandoned years ago. And no wonder: figures just this month revealed these women now spend £2.7 billion on clothes — accounting for 41 per cent of sales — with a staggering 90 per cent of British retailers seeing their fastest growth from this age group. Suddenly, shops are pulling out all the stops for a slice of the Grey Pound. For they’ve finally realised the over-50 woman — more likely to walk in, run her fingers over fabrics, and try on in dressing rooms, as opposed to buying blindly online before returning items (a huge hassle for retailers) — is the most desirable customer on the High Street. For stores that win her heart, the rewards are considerable. Bonmarché, aimed at the over-50s, has seen profits up 66 per cent in a year and even Marks & Spencer is starting to reap the benefits of its Leading Ladies campaign which featured Annie Lennox, 59, Emma Thompson, 55, and Doreen Lawrence, 61, with clothing sales returning to growth for the first time in three years. Winser London’s ‘face’ Yasmin Le Bon, who is fast approaching 50, is also a prime example of a new breed of mature woman. ‘Women over 75 are now shopping as frequently as those in their teens and 20s were in the Sixties,’ says the University of Kent’s Professor Julia Twigg, author of Fashion And Age. ‘Now, the lives of those in their 60s are not immensely different from those in their 40s. ‘It’s a difficult ask for the High Street. They’ve got to promote clothes that don’t have a label that says: “This is a frumpy dress for an older woman”, and yet cut in a way that flatters older figures. ‘The over-50s are not a funny little niche to be pandered to, but a market every bit as stylish, active and alert as their daughters — and with more disposable income.’ Jaeger is a case in point: in its new campaign, former fashion photographer Tessa Codrington, 70, looks directly at the camera, every bit as confident as her supermodel daughter Jacquetta Wheeler, beside her. The message is unequivocal: these are clothes that flatter older women, but are still fashion-forward enough to be desirable to her thirtysomething daughter. In fact, it seems the trick is to make this explicit enough to bring customers in, yet subtle enough to avoid offending said customers by telling them they’re ‘old’. Like much of the fashion industry — from M&S to Whistles and Next — Jaeger chased the glamour of youth and abandoned its core customer in the Noughties. ‘We tried to go too young, too fashionable — and that was a disaster,’ admits CEO Colin Henry. ‘We had to rethink.’ Lorraine Kelly, 50, modelling for JD Williams . The result is an autumn/winter collection that uses forgiving cuts and will work across generations, with a return to natural fabrics — more breathable, which can be useful for menopausal women. A simple grey jacket, £220, for example, is eminently wearable, but has details, such as raglan sleeves, that make it modern. But, while quality is often cited as an overriding concern for mature women, Professor Twigg also says much of the trick to luring back the over-50s is a good, old-fashioned bargain. While the babyboomer generation may be richer than their parents, they have also experienced 15 years of fast fashion, so are less willing to blow their pensions on one or two good items. And the section of the industry that responded first to that need was the catalogue and mail- order scene. The USP of brands such as JD Williams (which has signed up Lorraine Kelly as a model) Isme and Gray & Osbourn has long been offering a huge range of clothes carefully designed to fit the more mature figure, without losing out on the fun factor — providing an alternative to High Streets that, until recently, has made older women feel so unwelcome. They have helped spark a reassessment of just what the older woman wants to wear, exactly how it should fit, and how she shops. At JD Williams, contemporary fashions adapted for a more mature figure are key. What that means is more forgiving waists on well- tailored skirts and trousers, perhaps with hidden elastic or drawstring for flexibility, to account for the general redistribution of fat from hips to waist. Other popular features include secret support on jeans, lower bust darts to lift breasts, shaping panels on dresses, sleeves, longer hemlines, and slimming style details, such as bold patterns and ruching on the waist. Fabrics, too, are often less flimsy, with heavier cotton jersey, quilting, or knits that skim the body, rather than cling. Vibrant colours that flatter the skin and subtle neutrals are more popular than harsh black, which highlights wrinkles. ‘For our customers, looking good is a daily deal you make with yourself,’ says Rachael Thornton of upmarket Gray & Osbourn. ‘You can become “invisible”, and fall prey to bland, shapeless clothing, or you can rock what you’ve got.’ And this successful formula, which started among mail-order catalogues, now spans the High Street. Stores that have become huge successes, such as Whistles, John Lewis’s Kin, Damsel in a Dress, Jigsaw and even H&M’s spin-off Cos are packed with stylish, older women seeking out contemporary fashion, safe in the knowledge that the styles will fit and suit them. Marks & Spencer is starting to reap the benefits of its Leading Ladies campaign, which featured Baroness Doreen Lawrence, 61 (right) Emma Thompson, 55, and Annie Lennox, 59, starred in Marks & Spencer's Leading Ladies campaign . Perhaps one of the most telling examples of this sea change is jeans, once a youth staple. Now, they are available in styles — and with stretch and panelling — that flatter more mature figures. The options are seemingly endless: Isme alone has everything from super-soft jeggings in its South line for £18, to high-waisted bootcut jeans by Not Your Daughter’s Jeans for £150, while shape-boosting denim is available everywhere from M&S in classic black for £35, toWizard Jeans in chic purple for £125. This effect is not confined to clothing, either: Peter Taylor, managing director at Hotter shoes, has noted a distinct change in the requirements of his customers in recent years — they are now taking style tips from their daughters, unlike the more formal pre-war generation, who took their dress sense from their mothers. Over 50s are getting younger in their attitude and lifestyles (posed by model) ‘One of the best-selling shoes we have is a canvas-print, which has stretch panels in the side, and can be worn by anyone from an 18-year-old to an 80-year-old,’ he says. ‘Our customers loved our comfort, but wanted more style.’ Eighty per cent of over-50s have problems with their legs and feet, according to Taylor, though most simply don’t recognise that their feet are changing shape. ‘How we tackle that is the design of our shoes,’ he says. ‘we’ve done a lot of research in what is the right fit for people — things like the toebox area, that’s where there can be a lot of change and you need more room. Other considerations are adjustability, with Velcro,for example.’ Other traditionally comfortable shoe brands are also upping the glam factor in search of the grey pound: M&S’s sturdy Footglove range, for example, has had something of a makeover, with shoes every bit as stylish as the main range — but hidden benefits, including wider shapes, softer materials and Insolia Flex soft innersoles. ‘The generation now hitting their 50s are getting even younger in their attitude and lifestyles,’ says Taylor. ‘They’re highly active and highly social. Their footwear wardrobe is widening because they want a particular product for a particular aspect of their life, whether that’s adventure holidays, lunch with friends, fancy dinners, or fitness.’ Professor Twigg agrees: ‘A lot of the work on old age tends to focus on problematic things; difficulties — all very important, but it misses the fact that later years, for many people, aren’t necessarily problematic, but do contain all sorts of good things such as choices about clothing, leisure, those sort of things.’ Finally, it seems, the High Street has caught up. | Shop windows are boasting elegant clothes for grown-ups, rather than styles for youthful fashion victims .
Major campaign shots are featuring older models such as Lorriane Kelly, 50, or Yasmin Le Bon, 49 .
The High Street is steadily being reclaimed by the 50-plus women it abandoned years ago .
Over-50s women spend £2.7 billion on clothes, accounting for 41% of sales . | 955dc053cb76e3e133eb1c7a7c86f6c5ec9c4bbc | [
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(CNN) -- The Transport Ministry in Ghana has downplayed an incident involving two commercial jets at its main airport on Monday night which some media reports have described as a plane crash. Officials at the Kotoka International Airport say two airplanes, Lufthansa Flight 567 and Turkish Airlines Flight 624, tipped at the wings on the tarmac as the latter prepared to taxi for takeoff. According to Deputy Transport Minister Dzifa Ativor, the official version of events as she gathered after meeting officials of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority and the Airport Company Tuesday morning suggests an "incident". "It wasn't a crash, it was an incident. The 'crash,' I think was too harsh a word to use," she said. The accident has however raised questions about the ability of the airport to accommodate the several airlines that are being licensed by the Aviation Authority. Commercial oil production in Ghana is due to begin in the coming months, attracting more investors and other visitors. But Ativor, the deputy transport minister, said a project to expand the airport to enable it to admit bigger planes is under way. She disagreed that the incident could be the result of overcrowding. She added, "the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority has set up investigations and they will be submitting a report to the ministry as early as possible. After that we will forward it to the accident investigation board to do an in-depth investigation so that we'll take steps to forestall recurrence of such incidents." The minister says the Turkish Airline flight, which was grounded temporarily as a result of the incident, eventually took off and has since arrived safely at its destination. The Lufthansa flight was also suspended. But the airline's manager for Ghana, Yannick Aplogan, said the aircraft has since been certified as airworthy and will take off at 8:35 p.m. (3:35 p.m. ET) Tuesday. "Our aircraft was in the parking position when the aircraft from Turkish Airlines which was taxing to the runway hit the winglet of our aircraft," Aplogan said. He added that, "based on our internal processes we decided to cancel the flight to make further technical checks". According to him there was no extensive physical damage apart from a dent at the point of impact. As many as 30 airlines including, United, Delta and Virgin Atlantic, operate from the Kotoka International Airport in the capital Accra. Turkish Airlines is one of the new airlines to have started operations from the Accra airport and there are more expected to commence before the end of the year. The Kotoka International Airport is known to have one of the safest air corridors in sub-Saharan Africa. | "It wasn't a crash, it was an incident," transport official says of Monday mishap .
Lufthansa, Turkish Airlines planes brushed wings as latter prepared to taxi for takeoff .
Ghana's soon-to-launch oil production industry is enticing investors, other visitors .
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Las Vegas, Nevada (CNN) -- Smartphones can control drones, speeding robots, cameras and the temperature of your master bathroom. That's just some of the technology on display in Las Vegas this week at the annual International Consumer Electronics Show. The massive show doesn't kick off in earnest until Tuesday, but some companies gave a sneak preview of their gadgets at the CES Unveiled event Sunday night. The technology at Unveiled tends to skew small and fun, and many products are from start-ups instead of major companies. A few are already available but most are scheduled to come out a bit later this year. Among the usual headphones and speakers, we found some interesting gizmos. Some might go mainstream, others will be copied by major companies, and some are just too strange or niche to make it outside of a select group of tech enthusiasts. Racing robots . Smartphone-controlled toys are popular, especially the rugged rolling robots that show off by jumping, spinning and speeding around. Sphero follows up its smartphone-controlled ball with the programmable Sphero 2B, an infrared-equipped two-wheeled robot that can go up to 14 feet per second and leap 3 to 4 feet into the air. The company behind the device, Orbotix, thinks people will use it in a variety of multiplayer smartphone games or for racing. Also on display was the similar Jumping Sumo from Parrot. The Sumo can also go high into the air and speed and do tricks, and it includes a built-in camera. Recreational drones . Tiny, medium and large drones are constantly buzzing through the CES airspace. Some, like the Parrot MiniDrone, are just toys, meant to be controlled with smartphones and used to amaze or annoy your friends. The medium-size drones can be fun and also serve a purpose. DJI Innovations makes a line of professional and consumer drones for shooting video and taking photos. Its newest product is the Phantom II Vision, which has a built-in camera instead of the usual camera mount. You can see what the camera is seeing from a smartphone app while the drone is in the air. It also shares stats like telemetry data and warns you if the drone is too close to the 400-foot maximum height allowed by law. The company also makes a version of the Phantom II without a camera, so you can mount something like your own GoPro, and a hulking professional version that can carry a professional-size camera, like the Canon 5D. New kind of keyboard . Some of the best gadgets at CES are the weirdest. The Mobile QWERTY keyboard from TrewGrip takes the traditional computer keyboard, splits it, flips it and puts it on the back of a hand-held keyboard, where you will press them without looking. The device is meant to be ergonomic and a full-size alternative to the tiny on-screen keyboards found on most mobile devices. The company says that it's easy to learn the new style of typing since the order of the letters is the same, and the front of the keyboard offers a light-up guide to help with the transition. The keyboard connects to mobile devices over Bluetooth, but it can also be attached to the center of the keyboard with a suction mount. Wearable sensors with flair . Using tiny sensors to track activity in watches, bracelets and other wearable doodads has been getting more mainstream. The next step is to make them something people actually want to be seen wearing. The early attempts are focusing on disguising the tech as familiar accessories. June is a UV sensor inside what looks like a sparkly piece of costume jewelry. The $99 fake gem attaches to a double-wrap leather bracelet or can be pinned to clothing. It tracks sun exposure, sunblock usage and other details and then churns out advice to keep the wearer from soaking in too many rays or burning. Wellograph attempts to make the usually sporty fitness tracker into a high-end-looking watch. Also on a leather strap, the large square watch face is made out of hardy sapphire crystal and shows all the information in simple white lettering on black. It tracks heart rate, steps and fitness levels. It can sync to a smartphone but can also hold up to four months of data. The $320 watch will be available in April. Power providers . Having enough power is an issue in developing countries, in emergencies and for anyone who needs to use a smartphone for more than half a day without recharging. A group of power-related gadgets attempts to address all the power problems on the spectrum. Intelligent Energy is working with Brookstone on a hydrogen-powered fuel cell that will cost $199 when it launches in the U.S. this spring. The device is able to charge a smartphone five times on a single cartridge, but the cartridges are swapped out at Brookstone locations. It's not exactly off-the-grid living if you're driving to the nearest strip mall to get a refill, but the device is also rolling out in South Africa and Nigeria through cell carriers, which could have many more refill locations. The Waka Waka chargers are solar powered and already used by 102,000 people in Syria. The device got its start as a Kickstarter project, and now the makers are hoping that sales in the U.S. and Europe can help make the same devices more affordable in developing countries and areas hit by disasters. There's also a Waka Waka solar-powered light, and the company is working on a full emergency kit for the future. Trackers, trackers everywhere . Tiny tracking devices are the hot, cheap product du jour. In addition to the fitness trackers, there are sensors for keeping track of your belongings, tracking your sleep patterns, and tracking air quality and temperature. One of the odder offerings we saw was Mother, a hub that looks like a happy ghost and works with up to 24 tiny sensors called cookies. The sensors can be placed on anything (or anyone) in the home and used to track their location, status or temperature. Like many of the systems at CES, Mother doesn't play well with other systems and devices. Withings wants to track sleep with a sensor that slips under a mattress and a companion smart lamp and alarm, called the Aura, that tracks what part of the sleep cycle a person is in. When it's time to get up, the Aura waits until the right part of the sleep cycle. While users are asleep, it generates special colored lights that the company says helps people generate melatonin. 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Fun-sized drones and smartphone-controlled racing robots are popular .
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A former member of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints believes he watched his daughter get kidnapped only days after her rescue from a trailer she was living in. Ron Rohbock, 63, was looking on at a store parking lot in Mesquite, Nevada, when a white truck registered to a member of the polygamous cult, known as the FLDS, drove up and stopped. He saw his daughter, 17-year-old Sherilyn, get pulled inside the vehicle. Scroll down for video . Ron Rohbock (left) with daughter Sherilyn (center and far right) and wife Geri (middle right). Rohbock was kicked out of the FDLS in 2002 and thinks Sherilyn was kidnapped by his ex-wife Rachel Jeffs . Warren Jeffs (center) in court after he was arrested by a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper. Jeffs was wanted on charges linked to allegations of arranging marriages between men and underage girls . Pictured in 2004, this is a compound built by FLDS leader Jeffs in Utah. He was sentenced to life in jail for sexually assaulting underage girls he considered his wives and is imprisoned in Texas . Rohbock believes the teen was kidnapped, the Salt Lake Tribune reported. He said: 'You could see it in her face. 'You could see it in her eyes as she was pulled into the truck.' Only five days before the alleged street snatch, Sherilyn was rescued from a trailer she had been living in since July. Ron Rohbock and wife Geri at their home in Hildale, Utah. Rohbock wants his daughter Sherilyn back . The girl had been placed in the trailer by a 'priesthood caretaker' and was only allowed to leave to go to a nearby house to bathe and wash laundry. Sherilyn was supposed to be living with her mother, Rahcel Jeffs, but had not been with the woman for at least two years. Even though the girl refused to provide any information about her mother's whereabouts, it was determined that Mrs Jeffs had been living in Pringle, South Dakota at an FLDS compound. Rohbock and his wife Geri had Sherilyn with them until she was grabbed in the parking lot. After Sherilyn was taken in Nevada, her worried father alerted the sheriff's office in Utah's Washington County and a kidnapping investigation began. As part of the search for Sherilyn, a detective looked into whether marshals in the collective FLDS towns of Short Creek in Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona helped cult members find Sherilyn. Federal Bureau of Investigation agents located the girl with her mother. Sherilyn reportedly told agents she wanted to stay with the woman. Mrs Jeffs is the sister of incarcerated FLDS leader Warren Jeffs. He was sentenced to life in jail for sexually assaulting underage girls he considered his wives and is imprisoned in Texas. It is believed Mr Jeffs is still heading the cult by communicating via letters and phone calls from behind bars. An attorney representing Mrs Jeffs, Jim Bradshaw, said: 'The FBI acted responsibly and appropriately, did an investigation and determined this child was in a safe environment.' He declined to comment about his client's location but has confirmed she was in the truck that Sherilyn got into in October. Jeffs was found guilty on two counts of rape as an accomplice for allegedly coercing the marriage and rape of a 14-year-old follower to her 19-year-old cousin in 2001 . The FLDS, which has at least 10,000 members, is a radical offshoot of mainstream Mormonism and believes polygamy brings exaltation in heaven. They see Jeffs as God's spokesman on earth. The church's traditional headquarters is along the Utah-Arizona border, but it established a Texas compound in 2004. Police raided the group's remote West Texas ranch in April 2008, finding women dressed in frontier-style dresses and hairdos from the 19th century as well as seeing underage girls who were clearly pregnant. More than 400 children were eventually returned to their families. Rohbock was kicked out of the FLDS in 2002 and filed for bankruptcy as well as contemplated suicide after his dismissal. Despite all the bad memories, the contractor now lives with Geri in Hildale. He said: 'I continually blamed myself and thought I was going to go to hell because they tell you that's exactly what's going to happen. 'But I can tell you: This is hell. It can't get worse this. If this is heaven, you don't want anything to do with it.' FBI agents have told Rohbock that Sherilyn and three more of his children with Mrs Jeffs - two girls and one boy - are probably in Mexico. Sherilyn is the oldest. Rohbock has never filed a custody petition for any of the four children. | Ron Rohbock, 63, says daughter was taken from a parking lot in Nevada .
FBI agents located the girl, Sherilyn, with her mother Rachel Jeffs .
Her brother, Warren Jeffs, is running FLDS while serving a life sentence .
Sherilyn was living in a trailer she was barely allowed to leave since July .
Rohbock was kicked out of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 2002 and contemplated suicide after his dismissal . | f4883e2618718a3812bee3b75ba79e9af8312e0c | [
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Calum Chambers' £12million transfer to Arsenal suggests all is not lost when it comes to the production line of young English talent. The 19-year-old is already being tipped for a full call-up when international football resumes later this summer. Chambers' former Southampton team-mate Luke Shaw won his first England caps towards the end of last season and a £30m move to Manchester United duly followed. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Lewis Baker and James Wilson in action . Young guns: The team (left), including Calum Chambers (right), boarding the plane ahead of Arsenal's tour . Gunner be a star: Arsenal unveiled new signing Chambers after a £12m move from Southampton . But what about the next generation of English players set for stardom? Here, Sportsmail devises an XI of youngsters – headed by Chambers – who we believe could make a mark on the Premier League and international scene in the coming years... Goalkeeper: Daniel Bentley (Southend) Just turned 21, Bentley is yet to be recognised with any sort of international honour despite making more than 60 league appearances for Southend. Big things to come: Southend keeper Daniel Bentley has experience beyond his years . Perhaps his residence in the lower . leagues is the reason for that, but this agile yet imposing goalkeeper – . he's 6ft 4in – is set for bigger things and has more senior experience . than any young English stopper of his age. Right back: Calum Chambers (Arsenal) His £12million move to Arsenal this week has already triggered talk of him maturing into a future England captain, especially with Arsene Wenger keen to convert him into a centre back. Top young Gun: Chambers is hugely regarded by Arsene Wenger and could be a future England captain . Still only 19 and with just 23 . first-team appearances for Southampton, the Gunners are nonetheless . convinced he is a star of the future and their judgement on former . Saints graduates Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has proved . sound in the past. VIDEO Chambers aims to emulate ex-Saints stars . Centre back: Jamaal Lascelles (Nottingham Forest) The 20-year-old has shot to prominence this summer - £5m bids from Premier League clubs have a tendency to generate such fuss – but it is not without good reason. Without weakness: For a 20-year-old, Forest's Jamaal Lascelles has a remarkably well-rounded game . Lascelles is a class act; watch him play and you cannot identify a weakness. Forest . are determined to keep him at the City Ground and that could well prove . the best setting for his development under former England Under 21 boss . Stuart Pearce. Centre back: Brendan Galloway (MK Dons) When a player makes their senior debut at 15 years old then he must have a bit about him. Classy and versatile: Defender-midfielder Brendon Galloway made his senior debut at just 15 years old . And in the case of Galloway – a classy defender-cum-midfielder in the mould of Rio Ferdinand – that is certainly true. Premier League clubs – Everton chief among them – are circling and a £4million price tag has been slapped on the 18-year-old. Left back: Matt Targett (Southampton) It's perhaps folly to assume that Targett will follow in the stud marks on Gareth Bale and Luke Shaw, but Southampton's production line is showing no signs of winding up just yet. And, in the form of 18-year-old left-back Targett, they have another talented teen ready to grace the senior stage this season. The new Saint: Matt Targett is another huge talent off the Southamption production line . Centre midfield: Lewis Baker (Chelsea) Chelsea's young player of the year was prolific from midfield last season, scoring 17 times for the Under 21s. Jose Mourinho says he will take the blame should Baker not go on to earn full international honours, and that suggests elevation to the first-team could well be on the agenda. The England Under 19 schemer is a deadball specialist and is comfortable on either foot. Blue streak: Lewis Baker (right) was Chelsea's young player of the year with 17 goals for the Under 21s . Centre midfield: Will Hughes (Derby) Having only turned 19 in April, Hughes's experience for a player of such tender years is remarkable and he is now just 11 outings shy of his 100th at club level. He has seemingly decided the best place to add to that experience is at Derby, as he signed a new four-year deal this summer. He can pass, dribble, score, create and gets about the park; he may be in the Championship this season but the Premier League surely awaits. Hard to keep: Will Hughes signed a four-year deal with Derby but a Premier League move is likely . Right wing: Patrick Roberts (Fulham) Fulham's relegation could well prove a blessing for the diminutive forward who, at 5ft 5in and with a liking for a mesmerising dribble, has been likened to Lionel Messi. He scored twice during England Under 17s' European Championship success this summer and has seven from 14 international appearances. Fulham . boss Felix Magath has described the 17-year-old as 'an extraordinary . talent' and the club are said to have put a £15m price tag on his . head to ward off interest from Manchester United among others. Fulham's Messi: Patrick Roberts has been likened to the Argentinian master for his mesmerising dribbling . Left wing: Jordon Ibe (Liverpool) The secret was out when the explosive winger debuted for Wycombe at 15 and Liverpool made certain they were the club to secure the teen talent. He has progressed to the fringe of the senior side at Anfield and assisted in both goals during their 2-1 win at Preston earlier this month. Obvious comparison with Raheem Sterling has been drawn, but you wouldn't bet against the 18-year-old enjoying a breakthrough campaign in much the same fashion as his team-mate did last time around. Liverpool lad: Jordon Ibe impressed for Wycombe at just 15 and the Reds made sure they snapped him up . Striker: James Wilson (Manchester United) 'James Wilson scores goals,' his former schoolteacher told Sportsmail last year. The 18-year-old duly debuted for United against Hull City and bagged a brace in a 3-1 win. Then caretaker boss Ryan Giggs had charted his progress through the academy and wasted no time in handing him a senior start. He may have to be a little more patient under Louis van Gaal, but goals are his game and, to that end, age is an irrelevance. Boy wonder: James Wilson scored a double on his Manchester United debut last season . Striker: Adam Armstrong (Newcastle) Devastatingly quick, the Geordie frontman was part of the England Under 17 squad which triumphed at the Euros in Malta this summer. Alan Pardew has already given him a taste of senior action and the Toon Army like what they see, quickly conducting a terrace chant for one of their own. More first-team exposure beckons and, with United short on out-and-out attacking options, a couple of early-season strikes could well see him win an extended stay in the side. Newcastle flyer: Adam Armstrong is a speedster the Toon Army have taken an immediate liking to . | Chambers signed for Arsenal in a £12million deal from Southampton .
The Gunners' new arrival is tipped to make his international debut this year .
Sportsmail's XI young guns includes Chambers at right back .
His former club-mate Matt Targett would be on the left with Forest's Jamaal Lascelles and MK Dons' Brendan Galloway as the centre backs .
Chelsea's Lewis Baker and Derby's Will Hughes are the central midfielders with Liverpool's Jordon Ibe and Fulham's Patrick Roberts on the wings .
Southend keeper Daniel Bentley is the oldest of the line-up at 21 .
James Wilson (Man U) and Adam Armstrong (Newcastle) are up front . | f0a24d814a7bddabcf00e5efc66f1fff5eaa81fa | [
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(CNN) -- The Avenue Gordon Bennett in France's capital is everything you would expect of a leafy lane in a quintessentially Parisian suburb. The Serres D'Auteuil botanical gardens -- home to a myriad of rare and exotic plants -- sit alongside the center of a Gallic passion that is Roland Garros -- the site of the annual French Open. But beneath the genteel surroundings a simmering war is brewing, one that pitches fauna lovers against forehand followers and has battle lines drawn between the ornate, glass greenhouses of the gardens and the clay of the courts that welcome stars like Roger Federer and Caroline Wozniacki to the second grand slam of the year. Welcome to the fight to expand Roland Garros. In one corner -- the French Tennis Federation (FFT) -- which maintain the tournament has become a victim of its own success and has outgrown its current site following player complaints of cramped conditions. The FFT, as a solution, propose expanding into the botanical gardens next door, replacing greenhouses with a new arena fit to house some of the world's best tennis matches. In the other corner, campaigners and local residents who accuse the tennis body of "environmental vandalism" and who bitterly opposed to the move. Ahead of this year's tournament next month, it looks like the row is destined to be thrashed out in the French courts. The opposition to the move hardened when the FFT voted in February to keep the French Open at Roland Garros in the 16th arrondissement (district) of Paris rather than move to an alternative site. They rejected bids from three other venues in the inner and outer suburbs of the French capital, Gonesse, Versailles and Marne-la-Vallee (near Disneyland Paris) to the dismay of the anti-expansion campaigners. The Serres d'Auteuil is one of only three botanical gardens in Paris and contain a series of unique greenhouses and campaigners say the very rare plant life will be lost forever. "What the FFT is proposing is the equivalent of Wimbledon deciding to expand the All-England Club and take over Kew Gardens in the process," Agnes Popelin, who heads the campaign, told CNN. Christiane Morin Muller worked as an English speaking guide in Paris's Botanical Gardens for 18 years until she retired and said she was "very distressed and very upset" by the latest developments. "We don't have many botanical gardens in France and just three in Paris and Auteuil is the main one," she added. Under the plans, Roland Garros will grow from its current 8.5 hectare site to 13.5 hectares, with a new planned show court in the corner of the gardens. Muller said that the encroachment will destroy the character of the gardens and the expansion would not stop there. "With over 40,000 people going through this botanical garden every day for a fortnight it will be destroyed and little by little more ground will be given over to tennis," she added. The 'no' campaigners, who also include local residents worried about the introduction of night matches and floodlights, have gathered an online petition of over 40,000 signatures and have vowed to fight on. But Gilbert Ysern, the chief executive of the FFT and the man responsible for overseeing the project, told CNN that the protesters fears were groundless. "I fully respect those who disagree with us but my concern is that most of the opposition is based on a lack of information, false information or false rumors," he told CNN. "I would not have supported any project in this gorgeous place that would have destroyed ancient greenhouses," he added. His assurances over the future of the plant life cuts no ice with Popelin, or that of the Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe, who campaigned to keep the French Open at Roland Garros. "The mayor is promising their relocation in an other 'wonderful place', located at the floral park in the Bois de Vincennes," she said. "But there are no existing greenhouses there and none can be built because this is classified as a protected site. There are only pavilions. But the mayor and his staff cannot tell the difference between a pavilion and a greenhouse. "There is no temperature control, shade or ventilation." What is not in doubt is that the status quo was not an option with players such as Federer speaking out. "The players and the fans feel that even if it's quite a nice experience it's quite tough to live in every day. We need more room," he said last year. Ysern spoke with Federer and other leading players when drawing up his plans and found support from five-time French Open champion and World No 1 Rafael Nadal, who wants the tournament to stay at Roland Garros. "I believe we are going to meet the expectations of the players and the fans, all of those who have a strong attachment to this place," he said. But others were not so sure about the viability of the extension, with France's former World No.1 Amelie Mauresmo voicing her doubts. "I think that in Paris today we don't have the possibility to have the necessary space to develop Roland Garros," Mauresmo told Reuters. "We are the smallest of the four grand slams and I think it is important to have the chance to grow, and for the public to have more room." Mauresmo declined to be interviewed by CNN on the topic which has divided opinion in France with many such as Franck Ramella, the chief tennis correspondent of L'Equipe, having conflicting views. "It looks very strange to put a tennis court on these gardens, it doesn't suit the place. "But the tournament is for only two weeks and if you want to make room there is no other solution," he added. Popelin is adamant that power politics has played a big part in the decision. "The mayor of Paris has already lost the Olympics to London (for 2012) and couldn't be seen as playing a part in Roland Garros losing the French Open. "I am a big tennis fan and I love watching the French Open but I am passionate in my opposition of these plans." Lawmakers in the French capital must decide if they want to make changes to the local urban plan to allow the planned expansion but only the Green Party has expressed outright opposition. Popelin and her followers are not hopeful of the outcome but she says they are prepared to take legal action to protect the botanical gardens and is also speaking with representatives of the three failed bids. "I have told them not to sell their land for other projects because in perhaps two years I am convinced the French federation will change their mind on this matter," she added. But again, Ysern has a completely different view and believes that once the political and likely legal process is exhausted that work will start in late 2012 and be finished at an estimated cost nearly $340 million by 2016. "We are breaking no law here," he insists. "We are not ashamed of what we are going to do which will be in the best interests of sport and France." But even with the controversial expansion it will remain the smallest site of the for four slams, with Wimbledon just over half as big again. "I don't care about being the biggest, we have a gorgeous location in a gorgeous city and as long as we have that why should we go anywhere else?," said Ysern. "The best way to protect integrity of the tournament is to concentrate on the unique aspects of our tournament and make it even more unique." | French tennis federation want to expand French Open venue Roland Garros .
Plans have met with fierce opposition from environmental campaigners .
Expansion will take over part of an botanical gardens and adjoining sports centers .
Move to one of three alternative sites rejected by federation in vote last month . | f931eadf86cce2db23ea01bffa9d0a831a9dc7d5 | [
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"capital is everything you would expect of a leafy",
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"Serres D'Auteuil botanical gardens -- home to a",
"myriad of rare and exotic plants -- sit alongside",
"the center of a Gallic passion that is Roland",
"Garros -- the site of the annual French Open. But",
"beneath the genteel surroundings a simmering war",
"is brewing, one that pitches fauna lovers against",
"forehand followers and has battle lines drawn",
"between the ornate, glass greenhouses of the",
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"-- the French Tennis Federation (FFT) -- which",
"maintain the tournament has become a victim of",
"its own success and has outgrown its current site",
"following player complaints of cramped",
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"expanding into the botanical gardens next door,",
"replacing greenhouses with a new arena fit to",
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"Ahead of this year's tournament next month, it",
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"hardened when the FFT voted in February to keep",
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"\"What the FFT is proposing is the equivalent of",
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"Christiane Morin Muller worked as an English",
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"developments. \"We don't have many botanical",
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"concern is that most of the opposition is based",
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"false rumors,\" he told CNN. \"I would not have",
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"added. His assurances over the future of the",
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"voicing her doubts. \"I think that in Paris today",
"we don't have the possibility to have the",
"necessary space to develop Roland Garros,\"",
"Mauresmo told Reuters. \"We are the smallest of",
"the four grand slams and I think it is important",
"to have the chance to grow, and for the public to",
"have more room.\" Mauresmo declined to be",
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"opinion in France with many such as Franck",
"Ramella, the chief tennis correspondent of",
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"very strange to put a tennis court on these",
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Irate parents have confronted Myleene Klass in the playground at her daughter's private school after she mocked them online in a row over donations towards birthday gifts. The DJ and musician was harangued by other middle-class mothers on the school run who accused her 'betraying' them by leaking private emails online. Miss Klass, 36, had revealed a parent had asked others to donate a 'suggested £10' to buy their children birthday gifts, including a Kindle, and leave the cash in the child's school bag. But when she arrived to pick up daughter Ava, seven, from her school in north London yesterday afternoon the broadcaster was berated by mothers who said her criticism was a 'cheap-shot'. Scroll down for video . Joke: Myleene Klass, left today, and right with her childre, mocked parents at her daughter's school for soliciting donations towards children's birthday presents - but has been berated by other parents . A fellow parent, whose daughter was the subject of the email, called across the playground to her: 'Why did you do it, Myleene? Why?' Miss Klass then shouted back: 'If you've got a problem with it, talk to me in private.' Other furious parents have written and emailed the headteacher of the £5,000-a-term school accusing her of using the personal emails of fellow parents to get press attention. 'It was a very distasteful and cheap shot,' wrote one. One furious mother, who asked not to be named, said: 'She has betrayed our confidences and belittled us so publicly. Lots of people have complained.' Another said: 'It is so out of order. She isn't going to have any friends left.' Another defended the present arrangement saying: 'It is to make it easier for parents so they don't buy expensive presents that nobody wants. 'There is no obligation. Myleene has misunderstood the school's community spirit.' Many are baffled why the star would tweet the emails over a year after they were sent. One said: 'It is bang out of order. These are old class emails from a year ago.' The emails posted by Miss Klass did not have dates on them but stated the party is due to take place on February 9th. Last night several parents claimed they were a year old. Today Miss Klass did not drop her daughter at school. Mockery: Ms Klass posted the text of two emails she received from fellow parents, as well as her response . Problems began after 36-year-old Miss Klass, the former pop star turned Classic FM presenter, posted on social media two emails she had received 'from some school mums', after first changing the names. Gift-giving has become a big business in many top private schools as parents vie to curry favour with teachers. Tatler magazine reported last year that some teachers had been given presents as lavish as £1,000 handbags, diamond necklaces and cases of vintage wine. At one school, parents even offered teachers the chance to use their private jet. A mother at a London prep school said that she was emotionally blackmailed into donating £90 - the minimum amount acceptable - to a fund for teachers' gifts. Some schools have had to introduce new rules capping the value of presents teachers can accept - at Stowe, for example, staff must declare any gifts above £50 . The first email read: 'Jane and Hannah would prefer a class birthday gift for their daughters this year. Sarah would like a Kindle and Lola a desk (very studious choices!) so if you would like to join in, please can I collect a suggested £10 from you before the party on February 9. 'If you prefer to send £ via an envelope in your daughters [sic] school bag, marked for Jane/me that works too. I will pass on a voucher and card to each at the party. Thanx [sic] and no obligation of course.' A second email from another parent who offers to collect the cash reiterates that £10 would be a 'popular amount' to contribute – meaning that the total value of the gifts would be at least £200 – but adds: 'Feel free to give what you like or indeed, to give your own gift.' Shortly after, Miss Klass published her stinging reply in which she said she was collecting 'unicorn money' towards a 'real, live unicorn' for Ava. Warming to her theme, she added: 'I'd like a Ferrari and Leonardo DiCaprio, so by all means, do feel obligated to contribute to this too.' And making it clear she thought the original request was bad manners, she ended her retort by saying the money could be donated to a fictitious site – www.getwhatyoure-givenandendthismadness.com. Mother: Ms Klass was making fun of parents whose children attend the same school as her daughter Ava . Miss Klass, who lives in North London, entitled her reply 'Let's put the fun back into Bdays!' and shared it with her 459,200 followers on Twitter and 75,000 on Instagram. Hours later, she was confronted in the playground as she picked up Ava from her school. On parenting website Mumsnet, opinion was divided. One wrote: 'Well good on her for shaming these grabby idiots. It's crass and rude to ask for money instead of a gift.' Another posted: 'One of the mums asked to do this at our school! I think it's so rude!' But others sided with the parents asking for money. One wrote: 'What's wrong with asking for contributions towards a larger present? It seems much more sensible than getting 30 presents which you have to find room for and may not be played with.' A spokesman for Miss Klass, who also has a three-year-old daughter, Hero, declined to comment. Star: The entertainer, pictured on Instagram today, rose to fame as a member of Hear'Say and is now a television and radio presenter . DJ: Ms Klass has a show on Classic FM as well as hosting other TV and radio programmes . | Star leaked emails by mothers asking for cash towards a Kindle and desk .
Message suggested that parents should pay £10 each towards the gifts .
When star arrived at school she became involved in a playground row .
One parent yelled at her: 'Why did you do it, Myleene? Why?'
Miss Klass responded: 'If you've got a problem, talk to me in private'
Other mothers have emailed school head over the DJ's 'betrayal' | 3f9d404dd2f67bf0149538a7f44e835454b8bc0d | [
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By . Sara Malm . and Ash Tulett . It was always going to be a magical event, but as the stars of the Harry Potter films lined the red carpet at Universal Studios Florida, it became clear that The Boy Who Lived will always be The Chosen One. The Orlando theme park is launching Diagon Alley, a recreation of the hidden London shopping street only known to magical beings, which more than doubles the size of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction. Helena Bonham Carter, who plays villainous Bellatrix Lestrange, joined Dumbledore's Army favourites Matt Lewis, Evanna Lynch, Bonnie Wright and Jamie and Oliver Phelps in the less-than-London weather in the Sunshine State. Scroll down for video . Truly magical: Harry Potter actors Oliver and Jamie Phelps, Matthew Lewis, Domhnall Gleeson, Evanna Lynch, Robbie Coltrane, Helena Bonham Carter, Warwick Davis, Tom Felton and Bonnie Wright were all in attendance at the grand opening of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Diagon Alley . Return to Diagon Alley: Bill Weasley, Bellatrix Lestrange, Neville Longbottom, Griphook, Hagrid, Fred and George Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Draco Malfoy and Luna Lovegood in their muggle best . Latest addition: The Diagon Alley, which officially opend on July 8, doublkes the size of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando . Matt Lewis, who played Neville . Longbottom throughout the franchise, said the Gringotts Wizarding Bank . was a new experience even for him. 'My . character never really went to Gringotts, which is why I've enjoyed it . so much because I never really got to go onto the set. ‘I never even saw it, so when I got to the bank today that was the first time and it’s pretty special. ‘I don't even know why I'm here,’ he joked. ‘I've just come down for a free ride really.’ Million miles from London: Helena Bonham Carter, who lent her voice to the attraction, unveiled the recreation of the wizarding world's London shopping street, hidden from the muggle world . Harry's ladies: Bonnie Wright, who played Ginny Weasley, was joined on the red carpet by Evanna Lynch, who played quirky Rawenclaw student Luna Lovegood . What a transformation! Matthew Lewis, who plays Neville Longbottom in the films, looked particularly handsome as he posed in a white shirt . Voldemort's right-hand woman, known to muggles as Helena Bonham Carter, even lent her voice to the new attraction. The actress, 48, said: . 'I mean it is very sophisticated, all this cutting edge stuff and very, . very complicated but it was fun to do, I mean she's always been fun to . get back into. 'Maybe . because I'm, I'm not much of a sadist but I've got an easy access to my . inner child, Bellatrix is pretty much a perpetual five year old if not . less - three year old maybe. So that was easy.' Warrick . Davis, who starred as goblin Griphook as well as the goblin who shows . Harry to his own vault at Gringotts in the first film said he had a . strong association with Diagon Alley and the magical bank. ‘It’s . lovely to be involved with an attraction like this because you're kind . of immortalised forever and millions of people are going to come through . here and experience it.’ It's . the twins! James and Oliver Phelps, who play Fred and George Weasley, . swapped their red hair for brown as they posed together . Bellatrix returns: Helena Bonham Carterhas lent her voice to part of the attraction at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Diagon Alley . Dashing: Tom Felton flashed his charming smile as she chatted to reporters . However, the Star Wars actor pointed out one key flaw in the Orlando version of Diagon Alley . ‘They have got one thing wrong, the authenticity falls apart because it's not raining. ‘The . weathers all wrong here. I would've thought they'd put up some sort of . sphere over the whole thing and made it cold and damp,’ he joked. The . teenage wizard’s creator J.K. Rowling said: ‘I'm so pleased that The . Wizarding World of Harry Potter has proved so popular to date, and I'm . sure that the attention to detail in creating the new Diagon Alley area . will make this an even better experience.’ A . small army of production staff has been working up to 100 hours a week . to painstakingly recreate the alley from Fred and George Weasley’s joke . shop through to the eerie Knockturn Alley. The . chandeliers are made with more than 26,000 crystals.There is even a . 60-foot, fire-breathing Ukrainian Ironbelly dragon, which as fans of the . series know was used to guard several high-security vaults, including . the Lestrange Vault, at Gringotts Wizarding Bank. Where is the rain: Warwick Davies pointed out a flaw with the Florida version of Diagon Alley - the distinct lack of bad London weather . 'And then Ron said...': Matt Lewis makes Domhnall Gleeson, better known as Bill Weasley, laugh as they walk the red carpet with Evanna Lynch . A launch of giant proportions: Robbie Coltrane raises Hagrid's famous pink umbrella as the attraction opened at the event . The bank is decorated in marble with animatronic goblins grumbling either side of the hall. Take . the Gringotts ride and you will come face to face with trolls, dragons . and even the Dark Lord himself so you can imagine yourself alongside . Harry in this pivotal scene from the final book and film. Mark . Woodbury, the president of Universal Creative, said: ‘Harry Potter and . the Escape from Gringotts will change the way you think about theme park . attractions. ‘We’ve . created an entirely new type of ride that propels guests into the story . like never before, and guests will remember it long after their visit . to Diagon Alley.’ The Wizarding World of Harry Potter's Diagon Alley will officially open on July 8, allowing guests to experience even more of Harry Potter's adventures . Located in the Universal Studios Florida theme park, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Diagon Alley will feature shops, dining experiences and the next generation thrill ride, Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts . Escape from Gringotts: Tthe new attraction found withinThe Wizarding World of Harry Potter is a multi-dimensional thrill ride that will place riders in the middle of an incredible adventure as they navigate their way through the Gringotts vaults . Harry . Potter and the wizarding world created by J.K. Rowling continues to be a . global phenomenon seven years after the last book was published. Each of the seven books has broken numerous records, with the series having sold over 450million copies worldwide to date. The Harry Potter films, produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, have grossed more than $7.7billion at box offices around the globe, making Harry Potter the largest-grossing film franchise in history. Diagon Alley is not the only new attraction at the theme park, as Universal also recently finished building a replica of the Hogwarts Express, which will shuttle guests between the two parks. While riding the train, passengers are shown an amusing video that reflects the journey they are taking, depending on the direction they are travelling. The scale of the attraction combined with the unbelievable attention to detail makes Diagon Alley one of the most immersive experiences on the planet. Seven nights in Orlando with Virgin Holidays (www.virginholidays.co.uk, 0844 557 3859), including flights from London Gatwick direct to Orlando, room only accommodation at Universal’s Cabana Bay Beach Resort, and car hire starts from £955 per person, based on two adults and two children sharing a room. Add-on Universal Orlando Three-Park Bonus Tickets available from £493.59. Universal (www.universalorlando.co.uk) offers a two-park entrance ticket, valid for up to 14 consecutive days, from £124 per adult; £114 per child. | Diagon Alley opens with stars of the Harry Potter movies in attendance .
J.K Rowling pleased with popularity of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter .
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Just in time for Albert Einstein's birthday Thursday, scientists delivered exciting news about how the universe works. Last summer, physicists announced that they had identified a particle with characteristics of the elusive Higgs boson, the so-called "God particle." But, as often the case in science, they needed to do more research to be more certain. On Thursday, scientists announced that the particle, detected at the Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle-smasher, looks even more like the Higgs boson. The news came at the Moriond Conference in La Thuile, Italy, from scientists at the Large Hadron Collider's ATLAS and Compact Muon Solenoid experiments. These two detectors are looking for unusual particles that slip into existence when subatomic particles crash into one another at high energies. "The preliminary results with the full 2012 data set are magnificent and to me it is clear that we are dealing with a Higgs boson though we still have a long way to go to know what kind of Higgs boson it is," Joe Incandela, spokesperson for the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment, said in a statement. Scientists have analyzed two and a half times more data than they had when the first announced the Higgs boson results last July 4. The Higgs boson is associated with the reason that everything in the universe -- from humans to planets to galaxies -- have mass. The particle is a component of something called the Higgs field, which permeates our universe. It's not a perfect analogy, but Brian Greene, theoretical physicist at Columbia University and "NOVA" host, offered this comparison when I spoke with him last year: . "You can think of it as a kind of molasses-like bath that's invisible, but yet we're all immersed within it," Greene said. "And as particles like electrons try to move through the molasses-like bath, they experience a resistance. And that resistance is what we, in our big everyday world, think of as the mass of the electron." The electron would have no mass if it were not for this "substance," the field made of Higgs particles. So, without the Higgs boson, we would not be here at all. How particle smasher and telescopes relate . Many physicists hate the term "God particle" because it did not originate in the way you might think. Nobel Prize-winning physicist Leon Lederman wrote a book with "God Particle" in the title, but reportedly said he'd actually wanted to call it the "Goddamn Particle." Having evidence that the Higgs boson really exists is important for the current understanding of how the universe works. An amazing fact about the Higgs boson is that scientists predicted its existence and then detected it (or something that strongly resembles it), rather than the other way around. They didn't see an abnormality and wonder what it was. The particle confirms notions about the universe that had only been calculated, but not directly observed. But scientists do not know if the particle they've found is truly the one predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics. That model is the best explanation out there for what happens at scales smaller than the atom, but still has a lot of holes in it, and there are other theories out there that go beyond that model. It is possible that the Higgs boson found at the Large Hadron Collider could fit into those other theories. To figure that out, scientists must look at how fast the boson decays into other particles, and see how the decay rate stacks up against predictions. The Large Hadron Collider is located in a 17-mile tunnel near the French-Swiss border, and is operated by CERN, the European Organization of Nuclear Research. The $10 billion particle-smasher set a record in 2012 for the amount of energy achieved in particle collisions: 8 trillion electron volts (TeV). The LHC shut down last month for a long staycation full of maintenance and upgrades. After about two years, it will come back online with 13 TeV. Detecting the Higgs boson takes a lot of particle collisions -- there's only one observed event in every trillion proton-proton collisions, CERN said. The Higgs boson news coincides not only with Einstein's birthday, but also with Pi Day, March 14. These events are not entirely unrelated: Incandela told CNN last year that the number pi comes up in Large Hadron Collider calculations. For instance, scientists need to use pi when calculating how "loops" -- particles that transform themselves into other particles, and then come back together to make the original particle again -- contribute to a particle's mass. More space and science news from CNN Light Years . | An elusive particle discovered last year looks even more like the Higgs boson .
Higgs boson is linked to all mass in the universe .
Large Hadron Collider, which discovered particle, shut down for about 2 years .
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One boyfriend loves his girlfriend so much he decided to profess his feelings for her by writing 365 notes she can read every single day over the year 2015. Reddit user TheOnlyOne87 wrote a love note for his girlfriend every single day for a full year and filled a mason jar to the brim with the doting sweet nothings,reports Elite Daily. TheOnlyOne87 explains that he and his girlfriend have been together for eight solid years and that he wanted to do something extraordinary for her to express his everlasting affection. Scroll down for video . Love notes: Reddit user TheOnlyOne87 wrote a love note for his girlfriend every single day for a full year and filled a mason jar to the brim with the doting sweet nothings . Color coding:Pink notes detail all the reasons he loves her, yellow notes stand for memories, and green stands for song lyrics that remind him of her when he hears them . In order to best express his feelings, TheOnlyOne87 wrote three different kinds of love notes each of which are symbolized by a different color. Pink notes detail all the reasons he loves her, yellow notes stand for memories, and green stands for song lyrics that remind him of her when he hears them. He compiled the notes in a jar with a label that says 'contained within this 365 jar are three hundred and sixty five hand written note, each colour co-ordinated to the below themes. Every morning for the next year you can pick one note out and it (in theory) will be a nice start to the day for you. TheOnlyOne87 said the process was tiring for his wrist but invigorating overall. 'I designed and printed a logo for the front, but the glasswork writing on the jar protruded so far out that it was impossible to attach the printed sticker without it creasing. Still, the actual designs on the sides of the jar made up for it. The explanation was all that was needed,' said TheOnlyOne87 on Reddit as he described the design. When TheOnlyOne87 made the final reveal to his girlfriend she cried tears of joy. 'She was... happy. She was ECSTATIC. There may have been tears - although that might have been partially to do with the amount of endless reading and unfolding she has ahead of her,' he wrote. Exactly what's written in each note remains somewhat of a mystery but will be a very special message for TheOnlyOne87's only true love. Keeping score: TheOnlyOne87 kept track of how many types of notes he wrote for his special someone . Process: TheOnlyOne87 set up a work station to compile his project and while his wrists got tired he contineed to feel inspired in his endeavor . | Reddit user TheOnlyOne87 wrote a love note for his girlfriend every single day for a full year and filled a mason jar to the brim with doting letters .
In order to best express his feelings, TheOnlyOne87 wrote three different kinds of love notes each of which are symbolized by a different color .
TheOnlyOne87 made the reveal to his girlfriend and she cried tears of joy .
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A jilted ex-boyfriend tried to kill his former partner by setting fire to her home after she refused to take him back when he sent her flowers and a card, a court heard. Gary Griffiths, 44, is accused of pouring petrol through the letterbox of ex-girlfriend Tracey Powell's home in Brownhills, West Midlands, the day after his attempts to win her back failed. Wolverhampton Crown Court heard today how Griffiths was caught on CCTV near to her home after the fire broke out in the early hours of March 4 this year. Prior to the blaze, he allegedly sent a text to Miss Powell, a teacher, saying: 'Goodbye Tracey'. Gary Griffiths, 44, is accused of pouring petrol through the letterbox of ex-girlfriend Tracey Powell's home in Brownhills, West Midlands (centre), the day after his attempts to win her back with flowers and cards failed . The court heard she had just dumped Griffiths after a two-month relationship but they had remained in contact. She said: 'He wasn't that happy and said he was annoyed about the fact that we were not seeing each other.' Miss Powell told the jury she was woken up by calls to her work and private mobile phones shortly before the fire broke out but ignored them when she recognised Griffiths' number. As well as the 'Goodbye Tracey' text, she also claims he sent her a message to say she should take her pet dog 'Becks' with her to work and that 'the fire starters are going to burn down' the street. She managed to escape the blaze after calling 999. She said: 'I was shocked and thought it was a bit aggressive. Literally as I read it I realised something was going on outside. 'I heard a noise like a clunk or like something shutting. 'I looked outside and I saw something like hazard lights. 'Instinctively I opened the window and I saw him and saw flames from the footpath below the window. The flames were at the front door. Wolverhampton Crown Court (above) heard today how Griffiths was caught on CCTV nearby after the fire broke out in the early hours of March 4 this year. He denies attempted murder and arson with intent to endanger life . 'I asked him, "what are you doing?" 'He said, "I told you not to upset me". There was a lot of thick black smoke at the time. I called 999. 'I could smell smoke and burning and the petrol smell was really strong.' Firefighters arrived and extinguished the fire which caused damage to Miss Powell's front door and smoke damage to her home. Griffiths denies attempted murder and arson with intent to endanger life. However, he has admitted a further charge of arson being reckless as to whether life is endangered. The trial continues. | Gary Griffiths, 44, allegedly set fire to ex-girlfriend Tracey Powell's home .
Allegedly started blaze after she refused to take him back following split .
Court heard he sent her text saying 'Goodbye, Tracey' before fire broke out .
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By . Phil Vinter . Jailed: Tyrone Powell was sentenced to two years in prison after his friend Carlo Renzi fell from the roof of his car . A drunk driver who 'accidentally killed' his best friend who he 'loved like a brother' when a prank went wrong has been jailed for two years. Father-of-four Carlo Renzi, 31, from Swansea died when he fell from the roof of his friend's car after the pair had spent the afternoon drinking. Swansea Crown Court heard Tyrone Powell, 27, was driving near a pub in Port Tennant when Mr Renzi jumped onto the roof of his Ford Fiesta, a practise known as 'car surfing'. Mr Renzi was unable to hold on and he fell off, later dying of his injuries. His wife, Claire, who was in the car when the accident happened on November 12, said the pair were 'clowning around'. She . said: 'It was silly and foolish. It was a stupid prank that went wrong. Carlo was a clown. He loved clowning around, that's how he was.' The court was told that Mr Renzi and . Powell had consumed around six pints that afternoon during a drinking . session in Port Tennant. Mrs Renzi said her husband did not seem drunk but said he was 'full of life'. The two friends began play fighting through the window of Powell's car before he began to slowly drive away. Father-of-four Carlo Renzi, 31, from Swansea died when he fell from the . roof of his friend's Ford Fiesta after the pair had spent the afternoon drinking (file pic) Mrs Renzi said she did not know her husband had jumped onto the roof and Powell later told police he 'panicked' after seeing Mr Renzi, a former Welsh Guard, clinging onto the roof. After hearing a 'thud' he stopped the car and ran to his friend. He held him as Mrs Renzi ran to the pub to get help. Mr Renzi was pronounced dead at 8.28pm. Powell pleaded guilty to careless driving while under the influence of alcohol. His . barrister John Hipkin said: 'The defendant and Carlo were the best of . friends. He wouldn't have set out to hurt Carlo deliberately because he . loved him like a brother. 'They were always joking together. This was a joke, which as Claire Renzi said, went tragically wrong. 'This is a defendant who acknowledges the pain that he has caused to the family in question. Swansea Crown Court heard Tyrone Powell, 27, was driving near a pub in Port Tennant when Mr Renzi jumped onto the roof of his Ford Fiesta . 'There's nothing he can do to turn the clock back and bring his best friend back to those who loved him.' Judge Huw Davies QC said the case was one of the most 'unusual' he had come across. He banned Powell from driving for two years and jailing him for two years. He said: 'No sentence of imprisonment, whatever its length, could possibly reflect the tragedy of loss and hurt which the family of the deceased have experienced. 'They (the sentences) do not in any way reflect the tragedy of loss or the significance of the loss of Carlo Renzi to those who are his nearest and dearest.' | Driver had consumed six pints of alcohol earlier that day, court heard .
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The East Coast prefers Bud Light, and those near the coast are more likely to prefer wine over beer, a new study of America's drinking habits has revealed. Researchers analysed a million tweets to find out which each region prefers. They found tweet preferences for Bud Light were found mainly in the Eastern half of the US, while preferences for Coors Light originate in the Western half, particularly near Colorado and surrounding states. The East Coast prefers Bud Light, and those near the coast are more likely to prefer wine over beer, a new study of America's drinking habits has revealed. Researchers analysed a million tweets to make the finding . One million geotagged tweets (that is, tweets with associated locational data) containing the keywords 'wine,' 'beer,' and a range of top selling or well established 'cheap' brands of predominately light and pale lagers were included in the analysis. The tweets were sent between June 2012 and May 2013 by US residents. Other beer spaces included Miller Lite preferences in the Midwest and Great Plains, and brands like Corona and Dos Equis in the Southern border regions of the US. Most wine-related tweets were sent from the wine-growing regions of Washington, Oregon, and northern and central California. Overall, residents of the eastern and western US coastal regions were more partial to wine (or at least were more likely to tweet about it), while people from several Midwestern states and into Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas were more apt to tweet about beer. University of Kentucky geographers Matthew Zook and Ate Poorthuis analysed over a million tweets to produce the maps for a new book, The Geography of Beer, published by Springer. They say the beer preferences often reflected an areas history. 'The Twitter maps quite accurately reflect various regions’ history and cultural practices surrounding beer production and consumption, and show just how much reality and cyberspace overlap,' said Zook. Beer or wine? The team also analysed what people prefer to drink, and say wine drinkers tend to live near the coast . While the dominance of top-selling Bud Light and Coors Light in the “light beer cyberspace” of Twitter is not surprising, geographic preference for Coors Light in the Western US showcased the overall preferences in certain regional and state markets, the team said.. This regional preference became more prevalent when examining the tweets of beers with smaller market shares, including Busch Light, Yuengling, Grain Belt, and even Sam Adams. Even preference for beer or wine was geographically evident when mapped. Most wine-related tweets were sent from the wine-growing regions of Washington, Oregon, and northern and central California. Overall, residents of the eastern and western US coastal regions were more partial to wine (or at least were more likely to tweet about it), while people from several Midwestern states and into Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas were more apt to tweet about beer. The found smaller beers tended to be very localised in their popularity . Poorthuis said, 'Beer, like many other social practices, may be millenniums old but the socio-spatial practices associated with it – checking into a brewery, posting a review, geotagging a photo – continue to evolve and therefore our approaches to data and research must also evolve to capture these geographies.' These insights into how Americans tweet about their favorite beers are featured in The Geography of Beer edited by Mark Patterson and Nancy Hoalst Pullen. The new book provides an authoritative overview on aspects related to the origin, history and flourishing of beer culture. Beer in ancient Europe, the British IPA and other great beer styles, the biophysical geographies of brewing, and the sustainable trends in the craft beer industry are a few of the topics discussed. Heatmaps of popular beers were also produced to show the popularity . Many beers were, unsurprisingly, most popular in their home areas . | Researchers analysed a million tweets to find what beers people were drinking .
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In the second, preacher of hate Abu Hamza is resisting extradition to the U.S. to face trial on terror charges, and the ECHR will rule on whether he can be sent for trial. If it refuses, the British authorities face the prospect of having to release the fanatic back on to the streets. The final case involves three killers given ‘whole-life’ tariffs by the British courts, which have ruled their crimes are so grave that they can never be released and must die behind bars. Court battles: Jeremy Bamber's case involving his 'whole-life' tariff for murder and a decision on whether Abu Hamza can be extradited to the U.S. to face trial are two of the upcoming cases the ECHR is to rule on . If Jeremy Bamber, Peter Moore and . Douglas Vinter win their case, it will force the Government to give . regular reviews to every one of the 40 or so prisoners locked up for . ever – and allow them to petition for their release. 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This week he has taken a break from the heat by relaxing by a rooftop pool .
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Sir John Major said Britain had a 50 per cent chance of leaving the EU, adding the country 'could not absorb' so many migrants in the future . Britain is likely to leave the EU unless it allows us to restrict immigration, Sir John Major warned last night. In an extraordinary intervention, the former prime minister said ‘our small island cannot absorb’ the huge numbers moving here each year. Sir John, who declared as premier that he wanted Britain at the heart of the EU, claimed our chances of leaving the union were ‘just under 50 per cent’ – and warned this would increase unless Brussels reforms rules on freedom of movement. He said that although the country welcomed hard-working migrants, the ‘sheer scale of the influx’ had put ‘strains on our health, welfare, housing and education services’. 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I don’t wish to close our doors to strangers, especially strangers with skills from countries that are often allies. ‘But I do recognise, reluctantly, that our small island simply cannot absorb the present and projected numbers at the current speed. It is not physically or politically possible without huge public disquiet.’ Sir John also launched a strong attack on Ukip, saying: ‘I hope we are going to push them back to the fringes of politics from which they should never have emerged.’ The Tory grandee – whose remarks were shown to and discussed with Downing Street in advance – sketched out David Cameron’s plan to negotiate looser ties with Brussels. Sir John said the country had received one of the largest population movements in peacetime European history, with droves more expected. Migrants try to board lorries bound for Britain in Calais (pictured) European migrants should only be entitled to child benefit equal to the rate paid by the country where their child lives, Nick Clegg has said. The move would result in Polish parents in Britain with children who live in Poland receiving £18 per month, rather than the British rate of £80. The call for change – ahead of wider government proposals to limit migrants’ benefits – follows a ruling by European judges to restrict benefits tourism. Mr Clegg said on LBC Radio that we should go further to address the ‘absurd’ practice of paying child benefit to Europeans who live here but whose children are still abroad. The Deputy Prime Minister has told officials to look into a ‘fairer’ policy – although he conceded legal obstacles could be ‘difficult to straighten out’. Mr Cameron has promised to then hold an in-out referendum by 2017 if the Tories are still in power after the general election. Sir John told a foreign affairs think-tank in Berlin that a ‘great nation may be poised to leave the EU’ unless it is offered an opt-out from ‘ever-closer union’, reforms to free movement rights and legal guarantees that Brussels can only act where individual member states cannot. In what seems to be intended as a wake-up call to other EU leaders, he said: ‘Opposition has reached a critical mass and now, for the first time, there is a serious possibility that our electorate could vote to leave the EU. 'I put the chance of exit at just under 50 per cent. But if the negotiations go badly, that percentage will rise. 'Conversely, with genuine reform, it will fall. I ask our European partners to realise we are close to a breach that is in no-one’s interest.’ Sir John, who fought bitter battles with Eurosceptics when in Downing Street, appeared to rebuke Mr Cameron after he erupted over the EU budget at the last Brussels summit, suggesting it was time to ‘tone down the oratory and turn up the diplomacy’. However, he insisted that as large net contributors to the EU’s budget for 40 years, Britain expected the ‘national dilemma’ of seeking to control free movement ‘to be treated with consideration’. 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'A thoroughly negative body like that is not the place into which you should put your faith or your trust, and certainly not your vote.’ National Insurance numbers (NINOs) have been handed out to more than 420,000 people from the EU, up from 285,000 in the year before the coalition was formed . Labour leader Ed Miliband warned that leaving the EU would be a ‘disaster’, but claimed Mr Cameron was unwilling to take on his party’s Eurosceptics. ‘The Tory party is increasingly a party drifting towards exit from the EU – that is where the centre of gravity of the Tory party is,’ he said. Mr Miliband added that Sir John’s speech was a ‘damning indictment’ of the prime minister, who was ‘burning bridges and not helping Britain in Europe’. | Sir John Major said 'sheer scale of the influx' strained Britain's resources .
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By . Associated Press . and Daily Mail Reporter . An estimated 26.5 million U.S. viewers watched Germany defeat Argentina to win the World Cup on Sunday - making it the most-viewed soccer game in American history. The tournament, which far exceeded expectations for interest across TV networks, had 17.3 million viewers on ABC and 9.2 million on the Spanish-language Univision, the Nielson company said. In addition, just over 750,000 people . were watching the game during a typical minute online through services . provided by each network. The month-long tournament was also . responsible for more than three billion interactions on Facebook and 672 . million messages on Twitter, the social media companies said on Monday. Record: Bastian Schweinsteiger of Germany holds the World Cup trophy after the team's win on Sunday night. More than 16 million viewers watched the game in the U.S. - setting a soccer viewership record . The 2010 finale between Spain and the Netherlands, along with the U.S. team's 2-2 draw against Portugal earlier in this year's tournament, both had 24.7 million viewers. Given the growing interest in the tournament as it went along, the size of the audience for the final game wasn't that big a surprise, said Scott Guglielmino, ESPN senior vice president of programming. The tournament as a whole exceeded expectations for ESPN, and surprised Guglielmino in the way it permeated U.S. culture as no World Cup has before. 1. Germany vs. Argentina 2014 World Cup final, Sunday, July 13: 27.280 million viewers on ABC, Univision and online . 2. United States vs. Portugal 2014 World Cup group stage, Sunday, June 22: 26.035 million viewers on ESPN, Univision and online . 3. Netherlands vs. Spain 2010 World Cup final, Saturday, July 10, 2010: 24.7 million viewers on ABC and Univision . 4. United States vs. Belgium 2014 World Cup round of 16, Tuesday July 1: 23.771 million viewers on ESPN, Univision and online . 5. United States vs. Ghana 2010 World Cup round of 16, Saturday, June 26, 2010: 19.4 million viewers on ABC and Univision . The average viewership for all 64 . World Cup matches was up 39 per cent over 2010 on ESPN and its sister . station ABC, and 34 per cent on Univision, Nielsen said. 'We all knew that everything was in . place to be well-delivered to the audience and we needed a good . performance by the teams, and that happened,' said Juan Carlos . Rodriguez, Univision sports president. At . least until some cautious games in the knockout round, play was more . wide-open with increased scoring and that was appealing to viewers, the . executives said.The event also had stories that transcended the games . itself, with Uruguay's Luis Suarez suspended for biting another player . and host Brazil's historic meltdown against Germany. On ESPN, tournament games averaged 4.56 million television viewers, compared to the 1.04 million viewers for games in the 2002 World Cup that were in Korea and Japan. World Cup organizers FIFA said that more than a billion fans worldwide accessed information about the tournament through its digital platforms. 'This has been the first truly mobile and social World Cup,' said FIFA President Sepp Blatter. Getting online: A group of women take a selfie with their phone following Germany's win. More than three billion messages were sent about the World Cup on Facebook over the tournament . Records: During the final, 88 million global users commented on Facebook - and the U.S. was the loudest . Most Social World Cup Matches . 1. Germany vs. Argentina final - 88 million people with 280 million Facebook interactions . 2. Brazil vs. Germany semifinal - 66 million people with 200 million Facebook interactions . 3. Brazil vs. Croatia opening match - 58 million people with 140 million Facebook interactions . 4. Argentina vs. Netherlands semifinal - 39 million people with 83 million Facebook interactions . 5. Brazil vs. Chile round of 16 match - 31 million people with 75 million Facebook interactions . Most Social World Cup Moments . 1. Brazil vs. Germany semifinal (29’): Sami Khedira scores Germany’s fourth goal in seven minutes . 2. Germany vs. Argentina final (full time): Final whistle . 3. Brazil vs. Germany semifinal (26’): Toni Kroos scores his second goal of the match . 4. Germany vs. Argentina final (113’): Mario Götze gives Germany a 1-0 lead over Argentina . 5. Brazil vs. Croatia opening match (29’): Neymar scores his first World Cup goal . Facebook said 88 million people made a . total of 280 million posts or 'likes' about the final game. The most . social 'moment' of the tournament on Facebook, however, was right after . Germany scored four goals in seven minutes during its semifinal victory . against Brazil. On Twitter, the Brazil-Germany match exceeded the final game for most tweets. Both . ESPN and Univision invested heavily to make the tournament an immersive . experience, signing up former players for hours of discussion between . match times. Univision went . high-tech, with virtual reality displays that pitted famed players from . different eras against one another. The company also worked with an . Israeli company to invest in technology that allowed its feed of games . to appear on the network some five or six seconds before its . English-speaking rival. 'We're the real home of soccer in America, regardless of language,' Rodriguez said. He predicted that ratings for the Copa America Centenario tournament in 2016, which will match the best teams in North and South America, will exceed this year's World Cup on his network. The ratings performance was a little bittersweet for ESPN and Univision, however. Both networks were outbid for the rights to broadcast the 2018 World Cup in Russia. So there was a little gamesmanship involved. Guglielmino said the intention was to create a 'high bar' for Fox when it broadcasts the 2018 tournament. Given that the games in Russia will take place at inconvenient times in the U.S. market, Fox may be hard-pressed to beat these ratings. 'At the end of the day, a lot of us are just as competitive as some of the people we cover,' Guglielmino said. | Germany's 1-0 victory over Argentina was watched by 17.3 million viewers on ABC, 9.2 million on Univision and 750,000 people online .
Average U.S. viewership for all this year's World Cup games was up by 39 per cent on 2010 games .
The final match also generated 32.1 million tweets, while the whole tournament was responsible for 3 BILLION interactions on Facebook . | 5717517748d3273be2a038a680ba9ebd5c20fa06 | [
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Consumers have been warned not to eat Quorn frozen vegetarian burger patties because they may contain pieces of hard, blue plastic. Simplot Australia, the distributor of UK-made Quorn products in Australia, is recalling Quorn Meat Free Soy Free Classic Burgers, which are sold in Coles, Woolworths and Bi-Lo supermarkets across Australia. 'Simplot is greatly concerned at any risks to our consumers. This recall is being undertaken to ensure the safety of our consumers,' the company said in a statement. Simplot Australia have been forced to recall Quorn Meat Free Soy Free Classic Burgers, which are sold in Coles, Woolworths and Bi-Lo supermarkets across Australia . 'Consumers should not eat this product and should return it to the place of purchase for a full cash refund. 'We apologise for any inconvenience.' The affected boxes of frozen burgers carry the expiry date 'Best Before December 31 2014'. The Quorn Australia Facebook page has been hit by customer complaints following the revelation. 'Geez I have these often I wonder how much plastic my son and I have consumed,' Felicia Henderson wrote. Meanwhile Emily Pope said: 'I'm even more worried! I like so many others had a stockpile of these... worst thing is, [our] packet did have blue flecks and I was feeling quite awful after. I thought it was perhaps just some colour action from the packet.' A customer service representative told customers the problem was caused by an 'isolated manufacturing malfunction' at a supplier site. Consumers have been warned not to eat Quorn frozen vegetarian burger patties because they may contain pieces of hard, blue plastic . 'We are now visiting the suppliers involved in making the product to establish exactly what has happened and to take steps to prevent it happening again,' they wrote. The Quorn Classic Burgers are manufactured in the UK. Their main ingredient is mycoprotein, a highly processed type of protein developed from fungus. It was first produced in the 1980s, after more than two decades of research, over fears overpopulation would lead to global food shortages. | Simplot Australia is recalling its Quorn Meat Free Soy Free Classic Burgers .
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By . Kieran Corcoran . PUBLISHED: . 16:34 EST, 15 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:32 EST, 15 November 2013 . A 93-year-old man who was involved in a fight with a fellow care home resident died of blood poisoning. Fred Adams was involved in the incident with a 73-year-old man last month. The two were residents at the Acorn Lodge care home in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The home specialises in looking after those with complicated mental health needs. Assault: Police were called to Acorn Lodge in Oldham, Greater Manchester, to reports of an assault . Officers today revealed that they were called to the home on October 22 after reports a resident had been assaulted. It is unclear who attacked whom. Mr Adams suffered a minor injury to his hand in the incident, in which nobody except the two men were hurt. They were both taken to the Royal Oldham Hospital with minor injuries, and were discharged the same day. But Mr Adams was re-admitted to hospital with an infection to his hand on October 28, and died of septicaemia, or blood poisoning. Assault: It is not clear which resident attacked which . Detective Chief Inspector Joanne Rawlinson, at GMP’s Major Incident Team, said: 'Our thoughts are with the family at what a very difficult time. 'We are now investigating what, at this stage, is an unexplained death. 'It would be unhelpful to publically speculate on how this happened and we are now working closely with the home and local authority to help establish the full circumstances. 'Inquiries are continuing and we want to reassure care home residents, their families and the wider community that incidents of this nature are rare and we are doing all we can to understand what happened.' Sorry we are unable to accept comments for legal reasons. | Fred Adams was involved in the incident and sustained a hand injury .
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(CNN) -- Not long ago, attending international oil and gas conferences, East Africa was the graveyard session. All the smart money was on the Gulf of Guinea and I and a few other analysts would sit through almost empty sessions more out of courtesy than curiosity. No longer, East Africa is the new oil and gas frontier, and the meetings are packed. Three statements released in March by international oil and gas companies prospecting in Eastern Africa demonstrate this - a fourth impressive gas find in Tanzania by BG Group and London-listed Ophir Energy saw their shares soar. Italian energy company ENI also announced new gas reserves in Mozambique, and Anglo-Irish Tullow Oil, announced an oil discovery in Kenya, that "is beyond our expectations and bodes well for the material programme ahead of us." How times have changed. Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki, couldn't contain his excitement on 26 March and interrupted a scheduled speech to announce the find by Tullow in the country's north-western Turkana region. You could feel his relief as he called it a "major breakthrough". Ever since independence Kenyans officials have been wondering why their geology has been less generous than others, and in recent years the pressure has been on, gold, Tanzanite and now significant gas finds in Tanzania and oil in Uganda. Read more: Oil discovered in Kenya . Kenya has a strong agribusiness base, exporting tea, coffee, flowers and vegetables. It also enjoys a major tourism industry and Nairobi is a regional hub, providing financial and other services and is a continent leader on telephone banking. If significant oil reserves are found, this could be transformative for its economy. It will also embolden Kenya, that has ambitions to become a leading regional power, but as a columnist in Kenya's Business Daily wrote, 'Kenya's economic and diplomatic clout had largely suffered from a lack of known natural resources that are of strategic importance to the rest of the world'. Kenya's politicians will need to keep a close eye on this, as regional co-operation within the East African Community rather than head-on competition makes better economic sense. Kenya has already been positioning itself to develop regional oil facilities for exports of oil from Uganda and South Sudan. Work started in March on building a huge deep-water port in Lamu, to service a pipeline across northern Kenya to connect to the port. The West sees Kenya as a regional anchor state although its reputation as a stable democracy, took a knocking with the surge of violence that followed the presidential elections in 2008. New presidential elections are scheduled late 2012 or 2013, and oil will additionally raise anticipation of the spoils of billions of future oil dollars for the victorious. The stakes in these elections have just risen, and the resilience of Kenya's institutions to ensure a fair election, but also its politicians to gracefully accept defeat is critical. President Kibaki, himself will not be running and has a golden opportunity to secure his legacy by working tirelessly to ensure credible and peaceful elections take place. See also: Ghana's oil discovery: blessing or curse? The greatest worry about oil finds in Kenya is that oil money might further blight an already corrupted political class that many Kenyans complain about. Kenya has a poor reputation for corruption, especially by its political class. A former anti-corruption tsar, John Gitongo fled the country in 2005, fearing for his life and lived in exile in Britain. He returned to Kenya in 2008 and has set up Kenya Ni Yetu (Kenya is Ours), a campaign aimed at mobilizing ordinary people to speak up against corruption, impunity and injustice. If Kenya is to effectively benefit from oil, and avoid the resource curse that many other oil producers have experienced it needs to learn from the mistakes of others. The lessons are clear, strengthen independent institutions and oversight; publish all the taxes and royalties from oil; do not rush into prestige projects and extravagant consumption and don't neglect creating meaningful employment for Kenyans. Kenyans need jobs, but the oil industry itself never employs many. The key is to use any oil funds, to build up a competitive economy - Kenya's luck is that it already has a successful base from which to build from. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Alex Vines . | Alex Vines, an expert on Africa says East Africa is becoming the new oil and gas frontier .
The author suggests the discovery of oil in Kenya adds complexity to the upcoming presidential election .
He says many worry that the oil money may further blight an already corrupted political class in Kenya .
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"pipeline across northern Kenya to connect to the",
"port. The West sees Kenya as a regional anchor",
"state although its reputation as a stable",
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"in 2008. New presidential elections are scheduled",
"late 2012 or 2013, and oil will additionally",
"raise anticipation of the spoils of billions of",
"future oil dollars for the victorious. The stakes",
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"resilience of Kenya's institutions to ensure a",
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"gracefully accept defeat is critical. President",
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"oil discovery: blessing or curse? The greatest",
"worry about oil finds in Kenya is that oil money",
"might further blight an already corrupted",
"political class that many Kenyans complain about.",
"Kenya has a poor reputation for corruption,",
"especially by its political class. A former",
"anti-corruption tsar, John Gitongo fled the",
"country in 2005, fearing for his life and lived",
"in exile in Britain. He returned to Kenya in 2008",
"and has set up Kenya Ni Yetu (Kenya is Ours), a",
"campaign aimed at mobilizing ordinary people to",
"speak up against corruption, impunity and",
"injustice. If Kenya is to effectively benefit",
"from oil, and avoid the resource curse that many",
"other oil producers have experienced it needs to",
"learn from the mistakes of others. The lessons",
"are clear, strengthen independent institutions",
"and oversight; publish all the taxes and",
"royalties from oil; do not rush into prestige",
"projects and extravagant consumption and don't",
"neglect creating meaningful employment for",
"Kenyans. Kenyans need jobs, but the oil industry",
"itself never employs many. The key is to use any",
"oil funds, to build up a competitive economy -",
"Kenya's luck is that it already has a successful",
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By . Meghan Keneally . PUBLISHED: . 18:14 EST, 13 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:14 EST, 13 November 2012 . The irony of the former CIA director getting caught in a sex scandal even though he was presumably the country's top spymaster is obvious. But that doesn't mean that David Petraeus and his biographer-turned-mistress Paula Broadwell didn't use some handy espionage tradecrafts to keep their liaisons a secret for nearly a year. Petraeus and Broadwell would communicate using a dummy Gmail account that they set up as a modern version of the classic spy 'dead drop' trick, where they would leave their messages in the account's draft folder to save it for the other to see. Affair: David Petraeus is pictured with Paula Broadwell, his biographer and alleged mistress . Insult: A photograph in June 2011 shows . Broadwell watching as Petraeus and his wife Holly arrive for a Senate . Select Intelligence Committee hearing on Petraeus' nomination to be . director of the CIA . Rather than sending each other actual . emails, which would create an electronic paper trail, they would write . messages and save them as drafts. The other would then log in to the same account, view the message, delete it and then leave a response that would also be saved rather than sent. Dead drops, wherein spies leave messages for their sources or informants at a neutral location and then the individual would go and pick up the message before returning with their own response. In the digital era, however, Gmail's draft folder creates an easy space for teenagers, terrorists, and apparently philandering politicians to do the same. Deception: Paula Broadwell is married to a . radiologist, Scott Broadwell (left), and they have two young sons . together, while Petraeus has been married to Holly for 38 years. They . have two grown children . Petraeus was the one to set up the fake account in this case, and he used a pseudonym to do so. The pair may never have been caught if Broadwell didn't go against the papertrail the save-but-don't-send trick safeguarded the lovers from. The scandal came under investigation only after Broadwell used one of her email accounts to send anonymous emails to Florida housewife Jill Kelley. From right: Holly Petraeus, Jill Kelley and her husband Scott, Gen David Petraeus and Jill Kelley's sister Natalie Khawam far left . The 37-year-old Kelley knows a number of high-profile military men because she is an honorary social liaison for MacDill Air Force base in Tampa, Florida. Kelley contacted a friend of hers who is an FBI agent because she felt threatened and feared for her safety after receiving a half-dozen anonymous emails. A government official told the New York Post that the emails contained such language as: 'I know what you did,' 'back off' and 'stay away from my guy.' The official added: '(Broadwell) clearly thought something was going on' and thought she was in a 'lovers triangle.' A person who knows both Mrs Kelley and Petraeus confirmed their friendship and said she saw him often. 'Very sexy': Kelley has been accused of sending 'flirtatious' messages to another general, John Allen . Enjoying herself? Kelley laughs while checking her phone in her Tampa home on Tuesday . All three of those involved- Kelley, Petraeus and Broadwell- were all married to other people and they all have multiple children. The Kelleys- Jill and her surgeon husband Scott- have been close family friends with David and Holly Petraeus for around five years and the two couples have been frequently photographed together at parties. Government sources have said that Kelley exchanged emails and IMs with General Petraeus daily but those were on his official account and were monitored by staff members, and are not considered inappropriate. Now another four-star General has been roped into the allegations, as the Pentagon has since started its own investigation into 20,000 to 30,000 pages of communications between John Allen, the commander of U.S. and Nato forces in Afghanistan, and Kelley. Scandal: Gen. John Allen, pictured before the Senate Armed Services Committee in March as his wife and daughter look on, is under investigation for sending 'inappropriate emails' to a military party planner . Allen and Mrs Kelley met in the same manner that she became close with Petraeus, as Allen served on the same Florida base from 2008 to 2011. The same innocent nature of the communications between Kelley and Petraeus cannot be said about her emails with Allen, as investigators flagged a number of them for being ‘flirtatious’. They have not specified whether it was done by Kelley, Allen or both. The Washington Post gave the example of Allen's use of the word 'sweetheart' in referring to married mom Kelley, but a senior Pentagon official said that proves nothing as the 58-year-old general is from Virginia and the word is used in the south as a platonic phrase and not one demonstrating a romantic relationship. | Petraeus set up a Gmail account under a pseudonym .
Broadwell had access and they would leave messages for each other in the drafts, which is a modern version of a 'dead drop' maneuver .
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By . Olivia Fleming . PUBLISHED: . 09:44 EST, 5 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:36 EST, 5 October 2012 . It is a dress Jackie Kennedy could have worn 60 years earlier, from its pastel tone to the Sixties sensibility. But far from reaching into the past, Michelle Obama's dusty green shift is from Jason Wu's yet-to-be released contemporary label, Miss Wu, which doesn’t hit stores until January 2013. The First Lady was photographed in the brand new collection's 'modern weave dress' at a campaign . event in Cincinnati, Ohio - which she paired with a cropped cardigan and a statement necklace. Mrs Obama has long been a vocal supporter of Jason Wu, and now, three years after putting his name on the mainstream fashion map, famously appearing his design at the Inaugural Ball in 2009, the First Lady is the first person to wear a piece from his new collection. First Lady first: Michelle Obama's dusty green shift is from Jason Wu's yet-to-be released contemporary label, Miss Wu, which doesn't hit stores until January 2013 . Instrumental in catapulting the then up-and-coming designer into the hungry eyes of American mass retail, Mrs Obama has worn his designs on many occasions, including on the cover of Vogue. While the First Lady usually wears pieces on the back-end of a collection's shelf life, she has firmly established herself as someone who supports young talent, and according to The Daily Beast, the Miss Wu dress was sent to her by the designer. The new contemporary collection, which is 'a little bit more playful and a little younger,' will retail for less than the Jason Wu line, and launches in partnership with Nordstrom in January. The 29-year-old designer told WWD: 'Instead of just doing "Jason Wu-for-less," the idea is to explore the other side of myself. 'I always see Jason Wu [the . collection] as my aesthetic, my design sensibility. Miss Wu is my . personality. It was really fun to explore that facet of who I am - . slightly more downtown, and with a more relaxed attitude.' The collection retails from 'an approachable' $195 for a sleeveless silk bow blouse to . $795 for a black leather jacket. Whereas a . garment from the Jason Wu collection averages about $1,700. Miss Wu: The First Lady was photographed in the brand new collection's 'modern weave dress' at a campaign . event in Cincinnati, Ohio - which she paired with a cropped cardigan and a statement necklace . Jeffrey Kalinsky, Nordstrom’s executive vice president of designer merchandising, explained: 'There’s a large audience who wants to wear his clothes. 'This collaboration has an appeal not just to a younger set of women, but to a broader set of women and at prices that are approachable. 'What’s great is that while feeling different from the Jason Wu signature collection, it still clearly has Jason’s design DNA.' Mr Wu added: 'One thing that is rare in the contemporary market is more feminine, girlier clothes. It tends to be more hard-edged, or too young. I felt this is something that brings a little bit of softness.' The first collection of Miss Wu, inspired by the Sixties, will be available at Nordstrom, as well as at nordstrom.com for one year, starting January 7th. | Miss Wu launches on January 7th at Nordstrom, with prices starting at $195 . | 32c1eeac2cc3d4bb3c925b74d249c1424f68d6c2 | [
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By . Sara Smyth . PUBLISHED: . 06:24 EST, 3 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:09 EST, 3 May 2013 . When most drivers have a prang, they can expect the dreaded repair bill to run into hundreds or maybe even thousands of pounds. But for owners of a £175,000 motor, the damage to car and wallet can be much more severe. This was the case for the driver of a white Lamborghini Murcielago who crashed his supercar into a parked Ford Focus and Vauxhall Astra. The crash ripped the £175,000 luxury car apart, as it drove under a railway bridge in Leeds. Lamborghini models are named after bullfighters. The two-door, two-seat Murcielago costs up to £175,000 . The front and rear of the vehicle were torn apart. The vehicle came to a stop on a kerb against a tall wire fence . A policeman attends the scene of the crash in Leeds. The driver lost control of his car on a bend under a railway bridge. Police are investigating the incident . The 31-year-old driver lost control of his vehicle on a bend in the road and smashed into three parked cars in the lay by.The two-door, two-seat Italian car came to a stop against a fence. Debris from the smash including huge pieces of the Lamborghini, was left strewn across the road and pavement. The collsion took place on Thursday morning and is said to have left two stationery vehicles 'undriveable'. The Lamborghini driver was not hurt in the crash. A witness said: 'I heard an almighty crash . behind me and turned around to find the car stuck in the fence and smoke . billowing out of it. 'I thought he could be seriously injured and was ready to call an ambulance. 'I also thought the car might catch fire. Pieces of the £175,000 high-powered sports car were strewn across the road and pavement after the crash . The scene of the crash, by a railway bridge. Three parked cars were smashed into when the Lamborghini driver lost control of his vehicle . A yellow Lamborghini Murcielago before it left the showroom. The car can reach speeds of 205 mph. It was made between 2001 and 2010 . 'Then the door opened - in that Lamborghini style - and I asked him if he was all right and he said he was fine.' The . Murcielago model was produced between 2001 and 2010 by luxury Italian . brand. There are less than 4,000 in existence and cost up to £175,000 if . new. Police and Yorkshire Ambulance Service attended the scene. An investigation into the collision is underway. | 31-year-old man crashed luxury car into Ford Focus and Vauxhall Astra .
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(EW.com) -- Goodbye, Catherine! In preparation for Marg Helgenberger's last episode of "CSI" -- which aired on Wednesday on CBS -- EW talked to the 53-year-old actress about becoming the third original star (behind Gary Dourdan and William Petersen) to depart the long-running crime drama, as well as what she'll miss, and whether she'll ever come back. Entertainment Weekly: You say goodbye to the other members of the CSI team in the last scene of your final episode. Was that by design? Marg Helgenberger: Yeah. I had asked for that to be the last scene 'cause I knew it was gonna be a really intense scene and I just didn't want to play it before anything else. I don't know if pressure is the right word, but I felt like a big bubble over my head, like, "This is an important day in my life." It's been such an incredible journey. I just wanted to make sure that...I said the right things. EW: How did you think it went? Helgenberger: I was really happy with the way it went. I mean, the scene, I had tweaked it. They had written it, but I tweaked it and they were okay with that. They said, "Really, whatever you want to say." My boyfriend said several times, "That was just really, really special." I mean, I knew that I was probably not gonna feel that kind o' love. I mean, who knows? I hope to have another experience like that in my career, but that was a rare experience to end [my time on] the show that I still have enormous love for and respect for and pride and all of that. It was great. It was beautiful. It was really beautiful. Every time I've like thought about that day and leaving, I well up. Jorja Fox had written this card for me with a polar bear on it -- a photograph of a polar bear. What she said in the card was so beautiful about how I'm an endangered species and blah, blah, blah. It was just so moving. So I just feel so blessed to have had this experience all these years. EW: Weren't you supposed to leave last year? Helgenberger: Well, it was originally supposed to be the end of last season. And Carol Mendelsohn had kind of begged me. She said, "Do you think there's any way I can convince you to exit, not [at] the beginning of the next season, but into the next season? I just think it's better for the show, it's better for you, you can get more attention." I was open to it because I wasn't exactly quite ready, but this time, I was. And I can't tell you how many times they tried to convince me to change my mind. I mean, even 'til the last night of shooting, they were just, "Anytime you want to come back, and if we write this great episode," and so on and so on. I just have to recharge my battery, step back, and reassess. It's been a long time. Time plays with your mind when you're on a show like that. Twelve years is a very long time. My son was 9 and he's now 21 and he's working in the production office. A day hasn't gone by [during] which I didn't enjoy myself. I mean, there may have been certain locations that sucked, there might have been certain story lines that I didn't really like or the hours, whatever, but there was always something that happened during that day -- shooting day -- which made me laugh. I don't leave going, "I gotta get out of this job." EW: But it was hard work, right? Helgenberger: Oh my God, yes. In the first few seasons, there'd be days that were like, 16, 17 hours long. The killer thing about "CSI," especially in those first few years, is that it's supposed to be the graveyard shift of this crime unit in Vegas. So it was so much at night and it just, three, four, five in the morning, in these ungodly locations. That scaled back, especially after season 5. I had it in my contract not to be worked after midnight, but then sometimes I would let it slide. EW: Think back to the making of the pilot. What were your initial thoughts about "CSI"? Helgenberger: I just thought it was a really special 21st century Sherlock Holmes. All the technology and science kinda was the star. And that had never really been, and that the criminalists became the heroes as opposed to cops or feds or whatever you had seen in series before. It felt effortless -- that's a good word for it. And it just felt like, I've done a series before, "China Beach," and you kinda know when there's like chemistry on a pilot and you know when there's chemistry all around and there's a little magic dust sprinkled over something. EW: How did you feel about Catherine being an ex-stripper? Helgenberger: In the pilot she was described as a single mother and ex-stripper. But it was never really addressed. So the producers said, "You know, we're just gonna do away with that backstory and we think she should come more out of like some sort of generic [background]." I don't even remember what they were pitching. I said no, I think that it really says a lot about who this woman is, 'cause it takes a lot to go from that kind of career to this completely different career. And so they acquiesced pretty easily. EW: Talk about when Billy Petersen left the show. Helgenberger: I was very upset that he left. I mean, it wasn't like I didn't see it coming, 'cause he had been wanting off the show for a while. He was pretty vocal about it. He can be a bit of a grump and we used to call him Grandpa, to his face, 'cause he just would always complain. Not in an outrageous way, but he just always seemed to have a complaint or two or three about something or other, whether it was working too many hours or he didn't want to be in this scene or something. So it was clear that he was wanting to go, like, way before he even left. In fact, I was kind of surprised he stuck it out as long as he did. I think it was into the second season, possibly [third], but in his trailer, there was like this molding or something and he started putting down the episodes, like he was kind of obsessed with how many episodes he was stuck having to do still. EW: Your thoughts on Laurence Fishburne? Helgenberger: It was a different show with Laurence than it was with Billy. In many ways, it kind of became a darker -- I don't know if I want to say darker, 'cause there were plenty of dark episodes when Billy was around, but the character that they created for Laurence was one in which he, initially -- I don't know if he had a certain type of chromosome or something [that] he shared with people who have a trait to be serial killers or something like that. So you're already stuck with a dark character, so where do you go from there? But Laurence is a very powerful actor, and I enjoyed working with him. EW: And Ted Danson? Helgenberger: I love working with Ted. He's just so -- well, I don't know if this is the right way to describe it, but he's so light and fun and loose, yet just a really solid actor. He's really, really a good actor and just a great guy and quirky. He's been a lot of fun this season. If I was really open to it, I definitely would have stayed because of Ted. He's just so easy to work with. EW: So you're open to coming back? When? Helgenberger: Well there are only nine episodes left, because they're already shooting episode 13. So that would mean they'd have to start figuring out a way to have me come back now, after this big arc I just had. I'm burned out. I just have to, like I said, regroup. See the full article at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved. | "It's been such an incredible journey," Marg Helgenberger .
"Time plays with your mind when you're on a show like that," she said .
"They'd have to start figuring out a way to have me come back now," Helgenberger said . | feb5a4f55c2ecc851cdd08f8f0fa42a2cc32a04a | [
"(EW.com) -- Goodbye, Catherine! In preparation for",
"Marg Helgenberger's last episode of \"CSI\" --",
"which aired on Wednesday on CBS -- EW talked to",
"the 53-year-old actress about becoming the third",
"original star (behind Gary Dourdan and William",
"Petersen) to depart the long-running crime drama,",
"as well as what she'll miss, and whether she'll",
"ever come back. Entertainment Weekly: You say",
"goodbye to the other members of the CSI team in",
"the last scene of your final episode. Was that by",
"design? Marg Helgenberger: Yeah. I had asked for",
"that to be the last scene 'cause I knew it was",
"gonna be a really intense scene and I just didn't",
"want to play it before anything else. I don't",
"know if pressure is the right word, but I felt",
"like a big bubble over my head, like, \"This is an",
"important day in my life.\" It's been such an",
"incredible journey. I just wanted to make sure",
"that...I said the right things. EW: How did you",
"think it went? Helgenberger: I was really happy",
"with the way it went. I mean, the scene, I had",
"tweaked it. They had written it, but I tweaked it",
"and they were okay with that. They said, \"Really,",
"whatever you want to say.\" My boyfriend said",
"several times, \"That was just really, really",
"special.\" I mean, I knew that I was probably not",
"gonna feel that kind o' love. I mean, who knows?",
"I hope to have another experience like that in my",
"career, but that was a rare experience to end [my",
"time on] the show that I still have enormous love",
"for and respect for and pride and all of that. It",
"was great. It was beautiful. It was really",
"beautiful. Every time I've like thought about",
"that day and leaving, I well up. Jorja Fox had",
"written this card for me with a polar bear on it",
"-- a photograph of a polar bear. What she said in",
"the card was so beautiful about how I'm an",
"endangered species and blah, blah, blah. It was",
"just so moving. So I just feel so blessed to have",
"had this experience all these years. EW: Weren't",
"you supposed to leave last year? Helgenberger:",
"Well, it was originally supposed to be the end of",
"last season. And Carol Mendelsohn had kind of",
"begged me. She said, \"Do you think there's any",
"way I can convince you to exit, not [at] the",
"beginning of the next season, but into the next",
"season? I just think it's better for the show,",
"it's better for you, you can get more attention.\"",
"I was open to it because I wasn't exactly quite",
"ready, but this time, I was. And I can't tell you",
"how many times they tried to convince me to",
"change my mind. I mean, even 'til the last night",
"of shooting, they were just, \"Anytime you want to",
"come back, and if we write this great episode,\"",
"and so on and so on. I just have to recharge my",
"battery, step back, and reassess. It's been a",
"long time. Time plays with your mind when you're",
"on a show like that. Twelve years is a very long",
"time. My son was 9 and he's now 21 and he's",
"working in the production office. A day hasn't",
"gone by [during] which I didn't enjoy myself. I",
"mean, there may have been certain locations that",
"sucked, there might have been certain story lines",
"that I didn't really like or the hours, whatever,",
"but there was always something that happened",
"during that day -- shooting day -- which made me",
"laugh. I don't leave going, \"I gotta get out of",
"this job.\" EW: But it was hard work, right?",
"Helgenberger: Oh my God, yes. In the first few",
"seasons, there'd be days that were like, 16, 17",
"hours long. The killer thing about \"CSI,\"",
"especially in those first few years, is that it's",
"supposed to be the graveyard shift of this crime",
"unit in Vegas. So it was so much at night and it",
"just, three, four, five in the morning, in these",
"ungodly locations. That scaled back, especially",
"after season 5. I had it in my contract not to be",
"worked after midnight, but then sometimes I would",
"let it slide. EW: Think back to the making of the",
"pilot. What were your initial thoughts about",
"\"CSI\"? Helgenberger: I just thought it was a",
"really special 21st century Sherlock Holmes. All",
"the technology and science kinda was the star.",
"And that had never really been, and that the",
"criminalists became the heroes as opposed to cops",
"or feds or whatever you had seen in series",
"before. It felt effortless -- that's a good word",
"for it. And it just felt like, I've done a series",
"before, \"China Beach,\" and you kinda know when",
"there's like chemistry on a pilot and you know",
"when there's chemistry all around and there's a",
"little magic dust sprinkled over something. EW:",
"How did you feel about Catherine being an",
"ex-stripper? Helgenberger: In the pilot she was",
"described as a single mother and ex-stripper. But",
"it was never really addressed. So the producers",
"said, \"You know, we're just gonna do away with",
"that backstory and we think she should come more",
"out of like some sort of generic [background].\" I",
"don't even remember what they were pitching. I",
"said no, I think that it really says a lot about",
"who this woman is, 'cause it takes a lot to go",
"from that kind of career to this completely",
"different career. And so they acquiesced pretty",
"easily. EW: Talk about when Billy Petersen left",
"the show. Helgenberger: I was very upset that he",
"left. I mean, it wasn't like I didn't see it",
"coming, 'cause he had been wanting off the show",
"for a while. He was pretty vocal about it. He can",
"be a bit of a grump and we used to call him",
"Grandpa, to his face, 'cause he just would always",
"complain. Not in an outrageous way, but he just",
"always seemed to have a complaint or two or three",
"about something or other, whether it was working",
"too many hours or he didn't want to be in this",
"scene or something. So it was clear that he was",
"wanting to go, like, way before he even left. In",
"fact, I was kind of surprised he stuck it out as",
"long as he did. I think it was into the second",
"season, possibly [third], but in his trailer,",
"there was like this molding or something and he",
"started putting down the episodes, like he was",
"kind of obsessed with how many episodes he was",
"stuck having to do still. EW: Your thoughts on",
"Laurence Fishburne? Helgenberger: It was a",
"different show with Laurence than it was with",
"Billy. In many ways, it kind of became a darker",
"-- I don't know if I want to say darker, 'cause",
"there were plenty of dark episodes when Billy was",
"around, but the character that they created for",
"Laurence was one in which he, initially -- I",
"don't know if he had a certain type of chromosome",
"or something [that] he shared with people who",
"have a trait to be serial killers or something",
"like that. So you're already stuck with a dark",
"character, so where do you go from there? But",
"Laurence is a very powerful actor, and I enjoyed",
"working with him. EW: And Ted Danson?",
"Helgenberger: I love working with Ted. He's just",
"so -- well, I don't know if this is the right way",
"to describe it, but he's so light and fun and",
"loose, yet just a really solid actor. He's",
"really, really a good actor and just a great guy",
"and quirky. He's been a lot of fun this season.",
"If I was really open to it, I definitely would",
"have stayed because of Ted. He's just so easy to",
"work with. EW: So you're open to coming back?",
"When? Helgenberger: Well there are only nine",
"episodes left, because they're already shooting",
"episode 13. So that would mean they'd have to",
"start figuring out a way to have me come back",
"now, after this big arc I just had. I'm burned",
"out. I just have to, like I said, regroup. See",
"the full article at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2",
"RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011",
"Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights",
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Actor Michael Jace has been formally charged with one count of murder with a gun in the shooting death of his wife, the prosecutor's spokeswoman said Thursday. April Jace, 40, died from "multiple gunshot wounds," according to preliminary autopsy results. The death was ruled a homicide by the Los Angeles County coroner, Deputy Chief Coroner Ed Winter said. Jace, 51, made his first appearance in a Los Angeles courtroom Thursday afternoon. Bail was set at $2 million, and his arraignment was continued until June 18 at the defense's request. "He's doing as well as somebody who is in custody," said Jason Sias, Jace's lawyer. "It's emotional. He wants to see this through. He's just thinking about his children." Los Angeles police detectives presented their evidence against Jace, who played a Los Angeles cop in TV's "The Shield," to the district attorney Thursday morning, according to spokeswoman Jane Robison. Police found April Jace shot to death in her south Los Angeles home Monday night, Det. Lyman Doster said. Michael Jace called 911 to report that his wife had been shot, Det. Dean Vinluan said, adding that he "was on the phone with the operator." Neighbors who heard gunshots also called 911, he said. "At this moment, the motive of the murder is believed to be domestic violence," a police statement this week said. Investigators detained Jace at the couple's Hyde Park-area home Monday night and booked the actor on a homicide charge early Tuesday, according to Doster. Two children were in the home when their mother was shot, Vinluan said. The children, whose ages he would not reveal, were taken to a police station and then handed over to a representative of California's Department of Children and Family Services, he said. Investigators have found no reports of domestic violence between the husband and wife at their south Los Angeles residence, another LAPD detective said. A woman described as a close friend of Jace's first wife said in a sworn statement that she witnessed Jace physically abusing his wife in 1997. The declaration was in court records from Jace's 2005 custody case concerning his son with Jennifer Bitterman. Jace "choked and hit" his wife and "slammed her against the wall while (their infant son) screamed in his crib next to her," Maria De Le Vegas said in the sworn declaration obtained by CNN. Jace "was raging and out of control, and seeing the extent of his anger was one of the most terrifying things I have ever seen," she said. Jace appeared to be suffering severe financial strain in recent years, according to court documents obtained by CNN. The actor filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy in March 2011, citing $500,000 in debts and an annual income of around $80,000 from residuals from his TV and film work, the documents said. Jace had defaulted on the $411,000 mortgage on the south Los Angeles home where his wife died, according to the documents. He married April Jace in June 2003, a year after divorcing his first wife, with whom he shared a son who is now a teen. The FX police drama "The Shield" was the biggest and longest-running role in Jace's 22-year acting career. He appeared in 89 episodes as Julien Lowe, who started as a rookie officer in an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct in 2002 and rose through the ranks to become a detective before the series ended in 2008, according to the Internet Movie Database. He acted on several episodes of "Southland," another TV drama about Los Angeles police, between 2009 and 2012. Jace often played a law enforcement or military officer on television shows. He is credited with roles in "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "Private Practice," "The Mentalist," "Burn Notice" and "NYPD Blue." He had the title role of Michael Jordan in the 1999 TV movie about the NBA star, "Michael Jordan: An American Hero." Jace played Officer Brown in Russell Crowe's 2009 film "State of Play," and he portrayed a Black Panther member in the 1994 blockbuster movie "Forrest Gump." April Jace had worked for the past year as a financial aid counselor at Biola University, a private school in La Mirada, California, according to the school. "We are obviously shocked and saddened by this terrible news, to lose a wonderful colleague, mother and friend," Biola President Barry Corey said in a written statement. "April's radiant personality brought great energy to the financial aid office," financial aid director Geoff Marsh said. "Her love for helping students and families and her great work ethic earned the respect and love of her coworkers. Her smiling face and helpful spirit will be missed by all." Photos: Shocking Hollywood crimes . | Michael Jace's arraignment continued until June 18 at the defense's request .
April Jace died from "multiple gunshot wounds," autopsy finds .
April Jace was found shot to death in a Los Angeles home Monday night .
Playing an LAPD detective in "The Shield" is Jace's biggest and longest-running role . | 1fcb7ce5ac4bcd74d60bb04d8970f4e7538286c7 | [
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"statement that she witnessed Jace physically",
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"court records from Jace's 2005 custody case",
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"seeing the extent of his anger was one of the",
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"said. Jace appeared to be suffering severe",
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"the documents said. Jace had defaulted on the",
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"where his wife died, according to the documents.",
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"rookie officer in an inner-city Los Angeles",
"police precinct in 2002 and rose through the",
"ranks to become a detective before the series",
"ended in 2008, according to the Internet Movie",
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"\"Southland,\" another TV drama about Los Angeles",
"police, between 2009 and 2012. Jace often played",
"a law enforcement or military officer on",
"television shows. He is credited with roles in",
"\"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,\" \"Private",
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"Officer Brown in Russell Crowe's 2009 film \"State",
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"in the 1994 blockbuster movie \"Forrest Gump.\"",
"April Jace had worked for the past year as a",
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"according to the school. \"We are obviously",
"shocked and saddened by this terrible news, to",
"lose a wonderful colleague, mother and friend,\"",
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"statement. \"April's radiant personality brought",
"great energy to the financial aid office,\"",
"financial aid director Geoff Marsh said. \"Her",
"love for helping students and families and her",
"great work ethic earned the respect and love of",
"her coworkers. Her smiling face and helpful",
"spirit will be missed by all.\" Photos: Shocking",
"Hollywood crimes ."
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MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) -- Russian explorers have dived deep below the North Pole in a submersible and planted their national flag on the seabed to stake a symbolic claim to the energy riches of the Arctic. The Akademik Fedorov research ship carried about 100 scientists to the region. A mechanical arm on Thursday dropped a specially made, rust-proof titanium flag painted with the Russian tricolor on to the Arctic seabed at a depth of 4,261 meters (13,980 feet). "It was so lovely down there," Itar-Tass news agency quoted expedition leader Artur Chilingarov as saying as he emerged from one of two submersibles that made the dive. "If a hundred or a thousand years from now someone goes down to where we were, they will see the Russian flag," said Chilingarov, 67, a top pro-Kremlin member of parliament. Russia wants to extend right up to the North Pole the territory it controls in the Arctic, believed to hold vast reserves of untapped oil and natural gas, which is expected to become more accessible as climate change melts the ice. President Vladimir Putin congratulated the expedition by telephone on "the outstanding scientific project," local agencies reported. Boris Gryzlov, who heads the State Duma lower chamber of parliament and the pro-Kremlin United Russia party, hailed the expedition as "a new stage of developing Russia's polar riches." "This is fully in line with Russia's strategic interests," local media quoted him as saying. "I am proud our country remains the leader in conquering the Arctic. I am proud United Russia members took part in this unprecedented mission." Major Russian channels aired a message from the Russian crew manning the International Space Station who said "this achievement must inspire the younger generation". Earlier on Thursday Canada mocked Russia's ambitions and said the expedition was nothing more than a show. "This isn't the 15th century. You can't go around the world and just plant flags and say 'We're claiming this territory'," Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay told CTV television. Under international law, the five states with territory inside the Arctic Circle -- Canada, Norway, Russia, the United States and Denmark via its control of Greenland -- have a 320-kilometer (200-mile) economic zone around the north of their coastline. Russia is claiming a larger slice extending as far as the pole because, Moscow says, the Arctic seabed and Siberia are linked by one continental shelf. "Then Russia can give foundation to its claim to more than a million square kilometers of the oceanic shelf," said a news reader for Russia's state news channel Vesti-24, which made the expedition its top news story. Russian media have said the move could raise tension with the United States in a battle for Arctic gas. "I'm not sure of whether they've put a metal flag, a rubber flag or a bed sheet on the ocean floor. Either way, it doesn't have any legal standing or effect on this claim," State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey told reporters. A Tass reporter on board the mission support ship said crew members cheered as Chilingarov climbed out of the submersible and was handed a pair of slippers. "This may sound grandiloquent but for me this is like placing a flag on the moon, this is really a massive scientific achievement," Sergei Balyasnikov, spokesman for Russia's Arctic and Antarctic Institute, told Reuters. Russia says the mission is intended to show that the Lomonosov ridge, a 1,800-kilometer underwater mountain range that extends under the Arctic to near the pole, is a geological extension of Russian territory. It denied it was a land grab. "The aim of this expedition is not to stake Russia's claim but to show that our shelf reaches to the North Pole," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters in Manila, where he is attending a regional security conference. The Mir-1 submersible reached the seabed at 1208 Moscow time (0808 GMT) and returned to the surface exactly six hours later. A second Russian submersible, manned by Swedish businessman Frederik Paulsen and Australian adventurer Mike McDowell, reached the seabed 27 minutes later. It reached a depth of 4,302 meters. Soviet and U.S. nuclear submarines have often traveled under the polar icecap, but until Thursday none had reached the seabed under the pole. E-mail to a friend . Copyright 2007 Reuters. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. | A Russian sub plants the country's flag on the bottom of the Arctic Ocean .
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By . Daily Mail Reporter . and Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 07:55 EST, 26 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:29 EST, 26 December 2013 . The 72-year-old U.S. constractor who was kidnapped by al-Qaeda in Pakistan more than two years ago has issued a video statement asking President Obama to secure his release. The video is the first evidence in over a year that Warren Weinstein is still alive. He was kidnapped in August 2011 while living and working in Lahore, Pakistan and as the country director of J.E. Austin Associates, a U.S. firm that advises a range of Pakistani business and government sectors. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO . Help me: A new video released by al-Qaeda shows 72-year-old U.S. hostage Warren Weinstein making a personal appeal to President Obama to help secure his release . Still alive: The video released Thursday was the first sign in more than a year that Weinstein is still alive. He released two videos in September 2012 previously and seems to have aged significantly since then . In the video released to the Washington Post and other media outlets, Weinstein seems to have aged considerably since he recorded two videos in September 2012. In an accompanying letter, Weinstein writes that given his health and age, time is not on his side. He appeals to President Obama as a father, asking him to negotiate with the terrorists holding him hostage so that he can be reunited wit his family. Abroad: In August 2011, Weinstein was working as the country director of J.E. Austin Associates - a U.S. firm that advises a range of Pakistani business and government sectors . 'You are a family man and so you understand the deep mental anxiety and anguish that I have been experiencing for these past more than two years,' he says. 'I came to Pakistan to help my government and I did so at a time when most Americans would not come here. And now when I need my government, it seems that I have been totally abandoned and forgotten,' Weinstein said during the 13-minute video. 'And so I again appeal to you to instruct your appropriate officials to negotiate my release.' The video and an accompanying letter . purported to be from Weinstein was emailed anonymously to reporters in . Pakistan. The video was labelled 'As-Sahab,' which is al-Qaeda's media . wing, but its authenticity could not be independently verified. The . letter was dated October 3, 2013 and in the video Weinstein said he had . been in captivity for two years. In . the video, Weinstein wore a grey track suit jacket and what appeared to . be a black knit hat on his head. His face was partially covered with a . beard. Al-Qaeda has said . Weinstein would be released if the U.S. halted airstrikes in . Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen and also demanded the release . of all al-Qaeda and Taliban suspects around the world. The White House has called for Weinstein's immediate release but has said it won't negotiate with al-Qaeda. The videos last year showed Weinstein appealing for help from the Jewish community and Israel's prime minister. Pakistani students walk past Weinstein's house in Lahore, from where he was kidnapped, this morning . | Warren Weinstein, 72, was kidnapped by al-Qaeda in August 2011 .
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By . Amanda Williams . PUBLISHED: . 03:47 EST, 3 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:13 EST, 3 July 2013 . An anonymous pair of artists have been working under the cover of darkness to brighten up the streets of London with gigantic works of street art. The duo - who like street artist Banksy shun the limelight - create their huge murals on the walls of buildings around London for the public to enjoy, using only a ladder, spray paint and the light of the moon. The finished pieces include a giant blue pigeon in London Fields, a large fox in Haringey and a super-size squirrel complete with a nut in Tottenham. Pigeon street: This mural in Ada Street, London, is one of a number by artists who have detailed British animals . An anonymous pair of artists have been working under the cover of darkness to brighten up the streets of London with incredible works of art - including this giant blue pigeon in London Fields . Just like Banksy, the duo known as Boe and Irony remain anonymous, creating their artworks using spraypaint on the sides of buildings for the public to enjoy. This snarling fox appeared in Haringey . The duo, known only as Boe and Irony, have said they prefer to remain anonymous, shunning the notion of 'celebrity'. They reportedly met when they both left a party early to go painting, and have worked together ever since. In a recent interview with the Guardian . they said that painting for the street is not like painting for a . gallery where people 'come to hear what you say.' They said street work was inflicted on an audience 'whether they want to see it or not'. They added: 'So . you start off with something people can generally accept, like a fluffy . kitten, that’s your foot in the door, then you can start actually . trying to say something with the piece.' A squirrel chases a giant nut down the side of a wall in Tottenham. The duo, known only as Boe and Irony, have said they prefer to remain anonymous, shunning the notion of 'celebrity' This enormous raven has also been etched on to the wall of an east London building. The pair create their huge murals using only a ladder, spray paint and the light of the moon . They have refused to say where they will 'strike yet' adding that that would ruin the surprise. In May a giant Banksy, with an estimated value of £1million, was removed from the side of a crumbling Grade II listed building. The giant rat, which was created by Britain's most famous street artist, had been eroding for years, with large parts having peeled off with the plaster or vanished on rotted wood. A special restoration team was drafted in to remove the painting from the old Whitehorse pub in Liverpool's China town as part of plans to re-open the building. Bristol-born Banksy daubed the huge rat wielding a machine gun on the Georgian building in Berry Street as part of Liverpool's Biennial art programme in 2004Banksy has since conquered the art world, selling his unique pieces for millions, and counts Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie amongst his fans. Boe and Irony said the artist was partly responsible for the increased popularity in street art. They added: 'Banksy’s financial success has made people feel more comfortable about street art. People are cool with anything once it’s been assigned a cash value.' | Duo known as Boe and Irony take to streets at night armed with spray paint .
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(CNN) -- Modern football is a melting pot of cultures, as players from a variety of ethnic backgrounds share top billing as superstars. It is not always a comfortable mix, as can be seen by the recent racism rows involving John Terry and Luis Suarez. But football's pantheon of stars has not always been such a rich multicultural tapestry. Far from it. Back in the sport's infancy in the late 1800s, in its homeland of white-dominated Britain, there were no official leagues and only a handful of domestic cup competitions. International matches were the pinnacle of competition, with England and Scotland contesting the first in 1872 -- and few were played outside the UK and Ireland until the formation of FIFA in 1904 . And it was Scotland which, in 1881, provided football with its first black international player -- British Guiana-born Andrew Watson. "He was the son of a Glasgow merchant who traded out in the West Indies and parts of South America as well," curator of the Scottish Football Museum Richard McBrearty told CNN. "It's a story of the time, I suppose. Andrew would've been born out of wedlock to a wealthy white merchant and his mother who was native to British Guiana." Social attitudes of the time meant that Watson, while enjoying financial support and a good education, was never truly recognized and acknowledged by his father. "Anything that had to be signed, due to school or education, was usually done through an intermediary," McBrearty explained. "So he was recognized as being of the blood, but there was a distance." Early records of Watson show him joining Glasgow team Parkgrove -- which at the time enjoyed a higher profile than now-famous neighbors Glasgow Rangers -- in both a playing and off-pitch capacity. In his role as match secretary, Watson created history by becoming the first black football administrator. In 1880 he joined Queen's Park, the biggest of the Glasgow clubs and Scotland's preeminent football power. The following year he represented Scotland in his first of three international outings, captaining the country in a landmark 6-1 victory over England at London's Oval ground -- now an international cricket venue. "Even to this day with some of the fantastic teams England have played over the years, such as the Hungarians of 1953 and Pele's Brazil, that victory for Scotland remains England's heaviest defeat on home soil," said McBrearty. The Scotland team led by Watson pioneered a revolutionary passing game at a time when football was played in a very individual manner. "He is a hugely important figure within football. He captained Scotland against England, which was absolutely the highest accolade you could have at the time. It was also at a time when Scotland were very successful in international football," McBrearty said. "The way the game was played at that time, Scotland were devising a short passing game. The margin of victory was because Scotland were the first to promote a real team-based passing ethos. Watson was right at the forefront of that." Despite his prominent role in the national team, Watson still occasionally encountered abuse which was symbolic of a less enlightened age. "What we come across in a very polite article about Watson is that he encountered 'splenetic players' on the field. Now that suggests to me that the color of his skin was a subject of attack," McBrearty said. "That's an insight into the fact that, even in that time, this was clearly happening and Watson had to rise above that as a footballer and more widely as a human being." Watson's demeanor off the pitch is something McBrearty believes is also of note, saying he had a reputation as a gentleman. "Certainly there is widespread praise that he wins. The adoration that he has is clearly because he manages to rise above the difficulties that he encounters on the field of play." After leaving Queen's Park, Watson headed to England to play for the now-defunct Swifts club in London. McBrearty believes Watson became the first black player to play in the English FA Cup during the 1882-83 season. Watson passed away in Sydney, Australia in 1902 aged 44, but McBrearty thinks the contribution he made to football has paved the way for the big-name black players we see in the game today. "He's massively important to global football, not just Scottish football, not just British football. He's one of the first few pioneers. He played international football, he captained the international team and they happened to be the best there was at that time. "As football spreads across the globe with black players who are now among the best in the world, and you look at the legacy of fantastic Brazilian players like Pele and Garrincha, it really stems back to guys like Watson." | Andrew Watson was the first black player to play international football .
He captained Scotland on his debut, a 6-1 win over archrivals England .
It remains the heaviest home defeat suffered by England .
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By . Beth Stebner . PUBLISHED: . 13:03 EST, 14 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:39 EST, 15 December 2012 . Officials in Carson City, Nevada have declared a California woman the rightful owner of $7.4 million in gold coins found in the home of her late cousin. City Clerk-Recorder Alan Glover said a month's worth of genealogical research determined Arlene Magdanz, a first cousin to the late Walter Samasko Jr., was the only living relative of the man, who died in May. Inheritance: Substitute teacher Arlene Magdanz has been officially declared the rightful owner of $7.4million in gold coins found in her first cousin's garage after he died . They managed to identify Arlene Magdanz, a substitute teacher living in San Rafael, California. Mail Online was unable to reach Magdanz by phone on Friday. Her attorney said that the first words . out of his client's mouth when she learned of the possible inheritance in September were: 'Oh my God, Oh my God.' Windfall: Walter Samasko Jr., who died with only $200 in his checking account, had at least $7million of coins in his Nevada home . Officials found the treasure at Glover's . Nevada home, along with his decaying body, one month later after . neighbours complained of a foul smell. He was 69 years old and he left behind just $200 in the bank. He hadn't worked since 1968 and was living off stock investments of $140,000 and $25,000. The gold coins were stowed away in boxes labeled 'books' in Samasko's garage. Glover had died from heart problems, a coroner found, at least one month before he was discovered. Leaving . no will, and with no known relatives, officials set about tracking down . a list of people who had attended Samasko's mother's funeral after she . died in 1992, the Las Vegas Sun reported. She had not spoken to her cousin for a year. The gold, including . coins from Mexico, England, Austria and South Africa dating to 1872, was . hauled from the garage using a wheelbarrow and truck, then deposited for . safekeeping. Carson City Clerk Recorder Alan Glover told MailOnline that only coins were found in Mr Samasko’s house. ‘There . were no bars at all. There were all sorts of coins, though – Mexican, . British sovereigns, Austrian ducats, (South African) krugerrands, most . of it was U.S. $20 gold pieces.’ The British sovereign coins, he said, had ‘both early and later Queen Victoria – from 1840s and the 1890s.’ Quiet life: The reclusive millionaire lived in this modest ranch home and kept his coins in his attached garage . Everything's golden: Among the coins Mr Samasko collected were Austrian ducats, left, and South African Krugerrands, right, many dating from the late 1800s and early 1900s . Stockpiling: Officials said that much of Mr Samanko's wealth was from $20 gold coins from the U.S. (stock photo) Royal find: He also had a collection of British sovereign coins that depicted Queen Victoria, in both her earlier and later years on the throne (stock photo) The county clerk’s office would sell the coins and give the proceeds to Magdanz, minus about $800,000 in inheritance taxes and other expenses. is in the process of recruiting Mr Howard Herz, a locally renowned jeweler, to appraise the coins for internal revenue. Mr Herz’s family has owned a jewellery store in the area for more than 130 years. ‘A lot of them were just bulk coins wrapped in aluminum foil,’ he said. Mr Glover said that Mr Samasko’s mother was the one who began collecting coins, a tradition that he continued after she died. ‘They were most likely taking money out of their stock accounts and buying gold with it,’ Mr Glover said. Other things . found in the 'anti-government' pensioner's home included a stash of . conspiracy theory books and several guns, Mr Glover . said. He rarely went out and never went to a doctor, Mr Glover said. Samasko . had lived in the house since the 1960s. Records show that he hadn't . held down a steady job since 1968. His mother also lived there until her . death in 1992. Cases like this are rare within Carson City. ‘I’ve never had a case like this, and not in this amount,’ Mr Glover said, adding thoughtfully: ‘(Mr Samasko) had some definite survival tendencies.’ | Substitute teacher Arlene Magdanz officially declared rightful owner of gold coins .
Walter Samasko Jr died with only $200 in his bank account, but officials discovered windfall of gold coins in recluse's garage, valued at more than $7million .
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"accounts and buying gold with it,’ Mr Glover",
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By . Ted Thornhill . Smog and air pollution are lingering environmental problems in China. But a city in the northwestern region is determined to fight against dirty air using nothing more complicated than plain old tap water. Recently, local residents in Lanzhou, capital of northwest Chinas Gansu province, found that two giant sprayers had been set up at the Dongfanghong Square where a subway station of the city's Metro Line 1 is under construction. Will they see clearly now? The water sprayers will throw pulverized water 2,000 feet into the air to dispel pollution . Grand cannon: The sprayers have been placed next to construction works for a new subway station . Size matters: The cannons are enormous and have been getting a lot of attention from passers-by . The two long-range sprayers are able to pulverize and spurt out tap water to wipe out dust and smog within a radius of 600 meters to reduce air pollution caused by the metro construction. Martyn Chipperfield, Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at the University of Leeds, said the water will cling on to the pollutants and bring them back down to earth. He told MailOnline: 'Lanzhou has a big problem with smog, like lots of Chinese cities. This is a small-scale effort to damp down the dust. The water will go up as a fine mist, and stick to the dust and form larger particles - and fall back down to the surface under gravity. It's basically replicating rain on a local level.' This does of course mean that anyone in the vicinity is likely to get quite mucky. However, Professor Chipperfield said that 'it will stop dust spreading over a wider area'. It won't stop pollution elsewhere, though, he added. Earlier this year Chinese scientists said that pollution 900 miles away in Beijing was so dense that its effects were comparable to that of a nuclear winter. It has been predicted that if enough nuclear bombs were detonated, so many particles would be thrown into the air that the sun could be blocked out enough to alter the weather and damage the food supply. Issue: Pollution is a major problem in many Chinese cities . Calamity: Earlier this year the pollution in Beijing was said by one expert to be having a similar effect to that of a nuclear winter . This process was under way in China’s capital city and six northern provinces, according to He Dongxian from China Agricultural University’s College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering.She warned that the toxic smog was hindering photosynthesis of plants and that if it lingers much longer, it could affect food production, according to The Guardian. Pollution had been so severe that aircraft were grounded, roads closed and tourists numbers hit, while the direct danger posed to human health was underlined by the World Health Organisation, whose readings in Beijing in February had alarming results. It was reported that the level of PM 2.5 particles, a key measure of pollution because they are small enough to be assimilated into the blood stream, reached 505 micrograms per cubic metre, far higher than the maximum level it considers to be safe, which is 25. Authorities have introduced anti-pollution policies and often pledged to clean up the environment but the problem has not eased. It remains to be seen whether the water sprayers can form part of a long-term solution. | Two giant sprayers have been set up in Lanzhou, in China's Gansu province .
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By . Stephen Wright . PUBLISHED: . 16:56 EST, 7 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:55 EST, 7 May 2013 . Daniel Morgan, 37, was found in a pub car park in Sydenham, south London, in 1987 with an axe embedded in his head. His family maintained he was killed by a professional hitman . A notorious unsolved axe murder from a quarter of a century ago is to be investigated by a judge. Theresa May will announce details later this month of an 'independent panel review' into the death of private detective Daniel Morgan. The Home Secretary's panel will have the same powers as the one that reviewed the 1989 Hillsborough tragedy and led to a new criminal investigation. Campaigners hope Mrs May's move will also trigger a new police inquiry and a successful prosecution of those responsible for killing Mr Morgan in a pub car park in Sydenham, south-east London, in 1987. The 37-year-old married father of two was found with the axe embedded in his head. Like the Hillsborough tragedy, the Morgan case has been dogged by allegations of police corruption. The detective's family believe he was . killed because he was about to unveil a web of corruption allegedly . involving his business partner Jonathan Rees and a string of police . officers. Five inquiries – costing an estimated £50million – have failed to crack the case. Last year the Leveson Inquiry into . press standards heard disturbing claims that the News of the World put . the senior detective who led the fourth and fifth investigations into . the Morgan murder under surveillance. Detective Chief Superintendent Dave . Cook and his then wife Jacqui Hames said the suspects for the killing . had encouraged the now defunct tabloid to watch them. Miss Hames told the inquiry she was . being watched because 'suspects in the Daniel Morgan murder inquiry were . using their association with a powerful and well-resourced newspaper to . intimidate us and try to attempt to subvert the investigation'. The fifth inquiry into the murder collapsed in March 2011. Three men charged with the killing – . Mr Rees and his brothers-in-law Garry and Glenn Vian – were cleared of . involvement before their trial started. The 37-year-old married father of two was found with the axe embedded in his head in the car park of the Golden Lion pub in Sydenham, south London, on March 10, 1987 . An Old Bailey judge ruled senior . police had coached one of the supergrasses in the case, and it was . revealed that large amounts of evidence had not been disclosed. The panel judge is expected to appoint experts but will not have the power to call witnesses. A Home Office spokesman said last . night: 'Discussions are continuing with the family and we hope to make . an announcement shortly.' | Theresa May will announce details of an 'independent panel review'
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Floyd Mayweather paid for the funeral held today of the rapper who shot his wife in the bathtub and then turned the gun on himself. TMZ reports that Mayweather paid fro friend Earl Hayes' funeral because he believes his family deserves the right to mourn for their son despite his incriminating actions. It's unknown if Floyd paid for Stephanie's funeral on Friday in Canada. Floyd Mayweather foot the bill for rapper Earl Hayes' funeral today after he 'watched him shoot his wife and then himself during a conversation on FaceTime' on Monday . Stephanie Moseley, a dancer and actress in the VH1 drama series Hit The Floor and rapper Earl Hayes were found dead at a high-end LA apartment complex in an apparent murder-suicide on Monday . Floyd Mayweather pleaded with a rapper not to shoot his wife and then himself in an apparent murder-suicide as the pair spoke on FaceTime. Earl Hayes, a friend of Mayweather, shot wife Stephanie Moseley, a dancer who starred in the VH1 show Hit The Floor, while in a rage over her alleged infidelity. Hayes is believed to have shot his wife and then turned the gun on himself at a high-end LA apartment complex, according to police sources. Boxer Mayweather (left) is reported to have been a witness to the deaths as Hayes had called him in a rage . TMZ reports that Mayweather was a witness and heard everything after Hayes called him. When the rapper, once signed to Mayweather's record label Philthy Rich Records, said he was going to kill his wife, the boxer pleading with him not to - but to no avail. LAPD raced to the Palazzo East apartments at 7:30am on Monday after residents heard a woman screaming and up to 10 gunshots, a police spokesperson said. A SWAT team was forced to knock down the door of the apartment and, once inside, found a back bedroom door closed. When they sought to go into the room, they heard two more gunshots, police said. 'I suddenly heard screaming,' neighbour Charles Segal told NBC 'and then the screaming stopped and the next minute, cops all over.' Hayes' friend Burrel Wilks said the married couple had been in the process of breaking up . LAPD raced to the Palazzo East apartments at 7:30 a.m. on Monday after residents heard a woman screaming . Moseley had performed as a backing dancer for Chris Brown and on Monday he posted a tribute to her . Burrel Wilks, Hayes’ life coach and close friend, described the married couple as long-time partners who were in the process of breaking up, reports KTLA. 'I've had sit downs with both of them so whatever happened behind those doors we'll never know, but I heard out of her own mouth, he never raised a hand on her so this is kind of stunning,' he said. Moseley played ‘Devil Girl/Arelly’ in Hit The Floor, the VH1 drama series about an NBA cheerleading team called the Los Angeles Devil Girls. She had also appeared in movies including The Twlight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, Mirror Mirror and Sparkle and as a backing dancer for singers including Janet Jackson, Chris Brown and Britney Spears. On Monday, Brown posted a tribute to Moseley on Instagram. 'RIP baby girl. Danced with me on tour and was always the coolest person. My prayers go out to you and HAZE family,' he wrote. Hayes is believed to have shoot his wife and then turned the gun on himself as officers entered the apartment . | Floyd Mayweather paid for the funeral held today of the rapper Earl Hayes who shot his wife in the bathtub and then turned the gun on himself .
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Tourism in African countries not affected by Ebola is being brought to its knees because of ignorance about the geography of the continent, it has been claimed. Holiday-makers terrified by the outbreak of the deadly virus are turning their backs on the Gambia in West Africa - even though it does not border countries where thousands have died from the disease. Dr Marina Novelli, reader in the School of Sport and Service Management at the University of Brighton, said panic caused by misinformation has had a huge impact on tourism in Ebola-free countries. Tourism in African countries not affected by Ebola is being brought to its knees because of ignorance about the geography of the continent, it has been claimed . She said: 'I want to appeal to everyone to spread the word. 'This country is open for business and is not affected by the Ebola outbreak - otherwise I would not have travelled there.' Ms Novelli, who was in the country working on tourism and sport capacity building projects, said: 'It broke our hearts seeing the industry on its knees; hotels closing and staff being laid off as a result of tourists' cancellations and tour operators reducing scheduled flights. 'This is all due to ignorance about the geography of Africa and panic caused by misinformation. 'The Gambia is shielded within Senegal and both countries are Ebola-free. 'Air links with countries affected by Ebola have been suspended as they have in many other parts of the world. 'The UK Government itself has declared the Gambia to be Ebola-free, but spreading this message is proving incredibly difficult, and businesses and people here are suffering as a result.' Holiday-makers terrified by the outbreak of the deadly virus are turning their backs on the Gambia (pictured) in West Africa . Ms Novelli said tourism was about 65 per cent down since last year and charter flight arrivals as of November this year, the start of the high season, were about half what they were last year. She said: 'Some hotels have closed and those which have remained open are doing their very best to keep staff on rota, but there is uncertainty about what is going to happen in the next few months. 'Anecdotal evidence shows that every person employed in tourism usually supports between seven and 10 people, so the reality is that the impact on an economy, which relies so heavily on tourism is dramatic. The Sierra Leone government declared a five-day lockdown in the country's Northern Province today to step up efforts to contain the Ebola epidemic. 'Within this period, no shops will be opened. No market will operate. 'No unauthorised vehicles or motorcycle taxis will ply the route in or outside towns and villages except those officially assigned to Ebola-related assignments,' Alie Kamara, resident minister for the Northern Region, told AFP. 'Generally, people will rely on the support of their families but because so many people depend on tourism the intrinsic impact is difficult to measure. 'Families are already suffering hardship and businesses are at risk, and this is a tragedy that is worsening and unfolding before our eyes.' Ms Novelli said only Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia have been significantly affected by the current Ebola outbreak to date. She added: 'Ask yourself, if the Ebola virus had spread to Italy would people be frightened to travel to the nearby UK? Probably not. 'Africa is a huge continent and there is absolutely no reason not to travel to non-affected West African destinations. 'Whether you are travellers, tourists, educators or experts in aspects of development, I urge everyone to keep informed and to continue travelling to countries like The Gambia. 'The Gambian tourism industry and the Gambian people need us all.' | Travellers turning backs on the Gambia in West Africa over Ebola fears .
But country does not even border the nations affected by deadly outbreak .
Expert claims tourism in the Gambia has since been brought to its knees .
The British government has declared the Gambia to be Ebola-free .
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An Australian man, who is believed to have been fighting alongside terrorist organisation the Islamic State in Syria, has been reportedly killed in the war-torn country. The Syria 24 News Network reported that Lebanese born Ahmad Mohamad al-Ghaz'zaoui (also spelt Al-Ghazzawi) who is believed to have formerly lived in Bankstown in Sydney's west, was killed by the Syrian army as a member of ISIS on December 27,News Corp reports. Following news of his death, dozens of people took to social media to show support and praise the alleged terrorist. Ahmad Mohamad al-Ghaz'zaoui (also spelt Al-Ghazzawi) (pictured) who previously lived in Bankstown in Sydney's west, is believed to have been killed by the Syrian army as a member of ISIS on December 27 . In a series of posts to his Facebook page, Sydney business manager Abo Elmineh, dubbed Al-Ghazzawi a 'martyr' and a hero'. Written in Arabic, his messages asked for God to 'rest his soul in peace' and stated that Ghazzawi had 'died in the land of the pure'. Dozens of people followed suit, writing comments such as: 'God have mercy on him' and asking for 'God to make him a martyr'. Others, such as Hassan Ghazzawi, went as far as to call him their 'hero'. However many others responded to Syria 24's announcement with disgust towards the Australia, writing: 'One way ticket to hell this pig' and 'Good riddance'. Following news of his death, dozens of people took to social media to show support and praise the alleged terrorist . In a series of posts to his Facebook page, Sydney business manager Abo Elmineh, dubbed Al-Ghazzawi a 'martyr' and a hero' Australian officials have so far been unable to confirm news of Al-Ghazzawi's death nor whether he had fled Australia to join ISIS fighters in Syria, News Corp reports. Earlier this month, Attorney-General George Brandis revealed that approximately 20 Australians were known by the government to have died in conflict in Syria and Iraq so far, the ABC reported. Amongst them: Mohammad Ali Baryalei, who was believed to have recruited dozens to fight overseas and was part of a plot to kill citizens in Sydney and Brisbane, 33-year-old former Brisbane City Council worker Zia Abdul Haq who died in October, Australian soldier Caner Temel who died in Syria in January and Sydney couple Yusuf Ali and who were killed in the Syrian city of Aleppo. News of Al-Ghazzawi's comes after revelations that Melbourne model Sharky Jama, traded in his 'budding' career for a life devoted to the Islamic State in the Middle East. The Australian reported that Jama and friend, former La Trobe University student Yusuf Yusuf, claim to have fled Australian for the key IS outposts of Fallujah, Iraq, and Raqqa, Syria, respectively. In various pictures published by his modelling agency, Jama, of Somalian descent, is seen posing for photographs in smart casual clothing. Al-Ghazzawi's death was reported by the Syria 24 News Network on December 27 (left). many readers responded to the announcement with disgust towards the Australia (right), writing: 'Good riddance' Jama's role in Fallujah - the first major city to fall to the Islamic State in 2014 - is not known, but is no doubt very different to his Australian occupation. The Federal government believes more than 70 Australians have fled to join the fighting in Iraq and Syria and the passports of more than 100 others have been cancelled. Counter-terrorism researcher Dr Anne Aly, from Curtin University, told Daily Mail Australia the young men matched the 'typical' profile of Australians joining the Islamic State. 'That is pretty much a very typical profile, young men who for all intents and purposes seem to be quite well integrated... but then there's something that turns them'. 'It might take a year, it might take six months and if they continue down that path and become more and more radicalised they get to the point where they're ready to take action'. It comes after revelations that Melbourne model Sharky Jama, traded in his 'budding' career for a life devoted to the Islamic State in the Middle East . Some pictures of Jama, above, feature him sauntering down laneways wearing a fedora, while others show him posing in high-top sneakers and colourful scarfs . While many Australians have taken up arms on behalf of the Islamic State, and several have died, others have joined the terrorist group's propaganda arm. Last week, it was reported that a western Sydney man has joined the organisation's media arm, which produces its slick, high-definition propaganda packages for broadcast and upload. The man is understood to be working as a video editor. He described his life as 'pretty typical' in an interview with The Australian newspaper. 'I have a job, I live in a HQ, eat, sleep, work, hope an airstrike gets me so I can be Shaheed (martyred),' he was quoted saying. Two Australian nationals have featured in Islamic State videos - the so-called 'Ginger Jihadi', Abdullah Elmir, 17 and Zakaria Raad, 22. Elmir has not appeared in a video since October, when he was broadcast wearing military fatigues and surrounded by chanting Islamic State militants. Raad was reported killed shortly after his appearance in a July recruitment video with other militants. Propaganda prop: Abdullah Elmir, 17, from western Sydney, featured in a high-definition Islamic State broadcast earlier this year . Elmir, pictured, has not been heard from in IS propaganda since the video's syndication . | Sydney man, Ahmad Mohamad Al-Ghazzawi, has reportedly been killed by the Syrian army as a member of ISIS .
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Dozens of people took to social media following the news to write: 'God have mercy on him' and asking for 'God to make him a martyr'
Australian officials have not confirmed Al-Ghazzawi's death nor whether he fled Australia to join ISIS fighters in Syria .
It comes after Melbourne man Sharky Jama, left behind his 'budding male model' career to join the Islamic State in Fallujah, Iraq .
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Roy Hodgson wants to see some of his England stars line up for the Under-21s in next summer's European Championship. Providing they get through a two-legged play-off against Croatia, Gareth Southgate's Young Lions will take part in the eight-team tournament in the Czech Republic next June. The last time England qualified, an under-strength squad failed to get out of the group stage after losing all three of their games. They did not score once from open play. Roy Hodgson celebrates England's win over Switzerland earlier this month . Stuart Pearce was in charge of the England U21 team at the last European Championships . Jordan Henderson was part of the England U21 team that crashed out of the last European Championships . Lorenzo Insigne (not pictured) scores for Italy against England at the last European Championships . This time Hodgson wants to make the players in his senior squad who are eligible for the Under-21s available to Southgate to boost his chances of winning the tournament. The England manager said: 'I am certain there will be players (there) who will have made a (senior) appearance or will have been with us. 'We are going to say - "Look, just because you have been with us for a while that doesn't make you a 100% bona fide senior that never plays anywhere else. It just makes you an England player and we are going to use you where we think best".' Hodgson's view, which is shared by director of elite development Dan Ashworth, is that exposure to tournament football is vital for any England player, regardless of their age or talent. Jack Wilshere (right) is one of the senior England players who could still play for the England U21s . John Stones and Calum Chambers (right) have recently been called up to the England squad . Ross Barkley (centre) shoots for goal against Costa Rica during the World Cup in Brazil . It has not gone unnoticed that five members of the Germany team that beat Argentina in the World Cup final defeated England's Under-21s in the European Championship final six years ago. There are a host of players in the senior squad that Southgate could choose. Jack Wilshere, Phil Jones, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Raheem Sterling, John Stones, Calum Chambers, Ross Barkley and Luke Shaw are all eligible. After dropping just two points in their qualification campaign, Southgate is reluctant to draft in any top stars from the senior side though. The fact that England's seniors play a qualifier in Slovenia three days before the Under-21s championship starts would disrupt preparations for the Young Lions too. But should the Under-21s come through their October play-off, Hodgson will try to persuade Southgate to consider selecting some players who already have represented the senior side for the finals. Thomas Muller and Mesut Ozil (right) were part of the Germany team that beat England U21s six years ago . Teenager Luke Shaw is still young enough to play for England if they qualify for the European Championships . Roy Hodgson wants the likes of Raheem Sterling (right) to get more tournament experience . 'That's what the FA would like to happen,' Hodgson said. 'It will just be a question of Gareth and I sitting down and deciding which ones are the right ones to send. 'There is always going to be a risk that he and I decide that although this player could have done both we are not going to ask him to because he already has tournament experience, for example, or we think it's a bit unfair he has not been anywhere near the other ones and all of a sudden he jumps in. 'But it will be a real discussion point between Gareth and I and we get on very well in that respect. We both sing off the same hymn sheet.' 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Jack Colback, Danny Rose and Chambers all earned their first call-ups as Hodgson looked to draw a line under the winless World Cup campaign with a fresh-looking squad. After beating Switzerland, England's biggest qualification rivals, in such impressive fashion, Hodgson was glad he decided against turning to older, more experienced players like Gareth Barry and Jermain Defoe, whose international careers now look to be over. 'It was a case of me holding my nerve,' Hodgson said. 'I've tried to force myself to keep looking two years ahead.' | Hodgson keen to give players more tournament experience .
Likes of Jack Wilshere and Raheem Sterling could play for U21s .
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By . Jack Doyle . PUBLISHED: . 17:47 EST, 4 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:32 EST, 5 April 2013 . The only official Government report into future Romanian and Bulgarian migration into Britain has been branded a ‘whitewash’ – after it failed to answer the key question of how many would arrive next year. From January 1, EU controls on workers from the two countries will expire, allowing almost 29million people free access to work here. Following repeated refusals by ministers to estimate how many will come, the £30,000 Foreign Office-commissioned study said it was ‘not possible to predict the scale of future migration’ from the two EU countries. The MigrationWatch think-tank has predicted about 50,000 Romanian and Bulgarian migrants could come here every year from next year . However, the report did warn an influx could lead to pressure on already scarce primary school places, and of high levels of diseases such as measles among Romanian nationals. The lack of estimate provoked ridicule from commentators and backbench Tory MPs. The MigrationWatch think-tank has predicted about 50,000 Romanian and Bulgarian migrants could come here every year from next year. Chairman Sir Andrew Green said: ‘This report is a bucket of whitewash. In 60 pages it provides no estimate whatever. It doesn’t even address the only estimate published so far, by MigrationWatch.’ ‘It brushes aside any indication of an increase in migration from these countries.’ General view of the estate in Germany, where up to 400 Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants have moved in since last February . Experts say the lack of any firm . estimate makes it impossible to prepare for the extra pressure new . arrivals could put on public services. They also fear the most . significant disruption could be felt in the jobs market. The report, by the National Institute for Economic and Social Research, was published today despite officials receiving it ‘in draft’ as early as December last year. It blamed lack of ‘current data’ on how many migrants are here, and said there was ‘no agreed definition’ of what migration was. It said: ‘Estimates of potential migration to the UK are likely to be inaccurate and misleading and our report does not include these.’ It suggested Romanians and Bulgarians will migrate to Spain and Italy – despite much higher unemployment levels there. It said: ‘Survey evidence suggests the UK is not a strongly favoured location.’ The report did warn that families arriving with children could ‘potentially increase pressure’ on primary school places, and are likely to claim child benefit and other in-work benefits such as tax credits. It pointed to high levels of measles, mumps and rubella among Romanian nationals and high rates of tuberculosis. And it said there could be ‘added pressure’ on housing. Those who come are likely to be under 35 and working in low-skilled jobs, it said. According to a British Labour Force survey, there are 26,000 Bulgarians and 80,000 Romanians already living in the UK. Last month, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles admitted the Government had ‘no idea’ about the size of the possible influx. Tory MP Philip Hollobone said: ‘I think they have avoided answering that question because the numbers are likely to be huge.’ | From January 1 controls on workers from Romania and Bulgaria will expire .
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Sydney Swans veteran Adam Goodes has revealed his friendship with Eddie McGuire is over following the racial comments he made about the player last year. The dual Brownlow Medalist today broke his silence over McGuire's on-air gaffe when he suggested Goodes, 34, be part of the promotion of King Kong the musical. It happened just days after one of the games most loyal servants was called an 'ape' by a 13-year-old girl during a match against Collingwood - the club McGuire is president of. Disgrace: Australian Of The Year Adam Goodes was subject to vile racist abuse on Facebook this week . Today Adam Goodes revealed he no longer considers McGuire a friend while speaking at a corporate business breakfast in Sydney. 'I would have liked to have called Eddie a friend before that incident,’ he said at a Corporate Club Australia breakfast in Sydney this morning. At the time of the incident McGuire, 49, went public with an apology and said he would remain as Collingwood' President despite pressure for him to resign. He said: 'It burns me to the core that I would be associated with vilifying.' 'Every part of my being is about equality.' AFL boss Andrew Demetriou said McGuire's comments would be investigated, but his position at Collingwood remained in tact. At the time Goodes singled the young fan out in the crowd, McGuire stood united with him in their bid to stamp out racial vilification in the game. He reacted by stepping in to support Goodes and even shook his hand in the dressing room after the final siren went. 'Very proud' Australian Of The Year Adam Goodes said his indigenous heritage is a very important part of his life. 'Burns me to the core' Eddie McGuire said he felt deeply upset about the comments he made about dual Brownlow Medalist Adam Goodes last year . But all his good work was undone when the Triple M radio presenter made a terrible error in judgement by suggesting Adam Goodes be flown down from Sydney to Melbourne to help promote King Kong the musical. According to Fairfax Media reports today, Goodes said he would still be prepared to shake McGuire's hand, but would not regard the gesture as an act of friendship. 'To have a friend and someone there that night who shook my hand in the dressing room afterwards, to have him say what he did was disappointing and uncomfortable but that’s how friendships end.' Goodes also said he did not regret singling out the young girl who had vilified him. 'It was just a natural part of what I would do on a footy field,' he said. 'It was part of me acting instinctively.' At 34, Goodes has played more than 300 AFL matches for Sydney and was twice named the best player of the year. He was crowned the Brownlow Medalist in 2003 and 2006 and was this year given the country's top honour when named Australian Of The Year. On receiving his award he said he was a 'very proud indigenous man' who was keen to fight racism in Australia. He said it was a different accolade altogether to the one's he was used to receiving in AFL. 'I’m a little bit overwhelmed, to be honest. It’s not like winning a premiership or winning a Brownlow medal for the skills that you show on the football field, it’s quite amazing.' | Adam Goodes today said he longer regards Eddie McGuire as a friend over 'King Kong' comments .
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Northwestern University will ask the National Labor Relations Board to review its decision allowing football players to unionize, arguing that student-athletes are not university employees but "students, first and foremost." In a statement Friday, the Illinois university said it will follow labor board procedures but requested a review of the decision, saying it "overlooked or completely ignored" critical university testimony and "applied incorrect legal standards." On Wednesday, the board ruled that football players at Northwestern University are employees and can unionize. "Northwestern considers its students who participate in NCAA Division I sports, including those who receive athletic scholarships, to be students, first and foremost," Alan Cubbage, vice president for university relations, said in the statement. "We believe that participation in athletic events is part of the overall educational experience for those students, not a separate activity." Cubbage added, "Unionization and collective bargaining are not the appropriate methods to address the concerns these students are raising. The life of a student-athlete is extremely demanding, but the academic side and the athletic side are inextricably linked." Read the board's ruling (PDF) The university will ask for review with the full board to appeal the regional director's decision, Cubbage said. The university's request is due on April 9; the union's brief is due seven days later. If the board grants the review, it will set a briefing schedule for both parties, the statement said. The players' petition was a way to get a seat at the bargaining table in college sports and could change the landscape of the NCAA model. But the board's decision indicates that there was enough evidence presented that the athletes are employees of the university -- getting paid in the form of scholarships, working between 20 and 50 hours per week and generating millions of dollars for their institutions. The athletes have said they're seeking better medical coverage, concussion testing, four-year scholarships and the possibility of being paid. But while former Northwestern quarterback CJ Bacher said he agrees with the reform issues set forth by the College Athletes Players Association and other groups, he doesn't think unionizing is the way to achieve those goals. "While we agree with CAPA's stated objectives, the decision made by the NLRB ... is disconcerting to those of us that care deeply about the future success and stability of Northwestern athletics," Bacher said. Richard Epstein, labor law professor at New York University, said the ruling has "vast implications for the structure of the sport, if upheld." But he noted an appeal would likely take years to resolve. The NCAA promptly said that while it wasn't party to the proceeding, it was "disappointed" with the board's ruling and disagreed "with the notion that student-athletes are employees." "We frequently hear from student-athletes, across all sports, that they participate to enhance their overall college experience and for the love of their sport, not to be paid," said the statement from NCAA chief legal officer Donald Remy. "While improvements need to be made, we do not need to completely throw away a system that has helped literally millions of students over the past decade alone attend college. "We want student-athletes -- 99 percent of whom will never make it to the professional leagues -- focused on what matters most -- finding success in the classroom, on the field and in life." Last week, Northwestern University's president emeritus said that if the football players were successful forming a union, he could see the prestigious private institution giving up Division I football. "If we got into collective-bargaining situations, I would not take for granted that the Northwesterns of the world would continue to play Division I sports," Henry Bienen said at the annual conference for the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. He further said that if the players won their fight, private institutions with high academic standards -- he specifically cited Duke and Stanford universities -- could abandon the current mode to preserve academic integrity. He compared it with the pullback of the Ivy League schools decades ago when their conference decided to opt out of postseason play and to end athletic scholarships, preserving the emphasis on academics for the players. "In the 1950s, the 'Ivies' had some of the highest-ranked football teams in the country. 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National Labor Relations Board rules in favor of Northwestern football players unionizing .
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Dennis Avner, the Nevada man who spent years trying to morph . his body into that of a cat has died. He was 54. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, Avner underwent a series of . radical body modification procedures to make himself look like a female cat, from . whiskers and ears to a mechanical tail. His body was found in his home in Tonopah on November 5. Scroll down for video . Stalking Cat: Dennis Avner, a Nevada man who spent years trying to morph his body into that of a female cat, was found dead on November 5 . Avner's operations have included bifurcation (splitting) of . his upper lip, surgical pointing of the ears, sillicone cheek and forehead . implants, tooth filing, tattoos, and facial piercing. Avner, from Tonopah, Nevada, likes to go by his Indian name . 'Stalking Cat.' 'I am Huron and following a very old tradition have transformed . myself into a tiger,' he said on his now-defunct website. Descended from American Indians, Avner felt inspired after a . discussion with a Native chief who inspired him to 'follow the ways of the . tiger.' With his overgrown fingernails, fangs and striped skin tone, . Avner was a highly recognizable figure in his neighborhood. Oddity: Avner, pictured in 2009, underwent a series of radical body modification procedures to make himself look like a female cat, from whiskers and ears to a mechanical tail . Mission: Descended from American Indians, Avner felt inspired after a discussion with a Native chief who inspired him to 'follow the ways of the tiger' His cause of death has not yet been revealed, yet some are . speculating that up speculation that Avner may have killed himself. Shannon Larratt, the former editor and publisher of BMEzine . and friend of Avner, wrote in a blog post: 'A wonderful and complex person, he . was at times as troubled as he was remarkable, and he recently took his own . life at the age of 54.' His surgeries were done by Steve Haworth, an artist and . pioneer of body modification techniques. While Avner worked as a computer programmer, he often . appeared at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! events around the world. | Dennis Avner, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, was found dead in his Tonopah, Nevada, home on November 5 .
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Taliban militants made their deepest incursion into Pakistan this week, seizing control of areas that are a short drive from the capital city. Pakistan has deployed paramilitary troops to a district taken over by the Taliban. A Pakistani government official said the militants fully withdrew from the Buner district on Friday, although other officials cast doubt on the extent of the pullout and how long it would last. Buner is only 60 miles outside Islamabad. The situation is particularly concerning because Pakistan is a nuclear-armed state. The Islamic republic is believed to have between 30 and 40 nuclear warheads, according to the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Those warheads, however, are unassembled and scattered about Pakistan in areas that are not under the control of the Taliban, several analysts said. iReport: Should the U.S. intercede in Pakistan? Earlier this week, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that Pakistan was in danger of falling into terrorist hands. But Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani, said that the situation is not as dire as Clinton described. "Yes, we have a challenge," Haqqani told CNN. "But, no, we do not have a situation in which the government or the country of Pakistan is about to fall to the Taliban." Analyst Michael Krepon said while the news out of Pakistan is "disturbing," the real concern is what happens if Pakistan decides to move the weapons components, which are closely guarded by its army. "The nuclear weapons are the most well-guarded inanimate objects in the country," said Krepon, co-founder of the Stimson Center, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. "When they're not in motion, they're not going to be subject to hijacking or being overrun by the Taliban." Krepon, who studies Pakistan's and India's nuclear programs, said tensions between those two countries could prompt Pakistan to move its weapons components. "If there's a crisis with India ... odds increase greatly that weapons could move around, and when weapons move around, it is very worrisome," he said. Watch a former CIA official view » . However, Pakistani political consultant Hasan-Askari Rizvi downplayed the threat of the Taliban insurgency to Pakistan's nuclear weapons program. "The threat to nuclear weapons is not so imminent because they are far away from those places and secondly, they are under control of the army," Rizvi said. "Only a few people in the army know about it," he said, noting that the Pakistani army would defend their control of the nuclear weapons until the end. "It's a source of power," Rizvi said. "Whoever controls the weapons will dictate to the Pakistani government." Commentators and politicians in the West have long harbored concerns that Pakistan's nuclear weapons could be stolen by Islamic militants. A month after suspected Islamist extremists assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in December 2007, top Pakistani security officials held a special briefing with Western journalists, insisting that the country's nuclear arsenal is secure from Islamic extremists. The January 26, 2008 news conference took place a few weeks after IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei warned that Pakistan's "many internal problems" put the country's nuclear arms at much greater risk. At the briefing, Lt. Gen. Khalid Kidwai -- head of the army division that controls Pakistan's nuclear sites and weapons -- said the country's weapons were protected by a "fool-proof" security system. Kidwai said there are 10,000 troops assigned to guard the country's nuclear facilities, including special agents who report directly to the country's intelligence services. He stressed that Pakistani military sites were equipped with security cameras; biometrics and access control; bullet-proof vehicles, high security walls; and quick reaction forces. Around 2,000 scientists working with sensitive materials and information at the sites had to undergo extensive background checks before being given security clearances, he added. "In Pakistan we have been extremely conscious of our responsibilities and obligations in this regard and we have instituted command and control structures and security measures in a manner so as to make these fool proof," Kidwai said. CNN's Tricia Escobedo in Atlanta, Georgia, contributed to this report. | Concerns over Pakistan's nuclear arsenal as Taliban make advances .
Pakistan is estimated to have 30-40 nuclear weapons .
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The digital revolution continues to have a huge impact on all aspects of modern life and home cooking is no exception. Cutting edge innovations are transforming our behavior in the kitchen. Here are six technologies and tools that are turning us into smart cooks. Tablets and mobile devices . While we all love the feeling of buying and beholding a brand new cookbook, the wealth of recipes and cookery tips that can now be accessed online means that we are increasingly turning to our tech to find new content. Savvy chefs and publishers are ensuring that their recipes are available online in mobile and tablet friendly formats, appealing to today's "always on" consumers. Social media . The proliferation of social platforms including Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter and Facebook have unleashed our sharing culture, making it easier to share recipes, foodie news and top hints and tips with our followers. In addition, social channels are making it possible for the public to interact with professional cooks and industry experts, in a more direct and immediate manner than ever before. YouTube videos are being used by chefs as a way of bringing recipes to life and bridging the gap between cookbooks and cookery classes. It's now also possible to join in with live cookery demonstrations using Google Hangouts, allowing for even greater interaction between the pros and their audience at home. Google Glass . Google Glass is a piece of wearable tech that could really shake things up in the kitchen. This smart eyewear has the ability to put users in the shoes of their favorite chefs, watching live or filmed tutorials as they cook. It also allows users to find and share recipes. The device is hands-free, making it ideal for the kitchen. The iSpoon . With more and more of us following recipes on our tablets, the iSpoon kitchen stylus is a must for any contemporary kitchen. Cooks can now scroll through recipes and photos without getting their tablets dirty. The Prep Pad . Described as a "kitchen nutritionist," Prep Pad is a smart food scale that connects with the iPad over Bluetooth to show the nutritional value of food. It offers a breakdown of calories, fat, protein, carbs and vitamins, helping users create balanced meals. The saucepans of the future . Flare with Fin-X technology is the name of a new range of saucepans that claim to cook 40% faster than traditional pans, thus saving both time and energy. We're starting to see a large number of innovations being developed for the home kitchen. While some have been overdesigned, others serve a real purpose and are already becoming commonplace in the home. The important thing is to ensure that we are using new technologies and tools as a way of enhancing the cookery experience and not as a way of replacing the skill and fun of cooking. Used in combination with our natural senses and instincts, they really are a recipe for success. Hari Ghotra is founder and chief cookery officer of Hari Ghotra Ltd. | Chef Hari Ghotra explores new digital innovations in home cookery .
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By . Damian Ghigliotty . PUBLISHED: . 20:44 EST, 24 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:44 EST, 24 November 2012 . It was a day of sorrow and remembrance for those close to Sgt. Joshua Michael, one of the four victims of a recent fatal train accident in West Texas. Michael, 34, a Purple Heart recipient and a dedicated husband and father, was buried on Saturday in Amarillo after he saved his wife’s life and lost his own minutes after. American flags lined the streets outside of the local chapel where his memorial service was held. Proper goodbye: The casket of Army Sgt. Joshua Michael is loaded onto a hearse after a his funeral service Saturday, November 24, 2012 in Amarillo, Texas . Heroic loss: Michael died when a Veterans Day parade float he was riding on was struck by a freight train Midland, Texas on November 15 . Michael died on November 15 when a Union Pacific freight train struck the Veterans Day parade float he was riding on. He was among 26 people riding on a flatbed truck en route to a support dinner in their honor when the train suddenly appeared on the tracks and ploughed through the float. According to Michael's mother-in-law, Mary Hefley, the Iraq war veteran pushed his wife of 15 years, Daylyn, off the float just moments before impact, saving her life in the process. The non-profit group America Supports You Texas will hold a prayer vigil for Michael and the other victims of the Midland parade accident at 2pm on Sunday at Texas Panhandle War Memorial, where Amarillo Mayor Paul Harpole is scheduled to speak. Proud supporters: Local streets are lined with American flags during the funeral services for Michael . A soldier remembered: A military salute is performed during the grave site funeral service for Michael at Llano Cemetery in Amarillo, Texas . ‘It’s important to honor Sgt. Michael and his family here in Amarillo because Hereford is part of our local family,’ Larry Lewis, acting America Supports You Texas, president Larry Lewis recently told the Amarillo Globe-News. ‘Whenever we lose a service member, we feel a need to honor that family and reach out and support them.’ Michael was born was born and raised in Hereford, Texas, according to his obituary. He graduated from Hereford High School in 1996 and attended Amarillo College where he met Daylyn, who he married in September 1997. Heroic husband: Michael died saving his wife of 15 years, Daylyn, just moment before Texas train crash . A sad story: Michael leaves behind (left to right) his daughter Maci, wife Daylyn and son Ryan . After the terrorist attacks in New York on September 11, 2001, Michael joined the Army. He and Daylyn moved to Fort Campbell, where he deployed to Iraq from 2003 to 2004. Michael returned home and was then redeployed to Iraq from 2005 to 2006. He was awarded two Purple Heart medals before being medically retired due to multiple brain injuries he had suffered after being hit by an IED while serving with the Mighty 101st Airborne Division. Despite the health problems he suffered as a result of serving his country, Michael said he was proud of being a soldier. 'I wouldn’t change anything that happened. I am a better man, husband and father because of my service,' he wrote in a biographical entry. | Sgt. Joshua Michael, 34, a Purple Heart recipient, died on November 15 when a Union Pacific freight train struck the Veterans Day parade float he was riding on .
Michael was buried on Saturday in Amarillo .
after he saved his wife’s life and lost his own minutes after .
He was one of four who died from the accident .
According to Michael's mother-in-law, .
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Gordon Ramsay was last night accused of ‘cooking up a lie’ when it was revealed that contestants on his US version of MasterChef have been secretly receiving cooking lessons. The covert coaching was revealed on a blog by a runner-up contestant on the hit TV show who said there had been ‘baking component classes including how to make pastry cream, sponge cake, cobbler, shortbread and pie crusts, etc’. One insider added: ‘The entire show is not at all how it seems. Each home cook is given professional training before the challenges to ensure they can cook something decent when they start recording. Gordon Ramsay has been accused of 'cooking up a lie' after a runner-up from MasterChef US revealed that contestants are given professional lessons during filming . ‘They don’t want the contestants talking about it because people are under the impression that the challenges are totally spontaneous, but this is absolutely untrue. They are cooking up a lie.’ Last night a producer of the programme told The Mail on Sunday: ‘MasterChef US has never made any secret of the practice where prior to certain specialist challenges contestants have been given access to training and relevant reference materials. We have discussed this openly and publicly.’ Andrew Kojima, a 2012 MasterChef UK finalist, denied lessons had been given to contestants in the British version. He said: ‘We were never given any coaching at all.’ An insider added that the show is 'not at all how it seems'. However a producer said MasterChef has never made a secret of giving contestants coaching before certain tasks . | Runner up revealed that contestants are given coaching .
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(CNN) -- A large portion of Syria's remaining declared chemical weapons stockpiles has been neutralized, a chemical weapons watchdog group said Wednesday. Workers aboard a U.S. government container ship finished neutralizing 581 metric tons of methylphosphonyl difluoride, a chemical used to make nerve agents sarin and soman, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said. The ship, the Cape Ray, still needs to neutralize 19.8 metric tons of sulfur mustard, a blistering agent. Once that is done, the last batch of declared Syrian chemical weapons to have left the country will have been rendered useless. Other batches of Syria's chemicals are being destroyed elsewhere, including at facilities in Britain and Finland. Last week, the OPCW said that more than 74% of Syria's declared chemical stockpile had been destroyed. Syria agreed to give up is chemical weapons last year as part of an international deal meant to stave off Western military strikes, after Syria's government was accused of using poison gas against civilians during its years-long civil war. In June, when a Danish ship collected the final declared batch of methylphosphonyl difluoride and sulfur mustard from the Syrian port of Latakia, the OPCW hailed what it called a major milestone. "Never before has an entire arsenal of a category of weapons of mass destruction been removed from a country experiencing a state of internal armed conflict," OPCW chief Ahmet Uzumcu said at the time. But inspectors can't say for sure that some undeclared weapons aren't still lurking somewhere in the country. The Danish ship transferred the chemicals to the Cape Ray at an Italian port in July. The Cape Ray, equipped with chemical neutralization systems, began processing the chemicals after sailing to international waters in the Mediterranean Sea. The neutralized chemicals will be destroyed at facilities in Finland and Germany, the OPCW said. While the OPCW says Syria has given up all the chemical weapons that it declared, the country's civil war continues. The United Nations says more than 150,000 people have been killed in the past three years. The war began after popular protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in 2011. Syrian government forces are now opposed by various groups, including the extremist Sunni Muslim group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. That militant group, which calls itself the Islamic State, now controls parts of northeastern Syria and northern and western Iraq. CNN's Carol Jordan and Ben Brumfield contributed to this report. | The chemicals were among the last batch of declared weapons to leave Syria .
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Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Leicester's home clash with Stoke... Leicester vs Stoke (King Power Stadium) Team news . Leicester . New signing Andrej Kramaric is still waiting on a work permit a week after signing for Leicester, but is in contention for Saturday's Barclays Premier League visit of Stoke if the red tape is cleared. Matty James is suspended after his dismissal in last week's 1-0 win over Aston Villa, whilst Kasper Schmeichel, Matt Upson (both foot), Jeff Schlupp (knee) and Riyad Mahrez (African Nations Cup) are also unavailable. Boss Nigel Pearson also has severe doubts surrounding Dean Hammond (calf) and Esteban Cambiasso (hip), but Danny Drinkwater is poised to return after missing the last two games with a groin problem. Provisional squad: Hamer, Schwarzer, Moore, De Laet, Konchesky, Wasilewski, Lawrence, Albrighton, Knockaert, Ulloa, Nugent, Wood, King, Vardy, Drinkwater, Morgan, Taylor-Fletcher, Simpson, Kramaric. Paul Konchesky (left) scored his first-ever Leicester goal against Aston Villa as the Foxes secured a vital win . Kick-off: Saturday 3pm . Odds (subject to change): . Leicester 8/5 . Draw 21/10 . Stoke 2/1 . Referee: Andre Marriner . Managers: Leicester (Nigel Pearson) Stoke (Mark Hughes) Stoke . Full-back Erik Pieters is a doubt but midfielder Steven Nzonzi should be available for Stoke's Barclays Premier League trip to Leicester. Both players came off at half-time with groin complaints during last Sunday's 3-0 loss at Arsenal, where Victor Moses returned to the matchday squad as an unused substitute and looks set to make his playing comeback this weekend following a thigh injury. Forward Mame Biram Diouf remains on African Nations Cup duty with Senegal. Provisional squad: Begovic, Butland, Shawcross, Wollscheid, Wilson, Huth, Muniesa, Pieters, Bardsley, Cameron, Nzonzi, Adam, Whelan, Ireland, Sidwell, Palacios, Walters, Arnautovic, Crouch, Moses, Bojan. Stoke City Asmir Begovic looks on with frustration after conceding a goal in the defeat to Arsenal . Key match stats (supplied by Opta) Leicester have lost just one of their last 25 home games against Stoke City (W9 D15 L1). The Foxes and the Potters have met 79 times in the league with both teams winning 27 matches. Leicester City scored from their only shot on target in their 1-0 win over Stoke in mid September. Only Burnley (11) have conceded more headed goals than Stoke City (9) in the Premier League this season. Mark Hughes’ side have conceded a divisional high 48% of their goals from set plays this season. 25% of Leicester’s goals have been scored from outside the box (5/20) which is the highest percentage in the Premier League. Stoke are one of just two teams yet to pick up a red card in the Premier League this season (along with Burnley). The Foxes’ win over Aston Villa ended a run of six home league games without a win (D2 L4). Wes Morgan has blocked more shots than any other player in the top flight this season (28). Only Burnley (7) have conceded more goals from corners than Stoke City this season (6). | New Leicester signing Andrej Kramaric awaiting work permit .
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Four years ago, the discovery of 11 decomposed bodies inside an East Cleveland home seemed like the kind of devastating, once-in-generations event that would spur change for the better. Then, this spring, came the shocking allegations of three women who told police they'd been held captive for years, sometimes raped and beaten, by a man named Ariel Castro, in a house just a few miles away. Lightning had struck twice. But, surely, it couldn't happen again. Yet it did. Last weekend, authorities found the bodies of three women, wrapped in plastic in a style reminiscent of the victims of serial killer Anthony Sowell, the man sentenced to death in the 2009 case. It does raise questions: What's up with Cleveland? Why so many high-profile crimes in such a short span? Why such violence against the metro area's women? Cleveland neighborhood struggles with horrors . It's the kind of question academics could spend an entire career researching and still not reach a satisfying answer. After all, the murder rate in Cleveland's metropolitan area isn't out of line with that of other Rust Belt communities. And while more rapes are reported per capita than in many other cities, the director of a Cleveland rape center says there's nothing particularly unusual about sexual violence there, compared with other cities. Cleveland's police department declined a CNN request to talk about the recent crimes. But to those who study the city, some patterns do emerge: crushing poverty, dehumanizing unemployment and thousands of tumbledown vacant homes -- ideal places to rape and kill in the shadows. "I hate to say this, but in a sense, to a large degree, we have an underclass in the city of Cleveland of those that truly are disconnected from the social fabric, from the mainstream economy and society," said Ronnie Dunn, an urban studies professor at Cleveland State University. "They're left without anything to grasp onto." Cleveland and poverty are no strangers. Once a hub of the nation's industrial might -- shipping out seemingly endless streams of iron, steel, machinery and automobiles from its perch on Lake Erie -- the city that once housed nearly a million people now has barely a third of that population. In East Cleveland, where authorities found the three bodies over the weekend, more than half of families with children under the age of 5 live in poverty, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The median household income is half that of the nation as a whole. And East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton says 2,500 vacant and abandoned homes crowd his city's three square miles. Across Cuyahoga County, home to the entire Cleveland metro area, about 76,000 residences are vacant, according to Census figures. It's a perfect environment for crime and social indifference to thrive, said Dunn. But that doesn't explain what makes Cleveland different -- plenty of cities across the nation suffer from urban rot. Maybe it's a history of extreme racial disparity in Cuyahoga County's justice system, crime author James Renner says. He says such disparities drive a wedge between police and residents of impoverished areas, making them reluctant to go to authorities to report crime for fear they might be hassled by police themselves. That, he says, allowed criminals time and space to do their work and "created the perfect killing fields for these men." Sowell, for instance, killed for at least two years before he was caught. Castro snatched the first of his victims a decade before he was finally arrested. And authorities have not said how long they believe East Cleveland's Michael Madison, charged in the three most recent deaths, may have been killing. The bodies of his victims were badly decomposed, authorities said this week. One of them was found in an abandoned house. Again, similar things could be said of many big cities, where pockets of social rot provide an ideal habitat for criminals to set up shop. "Violence knows no boundaries," Norton, the East Cleveland mayor, told CNN's Martin Savidge. "Violence occurs in California. It occurs in Iowa. It occurs in Texas. It occurs in Ohio." Indeed, Cleveland's raw violent crime statistics aren't particularly out of line with those of other big Rust Belt cities. The city had 84 murders in 2012 and a violent crime rate of 1,386 for every 100,000 residents, according to Bureau of Justice Statistics figures. That's lower than Baltimore's crime rate and a pale shadow of Detroit's, where 386 people were murdered in 2012 amid a crime rate one and a half times higher than Cleveland's. But the city's rape statistics do seem to paint a somewhat different picture. In 2012, police took reports on 92 rapes for every 100,000 residents -- more than double the rate in Baltimore or Detroit. Only a few cities had a higher rate of reported rapes. That might suggest a particular problem with sexual violence against women in the Cleveland area, Dunn said. "There are some things in the culture in this area where it appears that the lives of women in particular have been devalued," he said. He said some men seem emasculated by their economic plight, and violence sometimes results. "They manifest their lack of control in a violent manner against women," Dunn said. "It might not always result in murder, but it often does in physical abuse." Sondra Miller, who deals with rape victims as interim director of Cleveland's Rape Crisis Center, doesn't think violence against women is any more a problem in Cleveland than in any other community. She believes that the data show that after years of high-profile cases in Cleveland, more people are willing to report rape and sexual assault. Could it be just something in the city's DNA? Outrageous crimes are not a new phenomenon: In the 1930s, dismembered bodies kept turning up in the city's Kingsbury Run area, a string of killings that to this day remains unsolved. And, as crime author Renner points out, the city was once famous for its burning river, once dubbed the "Mistake on the Lake" and branded with an outsized inferiority complex after decades of being the butt of national jokes. "You live here, you grow up here, and there is some kind of weird vibe in the air here that anything's possible," he said. Whatever's going on, Miller says, residents can't help but wonder, "Why here? Why us?" as Cleveland's gritty side goes on display once again in the national media. "I do think we're all asking how this happens in a city I love and care deeply about," Miller said. "We definitely have more questions than we have answers at this point." | Cleveland is the site of three national headline-grabbing crimes in four years .
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"2009 case. It does raise questions: What's up",
"with Cleveland? Why so many high-profile crimes",
"in such a short span? Why such violence against",
"the metro area's women? Cleveland neighborhood",
"struggles with horrors . It's the kind of",
"question academics could spend an entire career",
"researching and still not reach a satisfying",
"answer. After all, the murder rate in Cleveland's",
"metropolitan area isn't out of line with that of",
"other Rust Belt communities. And while more rapes",
"are reported per capita than in many other",
"cities, the director of a Cleveland rape center",
"says there's nothing particularly unusual about",
"sexual violence there, compared with other",
"cities. Cleveland's police department declined a",
"CNN request to talk about the recent crimes. But",
"to those who study the city, some patterns do",
"emerge: crushing poverty, dehumanizing",
"unemployment and thousands of tumbledown vacant",
"homes -- ideal places to rape and kill in the",
"shadows. \"I hate to say this, but in a sense, to",
"a large degree, we have an underclass in the city",
"of Cleveland of those that truly are disconnected",
"from the social fabric, from the mainstream",
"economy and society,\" said Ronnie Dunn, an urban",
"studies professor at Cleveland State University.",
"\"They're left without anything to grasp onto.\"",
"Cleveland and poverty are no strangers. Once a",
"hub of the nation's industrial might -- shipping",
"out seemingly endless streams of iron, steel,",
"machinery and automobiles from its perch on Lake",
"Erie -- the city that once housed nearly a",
"million people now has barely a third of that",
"population. In East Cleveland, where authorities",
"found the three bodies over the weekend, more",
"than half of families with children under the age",
"of 5 live in poverty, according to the U.S.",
"Census Bureau. The median household income is",
"half that of the nation as a whole. And East",
"Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton says 2,500 vacant and",
"abandoned homes crowd his city's three square",
"miles. Across Cuyahoga County, home to the entire",
"Cleveland metro area, about 76,000 residences are",
"vacant, according to Census figures. It's a",
"perfect environment for crime and social",
"indifference to thrive, said Dunn. But that",
"doesn't explain what makes Cleveland different --",
"plenty of cities across the nation suffer from",
"urban rot. Maybe it's a history of extreme racial",
"disparity in Cuyahoga County's justice system,",
"crime author James Renner says. He says such",
"disparities drive a wedge between police and",
"residents of impoverished areas, making them",
"reluctant to go to authorities to report crime",
"for fear they might be hassled by police",
"themselves. That, he says, allowed criminals time",
"and space to do their work and \"created the",
"perfect killing fields for these men.\" Sowell,",
"for instance, killed for at least two years",
"before he was caught. Castro snatched the first",
"of his victims a decade before he was finally",
"arrested. And authorities have not said how long",
"they believe East Cleveland's Michael Madison,",
"charged in the three most recent deaths, may have",
"been killing. The bodies of his victims were",
"badly decomposed, authorities said this week. One",
"of them was found in an abandoned house. Again,",
"similar things could be said of many big cities,",
"where pockets of social rot provide an ideal",
"habitat for criminals to set up shop. \"Violence",
"knows no boundaries,\" Norton, the East Cleveland",
"mayor, told CNN's Martin Savidge. \"Violence",
"occurs in California. It occurs in Iowa. It",
"occurs in Texas. It occurs in Ohio.\" Indeed,",
"Cleveland's raw violent crime statistics aren't",
"particularly out of line with those of other big",
"Rust Belt cities. The city had 84 murders in 2012",
"and a violent crime rate of 1,386 for every",
"100,000 residents, according to Bureau of Justice",
"Statistics figures. That's lower than Baltimore's",
"crime rate and a pale shadow of Detroit's, where",
"386 people were murdered in 2012 amid a crime",
"rate one and a half times higher than",
"Cleveland's. But the city's rape statistics do",
"seem to paint a somewhat different picture. In",
"2012, police took reports on 92 rapes for every",
"100,000 residents -- more than double the rate in",
"Baltimore or Detroit. Only a few cities had a",
"higher rate of reported rapes. That might suggest",
"a particular problem with sexual violence against",
"women in the Cleveland area, Dunn said. \"There",
"are some things in the culture in this area where",
"it appears that the lives of women in particular",
"have been devalued,\" he said. He said some men",
"seem emasculated by their economic plight, and",
"violence sometimes results. \"They manifest their",
"lack of control in a violent manner against",
"women,\" Dunn said. \"It might not always result in",
"murder, but it often does in physical abuse.\"",
"Sondra Miller, who deals with rape victims as",
"interim director of Cleveland's Rape Crisis",
"Center, doesn't think violence against women is",
"any more a problem in Cleveland than in any other",
"community. She believes that the data show that",
"after years of high-profile cases in Cleveland,",
"more people are willing to report rape and sexual",
"assault. Could it be just something in the city's",
"DNA? Outrageous crimes are not a new phenomenon:",
"In the 1930s, dismembered bodies kept turning up",
"in the city's Kingsbury Run area, a string of",
"killings that to this day remains unsolved. And,",
"as crime author Renner points out, the city was",
"once famous for its burning river, once dubbed",
"the \"Mistake on the Lake\" and branded with an",
"outsized inferiority complex after decades of",
"being the butt of national jokes. \"You live here,",
"you grow up here, and there is some kind of weird",
"vibe in the air here that anything's possible,\"",
"he said. Whatever's going on, Miller says,",
"residents can't help but wonder, \"Why here? Why",
"us?\" as Cleveland's gritty side goes on display",
"once again in the national media. \"I do think",
"we're all asking how this happens in a city I",
"love and care deeply about,\" Miller said. \"We",
"definitely have more questions than we have",
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Violence in the streets of Damascus. A growing refugee crisis. Calls for outside intervention. Reading the grim headlines out of Syria, it's easy to forget how we even got to this point. Here's a refresher course to get you up to speed. Overview . The Syrian regime, led by President Bashar al-Assad, launched a violent crackdown last year on activists demanding more economic prosperity, political freedom and civil liberties. This sparked a nationwide uprising and eventually a civil war with armed rebels, many of whom defected from the military. As of July, the conflict had claimed an estimated 17,000 lives, mostly civilians, according to the United Nations. And more than 170,000 people have fled the Middle East nation to seek refuge in neighboring countries such as Iraq, Jordan and Turkey. Throughout the uprising, the Syrian government has referred to the opposition as terrorists trying to destabilize the country. Opposition leaders say that's just the regime's way of justifying attacks. U.S. President Barack Obama and many other global leaders have called on al-Assad to give up the power his family has held since 1970. They've also imposed economic sanctions on Syria as they try to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis. How it started . In January 2011, revolution in Tunisia marked the start of the so-called Arab Spring. Tunisia's successful uprising inspired similar unrest in countries throughout North Africa and the Middle East -- countries that, like Tunisia, were experiencing high unemployment, corruption and political repression under longtime autocratic leaders. In March 2011, violence broke out in Daraa, Syria, after a group of children and teenagers were arrested for writing political graffiti. Dozens of people were killed when security forces cracked down on protesters. Demonstrators soon called for al-Assad to leave office, following in the footsteps of Egypt's Hosni Mubarak and Tunisia's Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. Al-Assad promised to make changes, and he lifted the country's state-of-emergency law, which for 48 years gave the regime the power to detain anyone without charge and hold them indefinitely. But just four days after the emergency law was lifted in April 2011, the Syrian regime sent thousands of troops into Daraa for a wide-scale crackdown, witnesses said. Since then, the violence has only increased, spreading throughout the country and becoming a full-fledged civil war between the regime and an armed resistance. By the summer of 2012, the clashes had reached Damascus, Syria's capital, and Aleppo, its largest city. Timeline: From uprising to civil war . Who is al-Assad? Bashar al-Assad has been president since his father, Hafez, died in 2000. Hafez ruled Syria for nearly 30 years and was supposed to be succeeded by oldest son Basel, but Basel died in a car crash in 1994. When Bashar took office at the age of 34, Western nations had hopes that he might be more moderate than his father, a hard-line Soviet ally. Bashar, young and Western-educated, was at one time studying in London to become an eye doctor. The al-Assad family is Alawite, a Shiite Muslim offshoot that's one of the minorities in a country that is nearly three-quarters Sunni. Bashar has filled key positions in his government with extended family members, and many of his supporters are Alawites and other minorities who fear what might happen if the Sunnis were to gain power. Will Syria's first lady take a stand or stand by her man? Who are the rebels? The opposition has become larger, more organized and better armed since the start of the uprising. Many of the fighters are ex-soldiers who defected from the military, but there are also civilians who have taken up the fight against the al-Assad regime. "I go to war for my family, for my country," said Soukrot Amin, a 23-year-old volunteer in the Free Syrian Army. "Because (al-Assad) has killed everyone. He killed my cousin. He destroyed my village. He destroyed my home." The Free Syrian Army, the primary opposition group, emerged in July 2011, claiming responsibility for an attack on an air intelligence base. It is not the only militia opposing al-Assad, however, and there are questions about how unified the opposition truly is. CNN inside Syria: Faces of the Free Syrian Army . Overall, the rebels have showed that they can effectively attack the regime. But it has been unable to hold major cities for long, frequently retreating under the pressure of a powerful Syrian military that is better equipped and has airstrike capabilities. Outside intervention . The United States and many of its Western allies have imposed economic sanctions against Syria, condemning al-Assad and demanding that he leave power. But they have not persuaded the U.N. Security Council to do the same. China and Russia -- two of Syria's commercial partners -- have vetoed several proposed resolutions on Syria. Without international consensus, most countries have been hesitant to intervene militarily. Saudi Arabia and Qatar, two Sunni-led countries in the Middle East, are believed to be sending arms to the opposition. But the United States is providing only non-lethal aid and humanitarian assistance. On the other side, Iran is supporting al-Assad and the Syrian regime, as is Lebanon-based Hezbollah, another Shiite ally. What's at stake for Syria's neighbors . The U.N., through former Secretary-General Kofi Annan, proposed a peace plan this year and sent a team of observers into the country to observe a cease-fire that was supposed to go into effect. But violence persisted, the observers were withdrawn, and Annan resigned his post as special envoy. Why Syria matters . Of course, there is the humanitarian crisis, with people dying, starving and in need of aid. The U.N. says the violence has made it difficult for many Syrians to access food, water, electricity and medical supplies, forcing tens of thousands to flee the country. But Syria's key role in the heart of the Middle East means there might also be long-term geopolitical consequences at stake. Many analysts see the conflict as a proxy war between Iran and its Sunni Arab rivals in the region, between Iran and the United States, and even between the United States and Russia -- the latter "about who is going to have more say in the future of the region and on what terms the international community will intervene in conflicts such as Syria," said Nader Mousavizadeh, chief executive of Oxford Analytica. Why Americans should care about Syria . Because the Syrian regime is Alawite and the majority of the country is Sunni, there is also concern that Syria could devolve, like Iraq once did, into a bloody, sectarian battle that could further destabilize the region. And any time you talk about instability in the Middle East, there are worries about al Qaeda and other hard-line militants filling any power vacuums or failed states. Then there is the Arab-Israeli issue to consider. Syria has been a key Palestinian ally through the years, actively supporting Hamas and Hezbollah while sharing a border with Israel. What will the Syrian outcome mean for Mideast peace? As Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. diplomat, once said, "The Arabs can't make war without Egypt, and they can't make peace without Syria." | Syria's uprising, which started in early 2011, has turned into a full-fledged civil war .
Thousands of Syrians have been killed, and many more have fled the country .
Global leaders are calling for President Bashar al-Assad to step down .
Al-Assad says the rebels are terrorists who want to destabilize the country . | 875feb5bc65a1e15e3a3415aa1cf3cd59c341a90 | [
"Violence in the streets of Damascus. A growing",
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"Reading the grim headlines out of Syria, it's",
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"Overview . The Syrian regime, led by President",
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"last year on activists demanding more economic",
"prosperity, political freedom and civil",
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(CNN) -- A young man jangles a stack of coins, organizes his passengers like they're shapes in a game of Tetris, then bangs on the side of the colorful bus. We move off, clattering along the noisy, dusty road. The city is Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's biggest and the place President Obama hung out on his July visit to East Africa. The man is the conductor and his bus is a "dala dala" -- hordes of which toot and rattle along the key arteries through Dar es Salaam every day. This city is often ignored by travelers heading to Tanzania's big tourist destinations -- it's not hard to see why. "Dar" has few obvious attractions and can get hot and sticky. Its streets are filled with traffic, exhaust fumes and dust. Yet it has charm and for anyone willing to experience some "Bongo flava" via one of these eccentric buses, the rewards can be great. ("Bongo flava" is the Tanzanian brand of R&B/hip hop, which originates here in Bongo Town, the local nickname for Dar). More: Can the Maasai survive modernity? Dala for dollar . Dala dala get their name from the slang term for five Tanzanian shillings ("dala" for dollar), the bus fare in the 1970s and 1980s when these vehicles started operating as a response to poor public transportation. Now a standard trip costs 400 shillings (25 cents), though the fare can be more if you're going a long distance. Dala dalas are an attraction in and of themselves, their bright exteriors painted in set designs and colors that indicate the route. Dala dalas are featured in one of the most popular Tanzanian TV shows, with random people being picked up to discuss issues of the day as they get a ride to work. I spend a day exploring the city via dala dala, invariably slotted into a sweaty squeeze, forehead dangerously close to the metal frame hanging from the roof. Yet however crowded it gets inside, the atmosphere is friendly. When I ask where to get off for Kariakoo market, a fellow passenger offers to escort me there. He turns out to be a fisherman on a day off. Conversation along the way ranges from Tanzania's chances in the football World Cup qualifier against Ivory Coast to the best fishing and diving spots. More: High peaks and wildlife put Tanzania on the tourist map . Kariakoo market variety . Kariakoo market, the largest market in East Africa, is worth the stop. It covers several blocks of shops, stalls and courtyards all set around an imposing indoor market built in the 1970s. Its high vaulted arches provide an odd setting for the small hardware sellers who inhabit it. Downstairs there's a huge basement complex where fruit and vegetable traders dwell in semi-darkness. Above ground Kariakoo is full of color and trade in a huge variety of goods, from farming tools and food to bows and arrows. It's a good spot for sampling Dar's abundant street food -- a combined product of the fertile Tanzanian soil and Indian influences. Options include chipsi mayai (chips/fries in an omelet -- a Tanzanian staple), samosas, chapattis, roasted corn served with chili and lime, mandazi (something like a doughnut), sugarcane and tropical fruits. Drinks include coconut juice straight from the coconut or coffee from one of Dar's renowned mobile street coffee vendors. Dar is a port city, so also a place for seafood. For this it's best to go to source. Fried octopus snacks . A short dala dala ride from Kariakoo, the main fish market assaults the senses; it's full of activity, shouts, smells and a variety of fish and sea creatures. At one end the market, a concrete wall drops down to the natural harbor where fishing boats sit on the white sands or at anchor in the water. At the other end, their haul is cooked up in huge sizzling frying pans. Still chewing some deep-red fried octopus, I board a dala dala moving along the seafront. Although color-coding makes them they look like a single organized collective, dala dalas are private enterprises and feature a range of individual touches representing the owners' tastes and allegiances. The most obvious of these are slogans many carry on the windshield sunshade, ranging from religious ("Allah Akbar," "Jesus Power") to sporting ("Liverpool Forever") to cryptic ("New Passion," "Simba Family"). In this sense they're cousins to the jeepneys of the Philippines. The one taking me along Kivukoni front features tassels around its windows and has a sound system playing Bongo Flava. The dala dala travels along the line of distinctive old colonial government buildings built by the Germans in the 1890s and British in the 1920s (well preserved and used by the current Tanzanian government) followed by impressive Catholic and Anglican cathedrals. From here, it's a short hop to the Asian Quarter, Kisutu. This part of town has a different feel to the African Quarter where Kariakoo is located. It's filled with art deco buildings, mosques and Hindu temples and the women are as likely to be wearing an Indian sari as a Tanzanian kanga. The roof terrace of the nearby Sapphire Hotel offers a panoramic view of the city, as well as a good gin and tonic. Looking out at the Dar skyline you can see the jumbled high-rise blocks jutting over the older, squatter buildings. Look harder and you can see the dense slums that house most of the city's population. More: 7 things every first-time Africa traveler should know . Luxury and opulence . The final dala dala ride of the day takes me to Msasani Peninsula, a prime example of the city's recent rapid re-development. Located in the north of the city, beyond the popular hangout of Coco Beach, the once largely uninhabited peninsula is now home to many of Dar's richer inhabitants, including much of the expat community. This is Dar's newest face: marina, luxury apartment blocks, upmarket shopping precinct, restaurants, bars. Many have Maasai security guards standing outside. These members of the famous pastoralist tribe (easily recognizable by their tall, robed frames) have been forced by drought and other factors to leave their traditional lifestyle and move to the towns and cities in search of work. Dar es Salaam is a place of uncomfortable contrasts. Nevertheless, the dala dalas make it a worthwhile stop alongside Tanzania's more obvious attractions. How to catch a dala dala . To catch a dala dala you have to be at, or at least near, a bus stop. There's no timetable; frequency depends on traffic but they generally come around at least every 10 minutes. A standard journey costs 400 shillings (25 cents). The conductor will let you know if you need to pay more. The main dala dala stops in downtown Dar are Posta (center), Fire (west center -- next to the Fire Station near Kariakoo) and Kivukoni (east center, covering the fish market and waterfront). Dala dalas for Kivukoni are painted green. Ask where you should get off for the fish market. Lots of buses go past Kiriakoo. For Msasani Peninsula, get a bus going to Msasani (dark blue), or one going to Mwenge (light blue), get off at Mbuyuni and walk. Dala dalas heading for Mwenge go past the Mwenge carvers market and the village museum. More: 'Star Wars' attraction in Tunisian desert being consumed by sand . | Dala dala get their name from the "dollar" that a journey cost in the 1970s .
They're a local way to get around the city's districts and destinations .
They can be uncomfortable, but they're always fun and riders are friendly . | 5ca39aa62dfe4a666d04d5133675ec3213f5de09 | [
"(CNN) -- A young man jangles a stack of coins,",
"organizes his passengers like they're shapes in a",
"game of Tetris, then bangs on the side of the",
"colorful bus. We move off, clattering along the",
"noisy, dusty road. The city is Dar es Salaam,",
"Tanzania's biggest and the place President Obama",
"hung out on his July visit to East Africa. The",
"man is the conductor and his bus is a \"dala dala\"",
"-- hordes of which toot and rattle along the key",
"arteries through Dar es Salaam every day. This",
"city is often ignored by travelers heading to",
"Tanzania's big tourist destinations -- it's not",
"hard to see why. \"Dar\" has few obvious",
"attractions and can get hot and sticky. Its",
"streets are filled with traffic, exhaust fumes",
"and dust. Yet it has charm and for anyone willing",
"to experience some \"Bongo flava\" via one of these",
"eccentric buses, the rewards can be great.",
"(\"Bongo flava\" is the Tanzanian brand of R&B/hip",
"hop, which originates here in Bongo Town, the",
"local nickname for Dar). More: Can the Maasai",
"survive modernity? Dala for dollar . Dala dala",
"get their name from the slang term for five",
"Tanzanian shillings (\"dala\" for dollar), the bus",
"fare in the 1970s and 1980s when these vehicles",
"started operating as a response to poor public",
"transportation. Now a standard trip costs 400",
"shillings (25 cents), though the fare can be more",
"if you're going a long distance. Dala dalas are",
"an attraction in and of themselves, their bright",
"exteriors painted in set designs and colors that",
"indicate the route. Dala dalas are featured in",
"one of the most popular Tanzanian TV shows, with",
"random people being picked up to discuss issues",
"of the day as they get a ride to work. I spend a",
"day exploring the city via dala dala, invariably",
"slotted into a sweaty squeeze, forehead",
"dangerously close to the metal frame hanging from",
"the roof. Yet however crowded it gets inside, the",
"atmosphere is friendly. When I ask where to get",
"off for Kariakoo market, a fellow passenger",
"offers to escort me there. He turns out to be a",
"fisherman on a day off. Conversation along the",
"way ranges from Tanzania's chances in the",
"football World Cup qualifier against Ivory Coast",
"to the best fishing and diving spots. More: High",
"peaks and wildlife put Tanzania on the tourist",
"map . Kariakoo market variety . Kariakoo market,",
"the largest market in East Africa, is worth the",
"stop. It covers several blocks of shops, stalls",
"and courtyards all set around an imposing indoor",
"market built in the 1970s. Its high vaulted",
"arches provide an odd setting for the small",
"hardware sellers who inhabit it. Downstairs",
"there's a huge basement complex where fruit and",
"vegetable traders dwell in semi-darkness. Above",
"ground Kariakoo is full of color and trade in a",
"huge variety of goods, from farming tools and",
"food to bows and arrows. It's a good spot for",
"sampling Dar's abundant street food -- a combined",
"product of the fertile Tanzanian soil and Indian",
"influences. Options include chipsi mayai",
"(chips/fries in an omelet -- a Tanzanian staple),",
"samosas, chapattis, roasted corn served with",
"chili and lime, mandazi (something like a",
"doughnut), sugarcane and tropical fruits. Drinks",
"include coconut juice straight from the coconut",
"or coffee from one of Dar's renowned mobile",
"street coffee vendors. Dar is a port city, so",
"also a place for seafood. For this it's best to",
"go to source. Fried octopus snacks . A short dala",
"dala ride from Kariakoo, the main fish market",
"assaults the senses; it's full of activity,",
"shouts, smells and a variety of fish and sea",
"creatures. At one end the market, a concrete wall",
"drops down to the natural harbor where fishing",
"boats sit on the white sands or at anchor in the",
"water. At the other end, their haul is cooked up",
"in huge sizzling frying pans. Still chewing some",
"deep-red fried octopus, I board a dala dala",
"moving along the seafront. Although color-coding",
"makes them they look like a single organized",
"collective, dala dalas are private enterprises",
"and feature a range of individual touches",
"representing the owners' tastes and allegiances.",
"The most obvious of these are slogans many carry",
"on the windshield sunshade, ranging from",
"religious (\"Allah Akbar,\" \"Jesus Power\") to",
"sporting (\"Liverpool Forever\") to cryptic (\"New",
"Passion,\" \"Simba Family\"). In this sense they're",
"cousins to the jeepneys of the Philippines. The",
"one taking me along Kivukoni front features",
"tassels around its windows and has a sound system",
"playing Bongo Flava. The dala dala travels along",
"the line of distinctive old colonial government",
"buildings built by the Germans in the 1890s and",
"British in the 1920s (well preserved and used by",
"the current Tanzanian government) followed by",
"impressive Catholic and Anglican cathedrals. From",
"here, it's a short hop to the Asian Quarter,",
"Kisutu. This part of town has a different feel to",
"the African Quarter where Kariakoo is located.",
"It's filled with art deco buildings, mosques and",
"Hindu temples and the women are as likely to be",
"wearing an Indian sari as a Tanzanian kanga. The",
"roof terrace of the nearby Sapphire Hotel offers",
"a panoramic view of the city, as well as a good",
"gin and tonic. Looking out at the Dar skyline you",
"can see the jumbled high-rise blocks jutting over",
"the older, squatter buildings. Look harder and",
"you can see the dense slums that house most of",
"the city's population. More: 7 things every",
"first-time Africa traveler should know . Luxury",
"and opulence . The final dala dala ride of the",
"day takes me to Msasani Peninsula, a prime",
"example of the city's recent rapid",
"re-development. Located in the north of the city,",
"beyond the popular hangout of Coco Beach, the",
"once largely uninhabited peninsula is now home to",
"many of Dar's richer inhabitants, including much",
"of the expat community. This is Dar's newest",
"face: marina, luxury apartment blocks, upmarket",
"shopping precinct, restaurants, bars. Many have",
"Maasai security guards standing outside. These",
"members of the famous pastoralist tribe (easily",
"recognizable by their tall, robed frames) have",
"been forced by drought and other factors to leave",
"their traditional lifestyle and move to the towns",
"and cities in search of work. Dar es Salaam is a",
"place of uncomfortable contrasts. Nevertheless,",
"the dala dalas make it a worthwhile stop",
"alongside Tanzania's more obvious attractions.",
"How to catch a dala dala . To catch a dala dala",
"you have to be at, or at least near, a bus stop.",
"There's no timetable; frequency depends on",
"traffic but they generally come around at least",
"every 10 minutes. A standard journey costs 400",
"shillings (25 cents). The conductor will let you",
"know if you need to pay more. The main dala dala",
"stops in downtown Dar are Posta (center), Fire",
"(west center -- next to the Fire Station near",
"Kariakoo) and Kivukoni (east center, covering the",
"fish market and waterfront). Dala dalas for",
"Kivukoni are painted green. Ask where you should",
"get off for the fish market. Lots of buses go",
"past Kiriakoo. For Msasani Peninsula, get a bus",
"going to Msasani (dark blue), or one going to",
"Mwenge (light blue), get off at Mbuyuni and walk.",
"Dala dalas heading for Mwenge go past the Mwenge",
"carvers market and the village museum. More:",
"'Star Wars' attraction in Tunisian desert being",
"consumed by sand ."
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Fancy a trip to an island swarming with 4,000 of the world’s deadliest snakes that pluck birds out of the sky and kill them with a venom that can melt human flesh? That’s what awaits you if you travel to Ilha de Queimada Grande 20 miles (32 km) off the coast of Sao Paolo, Brazil, which is home to the golden lancehead viper. In fact, the island is deemed so dangerous that visiting it was been banned by the Brazilian government - although not before numerous people foolishly ventured there in the past. Pictured is Ilha da Queimada Grande, an island 20 miles (32 kilometres) off the coast of Sao Paolo in Brazil. Visitors to the island are prohibited by the Brazilian government owing to the several thousand resident deadly snakes known as golden lancehead vipers, which have venom that is potent enough to melt human flesh . Ilha de Queimada Grande, understandably nicknamed ‘Snake Island’, is a piece of land 4.6 million square feet (430,000 square metres) in size. Ilha de Queimada Granda is the only place in the world where Bothrops insularis, also known as the golden lancehead viper, can be found. It is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN. The species has a light yellowish brown colour on its underside. It grows to an average length of 28 inches (70 centimetres) but can reach a maximum of 46 inches (118 centimetres). The ‘lanchehead’ in its name refers to its pointed head, distinctive of snakes in the genus Bothrops. Lancehead snakes in general are responsible for the most human deaths in North and South America. This particular snake has a mortality rate of 7 per cent without treatment, and up to 3 percent still even with treatment. Its venom can eat flesh and tissue, making prey easier to swallow, while a neurotoxin kills the prey. Its diet consists mostly of birds, although it has been reported to eat lizards and even cannibalise on other snakes. It’s the only place on Earth where Bothrops insularis, also known as the golden lancehead viper, is known to inhabit. That’s probably a good thing, though, as the reptile is regarded as the world's most venomous viper. The island is devoid of almost any human visitors, save for a few scientists granted permission to study the snakes each year, reports the Smithsonian. It is also visited on occasion by the Brazilian navy, who tend to the autonomous lighthouse that was built back in 1909 before scampering clear. And it’s also thought that poachers have been known to visit the island and claim a golden lancehead viper for their own, with their price fetching as high as £17,500 ($30,000) on the black market. The reason the viper has become so deadly is somewhat of a mystery, though. After all, they are not too dissimilar to their brethren on the mainland. The predominant theory is that 11,000 years ago sea levels rose and separated the island from Brazil, which left the snakes on the island with limited sources of food save for migrating birds. The golden lancehead viper (Bothrops insularis), pictured, is only found on this one island. Here University of Sao Paulo researcher Marcio Martins holds one snake while watching another. The snakes have been known to kill humans in the past, including a hapless fisherman who stumbled across the island . Ilha de Queimada Grande, understandably nicknamed 'Snake Island', is a piece of land 4.6 million square feet (430,000 square metres) in size found 20 miles (32 kilometres) off the coast of Sao Paolo, Brazil . The problem was, though, that most venoms take a while to act - sometimes as much as a few days. By the time the snake’s venom killed the birds they would have moved elsewhere, so instead the snakes evolved an incredibly strong venom that can kill prey almost instantly. It is five times more potent than other snakes and can even melt human flesh. In humans, the bite from a golden lancehead viper carried a seven per cent chance of death. And before the island was deemed off-limits there were several stories of people succumbing to the deadly predators. One story tells of a fisherman who lost power in the engines of his boat. After drifting to the island he ventured inland, unaware of the terrors that lay in wait. When his boat was eventually discovered, he was found dead in a pool of blood covered in snake bites. Another story is of the last lighthouse keeper to inhabit the island with his family. Rumour has it they ran in terror when snakes crawled in through their windows; their bodies were later found scattered across the island. The island is believed to have become separated from the Brazilian mainland 11,000 years ago when sea levels rose, which forced the native snakes to evolve their potent venom in order to catch airborne prey. The island is devoid of almost any human visitors, save for a few scientists, poachers and the navy on occasion . The name of the island itself tells of its troubled history. Ilha de Queimada Grande roughly translates as ‘the island of the slash-and-burn fire’, so-called because of a failed attempt to develop a banana plantation on it. However, in the last 15 years the population of snakes on the island as reduced by as much as 15 per cent, due to a combination of vegetation removal and disease. And on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List the snakes are currently listed as critically endangered. With thousands of snakes remaining, however, it’s probably still not the ideal holiday destination. | An island off the coast of Sao Paolo is home to the golden lancehead viper .
It is the only place the so-called 'world's deadliest snake' is known to live .
Their venom is potent enough to kill people and melt human flesh .
Access to Ilha de Queimada Grande is banned by the Brazilian government .
In the past humans have been killed by its deadly inhabitants . | adaffc7e1845c515605c7e609eb3f0e623c02267 | [
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"melt human flesh? That’s what awaits you if you",
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"home to the golden lancehead viper. In fact, the",
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"Visitors to the island are prohibited by the",
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"inches (70 centimetres) but can reach a maximum",
"of 46 inches (118 centimetres). The ‘lanchehead’",
"in its name refers to its pointed head,",
"distinctive of snakes in the genus Bothrops.",
"Lancehead snakes in general are responsible for",
"the most human deaths in North and South America.",
"This particular snake has a mortality rate of 7",
"per cent without treatment, and up to 3 percent",
"still even with treatment. Its venom can eat",
"flesh and tissue, making prey easier to swallow,",
"while a neurotoxin kills the prey. Its diet",
"consists mostly of birds, although it has been",
"reported to eat lizards and even cannibalise on",
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"which left the snakes on the island with limited",
"sources of food save for migrating birds. The",
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"understandably nicknamed 'Snake Island', is a",
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"The problem was, though, that most venoms take a",
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"more potent than other snakes and can even melt",
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"lancehead viper carried a seven per cent chance",
"of death. And before the island was deemed",
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"succumbing to the deadly predators. One story",
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"he ventured inland, unaware of the terrors that",
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(CNN) -- The Ohio State University Marching Band, known for entertaining fans at sporting events with hypnotic formations choreographed to music, was also known among university insiders for a culture that facilitated sexual harassment, according to an investigative report. Marching band director Jonathan Waters was fired Thursday after the report's release, Ohio State University President Michael Drake said. Waters' lawyer said his client was a "convenient scapegoat" who tried to change a sexual climate that predated his tenure as director. Waters had known for years about the "sexualized" environment surrounding the band, in which members had to swear an oath of secrecy to protect its "objectionable traditions and customs," according to an investigation report released by the Office of University Compliance and Integrity. He failed to eliminate and prevent the recurrence of this climate, the report said. A parent of a marching band member alerted the office to the problem, the report said. "Nothing is more important than the safety of our students," Drake said. "We expect every member of our community to live up to a common standard of decency and mutual respect and to adhere to university policies." The report described traditions such as the "midnight ramp," in which band members entered the stadium through a ramp wearing only their underwear. Staff members, including Waters, were present for the annual event, the report alleges. Nicknames, many sexually explicit, were given to new members each year by upperclassmen as well as a "trick," an act often simulating sexually explicit acts that usually corresponded with the nickname. These tricks were to be performed by members "on command or at their own volition," the report said. When Waters was asked by investigators about the offensive nicknames, he said "50%" were probably "questionable," according to the report. After being told that sexual nicknames were not appropriate, investigators asked Waters why he tolerated the practice. He responded, "good point," the report alleges. The tricks, however, were not performed in front of staff, according to several witnesses interviewed in the report. New band members also took part in "rookie introductions," where they stood at the front of a bus en route to games and answered sexual questions or told dirty jokes before walking to the back of the bus "while other students attempted to remove articles of clothing," the report said. Waters' lawyer, David Axelrod, said his client was named acting director in February 2013 but that the objectionable acts laid out in the report started many years before. Waters had previously served in other staff positions and was a sousaphone player in the band as a student from 1995 to 1999, the report said. The marching band, which calls itself "the best damn band in the land," consists of 225 members and garnered international attention in 2013 for its halftime show tribute to Michael Jackson, which has over 10 million views on YouTube. "During his time as director he did everything he could to stop this," Axelrod said. The university has appointed former Ohio Attorney General Betty Montgomery to lead an independent task force to further investigate and ensure steps are taken to change the band culture, Drake said. It is unclear what steps Waters will take next, Axelrod said. "In one way or another Jon is going to fight to restore his name. Jon was Ohio State. He bleeds scarlet and gray," Axelrod said. "He won't let his beloved alma mater take away his good name." Read the university's statement on the Ohio State Marching Band culture . 2013: FAMU's "Marching 100" returns from suspension for hazing death . 55 colleges under investigation over handling of sexual violence complaints . | The Ohio State Marching Band facilitated a culture of "sexual harassment," a report says .
The university president fired band director Jonathan Waters, a former band member .
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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Mandy Moore stepped onto the small stage at Amoeba Records in Hollywood with a quick wave. Mandy Moore, now 25, is following her bliss with her new album, "Amanda Leigh." "Hi, shoppers," she giggled somewhat self-consciously. The audience of several hundred, stuffed between the music racks at the landmark store, giggled back. "This is so weird to be playing here. I live in the neighborhood, and this is where I get my CDs and my DVDs!" she said. Then she launched into selections from her sixth studio album, "Amanda Leigh." Somewhere out of sight was her new husband, Ryan Adams -- the alt-country hero she married in March, after a one-month engagement. It's been 10 years since Moore burst onto the pop scene as a lanky, blonde 15-year-old singing and dancing her way through a sweetly suggestive tune called "Candy." Her musical fare now is more eclectic and stripped down -- even featuring vintage instruments such as the clavinet and melodica. Watch Moore talk candidly about her new direction » . Unlike such early contemporaries as Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson, Moore has gone for cred over commercial success in both her music and movie careers, and it suits her well. There's an authenticity there, as well as a genuine warmth and charm. Moore spoke about her artistic growth, a musical funk, and working with her new husband. The following is an edited version of the interview. CNN: A friend of mine made an interesting analogy, saying these last two albums of yours (including 2007's folk-leaning "Wild Hope") are to your music career what "Saved!" was to your movie career, in terms of establishing yourself critically. Mandy Moore: I take that as a compliment. I mean, I sort of feel lucky to have the opportunity to do film stuff and music at the same time, because I love doing both. But ... if you make a move one way with one side of your career, you sort of have to balance it out on the other side. I feel like with the last two records, I have been in control creatively. They are probably more like some of the cooler indie movies that I have been lucky enough to get to do. CNN: You could have continued in the mainstream pop world, like some of the singers you came up with. Moore: I sort of started around the same time as a lot of my contemporaries, like the Britney Spearses and the Christina Aguileras of the world, and they are amazing and everybody is still around and doing their thing. I just never truly felt comfortable with the music that I was singing -- even back then. I mean, I was happy to have the opportunity, but I was still scratching my head, "Well, there has got to be something else, there has got to be something more." ... It's just about doing what you are truly passionate about and fighting for that. I could have stayed on the same path that I started on, and who knows what would have happened if I would have found success with that -- or none at all -- but I knew I would not have been happy if I had made that decision. And I'm doing what I love now, and I think that's more important than anything. CNN: The new album is called "Amanda Leigh," which is your real name. So is this kind of a reintroduction to people about who you really are -- a grown-up Mandy Moore? Moore: To be quite honest, even though the record is called "Amanda Leigh," and that is my given name, there wasn't a tremendous amount of thought behind the idea of "This is the real me. Forget the Mandy Moore stuff. That's kid stuff." No, it was kind of a simple, almost frivolous decision. My friend Mike Viola [of the Candy Butchers], who I wrote the whole record with, called me Amanda Leigh when we were in the studio all the time. Like "Amanda Leigh, come on, we've got to get to work!" And I don't know, it just sort of became synonymous with making the record to me. I had never really owned my name. It was just synonymous with my parents being mad at me. So I was like, "All right, I'm 25, I'm a woman, I'm an adult. I think I can probably take ownership with that name now and be OK with it." But I'm still happy to be Mandy at the end of the day. CNN: Well, you can actually change your name even further. You can go by Amanda Adams [her married name] these days. Moore: I'm going to really throw people off and completely change my name. That will be the next record. You know, just to throw a real wrench into the situation. CNN: I'm probably blowing it for you when you check into hotels under names that nobody would expect you to use. Moore: (Glancing over at her husband) Should I give my name? I'll have to change it, but it's time for a new one. I was Cornish Gamehen for a while, which was bizarre. But for the last couple years, I have been Meryl Inch -- however, there is too much of a debacle going on there these days to continue that. So I have to come up with something creative. CNN: What's it like to not be on a major label these days? There must be some freedom attached to it, but then you don't have the big bucks behind you, as well as the whole machinery. Moore: I don't think you need the whole machine, the whole middleman behind you nowadays, like in terms of a big record label giving you a push. ... I think it has allowed me the creative freedom to truly make the kind of music that I want to by being on an indie label. ... I'm much happier with this road. CNN: Was there a period of depression you went through that had you reworking things in your head, and trying to find out who you were? Moore: I think the writing process for the last record, for "Wild Hope," I found myself in a bit of a funk. I don't know if I would necessarily classify it as a depression, but I was definitely in a very deeply, darkly place for me, and I had never really been there before. And there was a lot of investigation and questions bouncing around in my head that I found I could answer by kind of investing myself in music and writing. CNN: I would love to be a fly on the wall in your house, just to see the music that you and Ryan come up with. Moore: There is a lot of music in the house, whether someone is playing it, or there's a record on or something. I've been introduced to a lot of metal in my relationship, which is pretty cool, because my guy is a big metal fan, and it isn't something I would necessarily investigate on my own -- but I do like it. It's just nice to have that truly built-in support system that someone is unbelievably understanding of what you do. CNN: Like a lot of people, I was shocked when I read you and Ryan had gotten married. Moore: Yeah, we sort of snuck it by a lot of people. Pretty handy. That's how we roll. Life is good, and I'm a really lucky girl, and I'm very happy. It's a very exciting time to be 25 years old and truly fulfilled in so many aspects. | Mandy Moore's new album is "Amanda Leigh," her given name .
Moore has gone indie route with new album, happy to be on that path .
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"new direction » . Unlike such early",
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"success in both her music and movie careers, and",
"it suits her well. There's an authenticity there,",
"as well as a genuine warmth and charm. Moore",
"spoke about her artistic growth, a musical funk,",
"and working with her new husband. The following",
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"friend of mine made an interesting analogy,",
"saying these last two albums of yours (including",
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"music career what \"Saved!\" was to your movie",
"career, in terms of establishing yourself",
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"the opportunity to do film stuff and music at the",
"same time, because I love doing both. But ... if",
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"all -- but I knew I would not have been happy if",
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"Leigh,\" which is your real name. So is this kind",
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"really are -- a grown-up Mandy Moore? Moore: To",
"be quite honest, even though the record is called",
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"Moore stuff. That's kid stuff.\" No, it was kind",
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"the whole record with, called me Amanda Leigh",
"when we were in the studio all the time. Like",
"\"Amanda Leigh, come on, we've got to get to",
"work!\" And I don't know, it just sort of became",
"synonymous with making the record to me. I had",
"never really owned my name. It was just",
"synonymous with my parents being mad at me. So I",
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"happy to be Mandy at the end of the day. CNN:",
"Well, you can actually change your name even",
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"That will be the next record. You know, just to",
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"Should I give my name? I'll have to change it,",
"but it's time for a new one. I was Cornish",
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A woman who was shot by her stepdaughter's ex-boyfriend because she wouldn't let the girl spend time with him has died . Mary Lou Hutson, 55, died after a long battle against the injuries she sustained when Preston Pollard, 23, drove 15 hours to her house in Marion County, Florida, early Christmas morning and shot her. After a month and a half in hospital, Mrs Huston died Thursday. The official cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head, the Marion County Sheriff's Office told Daily Mail Online. Pollard, an Air Force trainee from Venus, Texas, also shot Mrs Hutson's husband Richard, 36, when he stormed into the house after midnight. Mary Lou Hutson, 55, died after more than a month and a half struggling against gunshot wounds inflicted in an attack by her stepdaughter Rose's estranged boyfriend Preston Pollard, 23 . The man's 18-year-old ex-girlfriend Rose Courter managed to run for help after locking her three nieces in a bathroom to keep them safe. The killer's blue 2002 Honda Civic later careened off the highway and into the wounds after he shot himself in the head when Florida Highway Patrol tried to pull him over going 70mph. Mrs Hutson initially survived the attack, which killed her husband, and was taken to the hospital for emergency surgery. She had opened the door but found no one outside, according to detectives. Pollard was wearing dark clothing and a mask and shot the mother twice after she turned around from speaking to someone inside, the Ocala Star Banner reported. Pollard drove more than 1,000 miles from near Fort Worth, Texas, to central Florida before shooting the Mrs Huston and her husband Richard, 36 . Pollard's blue 2002 Honda Civic later crashed off the highway heading towards Texas after he shot himself in the head when police tried to stop him . Pollard shot Mrs Huston (left) before killing Mr Hutson in their Ocala, Florida, home on Christmas Day just after midnight . The shooter is then thought to have entered the house and shot Mr Hutson. Pollard's father Stephen said that his son had bought a plane ticket for Ms Courter to come to Texas, and later learned that she could not come, according to WFAA. He said that his son, who recently completed Air Force basic training, did not own a gun. The elder Pollard maintained that his son was driving to see his girlfriend rather than going more than 1,000 miles from near Fort Worth to central Florida to shoot the Hutsons. Police found a .22 caliber handgun in Pollard's car after his crash. Marion County sheriff's officials said that the estranged boyfriend had made threats towards the Hutsons and Ms Courter during the month of December. Police say they know who shot the Hutsons, but still have follow up to do for the case. Police believe that Mrs Huston was shot twice after answering the door and originally not finding anyone there . | Mary Lou Hutson, 55, of Ocala, Florida, died from gunshot head wound .
Preston Pollard, 23, thought to have shot her as she opened door to home .
Suspected shooter had driven from Venus, Texas, a 15-hour journey by car .
Richard Hutson, 36, also fatally shot. Ex-girlfriend Rose escaped to neighbor .
Pollard's car later careened off highway after he shot himself in the head . | fedc324956009927631dafe63bc5e1bc9e9ca067 | [
"A woman who was shot by her stepdaughter's",
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"spend time with him has died . Mary Lou Hutson,",
"55, died after a long battle against the",
"injuries she sustained when Preston Pollard, 23,",
"drove 15 hours to her house in Marion County,",
"Florida, early Christmas morning and shot her.",
"After a month and a half in hospital, Mrs Huston",
"died Thursday. The official cause of death was a",
"gunshot wound to the head, the Marion County",
"Sheriff's Office told Daily Mail Online. Pollard,",
"an Air Force trainee from Venus, Texas, also shot",
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"into the house after midnight. Mary Lou Hutson,",
"55, died after more than a month and a half",
"struggling against gunshot wounds inflicted in an",
"attack by her stepdaughter Rose's estranged",
"boyfriend Preston Pollard, 23 . The man's",
"18-year-old ex-girlfriend Rose Courter managed to",
"run for help after locking her three nieces in a",
"bathroom to keep them safe. The killer's blue",
"2002 Honda Civic later careened off the highway",
"and into the wounds after he shot himself in the",
"head when Florida Highway Patrol tried to pull",
"him over going 70mph. Mrs Hutson initially",
"survived the attack, which killed her husband,",
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"surgery. She had opened the door but found no one",
"outside, according to detectives. Pollard was",
"wearing dark clothing and a mask and shot the",
"mother twice after she turned around from",
"speaking to someone inside, the Ocala Star",
"Banner reported. Pollard drove more than 1,000",
"miles from near Fort Worth, Texas, to central",
"Florida before shooting the Mrs Huston and her",
"husband Richard, 36 . Pollard's blue 2002 Honda",
"Civic later crashed off the highway heading",
"towards Texas after he shot himself in the head",
"when police tried to stop him . Pollard shot Mrs",
"Huston (left) before killing Mr Hutson in their",
"Ocala, Florida, home on Christmas Day just after",
"midnight . The shooter is then thought to have",
"entered the house and shot Mr Hutson. Pollard's",
"father Stephen said that his son had bought a",
"plane ticket for Ms Courter to come to Texas, and",
"later learned that she could not come, according",
"to WFAA. He said that his son, who recently",
"completed Air Force basic training, did not own a",
"gun. The elder Pollard maintained that his son",
"was driving to see his girlfriend rather than",
"going more than 1,000 miles from near Fort Worth",
"to central Florida to shoot the Hutsons. Police",
"found a .22 caliber handgun in Pollard's car",
"after his crash. Marion County sheriff's",
"officials said that the estranged boyfriend had",
"made threats towards the Hutsons and Ms Courter",
"during the month of December. Police say they",
"know who shot the Hutsons, but still have follow",
"up to do for the case. Police believe that Mrs",
"Huston was shot twice after answering the door",
"and originally not finding anyone there ."
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By . Dan Bloom . A bystander who was hit round the head with a torch by an enraged Domino's Pizza driver has been offered compensation - in the form of £200 worth of pizza. John Murray shouted at 25-year-old Guy Swansborough to slow down after he saw him driving fast towards two young men who were crossing a road in Caversham, Reading, Berkshire. Swansborough shouted back at Mr Murray before grabbing a large torch from his car, stepping onto the pavement and whacking him over the head with it. Attack: John Murray (left) has been offered £200 of free pizza by Domino's after he was attacked by delivery driver Guy Swansborough (right) - but he said his jaw had been hurt in the attack and the offer was an 'insult' Now the pizza franchise's head office has offered Mr Murray £200 in vouchers as compensation. But he told The Sun on Sunday he had broken his jaw and the offer caused him 'even more pain', adding: 'It's an insult'. Reading magistrates heard Swansborough was wearing a Domino's Pizza uniform when he attacked 35-year-old Mr Murray, who was with his fiancée Julie Wilkes, on May 15. The attack only stopped when Mr Murray ran at Swansborough and rugby tackled him to the ground, the court heard. Hurt: Mr Murray was accidentally given £200 in vouchers which all expired at the end of August . Claire French, prosecuting, said: 'Driving down the same road at speed and wheels screeching was the defendant who nearly lost control of the car, and as two young males crossed the road the car was driven very close to them, in Mr Murray's opinion it was at them. 'After telling Swansborough to "slow down, mate," Swansborough reacted by stating "You ******* talking to me mate?" with Mr Murray replying "Slow down there are kids about."' The prosecutor said Mr Murray 'was left feeling dizzy and numbness to his hand' after the attack, while The Sun on Sunday reported Mr Murray had broken his jaw and could not eat solid food for a week. Ms French added: 'He saw the man, who he had never seen before, coming at him again and he ran towards him and the pair toppled backwards onto the floor where they tussled before another man arrived at the scene to help.' A Domino's Pizza spokesman Sarah McGhie said the gift of free pizza had been a 'gesture of goodwill'. But the offer went sour when it emerged Mr Murray had only until the end of August to use all of his vouchers - which the firm admitted was an error and later rectified. Ms McGhie told MailOnline: 'The driver was instantly dismissed. That is without a doubt behaviour we do not tolerate. 'After the driver was dismissed, one of the directors at head office gave Mr Murray a call to express that that's not how we expect Domino's drivers to act. 'He offered him some vouchers as a gesture of goodwill. It was nothing like "here, have some pizza and let's hear no more of it". 'Unfortunately those vouchers were short-dated to the end of August, which was an error. We hold our hands up over that and we changed when it was pointed out to us. Sacked: A Domino's spokesman said Swansborough, pictured outside court, was dismissed after the incident . 'The same director called Mr Murray over the mistake and he said it was okay and laughed about it.' Swansborough, from Caversham, admitted assaulting Mr Murray and possessing of cannabis during a hearing at Reading Magistrates' Court. In police interview he told officers he had been 'hot-headed' on the day of the attack. Swansborough is due to be sentenced at Reading Magistrates' Court on August 11. | John Murray told Guy Swansborough to slow down in Reading, Berkshire .
But Domino's driver, 25, pulled over and hit him round the head with a torch .
The pizza chain offered Murray, 35, £200 in vouchers as a 'good will gesture'
Swansborough, who was sacked, faces sentence for the assault on May 15 . | f568862f2edf4982baeb9022f780ee91504067a4 | [
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New York (CNN) -- Two of the three individuals believed to be involved in a potential 9/11 anniversary plot against New York or Washington are Americans of Arab descent who traveled to the United States last week, according to a U.S. government official. However, another law enforcement official said there is no evidence so far that any of the three individuals came to the United States or are here now. "Nothing's really panned out yet," the official said. Still, authorities are operating under the assumption that two of the people have arrived on U.S. soil, and they have been piecing together clues gleaned from flight logs and manifests, among other sources, said the U.S. government official, who declined to be named. A third person is believed to have been traveling through Europe, though it is not clear whether that person has arrived in the United States, the government official said. It is still not apparent whether a plot is under way, officials say. "It's still ongoing," New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said about the potential threat. "Nothing significant has changed. The threat has been identified as being credible and specific and uncorroborated." American spy networks had intercepted communications of a potential attack from an al Qaeda operative in Pakistan, derived from a source who has provided accurate information in the past, officials say. No other corroborating evidence of an attack has been uncovered, but it has prompted intelligence officials to sift through communications from other al Qaeda cells. The information suggests the plan -- thought to involve a vehicle-borne explosive device -- is meant to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The exact type of strike, however, is largely unclear and the plot still remains unconfirmed. U.S. officials rarely speak on the record about intelligence intercepts. And in the days following the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, officials indicated al Qaeda had gone to great lengths to avoid having its communications intercepted by the United States. While the precise nature of communication intercepts is rarely discussed, U.S. officials repeatedly have indicated their comfort with sharing the results of those intercepts. Authorities also say they have picked up "chatter," or widely divergent communications, from extremists that suggest the newly tapped al Qaeda head, Ayman al-Zawahiri, is in some way involved in the current plot. Meanwhile, heightened security was visible Saturday in New York and Washington as intelligence officials worked to pin down information about the potential threat. Three stolen trucks were added to a New York Police Department database because of the threat, said Deputy Police Commissioner Paul J. Browne. The database is connected to the NYPD's digital license plate readers. "We're adding them in the interest of being prudent," Browne told CNN, emphasizing there is no known link to the terror threat. Commissioner Kelly echoed that point. "We're not ruling it out, but there's nothing of significance right now that would connect these thefts to the threat that we're facing," he said. Two of the trucks were owned by a construction company that operates at the World Trade Center site. They were reported stolen over a week ago. A Budget rental truck was also stolen in a separate incident from a Jersey City, New Jersey, storage facility August 21. "Whoever did it went to great lengths to cover their tracks," Browne said. "They cut lines to phones and surveillance cameras." Browne also said the city has experienced "a three-fold increase in suspicious package calls," while suspicious vehicle calls have doubled. New York law enforcement officers, meanwhile, have been put on 12-hour shifts. In Washington, Police Chief Cathy Lanier reported that "suspicious activity and suspicious vehicle reporting sky-rocketed last night." "I can tell people in this community (are) really on it," said Lanier, adding that her force had beefed up staffing. In neighboring Prince George's County, officials are trying to locate two missing U-Haul vans, though a police spokesman said authorities "are not viewing this as terrorism-related." Cpl. Evan Baxter said the vans were reported stolen Saturday. On Saturday, President Barack Obama met again with his senior national security team about the threat, according to a White House statement. The U.S. president has "directed his team to pursue vigorously all threat information and to ensure a heightened state of vigilance and preparedness," the statement said. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden also weighed in Friday, saying the information was at least in part gleaned from the May raid against bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. "This is the first ... credible piece of information we've gotten," Biden told NBC's "Today" show. "All hands are on deck." It is not clear how the bin Laden raid helped authorities connect the dots to the prospect of an anniversary attack, but Biden downplayed the threat of a widely sophisticated plot involving multiple conspirators. He said the administration's principal concern is a plot from a "lone actor, not some extremely complicated plan like it took to take down the World Trade (Center) towers or the plane in Shanksville (Pennsylvania) or the Pentagon." On Saturday morning, police officers stopped and searched for a third day box trucks as they approached the George Washington Bridge, which links New Jersey with New York, as well as the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, the Holland Tunnel and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, connecting the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn. Police manned checkpoints in Midtown and downtown Manhattan, where they examined vehicles, particularly vans and trucks, for possible bombs. They are also sweeping parking garages for explosives and using digital license plate readers to check for stolen vehicles, officials said. Authorities say they are seeking people who could help disrupt the threat and are questioning individuals who have previously raised security concerns. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, meanwhile, has directed state police and asked National Guardsmen to help secure areas during the anniversary weekend, bolstering an already heightened level of security. "We already had a great security plan in place, and in an abundance of caution, we're deploying more resources," he told reporters. "We shouldn't allow this threat to diminish the importance of the 9/11 anniversary, because that would be doing just what the terrorists want us to do." A senior U.S. administration official said Friday that it is the "origin" of the intelligence information that is causing particular concern. U.S. officials believe that operatives came out of the tribal Pakistan-Afghanistan border region -- a volatile semi-lawless area that is home to extremist groups -- and that they are part of al Qaeda "central." The official also noted a possibility that Pakistan-based groups such as Lashkar e-Tayyiba or Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan could be involved. Intelligence officials believe al Qaeda "likely maintained an interest since at least February 2010 in conducting large attacks in the Homeland timed to coincide with symbolic dates, to include the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks," according to an intelligence bulletin issued Thursday. Bin Laden's death and the "removal" of senior al Qaeda figures since then could add to the organization's desire to stage an attack on a symbolic date such as September 11, the bulletin said. In Washington, local officials said the city has a robust plan in place and has been on heightened alert since September 1. "I want to urge all of our citizens ... to remain calm and let our law enforcement professionals do their job. At the same time, we ask people to remain vigilant," Mayor Vincent Gray said. "If you see something, say something." Federal officials said they are taking the threat seriously, while trying to temper the news by saying such threats are commonplace in connection with key dates. "The FBI has been in a planning mode for months with the local and state police officers, as well as the other intelligence agencies, to prepare for this weekend," said James McJunkin, assistant director in charge of the FBI's Washington field office. "What we have here is a little bit more of a public display than we normally have." CNN's Mike M. Ahlers, Lesa Jansen, Allan Chernoff, Thomas Evans, Terry Frieden, Jessica Yellin, John King, Jim Barnett, Pam Benson, Fran Townsend and Ross Levitt contributed to this report. | NEW: NYPD Commissioner Kelly says the possible threat is credible, specific and uncorroborated .
"Nothing's really panned out yet," says a law enforcement official .
Officials are trying to locate two missing U-Haul vans in Maryland .
Two of three people believed involved in possible plot traveled to U.S. last week, an official says . | 65497cc6fdcae14b5c729c1af3d2245d78c6bb6f | [
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"declined to be named. A third person is believed",
"to have been traveling through Europe, though it",
"is not clear whether that person has arrived in",
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"credible and specific and uncorroborated.\"",
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"communications of a potential attack from an al",
"Qaeda operative in Pakistan, derived from a",
"source who has provided accurate information in",
"the past, officials say. No other corroborating",
"evidence of an attack has been uncovered, but it",
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"The information suggests the plan -- thought to",
"involve a vehicle-borne explosive device -- is",
"meant to coincide with the 10th anniversary of",
"the September 11 attacks. The exact type of",
"strike, however, is largely unclear and the plot",
"still remains unconfirmed. U.S. officials rarely",
"speak on the record about intelligence",
"intercepts. And in the days following the raid on",
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"al Qaeda had gone to great lengths to avoid",
"having its communications intercepted by the",
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"comfort with sharing the results of those",
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"up \"chatter,\" or widely divergent communications,",
"from extremists that suggest the newly tapped al",
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"involved in the current plot. Meanwhile,",
"heightened security was visible Saturday in New",
"York and Washington as intelligence officials",
"worked to pin down information about the",
"potential threat. Three stolen trucks were added",
"to a New York Police Department database because",
"of the threat, said Deputy Police Commissioner",
"Paul J. Browne. The database is connected to the",
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"adding them in the interest of being prudent,\"",
"Browne told CNN, emphasizing there is no known",
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"echoed that point. \"We're not ruling it out, but",
"there's nothing of significance right now that",
"would connect these thefts to the threat that",
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"\"Whoever did it went to great lengths to cover",
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"sky-rocketed last night.\" \"I can tell people in",
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"adding that her force had beefed up staffing. In",
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By . Mark Prigg . PUBLISHED: . 08:44 EST, 2 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:21 EST, 2 April 2013 . The first details of Facebook's mobile phone have revealed a new 'home' app - and it could turn any Android handset into a 'Facebook Phone'. According to website Android Police, the software will be unveiled alongside a handset developed by the social networking giant and phone maker HTC at a special event on Thursday. Codenamed Myst, the handset is expected to feature dedicated Facebook menus and screens. The first screenshots of the app reveal it looks remarkably similar to the existing app - but is expected to be integrated into the phone's menus and home screen as well. The new app is expected to be called Facebook home, according to one site . Android Police said it had been unable to sign in to the new app as only Facebook employees had access to it. however, they managed to find the rough specs of the HTC phone, and also believe the software will be made available from Google for other Android handsets - although these versions may only have limited features. 'According to this rom, the Facebook Phone looks to be a mostly stock, mid-range Sense 4.5 phone that was attacked by a mutant Facebook app,' the site said. 'Everything seems to be focused on the Facebook app - they haven't made their own Android Skin, or anything like that. Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook headquarters, where he is expected to unveil a phone and app on Thursday . 'Sadly, we can't get too many more details, because just about everything requires that you have special access to Facebook.' The software is believed to also act as a 'launcher', so can take over the user's home screen to show their Facebook friends and updates. The leaked information also reveals a chat app that can place windows on any other app. HTC One, the firm's latest Android handset. It is expected to launch a handset with Facebook on Thursday . | Handset believed to have been developed with HTC and codenamed Myst .
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(CNN) -- Reality TV may prove to be a golden ticket for Clay Aiken's congressional bid. Nearly a decade ago, Americans were introduced to the adorable schoolteacher from North Carolina. Aiken wowed viewers and judges early in the second season auditions of "American Idol." No one expected such an incredible voice to come out of such an unassuming package. He came out of nowhere and stole the show. His singing won him a golden ticket to Hollywood, but his resolve won him a unique place in the hearts of American viewers. And that could be just the training he needed for his next career. This week, Aiken once again presented himself as an unassuming candidate, this time jumping into North Carolina politics as a Democrat to challenge U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers, a Republican, for her 2nd Congressional District seat. As a former political appointee and reality TV show participant, I am intrigued by Aiken's foray into the world of politics. He and I got our start on TV right around the same time. In all of my encounters with him over the last decade, I have found him to be kind, warm and authentic. I bet the voters in North Carolina will see the same thing. A friend asked me if I thought Aiken's TV background would help or hurt him in his congressional race. That's easy. National TV has uniquely prepared Aiken for this adventure into politics. Here's why. Aiken has had to convince millions to vote for him -- first via a toll-free 866 number and soon in a voting booth. He has had to deflect the barbs of critics -- I'm not sure who is worse, Simon Cowell or Sean Hannity. And he has had to learn how to win over the media -- first in Hollywood, now inside the Beltway. Back in 2003 and 2004, reality TV was a lot different. Aiken and I both were parts of instantly successful franchises at the peak of their popularity. Each week, millions of viewers tuned in not only to watch but also to vote for their choices -- or vote off whom they didn't like. This created a new entertainment democracy. Viewers were empowered to choose their favorites, and contestants had to campaign and compete for a spot on the show -- and for the hearts of America on an unofficial campaign trail. Reality TV requires you to have thick skin. When you have to face harsh critics such as Cowell or Donald Trump weekly, you have no choice but to be tough. But the toughest critic of all proved to be the American public. Aiken was subjected to intense, relentless scrutiny. He was forced to learn and apply leadership principles that were essential to his longevity and success, on screen and off. And even when he got knocked down, he had to get back up and fight again. There are skills that we learned being on a reality show that may help Aiken win. First, his message, which he has already tried and tested during his "American Idol" days, will get refined in the political arena. He proudly shared Christian beliefs and his passion for young people with special needs, both traits that resonated with viewers -- and likely with North Carolina voters. Secondly, his relationship with the media during "Idol" taught him how to deal with them in a smart, shrewd yet upfront and sincere way. The press can spot a fake a mile away. On "American Idol," he quickly learned to forge relationships with the media to connect with those who would cast their votes each week. In his congressional race, he will likely be able to reach voters in ways that his competitor can't. Because of his TV training, he already knows how to do so. Lastly, his two previous losses -- he came in second place behind Ruben Studdard during the second season of "Idol" and placed second behind Arsenio Hall in the fifth season of "Celebrity Apprentice" -- could prove to be just the hook in his bid for Congress. Going up against an incumbent in a traditionally Republican district, voters will see Aiken as the underdog and may rally behind him. Voters may feel that his time has come. And everyone roots for the underdog. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Omarosa Manigault. | Ex-"Apprentice" star Omarosa Manigault says reality TV was good training for Clay Aiken .
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Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. Air Force began grounding a third of its fighter jet fleet on Tuesday because of forced spending cuts, one of the most prominent consequences so far of government-wide austerity that began in March. Dozens of units in the United States, Europe and the Pacific ultimately will stand down, according to a statement from Gen. Mike Hostage, the commander of the Air Force's Air Combat Command. The move involving jets assigned to fighter, bomber, airborne warning and other squads aims to ensure that remaining units can maintain sufficient readiness through the remainder of the fiscal year, which ends September 30. The cuts impact operations and maintenance, which must be implemented in part by flying approximately 45,000 fewer training hours through that period. Budget cuts ground Blue Angels, Thunderbirds . "We must implement a tiered readiness concept where only the units preparing to deploy in support of major operations like Afghanistan are fully mission capable. Units will stand down on a rotating basis so our limited resources can be focused on fulfilling critical missions," Hostage said. "The current situation means we're accepting the risk that combat air power may not be ready to respond immediately to new contingencies as they occur," he said. The Pentagon is expected to absorb about half of the $85 billion in sweeping budget cuts, called sequester, that resulted from the inability of Congress to reach a deal on deficit reduction. The Defense Department had warned the cuts could threaten readiness. It is also expected to furlough civilian employees and cut contracts to meet the budget target. Separately, the Navy on Tuesday announced it was canceling all the air shows its Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron had scheduled for the rest of the year. The Navy action follows the Air Force's April 1 announcement that its Thunderbirds team would not perform again this year. Some units currently deployed, including A-10s, B-1s, F-16s and F-22s, will stand down after they return from their deployments. Others were grounded on Tuesday. The action will also impact certain Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard A-10 and F-16 squadrons. "We're entering uncharted territory in terms of how we've had to take this year's cuts and make adjustments to mitigate the most serious impacts," Hostage said. "Remaining as mission-ready as possible for combatant commanders is our priority, and we're prioritizing spending to ensure this imperative is met." Units that stop flying will shift their emphasis to ground training. They will use flight simulators to the extent possible within existing contracts, and conduct academic training to maintain basic skills and knowledge of their aircraft. Gloria Borger: Crunch time for Obama and Washington . Federal public defenders hit hard by budget cuts . Government pursuing cheats despite spending cuts . | Air Force begins grounding a third of its fighter jet fleet .
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(CNN) -- Wednesday's decision by the U.S. Patent Office to repeal six federal trademarks of the Washington Redskins on the grounds that the name is "disparaging to Native Americans" is, of course, a victory for the Native American community and our allies. Yet we have been here before. In 1999, Suzan Shown Harjo, who is Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee, won a battle against the Washington Redskins after a three-judge panel of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled against the team and removed its trademark protections. But that decision was later appealed and the ruling overturned, and the team regained its trademarks. That is why today's decision is certainly worth celebrating, but not without a sense of hesitation. Should team owner Dan Snyder's appeal to the U.S. Patent Office fail, then we can celebrate even louder -- and even louder when the name is changed. Still, Snyder's trademark attorney Bob Raskopf is adamant that the team will, again, emerge victorious and win its appeal. "We've seen this before," Raskopf said in a press release on Wednesday. "And just like last time, today's ruling will have no effect at all on the team's ownership of and right to use the Redskins name and logo." But what Raskopf hasn't seen before is a proliferation of voices opposing the team name. Members of Congress, local D.C. officials, celebrities, media commentators and even former Washington Redskins like cornerback Champ Bailey have spoken out against the team name and urged Snyder to relent and change the name. Bailey even likened the team name to the n-word. "When you hear a Native American say that 'Redskins' is degrading, it's almost like the N-word for a black person," Bailey told USA Today Sports. On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, speaking on the capitol floor in response to the trademark repeal, said, "This is extremely important to Native Americans all over the country that they no longer use this name. It's racist. The writing is on the wall." The Washington team and the NFL, of course, realize the cancellation of the trademark protection hits them where it hurts -- their pocketbook, which was the whole point of the case brought by Amanda Blackhorse, a Navajo, who was one of five plaintiffs to contest the team's federal trademark protection. If the team won't change the name voluntarily then it will be changed by force, not unlike how the team was forced to integrate black football players in the 1960s. Now, without trademark protection, anyone can make and sell Washington Redskins shirts, jerseys, hats and all manner of schwag without the legal muscle to hinder imitation Redskins products. Yet this issue is bigger than the Washington Redskins. 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But a similar 1999 ruling was overturned on appeal .
Without trademark protection, he says Redskins T-shirts and schwag could be freely sold .
Moya-Smith: Owners and some fans continue to fight for the privilege to use the racial slur . | 03faaaee57230bd8726fb6eec4f842c2d4fc4f13 | [
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The killer behind the horrific elementary school killing spree would have seen the children he shot dead as ‘little more than trophies’, an expert psychologist has said. A lone gunman – believed to be 20-year-old Adam Lanza - opened fire at around 9.30am this morning at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. It is understood at least 29 people have been killed – including 22 children - and is the worst spree shooting in American history. Professor Craig Jackson, head of psychology at Birmingham City University and an expert in spree killings, said the murderer would have seen killing the children as a way of enacting revenge on those he was angry with. Scroll down for video . Shocking news: At least 29 people are believed to be dead - including 22 children - after a gunman opened fire today at an elementary school in Connecticut . An aerial view of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, where the worst spree killing in American history happened today . Tragedy: A woman leans on a man as she weeps outside a building set up to counsel family members affected by a shooting nearby at Sandy Hook Elementary School . ‘To him the children are just a lump of meat that happen to help him prove his point,’ he explained. ‘If this was a revenge spree then he would see the children as useful trophies because each death would injure those he wanted to hurt. ‘This was the case in the Dunblane school massacre. Thomas Hamilton had no connection to the school but saw the killing of the children as a way to punish the community as a whole.’ It is understood Lanza headed to the elementary school where he killed the head teacher before targeting a class taught by his mother. Expert opinion: Professor Craig Jackson is the head of psychology at Birmingham City University and specialises in spree killings . Professor Jackson said: ‘It is possible that this spree stemmed from a domestic row and after he killed once, he decided to continue shooting. 'As he had already killed one person, he may have seen keeping on going as the only option. ‘But then the main question is, why shoot the children? There must have been a motive for that. He must have felt he had a grievance with the community that he wanted to punish. ‘Many spree killers target children as a way to get even with the local community. ‘I’m sure many survivors will report that he was calm and focused. These sort of killers aren’t crazed, they know what they are doing and choose who they kill. 'Victim selection is not random, and statements from many spree survivors describe how something about them, their looks, their history with the killer, or even how they pleaded for their life was able to make the killer's attention shift from them. ‘The Columbine High School massacre is an example of this, where the killers let some people go but shot others dead. 'This makes them feel powerful and in control.’ Professor Jackson explained that all spree killers have certain things in common – they are unstable, narcissistic, immature and consistently blame others for their failures. He continued: ‘They often believe they should be doing better in life than they are doing and believe it is others’ fault that they are not. ‘They may believe teachers held them back, or blame their parents, but it is never their fault. ‘This outlook builds throughout their lives and then it comes to a point that something tips them over the edge.’ He said the killing of his mother points to trouble at home but the thing that sent the killer over the edge could also be down to problems at work or university. The Batman killer James Holmes had been kicked out of his university for failing his exams shortly before his shooting rampage at the midnight screening of the Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado, on July 20. Stunned: People leave the scene outside the Sandy Hook Elementary School following a shooting inside the school in Newtown, Connecticut . Run: Officers evacuate students from Sandy Hook Elementary . On high alert: Heavily armed Connecticut State troopers at the Sandy Hook Elementary School as young children are evacuated from the scene . Murderer: Adam Lanza, a troubled 20-year-old loner with a history of autistic behavior, is the monster behind a horrific shooting at a Connecticut elementary school that left 26 people, including 20 children, dead . Professor Jackson added that spree . killers are often loners who don’t have partners or children – though . there are some exceptions to the rule, such as Derrick Bird who killed . 12 people and injured 11 others before killing himself in Cumbria, . England, in 2010. He . said: ‘Spree killers are normally aged between their 30s and 40s. This . killer is in his early twenties, so it is unlikely that he had a partner . or a child, but not impossible. ‘It is unusual at his young age to carry out a spree killing at an elementary school. When they are this young, they tend to carry out their shootings at their university campus. ‘A prime example is Seung-Hui Cho, a South Korean student, who killed more than 30 people in a spree killing at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States, in 2007. 'Our hearts are broken': American President Barack Obama gave an emotional address to the nation after the killings . Small town: Newtown in Connecticut has a small population of around 60,000 . 'There have also been two spree killings at universities in Germany and another two in Finland in the last eight years. ‘So . it is unusual for a man his age to choose an elementary school. It . appears the main connection must be because of his mother.' But he added it wasn’t surprising that the killer was not taken alive. ‘Many spree killers don’t intend to survive and often will stay alive until police arrive who they will force to shoot them. ‘It is then that police, particularly in America, will start checking the killer’s home for booby traps and weapons. The Batman killer left pipe bombs and booby traps in his apartment. On March 13, 1996, Thomas Hamilton walked into Dunblane Primary School in Scotland and shot 16 children and their teacher dead before turning the gun on himself . Killers: Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris killed 13 people in their rampage through Columbine before taking their own lives in 1999 . Gunman: Jacob Tyler Roberts, 22, opened gunfire at an Oregon mall on Tuesday, killing two people . ‘They often evacuate the street in . case of this but it seems unlikely any would have been set in this case . if he lived with his parents. ‘It also seems that an argument may have triggered the killings rather than a well-thought-out attack.’ But Professor Jackson said his main concern is that the killings will spark a copycat attack. He continued: ‘It is often the case with spree killings that get wide-spread media coverage that another will happen a few weeks afterwards. ‘This was the case with the Batman killer and Dunblane. Three weeks after Dunblane, Martin Bryant murdered 35 people and injuring 21 others in the Port Arthur massacre, in Tasmania, Australia, in 1996. He said he had hoped to beat the number of people that Thomas Hamilton had killed.’ Headlines: Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-Hui sent media packages out before his rampage . Madness: James Eagan Holmes killed 12 people in a Colorado movie theater during the midnight screening of the new Batman movie . | Gunman Adam Lanza believed to have killed 29 people - including 22 children - at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, .
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By . Suzannah Hills . A compulsive hoarder was left trapped for 30 hours after getting stuck under a mountain of his own clutter. Retired engineer Noel Rainer, 85, became wedged between a chaotic mess of bags, boxes and piles of debris after falling over a 2ft-high mound of paper in his kitchen. The pensioner couldn't even reach his nearby phone to call for help because of the clutter, which covers every inch of his home in Halstead, Essex. Hoarder Noel Rainer is pictured left with his daughter Cherry Rainer after becoming trapped under a mountain of his own clutter at his home in Halstead, Essex, pictured right . Stock piling: Hoarding took over the life of former engineer Noel Rainer after his retirement and divorce. This picture shows the kitchen where he fell and became trapped under a mound of rubbish . It was only when Mr Rainer's relatives became concerned that police and firefighters were called in to help rescue him from his home. But he said he had Radio 3 to keep him company as he waited for help to arrive. Mr Rainer is thought to have Diogenes syndrome, also known as senile squalor syndrome, which means he can't stop hoarding rubbish. As he recovered from his ordeal with daughter Cherry, he said: 'I had a pile of papers about 2ft high and I just stepped back and fell over backwards. 'My legs were in the air and I was just in a little cocoon. I was just on my own. I knew I would be OK, but it was a bit lonely. I had Radio 3 on the whole time so I kept up with the news. Accident: Noel Rainer, 85, became trapped in his home after falling over a 2ft-high mound of paper in his kitchen . The house in Halstead, Essex, is now being cleared of the clutter - some of which dates back to the 1960s . 'The phone was in the distance, but it fell off its hook. 'My daughter couldn't lift me out, but once the emergency services arrived it was only about five or ten minutes, then we were sitting outside - they were wonderful.' Daughter Ms Rainer said her 'fiercely independent' father's condition has not been officially diagnosed but they believe he has Diogenes syndrome. Mr Rainer was taken to Colchester General Hospital with minor injuries but is now recovering well. Meanwhile, professional cleaners have started the tricky task of sorting out his clutter and making the house safer to live in. Medical condition: It is believed Mr Rainer suffers from Diogenes syndrome - also known as senile squalor syndrome - which means he can't stop hoarding rubbish . The four-bedroom house and its three-car garage are stacked from floor to ceiling with newspapers dating back to the 1960s, magazines, bulk-buy toilet paper, stockpiled food and washing powder. Ms Rainer, of Hills Road, Sible Hedingham, Braintree, Essex, said: 'It is his own house - he's not renting it - so nobody had been able to do anything about it. He keeps hold of everything that's put through the letterbox. 'He buys everything when they are on offer, so he'll have lots of toilet rolls stored up, then puts them somewhere and can never find them.' Mr Rainer's hoarding has become worse since his retirement and divorce. Ms Rainer said: 'It's so sad and tragic. He had all these projects he had on the go in his garage. He gave up on them 20 years ago, but he never gave up collecting the raw materials - he says yes to everything.' | Engineer Noel Rainer, 85, began hoarding after his retirement and divorce .
Clutter covers every inch of Mr Rainer's home in Halstead, Essex .
Mr Rainer became trapped in the mess after falling over a mound of papers .
Emergency services rescued him and are now clearing his home . | 465472b119665af84980320748c7e73e5af393ea | [
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By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:55 EST, 15 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:55 EST, 15 November 2012 . Pete Flint, 60, pictured playing cricket for Branston. He slipped and fell 100ft while walking in the Lake District . A climber who plunged 100ft from England’s third highest peak was told he will be back on his feet in just days - despite breaking his neck and back. Pete Flint, 60, slipped and fell from Swirral Edge on Helvellyn in the Lake District breaking several ribs, his neck and his back in three places. The tourist, from Branston, Lincolnshire, was trekking with his daughter Rosie at the weekend when he fell from the 3,117ft edge. After a daring helicopter rescue he was flown to hospital, where his recovery stunned medics - who say they expect him to be well enough to walk out of hospital in just days. Doctors at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) said he has been so lucky he 'should buy a lottery ticket.' Pete’s close friend John Stephenson, 41, who serves in the Royal Navy, said: 'The doctors have said Pete really should go and buy a lottery ticket as soon as he comes out. 'They say the fall should have killed him and his injuries should have left him paralysed. 'It was just shock and horror knowing that someone you know as a close personal friend was lying in a hospital bed fighting for his life, and so the latest news that he will walk again soon is amazing. 'The family wishes to thank all the rescuers and doctors who helped save his life.' Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team was called out at around midday on Saturday, November 10, to a man had fallen 30m from the famous mountain edge. Two helicopters, one from the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) and a Sea King from HMS Gannet at Prestwick, Scotland also joined the rescue. But the location and low cloud prevented either aircraft from directly evacuating suffering Pete. Instead, mountain rescuers lowered him several hundred metres down a loose gravel slope so that the Sea King helicopter could fly in below the cloud and winch the stretcher. Local cricket club chairman, Pete, was then rushed to Newcastle’s RVI and endured a 14-hour operation. A team spokesperson for Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team, said: 'Due to the location and low cloud it was not possible for either helicopter to directly evacuate the casualty. Swirral Edge from Hellvyn in Cumbria where Pete Flint fell 100ft . 'The team lowered the casualty down a loose scree slope for several hundred metres until they were below the cloud and the Sea King could fly in to winch the stretcher. 'Due to the serious nature of the injuries, the casualty and a team doctor were flown direct to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle. 'Two passing Penrith MRT members also helped in the rescue. Due to the steep and loose terrain this was a particularly difficult rescue made possible by the excellent cooperation between the team, the Great North Air Ambulance and the naval helicopter crew.' Swirral Edge and Striding Edge lead to the summit plateau of the 950m (3,117ft) mountain Helvellyn. | Doctors said Mr Flint should have been paralysed by his injuries yet should be walking in days, says friend .
Father fell while walking in Lake District with his daughter .
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London, England (CNN) -- An interview with a Swedish footballer playing in his home country's fourth tier usually only engages the interest of the most parochial of soccer fans, but when Anton Hysen agreed to speak to a local magazine last month, it unexpectedly created headlines from Brazil to China. The 20-year old midfielder -- a former under-17 Swedish international now playing for Utsiktens BK of Gothenburg, a team that rarely attracts crowds of more than a few hundred -- made history as well as headlines. "I am a footballer and [I am] gay. If I perform as a footballer, then I do not think it matters if I like girls or boys," he told Swedish football magazine Offside. In a heartbeat Hysen became the world's only current professional footballer to go public on being gay, breaking the game's last taboo. Homosexuality in professional sport remains a controversial issue. But as attitudes have changed, sportsmen and women like Martina Navratilova, arguably the greatest women's tennis player of all time, to basketball's John Amaechi, have publicly announced their sexuality despite the pressure from both the locker room and the prejudice of fans. Yet whilst tennis, basketball, cricket and even rugby union have acknowledged the presence of gay players, football has been oddly, and stubbornly, resistant. Even in the past six months, for every Mario Gomez or Manuel Neur -- two German internationals who have urged gay players to go public -- there's a Vlatko Markovic, the head of the Croatian Football Federation, who told Croat newspaper Vercernji List that: "While I'm president of the Croatian Football Federation, there will be no homosexuals playing in the national team ... thankfully only normal people play football." And FIFA president Sepp Blatter was caught out too when he joked that gay supporters should refrain from having sex at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Homosexuality is illegal in the emirate. Football lags behind . But why is it that soccer, which has waged a largely successfully battle against racism and sexism in western Europe, remains one of the few bastions of homophobia in sport? The answer according to the "Justin Campaign" -- a group that campaigns for more tolerance for homosexuality in football -- is the fear of reprisals from fans. "Football, with its roots in working-class male culture, has always had a far more aggressive and vocal support," explains spokesman Alan Duffy. "That's not to say that middle class people aren't racist or homophobic. Simply that often they will keep their views to themselves. Footballers receive crowd abuse for everything and anything. Fans now know not to openly express racist views at grounds. We need to get to a stage where they know that homophobic chanting is unacceptable too." The campaign is named after the only other professional footballer, aside from Anton Hysen, who went public about their sexuality. Fashanu was a promising young English striker who in 1981 became Britain's first £1 million ($1.6 million)black player when he signed for then-European Cup winners Nottingham Forest. In 1990 he came out after a British newspaper planned to run an expose of Fashanu's affair with a politician. But according to gay activist and friend Peter Tatchell, the pressure of leading a double life, coupled later with the abuse he received from supporters everywhere he played, left an indelible mark. "During that decade of closeted double life he found it immensely difficult to cope with the strain of hiding his gayness in the macho world of football," he recalled. "Justin suffered racism too ... they would make monkey noises and gestures, and throw bananas on the pitch. But it was the anti-gay prejudice that ultimately dragged him down." Fashanu never fulfilled his potential and drifted down the divisions. In 1998, after falsely believing that a warrant had been issued for his arrest in the U.S. following allegations of a sexual assault, Fashanu hanged himself. He was 37 years old. According to the Justin Campaign, the experiences of Fashanu, and the vitriol it unleashed, has made it harder to persuade high-profile footballers to come out. Only last year, the English Football Association (FA) delayed the launch of a viral video tackling the issue of homophobia in the game when it emerged that every footballer and agent the FA approached had declined to endorse it. "I suspect agents and clubs shied away from it," Peter Clayton, chair of the FA's Homophobia in Football advisory group, told British newspaper the Daily Mail. "A player coming forward to appear in it would feel he might ignite more vitriol." Agents or fans? Indeed, new research has suggested that it is the football clubs and football agents themselves, rather than the fans, that might be the real barrier to players coming out. Dr Ellis Cashmore, professor of culture media and sport at Staffordshire University, conducted an anonymous survey of over 3,000 fans and footballers, and discovered that 91% believed that only a player's performance on the pitch mattered, whilst just 9% believed that a player's sexuality posed a problem. "Before we did the research the big homophobia barrier was fans and the players didn't want to confront hostile fans," Dr Cashmore told CNN. "But they [the fans surveyed] said that they thought it was the clubs, because no clubs want to take a risk because they feel it will hurt the brand of the club." It was sentiment echoed by Max Clifford, a UK media impresario who last year revealed that he represented two gay Premier League footballers but urged them to stay in the closet. "Do I think it's right? Of course not ... It's a very sad state of affairs. But it's a fact that homophobia in football is as strong now as 10 years ago." Dr. Cashmore agrees. "They [football clubs and agents] have read Max Clifford's remarks. Agents make money from commission. Agents will ask players: 'We have $6.5 million in endorsement contracts, would it damage your reputation [to come out]?' It's how they think about this. By nature they are cautious. You have two conservative forces here. Clubs who are institutions and agents who want to protect their own income streams. Many of them reluctantly concede that perception." The English FA believes it is now on the right track when it comes to dealing with homophobic abuse, perhaps even setting the stage for a footballer to follow Anton Hysen. "The FA is communicating with experts in tackling homophobia on a regular basis ...there is an FA strategy in place to implement those over the next 12 months and beyond," explained the FA's Matt Phillips. The next Hysen? Some, like Dr. Cashmore, believe that far from being a barrier to earning money, an openly gay player would be able to significantly raise their profile, an experience borne out by the interest in Anton Hysen's story. But even with the changing attitudes in society, gay footballers still look as much to the experiences of Fashanu as Hysen. "Would a player face the same vitriol as Justin? It's hard to say," said Duffy. "He may well do. But there would be also many many more words of encouragement. Something that would help and something that Justin didn't get, unfortunately." | Anton Hysen, a fourth division Swedish footballer, recently declared he was gay .
He became only the second professional footballer to do so .
The first, Justin Fashanu, hanged himself in 1998 .
CNN looks at the reasons why sexuality remains the last taboo in football . | 73f6f0c87440e83cca1f878a19ca1e9b6401b857 | [
"London, England (CNN) -- An interview with a",
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"fourth tier usually only engages the interest of",
"the most parochial of soccer fans, but when Anton",
"Hysen agreed to speak to a local magazine last",
"month, it unexpectedly created headlines from",
"Brazil to China. The 20-year old midfielder -- a",
"former under-17 Swedish international now playing",
"for Utsiktens BK of Gothenburg, a team that",
"rarely attracts crowds of more than a few hundred",
"-- made history as well as headlines. \"I am a",
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"footballer, then I do not think it matters if I",
"like girls or boys,\" he told Swedish football",
"magazine Offside. In a heartbeat Hysen became the",
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"go public on being gay, breaking the game's last",
"taboo. Homosexuality in professional sport",
"remains a controversial issue. But as attitudes",
"have changed, sportsmen and women like Martina",
"Navratilova, arguably the greatest women's tennis",
"player of all time, to basketball's John Amaechi,",
"have publicly announced their sexuality despite",
"the pressure from both the locker room and the",
"prejudice of fans. Yet whilst tennis, basketball,",
"cricket and even rugby union have acknowledged",
"the presence of gay players, football has been",
"oddly, and stubbornly, resistant. Even in the",
"past six months, for every Mario Gomez or Manuel",
"Neur -- two German internationals who have urged",
"gay players to go public -- there's a Vlatko",
"Markovic, the head of the Croatian Football",
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"List that: \"While I'm president of the Croatian",
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". But why is it that soccer, which has waged a",
"largely successfully battle against racism and",
"sexism in western Europe, remains one of the few",
"bastions of homophobia in sport? The answer",
"according to the \"Justin Campaign\" -- a group",
"that campaigns for more tolerance for",
"homosexuality in football -- is the fear of",
"reprisals from fans. \"Football, with its roots in",
"working-class male culture, has always had a far",
"more aggressive and vocal support,\" explains",
"spokesman Alan Duffy. \"That's not to say that",
"middle class people aren't racist or homophobic.",
"Simply that often they will keep their views to",
"themselves. Footballers receive crowd abuse for",
"everything and anything. Fans now know not to",
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"chanting is unacceptable too.\" The campaign is",
"named after the only other professional",
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"friend Peter Tatchell, the pressure of leading a",
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"closeted double life he found it immensely",
"difficult to cope with the strain of hiding his",
"gayness in the macho world of football,\" he",
"recalled. \"Justin suffered racism too ... they",
"would make monkey noises and gestures, and throw",
"bananas on the pitch. But it was the anti-gay",
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"arrest in the U.S. following allegations of a",
"sexual assault, Fashanu hanged himself. He was 37",
"years old. According to the Justin Campaign, the",
"experiences of Fashanu, and the vitriol it",
"unleashed, has made it harder to persuade",
"high-profile footballers to come out. Only last",
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"he might ignite more vitriol.\" Agents or fans?",
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"rather than the fans, that might be the real",
"barrier to players coming out. Dr Ellis Cashmore,",
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"agents] have read Max Clifford's remarks. Agents",
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"players: 'We have $6.5 million in endorsement",
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By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 09:00 EST, 29 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:33 EST, 29 April 2013 . A 93-year-old Australian man appeared in court in Thailand today accused of raping four sisters while living in South-East Asia. Karl Joseph Kraus had to be carried from a prison bus into a wheelchair by other inmates in order to be wheeled into the dock in Chiang Mai province, in the north of the country. He is alleged to have attacked the girls, aged between seven and 15, in 2010. On trial: Karl Joseph Kraus, 93, being carried by fellow inmates from a prison bus into a wheelchair before being taken into court where he is accused of raping three young girls . Suspect: Kraus is seen here being taken away by police after his arrest three years ago . After being arrested and bailed on suspicion of rape, Kraus attempted to flee to Burma, from where he was deported for not having a valid visa. His lawyers are now trying to get the rape case dropped, arguing that he is too ill to stand trial. Last month he told the Sydney Morning Telegraph, 'I'll be dead' before proceedings conclude, adding 'I've done nothing wrong.' Kraus, a German-born Australian citizen, is suffering from an array of serious illnesses such as dementia and cancer, according to his lawyers. However, while free on bail he was apparently seen driving around Chiang Mai and did not seem to be in poor health. The former railway worker had been . living in Thailand for more than a decade when he first met the girls he . was alleged to have abused in 2008. Thai . police claimed that Kraus offered to teach the children English, and . persuaded them to visit his house by offering them chocolate and money. But the girls then told their parents that the OAP had repeatedly attacked them, and the parents reported Kraus to the police. Officials . allegedly found more than 100 child pornography images on his computer, . many of which had been emailed to addresses based outside Thailand. However, . Kraus later claimed that he was told the case would be dropped if he . agreed to bribe police with a sum equivalent to £10,000. Tourist destination: Chiang Mai (pictured in a file photo), where the assaults allegedly took place, is popular with visitors from the West . | Karl Joseph Kraus is too ill to stand trial, according to his lawyers .
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By . Lucy Buckland . PUBLISHED: . 03:07 EST, 27 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:26 EST, 27 November 2012 . X Factor media mogul Simon Cowell has branded Depeche Mode Martin Gore 'a weirdo' after the guitarist encouraged people to shoot him in a magazine interview. The 51-year-old spoke openly about his hatred for 'talent reality shows' saying: 'I think someone should shoot Simon Cowell.' Never one to mince his words, Cowell vented his anger on Twitter, claiming his comments are stupid as gun crime continues to soar in America. What a weirdo: Simon Cowell (left) has hit back at Martin Gore after the guitarist said someone should shoot him . Cowell took to Twitter in a scathing rant: 'I read Martin Gore wants to shoot me. He was is in Depeche Mode. Do you realise how weird and stupid that makes you? Go and watch the news.' He added: 'Why I am angry about weirdo Gore is a ton of people have got shot this year, and people like weirdo Gore encourage this.' Hit musician Gore told Music Week that Cowell's influence over the music industry was disgraceful and blamed his influence for the decline of new bands in the industry. Not impressed: Simon Cowell hits back over the 'shoot him' rant . In the interview he said: 'I’m not advocating violence, but I think somebody should shoot Simon Cowell.' 'His influence in the music industry over the last God knows how many years it’s been now. It’s just like, so many people think that that’s what music is.' He added: 'What happened to bands getting together? They are very few and far between now and the ones that do probably can’t afford to get into a studio and make a record.' Depeche Mode : Martin Gore is a lead guitarist in the hit British band - they are known to be the best selling UK band never to have a no 1 single in the UK . Cowell could be feeling the strain after The Beverly Hills Police Department told E! News the music mogul has became the latest celebrity to be the victim of prank calls to officers on Friday. Police were called to his home after a caller said there was 'someone tied up with duct tape and needed assistance' at his Beverly Hills abode, after contacting the star officers realised there was no such incident. Miley Cyrus, Ashton Kutcher and Justin Bieber have all been victims of such calls. 'If the person is found, they will be arrested and prosecuted because it was a false call, a false allegation,' an LAPD spokesperson told E! News. | Police were called to Cowell's Beverly Hills house in the latest 'celebrity cop pranks'
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By . Lucy Crossley . PUBLISHED: . 14:53 EST, 4 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:41 EST, 4 November 2013 . A knife-wielding man hijacked a bus in rural Norway and killed the driver and two passengers before . he was detained by authorities, officials have said. Police . in Sogn and Fjordane county in western Norway gave few details about . the suspect, but said he had lived close to the scene of the attack, and . was originally from South Sudan. Police attorney Trine Erdal said the suspect was in his early 30s, not in his 50s as police had earlier reported. A knife-wielding man hijacked a bus in rural Norway and killed the driver and two passengers. Pictured is an ambulance at the scene, near Ardal, western Norway . Police said that the motive for the stabbing rampage was not clear. The . victims were two men in their 50s, the Norwegian bus driver and a . Swedish passenger, and a 19-year-old Norwegian woman, the attorney . said. All had been . stabbed. There were no other passengers on the bus, which was believed . to have been travelling on a remote rural road near the town of Ardal, . around 135 miles from Oslo. The . suspect was initially apprehended by rescuers from the fire department . who were the first to arrive at what they thought was the scene of an accident at around 5.30pm local time. Rescue workers at the scene of the attack. The victims were two men in their 50s, the Norwegian bus driver and a Swedish passenger, and a 19-year-old Norwegian woman . He was . later arrested by police and taken to a hospital for treatment of cuts, . but was not seriously injured, Norwegian news agency NTB reported. Oslo . police said they called off the deployment of an anti-terror unit after . receiving reports that the suspect had been arrested. The same bus route was attacked in 2003 when an Ethiopian man stabbed a bus driver to death, NTB said. He had earlier that day killed a Congolese asylum seeker at a refugee center. Multiple . killings are rare in Norway, although the country was shocked by its . worst peacetime massacre two years ago when Anders Behring Breivik, a . Norwegian right-wing extremist, killed 77 people in a bomb and gun . rampage. | Three dead including driver in his 50s after attack on rural road near Ardal .
Swedish passenger in his 50s and 19-year-old Norweigan woman killed .
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The details were visceral, like the shock of the news. Phillip Hughes suffered a vertebral artery dissection. The impact of the ball on the back of his head had been immense, compressing the vessel and causing it to split. The resulting cerebral haemorrhage was described as catastrophic, a massive bleed in his brain. An operation removed part of his skull to alleviate the pressure. Hope began to fade. Hughes never awoke, having lapsed into unconsciousness soon after the fatal blow. He was pronounced dead 48 hours later, surrounded by family, friends and crying men who play games, much like him. Remember those details the next time sellers of apparel inform you that impossible is nothing, or that the man in the arena is a superhuman. Impossible is something. Impossible is what the sadly human Hughes encountered, in that moment when an alignment of circumstances too random to be repeated began the process that would end his life. Phillip Hughes poses in front of the Australian flag with his tragic death sending tremors across the world . Hughes lost his life three days short of his 26th birthday to leave the cricketing world in a state of shock . The Queen shakes hands with Hughes at Lord's during last year's Ashes series . Those events, the terrible misfortune at every stage, bear revisiting. Hughes’s death required a bouncing ball to be delivered by bowler Sean Abbott, not exceptionally fast, but slightly too slow. It required Hughes to marginally misjudge the pace of that ball, or perhaps for it to stick a fraction longer on the surface than usual, causing him to mistime his shot and play early. It required Hughes to have chosen to hook in answer to Abbott’s delivery, meaning the swing of his bat and his body turned his head around, so that the back, the part unprotected by his helmet, was exposed to impact. And it required the ball to strike him in a defenceless area, with sufficient force to cause a fatal rupture. It was as if bad luck decided to hold a party on the square at the SCG and invite all of its most unruly friends. Hughes lost his life after the back of his head was struck by Sean Abbott's bouncer . Abbott (centre) is consoled by former Australian opener Simon Katich outside Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital . David Warner (left) and Australia captain Michael Clarke arrive at the SCG after news of Hughes' death . Hughes was an opening batsman, those kings of one against 11. He is used to overcoming sport’s probabilities. Yet the odds he faced this week were insurmountable. And that brings the shock; because we are used to seeing our sportsmen as invulnerable. Yes, they lose, that is the nature of the beast; but not like this. They lose Tests, matches, games, races, sets, frames, fixtures, not lives. We revel in their indomitable nature, tell stories of their heroism and defiance, indulge their myths and legends. We pretend, too, that impossible is nothing: but only for them. While cricket mourns, perhaps the most lurid tales will abate; but not for long. Soon enough, we will return to inherited memories of men like Brian Close who, fable informs, liked nothing more than a cricket ball to the noggin. In 1966, England captain for the final Test against the West Indies, he fielded in the silliest of silly point positions in the days before protective helmets. Close was so near to the prolific batsman, Garry Sobers, that even his team-mates feared for his safety. ‘What if you’re hit on the head?’ they asked. ‘He’ll be caught at cover off the rebound,’ Close explained. Probably. Brian Close, who famously shunned a helmet at the crease, is hit on the shoulder by Andy Roberts' bouncer . A bruised Close shows off some battle scars after facing the fabled West Indies attack in 1976 . Like much of sport’s folklore, who knows what was really said, or done? A cricket ball is still a cricket ball, a skull is still a skull, even in sport’s good old days. It is unlikely that Close, more than any man, could have taken savage impact at point-blank range and remained unharmed. It is unlikely he was struck as often as we are led to believe, either. Yet it suits us all to invest, to pretend, to mythologise this world of hard men, playing the game at the limit of endurance, surviving blows that would fell lesser mortals. Hughes is the collateral damage of this delusion; so was Ayrton Senna; so, too, Johnny Owen. But we wouldn’t have it any other way, even now. ‘Should the ball be softer?’ earnest reporters asked the cricket fraternity. They will not find one supporter for more health and safety measures, even in the school game. We have never left the Roman arena in the way we consider many sports, and the ferocious battle between a truly fast bowler and an opening batsman such as Hughes is the essence of cricket. During the Ashes tour last winter, the feral atmosphere subsided, the disappointment palpable, whenever Mitchell Johnson wasn’t bowling. The roar as he ran in, Australia’s own little Colosseum. England could not handle Mitchell Johnson's pace and devastating short ball in the last Ashes series . With the partisan crowd behind him in Australia, Johnson wreaked havoc with England's batsmen . It is the loneliest position in team sport, opening batsman. The ball is at its newest, the bowler at his freshest, his team-mates crowd in, a gang of childish bullies, sharp-tongued and safe in numbers. The batsman is alone. He has a partner at the opposite end, but nobody is paying attention to him. They are all focused on one man. The kicker in rugby has a solitary role so, too, football’s penalty taker. Yet, on the pitch at least, in those moments there is calm. No physical challenge is offered, or expected. By contrast, the batsman is under threat of harm throughout his intense ordeal. He sees the bowler gathering steam on his run, he senses the desire for his downfall from the field, he is aware of the expectancy from all sides, his importance to the victory: and he knows what is coming. ‘Get ready for a broken arm,’ Michael Clarke told James Anderson, as he prepared to face Johnson last winter. Clarke, Australia’s captain, wept for the loss of his friend Hughes. He would have settled for a bulletin about a boring old fractured radius, no doubt, but it was too late for bargains. A distraught Clarke pauses before delivering a statement on behalf of the Hughes family . Clarke indulges in some finger-wagging with James Anderson (right) during the last Ashes series . Were fielders needling Hughes in that manner on the day he faced his final ball? Probably. They didn’t mean harm and wouldn’t have thought anything of it. Sledging will not end with this tragedy. Time will pass and batsmen will start getting told they are going to leave in an ambulance again. It is part of the game; just another obstacle for the superhumans to overcome; another challenge to be faced down. And Clarke is a batsman. Whatever he said to Anderson will have been said to him, too, in various forms. It goes around. There is no openers’ club. I have sat with former England batsmen as they have laughed like drains at footage of one of their number being beaten up by the fastest bowlers on earth. They love it. We all do. Abbott was not intending to hurt Hughes when he unleashed a bouncer that day and if it had struck him with less morbid consequences, men now wiping away tears of sadness might be crying with laughter at the slow-motion replays or cracking wise on social networks. All’s well that ends well. The perils of facing Lillee, Thomson or the Fire In Babylon-era West Indies bowlers are an after-dinner staple for many speakers on the cricket circuit. The death of Hughes rather puts a crimp in that casual fun. It would be a brave man to expect a laugh tonight, retelling the story of Bumble getting hit in the Y-fronts by Jeff Thomson. Suddenly, it is all too real: Hughes makes us realise the shallowness of our presumptions that everything is possible if we simply want it enough. Senna died. So, too, Marc-Vivien Foe. Jeff Thomson (left) and Dennis Lillee regularly left a devastating trail of destruction in their wake . Johnny Owen (left) lost his life seven weeks after his fight with Lupe Pintor in 1980 . Marc-Viven Foe (left) died during 2003's Confederations Cup, while Ayrton Senna lost his life at Monza in 1994 . VIDEO World mourns Hughes after tragic death . There have been four previous deaths in first-class cricket, going back to 1870. The fact we can name individuals suggests there is no widespread problem. Cricket would be greatly safer than do-it-yourself, for instance. Yet deaths in play, as rare as they may be, hit harder than a tumble from the shed roof. Athletes are the fittest of the fit, the best of the best. We use their commitment and dedication to set our standards, to provide our role models. We want our sons and daughters to stand up to bouncers, to ride challenges, to run marathons. We want them to be little rippers like Hughes. Most weeks, he would beat those odds of one against 11. To open the innings for his country, Hughes was plainly very adept at facing up to this unique challenge. He had worked all his life to be there. He thrived on it. His mother and his sister were watching as he prepared to face that last delivery. He didn’t know it was coming, neither did they and neither did we. Still, once the tears subside, the old con will continue. Just do it. Refuse to lose. Impossible is nothing. A hit to the head, it makes no difference. The superhumans can take it. They love it. Did you hear the one about Brian Close? Oh, the stories. One day, we’ll look back again and laugh. Maybe not today. | Hughes's death required a bouncing ball to be delivered by bowler Sean Abbott, not exceptionally fast, but slightly too slow .
It required Hughes to marginally misjudge the pace of that ball, or perhaps for it to stick a fraction longer on the surface than usual, causing him to mistime his shot and play early .
It suits us all to invest, to pretend, to mythologise this world of hard men, playing the game at the limit of endurance, surviving blows that would fell lesser mortals .
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Outrage sparked by photos showing Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who gave birth seven months ago, with double chin . Fans say actress, 38, should lose weight fast 'like Victoria Beckham did' She is a former Miss World, a successful Bollywood star and married to the son of one of India's best-loved stars. She found international fame in the Hollywood film Bride and Prejudice, and Julia Roberts billed her as the world's most beautiful woman. Thanks to the notoriety such fame and fortune has brought her, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has become one of the most admired and revered women in India, and indeed the world. But such fame has come at a cost for the 38-year-old star. Since the birth of her daughter in November last year, Aishwarya Rai has been open about the fact that she is in no hurry to lose the few extra pounds she gained during her pregnancy. Scroll down for video . Letting her fans down? Former Miss World and Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been lambasted by followers who suggest she should have lost her baby weight following the birth of her daughter . The model and actress, who won the Miss World title in 1994, defended her choice, saying she wanted simply to 'enjoy motherhood.' But with the star, who married Abhishek Bachchan, the son of India's most loved film star Amitabh Bachnan in 2007, tipped for her 10th appearance at Cannes next week, furious speculation is mounting as to how she will look. Commentators have been unkind, lambasting the star for letting her fans down. Many have gone a step further, suggesting the star has a 'duty' to her fans to regain her pre-pregnancy figure. One website posted a video of the star looking less than her usual svelte self, flicking between photographs of her pre-birth, and photos now. Svelte: Aishwarya Rai at the Oscars last February when she was in the very early stages of her pregnancy, and at last year's Cannes Festival in May, six months before she gave birth to her daughter . Called 'Aishwarya Rai's shocking weight gain', the clip, which came accompanied by elephant sound effects, has been seen more than 500,000 times. Dozens more videos in a similar vein have been posted, each with viewing figures in the tens or hundreds of thousands. Comments left after the video prove that many of those watching have little sympathy for Aishwarya. 'She is a Bollywood actress and it is her duty to look good and fit,' one said. Another added: 'She needs to learn from people like Victoria Beckham who are back to size zero weeks after their delivery.' It has opened up a debate in the country, and beyond, about the attitudes held towards women in the public eye. Some unkind fans have compared Aishwarya to Victoria Beckham, saying she should lose weight as quickly as Ms Beckham did after her four pregnancies . 'Aishwarya is like a goddess,' said showbusiness columnist Shobhaa Dé in the New York Daily News by way of explanation. 'She is held up as the ideal of beauty and so there is an expectation on her to look perfect at all times.' 'The most beautiful woman in the world': Aishwarya Rai won Miss World in 1994 . 'The role models being held up are Angelina Jolie and Victoria Beckham, but our body frames are different – we have wider hips and curves – so this whole business of looking desperately skinny two weeks after giving birth is a western import.' Cinema professor Shohini Ghosh added that women in India were up against an almost impossible task. 'There is a glorification of motherhood in India and Indian cinema,' he told the paper. 'But people are confused because they don't know whether to glorify Aishwarya in her new motherhood or lament that she is not looking like a runway model.' It's safe to say that far too many fall into the latter category, judging by the cruel comments flooding internet sites. Some, however, have come out in defence of the star, saying that she, like any new mother, should be focusing on her infant, not her diet. 'She is a real women looking after a baby. We should be concern for her health and happiness especially if she is nursing the baby. Not the Western belief of expecting people in the spot light to lose all weight in month. If she dieted what will happen to the baby's diet,' one said. 'That's because Aish is not one of those selfish ones who puts the focus on their bodies instead of their babies, which makes them moody and ineffective as parents,' another said. 'Kudos to you Aish for keeping it real and letting your baby have all the bonding and attention she needs with you. Enjoy your life.' VIDEO: One of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's recent hits was in Action Replay, 2010 . | Outrage sparked by photos showing Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who gave birth seven months ago, with double chin .
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By . Peter Allen . PUBLISHED: . 11:52 EST, 29 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 13:18 EST, 29 January 2014 . More than half a million pounds in allegedly laundered cash has been found in the home of the French comic at the centre of the Nicolas Anelka anti-Semitism scandal. It comes as Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, 47, prepares to travel to the UK so that he can support the West Bromwich Albion footballer. Anelka faces a five match ban for performing Dieudonne’s ‘quenelle’ gesture – a hand and arm movement which some say is a reverse Nazi salute. More than half a million pounds in allegedly laundered cash has been found in the home of Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, 47, (right) the French comic at the centre of the Nicolas Anelka (left) anti-Semitism scandal . Now police have revealed that a total of £660,000 in cash was found in Dieudonne’s house near Paris, and in the theatre he runs in the French capital. Dieudonne has been convicted six times for defamation, and is suspected of hiding his money to avoid paying his fines. Official searches on Tuesday were sanctioned by a French magistrate investigating money laundering and false tax declarations. A gendarme stands guard as police search the house belonging to the controversial French comic . Investigators also believe that Dieudonne has sent the equivalent of more than £380,000 in cash to Cameroon, where his extended family live, since 2009 . Investigators also believe that Dieudonne has sent the equivalent of more than £380,000 in cash to Cameroon, where his extended family live, since 2009. And they allege that a production company owned by his wife, Noemie Montagne, bought one of his properties for £450,000 in cash, when he owed the government £740,000. But Diedonne’s lawyer, Jacques Verdier, said the French were involved in an ‘organised hunt for Dieudonne’. A French policeman stands guard outside the Theatre de la Main d'Or during a warranted police search on the premises in Paris . Mr Verdier said his client was by no means anti-Semitic and ‘does not support the Third Reich.’ Anelka has been charged by the Football Association with making a gesture which is considered abusive or indecent – an offence which carries a minimum five-game ban. Last week, Anelka denied the charge and requested a personal hearing to defend his case. Dieudonne’s last visit to Britain was in 2010, when he appeared in front of a large of audience of mainly French expatriates at a London theatre. He argues that his act is full of risque humour about a range of minority groups, including black people and Muslims. Dieudonne, who was brought up as a Christian, said that one of the reasons Anelka is being made a scapegoat in Britain is because he is a black Muslim who drives a Ferrari. Uproar: Anelka's gesture, the quenelle, has caused conflict in the UK and France over whether it is racist . Controversial: Here anti-Dieudonne M'bala M'bala protesters are seen on the streets of Paris on January 16 . | Police searched the home of Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, 47 .
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By . Helen Lawson . PUBLISHED: . 07:49 EST, 20 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:21 EST, 20 June 2013 . Injured friends of a student nurse who died in a minibus crash as they all travelled to a hen party joined hundreds of other mourners for her funeral today. Beth Jones, 18, died in the collision between the bus and a lorry on the M62 near Pontefract in West Yorkshire in April. Today, many of Miss Jones's friends who were injured in the crash were in tears as they waited for the cortege to arrive outside St Joseph's Church, in South Elmsall, West Yorkshire. Scroll down for video . Some of the other hen party victims of the M62 crash attended Beth Jones's funeral today in their wheelchairs . Student nurse Beth Jones, 18, was killed in the collision between the hen party's minibus and a lorry in April . Ryan Jones acted as the lead pall bearer to carry his sister's coffin today . Miss Jones's parents, Diane and Paul, led the mourners along with her boyfriend, Nathan Hurcomb. Diane Jones was also injured in the crash and she walked into the church with the aid of crutches. Miss Jones's sister, Amy, was in a wheelchair. Bride-to-be Stefanie Firth, 24, walked into the church still wearing a neck brace, supported by her fiance Gary Leafe. The pair had been due to get married in the fortnight after the crash, but have postponed their wedding. Mr Leafe's mother Lesley was also seriously injured in the crash. The women were travelling from South Elmsall, between Doncaster and Wakefield, for the hen night in Liverpool. Twenty women on the bus were hurt, eight of them seriously. Ryan Jones wore a pink tie for his sister's funeral in South Elmsall today . Beth's parents Paul and Diane Jones left the funeral accompanied by her boyfriend Nathan Hurcomb . Nathan Hurcomb, also wearing a pink tie in tribute, wept as he left his girlfriend's funeral today . Miss Jones's brother Ryan and boyfriend Nathan Hurcomb helped carry the white coffin into the church. Ryan Jones led tributes to his sister during the 90-minute service. Reading a message from their sister, Amy, he said: 'My beautiful baby sister. 'I can't begin the explain, that I had the most amazing sister in the whole wide world, my best friend forever. 'I will never forget you. We were the same on the inside and out. Love you always, your big sister.' And reading a message from their father, he said: 'My little girl - not just beautiful on the outside but stunning on the inside.' He added: 'Beth could light up any room with her smile and warmth. A true diamond. 'Forever in my heart and thoughts, love Dad.' Bride-to-be Stefanie Firth attended the funeral wearing a neck brace and walking on crutches, accompanied by her fiance Gary Leafe, whose mother Lesley also suffered critical injuries in the crash . An order of service is shown in the hands of a mourner during the funeral of Beth Jones . Miss Jones's cousin, Becca Thompson, told the packed church her friend was a 'fun, caring, happy-go-lucky girl who would always wear a smile to brighten up any day'. She said Miss Jones was the 'big sister I never had - my best friend'. The service was relayed by speakers to mourners who gathered outside the packed church. Many of those waiting were wearing pink clothes and sporting pink flowers. A choir from St Wilfrid's Catholic High School, where Miss Jones studied, sang Purify My Heart, I'm Giving You My Heart and I Watch The Sunrise. The service ended with the hymn All Things Bright and Beautiful and was followed by a private cremation nearby. Crash survivors Ashley Warner, left, and Beth's sister Amy, right, attended the service in their wheelchairs as they continue to recover from the April crash . Injured friends of Beth Jones attended her funeral today in their wheelchairs following a minibus crash on the M62 in April . Miss Jones, who would have celebrated her 19th birthday last Monday, was in the first year of a nursing course at Leeds University. She died in the crash that happened close to one of the off-slips of junction 32 of the motorway. The lorry involved was travelling in the same direction. Firefighters who attended the battered minibus said the scene was one of the worst they had ever seen. In a statement after the crash, Miss . Jones' family said: 'Beth was a fun and bubbly girl who was caring and . considerate to everyone she met. 'She was the apple of her grandad's eye and she will never be forgotten and sadly missed by everyone.' The family has asked for donations to Beth's Angels, a fund to raise money for those affected by the crash, which has already raised £12,000. Many of the mourners, including Beth's sister Amy, wore pink and carried pink flowers in tribute . Ashley Warner was one of the hen party members who arrived at the church in a wheelchair today . St Joseph's Church in South Elmsall was packed for today's service, which was followed by a private cremation . The fund was set up by her cousin Mark Larkin, the landlord of the Barnsley Oak pub, where Miss Jones worked. He said: 'I knew a lot of people had started raising money for the air ambulance after the crash but I thought we needed to do something for the girls who are going to be out of work for a long time while they recover. 'Also, we wanted to support Beth's family while they look after her older sister Amy, who was also injured and was the last one to leave hospital.' The driver of the minibus, Jimmy Johnson, 62, from Bradford, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving last week. He was bailed pending further inquiries. Lorry driver Kevin Ollerhead, 43, was arrested and bailed following the crash. Another crash victim, Sarah Johnson, was pictured being wheeled into church today . 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By . Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 11:12 EST, 19 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:36 EST, 20 July 2012 . The first Victoria Cross to have been awarded to a private in the First World War was today sold at auction for £276,000. Private Sidney Godley 'set the standard for the British Tommy' when he took a machine gun from a severely wounded officer and despite shrapnel wounds and a bullet lodged in his skull continued to hold his position alone for two hours against heavy German assault. When he was ordered to withdraw, Private Godley, then 25, maintained a covering fire until the entire battalion was evacuated, but was eventually overpowered by the enemy and taken as a prisoner of war. The Victoria Cross group of six was awarded to Private Godley, Royal Fusiliers, for his defence of the Nimy Bridge at Mons in the Great War and is expected to fetch £140,000 at auction later this month . His brave actions defending the Nimy Bridge at Mons on the August 23, 1914 during the first infantry attack of the war earned the Royal Fusiliers soldier the highest decoration in the British Army. When word got back to King George V about his astonishing bravery, he was recommended the award although army chiefs first thought it would be a posthumous award - until word got back to Britain that Pvt Godley had miraculously survived after being operated on at a German field hospital. London auctioneers Spink are putting the Victoria Cross group of six up for sale in their upcoming Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria auction on July 19. It is estimated to fetch between . £140,000 - £180,000, but they suspect it will attract huge interest and . may exceed expectations. Oliver Pepys, medal . specialist at Spink, said: ‘The Godley Victoria Cross is . both hugely important and highly emotive. I would say it’s one of the . most significant of the great Victoria Crosses because it is the first . of the World War One, so it was not surprising that it attracted much interest' Private Sidney Godley was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1924 for his bravery at Mons . 'I am delighted the sale drew attention to . such a valiant man, who through his actions at Mons set a standard that . the British Tommy would aspire to for the rest of the War. 'He brought honour to his regiment and that legacy will live on, as a sign of what he endured for his country.' The Victoria Cross was snapped up by a private collector who placed the £276,000 bid before the auction began. The recommendation by Lieutenant FWA Steele, Royal Fusiliers, states: ‘In the defence of a railway bridge near Nimy, 23rd August 1914, Private Godley of ‘B’ Company showed particular heroism in his management of the machine guns. ‘His Commanding Officer having been severely wounded and each machine gunner in turn shot, Private Godley was called to the firing line on the bridge and under heavy fire he had to remove three dead bodies and proceed to an advanced machine gun position under a sustained enemy fire. ‘He carried on defending the position for two hours after he had received a severe head wound.’ The announcement of the award - given during the first infantry attack of the Great War - was published in the London Gazette on November 25, 1914. It read: ‘For coolness and gallantry in fighting his machine gun under a hot fire for two hours after he had been wounded at Mons on 23rd August.’ Mr Pepys said: ‘The courage was extraordinary. It would have been very easy for him to sit and obey orders and when the order came to withdraw, to withdraw. He definitely stood up to the plate.’ Sidney Godley was released at the end of the war and moved back to his home in East End of London. He worked at the Tower of London as a volunteer for the rest of his life as a leading member in the Old Contemptibles Association - a group created to ensure the ordeal of the conflict was never forgotten. He died in 1957. A drawing by an unknown artist depicting the battle of the Nimy Bridge at Mons on the 23rd August 1914 . | The honour bestowed upon Pvt Sidney Godley was the first Victoria Cross to be awarded to a private .
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"2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:36 EST, 20 July 2012 .",
"The first Victoria Cross to have been awarded to",
"a private in the First World War was today sold",
"at auction for £276,000. Private Sidney Godley",
"'set the standard for the British Tommy' when he",
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"officer and despite shrapnel wounds and a bullet",
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"assault. When he was ordered to withdraw, Private",
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"a prisoner of war. The Victoria Cross group of",
"six was awarded to Private Godley, Royal",
"Fusiliers, for his defence of the Nimy Bridge at",
"Mons in the Great War and is expected to fetch",
"£140,000 at auction later this month . His brave",
"actions defending the Nimy Bridge at Mons on the",
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"of the war earned the Royal Fusiliers soldier the",
"highest decoration in the British Army. When word",
"got back to King George V about his astonishing",
"bravery, he was recommended the award although",
"army chiefs first thought it would be a",
"posthumous award - until word got back to Britain",
"that Pvt Godley had miraculously survived after",
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"London auctioneers Spink are putting the Victoria",
"Cross group of six up for sale in their upcoming",
"Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and",
"Militaria auction on July 19. It is estimated to",
"fetch between . £140,000 - £180,000, but they",
"suspect it will attract huge interest and . may",
"exceed expectations. Oliver Pepys, medal .",
"specialist at Spink, said: ‘The Godley Victoria",
"Cross is . both hugely important and highly",
"emotive. I would say it’s one of the . most",
"significant of the great Victoria Crosses because",
"it is the first . of the World War One, so it was",
"not surprising that it attracted much interest'",
"Private Sidney Godley was awarded the Victoria",
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"delighted the sale drew attention to . such a",
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A library boss in New York City faces losing his job after he allegedly went on a rampant $40,000 spending spree, blowing cash on lavish dinners, concert tickets and trips abroad. Thomas Galante, director of Queens Library, could be axed next Wednesday after a newly-installed board of trustees found he was using his corporate credit card to expense trips on alleged library business to Barcelona, Amsterdam, Athens, Helsinki, Aspen and Newport Beach in California. He also charged $23,000 to a furniture store which went to kit out his executive office and a rooftop smoking deck at the library, the Daily News reported. Queens Library chief Thomas Galante could lose his job next week after running up bills of $40,000 on a corporate credit card . The blowouts, which are documented in records back to 2011, also included restaurant tabs to the tune of thousands of dollars and bills run up at casinos and liquor stores. According to the NYDN, Galante spent $2,740 at Morton’s Wacker Place Steakhouse in Chicago on June 30 this year; $5,620 at Vetro Restaurant and Lounge in Howard Beach, Queens; and $3,480 at Dazies in Sunnyside, Queens. In December 2011, $1,100 was spent on tickets to see Coldplay. Galante also reportedly hit the credit card for daily runs to Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks along with washing his car and auto repairs. Hundreds of dollars of cookies were ordered from a gourmet company on the card. John Hyslop, president of library workers Local 1321, told MailOnline on Thursday: 'The hubris and excess of Thomas Galante is disgraceful and is so detrimental to the Queens Library, its customers and staff - especially because we've been pleading for more funds to hire more people and serve the public.' Although it is assumed that many of the large purchases were made due to library business, the volume of charges, in particular for lavish dinners, attracted attention. Galante was placed on leave in September as the review took place but was still being paid $392,000. Sources told the NYDN that it is expected that Galante's dismissal will come recommended. The library is 85 per cent public-funded. The library boss spent $2,740 at Morton’s Wacker Place Steakhouse in Chicago (stock picture) in June, according to reports . Mr Hyslop claimed that while Galante was in charge, he contracted out the positions for custodians, claiming that the library could not afford them with its budget. Galante allegedly ordered thousands of dollars on gourmet cookies on his public-funded credit card . He also said that a public staff member had not been hired since 2008, meaning library opening hours were cut back. Mr Hyslop added that library workers - some of whom have salaries around $29,000 - were forced to pay out of pocket to attend conferences because their budget would not cover entire trips. However he added that the library trustees and interim director had moved on from the reported scandal. 'We are committed to transparency and integrity at the Queens Library,' Mr Hyslop said. 'We want the best for our customers.' MailOnline was awaiting a comment on Thursday from the officer of Queens Borough President, Melinda Katz. A comment from Mr Galante's lawyer, Thomas Martini, was also sought. | Director of Queens Library, Thomas Galante, was placed on leave in September as the review took place but kept his $392,000 annual salary .
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Hundreds of dollars of gourmet cookies were ordered on the company card along with restaurant tabs running to thousands of dollars .
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Virginia Beach, Virginia (CNN) -- A U.S. Navy admiral said Saturday that the fiery crash of a fighter jet into apartment buildings in the military community of Virginia Beach matches his definition of a miracle. No one was killed and everyone was accounted for one day after the accident. "I don't speak for anybody's religious beliefs, but the mayor and I both agreed that if you want to define a miracle, what happened here yesterday meets that definition for me," Adm. John Harvey, the four-star head of the U.S. Fleet Forces Command, told reporters. He said the Navy is investigating the crash, but noted it will take weeks to determine exactly what happened. "We will not rush to judgment. We will get everything down. We will examine it carefully," he said. "We'll fix whatever went wrong." A special victims fund is available to assist those whose homes or possessions were damaged or destroyed. More than two dozen people spent the night at a temporary shelter. At least seven people, including two pilots who ejected safely, were injured in the crash. All were released from the hospital as of Saturday, said Harvey, and are in "good shape." Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell thanked those who acted in an hour of need. "This amazing news follows the countless acts of bravery and selflessness that we witnessed yesterday," he said in a statement. He said the crash response highlighted the character of the Navy, safety officials and the people of Virginia. "We saw neighbors rushing to the assistance of neighbors, the Navy pilots waiting until the very last second to eject, citizens pulling the pilots to safety and treating them, and a successful and efficient coordinated response from first responders, the city and others," McDonnell said. "It was the very best of Virginia on display." Among those who sprung into action was an off-duty Coast Guard member. Petty Officer 2nd Class Nick Beane was at a friend's house having lunch when the jet went down, according to a statement from the Coast Guard. "My training kicked in," Beane said. "I saw the fire and explosion, and I knew I had to help." He ran to nearby buildings and knocked on doors to make sure everyone was outside. He then saw one of the pilots, lying on the ground near flames. With the help of a civilian, they cut the pilot loose from his parachute and carried him to safety, the Coast Guard said. "He kept asking if everybody else was okay," Beane said. "He asked about the people on the ground and the other pilot. His own safety was the last thing on his mind." The fighter jet experienced a "catastrophic mechanical malfunction" during takeoff Friday, raining jet fuel over Virginia Beach before plunging to the ground, damaging five apartment buildings, according to residents and Navy officials. The jet carried a student pilot in the front seat and an experienced instructor behind him, and the leakage of jet fuel was "one of the indications that there was a mechanical malfunction," Navy Capt. Mark Weisgerber told reporters. The two-seat F/A-18 jet landed eerily upright in flames in a courtyard surrounded by the five apartment buildings that were suddenly set afire. iReport: Watch and hear jet fuel burning . Once the buildings were doused with water and the courtyard was coated with a foam, rescue crews began a detailed search through the charred hulks to look for any residents injured or killed, a fire official said. Are you there? Send images . The two pilots, a Virginia Beach police officer, an EMS volunteer and three other people were treated for injuries at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital. The jet, which was not carrying live ordnance, was part of a training squadron at Naval Air Station Oceana, the Navy and Federal Aviation Administration said. It crashed 2.2 miles from the runway, a senior Defense Department official told CNN. Eyewitnesses and residents described their community -- so accustomed to military planes taking off near their homes -- suddenly taking a surreal turn for the worse when the jet fell out of the sky and spewed its fuel, a possible maneuver to minimize the inevitable fire upon crashing. One ejection seat shell ripped through an oak tree and crashed into a condo fence, and the other seat shell landed next door, suggesting that the two Navy pilots ejected at a low altitude, said resident Keith Gutkowski. Colby Smith told CNN affiliate WVEX that he was in his bathroom when he felt his "whole house shaking." Then he looked out his bedroom window and "saw nothing but red, just red and orange flashing. And just a crackling noise. I was like, 'What is that?' " he said. Smith said he ran outside, saw a friend and eventually spotted a pilot who was "laying there" and bleeding. He said he and several others then picked up the pilot and carried him to safety. CNN's Michael Martinez, Barbara Starr, Greg Botelho, Mike Ahlers and Sandra Endo contributed to this report. | NEW: An off-duty Coast Guard member assisted in the wake of the crash .
All are accounted for after the fighter jet smashes into apartments .
At least seven people, including two pilots, were injured .
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"residents described their community -- so",
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"the inevitable fire upon crashing. One ejection",
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"into a condo fence, and the other seat shell",
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"Keith Gutkowski. Colby Smith told CNN affiliate",
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"and orange flashing. And just a crackling noise.",
"I was like, 'What is that?' \" he said. Smith said",
"he ran outside, saw a friend and eventually",
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"bleeding. He said he and several others then",
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By . Nick Enoch . Down in the depths, a diver swims among cages of netting that look like underwater Towers of Pisa. Sitting inside the many 'floors' of each one are giant Japanese scallops that are keeping the delicate ecosystem in balance. The molluscs form part of an experimental aquatic farm devised by Dr Stephen Cross from the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. Aware of the pollution in the farmed fish industry, he has come up with a 'polyculture' system whereby only one species in the chain needs to be directly fed by him - as can be seen in this fascinating set of pictures from National Geographic magazine. Nature's own water filters, giant Japanese scallops thrive on fish waste at an experimental farm off Canada's Vancouver Island. The farm also uses sugar kelp to consume excretions from nearby pens of native sablefish . In the Gulf of California lie four shrimp cages owned by Gustavo Valdez. Each one can yield anything up to 13 tons of shrimp every four to six months . Off the coast of Vancouver Island, he only feeds sablefish (also known as black cod), which are native to the Pacific Ocean. Nearby hang the baskets containing scallops, along with oysters, mussels and cockles - which feed on the fish's organic excretions. Beyond them lie lines of sugar kelp - a brown algae used in sushi, and also as a component of bioethanol fuel. These plants mop up the rest of the waste by converting nitrates and phosphorus into plant tissue. Diamond-shaped fish cages rise from the water for cleaning at Open Blue, the world's largest open-ocean fish farm, eight miles off the Caribbean coast of Panama . Tilapia pens in Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the Philippines, are choked by an algal bloom they helped create. The overstocked lake produces a large quantity of farmed fish, but excess nutrients trigger blooms that use up oxygen and kill fish . The whole system acts like a giant water filter - and most importantly, it is a commercially viable proposition, as it can make extra food for fish farms. It's self-sustainable and good for the environment. And for the fishing industry, that can only be a good thing. Whereas fisheries deal with catching, processing and selling fish, aquaculture concerns the cultivation of aquatic animals and aquatic plants - and is also known as 'fish farming'. There have been concerns over the years about fish in fisheries being treated with antibiotics, for example, as well as disease from farmed fish being passed on to wild fish. And then there is the threat of coastal pollution via waste and pesticides. From Mexico to the Philippines and Scotland, large-scale fish farms are an expanding global business. A diver nets a ten-pound cobia (also known as black salmon) for sampling before harvest in one of Open Blue's dozen offshore pens. Able to hold hundreds of thousands of fish, but less densely stocked and better flushed than nearshore salmon pens, they produce little pollution . World fisheries produced 158million tonnes in 2012, of which almost 70million came from aquaculture. Gustavo Valdez is another who has embraced its principles. In the Gulf of California, he can be found inspecting his four shrimp cages - each of which yield anything up to 13 tons of shrimp every four to six months. His enterprise is a far cry from traditional shrimp farms - where the hatcheries can give rise to disease - but it does rely on subsidies from the Mexican government. Meanwhile, eight miles off the coast of Panama, another diver nets a 10lb cobia for sampling before harvest. A graphic showing the amount of feed required to gain 1lb of body mass; and right, the June issue of National Geographic magazine . The fish, also known as the black salmon, is in one of 12-odd offshore pens belonging to Open Blue - the largest offshore fish farm in the world. Choc full with healthy omega-3 fatty acids, the cobia is a highly valued seafood. But unlike holding areas nearer the shore (often in coves), these pens, which can hold 40,000 fish, produce hardly any pollution, and are not densely stocked. Brian O'Hanlon, president of Open Blue, has housed his salmon cages in deep water so that they are continually cleansed by the current - and he hasn't yet needed to give them antibiotics. 'This is the future', he told National Geographic. 'This is what the industry is going to have to do in order to keep growing, especially in the tropics.' The images are from the June issue of National Geographic magazine. | Giant natural water filter off Vancouver Island, Canada, devised to help reduce pollution on fish farms .
In gulf of California, unconventional shrimp cages reduce disease .
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It was a bad year for Sheldon Adelson. Earlier this month Businessweek revealed that the owner of some of the largest casinos in the world was the target of Iranian hackers, who brought down servers at the Las Vegas Sands Casino. The cyber assault, in retaliation for comments from Adelson, 81, about threatening to nuke Iran, was followed by another embarrassment - seeing his personal fortune drop by $8.9billion in 2014. Losses: Sheldon Adelson, 81, dropped to 23rd wealthiest person in the world in 2014 after suffering a $8.9billion drop in his personal fortune . Bloomberg Billionaires, which indexes the fortunes of the wealthiest individuals in the world, showed Adelson was joined by Amazon's Jeff Bezos, 50, who lost $7.5billion, and IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad, 88, who fell $8.4billion, in racking up the highest losses in 2014. Bezos, who owns 84 million shares in Amazon, suffered by owning an 18 percent stake in a company that is struggling to make gains even as sales expand. The online retailer dropped serious coin in 2014, the New York Post reports, buying up gaming site Twitch and expanding company warehouse locations. The company also gained 10 million Prime members able to enjoy free two-day shipping, a costly expense for Amazon, who started gifting Prime customers $1 every time they decided to forgo rush shipping, Huffington Post reported in June. On the other end of the spectrum, Bezos's counterpart in China made a killing in 2014, shoring up his fortune by $25.2billion. Jack Ma, 50, founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba, began the year with a lowly $3.6billion before multiplying his fortune thanks to a successful September IPO and shot up to number 21 in the world, just one step above Bezos. Drop: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, 50, lost $7.5billion in a year where the online retail giant acquired a number of new operations, causing profit forecasts to flag . Winner winner: Microsoft founder Bill Gates, 59, added an impressive $9.1billion onto his existing fortune, causing him to jump back to the top of the list over Mexico telecom billionaire Carlos Slim . At the very top of the chain, there was a re-establishment of the old order, as Bill Gates rose to reclaim the number one spot earlier in 2014. He had been briefly overtaken by 74-year-old telecom billionaire Carlos Slim in 2007, according to Fortune, before losing the spot for several years starting in 2010. The two have duked it out at the top for years, but the Microsoft founder and philanthropist added $9.1billion while Slim lost $786.8million, causing him to fall into third behind 84-year-old Warren Buffet. | Bezos dropped to 22nd richest man in the world and Adelson became 23rd richest in 2014 .
Bill Gates gained $9.1billion this year to gain title of world's richest according to Bloomberg's index of billionaires .
Bezos's Chinese counterpart, Jack Ma, who founded retailer Alibaba made the biggest gain of $25.2billion among the list . | 83de7d59ec77f9128e21fb63c765a2508f3de174 | [
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Istanbul (CNN) -- A suicide bombing at a police station in Istanbul killed at least one police officer and left at least four wounded, police in Turkey said Tuesday. The attacker first threw a hand grenade and then detonated his suicide bomb, Istanbul police chief Huseyin Capkin said in a news conference. Capkin said police had "more or less" determined the identity of the attacker, a male aged about 25 years old, but were not releasing it. The police chief did not link the attacker to any organization. He said there was some uncertainty about the number of wounded. Earlier reports put the number at eight. The blast appears to have taken place at the entrance to the police station in the Sultangazi neighborhood. Ambulances rushed to the scene, according to Turkey's semi-official Anatolia news agency. CNN's Yesim Comert and CNN Turk's Hande Kolcak Kostendil contributed to this report. | NEW: The blast was caused by a suicide bomber, police say .
NEW: The attacker throws a hand grenade before exploding his suicide bomb .
Ambulances rush to the scene, the Anatolia news agency reports . | 4854d8c729cf1d221a96f26cf0c0c2e1e93dac30 | [
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