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(CNN) -- After a rocket landed late Saturday in its territory, Israel retaliated by going after "two terror activity sites in the southern and in the central Gaza Strip," its military said. Israel Defense Forces said on its blog that the rocket fired out of Gaza landed in Sdot Negev Regional Council around 11 p.m. (6 p.m. ET), spurring sirens to go off there. The military subsequently tweeted that there were "no injuries." An IDF spokesman told CNN that the rocket caused no notable destruction, having landed in an open area. That led to Israel's retaliatory strike against targets that IDF spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said are "part of the terrorist support network, enhancing terror capabilities against Israel and it civilians." "As long as Hamas enables its henchmen to attack Israel, these sites will not be immune from our watchful eye and operational strike, while they are used to formulate, train and develop malicious terrorist intentions," Lerner said in a statement. CNN's Greg Botelho contributed to this report.

Israel says a rocket fired from Gaza landed, causing no injuries . Israel's military responds by going after "two terror activity sites" in Gaza .

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(CNN) -- How do you follow a phenomenon like Frankel? It is 18 months in April since one of the greatest horses ever to grace the planet retired in a blaze of glory, with his 14th race win from 14 starts to take his career earnings just shy of £3 million ($5 million). It led to a rating of 147 from Timeform, making him the highest-rated horse since the records began. His trainer Henry Cecil, who passed away last year following a battle with cancer, said of the horse with a top speed of 42 mph: "He's the best I've ever seen. I'd be very surprised if there's ever been a better horse." Frankel was once described as a "lightning strike of genetics, which may not be repeated for 100 years." Jockey Tom Queally was on board for the duration of his career and likens him to the "Usain Bolt of horse racing." "Really, you can compare him to any of the greats in any sport, in fact in any walk of life and that's him. He was just head and shoulders above everyone else." Today, Frankel stands in a luxury stable at Banstead Manor Stud in southeast English county of Suffolk, fed and watered and walked out to breed with the world's fastest and most famous horses. The world's wealthiest horse owners pay £125,000 ($210,000) for every impregnation, as they try to unearth the next Frankel. In his first season alone, he covered 133 mares. Queally admits that part of him will be excited to get the opportunity to ride these offspring in future, but he is also under no illusions about the reality of life after Frankel. Following that last race, he asked: "Everything's going to be an anticlimax after Frankel isn't it?" In reality, he knew the answer. "No-one can compare to Frankel, no one will ever compare to him as every moment spent on his back was a special moment," the Irishman told CNN. "There's different eras in different sports and inevitably people will always make comparisons. But I'm a realist, I know I won't ever ride a horse like that again. It'll be fun to ride his impact. I think we'll still see Frankel's impact on horse racing in that regard. I think he'd like the idea he's still making a mark." Frankel's temperament is not quite like that of some of the great racehorses, who are often jittery, tetchy animals, highly sprung and highly strung. In contrast, Frankel has always been a fairly placid soul. But even a year and a half on from that moment he last delighted packed stands as he ripped up the turf at Ascot to win the Champions Stakes, Queally can still easily recall his majesty. "He was just a superstar, pure and simple," says Queally. "He had an enormous amount of ability and he just dominated simply because he was far superior to everyone else. He had a lovely temperament and was just very professional in every way imaginable. "He wasn't that easy to ride to start with -- he had a bit of a hold but he just got easier. I think part of it was down to his intelligence. He was such a quick learner and, by the end of it, I'd just push a button and he'd go. There was never once a time when I thought he'd lose." Life after Frankel has changed markedly for Queally and those around him. After Cecil passed away, aged 70, Queally -- who had been the official jockey at the trainer's Warren Place stables in Newmarket -- has since opted to go freelance. A once great team has dissipated but Frankel lives on, as does the memory of what he achieved. Queally's home is littered with memories of him, from the trophies to photographs of the pair's famous victories. However, Queally has seen him just once since their final day in action together, but there remains an indelible bond between jockey and horse. "I know it sounds strange but we got on well," he says. "I'd chat to him a lot when racing, trying to relax him or maybe just me. "It seemed important as there was always such hype when we raced. I wouldn't say there was pressure as I was always happy on his back, and really I always knew the result." But the issue for Queally is that he has achieved his career high, at least in terms of the absolute class of the horse that follows him. However, he now distances himself from that earlier "anticlimax" comment. "There's an element of anticlimax in that they'll never be another one like him, but then there's two other parts," he explains. "One is that I was very lucky to have ridden him in the first place but the other thing is that I have other career goals. "As a freelance rider, you hope to get some top rides. Basically how it works is my agent will get contacted about certain rides and then they get lined up. I still want to compete in the top races immaterial of who I'm riding, to win things like the Derby. "I'm looking forward to that and, in some ways, winning the races and championships tops what's gone before." However, one thing he is aware of is that should he ride another trailblazer of the track, the comparisons will inevitably come to the fore. "I know that the first question I'll be asked about will always be Frankel," he says. "And I'm okay with that."

It is 18 months since wonder horse Frankel retired from racing . Jockey Tom Queally admits he will never ride another like the "Usain Bolt of racing" Queally has visited Frankel just once but has moved on, targeting wins not horses . Frankel's trainer Henry Cecil, who died last year, called him "the best I've ever seen"

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By . Lucy Crossley . Downton Abbey will dramatise Edward VIII's first love affair with a married woman, five years before he met Wallis Simpson as part of the programme's Christmas special. The future King's affair with socialite Freda Dudley Ward has been written into a storyline, which sees Downton character Lady Rose presented at Buckingham Palace for her coming out. During the episode Lady Rose, played by Lily James, is seen dancing in the arms of Prince Edward, who later became Edward VIII before abdicating to marry divorcee Wallis Simpson. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO . Love affair: Downton Abbey will dramatise the affair between married Freda Dudley Ward, pictured left,  and Prince Edward, later Edward VIII. The socialite is played by Janet Montgomery, right, in the Christmas special . The prince's secret love affair with his first mistress began in 1918 when the couple, who were both 23, met in a doorway in Mayfair, London, as they sheltered from a First World War Zeppelin Raid. Mrs Dudley Ward had already been married for five years and had two daughters by her husband, Liberal MP William Dudley Ward, who was 16 years older than her. Her husband apparently turned a blind . eye to the affair, although the relationship was well-known to . aristocrats and politicians. Couple: Freda Dudley Ward and Prince Prince Edward with Viscountess Furness and Prince George of Hanover in 1932 . Romantic entanglements: The Prince of Wales (left) pictured with Freda Dudley-Ward, and her husband liberal MP William Dudley-Ward, and right, with Wallis Simpson on their wedding day in 1937 . Prince Edward would bombard Mrs Dudley Ward her with extravagant gifts, including a gold watch, and wrote letters to his 'precious Fredie Wedie', signing off as 'adoring little David' - the name he went by. By 1919, the prince wrote he was 'fearfully madly' in love, and . appears to have introduced her to members of the Royal Family, including . his brother Bertie, the future King George VI. Winston Churchill travelled on a train with the couple in 1927 and . noted: 'It was quite pathetic to see the prince with Freda. His love is . so obvious and undisguisable.' However, after 15 years the prince broke off the relationship when he met Mrs Simpson in 1934 and embarked on the romance which led to the abdication crisis two years later. Letters of note: A photograph of the Prince of Wales surrounded by some of the love letters that the young Royal wrote to his sweetheart Freda Dudley-Ward . When the prince met Mrs Simpson, he abruptly severed all ties to his former love. In a call to the Palace in 1934, Mrs Dudley Ward was told . by an operator: 'I have orders not to put you through.' Mr and Mrs Dudley Ward divorced in 1931. Her second marriage to Spanish nobleman the Marques de Casa Maury, who she married in October 1937 also ended . in divorce in 1954. She died in 1983, at 88, and never spoke of the affair. Mrs Dudley Ward, played by actress Janet Montgomery, follows other historical . characters to make an appearance on the series, including writer . Virginia Woolf and soprano Dame Nelly Melba. Prince Edward will be played by Oliver Dinsdale, while his father King George V, who receives Lady Rose at Buckingham Palace, is portrayed by Guy Williams. Drama: Downton Abbey's Crawley family will face a scandal that threatens to engulf the monarchy as Lady Rose, right, is presented at Buckingham Palace for her 'coming out' Royal appointment: Lady Rose, pictured with the Countess of Grantham, as she is presented at Buckingham Palace . Hollywood stars Shirley MacLaine and Paul Giamatti also return for the two-hour Christmas Day episode, which is set six months after the last series. ITV have provided little detail about just how the Crawleys will be involved with Mrs Dudley Ward, although a tantalising trailer gives viewers a sneak peak at what is to come. 'When the Crawleys are, implicated in a scandal that threatens to engulf the monarchy, Robert will go to great lengths to protect the Royal family, and his own', the broadcaster said. Scandal: Lady Rose dances in the arms of Prince Edward, who later, albeit briefly, became Edward VIII before abdicating the throne to enable him to marry divorcee Wallis Simpson .

Future king met married socialite Freda Dudley Ward in 1918 . Couple were in contact until he encountered Wallis Simpson in 1934 . Prince Edward and his mistress Freda appear in Christmas storyline . Downton character Lady Rose dances in prince's arms at her 'coming out' Fictional Crawley family dragged into real-life royal drama .

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Oscar Pistorius will be allowed to compete again despite being found guilty for the manslaughter of Reeva Steenkamp, according to International Paralympics Committee chiefs. The Olympian and Paralympian had been found not guilty for the premeditated murder of his girlfriend Steenkamp on Thursday, but was found guilty of culpable homicide, the South African equivalent of manslaughter, by Judge Thokozile Masipa at the High Court in Pretoria on Friday. Craig Spence, the IPC 's director of media and communications, told BBC Radio 5 Live: 'Oscar's done a great deal for the Paralympic movement, he's been an inspiration to millions, but obviously his priority now is to see (what) the judge decides. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide . Oscar Pistorius stands as he receives the verdict that he was found guilty of the manslaughter of Reeva Steenkamp on Friday . The iconic blade runner competing in the 400m heats at the London 2012 Olympics . 'Then if he wishes to resume his athletics career then we wouldn't step in his way, we would allow him to compete again in the future.' Furthermore, IPC chief executive Xavier Gonzalez admitted that Pistorius had been a 'fundamental ambassador' for the Paralympics, but that the movement can continue without him. 'We have been very clear in differentiating our work from what was happening in the life of one individual,' said Gonzalez. 'That will not change with the verdict today [Friday]. The trial has not had any negative impact on the Paralympic movement. Pistorius and girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at a sports awards ceremony in Johannesburg in November 2012 . Pistorius smiles with his T44 400m gold medal during the London 2012 Paralympics . 'Since London with Sochi in 2014 we have seen an incredible growth in all aspects of our activities and we look forward very positively to Rio and Pyeongchang. 'Oscar was a fundamental ambassador of the Paralympic movement in the period between 2008 and 2012. 'Since then the Paralympic movement has many other ambassadors and many other athletes that have been recognised globally and we believe that will continue growing as we lead up to 2016.' VIDEO Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

International Paralympic Committee confirms that Oscar Pistorius will not be stopped from competing again following his sentencing . Described as a 'fundamental ambassador' by the IPC director of media . Pistorius found guilty of the manslaughter of Reeva Steenkamp on Friday . Granted bail until his sentencing takes place on October 13 .

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(CNN) -- In trying to understand the mind of a man like Ariel Castro, accused of kidnapping, beating, and raping three young women held in captivity for almost 10 years, two things are important to keep in mind: (1) in human psychology, nothing occurs in a vacuum; and (2) the psychological profile that is emerging of this man is not rare. In fact, although Castro may be a more extreme example, there are aspects of his alleged pathology that are all too common. What I mean by the first item is that the clues to understanding Castro is to look at the totality of his adult functioning, and to look at his developmental years growing up. Read more: 'He is dead to me,' daughter of Ohio suspect says . The point is that the alleged monstrosity of his behaviors does not come out of thin air. We have only fragmentary evidence at this point, but many details will emerge in the coming days and weeks. And while it's impossible to psychoanalyze someone from a distance, there are plenty of clues in this case. We have reports that Castro was violent towards his common-in-law wife, Grimilda Figueroa, with whom he had three children. She reported to police that Castro "broken petitioner's nose (twice), ribs, lacerations, knocked out tooth, blood clot on brain, (inoperable tumor), dislocated shoulder, (twice, once on each side) threatened to kill petitioner and daughters 3 to 4 times just this year." Timeline: Three Cleveland girls go missing . The domestic violence protection order, filed on August 29, 2005, alleged that though Figueroa had full custody of their children, Castro, "frequently abducts daughters and keeps them from mother/petitioner/ legal custodian." Of note, at the time Castro has this Order of Protection filed against him is after he is alleged to have kidnapped his three victims and while he has them imprisoned. Men (who constitute 90% the cases) who are bent on the total control of a woman, using psychological and physical abuse, are termed batterers. Read more: Inside Cleveland's haunted house . The dimensions along which male batterers have been studied include the presence or absence of alcohol or drug abuse, whether or not the violence is intrafamilial or extends outside the family, the presence or absence of criminality, and the presence or absence of psychopathology, especially personality disorders. In Castro's case it may be as he got older, he progressed from predominantly intrafamilial violence to kidnapping adolescent girls whom he controlled through systematic physical and sexual violence. We don't know yet if drug or alcohol abuse played a role in promoting violent behaviors. But sociopathy appears to explain some of Castro's psychology. He seemed to have the sociopathic "charm" to drive up to adolescent females on the street and convince them to get into his car. Read more: Neighbor feels 'fooled' by Cleveland abduction suspect . He had the sociopathic instincts of how to psychologically terrorize, demoralize, and "break down" his victims with beatings chainings, rapes, and basement imprisonment. He seemed adept at the psychological torture of allowing his prisoners to watch city vigils highlighting their disappearances. He participated in these gatherings and vigils and even interacted with one of the victim's family members. His seeming ability to maintain a detached demeanor while present in the community suggests antisocial personality. So besides the concepts of batterers and sociopathy, what is striking in Castro's case is the degree of sexual sadism. Unfortunately, the systematic physical and sexual violence extending for years towards one's children, step-children, or spouse is something I hear every day in the histories of my patients admitted for treatment of severe alcohol or drug addiction. Case law records prosecutions of men charged with kidnapping women for hours or days at a time to sexually abuse them. But what is mindboggling in Castro's case is the breadth and depth of sexual violence he is accused of perpetrating against these three women. If he is charged for every assault and rape his victims report, he could receive thousands of charges. Where do people like Castro come from? Male batterers often grow up in families fraught with strife, conflict, neglect and violence. The basic theory is that deleterious early life experiences of the perpetrator cause developmental arrest of their psychological maturation and personality formation. This theory would predict that in the coming weeks and months details will emerge of the events in his early years that derailed Castro being able to develop a normal, healthy, mature adult ego. What happens is that the individual is left with deep emotional needs for which they feel totally inadequate to get met. Their self-concept is so impaired and their self-esteem is chronically so low that they feel totally unable to compete in the normal adult game of attracting and keeping a mate. When their attempts are met by failure, their impaired moral development and lack of empathy coupled with unbridled anger and rage lead them down the road of violent possession of their "partners." But even battering, sociopathy, and sexual sadism do not seem enough to explain the enormity of Castro's alleged crimes towards these three women. In fact, they suggest a more pervasive pathology such as a sadistic personality disorder -- currently a research category. His alleged violence towards vulnerable women was so extensive, repeated over so many years, extended beyond sexual violence and perversions, to alleged forced miscarriages, starvation, and other forms of behavioral control. We will need to brace ourselves as the investigations unfold and the true extent of the horrors that were committed at 2207 Seymour Avenue is revealed. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Paul W. Ragan.

A psychiatrist says the psychological profile emerging of Ariel Castro is not rare . Ragan: Battering, sociopathy, and sexual sadism do not seem enough to explain the crimes . Castro had the 'sociopathic instincts of how to terrorize and demoralize his victims'

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By . Laura Williamson . Follow @@laura_mail . Sir Bradley Wiggins returns to track racing for the first time in six years, believing he is a stronger athlete after his time on the road. The 2012 Tour de France winner last competed on the track at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. He has returned to the velodrome, but will only race in the 4000m team pursuit with Steven Burke, Ed Clancy and Andy Tennant. It is the only cycling event which is also in the Olympics. VIDEO Scroll down for Glasgow ready for 2014 Commonwealths . Focused: Sir Bradley Wiggins returns to the track for the first time since 2008 . Leading the way: Sir Bradley heads his team-mates at the Velodrome . Two teams of four complete 16 250m laps, each starting on the opposite side of the track. The aim is to set the fastest possible time over the 4000m race, with riders taking turns to lead their team. Who are the ones to watch? All eyes will be on Sir Bradley Wiggins, who returns to track cycling with his 2012 Tour de France victory still fresh in the mind. Australia are likely to be England’s closest rivals. Did you know? The World Record of 3:51.659 was set by Team GB at the London Olympics in 2012. Ed Clancy and Steven Burke, part of that record-breaking team, ride for England. Sir Bradley, 34, said: ‘I dropped everything else. I thought, “Just focus on the Olympic event rather than try to be too greedy”. It’s the only Olympic event that’s available to me now the individual pursuit has been removed from the programme. So I thought I’d put all my eggs into the one I’m going to try and do for the next two years.’ He has won three Commonwealth silver medals but never a gold. ‘I’m a lot stronger than I used to be in the event, which is one of the things the road has given me,’ said Sir Bradley. ‘The initial thing, having been away for so long, was whether I could still do it, and the signs were really good.’ Sir Bradley is tied with Sir Chris Hoy as Britain’s most decorated Olympian, with seven medals, and will race at a velodrome named after the Scot. ‘I’d be a bit p****d off if I were him,’ said Sir Bradley. ‘They’ve stuck a great big Emirates sign over his name and it doesn’t stand out that it’s the Sir Chris Hoy velodrome. Stick a whopping great statue outside. He won’t complain because he’s far too nice. So I’ll complain for him.’ Up and running: Sir Bradley mounts the bike during a practise session . VIDEO Glasgow ready for 2014 Commonwealths .

Sir Bradley returns to the velodrome for the 4000m team pursuit, which is the only cycling event which is at the Olympics . The 34-year-old has won three Commonwealth silvers, but is yet to win gold . Sir Bradley is tied with Sir Chris Hoy as Britain’s most decorated Olympian .

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By . Daily Mail Reporter . A bumbling arson suspect is feeling the burn after he appears to have set himself on fire while trying to burn down a building in Ohio last week. Adding significant insult to the clumsy injury is the fact that it appears that this is the second time the alleged firebug has failed to burn down the same building, a Masonic Temple in West Toledo. And not only did the ham-handed flame-thrower set himself on fire while failing to burn down the temple, video of the entire humiliating incident was recorded by surveillance cameras - and released onto the Internet by authorities looking to track down the culprit. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO . Oops: The unidentified firebug tried to burn down a Masonic temple in Ohio - and managed to set himself on fire in the process . Arson: The suspect approached the building about 5 a.m. Monday with what was later determined to be a brick with a rag attached to it . According to authorities in West Toledo, the suspect attempted to burn down the Masonic temple at 5025 Secor Road about 4:56 a.m. Monday. Surveillance cameras recorded the unidentified suspect drive up to the temple, get out of his vehicle and walk towards the building. Shortly after the suspects walks towards the building, a burst of light is seen coming from the side of the Temple as the suspect is seen scampering away. Bad aim: The suspect apparently was not satisfied with his first attempt to set the building on fire . Try, try again: After missing his target, the man goes back for the flaming brick to try again to set the building on fire . When the fire appears to burn out, the suspect is seen running towards the building, apparently to try again. When he backed away, the man's hand appeared to be on fire. He then jumped in his car and drove off. Police in West Toledo say that fire officials determined that the suspect had used a patio brick with a burning rag attached to it to break a window at the temple on the north side of the building. The rag, officials say, was found on the lawn. Bad idea: After his second attempt to torch the building, the man appears to set himself on fire . See ya: After failing to burn the building down - and setting himself on fire - the bumbling firebug ran back to his car and drove off . Still standing: Authorities say the suspect did about $300 in damage to the building in what appears to be his second failed attempt to burn it down . At the end of the day, the failed flaming brick did about $300 in damage. Authorities say someone attempted to set the same temple on fire on May 14. An investigation is ongoing to determine who attempted to set the building on fire, and whether the two attempts are related.

The clumsy firebug attempted to burn down a Masonic temple in Ohio . Just a few weeks earlier, someone - potentially the same wannabe arsonist - failed to set the same building on fire . After throwing a flaming brick at the building, and apparently missing his target, the man tries to retrieve the brick . When he attempted to retrieve the brick, the suspect appears to set himself on fire before fleeing . In all, the temple sustained about $300 in damage .

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By . Thomas Jacobs . Southampton showed no signs of a club in crisis as they cruised to a pre-season friendly win against Brighton on Thursday night. Ronald Koeman's side has been dismantled over the summer, with Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert, Luke Shaw, Dejan Lovren and Calum Chambers heading for the exit. However, goals from Dusan Tadić, Steven Davis and James Ward-Prowse saw the Saints run out easy winners at the Amex, despite Kazenga Lua Lua's late consolation. VIDEO Scroll down to watch James Ward-Prowse scores 25 yard screamer against Brighton . Something to smile about: James Ward-Prowse celebrates with his team-mates . Debut: Ryan Bertrand was straight into the thick of things following his loan switch from Chelsea . On target: Ward-Prowse and Dusan Tadic were on the scoresheet as Saints won against Brighton . Brighton: Stockdale, Calderon (Saltor 46), Greer (Lewis Dunk 46), Hughes, Chicksen (Maksimenko 79), Ince (Toko 79), Crofts (Agustien 63), Forster-Caskey, Fenelon (Lua Lua 46), March (Buckley 63), O’Grady (Mackail-Smith 46). Subs not used: Ankergren . Goal: Lua Lua 74 . Southampton: Boruc (K Davis 46), Clyne, Fonte (Stephens 90), Yoshida, Bertrand (Targett 46), Wanyama (Cork 65), Ward-Prowse, S Davis, Tadić, Isgrove, Pellè. Subs not used: Hooiveld, Flannigan, McQueen, Reed, Mayuka. Goals: Tadić 19, S Davis 43, Ward-Prowse 62. Referee: Tim Robinson . Attendance: 7,296 . One player missing was Morgan Schneiderlin as speculation about his future rumbles on. However, Koeman remains hopeful of keeping the wantaway midfielder. He told the Daily Echo: 'The conversations are between us and not to the media because we like to keep those sort of things inside. 'He was not in a good shape to play because he has been training only for five or six days and normally he will play next week against Leverkusen at home. 'About his situation, we wait. He is a player of Southampton and I hope he will continue as a player of Southampton.' The visitors took the lead on 19 minutes at the Amex. Captain José Fonte burst forward and fed Tadić, who fired past debutant David Stockdale in the Brighton goal. Southampton's 870 travelling fans had more to cheer just before the break when Davis popped up to double their advantage. Looking on: Ronald Koeman watched his side ease to victory at the Amex . Ryan . Bertrand, who signed on a season-long loan from Chelsea on Wednesday, . was withdrawn at the break as Koeman rotated his squad for the second . period. Ward-Prowse . put Saints out of sight on 64 minutes as he ended his goal drought in . fine fashion, smashing the ball beyond a stranded Stockdale to make it . 3-0. Substitute . Lua Lua reduced the deficit late on, but the Seagulls couldn't find a . way back as Southampton claimed bragging rights on the South Coast.

Dusan Tadic broke the deadlock before Steven Davis doubled Saints' lead . James Ward-Prowse ended his goal drought to put the visitors out of sight . Kazenga Lua Lua scored a late consolation for the home side .

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(CNN) -- Real Madrid reduced Barcelona's Spanish league lead to two points with a comfortable 2-0 victory at home to lowly Levante on Saturday, reaching a remarkable milestone for coach Jose Mourinho. First-half goals from Karim Benzema and Ricardo Carvalho were enough to give Mourinho's team a 19th victory in 24 La Liga games this season. The victory extended Real's unbeaten home La Liga run under Mourinho to 12 matches -- now 148 in total since his only career home league defeat when in charge of Porto on February 23, 2002. Mourinho has carried his incredible record through spells with English club Chelsea and European champions Inter Milan into his first season at the Santiago Bernabeu. Spanish titleholders Barcelona will seek to bounce back from Tuesday's Champions League defeat by Arsenal and last weekend's surprise draw with Sporting Gijon when Athletic Bilbao visit the Camp Nou on Sunday. Benzema, meanwhile, staked his claim for a starting place against his former club Lyon this coming Tuesday, when Real travel to France seeking revenge for last season's last-16 defeat in Europe's top club competition. Lyon warm up for Real clash with win . The 23-year-old has been vying for a place with loan signing Emmanuel Adebayor in the absence of the injured Gonzalo Higuain, and he scored his third league goal this season from close range after a superb run down the right by winger Angel Di Maria. Real dominated after that sixth-minute opener, and the second goal came four minutes before halftime when veteran Portugal defender Carvalho diverted in a vicious Cristiano Ronaldo free-kick for his third La Liga goal since leaving Chelsea in August. Second-half substitute Adebayor thought he had made it 3-0 in time added on, but Ronaldo was ruled to have been offside as he sought to pounce on a blocked shot from another replacement, Mesut Ozil. "I liked that my team played a serious match. These games ahead of Champions League matches can be complicated because players may focus more on the European competition," Mourinho told reporters. "The team played well and was very focused. We knew Levante would make it tough. They were organized in defense, but we scored early and had things under control. Winning and resting players is what mattered." The defeat left Levante two points above the bottom three, with the Valencia-based team hoping to avoid an immediate return to the second division. Third-placed Valencia lost ground on Madrid following a 0-0 draw at home to Sporting Gijon, who ended the day above 16th-placed Levante on goal difference. That result means fellow Champions League hopefuls Villarreal can draw level on 48 points with a win at home to bottom club Malaga on Sunday. Fifth-placed Atletico Madrid won 1-0 at Real Zaragoza in Saturday's late match, thanks to Sergio Aguero's second-half winner. The Argentine striker broke the deadlock with a flash of brilliance in the 65th minute as he received Diego Forlan's pass, burst into the penalty box and fired a low shot across the keeper and into the far corner. Zaragoza could have snatched a point, but Nigerian striker Ikechukwu Uche and on-loan Argentine midfielder Nicolas Bertolo both saw late efforts rebound off the Madrid crossbar. Zaragoza remained a point above third-bottom Osasuna, who host sixth-placed Espanyol on Sunday.

Second-placed Real Madrid beat Levante 2-0 to keep Spanish title hopes alive . Karim Benzema and Ricardo Carvalho score in the first half at Santiago Bernabeu . Valencia lose ground on top two teams after being held 0-0 by Sporting Gijon . Fifth-placed Atletico Madrid win 1-0 at Real Zaragoza in Saturday's late match .

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An entire street has missed out on Christmas cards and presents this year after Royal Mail banned all deliveries following an incident involving a postman being bitten by a dog - five months ago. Residents of Chestnut Grove, in Sandiacre, Nottinghamshire, have had to trek to a post office a mile away every day for the past five months if they wanted their post on time. But now Royal Mail have announced they will begin delivering to the street again from tomorrow. The dog believed to be the one that was involved in an altercation with a postman five months ago . Residents of Chestnut Grove, in Sandiacre, Nottinghamshire, have had to trek to a post office a mile away every day for five months after a dog bit a postman while he was making his deliveries to the street . However, outraged residents say over the last few months they have repeatedly missed out on important post. They say they don't understand how local newspaper deliveries have been able to make it while the postman has not. Karen Rowell, 56, said she received a letter from Royal Mail on August 4 stating that deliveries were cancelled until further notice. The nursing home worker said: 'There are a lot of people on the street that can't make it to the post office every day because they work or are very elderly and they are left missing out on important letters. 'I missed an eye check-up for my Glaucoma because the appointment card didn't make it to me in time. 'When I missed picking up my post for a week, I got behind on a bill and got fined. 'It's just absolutely outrageous.' A sign on the house where the dog believed to have been in an altercation with a postman lives. It reads: 'One step more and you will feel my jaw' Residents living in the 10 homes were initially asked to make six mile round trip to Long Eaten but after protests about the elderly people on the street, post was rerouted to Sandiacre post office. Despite the apparent risk to postmen, local paper deliveries and takeaway leaflets have continued to make it through the letter boxes of all the residents. Roy Lewin, 60, said he was forced to get his post redirected to his work address so he did not miss important letters and deliveries. He said: 'I know it all started off when a dog on the street bit a postman but as far as I'm aware it was all resolved in the courts over a month ago. 'So I don't know why we're still not getting deliveries. 'Why does it have to be the whole street anyway? Couldn't they just have missed out that house? 'The people at the post office say there is nothing they can do. 'If the meter reader, the gas man and the local paper delivery boy can make it, why can't the postman? 'It's a burden and a nuisance for everyone and it is so disappointing that nothing has been done.' Royal Mail have announced today that they will be resuming deliveries to the street from tomorrow . Another resident Brian Kirk, 81, said he is fed up of the two-mile round trip to Sandiacre Post Office to pick up his mail. He said: 'I haven't had my mail for months. I can understand why they don't deliver to the house with the dog, but why should I suffer? It's ridiculous.' Mr Kirk, who has lived on the street since 1966, said: 'I have breathing problems and need my inhalers. I only feel like I can make that trip once a week. Sometimes bills arrive late and I end up behind.' Roy Pearson, 84, also of Chestnut Grove, said he has only seen the dog allegedly involved in the incident outside twice. 'I don't fancy picking up my Christmas cards from the Post Office,' he said. 'I understand if it was just that house they were not delivering to, but there are a lot of elderly people on the street. 'It's an absolute farce.' A Royal Mail spokesman said today: 'We had to temporarily suspend mail deliveries to a number of houses on Chesnut Grove following a serious dog attack on one of our postmen, which resulted in a successful prosecution. 'We would like to apologise to affected customers and reassure them that deliveries will be reinstated tomorrow.' The postman who was bitten, who did not want to be named, said: 'I've got puncture marks on my elbow and a puncture mark on my back. 'I'm not frightened of dogs but it has changed my whole perception of them. 'For the first few weeks if there was a dog on a drive or in a house I wouldn't go in.' The dog owner's son, Michael Bandari, 28, apologised and said that the dog had never caused any problems before. He said: 'The dog has been living there for eight years and had never attacked anyone before. 'To my neighbours who have been affected I'm so sorry. 'I didn't realise what was happening with the post, so I do apologise for the inconvenience.'

Houses on a road in Sandiacre haven't received post in five months . Royal Mail blacklisted the street after a postman was bitten by a dog . But residents say its unfair they are all being punished for the incident . Royal Mail say post will start being delivered again from tomorrow . But homeowners say original decision was 'ridiculous' and a 'farce'

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By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 06:10 EST, 5 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:00 EST, 5 August 2013 . A driver who apparently collided with a cyclist after a row on the road bragged on Twitter she had 'purposefully run him over' and was 'definitely still drunk' at the time. The motorist, named online as Daisy Abela from Bromley, has since apologised and says she has spoken to the Metropolitan Police about her 'exaggerated' comments, which were picked up by cyclists who began haranguing her. She wrote on Saturday morning: 'Just had . a full on barney with a cyclist he started banging on my roof so I . purposely run him over LOL see yaaaaa #c****' It comes months after accountancy . trainee Emma Way, 21, boasted about having knocked a cyclist off his bike and . through a hedge on Twitter, and she has since been charged with various driving offences. Row: Tweeting under the name Daisy Abela, this driver said she had 'purposely' knocked down a cyclist after a row . Incident: Miss Abela claimed that as she overtook a group of cyclists, one pulled out towards her which led to an altercation (file picture) In this new Twitter storm Miss Abela wrote: 'I was definitely still drunk! If there's anything I hate in this world it's f****** cyclists. 'I didn't kill the poor f*****. I knocked him off his bike but still managed to continue my journey with 1 wing mirror lol.' The tweets led to her getting abuse on Twitter and also on cycling forums, where she was called an 'anti-cyclist moron'. But today Miss Abela has clarified her comments and said the incident was 'not a drunken hit and run' and the tweets were a 'stupid joke'. 'I would like to start off firstly by apologising for any offence I may have caused other cyclists with my tweets on Saturday,' she wrote. 'I did not intend to upset anybody. Truth is I was joking with a friend, I thought it was a conversation between two people. This incident was NOT a drunken hit and run. 'My comments were terribly exaggerated and made in anger after being physically and verbally attacked by the cyclist. 'This was investigated by the Metropolitan Police and has been resolved'. Argument: Tweeting a friend Miss Abela explained how she had driven off with one wing mirror, but she has since said this was exaggerated . Claim: This tweet also said 'I was definitely still drunk' and that the driver hates cyclists . Explaining her side of the story she wrote:  'On Saturday morning at around 9am I was driving behind a group of . cyclists riding 3 a breast when I attempted to overtake at a clear . point.  As I did so, a fourth cyclist also tried to get ahead of the others leading to a near collision. 'I then shouted out of my open window ;you're going to cause a crash . riding like that. 'The cyclist caught up with me. He began hammering on my roof. And spitting at me as he shouted through my window "what's your f****** problem with cyclists? 'Then there was a brief collision in which nobody was hurt. Not a "hit . and run". This could equally have been caused by him cycling into me. 'I did not lose a wing mirror it was merely pushed in. I appreciate how my tweet may have been misinterpreted. 'Nobody was injured during the incident, there was no impact on the cyclist as he continued to scream abuse as he rode off!' The other individual involved has not come forward. MailOnline has made several attempts to contact the Twitter user for comment and the Metropolitan Police says it is unable to confirm the incident was reported to them. Accountancy trainee Emma Way's boasts about having knocked a cyclist off his bike and through a hedge on Twitter made national news. Collision: Emma Way (left) tweeted she . 'definitely knocked a cyclist off his bike earlier'. Toby Hockley . (right), 29, came forward as the cyclist involved in the collision and alleged he was 'lucky to be alive' following the crash . Confession: This tweet by user EmmaWay20 was met with shock and prompted an investigation by Norfolk police . Writing under the name @emmaway20, she tweeted: ‘Definitely knocked a cyclist off his bike earlier – I have right of way he doesn’t even pay road tax! #bloodycyclists’. After police tracked her down she was charged with driving without due care and attention and failing to stop after an accident. She also has to answer a charge of failing to report the accident after the incident in Rockland All Saints, Norfolk on May 19, and will appear in court this month.

Driver's comments on Saturday led to her being attacked online . Twitter user, called 'Daisy Abela', has apologised and said she 'exaggerated' Met Police as yet unable to confirm if they have spoken to the motorist .

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By . Daniel Miller . PUBLISHED: . 03:50 EST, 11 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:38 EST, 11 October 2012 . Teen idol Justin Bieber is related to fellow Canadian superstars Ryan Gosling, Avril Lavigne and Celine Dion, researchers a geneology website have revealed. The celebrities' family ties date back around 400 years to some of Quebec's earliest settlers, according to Utah-based company Ancestry.com. Bieber is Drive actor Gosling's 11th cousin once removed and Sk8ter Boi singer Lavigne's 12th cousin. The French (Canadian) connection: Justin Bieber (top left)  is related to fellow superstars Ryan Gosling (top right) , Avril Lavigne (bottom left)  and Celine Dion (bottom right) The three share common relatives in Mathurin . Roy and Marguerite Bire, the researchers said. The early settlers were born in France . in the early 1600s, married in 1637, and moved to Quebec, where Roy . worked as a master mason. Canadian Connection: The superstars can trace their ancestry back to some of Quebec's earliest settlers . The genealogists also said Bieber and . Dion are 10th cousins three times removed because they're linked to . French couple Jacques Vezina and Marie Boisdon, who were born in the . early 1600s. Michelle Ercanback a researcher with Ancestry.com said: 'The great thing about family history is that you never know what you're going to find. 'It was a very pleasant surprise.' Ms Ercanback said researchers began tracing Bieber's family lineage about a year ago by paging through teen-idol magazines to find biographical titbits from the pop star. Ercanback said she didn't know if these celebrity links are 'sufficient to point to the existence of a superstar gene.' In July, Ancestry.com announced they had found that President Barack Obama could be the descendent of an African slave, after an examination of his white mother's family history. Researchers began tracing Justin Bieber's family lineage about a year . ago by paging through teen-idol magazines to find biographical titbits . about the pop star .

Canadian superstars all descendants of some of Quebec's earliest settlers . Bieber is Drive actor Gosling's 11th cousin once removed . The teen idol is also Sk8ter Boi singer Lavigne's 12th cousin . He and Dion are linked to French couple born in the early 1600s .

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(CNN) -- "I consider myself normal," Michael Phelps told Piers Morgan. "I've spent 20 years in the pool. I consider that something that's normal." In an interview on Monday's "Piers Morgan Tonight," the American swimmer who has amassed 17 Olympic medals talked about his goals for the 2012 Games, his heroes, mistakes he's made, his impending retirement and much more. Phelps won six gold and two bronze medals at the Athens Games in 2004, and eight gold medals at Beijing in 2008. Last night, Phelps won his first ever silver as part of the 400-meter relay team. His medal collection leaves him a mere two medals away from becoming the winningest athlete in Olympic history. In Saturday's 400-meter individual medley, Phelps came in fourth place. Fellow USA teammate Ryan Lochte won the gold. It was the first time Phelps failed to win a medal in an Olympic event since 2000. Phelps, 27, is competing in his fourth and final Olympics before retirement. Phelps, who grew up in a suburb of Baltimore, began swimming at age 7. Michael Phelps cements legacy as one of all-time Olympic greats . Phelps at one point trained every day for five years. He spent three to six hours in the pool each day and exercised on dry land four to five days a week. Morgan pointed out that the number of Olympians who cite Phelps as an inspiration makes the swimmer an almost godlike figure, but Phelps said that his athletic role model has always been Michael Jordan. "On and off the court, the guy made basketball what it is," Phelps told Morgan. Phelps has yet to meet the basketball Hall of Famer and six-time NBA champion, who also is a two-time Olympic gold medalist. But the two sports stars share a similar trait: Both men had a dream, reached for it and achieved it despite the sacrifices they made. "I think one of the coolest things that I loved about him was it didn't matter what he had going on off the court or if he was sick or this, that," said Phelps. "He never used an excuse. He came out every single night on the court and did what he had to do to get his job done. That's what champions do. It doesn't matter what else is going on when you walk in to your arena, whatever you excel at, you're there to take care of the job that you have to do." Lochte vs. Phelps: Swimmer showdown heats up the Web . Morgan asked Phelps to recall the fallout from the 2009 incident in which a photograph of the swimmer allegedly smoking pot from a bong at a party surfaced. "I'll make a million mistakes in my life but as long as I never make the same mistake again, then I've been able to learn and grow," said Phelps. He also said that the incident made him realize who his real friends were. With retirement clear on the horizon, Phelps told Morgan that he'd most like to be remembered for "doing something that nobody else had ever done before, changing the sport of swimming. That's what I hope to walk out of this sport with." One aspect of retirement that Phelps looks forward to is visiting oceans or resorts and not getting in the water. "I don't want to get in the water," said Phelps. "I spent so much time in the water; I'm like 'No I'll sit here on the beach. ... I don't want to get in the water and play." Godfather of U.S. competitive swimming Spitz bets on Phelps . Watch Piers Morgan Tonight weeknights 9 p.m. ET. For the latest from Piers Morgan click here.

Michael Phelps says he will retire after the London 2012 Olympic Games . The swimmer has 17 Olympic medals . Phelps: "If you want to be the best you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do"

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By . Andy Dolan . A Tory councillor posted a  picture showing a line-up of scantily clad women on Twitter – and compared it to the all-women shortlist used to choose a local Labour candidate. Richard Davies has been forced to apologise for the photograph of eight women in lingerie, which he posted with the caption: ‘Actual photo of  the hustings?’ The Lincolnshire County councillor and local party chief sent the post, which has since been deleted, to six local politicians including Lincoln MP Karl McCartney. Offensive? Richard Davies tweeted this photograph of women in underwear to Lincoln MP, Karl McCartney . The Lincolnshire county councillor apologised after Labour candidate Lucy Rigby, 31, said his tweet was sexist . Inner circle: Miss Rigby was selected to fight the seat of Lincoln at next year's General Election . Labour . uses all-women shortlists in an attempt to narrow the parliamentary . gender gap. However, critics say that  the policy is patronising to . women and  discriminatory to men. The . controversial process was used  to select solicitor Lucy Rigby as . Labour’s parliamentary candidate for the marginal seat of Lincoln in . 2012. Mother-of-one Miss . Rigby saw the  public post on the social networking site and retweeted . it to her 4,870 followers. She said: ‘Here’s Karl McCartney MP & . Tory Cllr discussing my selection to stand as a MP. & ppl q why . aren’t more women in politics.’ She . later added: ‘It is sad and entirely wrong that there appear to be, . still, some sections of the Conservative Party that have these attitudes . towards women and women working in politics. ‘It’s sad that they want to demean women so publicly, and Twitter is a very public forum. ‘Comparing . the selection of a female MP to an underwear modelling competition is . pretty pathetic and really speaks volumes about Karl McCartney and his . colleagues’ attitudes towards women.’ Gloria . De Piero, Labour’s spokesman for women, last night joined the fray by . writing to David Cameron to ask if he believes ‘there is any place in . politics or public life’ for Mr McCartney’s attitude. After . a storm of criticism online, Mr Davies was forced to apologise. He said . on Twitter: ‘Having reflected on this I think I was  wrong to post that . photo. AWS [all-women shortlisting] is sexist but glamour pics don’t . help. Sorry if I upset anyone.’ Apologetic: Later on Mr Davies realised his mistake and tweeted his followers again to apologise . Ms Rigby, a former solicitor, said Mr Davies had a 'demeaning and rather sad' attitude towards women . Yesterday . he said his post was ‘clumsy’ – but that it had at least been . successful in opening up a debate on Labour’s use of all-women . shortlists. It is still the only party to do so, although the Lib Dems . have recently toyed with introducing the practice in some cases. Mr . Davies, who is the chairman of the Conservative Association in Margaret . Thatcher’s home town of Grantham, said of the controversy: ‘This has . given us the opportunity to have a wider debate around all-women . shortlists. ‘You can dress . it up however you like, but if you discriminate against one group of . people on the grounds of gender that is discrimination. It should not be . allowed.’ But Miss Rigby said the councillor’s tweets were ‘symptomatic’ of sexism in the Conservative party. She added: ‘I appreciate that there is a debate, but pictures of underwear competitions is not the way to have it. ‘Only one in five Tory MPs is a woman. That is a very small number. The fact is that the Tory party has a problem with women.’ On . all-women shortlists, she added: ‘Quite a few people in the Labour . party would prefer not to have them. I happen to think they’re necessary . to get more women into politics. ‘I . think they have been successful when they have been used and half of . the Labour candidates that are standing in 2015 are women.’ She . added that Mr Davies had not apologised personally to her. A recent . COMRES poll suggests that Labour is ten points ahead of the Tories among . women voters. Mr . McCartney, who has a majority of just 1,058, said his comment was made . in reply to another  Twitter user who had picked up on the online . debate. The Conservative party press office declined to comment, saying it was up to Mr Davies to justify  his comments.

Richard Davies, 35, was discussing Labour All Women Shortlists (AWS) He tweeted photo of women in underwear to Lincoln MP, Karl McCartney . The Conservative county councillor wrote: 'Actual photo of the hustings?' Labour candidate Lucy Rigby, 31, said tweet showed 'demeaning attitude' Mr Davies apologised to Ms Rigby and deleted his message from Twitter .

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By . Phil Vinter . PUBLISHED: . 08:29 EST, 16 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:25 EST, 16 April 2012 . On Saturday police in the small Central American country of El Salvador were not called upon to attend a homicide. The Pacific Ocean country, which is sandwiched between Guatemala and Honduras, has been plagued by violence for years as rival drug gangs fight to gain control. However, this weekend's murder-free day may be an indication that recent attempts to crackdown on the violent clashes may be paying off. Cessation: Members of the Mara 18 gang (pictured) have called a truce with the Mara Salvatrucha gang on the streets of El Salvador . It is the first 'clear day' since President Mauricio Funes took office in June 2009. Below is a list of the countries with the highest murder rates per 100,000 of the population in 2011: . 1. Honduras - 86 . 2. El Salvador - 71 . 3. Saint Kitts and Nevis - 68 . 4. Venezuala - 67 . 5. Belize - 39 . 6. Guatemala - 39 . 7. Jamaica - 39 . 8. Bahamas - 36 . 9. Colombia - 33 . 10. South Africa - 32 . (Figures from United Nations Offic on Drugs and Crime) In a statement released on Sunday the . left wing leader revealed the news. He said: 'After years when the number of . murders reached alarming levels of up to 18 per day, we saw not one . homicide in the country.' At the beginning of Mr Funes's term in . office there was an average of 12 murders a day, but that figure rose . closer to 18 a day in early 2012. Rival gangs operating in El Salvador . called a truce last month and bloodshed between the country's two most . powerful criminal groups, Mara Salvatrucha and Mara 18, has for the time . being at least abated. El Salvador is one of a glutch of Central and South American countries that experience high murder rates. Guatemala, Honduras and Belize also have some of the highest murder figures in the World and much of the blame for El Salvador's problems is being laid at . the door of Mexico's drug cartels which use the country as a transit . point. Poverty, lack of education, corruption in different areas of society and lack of money are also seen as possible causes. Mr Funes, who attended this weekend's . Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, has  claimed credit for . the reduced levels of violence arguing that his government's security . measures are responsible. The president has recently ordered the military to pick up routine security duties. Pleased: President Mauricio Funes who has claimed credit for the drop in El Salvador's murder rate .

First day with no killings since June 2009 . Rival gangs in El Salvador made a truce in March .

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MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Russia's finance minister made a rare admission of responsibility Monday for the country's severe economic crisis. Russia's Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin says his country's economy has been set back by five years. The Russian government overspent its vast oil revenues in recent years, fueling inflation, and did not do enough to reduce the economy's reliance on oil, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said in an exclusive CNN interview. "Of course, I too bear the responsibility for not managing to diversify the economy as much as we wanted," Kudrin said. "We were spending more money than we could afford, which is why we had a rapid strengthening of the national currency [and] a high inflation rate. "I think the government should have been more conservative in its financial policy and save more money that it received from the high global oil prices," he said. Kremlin officials usually blame the West, and specifically the United States, for the global economic crisis. Kudrin, who is also a deputy prime minister, said the financial crisis had set back Russian shares -- but added that the United States had fared even worse. "If we are talking about the Russian stock market, it had been growing quickly over the past few years and then dropped rapidly. But we only retreated back five years, as far as I know, U.S. stock markets have fallen back 10 years." Watch CNN's exclusive interview with Russia's finance minister » . The Dow Jones index of leading shares hit lows not seen since 1997 on Monday. Kudrin confirmed Russia would have a budget deficit of 8 percent in 2009 -- its first for a decade -- and will spend more than it takes in for the next two years as well. He predicted a deficit of 5 percent in 2010 and 3 percent in 2011. Russian government budget forecasts assumed oil would cost $95 a barrel -- more than twice as much as it costs at the moment. The lower price hurt Russia, one of the world's largest oil exporters. But Kudrin said Moscow would not cut spending, though it would change its priorities. "In general, the volume of spending will remain the same, and even slightly increase, which is why the deficit will go up to 8 percent," he said. "We need to optimize our spending and cut certain programs," he added. "First of all, we halted all brand new programs and all new projects. In some cases we've also cut government institutions and government employees' payroll. Besides, we've decreased funding for less important projects by 50 percent and more. But by and large social spending and important infrastructure projects remain untouched." Russia's stock markets plummeted by nearly 70 percent in 2008, and the country spent one-third of its gold and foreign currency reserves -- or $216 billion -- defending its currency, the ruble. The Kremlin has also committed vast sums to bail out big business in Russia, which is heavily in debt to foreign banks. Kudrin -- who is attending a global investment forum in Moscow -- said there were signs the Russian economy was stabilizing. He confirmed that investors pulled $40 billion out of Russia in January, but said that enormous outflows of cash had stopped. The flight of capital was related to the much-anticipated fall in the value of the currency, he said. "People have been expecting a devaluation of the Russian ruble, there were a lot of expectations of new devaluation to take place. That's why, before the end of January, before the devaluation was actually completed, there was a very strong incentive to take capital out of Russia. However, in February, such capital outflow practically ended." CNN's Michael Sefanov and Matthew Chance contributed to this report.

Russian has overspent vast oil revenues in recent years, finance minister says . Failure to diversify national economy also hampering economy . Crisis has set Russian stock market back five years, Kudrin says .

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By . Ellie Zolfagharifard . Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) can see as many as 16 sunrises and sunsets in a 24-hour period. But on some occasions, the location of the station means the sun never sets at all, providing stunning views for the crew on board. Now, Nasa astronaut Reid Wiseman has revealed this incredible sight from orbit, in the first ever Vine video to be sent from space. In certain orbits of the Earth, the sun never sets on the ISS because the space station is in alignment with the day/night terminator line. This line marks the barrier between light and dark on the surface of the Earth. In this scenario, something known as the ‘beta angle’ increases. This is the imaginary line between the sun and the path of the ISS around Earth. When beta angle exceeds 69º, it is in constant sunlight. This happens two to four times a year and is most extreme near the summer solstice on June 21. The timelapse condenses a 92-minute orbit into the span of around six seconds showing the space station hurtling around the planet at  17,500 mph (27,600 km/h). The sun never sets because the space station's orbit comes into alignment with the day and night terminator line. This marks the barrier between light and dark on the surface of the Earth. In this scenario, something known as the ‘beta angle’ increases. This is the imaginary line between the sun and the path of the ISS around Earth. Writing in the Weather Centre blog, Tony Rice explained that as the beta angle gets higher, the time the ISS is in sunlight also increases. The sun never sets because the space station's orbit comes into alignment with the day and night terminator line. This marks the barrier between light and dark on the surface of the Earth . During this period, the so-called ‘beta angle’ increases. This is the imaginary line between the sun and the path of the ISS around Earth. As the beta angle gets higher, the time the ISS is in sunlight increases. When beta angle exceeds 69º, it is in constant sunlight . ‘When beta angle exceeds 69º, it is in constant sunlight, and mission control keeps an even closer around-the-clock watch on power production and temperatures,’ he said. ‘This happens two to four times a year but is most extreme near the summer solstice coming on June 21.’ Previous space shuttles would enter something known as a ‘barbeque mode’ which would cause them to do slow barrel rolls to avoid overheating. On the ISS, an Active Thermal Control System transfers heat through to large radiators extending under the station that can then be released into space. Reid Wiseman from Baltimore (pictured) is currently serving as flight engineer aboard the International Space Station for Expedition 41.   Wiseman’s space Vine has gained over 4,000 likes and nearly 2,000 retweets since it was posted on Saturday . ‘1st Vine from space! Single Earth orbit. Sun never sets flying parallel w/terminator line,’ Wiseman explained in the clip, which he shared over the weekend. Vine is a mobile service that creates short looping videos which are six seconds or less. So far, Wiseman’s Vine has gained over 4,000 likes and nearly 2,000 retweets. The 38-year-old from Baltimore is currently serving as flight engineer aboard the International Space Station for Expedition 41. The last time Twitter saw a space ‘first’ was when astronaut Mike Massimino sent the first tweet from orbit in 2009. 'My parents were waving in Maryland at sunrise, so I took a picture of them,' Wiseman wrote with this shot .

Vine was created by Nasa astronaut Reid Wiseman over the weekend . Timelapse condenses 92-minute orbit into the span of around six seconds . Sun never sets because ISS' orbit is in alignment with the 'terminator' line . Terminator line marks barrier between light and dark on Earth's surface . This happens up to four times a year but is most common around the time of the summer solstice .

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London (CNN) -- Three men convicted in a London gang shooting that left a little girl paralyzed were sentenced to life in prison Thursday, the Metropolitan Police said. The plight of Thusha Kamaleswaran, whose last carefree moments before she was caught in the crossfire last year were captured on surveillance video, touched many hearts in the United Kingdom. Now six, she remains in a wheelchair and will need care for the rest of her life, her parents say. The three men convicted, Anthony McCalla, Kazeem Kolawole and Nathaniel Grant, were all given life sentences by the court in London. The judge ordered that Grant serve a minimum of 17 years in prison, and McCalla and Kolawole a minimum of 14 years, before they are eligible for parole. The surveillance video used in their conviction last month showed Thusha, then a shy five-year-old with pigtails, dancing happily in the aisles of her uncle's small store in Stockwell, southwest London. Moments later, she was knocked down by a bullet to the chest fired through the store's open door by the three men as they pursued members of a rival gang. A statement given to the court by Thusha's mother, Sharmilla Kamaleswaran, spells out the impact the tragedy has had on the family. "I cannot begin to explain the shock that I felt at the time of the shooting. We were at the shop as a family enjoying seeing relatives. The children were happy, running up and down the shop, playing and dancing. Seconds later I had to see Thusha lying on the floor, crying, telling me she couldn't feel her legs." The ordeal has continued with her daughter's surgeries and her daily struggle with pain, Sharmilla Kamaleswaran said. "To see her lying in a hospital bed just took all of my heart away. My other children were crying. They couldn't understand why this had happened. I cannot think of a worse time in my life," she said. A year later, Thusha's younger sister prays every day for her sister to "get up and walk as before," their mother said. Meanwhile, Thusha's dreams of becoming a dancer and musician have evaporated. "It is hard for all at home to see an innocent child who had been hopping around like a little rabbit, playing with her siblings and friends, now paralyzed for life," Sharmilla Kamaleswaran said. The three men convicted at the Old Bailey court were tracked down after detectives viewed more than 700 hours of closed-circuit footage seized from more than 150 cameras, the police said. A 35-year-old man, Roshan Selvakumar, was also struck in the March 2011 attack as he shopped for groceries. He has bullet fragments still lodged in his head that cannot safely be removed. "The images of Thusha dancing happily in the Stockwell Food and Wine are images that many of us will struggle to erase from our memories," said Det. Supt. Gordon Allison. "Today, McCalla, Kolawole and Grant will have many years in prison to reflect on the damage they caused to an innocent five-year-old girl and her family but also Roshan and the community that is London as a whole." Several Metropolitan Police officers who worked on the case are undertaking a charity trek to raise money for Thusha's care later this year and have already raised more than $207,000 in donations, he said.

Three men convicted of a shooting that paralyzed a 5-year-old girl are given life sentences . Thusha was seen on surveillance video dancing happily moments before she was hit by a bullet . "I cannot think of a worse time in my life," her mother says . A police officer welcomes the sentences, says the men will have years to reflect on their crime .

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Tennessee state Senator Jim Summerville has been arrested on assault and stalking charges . Tennessee state Senator Jim Summerville is facing stalking and assault charges, a month after being arrested for public intoxication. The Dickson Police Department on Friday night arrested Summerville on a stalking charge filed by a neighbor and released on bail. Police said Summerville was arrested again on Saturday for assault after threatening the same neighbor. He was released on $10,000 bond. Neighbor Cecilia Donaven says she's filed several reports against the senator. 'We always have to have our guard up,' she told WSMV. 'It's no way for anyone to have to live.' 'As intelligent as he is, he has no respect for the law or his neighbors,' she added. Donaven says Summerville often shines flashlights into her dining room. 'Every minute I'm in this house, he's watching me,' Donaven told WSMV. 'Every minute, he wants to see what I'm doing.' In September, Summerville was charged with public intoxication after police said he sat in several residents' yards drinking while uninvited. Summerville denies the charges says he will sue the city of Dickson once his case is resolved in court . As for the latest charges, police didn't provide details. Summerville said in a statement that he's being harassed and plans to sue the Dickson Police Department. 'The City of Dickson Police Department is engaging a systematic campaign of harassment,' he said. '(Stalking! At my age?) Once these charges are resolved in court, I shall be suing the City of Dickson. Settlement negotiations will start at one million dollars.' Summerville resigned from the Republican Caucus in August after a loss in the Aug. 7 election primary. His term ends following the Nov. 4 general election. His behavior and controversial legislation have made headlines on several occasions during his term. Last year, he proposed a measure to eliminate affirmative action initiatives from higher education institutions in Tennessee. After the legislation failed, Summerville threatened GOP lawmakers who voted against it, saying they would face repercussions in this year's election. Summerville also was heavily criticized for an email he sent insulting the Legislature's black caucus. In the email to then-black caucus chairwoman Barbara Cooper, he wrote: 'I don't give a rat's ass what the black caucus thinks.' The email was sent after the caucus issued a news release critical of a hearing, led by Summerville, that looked into allegations of grade tampering at Tennessee State University. Summerville later apologized for the email.

Tennessee state Sen. Jim Summerville was arrested on a stalking charge filed by a neighbor in Dickson . A day after being released on $10,000 bail, he was arrested again on an assault charge for allegedly threatening the same neighbor . Last month, Summerville was charged with public intoxication after police said he sat in several people's yards—uninvited—drinking . The senator denies the charges and says he will sue the city for $1million .

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The U.S. ambassador to NATO says the alliance has no plans for military intervention in the Syrian crisis, as reports of deaths mount by the dozens and diplomatic efforts have yet to stymie the bloodshed. Ivo Daalder told reporters late Sunday there is "no planning going on that's related to a NATO role in Syria." "As it relates to NATO planning, a NATO ally has to come forward and request that type of planning. So that's a circumstance that hasn't taken place," the ambassador said. "We'd obviously take any requests of that nature seriously if it were to be made." Daalder also said that NATO, along with European allies and Arab partners, has provided assistance to the Syrian opposition, including political and diplomatic support. "We've also decided, however, that a military intervention of the nature that we did in Libya would further militarize the situation in ways that wouldn't necessarily protect civilian life," Daalder said. "... Unlike Libya, you don't have pockets of the country that can be protected by civilian protection zones. You've got security forces intermingled with the population, and that introduction of greater military intervention from outside or arms to groups within Syria could further militarize the conflict in a counterproductive way." On the same day Daalder spoke, at least 60 people were killed in Syria's 14-month crisis, opposition activists said. Among the dead, at least 40 were killed in the northwestern city of Hama, where a neighborhood sustained heavy shelling by government troops, said the Local Coordination Committees of Syria, a network of opposition activists. On Monday, activists said, six people died across the country. The deaths included three unidentified bodies. The United Nations says at least 9,000 people have been killed since initially peaceful protests against President Bashar al-Assad erupted in March 2011. Opposition activists put the toll at more than 11,000. Syria's government, meanwhile, said it buried 18 more members of its security forces who died battling "armed terrorist groups" around the country. CNN cannot independently verify reports of deaths and violence because the Syrian government has severely restricted access by international media. The fighting has continued despite a peace plan brokered by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, now a special envoy for the United Nations and the Arab League.

At least six people have been killed Monday, according to opposition activists . The U.S. ambassador to NATO says the Syrian uprising is unlike Libya's . At least 60 people were killed across Syria on Sunday, opposition activists say .

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By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 12:32 EST, 12 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:29 EST, 12 February 2013 . An out-of-hours doctor has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for manslaughter after he failed to send a seriously ill diabetic man to hospital - diagnosing him as 'depressed with a headache'. Dr Bala Kovvali ignored the classic signs of diabetes-related poisonous acids building up in 42-year-old Andrew Fellows' body, a court heard. Instead of dialling 999 for an ambulance, the on-call locum told Mr Fellows' mother that her son was depressed and had a headache and should see his own doctor the next day. Less than nine hours later Mr Fellows died at home from diabetic ketoacidosis. Sheffield Crown Court heard how Mr Fellows became thirsty in the week before he died . A test which takes less than a minute would have alerted the GP to raised blood-sugar levels and it is 'virtually certain' Mr Fellows would have survived with an insulin injection and rehydration. Jailing the doctor Judge Roger Keen told him: 'It was criminal negligence and a wholly preventable death followed.' Experts who examined the case said any competent doctor would have recognised the classic symptoms of ketoacidosis and Dr Kovvali's breach of duty to his patient was 'appalling and gross.' It was revealed at Sheffield Crown Court that the GP was based in India but flew to Britain to work every summer for two or three months for the nationwide doctors' deputising service Primecare. He was arrested in the United States and extradited after a Sheffield coroner adjourned an inquest into Mr Fellows' death for police investigations. Father-of-two Kovvali, 64, admitted causing the death of Mr Fellows by gross negligence in failing to carry out an adequate clinical assessment, failing to send Mr Fellows to hospital as an emergency and failing to diagnose diabetic ketoacidosis from which he died. Michael Burrows QC, prosecuting, said Mr Fellows, who lived with his family in Handsworth, Sheffield had no medical history of diabetes but suffered from anxiety and depression. In the week before his death, the painter and decorator was working outside and became restless and began drinking huge quantities of water. Both he and his mother Brenda believed he had caught sunstroke. When her son's condition worsened Mrs Fellows called Primecare at 17.50 on June 4, 2009. She told a triage nurse her son was 'very muddled and mumbling', his breathing was erratic and his eyes were sunken with his breath smelling odd 'like pear drops.' She was asked about his depression and replied: 'He had had episodes before but if this is depression I've never seen one as bad as this.' Dr Kovvali was asked to attend Mr Fellows and arrived at 21.13. Mrs Fellows expected her son to be taken to hospital and had even packed a bag for him. Mrs Fellows asked if her son was in a coma or had an infection and specifically if he might be diabetic. 'She says Dr Kovvali shook his head to all these questions,' said Mr Burrows. 'According to Mrs Fellows, Dr Kovvali did not have any equipment with him and did not examine her son. He said he was depressed and advised that he should see his own GP the following day for his medication to be reviewed.' After the doctor left, Mrs Fellows gave her son something to drink but he could not swallow. He appeared so dehydrated she gave him an ice cube at 1am. She returned at 6am to find him dead in bed. The court heard Mr Fellows had basically run out of insulin in his body. It switched to burning fatty acids and produced acidic ketones. When ketones are produced in excess the blood becomes more acidic and blood-sugar levels rise leading to a coma which can be fatal. Professor of Forensic Medicine Ian Wall, who reviewed the case, said he considered the patient's confusion, thirst, smell, sunken eyes and inability to answer were 'classic symptoms of ketoacidosis.' Dr Kovvali should have checked sugar levels in the patient's blood or urine and he should have been immediately admitted to hospital 'where he could have been treated or saved.' Professor Robert Tattersall, a retired professor of clinical diabetes, said the GP's records were 'grossly deficient' and he could and should have measured blood sugar. 'It would have taken less than a minute and shown high blood sugar levels. Dr Kovvali should then have called for for an ambulance as an emergency... the failure to diagnose his condition was the main cause of death.' Dr Kovvali, who worked as a GP in Sheffield from 1981 to 1988 before returning to India, was arrested in the United States on August 27, 2012 and brought back to the UK. When questioned he admitted he had a blood-sugar testing kit in his car which he failed to use. Just a fortnight after Mr Fellows died, Dr Kovvali attended another patient Christopher Timms who had been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and prescribed insulin. He felt unwell but the GP told him not to take his insulin as well as failing to examine him or test for ketones. A consultant said the advice to stop taking insulin was 'wholly inappropriate' and lack of insulin would have put the patient 'in a life-threatening situation in a matter of hours.' In a victim impact statement Mrs Fellows said that to test her son's blood 'would have been such a small thing to do but that one small thing would have saved her son's life.' Stephen Climie QC, defending, said the doctor had 'misdirected' himself. He had a particular interest in mental health matters and coupled with Mr Fellows not taking his medication it led him to rule out diabetes as a risk factor. He qualified as a doctor in India in 1973 and came to the UK a year later. He completed his training before becoming a GP and had been subject to appraisals in the years leading up to these events. 'He is not allowed to practise without supervision,' said Mr Climie. He had now decided to quit as a doctor and 'will not be working in the UK ever again.' His wife back in India was ill and lived alone and had been badly affected by his arrest. Judge Keen told Kovvali: 'You have devoted your working life to caring for others. I have seen glowing references as to your competence, empathy and thoughtfulness. 'It is a tragedy for you that this brought about an end to your career, destroyed your good character and your ability to work in this country.' He went on: 'However the nature of your offending is too serious for anything other than a custodial sentence. 'You failed to recognise Mr Fellows' condition despite the fact that all the classic signs of a diabetic condition were present.' He had opted for a diagnosis that was contrary to all the evidence. 'That was a gross breach of your duty of care,' said the judge. 'An expert has called your decision appalling. I agree. It was clearly criminally negligent and a wholly preventable death followed.' After the hearing Mrs Fellows said: 'We want everyone to know how much we loved Andrew. He was a loving son, brother, grandson, uncle, nephew and cousin and his death has caused a huge hole in the lives of everyone who knew him. 'He was honest and upright, funny and sensitive. He loved science and nature and was very proud of the fact that he got a BSc degree later in life. 'He was known to his friends as "Fell" and was described by them as the man with the hundred watt smile.'

Dr Bala Kovvali failed to recognise diabetic ketoacidosis . Andre Fellow had no history of diabetes but his body ran out of insulin . Kovvali, 64, admitted causing the death by gross negligence .

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(CNN) -- More timely now than when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2008, "Sunshine Cleaning," an agreeable, midrange independent film, makes light work of heavy burdens. Amy Adams gets to work cleaning up as Rose in the indie comedy "Sunshine Cleaning." Sisters Rose (Amy Adams) and Norah (Emily Blunt) struggle with menial jobs and periods of unemployment. Together, they're also coping with the nasty emotional residue of their mom's long-ago suicide -- a trauma that is likely responsible for their current troubles. Self-esteem isn't a strong suit for either of them. As "Sunshine Cleaning" dawns, they're both scraping by. If Norah is out of work before we've settled into our popcorn, she's not overly concerned by her situation. Rose, on the other hand, is desperate to graduate from cleaning other people's middle-class homes. It's not just that the humiliation of laundering for her old cheerleader team is getting her down; she needs the money to put her "difficult" kid (Jason Spevack) into the kind of school that will give him a chance. It's Rose's married boyfriend -- and old high school sweetheart -- Mac (Steve Zahn) who spies a new niche for the sisters. A homicide detective, he's watching the cleaning crew bag the blown brains of a shotgun enthusiast when he overhears the proprietor of the building grousing about the "three grand" it's costing him. Granted, blood and intestinal juices aren't everybody's cup of tea, but that kind of return sure beats washing Mrs. Johansson's drapes for $30 an hour. "CSM: Crime Scene Maid" isn't a job you're likely to find down at the employment office, but somebody must be doing the dirty work. Rose and Norah -- incorporated -- find that the stench takes some getting used to, and there's a whole new arsenal of cleaning fluids to master, but they get to work with a positive attitude and like to think they're doing their bit to put the world right. From this unusual setup, the movie might have skewed in any number of ways. The sisters might have uncovered evidence of corruption and murder, for instance, perhaps implicating Mac? "Sunshine Cleaning" is nowhere near so abrasive or generic as such a scenario. Written by Megan Holley and directed by Christine Jeffs ("Sylvia"), it instead puts a sympathetic, gentle comic gloss on the characters' fundamentally forgivable foibles and imperfections. Norah tracks down the daughter of one suicide (Mary Lynn Rajskub) to present her with mementos that should have been destined for the junkyard. Blunt's edgy performance keeps us guessing. Norah's a bit of a flake, but she's animated by her anger and her rebellious streak. If she's hard to read, it's because she's still young and doesn't know herself yet. Rose is easier to understand. She's determined to seize this chance to dig herself out of the hole and recapture the promise she used to see in herself. Adams has a knack for putting a brave face on things -- something about the way she tilts her chin up while her mouth goes in three directions at once. She keeps our rooting interest in Rose alive even when her choices seem misguided or naive. A subplot concerning Rose's son bonding with Joe (Alan Arkin), the sisters' lovable but infuriating father (you know the kind: He buys bulk orders of shrimp off the back of a truck) tips us too far into the realm of indie quirk. The character is a useful sounding board, and an amusing grouch, but it's just about impossible to imagine this man bringing up these girls. Ironically, for a movie that's marketed with the one-liner "Life's a messy business," Holley's script has been polished to within an inch of its life. Emotions are experienced most vividly when they're raw, but in "Sunshine Cleaning," feelings come filtered through neat-and-tidy grace notes. The film flirts with dangerous material, but it's too intent on putting the sunny side up to get its hands dirty. The way director Jeffs tells it, not only is suicide painless it can be positively feel-good. That's not to say there isn't a lot to enjoy in this well-acted and humanistic comedy. Buoyed by its up-and-coming stars and its optimistic message, it should do very nicely with discriminating audiences. ... It might even clean up.

Tom Charity: Up-and-coming stars, optimistic message buoy "Sunshine Cleaning" Two struggling sisters become a crime-scene cleanup crew . Movie presents feelings in neat-and-tidy packages, reviewer says .

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Washington (CNN) -- Vegas stole the slogan. But cruise ships can also lay claim: Whatever happens on cruise ships, stays on cruise ships. Only a tiny portion of alleged crimes on cruise ships is ever publicly disclosed, according to a report by the Senate Commerce Committee. Of 959 crimes reported to the FBI since 2011, only 31 were disclosed on a web site maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard. As a consequence, passengers have an incomplete picture of crime on board of ships. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, disclosed the statistics on Wednesday in advance of a hearing on safety and security on cruise ships. Luxury cruise fails surprise health inspection . "I've been told time and again that cruise lines will change, that things will get better for passengers," Rockefeller said in a statement. "But according to our investigation, it doesn't appear to me that passengers are substantially safer." In 2007, the FBI, Coast Guard and the cruise lines agreed that the industry would voluntarily report to the FBI incidents involving serious violations of U.S. law, including homicide, suspicious death, missing U.S. nationals, kidnapping, assault with bodily injury, sexual assaults, firing or tampering with vessels, and theft greater than $10,000. Three years later, Congress ordered the Coast Guard to maintain a web-based statistical record of alleged crimes. But the site discloses only incidents no longer under investigation, giving the public an incomplete picture, Rockefeller said. Rockefeller has introduced legislation that would require industry to disclose all crime alleged on cruise ships, and beef up video surveillance of public areas. It also would give the Department of Transportation the lead agency for cruise ship consumer protection, akin to its role in aviation. 5 things we've learned about cruising . Crime on cruise ships, though infrequent, presents special problems, Rockefeller said. "If someone steals your property or assaults you on a cruise ship, you cannot call 911 and have the police there in a few minutes. You can only call the ship's security officers, who also happen to be employees of the cruise line," he said in written remarks. "Under current law, cruise ship crime report data is not available to the public. That means consumers have no way to find out what their real risks are before they book a cruise." The industry emphasizes that crimes are infrequent. For instance, two big cruise companies, Carnival and Royal Caribbean, reported a combined seven incidents in the quarter ending June 30. All were either assaults involving serious bodily injury or sexual assaults. "There is nothing more important to us than the safety of our guests," Carnival says on its web site. "Public reporting requirements ... are unique to the cruise industry and similar requirements do not exist for other travel suppliers such as airlines, hotels and theme parks." In a cruise ship crisis, what should happen?

Only a small portion of incidents on cruise ships publicly disclosed, Senate investigation finds . Coast Guard record on Web gives public incomplete picture of cruise ship crime . Industry says incidents infrequent, notes absence of reporting requirements for airlines, other modes .

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Rio de Janeiro (CNN) -- Security for Pope Francis' visit to Brazil has been raised after an incident involving his motorcade, a Brazilian federal official told CNN. The papal visit is now classified at the highest level of security -- it was raised to "high risk" from "medium risk" after his car got stuck in a crowd of enthusiastic followers Monday, the official said. The source says the problem in part stemmed from the pope instructing drivers not to avoid crowds. After Francis arrived in Brazil on Monday, he got into a silver hatchback Fiat for the drive from the airport to downtown Rio de Janeiro. Along the route, the vehicle became pinned between a bus and a crush of well-wishers who were reaching into the car to touch the pope. Federal authorities are now taking a larger role in Francis' security during his time in Brazil. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from around the globe have come to Rio for World Youth Day, a weeklong festival held every two years. The Vatican told reporters that 500,000 people came to Copacabana Beach for the opening ceremony and Mass. Crowds stretched down the beach for more than half a mile from the main stage. Brazil: Police found, destroyed bomb before pope's visit . A call for hope . The pope traveled Wednesday morning to the town of Aparecida, the site of a shrine to Our Lady of Aparecida, a clay statue of the Virgin Mary and one of the patron saints of Brazil. A large crowd -- braving rain -- cheered as the pope emerged from the helicopter that took him to the site, where he held Mass. In his homily, the pope called on the faithful to find hope in God. "It is true that nowadays, to some extent, everyone, including our young people, feels attracted by the many idols which take the place of God and appear to offer hope: money, success, power, pleasure," Francis said. "Often, a growing sense of loneliness and emptiness in the hearts of many people leads them to seek satisfaction in these ephemeral idols." His was an upbeat message, encouraging "openness to being surprised by God" and proclaiming that "Christians cannot be pessimists." The pope also announced that he will return to Brazil in 2017, the 300th anniversary of the apparition of Our Lady of Aparecida to three fishermen. Singing priests revive Catholic Church in Brazil . CNN's Mariano Castillo contributed to this report.

Security for Pope Francis has been raised to "high risk" The designation comes after an incident involving his motorcade . The pope shared an upbeat message during Mass on Wednesday .

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(CNN) -- He's enjoyed unprecedented success off the court, now Roger Federer has helped pave the way for some major changes at the U.S Open. As president of the ATP Player Council, the 17-time grand slam champion, from Switzerland, has helped to negotiated a hike in prize money to $50 million by 2017, nearly double the figure in 2012. The United States Tennis Association (USTA) confirmed the tournament -- the season's final major -- will also rejig its schedule to ensure the men's semifinals are played on Friday with the final reverting to Sunday by 2015. It marks the culmination of a year's worth of discussions with the game's top players, led by Federer, but also including world No. 1 Novak Djokovic. "The [USTA] approached our concerns with a true spirit of partnership, and as president of the ATP Player Council I am personally grateful for their support," five-time U.S. Open winner Roger Federer said in a statement on the tournament's official website. "The U.S. Open is very special, and we all look forward to great competition at Flushing Meadows later this year, and in the years yet to come." Under the terms of the five-year deal with the men's ATP Tour and the women's WTA Tour, the tournament will now have a 2013 prize purse of $33.6 million -- a record $8.1 million increase from 2012. Grass roots tennis will also see a boost in funding and Flushing Meadows in New York, which hosts the competition, will also be revamped, with a new Louis Armstrong Stadium and Grandstand. "We welcome the commitment the USTA has made concerning player prize money at the U.S. Open through 2017," said Brad Drewett, ATP executive chairman and president. "These increases are the largest in the history of the sport, representing a significant step forward in truly recognizing the input the players have in the success of the U.S. Open. "We also welcome the decision from the USTA to adopt a schedule with the men's semifinals completed by Friday and the final on Sunday, from 2015 onwards." The USTA announced in December 2012 it was moving the women's final back to Sunday and the men's final to Monday to allow the players more rest time. Poor weather in recent years has seen the men's final take place on a Monday for the past five years, with some players having to play their semifinal and final on consecutive days. But though the schedule will remain in place for the next two installments, by 2015 the U.S. Open will come into the line with the other majors and become a 14-day tournament. "We applaud the USTA's long-term commitment to increased and fair compensation for our athletes," said Stacey Allaster, WTA chairman and CEO. "For 40 years the USTA has been a leader for equality and for women's tennis, and today's announcement is a testament to their continued bold vision for the sport." Recently, the game's top male players, like Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, called for more stringent drug testing, prompting the International Tennis Federation to announce they were introducing biological profiling into the sport. "The USTA has a long-term vision in place to ensure that tennis continues to thrive in the United States," said David Haggerty, USTA chairman and president. "This vision encompasses every level of the sport, from energizing existing fans, to attracting new players, to ensuring the U.S. Open remains one of the world's most prestigious sporting events. "With this unprecedented commitment to long-term prize money and recognition of the value that players bring to the sport, we will gain stability for the sport so that we can focus our energy on growing the game and ensuring tennis' vitality in the U.S. for years to come."

U.S. Open announces a rise in tournament prize money to $50 million from 2017 . Tournament also hikes prize money for 2013 competition by a record $8.1 million . Men's final to revert to Sunday rather than Monday as of 2015 . Flushing Meadows also to be revamped as part of the five-year agreement .

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(CNN) -- Jason Baldwin paused Saturday on his first morning of freedom in 18 years to share a revelation he gleaned in prison while serving a life sentence. The "West Memphis Three" member recalled telling inmates he had figured out the secret of life. "What is it?" they asked. "I said, 'Enjoy it. Enjoy it,'" Baldwin told CNN Memphis affiliate WMC. And enjoy it he did Friday and Saturday. Baldwin, Damien Echols and Jessie Misskelley Jr. -- freed Friday in Arkansas after a complicated plea arrangement -- spent time with family, friends and supporters. Echols and Baldwin saw the sunset Friday from the rooftop of the Madison Hotel in Memphis, across the Mississippi River from West Memphis, Arkansas. Supporters Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam and Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks joined the party. The three men, who served 18 years in prison following their convictions in a 1993 triple-slaying in West Memphis, walked free Friday to cheers from a supportive crowd after entering rarely used pleas in which they maintained their innocence but acknowledged that prosecutors have evidence to convict them. They had been imprisoned for the slayings of second-graders Steven Branch, Christopher Byers and Michael Moore. The boys' bodies were mutilated and left in a ditch, hogtied with their own shoelaces. Prosecutors argued that the defendants, teenagers at the time, were driven by satanic ritual and that Echols, sentenced to death, had been the ringleader. Baldwin and Misskelley received life sentences. Attorney Stephen Braga, who represented Echols, said his newly freed client and Baldwin were fascinated by new foods, cell phones and other technology Friday. "It was if you could see two little 5-year-old kids at their first Christmas," Braga told CBS' "Early Show" Saturday. "The idea you could take pictures with an iPhone totally blew them away." Misskelley spent Friday night with his family near West Memphis. CNN affiliate WREG said Echols, who met his wife while serving time, and Baldwin left Saturday for undisclosed locations to enjoy seclusion. Echols and Baldwin entered what is known as an Alford plea on three counts of first-degree murder. Misskelley entered similar pleas to one count of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder. Craighead County Circuit Judge David Laser sentenced the three to the 18 years already served and imposed a 10-year suspended sentence -- meaning they could be returned to jail if they violate the law. "I don't think that it will make the pain go away to the victims' families. I don't think it will make the pain go away to the defendant families," Laser said, adding it was nevertheless the best for all involved. Critics of the case against the men argued that no direct evidence tied the three to the murders and that a knife recovered from a lake near the home of one of the men could not have caused the boys' wounds. More recent DNA testing also demonstrated no links, according to the men's supporters. Baldwin said he didn't initially want to accept the deal. "This was not justice," he said, adding that he dropped his opposition to pave the way for Echols' release from death row. "I have now spent half my life on death row," Echols said in a statement released Saturday. "It is a torturous environment that no human being should have to endure, and it needed to end. I am innocent, as are Jason and Jessie, but I made this decision because I did not want to spend another day of my life behind those bars." While prosecuting attorney Scott Ellington said the pleas entered Friday validate the decision of jurors who sent the men to prison, it also spares Arkansas the possibility of a retrial, which would have been difficult to prosecute after so many years, or a potential civil lawsuit by the men. The trio had been on course to win the right to new trials later this year. Ellington said he believes the pleas resolve the case. "I have no reason to believe there was anyone else involved in the homicide of these three children but the three defendants who pled guilty today," he said. But he said the state could file charges against others if new evidence emerges implicating someone else in the case. John Mark Byers, whose stepson Christopher Byers was one of the three victims, said he believes the three men are innocent and releasing them without exonerating them of the crime is an outrage. "They're innocent. They did not kill my son," Byers said before the hearing. The father of another of the victims, Steven Branch, also blasted the decision, but for another reason. "I don't know what kind of deal they worked up," Steve Branch told CNN affiliate WMC-TV before the hearing. "Now you can get some movie stars and a little bit of money behind you, and you can walk free for killing somebody." Baldwin, who said he prays for the victims' families, told WMC Saturday he hopes to return to school. "Right now, I am floating on the hands of people who love and care for me, people trying to get my feet under me and everything," he said. "I'm just trusting God to take care of me." Braga credited new DNA evidence, a new hearing and a new judge as instrumental to Friday's proceedings. The attorney claims the three freed men and supporters will push to see that the real killer eventually is found. "He's still out there," Braga told CBS. "The right guys have been set free."

The "West Memphis 3" go free after entering new pleas in a 1993 murder case . Two go to a rooftop party, enjoy new freedom . They were convicted of killing three West Memphis second-graders in 1993 . Not everyone is convinced they are innocent .

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Sportsmail reviews the best buys, the big surprises, the players who got away and the lucky ones who survived the January clear-out during a busy transfer window. Deal of the month . For all the big money transfers, the one that gave many a young player hope was that of Sadiq El Fitouri. A 20-year-old right-back who had failed to get a break at Manchester City, fell out of love with the game then tried his luck playing for Salford. Pushed to go for a trial at Manchester United, within two weeks he had signed a contract. As he said, dreams can come true. Chelsea's signing of Juan Cuadrado from Fiorentina should prove astute business for Jose Mourinho . Window's star buy . Wilfried Bony could make all the difference to Manchester City's attack. His power and physical presence aligned with compatriot Yaya Toure will give City a fighting chance of muscling their way back to the top of the Premier League. However, Chelsea's signing of Juan Cuadrado should prove astute business. Yes, he's not cheap but he can make Chelsea stronger, has versatility and flair to make an immediate impact and will prove a telling addition to an already impressive squad. Aaron Lennon (right) chats to Everton assistant coach Duncan Ferguson during training on Tuesday . Bargain of the window . Everton signing Aaron Lennon on loan could prove a masterstroke if they can revive his form of old. Tottenham wouldn't have let him go if they felt he could still make a significant contribution and his workrate and final ball have been questioned too often recently. Goodison Park likes a winger and a Merseyside derby for a debut could be the perfect platform or where the truth hurts. Other good business has to be West Brom's signing of Darren Fletcher on a free and Leicester bringing in the experience and slightly-creaking back of Mark Schwarzer to steady their nervous defence. West Brom securing Darren Fletcher on a free was a shrewd piece of business from the club . Surprise of the window . Steven Gerrard signing for LA Galaxy answered what many thought would never happen. Could he really leave Liverpool? Yep. Wolfsburg paying so much for Andre Schurrle was excellent business for Chelsea and Sunderland tempting Jermain Defoe to the North East was a real coup, albeit expensive. However, Andy Kellett's last-minute move from Bolton to Manchester United brought out the romantic side in all of us, even if he does only play for their U21s. Steven Gerrard (right) tries to close down Dejan Lovren during Liverpool training at Melwood on Tuesday . One that got away . There was so many on the final day. One agent had 14 potential deals on Friday and ended up with none come 11pm Monday. One Premier League target was sold at 1pm, his agent asked for more money at 8pm and the player turned up for his medical at 10.35pm. Yes, it fell through. However, the one you have to feel for is Carlton Cole. So close to signing at West Brom after playing a bit part at West Ham, through no fault of his own he was recalled as West Ham failed to find a striker and QPR botched their bid to send back Mauro Zarate. Carlton Cole (right) replaces Andy Carroll during West Ham's 2-0 defeat against Liverpool on Saturday . Are you still here? Emmanuel Adebayor continues to linger with little intent at White Hart Lane despite their best attempts to shift him but special prize for resilience has to go to Mario Balotelli. Rarely a week goes by without a question to Brendan Rodgers on his role and future. Balotelli's colourful agent Mino Raiola struck fear into all at Anfield saying: 'Balotelli is very disappointed with himself, he's going through a bad time like he's never had before. But the plan is for him to continue at Anfield. I saw him on Monday and told him: ''You have a four-year contract and I will not send you away. You only leave Liverpool at £45m, and I win my bet, or you will die there''. All the best Mino. Mario Balotelli (right) has had a tough start to his career at Liverpool but was not moved on in January .

Sadiq El Fitouri joined Manchester United after some tough setbacks . Wilfried Bony could make all the difference to Manchester City's attack . Juan Cuadrado should prove astute business for Chelsea . Everton signing Aaron Lennon on loan could prove a masterstroke . West Brom's signing Darren Fletcher on a free was good business .

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Google’s French arm has been told it will have to pay a 1,000 euro fine every day should the parent company in America – Google Inc - fail to remove a defamatory article from its global network. The order, by a court in Paris, is an enforcement of the controversial so-called ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling. The case was brought against Google by Dan Shefet, a Danish lawyer employed in France, last August following a malicious campaign against his firm by various blogs and sites that was overseen by someone who couldn’t be traced. Google’s French arm has been told it will have to pay a 1,000 euro fine every day should the parent company in America – Google Inc - fail to remove a defamatory article from its global network . Google France complied with an order for links to the defamatory articles to be removed, but the U.S parent company did not, The Guardian reported. This means that the articles are not visible to internet users in France, but are to anyone based outside the country. Mr Shefet said that it was important for the parent company to remove the articles from its entire network because his firm has a global reputation. He said: ‘Google France complied, but in spite of serving judgment on Google Inc nothing happened. They simply didn’t comply and didn’t even respond to the French court order.’ The latest judgement by the Paris Tribunal de Grande Instance was made possible, Mr Shefet explained, by a clause in the right to be forgotten ruling that links divisions in multinational companies. It says: 'The activities of the operator of the search engine and those of its establishment situated in the member state concerned are inextricably linked.' The order is a punitive one and opens the door for other Google subsidiaries to be sued should the parent company ignore requests for defamatory articles to be wiped off the network. Mr Shefet added: ‘Now a daily penalty can be inflicted upon Google UK by local courts until Google Inc delivers the result by way of [removing links] world wide.’ The case was brought against Google by Dan Shefet, a Danish lawyer employed in France, last August following a malicious campaign against his firm by various blogs and sites that was overseen by someone who couldn’t be traced . A Google spokesman told The Guardian: ‘A Google spokesperson said: “This was initially a defamation case and it began before the CJEU ruling on the right to be forgotten. We are reviewing the ruling and considering our options.’ This week Sajid Javid warned that terrorists are exploiting the right to be forgotten rule to wipe stories about their trials from Google in a move that amounts to censorship by the back door. The Culture Secretary condemned ‘Luxembourg’s unelected judges’ who created the rule. In a forthright speech to newspaper editors, Mr Javid accused European courts of ‘trying to restrict media freedom’ and took aim at the BBC for competing with news websites like MailOnline. Last month it emerged Google has deleted more than 18,000 web links following requests from UK Requests from Britain included a former clergyman who wanted to remove links to articles about a sex abuse investigation and a doctor who botched a medical procedure. Google said it deleted 35 per cent, or 18,459, of the unwanted links Britons requested be removed. Mr Javid said the scale of the attempts to remove links to news stories was a threat to journalism. ‘Since Luxembourg’s unelected judges created the so-called “right to be forgotten”, Google has been receiving a demand for deletion every 90 seconds,’ he told the Society of Editors conference in Southampton. ‘Each day, a thousand requests pour in from people who, for one reason or another, would prefer their pasts to be kept secret. ‘Criminals are having their convictions airbrushed from history even if they have since committed other, similar crimes. ‘Terrorists have ordered Google to cover up stories about their trials.’

The order by a Paris court enforces the 'right to be forgotten' rule . The case was brought by a law firm in France that was defamed online . The court ordered links to a defamatory article about the firm to be deleted . Google's French division complied, but the parent company did not . It meant that the article was invisible in France, but visible elsewhere . Now the French arm will be punished if the parent company fails to comply .

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A husband who fled the Middle East for Britain murdered his wife and buried her body next to a lay-by after he felt 'insulted' at her leaving him to become more Westernised, a court heard. Syrian-born Ahmed Khatib, 33, became resentful of mother-of-three Rania Alayed, 25, after she instructed a lawyer to help 'free her' from him, it was said. She caused further anger by attending college and meeting male and female friends before beginning a relationship with another man she met over the internet. Ahmed Khatib, pictured right,  is alleged to have murdered his wife Rania Alayed, left, and buried her body next to a lay-by after he felt 'insulted' at her leaving him to become more Westernised . After a family summit meeting failed in a bid to get the couple back together Rania was lured to a tower block in Salford, Greater Manchester where she was killed and her body stuffed in a suitcase, it was alleged. Khatib and his brother Muhaned, 38, were then said to have transferred the body to the back of a motorhome before driving to the A19 near Thirsk North Yorkshire where she was buried by the roadside. The remains of the victim have never been found. Later after Khatib was arrested he told psychiatrists she died after he pushed her during a row whilst 'possessed of spirit.' He claimed he accidentally causing her to stumble, fall and bang her head. Police descended on a house on Knutsford Road in Gorton, Manchester where Ahmed Khatib was charged with murder following the disappearance of mother-of-three Rania Alayed . After Khatib, pictured, was arrested he told psychiatrists she died after he pushed her during a row whilst 'possessed of spirit.' He claimed he accidentally causing her to stumble, fall and bang her head, the court heard . Manchester Crown Court was told Khatib and Syrian-born Rania had married in December 1987 when she was just 15 and had three children together. Prosecutor Tony Cross QC said it was a 'love marriage' rather than an arranged one but only came about as Rania's sister was married to Khatib's brother. The couple fled the Middle East for Britain where Muhaned was already living but in 2004 Rania began confiding in friends her husband was beating her, it was said. Arthur Millwood Court, the Salford home of Ahmed Khatib's brother Muhaned, became the focus of police activity after Rania Alayed disappeared in 2013 . Mr Cross said a friend witnessed the aftermath of an attack and added: 'She saw Khatib angry like a monster shouting he would kill her. It became clear to her that he and his family were controlling of her.' 'It appears he was violent, sexually and physically and would force her to give him money. She told one friend she feared he would kill her. How right she was was. He was prone to anger and openly displayed. He was contemptuous of females. He was also jealous. 'She had the courage to free herself from him using a solicitor and began to become a little Westernised. She went to college and had friends, male and female. 'This was all too much. During this period she was making friends outside her family circle. No doubt this was deeply resented by the defendant and in all probability by the rest of his family. He was desperate to affect a reconciliation. 'The family were very angry she had had the audacity to go to Law and one member even contacted her solicitor. They were insulted by her recourse to law. They wanted her and her children back within the family fold. 'It was obvious to them she was not going to comply with their wishes. They believed she was establishing an independent life perhaps with another man. Therefore it was decided she should either be coerced to comply or be killed.' Rania's uncle tried to help and was urged to persuade his niece not to get a divorce but during a family meeting she claimed Khatib had raped her. Khatib also took her phone believing she was using it to talk to other men. Rania left the family home in Longsight, Manchester with the children to move to a hostel and later in May 2013 rented a property in Cheetham Hill. She had also formed a relationship with a married man she met through an internet site 'Who's here.' Rania was last seen alive on June 7 last year when she met a friend in Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens and told of a plan to drop off her three children with her estranged husband via Muhaned's flat for the weekend. Ahmed Khatib is pictured with his arm on a horse. The 33-year-old and his brother both deny murder but admit perverting the course of justice. Manchester Crown Court where Ahmed Khatib, of Knutsford Road in Gorton and his brother Muhaned, of Arthur Millwood Court, Salford, are on trial having pleaded not guilty to murder . That . evening at around 8pm she was killed at the apartment after Muhaned's . partner was allegedly told to stay away due to a 'family meeting.' The body was transferred to Muhaned's Leyland DAF 200 camper van and headed to the North East at 1.17am the following morning. Khatib, of Knutsford Road in Gorton and Muhaned, of Arthur Millwood Court, Salford, deny murder. Both admit perverting the course of justice. A third brother Hussain Al-Khatib, 34, has pleaded not guilty to perverting the course of justice over the alleged concealment of her body. The trial continues. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

Ahmed Khatib resented mother-of-three Rania Alayed over legal row, court heard . She was lured to Salford flat, killed and body stuffed in suitcase, jurors told . Along with brother, accused of burying body at North Yorkshire lay-by . Khatib claimed she died after he accidentally caused her to stumble and bang her head . Two brothers on trial at Manchester Crown Court after denying murder .

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Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's marriage was broken and his wife had developed a crush on a businessman who lavished her with expensive gifts and attention, an attorney for the first lady said on Tuesday during the couple's corruption trial. A prosecutor said the former first couple betrayed the public's trust by promoting the businessman's company so they could line their pockets with ‘secret gifts and cash.’ The McDonnells are charged in a 14-count indictment with accepting more than $165,000 in gifts and loans from former Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams in exchange for promoting his dietary supplements company. If convicted, they could face decades in prison. Trial continues: Former Virginia First Lady Maureen McDonnell, left, and two of her lawyers, Heather Martin, center, and Stephen Michael Hauss, right, leave the Federal Courthouse in Richmond, Virginia on Tuesday . fallen from grace: Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, center, walks by reporters as he leaves the Federal Courthouse in Richmond, Virginia on Tuesday. McDonnell and his wife are charged in a 14-count indictment with accepting more than $165,000 in loans, designer clothes, vacations and a Rolex watch from the CEO of a supplement company . Maureen . McDonnell's lawyer William Burck said during opening statements that the . former first lady was ‘duped’ by Williams into thinking he cared for . her. Williams . filled a ‘void’ in her life, and she and her husband were pretending to . be a happy couple although their marriage had ‘broken down’ long ago, . Burck said. ‘They were barely on speaking terms,’ he said. The . McDonalds married in 1976 and they have five children together, while . Jonnie Williams is married to Celeste and they have four children. The . McDonnells have arrived separately at federal court over the past two . days. Their attorneys sought to have them tried separately, but the . judge refused. The . former first lady's attorneys have suggested that she was not an . elected or paid official and therefore not tied to the same scrutiny as . her husband. Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, left, and his wife Maureen, right, have arrived separately at federal court over the past two days . In this courtroom sketch at the federal corruption trial of former Virginia Governor Robert F. McDonnell, center, and his wife, former first lady Maureen McDonnell, second from right, Judge James R. Spencer, left, presides during jury selection on Monday in Richmond, Va. This May 5, 2011 photo shows McDonnell campaign donor Jonnie Williams left, and Maureen McDonnell during a reception for a NASCAR race at the Executive Mansion in Richmond . Burck said Williams and Maureen frequently exchanged text messages and phone calls, and that Williams often visited the Executive Mansion. Burck said the pair had a relationship that ‘some people would consider inappropriate’ and that one potential witness may describe Williams as Maureen McDonnell's ‘favorite playmate.’ He did not indicate if their relationship was physical. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica Aber told the jury that the luxury gifts and frequent text messaging between Williams and Maureen McDonnell were ‘always just a business relationship and nothing more.’ Bob McDonnell, a once-rising star in the Republican party, received a six-figure salary and other perks as the most powerful elected official in Virginia, and had a duty ‘not to sell the power and influence of his office to the highest bidder,’ Aber said. ‘This case is about the McDonnells lining their pockets with secret gifts and cash,’ Aber said. ‘Mr. and Mrs. McDonnell knew what Mr. Williams wanted and gave it to him.’ Bob and Maureen McDonnell, pictured in 2012, married in 1976 and they have five children together, while Jonnie Williams is married to Celeste and they have four children . Bob and Maureen McDonnell are charged in a 14-count indictment with accepting more than $165,000 in gifts and loans from the CEO of a dietary supplements company in exchange for helping promote his products . Legal experts have said one of the key questions for the jury will be whether McDonnell believed it was criminal to accept the gifts - including a Rolex watch, designer clothing, golf trips and $15,000 for a daughter's wedding expenses - while supporting Williams' efforts to grow a Virginia business. Defense attorneys have signaled in court papers that part of their strategy will be to put Williams' character on trial. They have said the case boils down to ‘a credibility contest’ between a former governor with a distinguished career in public service and a businessman whose companies have been investigated by regulators and sued by shareholders, and who is now getting a sweetheart deal for cooperating with prosecutors. Burck said Williams cannot but trusted, and had changed his version of events several times in order to receive a full immunity deal from prosecutors. Williams needs immunity because he may have illegally sold $10 million worth of Star Scientific shares to a friend in secret, according to Burck.

Bob and Maureen McDonnell are charged with . accepting $165,000 in gifts and loans from the CEO of a . dietary supplements company . The couple are facing decades in prison if found guilty of corruption charges . Lawyers for Maureen told the court that she was duped into thinking that former Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams cared for her . Williams has been accused of changing his version of events several times in order to receive a full immunity deal from prosecutors . The McDonnells have arrived separately at federal court over the past two days . The couple married in 1976 and have five children together . Williams is married to Celeste and the couple have four children .

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(CNN) -- An Iraq war veteran accused of fatally stabbing four homeless men in Southern California is dead, authorities said Friday. Itzcoatl Ocampo, 24, was pronounced dead the previous afternoon at Western Medical Center in Santa Ana, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department. He had been sent there Wednesday from Orange County Jail, where he had fallen ill while awaiting trial. Deputies noticed Ocampo "shaking and vomiting" in his solitary cell "and immediately summoned medical attention," the department said. Ocampo was charged in January 2012 with four counts of first-degree murder. The first homeless man, killed a month earlier, was stabbed more than 40 times with a 7-inch, heavy-gauge Ka-Bar Bull Dozier knife, Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said. "In each of these cases, the violence, the number of stabbing wounds of each victim, increased," the prosecutor added. The next month, Ocampo was arraigned on new charges that he killed the mother and brother of an old friend. Authorities say 53-year-old Raquel Estrada was stabbed more than 30 times and her 34-year-old son Juan Herrera more than 60 times on October 25, 2011, their bodies left in pools of blood inside their Yorba Linda home. The accused killer was being held without bail, with his next court appearance scheduled for January 17, 2014. His death is under investigation "as is protocol for all Orange County Jail in-custody deaths," the sheriff's department said. An autopsy is tentatively set for early next week, with toxicology tests possibly coming back in several weeks. Ocampo served in the Marines from July 2006 until July 2010, including a six-month stint in Iraq in 2008, according to military service records. He completed his service, with the rank of corporal, with the 1st Marine Logistics Group at Camp Pendleton, which is about 80 miles south of Los Angeles and 50 miles north of San Diego. Friend: Ocampo 'down' after return from Iraq .

Sheriff: Itzcoatl Ocampo dies after falling ill at the Orange County Jail . His death is under investigation, including a pending autopsy . Authorities accused Ocampo of stabbing 4 homeless men to death . He was also charged in the deaths of his old friend's mother, brother .

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It may not have won any Oscars, despite its numerous nominations, but The Wolf of Wall Street has taken one particular accolade this year. Martin Scorsese’s blockbuster was the most pirated film of 2014 after being illegally download 30 million times since its release last December. Disney hit Frozen was in second place with 29.9 million downloads, while RoboCop was third with 29.8 million. Scroll down for videos . Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street was illegally downloaded 30 million times during 2014, according to figures from Germany-based IT forensic firm Excipio. The blockbuster movie, starring Leonardo DiCaprio (pictured), was based on the true story of stock broker Jordan Belfort who was jailed for fraud . The figures were collected by Germany-based IT forensic firm Excipio, which monitors copyright infringements on peer-to-peer networks. For the purposes of this study, Excipio collected the names of films from the respective torrent files being shared. Although RoboCop took the third slot, Excipio explained this figure is a combination of both the original 1987 version of the film, and this year’s remake. Further down the list, Alfonso Cuarón’s space thriller Gravity, staring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney was in fourth, after being downloaded illegally 29.3 million times. Disney hit Frozen (pictured) was in second place after being illegally downloaded 29.9 million times during 2014. Excipio monitors copyright infringements on peer-to-peer networks for legal trials . For the purposes of this study, Excipio collected the names of films from the respective torrent files being shared. Although RoboCop took the third slot, Excipio explained this figure is a combination of both the original 1987 version of the film, and this year’s remake (pictured) Further down the list, Alfonso Cuarón’s space thriller Gravity, staring Sandra Bullock (pictured) and George Clooney was in fourth place, after being illegally downloaded 29.3 million times in 2014 . While Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug was in fifth with 27.6 million. Marvel films took three of the top 20 places, with Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and X-Men: Days of Future Past in sixth, seventh and ninth place respectively. In total, these films were downloaded 75.7 million times collectively. Elsewhere, Jennifer Lawrence appeared in three of the most pirated films of the year including X-Men, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire in 11th, and American Hustle in 12th. 1. The Wolf of Wall Street’: 30 million downloads (released 25 December 2013) 2. Frozen: 29.9 million (27 November 2013) 3. RoboCop*: 29.8 million (17 July 1987 and 12 February 2014) 4. Gravity: 29.3 million (4 October 2013) Jennifer Lawrence (pictured) appeared in three of the most pirated films of the year including X-Men, The Hunger Games, and American Hustle . 5. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: 27.6 million (13 December 2013) 6. Thor: The Dark World: 25.7 million (8 November 2013) 7. Captain America: The Winter Soldier: 25.6 million (4 April 2014) 8. The Legend of Hercules: 25.1 million (10 January 2014) 9. X-Men: Days of Future Past: 24.3 million (23 May 2014) 10. 12 Years a Slave: 23.6 million (18 October 2013) 11. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: 23.5 million (22 November 2013) 12. American Hustle: 23.1 million (13 December 2013) 13. 300: Rise of an Empire: 23 million (7 March 2014) 14. Transformers: Age of Extinction: 21.6 million (27 June 2014) 15. Godzilla: 20.9 million (16 May 2014) 16. Noah: 20.3 million (28 March 2014) 17. Divergent: 20.3 million (21 March 2014) 18. Edge of Tomorrow: 20.2 million (6 June 2014) 19. Captain Phillips: 19.8 million (11 October 2013) 20. Lone Survivor: 19.1 million (25 December 2013) For the purposes of this study, Excipio collected the names of films from torrent files being shared. Although RoboCop took the third slot, Excipio explained this figure is a combination of both the original 1987 version of the film, and this year’s remake. Mark Wahlberg featured in two films that made the list - Transformers: Age of Extinction in 14th with 21.6 million downloads, and Lone Survivor (pictured) in 20th position, which was downloaded 19.1 million times . 1. Game of Thrones 8.1 million . 2. The Walking Dead 4.8 million . 3. The Big Bang Theory 3.9 million . 4. How I Met Your Mother 3.5 million . 5. Gotham 3.2 million . 6. Arrow 2.9 million . 7. Grey’s Anatomy 2.8 million . 8. Vikings 2.7 million . 9. Suits 2.5 million . 10. South Park 2.4 million . And Mark Wahlberg featured in two- Transformers: Age of Extinction in 14th place with 21.6 million downloads, and Lone Survivor in 20th position, which was illegally downloaded 19.1 million times. Separate research from TorrentFreak found that Game of Thrones was the most pirated TV show of the year. Its 2014 season finale was downloaded more than 8 million times this year after it was shown on 15 June. The Walking Dead and The Big Bang Theory were in second and third place, on 4.2 million and 3.6 million downloads respectively. Earlier in the year, Game of Thrones also broke the piracy record for the most simultaneous shares of a torrent file, at 254,114. Marvel films took three of the top 20 places, with Thor: The Dark World (Chris Hemsworth pictured left), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Chris Evans pictured right) and X-Men: Days of Future Past in sixth, seventh and ninth place - 25.7 million, 25.6 million and 24.3 million - respectively . Separate research from TorrentFreak found that Game of Thrones (starring Emilia Clarke pictured) was the most pirated TV show of the year. Its 2014 season finale was downloaded more than 8 million times this year .

The figures were collected by Germany-based IT forensic firm Excipio . Excipio monitors copyright infringements on peer-to-peer networks . Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street was illegally downloaded 30 million times during 2014 . Frozen was second on 29.9 million, and RoboCop was third on 29.8 million . The most pirated TV show of the year was HBO’s Game of Thrones .

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By . Emily Davies . PUBLISHED: . 12:05 EST, 8 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:07 EST, 8 February 2013 . An exhausted mother polar bear cooled down on ice while her trio of adorable cubs playfully wrestled with each other. Stunning images show the cubs, thought to be just three months old, demanding their mother's attention all day as they clambered over her. But, the doting female adult remained patient with her babies despite the fact she always had to be on the lookout for danger. Chilling out: The mother polar bear relaxed on the ice while her three cubs played around her . Grin and bear it: This patient mother polar bear allowed photographer Matthias Breiter close to her cubs . The heart-warming images were snapped at Wapusk National Park near Manitoba, Canada. Photographer Matthias Breiter was lucky to get close enough to the family of polar bears to capture the touching moments between the mother and her cubs. More... Why are these soon-to-extinct voles trying to kill each other? They're about to die out anyway! We're just shooting the breeze! Dogs look simply barking as they take a ride with their heads out the window . Matthias, 48, from Kenora, Ontario, Canada, said: 'Wapusk is the only place I know where polar bears are easily accessible for photographers. 'The mother was very caring and protective of her cubs, she licked them clean and made sure they stayed close by. The adorable cubs snuggled up for cuddles with their mother at Wapusk National Park near Manitoba, Canada . The mother polar bear never let her trio of cubs - thought to be aged three months - out of her sight . 'She never interfered though in the little play fights among the cubs. 'She . knew I was there but paid little attention to me as I didn't approach . them - she never let her cubs be more than a few feet away from her. 'The female adult cooled off on the ice for about half an hour after a play session with her cubs. 'Polar bears can overheat easily and they spread themselves out on the ice to get rid of excess heat in their arms and legs." Matthias, who is also a biologist specialising in polar bears, added: 'These are some of my best polar bear images.'

Photographer Matthias Breiter captured mother and cubs close up at Wapusk National Park near Manitoba, Canada .

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By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:35 EST, 26 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:42 EST, 26 July 2012 . Police are refusing to prosecute a Polish immigrant caught on camera stealing scrap metal, because he didn't realise he was committing a crime. Businessman George Pasparakis caught the culprit red-handed after fitting CCTV outside Wessex Industrial Doors in Yeovil, Somerset - following a number of raids on the company. Officers quickly tracked down the thief and he even admitted his actions - but police chiefs decided not to prosecute him, because he claimed taking scrap metal is legal in Poland. Target: George Pasparakis has been targetted six times by scrap metal thieves . Mr Pasparakis, 37, is 'gobsmacked' by the decision. He said: 'I’m not sure how bad a crime has to be where you can claim ignorance before they take action. 'We’re so frustrated at what we were told. I was gobsmacked and I think the police officer was too. 'He almost seemed embarrassed. Is Polish law operating in Yeovil?' The price of scrap metal has skyrocketed in recent years from £80 per skip to between £300 and £400 per skip. Mr Pasparakis had six skips emptied in the last few months and spent more than £500 on 24-hour CCTV surveillance system. The company has also spent hundreds . of pounds building a large retractable container to protect a skip . outside the premises used to store metal off-cuts. So when the CCTV picked up a good . shot of the Polish man and his vehicle in June they thought they would . be able to bring a successful prosecution against him. On the first occasion the thief even brought his young daughter with him. Caught on camera: Mr Pasparakis caught the thief red-handed on CCTV,  loading the metal into his van . The businessman was stunned when the police decided not to prosecute because the thief didn't know he had committed a crime . Mr Pasparakis said: 'The first time he took scrap metal he bought his little girl along. 'We watched on CCTV as she ran around looking bored as emptied the skip. It was dumbfounding.' But police decided it was not in the 'public interest' to charge the man, who has not been named. Sergeant Richard Downing said: 'We received two reports of theft from a skip. These incidents were fully investigated. 'A man was arrested and questioned. The man fully admitted the incidents and was unaware it was a crime. 'On consideration it was decided it was not of public interest to prosecute this man.' A police spokesman added that to prosecute the man they would have to prove there was an intent to commit a crime.

Culprit caught on CCTV but claimed taking scrap metal isn't a crime in Poland . Police can't prosecute because they can't prove intent to commit a crime .

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(CNN) -- New York Fashion Week is set to bloom on Thursday, and fashion forecasters are once again peering into their chic crystal balls for an early glimpse of the spring 2014 women's collections. Sheila Aimette, of fashion forecaster WGSN, says fashion followers are in for a sweet surprise with candy-colored pastels. (WGSN is the official trend sponsor of the bi-annual Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.) Amidst garden party hues of blush rose and bold peony, Aimette also expects designers to add a vivid splash of blue -- from icy aqua to classic navy -- to liven up the softer hues. Fall trends at the top of the class . "I suspect we will see a continuation of resort (wear) -- big florals, art-inspired prints, offbeat pastel combinations and architecturally minded separates and sportswear-inspired ideas," predicts Anne Slowey, fashion news director of Elle Magazine. Aimette agrees: Flora and fauna will be flourishing, even in mismatched patterns on top and bottoms. "There will be a lot happening in print and pattern because the silhouette is architectural and sleek," Aimette says. See all of CNN Living's New York Fashion Week coverage . Denim will also be on double duty; expect to see the wardrobe staple in skinny-legged, dark washes, paired with a boyfriend-fit chambray shirt. Aimette says colored denim's appeal will fade, while basic indigo is back. When it comes to bottoms, there's no middle ground -- or hem. Expect pleated-kilt miniskirts or midcalf skirts. The former, an ode to The Met's spring 2013 Costume Institute exhibition, "PUNK: Chaos to Couture," the latter inspired by the upcoming film "Grace of Monaco," starring Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly. Aimette says the asymmetric hem's allure will taper off, along with studded accessories. Photos: Punk fashion at the Met Gala . Let's not forget about the footwear, where black-and-white loafers, graphic printed flats and Lucite wedges step right up. As for designers to watch, Slowey says Dion Lee, Rosie Assoulin and Tome are three brands to keep eyes on for their sophisticated, clean lines, while NewbarK, the brainchild of sisters Maryam and Marjan Malakpour, will be any downtown gal's go-to for understated accessories. "I'm really in love with the idea of anonymous luxury -- beautiful luxurious separates that resist being easily identified," Slowey said. Follow Sarah LeTrent and CNN Living on Twitter for dispatches from New York Fashion Week.

Fashion trend forecasters share predictions of spring fashion . Trends to look out for include florals, designer denim and punk-inspired items . New York Fashion Week runs September 5 through 12 .

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The BBC has apologised after the sister of murdered schoolgirl Alice Gross branded its flagship Question Time programme 'exceptionally insensitive'. Nina Gross, 19, angrily accused the broadcaster of allowing 'political agendas' to exploit a family tragedy. She provoked a huge swell of support after denouncing what she called a 'horrible' discussion on the current affairs show. Scroll down for video . Nina Gross, 19, (left) branded the BBC 'extremely insensitive' after a Question Time debate about her sister Alice (right). She has accused Corporation bosses of allowing 'political agendas' to exploit the tragedy . Amid a flurry of messages, she said: 'This is a personal tragedy which we want to deal with privately, rather than fearing anyone using it for any political agenda.' The storm forced the BBC to apologise, first in a message to the teenager and later in a contrite public statement. A spokesman said the matter was only discussed after careful consideration but offered the broadcaster's profound apologies. Scotland Yard detectives continue to work around the clock to trace Latvian builder Arnis Zalkalns, the 41-year-old prime suspect for the murder of Alice. David Dimbleby (third from right), presenting the debate show from Northampton, along with (from left to right) Julian Huppert MP, Susie Boniface, Grant Shapps MP, Stella Creasy MP and Charlie Mullins . The discovery of the 14-year-old's body wrapped in plastic and buried under logs in a West London river earlier this week confirmed her family's worst fears. The case has sparked controversy across Europe after it emerged that Zalkalns is a convicted murderer who has roamed freely across European Union borders. On Thursday evening, a member of the audience asked the Question Time panel if convicted criminals should be allowed unrestricted movement. Alice went missing from her home on August 28 and police launched a murder investigation this week after her body was discovered in the River Brent. Officers said 'significant efforts' had been made to conceal it . Referring to Zalkalns, host David Dimbleby said: 'This is, of course, referring to the hideous murder of Alice Gross and the person who is being sought, who is a convicted murderer from Latvia.' Liberal Democrat MP Julian Huppert said: 'There was a catastrophic failure in this case, he should never have been allowed to come in. There is a computer system that's supposed to sort this out and for some reason it didn't happen.' He said the UK should work more closely with other countries and encourage information sharing to better understand who might be entering Britain. He then added: 'We have to know who are the people that really shouldn't be coming in – let's keep them out.' Nina Gross took to Twitter last night to condemn the BBC for using her sister's death for 'political agendas' Panellist Grant Shapps, the Tory Party chairman, said: 'The case about that specific individual is horrendous. The news coverage is appalling and of course we should be able to control our own borders. 'We do, fortunately, have some control over our borders and I think there is a very strong case to be looked at here in terms of the seriousness of the crime. It's also another reason why we want to renegotiate with the EU over things like border control.' Within minutes of the comments, Nina sent a series of messages on Twitter attacking the broadcaster. She said: 'Now is not the time for these discussions; it is exceptionally insensitive to talk about these issues at this time.' Family: Alice's sister Nina (left), pictured with Alice and their mother (right), described the programme as 'extremely insensitive' She added: 'In future, please respect our wishes as we grieve. This is a personal tragedy which we want to deal with privately, rather than fearing anyone using it for any political agenda.' Hundreds of social media users also condemned the BBC's coverage and called for complaints to be made to Ofcom. Luke Adar wrote: 'Filled out a full complaint to the BBC, very disappointed that they found it appropriate to use this as a debate topic.' Alice's family had earlier appealed for privacy in which to grieve following the discovery of Alice's body. Her parents Jose Gross, 60, and Rosalind Hodgkiss, 50, said: 'This is a time for grieving and not a time for anger or recriminations.' Further tests are being carried out on Alice's body to find out how she died after a six-hour post mortem examination proved inconclusive. Forensic experts are also examining her clothes and materials used to conceal her body in the Brent River in the hope of recovering evidence. She vanished while walking home on September 28. In its apology, the BBC said: 'We applied careful and due consideration to our choice of question and attempted to deal with this matter as sensitively as possible.' Grief: Jose Gross, 60, and Rosalind Hodgkiss, 50, (pictured together last week, right) said they were 'completely devastated' by the news that the body of their daughter Alice (left) had been found in the River Brent . Tragedy: Schoolchildren came to pay tribute to Alice at the clock tower near her home in Hanwell today . Alice's body was recovered from the River Brent in west London on Wednesday, a month after she vanished . Questions: face questions over the time it took to find Alice's body in shallow water just yards from where her rucksack was found . Aerial shot reveals how close Alice's body was found to her rucksack and where police had earlier searched .

Nina Gross accused BBC of allowing 'political agendas' to exploit tragedy . The 19-year-old branded bosses 'extremely insensitive' on Twitter . A BBC spokesman offered the broadcaster's profound apologies . Body of Alice Gross, 14, was recovered from River Brent this week . Murder probe launched to find killer who 'made effort' to conceal her body .

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Scaling the 3,000ft sheer granite face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park without bolts or climbing tools had been dubbed the 'climb of the century' for good reason - but on Wednesday afternoon two daredevils did it. Tommy Caldwell, 36, and Kevin Jorgeson, 30, spent two and a half grueling weeks scaling El Capitan's so-called Dawn Wall in a feat some had deemed impossible, their hands left bleeding and torn as they inched their way up. After 19 days, the two men even gave a fist bump to Yosemite as they neared the top of their climb - and celebrated with a hug once they'd hauled themselves to the summit. A tweet on Jorgeson's account on Wednesday read: 'It's not over till it's over. #DawnWall'. The climbers celebrate privately with their families at the summit - both men having emotional reunions with their anxious partners. Scroll down for video . The world was watching as the pair's grueling half-mile journey up the peak's Dawn Wall route ended with an emotional reunion with their families at the summit in Yosemite National Park. The climbers celebrated on Wednesday with a hug at the top . Kevin Jorgeson and Tommy Caldwell, left, toast upon completing their historic free-climb ascent. Looking on is Becca Caldwell, Tommy's wife . Jorgeson and Caldwell fist bump as they approach the summit of the 3000ft, granite face of El Capitan on Wednesday afternoon . Kevin Jorgeson, of California, wearing green, celebrates after reaching the summit of El Capitan on Wednesday afternoon . Tommy Caldwell, in red, celebrated when he too reached the top just minutes later after their epic climb which began on December 27 . Caldwell was met by his wife Rebecca after he reached the summit following 19 days apart . Joregson gave a big kiss to his girlfriend Jacqui Becker upon completing his missions . Kevin Jorgeson of California, wearing green, and 36-year-old Tommy Caldwell, wearing blue, near the summit of El Capitan. The men have been 'free-climbing' to the 3,000-foot summit for 17 days, meaning they don't use climbing aids other than ropes only to prevent deadly falls . Gaelena Jorgenson, of Santa Rosa, center in red, raises her arms as her son Kevin completes a free climb of El Capitan in the Yosemite Valley . El Capitan: The courageous pair closing in on the top of the 3,000-foot peak . The two climbers balance on a razor-thin ledge during the climb of the momentous El Capitan which tested their endurance to the very limits . President Obama posted this photo on Twitter congratulating the men in front of White House painting of El Capitan . The Dawn Wall of El Capitan is divided into 32 climbing . pitches, which are varying lengths of rock that the climbers mastered using only their hands and feet. The wall has . been scaled before, first by legendary climber Warren Harding in . 1970, but never before without climbing tools. Caldwell and Jorgeson had reached the final 11 pitches on . Tuesday after working their way past some of the toughest . stretches on the rock. Jorgeson struggled for several days last week on difficult . pitch 15, at one point being forced to rest for two days while . the skin on his fingers healed after being ripped off by . razor-sharp ledges. The two climbers used safety ropes in case of falls, . and were using ropes and other tools to move back and forth from . their campsite perched high on the rock. Because the warmth of the day can cause their hands and feet . to perspire, the two often started climbing at dusk. Caldwell and Jorgeson's attempt on El Capitan had been . closely watched in the climbing world and drew worldwide attention as they made . progress toward the summit. According to Brandwatch, a social listening and analytics . firm, social media mentions of the climb have skyrocketed since . the climb began, drawing more than 17,000 mentions as of . Wednesday. Caldwell, center, standing with a photographer at a base camp before climbing a half-mile section of exposed granite in California's Yosemite National Park . Determined: Tommy Caldwell, top, climbs Pitch 17 with Kevin Jorgeson handling the line . Near-impossible feat: The two climbers clung on to ledges mere centimeters thick as they made the ascent . The climb took a grueling 19 days and the climbers kept the public up to date with their progress using social media . Kevin Jorgeson grips the surface of a razor-sharp edge as he makes his way up the 3000ft El Capitan . Kevin Jorgeson ascends the rope to pitch 17 during what has been called the hardest rock climb in the world . El Capitan rises more than 3,000 feet above the Yosemite Valley floor. The first climber reached its summit in 1958, and there are roughly 100 routes up to the top . In this December 28, 2014, photo provided by Tom Evans, Tommy Caldwell ascends what is known as pitch 10 of El Capitan . Tommy Caldwell balances on the edge of his tent, pitched on the sheer rock face, as the two climbers made their ascent which has taken more than two weeks . Jorgeson tweeted this message on Wednesday morning. The two climbers have been updating social media during the two weeks that they have made their historic ascent . Several dozen people, including relatives of the climbers, and about two dozen photographers, were gathered in the meadow looking up at the face, which is called the Dawn Wall. 'I feel like the most proud person in the world right now,' said Caldwell's 39-year-old sister Sandy Van Nieuwenhuyzen. Ms Van Nieuwenhuyzen, of Rochester, Minnesota, said she can't wait to hug her younger brother. 'I'm just going to hug. Just hug. No words necessary,' she said. 'It's such a big moment that a congratulatory hug is going to be very soothing to my big sister soul.' The pair started climbing on December 27 using the free-climbing technique that shuns climbing aids other than harnesses and ropes to prevent deadly falls. The world has been watching the pair's grueling half-mile journey up the peak's Dawn Wall route. But Clayton says the men won't give media interviews at the top. They plan to discuss the climb on Thursday. Kevin Jorgeson, pictured wtih his girlfriend Jacqui . Becca Caldwell (right), who is married to Tommy Caldwell, was on the ground with their toddler son . Throughout the climb, both men needed to take rest days to allow their skin to heal. They used tape and even superglue to help with the process. At one point, Caldwell set an alarm to wake him every four hours to apply a special lotion to his throbbing hands. They also took physical punishment when their grip would slip, pitching them into long, swinging falls that left them bouncing off the rock face. The tumbles, which they called 'taking a whipper,' ended in startling jolts from their safety ropes. Eric Jorgeson, Kevin Jorgeson's father, told KGO-TV that his son has always been a climber and watching him fulfill a long-time dream made  him proud. 'He climbed everything he could think of. It made us nervous early on as parents, but we got used to it,' the father said. 'It was more other parents saying, ''Hey, your son is at the top of a backstop.''' The two started climbing El Capitan (there are more than 100 routes to the top) when Kevin Jorgeson turned 15, and it has been a birthday tradition ever since. Becca Caldwell, who is married to Tommy Caldwell, was on the ground with their toddler son and had been blogging about her excitement as she prepared to reunite with her husband. The daredevils pictured on Monday as they inched towards the summit of a rock face that is beyond the skill of all but the most elite of climbers . People watch as two climbers vye to become the first in the world to use only their hands and feet to scale a sheer slab of granite in Yosemite National Park, California .

Tommy Caldwell, 36, and Kevin Jorgeson, 30, reached the summit of El Capitan on Wednesday afternoon . On Jorgeson's Twitter account on Wednesday, a message read: 'It's not over till it's over. #DawnWall' They are now the first to climb El Capitan's so-called Dawn Wall without bolts or climbing tools . Caldwell and Jorgeson are expected to celebrate privately with their families at the summit . Jorgeson forced to rest for two days while the skin on his fingers healed after being ripped off by razor-sharp ledge . After 19 days, the two men even gave a fist bump to Yosemite as they neared the top of their climb .

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(CNN) -- In these days of austerity, thin profit margins, low competitiveness and high unemployment, we often hear of companies braving the economic storm with innovation and ingenuity. For niche businesses, this can work. Others, however, need to think carefully about a plan of attack. It's not just a question of turning your attention to international markets in the hope of making up the bleak numbers at home. Advice from chief executives suggests you need to know your markets, tweak your products and then push your brand. Fuller, Smith & Turner have been doing just that. And it's led to them exporting around 12 million pints of beer a year. Founded in 1654, the brewery has seen its fair share of economic difficulties. But this time the crisis is twofold: The economic crisis facing Europe and the impact of beer duty at home. Despite the deepening crisis in Western Europe, Michael Turner, chairman of Fuller, Smith & Turner, told me the latter crisis was his bigger concern. The British government introduced a 2% duty on beer and wine back in 2008, but since then it has reportedly increased 42%. That, Turner tells me, is crippling the industry and sapping demand for its product in the UK. According to Turner: "We pay, in this country, 40% of all the beer duty for the whole of the EU and we have something like twelve times the amount of tax that the Germans do." That tax burden forced Fuller, Smith & Turner to seek out new sources of income. And so the company turned its attention to exports. It now exports to 68 countries around the world, roughly the equivalent of twelve million pints per year. The company increased volumes by 200% in the last five years. Traditional beers such as London Pride and London Black Cab have also benefited from what's been dubbed "the London-effect," that came with hosting the Olympics, celebrating the Jubilee and the royal wedding. But Fuller, Smith & Turner has also adjusted its product to suit each market. The U.S. has become one of their biggest export markets. Tax in the U.S. is per bottle rather than then by alcohol level, and Fuller, Smith & Turner has successfully tapped the market by selling a wide variety of drinks with different alcohol levels. It has adapted the aesthetic slightly by selling them in cardboard baskets rather than in plastic packs. Scandinavia and Italy, meanwhile, prefer draft beer, even if that's 8.5% alcohol content. To keep up with such international demands, the company, which has always been based in London, has had to invest in its facility. Turner told me the company had spent $9 million extending the already crammed brewery. Robots were brought in to maximize space and allow for the quick loading and unloading of kegs and beer pallets. A new production line that cleans, sterilizes and fills beer kegs has also been introduced, allowing for greater capacity. Jeff Hack-Davies, the company's packaging operations manager, tells me this line alone has enabled them to produce 60 to 70 thousand kegs per week compared to 3,000 eight years ago. It's an investment that has enabled them to keep up with international thirst for its beers and in turn beat the gloom in the UK. If that weren't enough, this London brewery is also overturning the common perception abroad that British beer is warm, weak and undrinkable.

Fuller, Smith & Turner demand that has seen volumes increase by 200% in the last five years . The company has had success in selling a wide variety of drinks with different alcohol levels. Fuller, Smith & Turner exports to 68 countries around the world, roughly the equivalent of twelve million pints per year .

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The Bad Santa’s Christmas sack is coming but this year it is not only the usual suspects who are feeling the big chill. By seasonal custom it is the humble basement bosses in the Premier League who check whether their P45s come through the letter box with the greetings cards. Now, if not facing festive dismissal quite yet, one or two of the big boys are beginning to sense that the skids could be under them. Yaya Toure, Raheem Sterling and Lukas Podolski looks dejected after a week of disappointment in Europe . Europe is the destination of choice for the major clubs but when Champions League matches go the way they have in the past few days these can be perilous journeys for the managers. Who would have thought, as recently as a week ago, that Manuel Pellegrini, Arsene Wenger and Brendan Rodgers would be planning extra helpings not of turkey and Christmas pudding but hard tack. Let us consider them in turn: . SENOR PELLEGRINI spent the latter part of this Wednesday evening confessing that his costly Manchester City have lost nerve, faith, confidence and, potentially most damaging of all for himself, trust. Just one win in five matches speaks to the truth of that self-wounding assessment and had that solitary victory not come against Manchester United then Pellegrini would be on even slipperier ground already. Manuel Pellegrini has won just one of his last five games as Manchester City have started to stumble . Seydou Doumbia (centre) did the damage with CSKA Moscow's goals in their 2-1 win over Manchester City . How far have the English champions fallen? As low as losing at home to a distinctly ordinary CSKA Moscow and having two of their prima donnas sent off during that humiliating process. Pellegrini answers to foreign owners who regard the Champions League as the Holy Grail. City captain Vincent Kompany looks disappointed at the end of the defeat by CSKA Moscow . City’s prospects of surviving a relatively easy group depend now on Bayern Munich, who have already qualified, either sending their reserves to the Etihad or treating that fixture as a practice match. Feliz Navidad, Manuel. MONSIEUR WENGER whiled away his Tuesday evening watching Arsenal throw away a three-goal lead at home against the Belgian lightweights of Anderlecht. The boos rained down in North London as he turned away from the scene of that debacle. The fans, let alone the directors, can see that this team are, quite literally, defenceless. Even the most respectful of former players are beginning to query why the manager has not bought top-class centre-backs. It looked as if Arsene Wenger would have an easy night when Arsenal went 3-0 up against Anderlecht... But the Arsenal manager could hardly look as his side threw away their three-goal lead at the Emirates . That question would be asked with greater urgency right now if Arsenal were not still in position to go through to the last 16. For the moment, it is being conveniently forgotten that Wenger’s esoteric ensemble would be scrambling to advance had they not been fortunate enough to pull a last-gasp victory out of a wretched performance at Anderlecht in the preceding match. As it is they are looking at second place, yet again, with its implicit danger of a deadly draw in the next round. And, like City, they have not started the Premier League season at all well. Arsenal pair Santi Cazorla and Lukas Podolski look dejected after throwing away a three goal lead . The Arsenal board are historically patient and respectful of Wenger, who achieved so much in his early years there. But for how much longer? Joyeux Noel, Arsene. MISTER RODGERS, meanwhile, splashed through only the first half of his sudden watershed on Tuesday. By scorning the highest European tradition with his decision to send a weakened Liverpool team into Real Madrid’s fabled Bernabeu, this manager has impaled himself on the imperative of his rested first-teamers defeating Chelsea at Anfield this weekend. Or at least avoiding defeat. If Liverpool lose this one – and slump even further adrift of the Premier League leaders – the carrion will make a meal of Rodgers come Saturday lunchtime. Brendan Rodgers made seven changes to the Liverpool side he sent out to face Real Madrid . If so, that feast will come early. Rodgers was so recently hailed as the saviour of Anfield that a descent into doubt this soon seemed impossible. He is bringing it in part upon himself. Far be it from a sportswriter to advise a manager to turn off the quotes tap but Rodgers really needs to put thinking time between brain and mouth. As an example of his tendency to damage himself, how about this cracker at the dinner in May at which the Uruguayan Dracula of the game was dubiously installed as our Footballer of the Year: ‘I am a better person for knowing Luis Suarez.’ In the end Rodgers and Liverpool only lost to the European champions by one goal . Nor, judging from his jocular appearance at subsequent training, does he understand even now the implications of a club of Liverpool’s European pedigree playing for damage limitation rather than glory at the Bernabeu. Among the chorus of disapproval, one Anfield legend asked: ‘What is the point of making qualification for next season’s Champions League the priority when you are playing Real Madrid this week?’ Rodgers, in training with Glen Johnson, appeared to be over the Madrid defeat at training on Thursday morning . That is not a question which will sit comfortably on his CV if ever he tries to pursue his professed ambition to manage in the upper echelons of La Liga. Worse still if Liverpool go out to – er - Basle. Merry Christmas, Brendan. Despite being held to a draw in Slovenia by the moderates of Maribor, Chelsea’s Jose Mourinho is iceberg proof this winter. Not only is he virtually certain of reaching the Champions League last 16 but Chelsea are top of the Premier League. Jose Mourinho is sitting pretty in Europe despite a midweek draw and his team are flying high in the league . However, the English game at large needs higher quality performances from Chelsea as much as from City, Arsenal and Liverpool... and Manchester United for that matter. This Champions League week – and not for the first time - has not cast the Premier League in a flattering light. Chelsea's Nemanja Matic celebrates his goal with teammates during the draw with Maribor . The best league in the world? Not even close unless the marquee clubs raise their game considerably, starting this weekend with Liverpool and Chelsea putting on a spectacle, Manchester City and United dazzling QPR and Crystal Palace respectively and Arsenal grafting substance onto style at Swansea.

Manchester City are bottom of their Champions League group after losing at home to CSKA Moscow . Liverpool made seven changes and lost 1-0 to holders Real Madrid . Arsenal threw away a three goal lead against Belgian side Anderlecht .

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A 98-year-old millionaire claims he and his wife were lured into paying $12 million to California's Chapman University then the school did not stick to their agreement. Real estate mogul James Emmi accuses university president James Doti of putting undue pressure on him to sign a contract without the consent of his 84-year-old wife, Catherine. In a suit that alleges breach of contract, fraud, deceit and elder abuse, Mr and Mrs Emmi, of Orange County, demand that the university return all $3 million of the donation already transferred, surrender their claim to the remaining $9 million, and pay $3 million in damages. Demands: James and Catherine Emmi (seated) claimed Chapman University president James Doti (center) pressured Mr Emmi into signing a contract to donate $12 million to the school after 'wining and dining' him . 'They really confused him and they pressured him,' said James Bohm, the Emmis' attorney, told The OC Register. 'They wined and dined him, and they took advantage of his advanced age.' It comes after the university failed to mention the couple at a recent graduation event, instead thanking another donor who gifted $15 million, the LA Times reported. Furthermore, the civil suit claims, the university was not on track to build The Emmi Science Center by 2016, which was stipulated in the contract. According to court papers, Mr Emmi was continually hounded by university officials for donations after he gifted $450,000 toward a new science center in 2009. The couple claim they rejected a request for $15 million toward a technology center in 2012. In 2013, over tea, Mr Emmi is said to have consented to donate $12 million to the university's science center, on the grounds that it would be in his name. 'Undue pressure': Mr Emmi, 98, claims Mr Doti took advantage of his old age in a 2013 meeting over tea . 'Broken promises': The couple claim the university was not on track to build a center by 2016 as promised . The university promised full-scale media coverage of the gift and said it would be built by 2016, Mr Emmi states. 'Chapman University is deeply saddened by the misstatements in the complaint filed by the Emmis,' Chapman spokeswoman Mary Platt said in a statement. 'Mr. James Emmi has been a close friend of both President James Doti and the university. The allegations do not reflect what occurred and completely mischaracterize the Emmis' interactions with the university.'

Real estate mogul James Emmi, 98, and his wife Catherine, 84, claim California's Chapman University took advantage of them . Civil suit says university director got Emmi to sign without wife's consent . They are demanding all $12 million plus $3 million in damages . They say they weren't acknowledged and the contract was breached .

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Asif Ghanbari, 19, of Stoke-on-Trent, was sentenced to 32 months in a young offenders' institution after grooming and having regular sex with the schoolgirl . An illegal immigrant who was hired as an interpreter for the British Army after fleeing war-torn Afghanistan groomed a schoolgirl on Facebook and got her pregnant, a court heard. Asif Ghanbari, 19, started a new life in the UK after he was dumped at a service station on the M6 after fleeing to Britain on the back of a lorry in 2008. However, Ghanbari, of Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in a young offenders’ institution today after pleading guilty to sexual activity with a child. Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard how Ghanbari fled the war-torn Helmand Province six years ago and forged a new life after being dumped at Stafford Services on the M6. He set up home in Stoke-on-Trent and began training with the British Army to work as an interpreter for future visits back to Afghanistan. However, in his desperation to find a girlfriend, he posed under a false name of Jack Nelson on Facebook and lured the teenage girl, who was 13 at the time, into meeting him. He took the youngster - who cannot be named - on a string of dates before their relationship blossomed. They started to have sex regularly and by the age of 14, the girl got pregnant and had an abortion. Prosecutor Rupert Jones said: ‘He used the name Jack Nelson. A couple of weeks after making contact he suggested they meet. ‘They met in Hanley Forest Park and he arrived in his car. She told the defendant her age. ‘The defendant arranged to meet her again. He kissed her. Eventually he took her to his home and into his bedroom. ‘They had sexual intercourse without contraception. They had intercourse on a number of other occasions.’ Ghanbari was arrested following the abortion and said in police questioning that he had engaged in consensual sex with the girl about 17 times. Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard how Ghanbari (pictured) fled the war-torn Helmand Province six years ago and forged a new life for himself in the UK after being dumped at Stafford Services on the M6 . Appearing in court today, the former asylum seeker pleaded guilty to an offence of meeting a child following sexual grooming and another of sexual activity with a child. Catherine O’Reilly, mitigating, said: ‘He was reaching out for some comfort, a relationship, some kind of family life. He adopted the name because it was a western name. He wanted a girlfriend. ‘He has made a massive mistake, a massive error of judgement.’ Miss O’Reilly said Ghanbari is intelligent and has been recruited as an Army interpreter. She asked Judge David Fletcher to step back from passing an immediate custodial sentence. But the judge sentenced Ghanbari to 32 months in a young offenders’ institution and placed him on the sex offenders’ register for life. In his desperation to find a girlfriend, Ghanbari posed under a false name of Jack Nelson on Facebook and lured the teenage girl, who was 13 at the time, into meeting him at Hanley Forest Park (pictured) Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard how Ghanbari fled the war-torn Helmand Province six years ago on the back of a lorry and forged a new life after being dumped at Stafford Services on the M6 (pictured) Judge Fletcher said: ‘It could not be said that you were under any misconception about the age of that woman. Her details were on the Facebook site. ‘On the first occasion she made clear to you she was the age she was. She was between 13 and 14. You admitted you had unprotected sexual intercourse with her, you say on 17 occasions.’ A children’s charity today condemned Ghanbari’s actions and highlighted the dangers the internet poses to youngsters. NSPCC official Sandra McNair said: ‘This sad case highlights, once again, the urgent need to educate young people on how to keep safe online, so they can be protected from grooming and exploitation. ‘Peer-to-peer abuse is a growing concern and highlights the vital need to educate young people about healthy and respectful relationships.'

Asif Ghanbari started a new life in the UK after fleeing Afghanistan in 2008 . He was dumped at Stafford Services on M6 after arriving in country on lorry . He worked as an interpreter for British Army for visits to his home country . After becoming lonely in UK, he lured teenager online under a false name . Posing as 'Jack Nelson' he persuaded 13-year-old girl into meeting with him . They started to have regular sex and she had abortion after getting pregnant . 19-year-old was sentenced to 32 months in a young offenders' institution .

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World-renowned chef, author and Emmy winning television personality Anthony Bourdain visits Tangier, Morocco in the next episode of "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown," airing Sunday, May 12, at 9 p.m. ET. Follow the show on Twitter and Facebook.

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By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:32 EST, 20 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 11:32 EST, 20 January 2014 . A decomposing body has been found in the trunk of a car that belonged to a missing man who was linked to a double murder on Christmas Eve. Ilona Flint, 22, and the younger brother of her fiancé, Salvatore Belvedere, 22, were shot dead in their car outside a San Diego shopping mall on December 24. Miss Flint's fiancé Gianni Belvedere, 24, has not been seen since the double homicide and had not been named as a suspect in the killings. This weekend a man's body was discovered in the trunk of Mr Belvedere's green Camry, around 100 miles from where his fiancée and brother were shot. Police are yet to identify the body. Scroll down for video . Ilona Flint and the younger brother of her fiancé Salvatore Belvedere were found shot dead in a San Diego mall parking lot on Christmas Eve (right). Gianni Belvedere (left) had not been seen since . Police discovered the body of a man in the trunk of missing Gianni Belvedere's car this weekend after a passerby called about a strong odor . Witness Gabby Alcarez told ABC that she called police because '[T]he odor is pretty strong, like when I passed by it'. A recently-released audio tape of a 911 call that Miss Flint managed to make before she died from her wounds gave police other details on a suspect. She told an emergency dispatcher that . she didn't know precisely where she was but that she was near the . Westfield Mission Valley Mall. Both victims were hit in the head and torso as they sat in a black sedan outside a Macy's store in the early hours of Christmas Eve. The audio tape identifies an individual who left the scene in a 2008/2011 dark gray Honda Civic. San Diego police are baffled by the crime for which they have no motive and no suspects. The family of Miss Flint released a statement today which read: 'We consider Gianni Belvedere to be our . son as much as the Belvederes consider Ilona to be their daughter. Ilona Flint, 22, and the little brother of her fiancé Salvatore Belvedere, 22, died from gunshot wounds after being attacked outside this San Diego mall . 'The Belvedere and Flint-Jones families thank the media . for respecting our privacy during this difficult time.' Lt . Mike Hastings from the San Diego police department's homicide unit said . in December that they are looking for a 5ft 9 to 5ft 11 male of unknown . race, last seen dressed in a shirt and tan pants. Anyone . with information is asked to call the San Diego Police Department's . Homicide Unit on (619) 531-2293 or San Diego County Crime Stoppers at . (888) 580-8477. Tragic: The shooting took place in the car park of a Macy's store early on Christmas Eve morning .

Ilona Flint, 22, and Salvatore Belvedere, 22, shot dead in their car . outside a San Diego shopping mall on December 24 . Gianni Belvdere, 24, has not been seen since and not named a suspect . The man's body has not been identified by police who still have not found a motive or suspect in the killings .

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By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:59 EST, 31 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 01:10 EST, 1 February 2014 . Thirty years ago, Vicki Harris was forced to miss the championship celebration for her beloved Seattle Seahawks because she was on the brink of giving birth. But her generous son this week found the best way to make it up to her. Mike Harris bought his mom Super Bowl tickets and when they arrived at his friend's house in a FedEx box, he filmed his mother's emotional reaction. 'I knew she was going to cry but I didn’t know that there would be the total disbelief that it was happening, just because we talked about it and we hoped to do it,' he said. 'It blew me away. I had tears running down my face.' Scroll down for video . Overcome: Longtime Seahawks fan Vicki Harris was overwhelmed with emotion when her son, Mike Harris, surprised her with Super Bowl tickets . Vicki Harris has been a Seahawks fan since 1976 and has taken her son to many games. In 1983, her husband wouldn't let her go to Boeing Field to welcome the Hawks home when the team knocked off the Miami Dolphins in the playoffs because she was pregnant, MyNorthwest.com. On Sunday, she lined up with thousands of other fans to give the Seahawks a proper sendoff before they play the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII this weekend. While she was desperate to attend the game, Vicki Harris couldn't afford tickets. But early this month, Mike Harris noticed the price of tickets and accommodation had plunged due to 'cold weather and cross-country travel difficulties'. He snapped up three tickets for himself, his mom and a childhood friend, flights and hotel rooms. The loyal son said he was blown away by his mother's emotional reaction when he handed her the package. In the heartwarming video posted to YouTube, which has received more than 1.3 million hits, Vicki Harris initially couldn't believe her luck before she began sobbing, holding her head in her hands. 'Thirty years after she skipped their welcome home for my sake, I was able to return the favor in the biggest way I could ever think of,' Mike Harris said, according to Parent Herald. 'I'm excited to go see the game, but there was nothing more meaningful than to see my mom's reaction that I've shared in the video.' 'What are you talking about?' Vicki Harris was in shock when she found Super Bowl tickets inside a FedEx box given to her by her son . Emotional: Vicki Harris stared at the Super Bowl tickets in disbelief as her son Mike told her how much the tickets cost and where they would be staying . 'I knew she was going to cry': Mike Harris cried as he watched his mother Vicki's emotional reaction to receiving Super Bowl tickets . 'It blew me away. I had tears running down my face': When Mike Harris decided to film his mother Vicki's reaction, he didn't realize how emotional she would be .

Vicki Harris missed the NFL party in 1983 because she was on the brink of giving birth to son, Mike . Vicki has been a Seattle Seahawks fan since 1976 . Mike Harris made it up to her with tickets to the Super Bowl and filmed her response . 'It blew me away. I had tears running down my face,' Mike said of his mom's emotional reaction .

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By . Stewart Maclean . Last updated at 4:53 PM on 10th January 2012 . One woman died and at least 20 other people were seriously injured in a stampede today when around 5,000 prospective students rushed to register at a university in South Africa. Officials at the University of Johannesburg said two of the victims were fighting for their lives in hospital after being caught up in the crush at around 8am. The institution's vice-chancellor, Ihron Rensburg, said the tragedy happened as hopeful students and their parents pushed to get through the university's main gates for the chance to secure late registration for the new academic year, which starts later this month. Scroll down for video of the stampede . Evasion tactics: Students clamber over fences in a desperate bid to escape the crush as thousands surge through the gates of the University of Johannesburg this morning . Tragedy: The mother of one student hopeful was killed and at least 20 other people have been seriously hurt . Frantic: Around 5,000 prospective students had lined up outside the institution in the desperate hope of securing the remaining places for the next academic year . Addressing a press conference, he said: 'When we opened the gates this morning, the rush to get in created an unbearable crush on those at the front. 'The outcome was that there was a lady who was the front who was crushed and she passed away. 'Two other people suffered very serious injuries and we fear for their lives.' Prof Rensburg identified the dead woman as the mother of a male prospective student who came to the university today to apply for a place to study. He said: 'The situation was particularly tragic as the young man was inside the registration tent and had no idea that this had happened. 'We are offering counselling and support to those who have been affected by this.' Help at hand: Paramedics treat an injured woman among discarded clothing, shoes and litter. The full scale of situation remains unclear . Melee: Some students fall to the ground as others desperately try to make room for themselves amid the chaos . The university's security manager Roelet Hugo said several thousand students and their parents formed a long queue outside the institution's city centre campus from the early hours of this morning. He said several people were injured in the stampede after officials opened the gates to ease pressure on those stuck at the front. He said: 'At around 7.30am, we noticed a crowd outside the main entrance. 'We deployed security officers outside the campus, but those at the back started pushing forward and pushing people in front of them. We at that stage had no choice but to open the gate. 'But at that stage, it was too late for three people who were trampled.' Discarded shoes, clothing and blankets . today lay at the scene of the tragedy by the gates of the university's . Bunting Road campus in Johannesburg's central Auckland Park suburb. Meanwhile, . officials confirmed they had suspended the registration of prospective . students while they decided how best to proceed following the incident. Keen learners: Aspiring students queued for hours this morning in the hope of gaining a sought-after place for next year . Patient: Places are highly competitive, leading some critics to call for tougher raise the standards of entrance criteria . Johannesburg emergency services spokeswoman Nana Radebe said the number of people injured in the stampede had risen to 20. She added that emergency personnel would remain at the scene all day to ensure the situation remained calm. She . said: 'The situation is that there are currently three people in . critical, but stable conditions and 17 who suffered minor injuries. 'It is a hot day and we are worried that people might collapse as they wait outside to enter.' Meanwhile, paramedic spokesman Jeffrey . Wicks confirmed at least one woman was put on a ventilator at the scene . and said another eight suffered injuries. He . said: 'The full scale of the situation remains unclear, but we can . confirm that one woman remains in a critical condition after she . suffered severe head and chest trauma.' Officials said today's stampede was caused by a desperation to access limited places at South Africa's universities. Like universities in Britain, most students apply for places months in advance. However spaces on courses at some . institutions are offered at the last minute, usually to students from . poorer backgrounds who achieved well in their final school examinations. The lack of widespread internet . access and poor careers advice in rural or township areas means . thousands of prospective applicants are forced to turn up in person to . register their interest in further studies. Moving on up: Hundreds of thousands of students received the results of the country's school-leavers exams last week . Experts believe the problem is . symptomatic of a higher education system which has failed to expand . adequately to South Africans' growing demand for university places . following the end of apartheid. Before the advent of democracy in 1994, university places were limited largely to the white population and a tiny black elite. However, students from all backgrounds . are now able to apply for further studies, with many choosing to do so . in a country where poverty and unemployment remain common. Some critics argue that standards at . South African universities have fallen in recent years and suggest . entrance criteria should be raised. The . University of Johannesburg describes itself as a 'comprehensive' institution which offers courses ranging from diplomas to degrees. Last year, it received more than 85,000 applications for fewer than 12,000 places on its undergraduate courses. It is situated across several campuses in Johannesburg, the country's largest city.

At least 20 people injured, three critical, in crush in Johannesburg . Students and parents surged through gates to secure late places . Frenzy symptomatic of country's failure to meet university demand .

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(CNN) -- A year to the day after he killed his girlfriend, South African "blade runner" Oscar Pistorius broke his silence Friday, describing her death as a "devastating accident." The double amputee Olympic star is charged with premeditated murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, a model and law school graduate. He has never denied killing the woman he calls the love of his life on Valentine's Day last year. But he maintains that he mistook her for a home invader when he shot her in the bathroom of his upscale home in Pretoria. Since being freed on bail, he has remained largely out of the spotlight. He released a statement Friday, the anniversary of her death, saying he will carry the "complete trauma" of the day forever. "No words can adequately capture my feelings about the devastating accident that has caused such heartache for everyone who truly loved -- and continues to love Reeva," he said on his website. "The pain and sadness -- especially for Reeva's parents, family and friends consumes me with sorrow." Pistorius, an Olympic sprinter, also tweeted about her death for the first time since the shooting. "A few words from my heart," the tweet said, linking to the statement on his website. His statement got mixed reviews on social media. "Apparently Oscar Pistorius is 'consumed by sorrow'. All these perpetrators claiming victim status. Again, I want to scream," Marianna Tortell tweeted. Others were more forgiving. "God bless you, Oscar," @Sissi_olcp tweeted. "Such kind and heartfelt words. My thoughts and prayers are with you, your family and Reeva's loved ones." His trial is set to begin next month. Steenkamp's family members, including her mother, said this week that they will attend the trial. It will be the first time they'll face their daughter's boyfriend in court. "All we are looking for is closure and to know that our daughter did not suffer on that tragic Valentine's Day," the family said in a prepared statement. Prosecutors allege that Pistorius intentionally killed her after a loud argument, but he has consistently said he mistook her for an intruder. Pistorius made history when he became the first Paralympian to compete in the able-bodied Olympics in London in 2012. He ran on special carbon fiber blades affixed to his legs. He was born without the fibulae in his legs, and they were amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old. CNN's Brent Swails contributed to this report.

Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius goes on trial next month . He is charged with premeditated murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp . Pistorius says he mistook her for a home invader . "No words can adequately capture my feelings about the devastating accident," he says .

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Washington (CNN) -- Tables set in apple green, ruby and gold with arrangements of roses, hydrangeas and sweet peas awaited guests to Tuesday's White House state dinner. The place settings in fine china from three previous administrations -- Eisenhower, Clinton and George W. Bush -- are flanked by crystal glasses and five pieces of silverware. Place cards are handwritten, including two that read "The President" and "Mrs. Obama." The first state dinner of Barack Obama's presidency, in honor of visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, will take place in a tent set up on the White House South Lawn, with a view of the Washington Monument. Guests will sit at round tables for 10, with the floral arrangements intended to pay homage to the state bird of India, the Indian peacock, and the dinner featuring a seasonal menu reflecting American and Indian flavors, according to the White House. The first course will be a potato and eggplant salad made with White House-grown arugula and accompanied by an onion-seed vinaigrette. Red lentil soup with fresh cheese follows, and then a choice of entrees: roasted potato dumplings with tomato chutney, chickpeas and okra for vegetarians, or green curry prawns and caramelized salsify with smoked collard greens. Dessert will be pumpkin pie tart or pear tatin with whipped cream and caramel sauce. Each course is paired with its own wine, all of American vintage. Michelle Obama worked with guest chef Marcus Samuelsson and White House Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford to "create a menu that reflects the best of American cuisine, continues this White House's commitment to serving fresh, sustainable and regional food, and honors the culinary excellence and flavors that are present in Indian cuisine," the White House said. The herbs and lettuces were harvested from the White House Kitchen Garden started by the first lady, and honey from the White House beehive is being used to poach the dessert pears.

Dinner in honor of Indian premier will take place on White House South Lawn . Floral arrangements intended to pay homage to the Indian peacock . Dinner reflecting Indian and American flavors uses herbs from White House garden .

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By . Matt Blake . PUBLISHED: . 05:54 EST, 9 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:10 EST, 9 August 2013 . If beleaguered Anthony Weiner fails in his bid to win New York's upcoming mayoral election, it turns out he at least has a fallback option... as a British television presenter. But when that day finally comes, whatever you do, just don't ask him to do the weather. In his latest cringe-worthy performance in front of the cameras, the former Congressman attempted to deflect a tough question from an English reporter in New York yesterday by answering in a bizarre fake-British accent. And if witnesses thought it couldn't get any worse, he then tried to melt the joke's frosty reception by attempting to perform an English weather forecast. Scroll down for video. 'Am I in a Monty Python sketch?' Anthony Weiner appeared to mock British television reporter Lucy Watson when she asked him if anything would stop him after a campaign event . Odd behaviour: Deploying a bizarre fake-British accent, Weiner told ITV's Daybreak, 'I just have a feeling I've like stepped into a Monty Python bit... 'I don't know would anything stop me?' Now is a rock going to fall on my head?' The achingly awkward episode began when ITV Daybreak's Lucy Watson asked him after a campaign event if anything would stop him in his bid to be the city's new mayor. Laughing, he said: 'I just have a feeling I've like stepped into a Monty Python bit... 'I don't know would anything stop me?' Now is a rock going to fall on my head?' And as any comedian worth his salt knows, the best way to comeback after a joke falls on its face is to swiftly tell better one. So he offered: 'Is there anything else I can do for ITV? Do you want me to do the weather or something?' As reporter Lucy Watson duly obliged, he said: 'It's going to be rainy, cloudy and grey so do what you can guys, try to keep your head up and keep a stiff upper lip.' He was perhaps unaware that Britain has, ironically, been enjoying its hottest and driest summer for almost ten years. Not so sunny: He then did a mock report on the UK weather, advising Brits to 'keep a stiff upper lip' It is the latest of a string of gaffes by Weiner, whose poll lead has evaporated following revelations that he continued to exchange sexually explicit messages online after he resigned from Congress in 2011. It comes just months after Mr Weiner resigned as a Congressman amid a massive sex scandal that burst his well-known career in flames. The New Yorker was caught sending sexually explicit photos to a bevy of young women on Twitter. Beleaguered: Anthony Weiner fights off criticism as he campaigns in Staten Island, New York, last month . Humiliation: New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin attend a news conference in New York last month . After initially denying the authenticity of the photos, he was forced to admit that he had in fact been sending them while he was married to his wife, Huma Abedin. He and Ms Abedin, a longtime personal aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, were married for less than a year when the photos were discovered and the scandal tarnished his name. Adding another layer of disgrace to the situation was the fact that Ms Abedin was pregnant with the couple's first child- Jordan- when the scandal broke in May of last year. For Better: Huma Abedin (left - with her husband . on their wedding day in 2010) decided to stay in her marriage to help . Weiner and for their child Jordan (right) Fresh Revelations: New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner admitted to sexting 22-year-old Sydney Leather's (right) Ms Abedin stood by her husband, however, and kept busy at work with Ms Clinton while they weathered the storm of bad publicity. Known for his brash personality and lofty career aspirations - he was expected to run for Mayor of New York City after Michael Bloomberg's term ends next year - Mr Weiner has been keeping an uncharacteristically low profile. But it is not the first gaffe he has made in front of the cameras. He recently raised eyebrows at a political meeting in Brooklyn when he suggested that an elderly woman in the audience might be flirting with him. Weiner was taking questions from attendees at a Friends of the United Block Association of Brooklyn meeting when he noticed a gesture from one woman. ‘Were you raising your hand or flirting with me?’ Weiner asked the woman, who had tentatively raised her hand.

Weiner made joke after ITV Daybreak asked him if anything would stop him . He replied in bad British accent: 'I feel I've stepped into a Monty Python bit' Then tried to melt frosty reception by doing mock English weather forecast .

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By . Rebecca English . PUBLISHED: . 19:21 EST, 30 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:30 EST, 30 December 2013 . Taking it easier: The Queen made 341 official engagements this year - 85 fewer than in 2012 . The Queen significantly reduced the number of engagements she carried out last year, handing over more duties to younger royals. The 87-year-old monarch conducted 341 official visits, ceremonies, audiences and investitures over the last 12 months, compared to 425 in 2012 - a drop of about 20 per cent. Although the Diamond Jubilee in 2012 kept her busier than usual, her 2013 diary was noticeably slimmer than the 370 engagements she undertook in 2011 and the 444 in 2010. The last time she fulfilled foreign duties was in 2011. The Queen’s workload is still prodigious, particularly for a woman two decades over the average age of retirement. Indeed, based on these latest figures she still carries out engagements at a rate of almost one a day - in addition to the many hours she spends dealing with the red boxes full of official papers every day of the year except Christmas Day. Buckingham Palace has always been at pains to deny any suggestion that the head of state is plans to abdicate or even semi-retire in favour of her eldest son, Prince Charles. He turned 65 in November and is the longest-serving heir apparent in British history. However the latest tally is a sign that the Queen is, inevitably, slowing down. Earlier this year, palace officials were forced to announce what many royal watchers had known for some time - that the Queen had decided to completely scale back on her long-haul foreign travel. In November Charles attended the bi-annual Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka on behalf of his mother for the first time in her six decade reign. Indeed, the last time the Queen undertook any foreign engagement was back in 2011 - although it is very likely she will attend the 70th anniversary commemorations of the Normandy Landings in France next year. Back at home, Prince Charles, Princess Anne and now even her grand-son, Prince William, are taking on more of her physically strenuous duties such as investitures, which require the Queen to stand on her feet, pinning on medals and wielding her father’s sword, for more than an hour at a time. A senior royal source told the Mail: ‘The simple truth is that the Queen is simply unable to keep working at the same pace she has done for the last 60 years. More duties: Prince Charles and Princess Anne are taking on more of the Queen's physically demanding roles . ‘She isn’t retiring, she isn’t taking it easy, but she is scaling back some of her more strenuous duties.’Michael Ellis, the chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, who organised the commission of a special stained glass window in Westminster Hall to mark the event, also insisted that she was not scaling back her duties. ‘On the contrary, the fact that at age 87 she is still carrying out 341 official duties shows that Her Majesty continues to be highly devoted to her role as our Queen and I believe that she will continue in that role for many years to come,’ he said. ‘She works her way through reams of papers, she undertakes numerous audiences and she remains an example of duty and service to this country.’ The Queen’s 92-year-old husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, has also seen a reduction in his workload. In 2012 he conducted 325 official engagements, which fell to fewer than 200 this past year. This is largely due to an extensive period of convalescence following surgery earlier this year. Passing the baton: Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge have also taken on events, though fewer as they are not full-time royals . Charles was the busiest member of the Royal Family with more than 500 official engagements under his belt, followed by Princess Anne. Last week the prince was named by a Danish newspaper as the hardest working member of any Royal Family in Europe. At the bottom of the list are the youngest royals, Prince William, Prince Harry and the Duchess of Cambridge. The brothers carried out just over 50 engagements each, but this is due to the fact that both had full-time jobs in the military and are not classed as full-time working royals. Prince Harry also undertook a four-month posting in Afghanistan and a four-week charity trek to the South Pole. Kate, 31, undertook just 43 engagements, but her staff have always insisted she does not want to be a full-time working royal either. She went on maternity leave in June in advance of the birth of her first baby, Prince George, the following month.

The 87-year-old monarch conducted 341 official engagements in 2013 . This is down 85 from 425 in 2012, the year of her Diamond Jubilee . Other royals, such as Prince Charles and Princess Anne, have taken on extra .

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West Ham striker Andy Carroll is set to make his return from injury in a practice match on Wednesday against Southend at Chadwell Heath. The England international is yet to feature this season due to an ankle injury but is primed to play. Club-record signing Carroll will make his eagerly-anticipated return barring any last-minute setbacks almost six months after last featuring for West Ham against Manchester City on May 11. West Ham striker Andy Carroll is set to make his return from injury in a practice match on Wednesday . The England international is yet to feature this season due to an ankle injury but is primed to make his return . Meanwhile, Diafra Sakho has recovered from a shoulder injury and is in line to make a welcome return to the squad for Saturday's Barclays Premier League match against Aston Villa. The summer arrival from Metz was forced to sit out the 2-2 draw at Stoke over the weekend after suffering the knock in the recent victory over reigning champions Manchester City. Stijn Vandenbrouke, West Ham's head of medical and sports science, has revealed Sakho will be back at Upton Park on Saturday. 'Diafra ran individually on Monday at Chadwell Heath and will be available for the game,' Vandenbroucke told the club's official website. West Ham striker Diafra Sakho (right) celebrates after scoring in the 2-1 victory against Manchester City . Billi Mucklow confirmed the engagement with Carroll on her Instagram from the Italian capital Rome . The newly engaged couple pose for a picture inside the plane at Rome airport before arriving back in London .

West Ham's Andy Carroll is primed to play against Southend on Wednesday . The England international has been absent with an ankle injury . Carroll recently proposed to girlfriend Billi Mucklow in Rome .

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By . Jack Doyle, John Stevens and Vanessa Allen . PUBLISHED: . 03:36 EST, 15 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:05 EST, 15 July 2013 . A double killer is believed to have murdered again within hours of being freed early – for the second time. Ian McLoughlin, 55, went to the home of a paedophile he had met in jail and allegedly stabbed a neighbour to death after a row broke out. Last night, as police hunted the ‘dangerous’ fugitive, relatives of one of his earlier victims demanded to know why a ‘monster’ had been freed allegedly to murder again. And the widow of the latest man to die said: ‘I’ve lost my rock.’ Family man: Graham Buck, 66, who died int he latest killing, is circled in a family photo . Police looking for double killer Ian McLoughlin in connection with a suspected murder in a quiet village have released this image . Wanted: Ian McLoughlin is believed to have met convicted paedophile Francis Cory-Wright, 88, in prison . McLoughlin, who also used the name . Baker, was freed from jail on day release on Saturday morning and by the . afternoon had apparently stabbed to death a Good Samaritan who caught . him robbing a neighbour’s home. On his first day of unsupervised . release, McLoughlin is said to have targeted the £1million home of Old . Etonian Francis Cory-Wright, 87,a convicted paedophile he got to know . while the two were in prison together. He is believed to have been . interrupted by a neighbour, named yesterday as grandfather and . father-of-three Graham Buck, who overheard shouting and went to help. McLoughlin is suspected of grabbing a . knife from the kitchen and repeatedly stabbing Mr Buck, 66, a retired . businessman, before fleeing with thousands of pounds in cash. The killing has disturbing . similarities to his first two killings, both of which were followed by . the theft of the dead man’s belongings. In 1990, McLoughlin forced his . landlord, Peter Halls, to lie down on the bed then stabbed him through . the neck and stole luxury goods worth thousands of pounds. Forensics officers today worked at Cory-Wright's stone house in the village of Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire . Victim's home: A statement released by Mr Buck's family today said: 'We were all in such a happy place as a family... We cannot get over that we have lost him' That brutal murder took place only 17 months after he was released from a five-year jail term for another killing. At the time, Mr Halls’s sister Pamela . condemned his release from jail in the first place, saying: ‘McLoughlin . should not have been released after he committed this sort of crime the . first time.’ Yesterday, when it emerged that he was . granted day release from an open prison as part of his . ‘rehabilitation’, she branded the justice system ‘a joke’. The 71-year-old mother-of-two from . Brighton said: ‘This monster has struck again and has been allowed to . strike again because he has been freed to walk the streets just as he . was with my poor brother. ‘Justice in this country is just a . joke. How can this man keep being released to kill again? He was given a . life sentence and that should have meant life. If it did it looks like . this poor chap in Hertfordshire would still be alive. ‘I pray he is caught soon. Nothing can . change men like McLoughlin, he is evil and should have been left . rotting in a prison cell where he deserves to be, not free to kill and . kill again.’ Company director Graham Buck, 66, left, died after he went to help neighbour Francis Cory-Wright, 87, right . She said she had spent more than 20 years trying to come to terms with her brother’s killing. She said: ‘I have tried to put Peter’s . killing behind me but you never forget. Now all the terrible emotions I . felt have come back to the surface. ‘McLoughlin has never shown a scrap of remorse for what he did to Peter. I would be happy if they gave him a lethal injection.’ Mr Buck leaves a wife, two sons, a . daughter and two grandchildren, and a wife from a previous marriage. His . wife, Karen, a 55-year-old nurse, said: ‘I’ve lost my rock. I wouldn’t . be able to do half the things I’ve done since being with Graham if it . wasn’t for him. He and his family have always been there for me in . difficult times. I don’t know what I’ll do without him.’ In a statement, his family added: ‘We . have no words to express how much Graham will be missed. We were all in . such a happy place as a family. We were all so settled, with growing . numbers of grandchildren whom he adored being around. ‘We haven’t seen him happier than being around his grandchildren, he was so proud. We cannot get over that we have lost him.’ Police and forensics officers worked on the houses belonging to both Mr Buck and Cory-Wright today . Idyllic: Police officers today guarded the house of stabbing victim Graham Buck in the quiet rural village . McLoughlin first killed in 1983 aged 25. After crashing his car while drunk he admitted to police he had done a ‘bad thing’. They went to the home of Len Delgatty, . 49, from Stoke Newington, North London, and found his body upside down . in a cupboard, with the skull smashed in seven times with a hammer. The . house had been ransacked for cash. McLoughlin was charged with murder but . was found guilty of manslaughter, after he claimed he had attacked . Delgatty – who had served time for having sex with teenage boys – only . after he told him of a fantasy for under-age sex. He was released after . only five years after behaving as a ‘model prisoner’, but within 17 . months he had killed again. He was sentenced to 25 years for . murdering Mr Halls, his Brighton landlord, and was not eligible for . parole for another three years. The house of the dead man, who was in his sixties, was cordoned off by police officers after the attack . Police guard the home of Cory-Wright in the sleepy Hertfordshire village of Little Gaddesden, near Berkhamsted . But early on Saturday, McLoughlin, who . also used the name Baker, was let out of Spring Hill open prison in . Grendon Underwood, Buckinghamshire, for 12 hours unsupervised. He was . due back at 7pm. He made his way to the quiet village . of Little Gaddesden in Hertfordshire, less than 30 miles away, to the . £1million home of Corey-Wright, a former Lloyd’s underwriter whose . grandfather, Sir Arthur Cory-Wright, was High Sheriff of Hertfordshire. The Oxford graduate returned home last year from a 30-month sentence for indecently assaulting a ten-year-old boy 35 years ago. Mr Buck, who lived two doors down, had . been watching the Ashes cricket at home. At around 3.30pm, he overheard . shouting and went to help. Detective Chief Superintendent Jeff . Hill said McLoughlin went to the property for a ‘purely financial . motive’. He warned the public that McLoughlin is ‘extremely dangerous’ and should not be approached. Paying tribute to Mr Buck, he said he had . ‘paid the ultimate price for intervening at the home of an elderly . neighbour’. Cory-Wright, who suffered injuries during the attack, was discharged from hospital yesterday. Police today issued a wanted poster as they said they were launching a 'massive manhunt' for the suspect . Ian John McLoughlin, also known as Ian John Baker, has been described as ‘astonishingly bright’, with an IQ of 140. Born in Lancashire in 1958, he spent much of his youth in care homes and picked up a string of convictions for petty theft and burglary. By his early 20s he was a drifter, reportedly earning money as a rent boy and sleeping rough when his cash ran out. He briefly married at 25, but his marriage collapsed under the strain of his heavy drinking and his continued involvement in crime and prostitution. In October 1983 he was stopped by police after crashing a stolen car in London while drunk. Kept in a cell to sober up, he demanded to see the custody sergeant and told him: ‘I’ve done a bad thing.’ McLoughlin had killed a gay man, Len Delgatty, smashing his skull seven times with a hammer before strangling him with a towel. At his trial, McLoughlin told the jury that Delgatty, 49, – who had previous convictions for sexually abusing teenage boys – had played him an audio tape describing a graphic sexual fantasy of having under-age sex with a teenage boy. McLoughlin claimed he had ‘panicked’ and repeatedly struck out at Delgatty. He said he had thrown the tape away. The jury convicted him of manslaughter, not murder, and he was sentenced to 13 years, reduced to eight on appeal – he was released in 1989 after serving only five years. Seventeen months later he stabbed gay barman Peter Halls, 55, through the neck at his home in Brighton. In July 1992, he was convicted of murder and given a life sentence, with a minimum tariff of 25 years. McLoughlin’s 25-year minimum term would have meant he was eligible for release on licence in 2017 but he was moved to a Category D ‘open resettlement prison’ so he could prepare for life outside.

Police hunt Ian McLoughlin, 55, after suspected murder in quiet Hertfordshire village . Neighbour Graham Buck, 66, had his throat cut when he went to help convicted paedophile Francis Cory-Wright, 87 . Cory-Wright served time alongside McLoughlin while pair were in prison . Police say 'extremely dangerous' McLoughlin is on the run from Spring Hill open prison near Aylesbury and could be armed . McLoughlin, who is 22 years into a 25-year sentence, first killed in 1983: Len Delgatty, 49, who drowned in his own blood . In 1990 he killed gay publican Peter Halls in Brighton, stabbing him in neck, and should still be in prison as a result .

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By . Gerri Peev . PUBLISHED: . 16:43 EST, 26 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:19 EST, 27 May 2013 . Tory donors have threatened to switch their allegiance to UKIP unless David Cameron adopts a tougher stance on Europe. In yet another blow to his leadership, former Tory treasurer Lord Kalms said he was ‘willing to pack my bags’ and sign up with UKIP unless the Prime Minister adopted more traditional Tory policies. UKIP leader Nigel Farage is set to seize on discontent among Tory MPs and UKIP’s recent success in the polls with a fund-raising appeal. Leaving: Senior Torys have said that they are willing to 'pack their bags' and leave for UKIP if the Conservatives don't change their policy . He has been invited by City financier Crispin Odey to pitch to wealthy donors for support. Lord Kalms, the Dixons tycoon, is one of the most likely to start bankrolling UKIP. He said Mr Farage was ‘very, very attractive’ and a ‘first-rate guy,’ adding: ‘UKIP deserve all the support they get.’ He told the Sunday Times: ‘I have always been a Conservative but that loyalty is wearing very, very thin.’ ‘If UKIP has the right policies, that’s where we’ll go. I am very, very disenchanted and won’t tolerate being dragged down into Europe without some fight.’ Defecting: Nigel Farage revealed that at least one Conservative MP has used a go-between to discuss switching to UKIP . He urged the PM to stop trying ‘to be all things to all men - that means you are nothing to nobody’. Lord Kalms was stripped of the Tory whip after he said he would lend his vote to UKIP in 2009. But last year, he donated £5000 to the Conservatives in Harlow, Essex. He and his wife Lady Pamela, have given the Tories £761,287 since 2001. Three of the most generous donors to the Conservatives have reportedly complained about the PM’s emphasis on gay marriage. Support: Nigel Farage has been invited by City financier Crispin Odey to pitch to wealthy donors . Separately, one former Tory donor Andy Brough, has joined UKIP. Backing from more heavyweight donors will be welcomed by UKIP after one of its recent bankrollers, Demetri Marchessini, was criticised for writing a book telling women to stop wearing trousers. A boost in financial support is likely to follow UKIP’s recent success in the local elections, where it won 23 per cent of the vote. It is also on course to come first in the European elections next year. But the rising profile of the party recently led to a bitter confrontation with protesters in Edinburgh which left the party leader shaken. Mr Farage was forced to barricade himself into a pub after angry Scots turned on him, calling him a ‘racist scumbag’. Mr Farage has revealed he has now had to rethink his security situation and hired bodyguards. ‘I have to think about security for the first time ever, I’m afraid. Horrible,’ he said. He added,’ What I’ve done for the last 15 years is to book halls all over the country... and just turn up, park outside, bowl in, do my bit, meet the people afterwards. Sadly that’s going to change.’ A summit to discuss an electoral pact with UKIP is also being planned by the Bow Group - whose president is Sir John Major - and the Conservative Grassroots [corr] body of local parties. The event, Deal or No Deal, is being held in the Commons on June 24. Nadine Dorries, the Conservative MP who was only given back the whip this month after an unauthorised absence from parliament to perform in a reality TV show, reiterated plans for MPs to seek endorsement from UKIP. She told Sky’s Murnaghan: ‘It almost seems a nonsense where you have two people who think and have the same values standing against each other.’ Values: Nadine Dorries reiterated plans for MPs to seek endorsement from UKIP as they have the same values . She added ‘Every Conservative MP has to be adopted by their Conservative association and then they could seek endorsement from UKIP with a double logo. After all, we have just recently voted to change the law to allow that to happen.’ In an interview with the Sunday Times, Mr Farage revealed that UKIP was speaking to ‘about 20’ Tory MPs about standing on a joint ticket. He also cited two Labour MPs - Kate Hoey and Gisela Stewart - who the party would not stand against as they were considered ‘friends’ in the Eurosceptic movement. He is also in talks with Tory councillors who want to defect, while one Tory MP had been in touch with a go-between but Mr Farage had vetoed him after taking one look at his voting record and deciding, ‘no, no way’.

Former treasurer Lord Kalms said he was willing to sign up with UKIP . Believes Cameron must return to traditional Tory policies on Europe . Nigel Farage has been invited to pitch to wealthy donors for support . Is raising funds following UKIP's recent success at the polls .

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(CNN) -- Hospitals across the Denver metropolitan area treated dozens of people, many of them critically wounded, in the aftermath of Friday's mass shooting at a movie theater. The youngest of the injured, a 4-month-old boy, was treated and released from a hospital. Ten people died at the theater in Aurora and two died later at hospitals, officials said. Another 58 people were injured in the massacre. Among the dead was an aspiring Colorado sports reporter in her mid-20s, according to a statement from her brother. "Jessica (Ghawi) has indeed died of injuries sustained in the shooting," Jordan Ghawi said on his blog, citing the coroner's office. Families of the victims had not been notified by midafternoon Friday because there was still an active investigation at the crime scene, Aurora police said. Patricia Legarreta, who went to the movie with her fiance, their 4-month-old baby and 4-year-old daughter, tearfully recalled what happened. Legarreta, who suffered wounds to the leg, said she grabbed her son and daughter and headed for the door. "There was a moment where my daughter tripped. I pulled her up and I was just dragging her and I was just thinking we've just got to get out." Legarreta and her fiance, Jamie Rohrs, later spoke about their ordeal on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight." "I'm trying to get out of the way but people are falling next to me, but I am all right, thinking this is it," said Rohrs. In the chaos, the couple, who had recently moved to Colorado from New Mexico, became separated. Rohrs eventually learned Legarreta and their children made it out of the theater. At the hospital, the couple had an unexpected conversation. "He had gone to the restroom and came out," Legarreta said of Rohrs. "And he just looked at me and he said 'I know this is not the time and place, but will you marry me?' And I said, 'yes.' Going through 10 minutes of thinking he was dead and I would never see him again, you never want that feeling again." Gunman fires on audience in Colorado theater . The wounded were being treated at five medical centers. CNN was unable to account for all 58 injured from lists provided by officials. Hospitals gave these accounts Friday afternoon: . -- University of Colorado Hospital had 23 patients, nine remaining in critical condition. Ten patients were treated and released. -- Denver Health Medical Center received six patients. Three remained in fair condition and three were released. A patient was transported to the hospital later and was in fair condition. -- Children's Hospital Colorado said it had six injured, ranging from critical to good condition. One patient had passed away. -- Swedish Medical Center had three patients in fair condition. A 19-year-old man was treated and released. -- Parker Adventist Hospital treated and released two patients. U.S. troops were among the casualties in the shooting rampage at the Century 16 movie theaters, the Pentagon said Friday. The Defense Department released a statement that said one sailor was injured and another one, known to have been at the theater, was unaccounted for. Two airmen were wounded in the incident, it said. 911 tape: 'I need somebody to shut this movie off' Witnesses described Friday's deadly shooting as harrowing and chaotic, while victims and their families tried to cope with the bloody aftermath. In Friday's early morning hours, a police officer was seen carrying a young girl, described as bloodied and motionless. "I honestly can't think of any kind of person who would intentionally hurt a little girl," Alex Milano told CNN affiliate KUSA. "I don't know whose little girl that was, but my heart goes out to them." Gunman turns movie into surreal horror: 'This is real' "I saw at least four maybe five people who were limping, wounded," said Milano. "The most that I saw was a girl that was pretty much covered in blood, and she didn't have any wounds on her. It made me think the worst." "There was this one guy who was on all fours crawling. There was this girl spitting up blood," Donovan Tate recalled to CNN affiliate KCNC. "There were bullet holes in some people's backs, some people's arms." Romney, Obama make statements on shooting, cancel campaign events . Are you there? Share your story with CNN iReport and post tributes to the victims. CNN's David Ariosto, Joe Sutton, Phil Gast, Audrey Irvine and Dave Alsup contributed to this report .

NEW: Couple who took two children to movie give emotional account of what happened . Dozens of people were treated in five Denver-area hospitals after the shootings . At least three service members also were hurt, the Pentagon says .

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By . Simon Tomlinson . PUBLISHED: . 08:03 EST, 31 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:08 EST, 31 January 2013 . A body pulled from a canal in New Jersey is believed to be that of missing bartender Sarah Majoras, it was revealed today. The 39-year-old disappeared after walking home alone from a nightclub, close to the frozen Delaware & Raritan Canal in Lambertville, in the early hours of Saturday. Prosecutors said the body, which was found in the same stretch of water where her friend died 12 years ago, matches her description, but said formal identification had yet to take place. Scroll down for video . Macabre discovery: A body pulled from a canal in New Jersey is thought to be that of missing bartender Sarah Majoras (pictured), who disappeared after walking home alone in the early hours of last Saturday . Fearing the worst: Prosecutors said the body matches the 39-year-old's description, but say formal identification had yet to take place . The discovery came after a boot thought to belong to Majoras was found in the canal and shortly after prosecutor Anthony Kearns made a renewed appeal for information about her disappearance. Kearns said they were investigating reports Majoras had been approached by a man hours before she was last seen. Although he said foul play could have been a factor in her death, he said there was no evidence of such as yet, it was reported on www.lehighvalleylive.com. He has also downplayed any connection . between her disappearance and the death of one of her friends, whose . body was found in the same canal 12 years ago. Last images: This surveillance footage released by the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office shows Marjoras walking home from work in the early hours of Saturday shortly before she disappeared . Clue? Prosecutors said they were investigating reports Majoras had been approached by a man hours before she was last seen . In 2000, musician David Anderson, an Ottsville . area native, was reportedly seen on the same path on his way to see Majoras's boyfriend David . Baker when he fell into the water. Anderson's death was ruled as accidental. Messages of condolence have already . started pouring into the 'Find Sarah Majoras' Facebook page in a sign . that her friends and loved ones are braced for the worst. Kearns said her family were 'saddened and heartbroken'. Desperate search: Police divers cut holes in the ice of the frozen over canal on Sunday as they looked for a missing woman in Pennsylvania . Workplace: Majoras was last seen after leaving John & Peter's Bar (above), where she had been drinking and listening to music with friends on a night off . Marjoras was last seen on . surveillance video at about 2am on Saturday crossing into the city from . New Hope, where she had worked at John & Peter's Bar for 15 years. Cameras show her turning north onto Lambert Lane and walking toward her home in the 100 block of North Union Street. She was not working on Friday night, but had been drinking and listening to music with friends. Her boyfriend Adam Baker called the bar when she did not return home and she was reported missing at around 2pm on Saturday. Short journey: Miss Majoras was believed to have been walking the one-mile route to her home in the early hours of Saturday when she vanished . Specialist divers have been searching . the canal every day since her disappearance and a police helicopter has . also been assisting in the search. John & Peter's nightclub has also put up her missing poster on their website. Majoras is described as 5ft 4ins and weighing 140lb. She has blue eyes, blonde hair and was last seen wearing blue jeans, brown leather boots, white cap and a camouflage jacket. View more videos at: http://nbcphiladelphia.com.

Body matches description of 39-year-old Sarah Majoras, says prosecutor . Was last seen walking home alone after drinking with friends at a nightclub .

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The 43 Mexican students who disappeared in southern Mexico in September were abducted by police on order of a local mayor, and are believed to have been turned over to a gang that killed them and burned their bodies before throwing some remains in a river, the nation's attorney general said Friday. This is the conclusion that investigators have reached, Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam said, though he cautioned that it cannot be known with certainty until DNA tests confirm the identities. This will be a challenge, he said, as the badly burned fragments make it difficult to extract DNA. "I have to identify, to do everything in my power, to identify, to know if these were the students," Murillo said. Parents of the college students reacted immediately, some saying the evidence is inconclusive and insisting that their children are alive. "We are not going to believe anything until the experts tell us: You know what? It is them," Mario Cesar Gonzalez, the father of one of the students, told CNN en Español. Another parent, Isrrael Galindo, said the government is getting ahead of itself in an attempt to get protests over the disappearance of the students to stop and the public to stop demanding answers. "The government is trying to resolve things its way so that to rid itself of this great problem it is facing," Galindo, who lives in California but whose wife and children are in Mexico, told CNN en Español. "My son is alive. My son is alive. My son is alive," he repeated. The parents have been highly critical of President Enrique Peña Nieto for his administration's handling of the investigation. A cell phone video from a closed-door meeting with the President, released on YouTube, shows family members accusing Peña Nieto of being out of touch with who the students are. One family member on the recording suggests the President should resign if he can't deliver answers. Describing the federal investigation as one of the most complex in recent times, Murillo outlined what he said befell the students from a rural teacher's college in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero state. Police linked to disappearance . The victims were men mostly in their 20s studying to become teachers at a college in rural Ayotzinapa. On September 26, they traveled on buses and vans to nearby Iguala for a protest about lack of funding for their school. They haven't been seen or heard from since. Three men arrested in connection with the disappearance of the students admitted to having killed a large number of people believed to be the students, Murillo said. Murillo said police officers handed the victims to the three men, who he said belong to the Guerreros Unidos gang. Authorities have arrested Iguala Mayor Jose Luis Abarca, called the "probable mastermind" in the mass abduction, and his wife, Maria de los Angeles Pineda. They were captured while hiding out in Mexico City earlier this week. The school the missing students belong to has a history that dates back more than 80 years and is known as a bastion of the Mexican left. Its students are known for their activism. Officials have said that when the mayor and his wife learned the students' protest would disrupt one of his events, the mayor ordered then-Iguala police Chief Felipe Flores Velasquez to stop the demonstration. The former police chief remains a fugitive. Slain Mexican student's friends, family demand justice . Shortly after Murillo announced the latest in the investigation, President Peña Nieto said the findings "outrage and offend all of Mexican society." "With firm determination, the government will continue the efforts for a full accounting of the incident," Peña Nieto said. "The capture of those who ordered it isn't enough; we will arrest everyone who participated in these abominable crimes." So far, 74 people have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of the students, the government said. Mexican governor steps aside after student kidnappings . Officials: Men burned at dump . Murillo on Friday repeated the claim that the order to abduct the students came from the mayor. The police confronted the students twice on their journey, killing three in one confrontation, and forcibly taking all of them to a police station the second time, the attorney general said. The students were then moved to a location where they were handed over to members of the Guerreros Unidos gang, he said. The gang members transported the students in various trucks to a garbage dump, Murillo said. Some were dead already, and those who were alive were questioned by gang members about their alleged involvement with other gangs, Murillo said. There is no evidence to show that the students were involved with gangs, he said. The attorney general identified the three gang members who confessed as Patricio Reyes Landa, Jhonatan Osorio Gomez and Agustin Garcia Reyes. The suspects told police they don't remember exactly how many people they killed, but they were told by their leaders that there were more than 40, Murillo said. The abducted men were then burned at the dump in a fire that was kept alive for at least 14 hours by adding diesel fuel, tires and debris, the attorney general said. The next day, the gang members were ordered to further break up the remains and place them in black garbage bags that were tossed into the San Juan River, Murillo said. Scuba divers searched the river and found pieces of the bags and remains. One bag was found intact, with human remains inside, the attorney general said. "I know the huge pain this information gives the families, a pain that we all share in solidarity," Murillo said. The Iguala incident has sparked protests all across Mexico, some of them violent. There have been multiple acts of vandalism in Guerrero state. Protesters have blocked roads and tollbooths in cities like Chilpancingo, the capital. They have also blocked access to shopping malls in the beach resort of Acapulco. The protests spread to the capital, where tens of thousands marched this week demanding that the missing students be found alive. The governor of Guerrero state -- criticized for not acting quickly enough after the abductions -- has taken a leave of absence.

Mexico's attorney general provides new details on the missing students . He says police kidnapped them at the mayor's orders . They were handed over to a gang, the attorney general says .

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She's been modelling since the 1980s, has mothered three children and was - and still is - a permanent fixture on the London party season. But as Yasmin Le Bon celebrates her half century today, she still looks as youthful as she did in the 1987's Guess? campaign that made her a household name. Whether she's showcasing her enviable curves in a Speedo campaign or stomping down the runway with her daughter at London Fashion Week, Yasmin truly defies her years. In celebration of her big 5-0, FEMAIL has rounded up the timeless supermodel's best moments. Scroll down for video . Happy birthday, Yasmin! Mrs Le Bon proves that she's still flawless at 50 in her most recent campaign for Winser London. FEMAIL toasts to fifty fabulous years . Born in Oxford to an Iranian father and English mother, Yasmin's modelling career began early. After a few local modelling gigs, she was snapped up by esteemed agency, Model 1 in London. What's her secret? Yasmin, who today turns 50, was unveiled as the face and body of the Speedo Sculpture swimwear collection earlier this year . Fashion's darling: She shot to fame in the 1980s and is still a regular fixture at fashion weeks all over the globe . On the runway: She's had over thirty years on the modelling circuit, but proved she's still got it as she opened the Gyunel show earlier this year . Cover star: Yasmin modelling for House of Fraser in 2008 - looking as flawless back then as she does now . She then went on to become one of the highest earning models of the 1980s, appearing on the glossy covers of the first American and British issues of Elle; campaigns for Guess?, M&S and Matthew Williamson followed. She has also worked for Banana Republic, Calvin Klein, Versace, Chanel, Christian Dior and Avon. Clearly not letting her age define her, Yasmin is still the cover girl for high-end brands and looks the picture of youth as she models Winser London's AW14 offering. Snapped up by the brand for the fourth consecutive season, Winser London believe that the supermodel and mother captures the spirit of their brand perfectly. 'She is stunning, stylish and real,' said the founder. 'Yasmin juggles a busy career, family and husband, like so many women today, yet she always looks effortlessly elegant and is always fun to be with.' Catwalk star through the ages: Yasmin in a creation by designer Ronit Zilkha during the AW show back in 2001 in London . Nearly half a century ago: Yasmin Le Bon,left, walking down the Chanel fashion show catwalk, hand-in-hand with daughter Amber Rose (aged 20 months) and best friend Gail Elliott 23 years ago . From catwalk to red carpet: Yasmin, pictured in the 1990s, was a regular fixture on the runway and at exclusive celebrity parties . One love: She has three children, including her famous model daughter, Amber, with Simon Le Bon, lead singer of Duran Duran . Good genes: Yasmin and Amber Le Bon model a locket for an anti-malaria charity in 2010 - they have worked together several times since . Campaign star: Yasmin wearing a fake fur at the launch of the Lynx anti-fur poster in 2000 . Big name: Yasmin, left, in the Mulger show and, right, walking for Valentino in the 1990s . Timeless beauty: Yasmin shows off her trim figure, which she still maintains, in 1990 at the Azzedine Alaia fashion show, left, and at Milan fashion week, right . This isn't the only brand Yasmin has been lending her good looks to this year. Yasmin was unveiled as the face and body of the Speedo Sculpture swimwear collection. With more than thirty years of experience behind her, Yasmin has developed a handbook to help women overcome body issues and feel more confident and comfortable in their swimwear. Speaking about this, Yasmin said: 'After spending 33 years on the modelling circuit I have heard all of the tricks of the trade. 'The best advice I've received on looking your best in a swimsuit, is to wear it with confidence and a smile; it instantly changes your appearance.' She has three children, including her famous model daughter, Amber, with Simon Le Bon, lead singer of Duran Duran and earlier this year opened and closed the Gyunel show at London Fashion Week with her 25-year-old daughter. Vintage Le Bon: Yasmin walking on the Milan catwalk wearing Ferre in 1990 - the height of her fame .

Yasmin celebrates 50th today . Shot to fame in 1987 in Guess? campaign . Has three children with Duran Duran star .

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By . Mark Duell . Last updated at 6:32 PM on 21st September 2011 . It’s one of the biggest court cases the U.S. has seen in recent decades, so there were plenty of pictures taken of Casey Anthony as she sat in court and got led out of jail two months ago. But it turns out the 25-year-old is doing some snapping of herself while in hiding in northern Florida, taking pictures of landscapes and wildlife - as far away from other people as possible in the state. She is an avid photographer and is taking online courses, while also learning a foreign language because she may leave the U.S. once her probation is up next year, sources told People magazine. After court: Casey Anthony, 25, is reportedly an avid photographer and is taking online courses, while also learning a foreign language because she may leave the U.S. once her probation finishes next year . She was described by a Department of Corrections spokesman as ‘one of the most hated women in America’ following her acquittal on charges of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee. Anthony told an Orange County jail guard she had considered dentistry, fashion and law as career options - but did not like enjoy media outlets choosing the ‘ugliest pictures of her’, reported People. Last month on August 9, she received a batch of birthday cards on the day when Caylee would have turned six. They looked quite normal on the outside but were filled inside with hateful messages. ‘Caylee will never be six because of you, you horrible bitch,’ one hand-scratched message said. She is currently in hiding while on probation for cheque fraud. ‘She would love to go out to meet friends and do public things but she knows she can’t,’ one source in contact with her told People. Another source told People: ‘There are people out there who would like nothing more than to beat her up - or worse’. She has also been seeing a psychiatrist and grief counsellor. Mum and dad: The much-anticipated Dr Phil national television interview her parents, George and Cindy, did earlier this month has reportedly destroyed Casey Anthony's relationship with her father . The much-anticipated Dr Phil national television interview her parents, George and Cindy, had earlier this month has reportedly destroyed her relationship with her father. 'She would love to go out to meet friends and do public things but she knows she can’t' Mr Anthony said he is unlikely to ever speak to his daughter again after being so hurt by allegations put to him during the trial that he sexually abused her as a child. He denied the claims. But Mrs Anthony has always held the belief that Caylee drowned and her daughter knew where the toddler was buried and may have had help placing her body there. Caylee was the focus of a wide-ranging search after her disappearance in June 2008. Casey Anthony told police that a fictitious babysitter had kidnapped the child. The 25-year-old maintained the same story to her family until the child's skeletal remains were found in a wooded area in December 2008 not far from the home of George and Cindy Anthony. Dead child: Caylee Anthony was the focus of a wide-ranging search after her disappearance in June 2008. Casey Anthony told police that a fictitious babysitter had kidnapped the child . During her trial prosecutors argued that Casey Anthony killed the girl by smothering her with duct tape and later buried her to hide the body. 'There are people out there who would like nothing more than to beat her up - or worse' But defence lawyers suggested Caylee died from an accidental drowning in a backyard swimming pool. She was acquitted in July, but convicted of four charges of lying to police. She is currently somewhere in northern Florida serving a year of probation on a separate check fraud conviction. Authorities are keeping her whereabouts confidential for her safety. Despite her acquittal, Casey Anthony has been scorned by the public, and her parents - who at times have defended her - have not fared much better in popular opinion. Cindy Anthony said that while she believes her granddaughter drowned, she didn't believe defence attorney Jose Baez's assertion that George Anthony was there or helped cover up the death.

Casey Anthony, 25, acquitted in July of murdering little daughter Caylee . She is an avid photographer, taking courses and learning foreign language . Still in hiding in Florida and could leave U.S. once year of probation finishes .

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By . James Chapman . A 5p charge for plastic bags expected to cut their use by at least three-quarters will be introduced next year, the Queen told Parliament today. The levy - applying to supermarkets and larger stores - is to be implemented by the Government following a six-year campaign by the Daily Mail. Prime Minister David Cameron had previously warned stores that unless they significantly cut the numbers of bags being handed out, they would be forced to start charging customers – but the numbers given away have risen. Scroll down for video . Her Majesty smiles at Earl Marshall as she leaves Parliament after delivering the Queen's Speech. In her address she revealed the Government's plans to introduce a 5p charge on plastic bags . David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband walking through the Members' Lobby in Parliament before the Queen's Speech today. The Prime Minister told supermarkets that they had to cut down on their use of plastic bags - or be forced to charge customers for them . Eight billion used in England each year: Environmental campaigners say the carriers, each used for just 20 minutes on average, take up to 1,000 years to degrade (file picture) More than eight billion disposable bags are used in England each year, or a staggering 130 per person. Environmental campaigners say the carriers, each used for just 20 minutes on average, take up to 1,000 years to degrade. As well as causing serious harm to marine animals and birds, they blight Britain’s coastline, with 70 bags littering every mile. Today’s Queen’s Speech, setting out the coalition’s programme for its final eleven months in power before the general election, confirmed plans to legislate for a 5p charge to be implemented by next October. The Queen told MPs and peers: 'My government will continue to implement major reforms to the electricity market and reduce the use of plastic carrier bags to help protect the environment.' Throwaway society: The Mail launched its Banish the Bags campaign in 2008 (above) in an effort to reduce the waste, cost and environmental damage associated with the billions of plastic bags given away each year . The new plastic bag charge is expected . to raise millions of pounds a year for charities and good causes likely . to be nominated by stores. Small and medium sized businesses, with 500 . employees or fewer, will be excluded to protect independent retailers. 'We are not trying to tax people. We are trying to change people’s behaviour, encourage much more environmentally-friendly behaviour' Ed Davey, Energy and Climate Change Secretary . Ministers expect the measure, which will require secondary legislation, to reduce bag use by between 75 and 80 per cent. A similar charge applying to single-use carrier bags has already been introduced in Wales and Northern Ireland, and dramatically reduced their use. Retailers in Scotland will start charging for bags in October 2014. Liberal Democrat sources claim the scheme faced opposition from the Treasury, which was concerned about being seen to impose extra costs on shoppers. Eco-friendly: Prime Minister David Cameron had previously warned stores that unless they significantly cut the numbers of plastic bags being handed out, they would be forced to start charging customers . But the success of charges in Wales . and Northern Ireland – and the public support they appear to command – . means the move has now attracted cross-party backing. The . Mail launched its Banish the Bags campaign in 2008 in an effort to . reduce the waste, cost and environmental damage associated with the . billions of plastic bags given away each year, a symbol of our throwaway . society. It swiftly . received cross party political support and was backed by a string of . major retailers, ranging from Marks & Spencer to Debenhams, B&Q . and WH Smith. Evidence from . the Republic of Ireland which introduced a bag levy in 2002 had led to a . 90 per cent reduction after its introduction in 2002. 'Changing people's behaviour': Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey said the move would be a 'huge environmental step forward' Wales implemented a 5p charge which . was imposed on all retailers, regardless of size, in 2011. The number of . bags used there fell dramatically too – from 130 per person each year . to just 22. Northern Ireland . has also introduced a 5p levy, and Scotland will do the same next year. In 2011, Mr Cameron gave big stores an ultimatum, telling them to . drastically reduce the number of plastic bags, or be forced to by law. Green . campaigners will welcome today’s announcement that England is to . introduce a charge after numbers of bags handed out continued to rise. But they have complained about the exemption of biodegradable and paper bags, some which can also cause environmental harm. They . also insist that small and medium sized stores should not be excluded, . as the Government plans. The Association of Convenience Stores, which . represents smaller retailers, has suggested its members would be happy . to apply the charge too. Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey said the move would be a ‘huge environmental step forward’. ‘We are very clear that none of this . money will come to government - we are not trying to tax people. We are . trying to change people’s behaviour, encourage much more . environmentally-friendly behaviour,’ he said. Ministers have previously suggested money raised by the new levy should go mainly to environmental charities. Groups such as the Campaign to Protect Rural England, Keep Britain Tidy, the Marine Conservation Society and Surfers Against Sewage have long backed the idea of a charge, saying plastic bags are littering England’s streets, countryside and beaches. They say carriers are extremely harmful to many species of wildlife which become entangled in them or mistake them for food. In a joint statement last night, Mr Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said that the speech - to be delivered by the Queen in the ceremonial highlight of the Parliamentary year - would be ‘unashamedly pro-work, pro-business and pro-aspiration’. The ‘revolution’ in pensions which forms the centrepiece of the Government’s final legislative programme will amount to ‘the biggest transformation in our pensions system since its inception’, and will ‘give people both freedom and security in retirement’, they said. ‘By no longer forcing people to buy an annuity, we are giving them total control over the money they have put aside over their lifetime and greater financial security in their old age.’ Government sources said a packed programme of 16 or 17 bills would demonstrate that the coalition has not run out of steam in the closing stages of the Parliament as they try to counter allegations that the final year of the Coalition will be little more than a ‘zombie’ Parliament. Labour leader Ed Miliband said the programme did not address the challenges faced by Britain. ‘We would have a Queen’s Speech with legislation which would make work pay, reform our banks, freeze energy bills and build homes in in Britain,’ he said.

Charge is expected to cut use of plastic bags by at least three-quarters . Levy will apply to supermarkets after Mail's 'Banish The Bags' campaign . More than eight billion disposable bags are used in England each year . Environmental campaigners say carriers take up to 1,000 years to degrade . The bags also blight Britain’s coastline, with 70 of them littering every mile .

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Didier Drogba, the man who secured Chelsea's first ever European Champions League triumph, leads the nominations for Africa's Player of the Year award. The striker's winning penalty in a dramatic shootout against German giants Bayern Munich was his last strike of the ball for the English club, with whom he spent eight seasons. Drogba, who is a huge star back in the Ivory Coast and is credited with a pivotal role in ending the country's civil war, now plays for Shanghai Shenhua in China. Also on the list is Christopher Katongo, who led Zambia to a maiden Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) victory earlier in 2012, as they beat Drogba's Ivory Coast in the final. The minnows stunned the continent as they triumphed at the finals, hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, and Katongo was named player of the tournament. Like Drogba, the 30-year-old plays in China, for Henan Construction, and has scored 19 goals in 74 appearances for Zambia, as he helped his country ensure they will defend their trophy in 2013 in South Africa. There are a quartet of English based players on the list, with Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure, an Ivory Coast teammate of Drogba, prominent among them. Toure, alongside brother Kolo, helped City claim their first English league title in 44 years in a thrilling end to the 2011/12 campaign and was named in the Premier League team of the season. Senegalese striker Demba Ba has become a firm fans' favorite at Newcastle United, scoring 23 goals in his 44 Premier League appearances so far. Like Drogba, Nigeria's Jon Obi Mikel was part of Chelsea's squad which won the Champions League and also England's premier domestic cup competition, the FA Cup. Arsenal's Gervinho was also on the losing side in the CAN final, after his goal helped Ivory Coast beat Mali in the last four. New Barcelona signing Alex Song has also made the cut. After an impressive season with Arsenal the defensive midfielder earned a high-profile move to the Spanish giants prior to the start of the 2012/13 season. There is a place on the list for Marseille's Ghanaian winger Andre Ayew, who helped take his country to the semifinals of the Africa Cup of Nations in 2012. Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is another French-based player to earn a nomination, after finishing as joint top scorer at the CAN with three goals. The final name is Morocco's Younes Belhanda, who scored 13 times as his club side Montpellier won the French league title. The 22-year-old was named in the French league's team of the season and was crowned young player of the year. African soccer's governing body, the Confederation of African Football (CAF), has also announced five candidates for their Africa-based Player of the Year Award. There are two players who represent DR Congo club TP Mazembe -- Rainford Kalaba and Stoppila Sunzu -- Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Aboutreika, who plays in his native country for Al-Ahly, and Yannick N'Djeng and Yousse Msakni who both play for Tunisian club Esperance Sportive de Tunis.

Dider Drogba leads 10-strong field nominated for African Player of the Year award . Ivory Coast striker scored penalty that won European Champions League for Chelsea . Christopher Katongo led Zambia to their first ever Africa Cup of Nations triumph . English-based trio Yaya Toure, Demba Ba, Jon Obi Mikel all nominated .

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CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- The body found inside an SUV Monday morning has been confirmed to be Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson's 7-year-old nephew, a top FBI official said. The white SUV where the child's body was found is taken away to be examined by investigators. The medical examiner positively identified the body found in the white Chevrolet Suburban as Julian King, Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis said Monday afternoon. Julian had been shot to death, said police spokeswoman Monique Bond. Police are collecting evidence from the Suburban and reviewing surveillance tapes from all over the city as the investigation continues, Weis told reporters. "There's a lot of work to be done. We'll be sure we go through this thoroughly," he said. Asked about possible motives, Weis said, "We don't know what the motive really was at this time. But, clearly you have people who do know each other, so it wasn't a case of a stranger-type homicide." Earlier Monday Deputy Chief Cmdr. Wayne Gulliford said police found the body inside a parked white Chevy Suburban with a license plate matching the description in the child's Amber Alert, after responding to "a call about a suspicious auto" on Chicago's West Side at approximately 7 a.m. He had no details on the body, pending the medical examiner's report. Julian has been missing since Hudson's mother and brother were found dead in their home Friday. Watch police say they've ID'd the body » . Over the weekend, Hudson offered a $100,000 reward for the safe return of her nephew. "Please keep praying for our family and that we get Julian King back home safely," Hudson said in a posting on her MySpace page Sunday. "If anyone has any information about his whereabouts please contact the authorities immediately." Hudson also posted two pictures of her nephew wearing the brown-and-orange striped polo shirt he was wearing when he was last seen. Earlier, Hudson viewed the bodies of her mother, Darnell Donerson, and brother, Jason Hudson, the Cook County medical examiner's office told CNN on Sunday. They were found shot to death Friday in their South Side Chicago home. Watch the latest on the Hudson case » . Julian's stepfather, William Balfour, was detained over the weekend for questioning in connection with the case, a police spokesperson told CNN. He was subsequently transferred to prison on a parole violation charge, the spokesperson said. No charges had been filed against anyone in connection with the murders. According to the Illinois Department of Corrections, Balfour, 27, spent nearly seven years in prison for attempted murder, vehicular hijacking and possessing a stolen vehicle. Chicago news station WLS reported Saturday that Julian was not with Balfour when he was detained. Hudson's sister, Julia Balfour, made an emotional appeal Saturday for the safe return of her son. "My greatest fear has already happened, my greatest hope is for having my child. I just want my son," Julia Balfour said. "That's all I have to say. Just let my baby go." William Balfour's mother, Michele Davis-Balfour, also urged the public to focus on finding Julian and said her son had nothing to do with the slayings. "Out of no means did my son do this. This heinous crime to this family is unbelievable. It's unbearable," Davis-Balfour told WLS. Watch Davis-Balfour's emotional appeal » . Deputy Police Chief Joseph Patterson said the bodies of Hudson's mother and brother were found about 3 p.m. Friday, when a relative arrived and found the body of a woman on the living room floor. The relative backed out of the house and called police, Patterson said. Authorities found a man shot to death in a bedroom. The Cook County medical examiner's office said Saturday that Donerson and Jason Hudson suffered multiple gunshot wounds and ruled the deaths homicides. Neighbors reported hearing gunshots earlier Friday, Patterson said. Authorities found no signs of forced entry to the home and were not sure whether other items were missing. Watch the scene outside the house » . "You've got two people who were killed inside a home. That alone will produce a great deal of evidence," Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis said of forensic evidence at the crime scene. Hudson won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Effie in the film version of the Broadway musical "Dreamgirls." She competed on the third season of "American Idol" in 2004, making it to the top seven contestants before being eliminated from the contest. CNN's Susan Roesgen and Kevin Bohn contributed to this report.

NEW: Julian King, 7, was shot to death, a police spokeswoman says . Police collecting evidence from Suburban, reviewing surveillance tapes . Julian King missing since Friday, when Hudson's mother, brother were shot dead . Actress identified bodies of her mother and brother for medical examiner .

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By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:16 EST, 30 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:24 EST, 30 October 2013 . A motorcycle racer captured the moment he was involved in a crash that left a wall of flames licking across the street where the event was being held. The helmet camera-wearing rider filmed the moment a rival lost control of his bike ahead, knocking him off his own machine and causing an explosion. The dramatic smash up happened during the final lap of an F3 category race one of the Greymouth Street Race event on New Zealand's South Island. Wall of fire: An injured rider lies on the foreground as flames lick across the road after this crash during a motorcycle street race in New Zealand's South Island . The footage, which shows the hair-raising scenes from a rider's perspective, shows a racer ahead lose control of his Ducati motorcycle as he oversteers while trying to take a corner too fast. The competitor tumbles across tarmac as he is thrown clear of the bike, but the machine itself slides across the middle of the road, right into the path of headcam-wearing rider. The rider in pursuit has no chance of avoiding the collision. He slams into the bike, splitting open its fuel tank which pours petrol all over the road. As the dazed rider gets up and looks back at the scene of the crash, the road is covered in flames and thick black smoke. Safety barriers on the side of the road and shops lining the street also appear to be ablaze. Speed demons: The crash happened during the F3 category race one of the Greymouth Street Race event . Risky: As riders took this corner one lost control of his Ducati motorbike and went flying across the tarmac . Road rash: As the crashing competitor rolled away, his bike skidded into the path of oncoming riders . Like dominoes: This is the topsy-turvy point of view of the helmet cam-wearing rider as he crashes in turn . Wipeout: Looking back, the dazed racer sees this scene of destruction - and his rivals hurtling by . The annual Greymouth Street Race, which is now in its 23rd year, invites motorcycle enthusiasts to race around Greymouth's central business district in a number of different race classes. It promises spectators and participans a day 'full of great racing and the occasional spill'. The twisty 0.8-mile circuit has full pedestrian access throughout the event - making it a miracle that bystanders were not hurt in the accident. Both riders are thought to have walked away from the crash with only minor injuries.

Helmet cam-wearing rider captures scenes from first-person perspective . Dramatic crash happened during street race on New Zealand's South Island . Both competitors walked away from the accident with only minor injuries .

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Firefighters staged a dramatic rescue attempt in China after a woman attempted to throw herself off the 10th floor of an apartment block. The woman had reportedly quarrelled with her family members shortly before attempting to commit suicide in Changchun, the capital of northeast China's Jilin Province. After locking herself in her bedroom she made her way out onto the balcony before the emergency services were called to the scene. When they arrived, they discovered that residents on the 11th and 12th floors of the building weren’t at home meaning they struggled to access the woman. They initially tried to persuade her to step back inside, before dangling a rope from the 13th floor. Firefighters in China staged a dramatic rescue attempt after a woman attempted to throw herself off the 10th floor of an apartment block in Changchun . The woman has reportedly quarrelled with her family members shortly before attempting to commit suicide . After locking herself in her bedroom she made her way out onto the balcony before the emergency services were called to the scene . The woman suddenly started to jump off when she found her family members had entered the room with the help of a locksmith. Firefighters then rushed down from the 13th floor, each dragging one arm of the woman, before hauling her back inside the building . The woman suddenly started to jump off when she found her family members had entered the room with the help of a locksmith. She was caught by her husband, but did not stopped struggling. The firefighters then rushed down from the 13th floor, each dragging one arm of the woman, before hauling her back inside the building.

The woman had reportedly argued with family members before the incident . She attempted to jump from the 10th floor of her building in Changchun . Rescuers had Initially tried to talk her down without success . Firefighters hauled her back in after the woman was dangling off the edge .

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Accused: Iran state TV identified the man as Amir Mirzaei Hekmati . An American accused by Iran of working for the CIA could face the death penalty, it was reported today. In a closed court hearing, the prosecution asked for capital punishment for suspect Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, said the semi-official Fars news agency. Hekmati is alleged to have 'admitted' receiving training in America and planned to imply that Iran was 'involved in terrorist activities in foreign countries' after returning home. The prosecutor said 28-year-old Arizona-born Hekmati entered Iran's intelligence department three times. Hekmati  repeated a confession broadcast on state television on December 18, according to the Fars report. Under Iranian law spying is punishable by death only in military cases . His lawyer - identified just by the surname, Samadi - denied the charges. He said Iranian intelligence blocked Hekmati from infiltrating and in Iran, intention to do so is not a crime. The lawyer claimed Hekmati was deceived by the CIA. No date for the next court hearing was given. Spy allegations: Iranian TV claims that Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, 28, sought to infiltrate Iran's secret services . Identification: Hekmati was shown saying he entered the U.S. Army after finishing high school in 2001 and received military and intelligence training . Hekmati's family is of Iranian origin. His father, who lives in Michigan, said his son is not a CIA spy and was visiting his grandmothers when he was arrested. Iran charges that as a U.S. Marine, he received special training and served at U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan before heading to the country for his alleged intelligence mission. But his father Ali Hekmati, a microbiology professor at Mott Community College in Flint, Michigan, said: 'He is not a spy. It's a whole bunch of lies on my good son.' He added: 'They have lied about any American ... captured in Iran for visiting or tourism, or for any other reason.' With U.S. forces: Iran's Intelligence Ministry said its agents identified Hekmati at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan . Broadcast: Several photos of the man identified as Hekmati, some of them in military uniform, together with U.S. army officers were shown on state TV . The CIA declined to comment, as did State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. Iran and the U.S. are locked in a complicated intelligence and technological battle, and the video of Amir Hekmati comes weeks after Iran first displayed a nearly intact American spy drone that it claims it captured and forced down electronically. U.S. officials say the unmanned aircraft malfunctioned and has demanded Iran return the top-secret aircraft, but Iran has refused. Ali Hekmati said his son was a former Arabic translator in the U.S. Marines who entered Iran about four months ago. Captured: The video of Amir Hekmati comes weeks after Iran first displayed a nearly intact American spy drone that it claims it captured after forcing it down . At the time, he was working in Qatar as a contractor for a company 'that served the Marines,' his father said, without providing more specific details. Ali Hekmati said of the visit to Iran: 'My wife tried to talk him out of it. The first two weeks went without incident. The third week in Tehran, some people visited him and took him away. Nobody heard from him in the next three months.' He later saw on a YouTube broadcast of an Iranian program that said Amir was 'locked up' and accused of 'being a spy for the CIA.' In the video broadcast on several Iranian TV channels, Hekmati was shown saying he entered the U.S. Army after finishing high school in 2001 and received military and intelligence training. 'Their [U.S. intelligence] plan was to initially burn some valuable information, to give it free so that [Iran's] Intelligence Ministry would see the good things and then would contact me,' said in a part of the confession that was broadcast. The voice of an unnamed announcer on the video said U.S. intelligence was certain that Iran's secret services would not ignore the data. Therefore, they provided a mix of correct and false information to mislead Iran's intelligence but tempt it at the same time. In September, Iran released two Americans held in a Tehran prison for more than two years after they were arrested. Iranian officials accused them of spying, but they say they were innocent and had got lost while hiking.

Arizona-born suspect 'confessed' to CIA training .

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By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:08 EST, 13 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 05:33 EST, 14 January 2014 . Thanks to the generosity of readers, the Daily Mail's Christmas Appeal for Sue Ryder hospices has now raised an incredible £108,100. Over our four-week appeal, we highlighted the wonderful care and support that the charity provides to the terminally ill and their families. From offering pain relief, to bereavement counselling for children, even just being someone to talk to, Sue Ryder's staff and volunteers make a real difference. But more than 60 per cent of the charity's funding comes from voluntary donations, without which it could not continue. Money from Mail readers is enough to fund more than 3,125 home visits (posed by models) The good news is that the total donated by Mail readers is enough to fund more than 3,125 home visits from a Sue Ryder nurse to provide pain relief, or 5,405 bereavement counselling sessions for grieving children, or 13,859 hours of end-of-life care. As chief executive Heidi Travis says: ‘Most people would like to die at home or in a hospice, pain-free and surrounded by family and friends. 'Sue Ryder's vision is to make incredible care available to all, no matter where they live or what their circumstances are. The Daily Mail Christmas Appeal is a significant step towards making this a reality.'

Daily Mail's Christmas Appeal for Sue Ryder hospices raised £108,100 . Enough to fund more than 3,125 home visits from a Sue Ryder nurse . Equal to 5,405 bereavement counselling sessions for grieving children .

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A mother who was declared not guilty by reason of insanity after being charged with three counts of attempted murder for driving her three children into the ocean in a van may have been triggered by her most recent pregnancy. Dr. Jeffrey Danziger testified in a Daytona Beach, Florida courtroom on Tuesday that 33-year-old Ebony Wilkerson's mental crisis last March was likely triggered by her pregnancy, but that her symptoms disappeared after she gave birth to her child while in jail. Wilkerson's mental illness appears to be in remission, and there is nothing in her behavior to indicate that she is dangerous, Danziger said. 'She has done well in the past seven months,' the psychiatrist added. Scroll down for video . Ebony Wilkerson (above) went insane and tried to murder her children after being triggered by a recent pregnancy . In March, Wilkerson drove her van into the ocean in Daytona Beach, Florida with her three children inside (above) But Dr. William Meadows, a psychologist, argued that Wilkerson needs to be forcibly confined for treatment so she can get a handle on her mental illness. She has shown an unwillingness to admit she has mental illness, Meadows said, and what happened last March was similar to a 2005 episode when Wilkerson was hearing voices to kill her family and herself. 'We don't have a handle on what's going on with her,' Meadows said. 'She is unwilling to admit to these difficulties. She lacks insight into these difficulties. That lack of insight is a major risk factor.' Circuit Judge Leah Case ruled last week that Wilkerson was not guilty by reason of insanity of child abuse, and prosecutors dropped attempted murder charges. The judge must now determine whether Wilkerson should be forcibly hospitalized, released under certain conditions or released with no conditions. Wilkerson ultimately gave birth to her fourth child while she was in prison . Wilkerson, of South Carolina, drove her van into the surf off Daytona Beach, Florida on March 4. One of the children fought with Wilkerson over the steering wheel as the car was entering the water and was able to lower the windows to call rescuers' attention. Bystanders and officers pulled her and her children - aged three, nine and ten, from the van as it was pulled into the waves. Wilkerson, who was pregnant at the time of her arrest, reportedly punched her belly after being taken into custody and had to undergo psychiatric treatment. She gave birth to a boy after her arrest. The child is in the custody of her husband, Lutful Ronjon. Wilkerson's attorneys planned to continue making their case against confinement Wednesday morning. Their presentation was interrupted when one of Wilkerson's attorney, Juliane Morris, fainted at a podium while questioning Danziger. She quickly regained consciousness.

Ebony Wilkerson was ruled not guilty for reason of insanity in the attempted murder of her three children last week . Wilkerson tried to drive her children into the water in a van in daytona beach, Florida, in March . Now, a doctor testifying for the defense is saying the incident was triggered by her fourth pregnancy and she is no sane . A doctor for the prosecution says this is not the case and she most be forcibly confined to a facility . Wilkerson gave birth to her fourth child while in prison .

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Three times Marilyn Jean Hartman attempted to slip past airport security checkpoints to stowaway on airplanes. And three times the 62-year-old Hartman got caught. This week, authorities say she made it through a screening checkpoint at Mineta San Jose International Airport without a ticket and boarded a Southwest Airlines flight bound for Los Angeles International Airport. "If you Google her name, you will see she had been arrested before but not at our airport," San Jose airport spokeswoman Rosemary Barnes said. Hartman was arrested Monday at the Los Angeles airport, according to a statement released by airport police. She pleaded no contest Wednesday to a misdemeanor count of stowing away, CNN affiliate KTLA reported. She was sentenced to two years probation and three days in jail. She was given credit for time served and released. Outside the courthouse, Hartman refused to detail to reporters how she got through security. "I don't think it's wise to say how I got through. I don't want to help the enemy," she said. "...I want to go with a paid ticket. ... I want to do everything legal," Hartman said. "It was clearly wrong on my part. ... It was stupid and it is something I don't want to repeat." Hartman was arrested Monday night after the flight crew determined she did not have a ticket, police said. The flight crew conducted a head count and discovered Hartman "was not a ticketed passenger on Southwest Airlines," the police said. It was unclear how the crew determined Hartman stowed away. "Further investigation revealed there was no confirmed reservation in the system and Hartman had no documents to show proof that she had purchased a ticket," the statement said. It's the second time San Jose International Airport has made headlines in recent months over a reported stowaway. In April, 15-year-old Yahya Abdi crawled into the wheel well of a Hawaii-bound 767 and lost consciousness when the plane took off. He was caught after climbing out of the plane and onto the tarmac at Kahului Airport on the island of Maui. The incident raised questions about how the teen was able to breach security at the airport. Hartman's actions raised the question again this week. Hartman apparently blended in with a family at a checkpoint where a Transportation Security Administration agent was checking tickets and identification, CNN affiliate KTVU reported, citing an unnamed source familiar with the case. She is then accused of doing the same thing -- blending in with a family -- to board the flight, the source said. San Jose airport officials and the TSA said at no time were passengers in jeopardy. Hartman "was screened by TSA for any prohibited items. It's really important to point that out," Barnes said. "And public safety was not compromised in any way." Even so, the TSA is making "minor modifications" to the layout of its passenger screening area to prevent another incident, said Ross Feinstein, the TSA press secretary. Hartman has been described by authorities as a serial stowaway, who has repeatedly tried to board flights to Hawaii at San Francisco International Airport without a ticket. Earlier this year, she was sentenced to probation and ordered to stay away from the San Francisco airport. 5 stowaway attempts that didn't end tragically .

Marily Jean Hartman, 62, pleaded no contest to stowing away on Southwest flight . "I don't think it's wise to say how I got through" the security checkpoints, she says . Hartman was arrested Monday after stowing away on a flight from San Jose to Los Angeles . She has been arrested at least three times for trying the same thing .

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(CNN) -- A man who allegedly threatened to decapitate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii appeared in court Friday in San Diego and was ordered to remain in jail for now. Aniruddha Sherbow made two threats to murder the Democratic congresswoman earlier this month, according to newly unsealed court documents. On August 1 the man allegedly left an expletive-laden voicemail on Gabbard's cell phone, with the message including a threat to her life. An affidavit said that Gabbard had been getting harassing messages from Sherbow since 2011 and identified his voice as the caller. The court document said Sherbow's mother later listened to the recording and told investigators it sounded like her son. On August 3 Sherbow allegedly sent an e-mail to the FBI and some unnamed media outlets and identified himself by name, according to the affidavit. The subject of the e-mail was "Cutting Off Tulsi Gabbard's Head." The message said in part, "I, Aniruddha Sherbow, with the Divine as my witness, do hereby solemnly vow to find Tulsi Gabbard, wheresover she may be, and to sever her head from her body." According to the court affidavit, Sherbow's father said he received a copy of that e-mail and he identified his son as the sender. The FBI and the U.S. Capitol Police said Thursday that Sherbow's threats were "deemed credible." Sherbow, 43, was arrested by Mexican law enforcement officers in Tijuana on Wednesday. The former resident of Hawaii was then turned over to the FBI in San Diego. He faces a charge of transmission of threats in interstate commerce. He is scheduled to have another court hearing on September 12, and officials eventually want him transferred to the District of Columbia for trial. Gabbard's office would not comment on Sherbow's arrest and the allegations against him. Press secretary Heather Fluit would only say the congresswoman was "grateful for the work" of all the law enforcement officers involved in the investigation. CNN's Laurie Ure contributed to this report.

Feds: Threats included an expletive-laden voicemail and an e-mail . The subject of the e-mail was "Cutting Off Tulsi Gabbard's Head," federal affidavit says . Gabbard represents a district in Hawaii; the suspect is a former resident of that state .

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Southampton will be without Shane Long for up to six weeks after he fractured a couple of ribs. The 28-year-old forward was forced off just 14 minutes after his introduction in the second half of Saturday's FA Cup fourth-round exit to Crystal Palace. The collision with Palace defender Joel Ward during the 3-2 loss saw Long taken to hospital and he now faces between four and six weeks out of action. Southampton striker Shane Long will be out for up to six weeks with fractured ribs . The Republic of Ireland international fractured his ribs but did not sustain a punctured lung, contrary to reports, with his absence another big blow for Champions League-chasing Saints. Toby Alderweireld, Victor Wanyama and Morgan Schneiderlin are all unavailable at the moment through injury, joining long-term absentees Sam Gallagher and Jay Rodriguez in the treatment room. International commitments mean Sadio Mane, Emmanuel Mayuka and Maya Yoshida have reduced Ronald Koeman's options further. Long (right) was taken off during the FA Cup fourth round defeat against Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon .

Southampton lost 3-2 at home to Crystal Palace in the FA Cup fourth round . Shane Long fractured his ribs during the defeat at St. Mary's . Long joins the likes of Victor Wanyama currently out injured for the Saints .

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TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Authorities have arrested a U.S. sailor on suspicion of robbery and murder in the death of a Japanese taxi driver. The U.S. military handed him over Thursday at Yokosuka Naval Base, south of Tokyo. A Yokosuka police spokesman identified the sailor as Olatunbosun Ogbogu, a 22-year-old Nigerian national. Taxi driver Masaaki Takahashi, 61, was found dead March 19 of stab wounds to the neck about a mile from the base in Yokosuka. The presence of U.S. in Japan has sparked controversy this year amid reports linking service members to crimes. In March, the U.S. military said it plans to court martial four Marines accused of raping a 19-year-old woman in Hiroshima last year. Authorities are also investigating allegations that a member of the U.S. military raped a Philippine woman on the island of Okinawa. And a U.S. Marine was detained in the rape of a 14-year-old girl until the girl dropped the allegations. As Ogbogu was arrested, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, Thomas Schieffer, met with Japan's foreign minister. "We're dealing with human beings that do criminal acts from time to time," Schieffer told reporters afterward. "And I think justice is going to be done in this matter because we've been able to work so closely together." Watch the U.S. ambassador to Japan discuss the case » . The U.S. military presence in Japan has at times bred resentment among locals, who have long complained about crime, noise and accidents. Anti-American sentiments boiled over in 1995 after three American servicemen kidnapped and gang-raped a 12-year-old Okinawan schoolgirl. Two years ago, a U.S. civilian military employee was jailed for nine years for raping two women. E-mail to a friend .

Japanese police arrest U.S. sailor for allegedly killing a Japanese taxi driver . U.S. Navy presence in Japan has been marred by reports of rape and crime . In 2006, U.S. civilian military staffer jailed for nine years for raping two women .

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By . Victoria Allen . PUBLISHED: . 06:31 EST, 24 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:37 EST, 24 January 2013 . A gay couple who claim to have suffered homophobic and anti-English abuse in a remote Highland community say they are leaving the village after being taken to court accused of assaulting one of their 'tormentors'. Paul Maden, 45, and James Findlay, 40, moved to Scotland ten years ago to become chocolatiers. They set up their luxury chocolate company, Cocoa Mountain, in the remote crofting village of Durness, Sutherland – attracting fans ranging from US senators to Yoko Ono and Prince Charles. But the couple told Dornoch Sheriff Court this week that their lifestyle had offended locals John Morrison and son Malcolm Morrison, who subjected them to a decade-long campaign of abuse. Paul Maden and James Findlay, pictured, claim to have suffered homophobic and anti-English abuse in a remote Highland community . The stand-off culminated in an assault charge which alleged that the two gay men had flagged down ferryman John Morrison’s van and had then repeatedly punched him on the head through an open window. Mr Maden said he was acting in self-defence only and a sheriff found the case not proven. But the gay couple now say they have been driven out of Durness and will leave as soon as the economic situation improves. Mr Findlay told the court that he had found the homophobic abuse he claimed he faced from the  Morrisons ‘really upsetting’. He said: ‘We constantly live in fear. We’re looking to get away as quickly as possible but at the moment it’s difficult because of the financial climate.’ The partners live together in  Durness at Balnakeil Craft Village – a former Cold War camp turned into a community for creative people. 'Offended': Malcolm Morrison, left, and John Morrison, right, from Durness leaving court on Tuesday . They claim that Mr Morrison and his son have carried out a campaign of intimidation against them since their arrival. But both denied assaulting him outside Cocoa Mountain on April 14 last year. Mr Morrison, 63, told the court on Tuesday that he had been driving past the business with his son Malcolm, 35, when the couple  signalled for him to stop. He said: ‘I wound down the  window and they just started punching me.’ But Marc Dixon, defending Mr Findlay, suggested to Mr Morrison: ‘This is part of a campaign against these men that’s gone on since they moved in because you don’t like them and you don’t like their lifestyle.’ Mr Morrison denied this and  Malcolm Morrison, a warden at Cape Wrath bombing range, claimed that Mr Maden and Mr Findlay had attacked his father for no reason. They set up their luxury chocolate company, Cocoa Mountain, in the remote crofting village of Durness, Sutherland, pictured . The couple's luxury chocolate company's website, Cocoa Mountain. The company has attracted fans ranging from US senators to Yoko Ono and Prince Charles . The partners live together in Durness at Balnakeil Craft Village, a former Cold War camp on Scotland's north coast . Mr Dickson said: ‘For whatever reason, you have chosen to dislike them and make their lives miserable.’ Malcolm Morrison replied: ‘Yes, because they make everybody’s life miserable.’ Mr Maden told the court that he heard racist and abusive shouting when Mr Morrison’s van pulled up, before the ferryman grabbed him by the collar and pulled his head and shoulders inside the vehicle. Mr Maden said he was hit on the back of his head and shoulders and lashed out to protect himself. Sheriff Jamie Gilchrist found the case not proven but Mr Maden and Mr Findlay still intend to leave  Durness, despite global success with Cocoa Mountain, which uses milk from Highland cows in its exotic chocolates, some of which are allegedly ‘natural aphrodisiacs’. Prince Charles once asked the chocolatiers to blend his Barrogill whisky into a truffle, but they turned him down because they did not want to use preservatives. On the decision to leave, Mr Findlay said: ‘I feel Durness is quite a tolerant village. It’s just the Morrisons that have taken a dislike to us.’

Paul Maden, 45 and James Findlay, 40, said their lifestyle had offended locals . The couple moved to Scotland ten years ago to become chocolatiers .

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The devastation wreaked on the beaches of Normandy in northwest France as the Allies unleashed their history-changing assault against the Germans has been well-documented. But in color photos taken by LIFE.com’s Frank Scherschel, but not published at the time, countless other scenes 'of the beginning of the end of the war' were captured. From the reception troops enjoyed on their way to Paris to the jubilant liberation of the capital from Nazi control, these recently-released photos bring into the focus the spirit of the historic invasion on the 69th anniversary of the landings. American Army trucks parade down the Champs-Elysées the day after the liberation of Paris by French and Allied troops, August 1944 . Life after the French capital was liberated in August 1944 . Troops and civilians pass the time on Henley Bridge, Henley-on-Thames, in 1944 . Photographer Scherschel (1907-1981) was an award-winning staff shooter for LIFE well into the 1950s. On June 6, 1944, about 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces, led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. By late August 1944, all of northern France had been liberated, and by the following spring the Allies had defeated the Germans. The Normandy landings have been called the beginning of the end of war in Europe. Veterans of the 1944 Normandy landings gathered earlier this month on June 6 at the site of history's largest amphibious invasion for a day of ceremonies marking D-Day's 69th anniversary. Captured German troops: From D-Day until Christmas 1944, German prisoners of war were shipped off to American detention facilities at a rate of 30,000 per month . Allied troops uniting with locals in liberated French towns after D-Day . An American tank crew takes a breather on the way through the town of Avranches, Normandy, in the summer of 1944 . OTHER IMAGES CAPTURED AT THE TIME OF THE HISTORIC INVASION . Operation Overlord Normandy: Four Allied soldiers are looking at a map with two French police officers in the center of a town in Normandy, June 1944 . In England, American soldiers, having loaded their equipment and supplies onto a landing craft tank, await the signal to begin the D-Day invasion, June 1944 . Two American members of the Women's Army Corps are looking at a map presented by a uniformed Frenchman in July 1944, after Cherbourg, France, was liberated by the U.S. Army . In the wake of World War II's D-Day invasion, French townspeople wave at arriving Allied forces, Normandy, France, 1944 . Three girls are playing in the sand next to a war-damaged vehicle in Cherbourg, July 1944 . French couple sharing cognac with American tank crew after Allied forces liberated the area .

A series of never-before-published color images of jubilant locals in liberated Normandy after the D-Day landings has been released by LIFE.com .

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I had mixed emotions at the end of Glasgow Warriors’ victory over Montpellier on Sunday. The main feeling was one of disappointment that Glasgow didn’t gain the bonus point after failing to get over the line for a fourth try. But it just proves how far the side have progressed that a convincing win over a top French side is regarded as a disappointment. They dominated large parts of the game and really should have got the bonus point - but maybe not by the way they went about it. Game management is vital; it is what all stand-offs need to be good at as it falls to them to ensure their team plays in the right areas of the pitch. Glasgow Warriors' DTH van der Merwe jumps into the air to celebrate his hat-trick try against Montpellier . Van der Merwe touches down his third try during Glasgow's 21-10 victory on Sunday . But game management comes from the leadership within the team, too, and this is where I felt Glasgow got things wrong in the first half. Everyone knew they needed to win the game by scoring four tries to give themselves a better chance of qualifying for the quarter-finals - and the intent was there at the start of the game. It worked initially as they got the first try after 12 minutes but it was what happened next that was the problem. They squandered many kicks at goal, choosing to kick to touch and try to get more tries, but they just didn’t come. It is a nightmare scenario for Josh Strauss as captain because, once you have made the decision to go for the tries, and they don’t come, what do you do next? Keep going or revert to kicking the points? Glasgow kept going but their accuracy and execution let them down. In ideal conditions for throwing in, the lineout malfunctioned, which didn’t provide any platform. Van der Merwe (second right) is congratulated by team-mates after touching down his hat-trick try . The irony is that last week against the Scarlets, with a howling crosswind, the lineouts were impeccable. That made yesterday’s display more surprising. When you chase the tries early, well before the game is actually won, it changes not just the tactics used but also the mindset of the team. This may be one of the reasons that the lineout didn’t function properly; they were thinking about how they were going to score before they had secured the ball first. The reality is that if they had scored one more try before half-time, everyone would have been happy but they didn’t and these are the fine margins that you need to deal with at this level. James Eddie of Glasgow Warriors wins a lineout against Montpellier at Scotstoun on Sunday . Glasgow scored the third try with 10 minutes to go, so they had a chance to make it a successful day all round but they just could not find that spark to get the all-important fourth. Bonus points are key to qualifying for the knockout stages and, especially in the early rounds, you don’t know how important they will be if you miss one until you get down to the business end of the process. They will definitely have to beat Bath at the Rec and, depending on other results, they might now need to win with four tries - much harder. Thomas Bianchin of Montpellier (centre) tries to evade Glasgow prop Jon Welsh (second right) They might also have to do this without their captain and talisman Strauss, who was stretchered off on Sunday and it didn’t look good. Meanwhile, Edinburgh missed a golden opportunity to qualify for the knockout stage of the Challenge Cup with one game to spare when they narrowly lost to Lyon in France. All is not lost as, if they beat Bordeaux Begles next week at Murrayfield, they will top the group and be in the quarter-finals. Edinburgh have shown huge improvement over the last month or so and I expect them to win that game next week. Montpellier scrum-half Teddy Iribaren (centre) runs straight into a tackle at Scotstoun on Sunday .

Glasgow Warriors beat Montpellier 21-10 in European Cup on Sunday . A hat-trick from DTH van der Merwe helped Glasgow to victory . But their failure to score a bonus-point try was disappointing . It shows just how far this side has progressed that it was disappointing .

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Istanbul (CNN) -- A growing number of Syria's Middle Eastern neighbors, including its closest allies Iran and Hezbollah, are calling on the embattled and defiant Damascus regime to implement reforms. The chorus of foreign criticism and concern comes as opposition demonstrators inside Syria have begun for the first time making public appeals for foreign "protection." In an amateur video believed to have been filmed over the weekend in the southern town of Horan, a crowd of dozens of young Syrians clapped and chanted "the people demand international protection." In another video, also posted on YouTube this weekend, activsts held up printed signs saying "we need international protection," in English and Arabic. This is a dramatic departure from the position demonstrators staked out during more than five months of protests against the government of Syrian president Bashar al- Assad. Previously, activists rejected the possibility of any foreign military intervention similar to the NATO bombing campaign of Libya. But inside Syria, there are signs that the opposition movement has grown frustrated with the high death toll resulting from a brutal government crackdown. According to the United Nations, more than 2200 people have been killed during the uprising, in addition to mass arrests and allegations of torture by Syrian security forces. In the video recorded in Horan, some Syrians held up signs saying "Yes to Arab deterrent Forces." Activists tell CNN, on condition of anonymity to protect from persecution, there is more debate in opposition circles about new measures ranging from requesting a foreign military "no fly zone" over Syria to trying to arm protesters with weapons. "In an unprecedented move over the past several days, Syrians in Syria and abroad have been calling for Syrians to take up arms, or for international military intervention," announced a prominent Syrian opposition group, the Local Coordination Committees in Syria, in an e-mailed statement on Monday. "While we understand the motivation to take up arms or call for military intervention, we specifically reject this position as we find it unacceptable politically, nationally, and ethically," the Committees went on to say, arguing that militarization would "erode the morale superiority" of the Syrian revolution. As frustrated protesters contemplate alternative options, Turkey and the Arab league have stepped up their criticism of the al-Assad regime. Turkish president Abdullah Gul blasted his Syrian counterpart in remarks that were televised on Sunday, saying that Ankara had "lost confidence" in its former ally and trading partner. "We have reached a point where anything would be too little, too late. We have lost our confidence," Gul said. He noted that according to Turkish intelligence reports, at least 17 people had been killed in a single day last Thursday. "There is no place for totalitarian regimes and one party governments. Clearly, the leaders of these countries will take the initiative or they will be changed by force," Gul added. Those sentiments have been echoed in recent days by Turkey's foreign minister as well as by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who suggested that if al-Assad continued his current policy, he would go the way of the dictators who have been overthrown in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. On Saturday, the Arab League publicly called for restraint and an end to the violence in Syria, while also requesting the group's secretary general depart on an urgent mission to Damascus. Syria's ambassador to the League rejected criticism of the Syrian armed forces. According to SANA, Syria's state news agency, Ambassador Youssef Ahmad repeated the government's claim that the protesters were "armed terrorist groups" that were "receiving foreign aid." Ahmad also insisted that Syria had embarked on a reform process to meet the demands of its citizens. On Sunday, for example, al-Assad announced the creation of a new media law which promised to respect freedom of expression and defend journalists' right to "analyze and comment on information." But even al-Assad's closest allies, Iran and the Lebanese shi'ite movement Hezbullah have suggested Damascus needs to do more to meet the demands of the protest movement. In comments published by the semi-official Iranian Student News Agency on Saturday, The Iranian foreign minister repeated Tehran's unwavering support for Damascus, while also urging the Syrian government to be more cautious and patient In its dealings with the citizenry. Meanwhile, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah applauded Syria's support for anti-Israeli resistance movements in Lebanon and the occupied Palestinian Territories. But in a statement published by Hezbollah's Al Manar TV, Nasrallah also appealed for calm in Syria, and warned that "international pressure" was delaying much-needed reforms. "The most important thing is the fact that the Turks, the Iranians and Hezbollah as well as the Arab League are sending a really strong signal that things are very serious in Syria and on the edge of falling apart," said Rami Khouri, a widely-read Lebanese columnist and director of the Issam Fares Institute at the American University of Beirut. "The Iranians and Hezbollah are looking at Bashar al-Assad's choices thus far and drawing the same conclusion we are: this guy's panicking and his decisions indicate incompetence and also moodiness which is a hallmark of Assad's reign," said Andrew Tabler, author of the soon-to-be-published "In the Lion's Den: An Eyewitness Account of Washington's Battle with Syria." "Their interaction with Assad is probably the same as ours, its paradoxical. He promises not to use live fire and then uses live fire." "They [Iran and Hezbollah] are the two closest allies of Syria," Khouri added. "It's an important message of support and also a warning. A warning that if things keep going bad its going to be bad for everyone." Even Russia, a long-time supplier of weapons to the Damascus regime, appears to be worried. A high-ranking Russian diplomat delivered a letter from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to al-Assad on Monday, the Kremlin announced on its web-site. The Russian envoys appealed for an immediate end to violence from all sides in Syria, while also urging the Syrian government to immediately begin concrete moves towards implementing reforms. Despite the Syrian president's repeated promises to end single-party rule and lift the four-decade long state of emergency in his country, there were widespread reports that the Syrian military was continuing its deadly crackdown on opposition activists. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported at least five people were killed and more than 60 wounded when Syrian troops stormed the town of Sarmin in the northwest of the country on Monday. CNN's Joe Sterling in Atlanta, Maxim Tkachenko in Moscow, and Nada Husseini in Beirut contributed to this report .

Syria's closest allies are showing concern . Turkey says it has "lost confidence" in the Syrian government . "We have reached a point where anything would be too little, too late," Turkish president says . Expert says al-Assad's "decisions indicate incompetence and also moodiness"

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The Tories have moved in a two-point lead over Labour in the first of a series of polls . The Conservatives have moved into a two-point lead over Labour following a fall in support for Ukip, according to the first in a series of polls for the Daily Mail. The ComRes survey reveals that the Tories are up three points in a month – on 34 per cent to Labour’s 32 – while Ukip has slipped four points to 13 per cent, its lowest ebb since early last year. The poll confirms that with fewer than 75 days to go until the most unpredictable General Election for generations, Ed Miliband has become a significant drag on Labour’s fortunes. More than 60 per cent of voters do not believe he would make a good prime minister and one in four say they would like to vote Labour but are put off by the party’s leader. Even among those saying they plan to vote Labour, a quarter brand Mr Miliband a turn-off, suggesting a significant chunk of his party’s support could be soft – from swing voters – and may decline by polling day. There is also growing concern around the country at the prospect of a Labour government being propped up by the resurgent Scottish Nationalists if Mr Miliband falls short of a majority. More than half of voters – 55 per cent – say the SNP should be barred from making decisions on laws that do not have an impact on Scotland if it becomes part of a coalition government. Of the minor parties, the Greens are faring best. Their share of voters’ support has risen to 8 per cent – their highest showing with the pollster since 2010 – bringing them level with the Liberal Democrats. Though the Conservatives have moved ahead of Labour, the poll is not all good news for Mr Cameron. Voters are almost twice as likely to say that it is time for a change of government – 60 per cent – than say Britain should stay the course with the current leadership, an option favoured by 34 per cent. Andrew Hawkins, chairman of ComRes, said the election ‘really is too close to call’ and it appeared ‘unlikely’ that any party could command a majority. Scroll down for video . ‘The most plausible outcomes are a minority government led by either David Cameron or Ed Miliband, or another coalition which could include the Lib Dems, SNP, Northern Ireland parties and possibly even Ukip or the Greens,’ he said. ‘Britain has not had two successive hung parliaments for more than 100 years. Our first-past-the-post electoral system was designed for stability. That is fine when you have a few strong parties, but as the combined popularity of the main parties has declined so the smaller ones have flourished. Scottish Nationalist MPs should be barred from influencing laws that affect only the rest of the UK if they enter a coalition government at Westminster, a majority of voters believe. ComRes found more than half of Britons – 57 per cent – concede that the SNP should be able to join a UK-wide coalition in the event of a hung parliament. But 55 per cent say it should be not be allowed to make decisions on laws that do not have an impact on Scotland. Forecasts suggest the party is on course to hold the balance of power at Westminster, winning 30 or more Commons constituencies, 24 more than it currently holds. Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has indicated she would be prepared to put Ed Miliband in Downing Street, doing a deal with Labour even if it has fewer seats than the Conservatives. But in return the SNP will demand an end to the austerity which has put the economy back on its feet and insist on a £180 billion spending spree. David Cameron has said a Labour-SNP pact could break up and bankrupt Britain. ‘Twenty years ago, Labour’s vote share under Tony Blair reached peaks as high as 60 per cent, whereas the Tories and Labour can now manage only a little more than that combined.’ Mr Hawkins added: ‘The political landscape has changed, probably permanently. ‘A system built for certainty is delivering the precise opposite . . . ComRes will be tracking voter opinion across the country throughout the coming campaign and afterwards – for not only is the election outcome hard to predict, but the uncertainty is likely to continue for weeks, months and possibly years to come.’ The latest weekly poll for Lord Ashcroft put Ukip on 11 per cent, a record low since the peer began national polling last May, though it gave Labour a four-point lead, with 36 per cent to the Tories’ 32 per cent. Populus had the two main parties level pegging – with 32 per cent each – and Ukip on 15 per cent. In his latest election campaign speech, Mr Cameron yesterday stepped up his pitch for the ‘grey vote’ as he explained his commitment to protect a raft of universal benefits if he wins a second term. The Prime Minister said all pensioners would continue to receive the winter fuel allowance, free bus passes, TV licences for over-75s, and free prescriptions and eye tests as long as he is in office. Despite criticism that the elderly have been unfairly shielded from cuts targeted at working-age benefit claimants, Mr Cameron insisted the younger generation shared his priorities. Speaking in Hastings, he said: ‘Older people need us. They have done so much for us – this is the least we can do for them. ‘And I’ll tell you what – the younger generation agree . . . Like me, [they] want nothing more than for the older generation to be given the dignity and security they deserve.’ He insisted Labour’s plans to means-test benefits for pensioners would save only a ‘paltry’ 4 per cent of their costs. By Andrew Hawkins, Chairman of ComRes . It may be a cliché, but the election on May 7th really is too close to call. The most plausible outcomes are a minority government led by either David Cameron or Ed Miliband, or another coalition which could include the Lib Dems, SNP, Northern Ireland parties and possibly even UKIP or the Greens. The one unlikely outcome at this stage appears to be a majority for any party. This is not supposed to happen. Britain has not had two successive hung parliaments for more than 100 years. Our first-past-the-post electoral system was designed for stability. That is fine when you have a few strong parties, but as the combined popularity of the main parties has declined so the smaller ones have flourished. Twenty years ago Labour’s vote share under Tony Blair reached peaks as high as 60%, whereas the Tories and Labour can now manage only a little more than that combined. The political landscape has changed, probably permanently. A system built for certainty is delivering the precise opposite. In the long term, this makes constitutional change look almost certain. Nothing is off the table, including House of Lords reform, online voting and giving 16- and 17-year-olds the vote. Just four years after the referendum on AV, we may even see proportional representation for general elections back on the cards. In the shorter term, it looks increasingly likely that Labour will have more seats than the Conservatives in May but get fewer votes. Today sees the launch of our new poll series for the Daily Mail, and it reveals a nation anxious for political change but just as nervous about Ed Miliband as Prime Minister. If, as today’s voting intention poll finds, Labour ends up two percentage points behind the Tories nationally, the electorate will have reluctantly thrust Mr Miliband into the top job with a pitifully small and probably unsustainable mandate. That is why it is so important to be able to bring the very latest political insight and analysis to Daily Mail readers. ComRes will be tracking voter opinion across the country throughout the coming campaign and afterwards. For not only is the election outcome hard to predict, but the uncertainty is likely to continue for weeks, months and possibly years to come.

First poll reveals Conservaties have 34 per cent compared to Labour's 32 . Ukip has slipped four points to 13 per cent, its lowest point since last year . More than half said SNP should be barred from voting on English laws . Sixty per cent of Britons said it was time for a chance of Government .

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One of the brightest young managers in English football isn’t sure how many GCSEs he’s got, except to say ‘not many’. But when it comes to learning on the job, Karl Robinson has acquired enough to fill a few textbooks. ‘I’ll need them for this game,’ he told Sportsmail. Manchester United are in town, a brand that Robinson compares to Coca Cola up against one a touch smaller and more maligned. A manager of great achievements and arrogance is going up against a man 30 years his junior, who tends to think like someone a little older. ‘One thing that gets me is players wearing headphones when they come off the coach,’ Robinson said. ‘I’ve stopped that here. Total football: MK Dons boss Karl Robinson is looking forward to pitting his wits against Louis van Gaal . Relaxed: Robinson talks candidly to Sportsmail's Riath Al-Samarrai at Stadium MK ahead of Tuesday's game . ‘I find it disrespectful. If a man worked hard all week, bought a ticket and comes to watch us with his kid, you show them respect. Look at them and say “hello”, sign an autograph. That’ll make a kid’s day and then his dad is happy too. ‘I can sound like a 40 or 50-year-old man, but things like that mean a lot to me.’ In fact, Robinson is 33, possibly one of the oldest 33 year olds in football. In the years since his playing days ended as a teenager with an injured back, he has crammed a fair bit in, from coaching at Steve Heighway’s Liverpool’s academy, to working under Paul Ince and Sam Allardyce. He is victim to pranks from Robbie Fowler, calls in Ian Wright occasionally for striker sessions – ‘I need top players beside me because I can’t talk to a player about the Premier League because I didn’t do it’ – and in all has managed more than 200 games. This is his biggest opponent, though, and the latest chance to learn something. ‘Believe me, I’d love to have a chat to Louis van Gaal,’ he said. ‘I love Dutch football. After a game on a Saturday I love to jump on the Eurostar. I’ll go to Belgium, France, Holland. 'I’ll go to watch Excelsior, Brugges, Lille, anything. It’s a chance to take in another culture, another system, a way of doing things. Van the man: Robinson spoke of his love for Dutch football and the influence it has had at MK Dons . Football addict: The 33-year-old said he tries to experience different styles of football whenever he can and often jumps on the Eurostar to watch teams like Lille and Excelsior after MK Dons have played on a Saturday . Dutch master: Louis van Gaal's Manchester United side have failed to impress in their first games of season . ‘Look at what Van Gaal did at Ajax. I’m enthralled by how Dutch clubs have a connection through the age groups. ‘Here, I have a numerical system. All MK Dons No 8s through the age range will look the same, all No 6s will drop into the same places. They do that in Holland, at Ajax. It is very Dutch. ‘I’d very much hope to get a chance to talk to Louis van Gaal. People say Manchester United are vulnerable. Come on, it’s Manchester United. ‘But we are going to give our best. Steve Heighway used to tell me that failure is not trying. He helped give me standards and those standards run through this club.’ Eyes on the prize: Robinson's team on the other hand, have won four of their first five games this campaign . Leading by example: MK Dons captain Dean Lewington will relish the chance to test himself against United . Beyond Robinson’s father, who made his Liverpool-supporting son clap off Arsenal after they won the 1989 title on the final day at Anfield, Heighway was his first major mentor. ‘It’s ridiculous that Steve has not been utilised more in the game,’ he said. ‘I remember him doing a crossing session at Liverpool. He was stood out wide and getting the players to pass to him. A kid rolled him the ball and he smashed it back. “This is Liverpool, I was an international and so are the rest of the team you’ll be playing with. Do it properly”. ‘The kid was about 12. Steve got messages into people, including me. I have been so lucky to learn from the people I have. I went from Liverpool to here to coach with Paul Ince. He would park his car and race me to the building. ‘His self-drive was incredible. He made me want to be better every day. We went to Blackburn and I can tell you no-one knows more than Paul about players – in my phone he is “Gaffer”. It’s mad that Paul is not working. ‘When he left Blackburn and Sam Allardyce came in, I remember thinking I’d be going too. I was on the M62 and the phone rings, withheld number. Here we go. ‘I heard, “Karl, it’s Sam. It went on for 15 minutes. I am answering in my poshest Scouse voice. Then he started laughing. It was Robbie Fowler. ‘I put the phone down, 15 minutes later it goes again. “Karl, it’s Sam”. I can't tell you what I said. But it was Sam and he wanted me to stay. I learnt from him every day as well. No-one would do a better job of keeping you in the Premier League. He’s in my phone as Sam Algaffer.’ Ready to do battle: Robinson stands by the pitch at Stadium mk ahead of Tuesday night's Capital One Cup game . Expecting more: Van Gaal will want an improved performance from his United side against MK Dons . After reuniting with Ince at MK Dons, he was appointed manager in 2010, aged 29. He’s done well, twice delivering play-off places and a cup run every year. His thoughts have been sought by Gareth Southgate at the FA and his success is slowly helping the image of the club. ‘I have always operated with an understanding of the cloud we are under,’ he said. ‘I made a point of learning it all - I know the club’s history.’ Whatever happens in Tuesday night's test against Van Gaal, he has already made a pleasant addition.

The 33-year-old told Sportsmail he loves Dutch football and often jumps on the Eurostar to watch matches in Holland and France after MK Dons games . His side face Manchester United in the Capital One Cup on Tuesday night . Karl Robinson said MK Dons model their youth system on Dutch sides, with all No 8s and No 6s dropping into same positions throughout age groups . He was appointed manager at MK Dons in 2010 at the age of 29 . Since then he has taken them to the play-offs and delivered cup runs . MK Dons beat AFC Wimbledon 3-1 in the last round of Capital One Cup . Manchester United come into the game on the back of two underwhelming displays in the Premier League against Sunderland and Swansea .

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Couple celebrated engagement with a drink with a friend . Melanie has two children with ex-husband Daniel Caltagirone . By . Sarah Fitzmaurice, Emily Sheridan and Kimberley Dadds . PUBLISHED: . 13:39 EST, 15 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:40 EST, 16 August 2012 . She thanked fans for their kind words of congratulations after confirming the pair were engaged. And last night Melanie Sykes and her new fiancé Jack Cockings couldn't wait to celebrate their happy news and were seen heading out to toast their engagement. The 42-year-old presenter was seen flashing the diamond ring presented to her by the roofer as the pair went to meet a friend for drinks. Toasting the happy news: Newly engaged couple Melanie Sykes and Jack Cockings were seen heading to dinner to celebrate their news . Melanie had opted for a flirty printed white dress for the occasion, which she teamed with a black leather jacket. Jack, 26, dressed in an extremely tight white T-shirt and grey jeans. Given that the pair met on the social networking site it was fitting that Melanie Sykes chose Twitter to announce her engagement to a builder 16 years younger than her. The . 42-year-old former model yesterday revealed she will marry her toyboy . lover Jack Cockings following a four-month whirlwind romance. Sparkler! Melanie Sykes has wasted no time in showing off her sparkling engagement ring as she flashed it in all its glory this afternoon, within hours of announcing her happy news . Miss Sykes, who is divorced and has two sons, Roman, 10, and Valentino, eight, who suffers from autism, proclaimed: . ‘To my beautiful twitter friends just want to let you know that me . & Jack are engaged to be married and we are very giddy xxx.’ The couple now plan to marry in May next year, according to friends. An . acquaintance of Mr Cockings claimed the roofer proposed with a ‘small . diamond ring’ that he bought using a loan from his father. The happy couple are planning on . splitting the costs of the wedding equally, with Mr Cockings footing the . bill for the honeymoon which could be in Bora Bora. Mr . Cockings has told friends he expected the wedding to be inexpensive  as . venues would ‘give things free in return for publicity’. New sparkling accessory: Melanie Sykes can be seen wearing the diamond band her toyboy fiance Jack Cocking has bought her . Cockings, 26, grew up in Dorset and apparently owns his own roofing contracting company. He has a five-year-old son from a previous relationship. Miss Sykes is no stranger to brief affairs resulting in marriage proposals - she walked down the aisle with her previous husband actor Daniel Caltagirone - just three months after meeting. The couple were married for eight years up until their split in 2008. A close friend said Miss Sykes’s sons got on ‘extremely well’ with Cockings, saying: ‘For Mel, the children are key in everything, they come first and foremost. Especially with Valentino, whom Mel is so protective over. Passionate: TV presenter Melanie Sykes and boyfriend Jack Cockings are engaged after a four month romance . Excitement: Melanie announced the news on her Twitter page . ‘This wedding would not be happening if the boys did not get on with Jack.’ Mr Cockings is believed to have proposed last week by presenting the star with an album of photographs including pictures of him and Miss Sykes and four pages of words about how he felt about her. On the back page he attached the engagement ring with a ribbon, with the words ‘will you marry me?’. He told friends that Miss Sykes ‘cried continuously while looking through the album’. The roofer revealed the details to work mates during a job in Didcot, Oxfordshire. A friend revealed that Cockings had said of the proposal : ‘I don’t believe in grand gestures, I just wanted it to be just me and her, nice and intimate.’ ‘When you know you’ve found the one, you just know. Melanie is my best friend. It’s like hanging around with your mates.’ Bride-to-be: Melanie is seen out and about in London today as she geared up to make the happy announcement . Mr Cockings first contacted Miss Sykes with flirty messages on the micro-blogging site in April. He had previously sent messages to Cheryl Cole and former glamour model Jodie Marsh begging them to date go out with him - but they did not respond. Miss Sykes finally agreed to an actual date with him in May and the pair quickly hit the headlines with their public and graphic flirtation. In one of the racy posts she tweeted that she had ‘the giddiest knickers of my life’ and told him: ‘I’ve got the raging horn, please take me’. Fit: Melanie insists the 15 years age gap doesn't bother her . In another, the star wrote: ‘Jack the rabbit I need some bunny love so hop to it!! Xxx boing boing!!! Loooooool xxxxxxx’. She was condemned by many for playing out her private life in public. But she defended herself in a recent interview with the Daily Mail: ‘I don’t even consider the people who follow me on Twitter as fans. They’re friends, my community. It was just giddiness, banter; silly fun. ‘Nothing rude was actually happening, we were in different counties at the time. And I didn’t mean to offend anyone because I’m not an offensive girl. I’m nice! If I did upset anyone, I’m really sorry. I just got a bit carried away.’ She also insisted the 15 year age gap did not bother her. Miss Sykes explained: ‘Some older men find my independence threatening. Younger men don’t. It’s a generational thing. ‘It’s quite a big ask for a man to be with someone as insanely independent as me, and younger men have the confidence.’ ‘My ex-husband was two years younger than me. ‘I’ve always gone out with younger men. They’re more fun and love to have a laugh.’ In the 1990s, she also dated Bros star Matt Goss and actor Max Beesley. Love split: Melanie and her ex-husband Daniel Caltagirone divorced in 2009 .

Couple celebrated engagement with a drink with a friend . Met on Twitter in April, before meeting in person the following month . Melanie has two children with ex-husband Daniel Caltagirone .

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Dunlap, California (CNN) -- Even if his daughter was fearless, Paul Hanson was not. He supported Dianna's lifelong love of big cats, as well as her single-minded mission to work with them. Yet despite her assurances, he worried. His nightmare came true Wednesday, when a 350-pound African lion killed Dianna Hanson at Project Survival's Cat Haven in Dunlap, California, where she was working as an intern. "I always had a premonition that someday I would get a call like this," her father said Thursday. "But I just thought it would be much further in the future than 24." That's how old the Seattle native was when the lion opened the gate of a pen at the big cat sanctuary, then moved into a larger enclosure, according to the local coroner. Dianna Hanson was cleaning the enclosure the two lions had been in not long before, Fresno County coroner Dr. David Hadden said, citing investigators. Somehow, one of those animals -- a 5-year-old lion named Cous Cous -- escaped and attacked her. Watch video of the lion from 2012 . "(Hanson) died very quickly and did not suffer," Hadden said. A preliminary autopsy showed Hanson died of a "broken neck and other neck injuries," according to the coroner. The animal inflicted other injuries "post-mortem." Paul Hanson,told CNN's Erin Burnett he had been told that his daughter wasn't mauled, saying she had no blood, "no rips or gashes." He and his family are grieving, taking comfort in the fact that Dianna Hanson died doing what she loved -- taking care of big cats such as Cous Cous. Looking back at photos Dianna had posted on Facebook over the past two months, when she'd begun working at the expansive northern California facility, Paul Hanson said he and his wife agreed that this was the happiest they'd ever seen her. "And that's the only way I can bear this," he said. "Because this was her dream. She was living her dream." Death devastates those at big cat sanctuary . When she was 6 or 7, Dianna Hanson was convinced she'd someday go to Siberia to study Siberian snow tigers. Her obsession with them and, eventually, other big cats never left her, according to her father. Her first hands-on experience with such animals came while a student at Western Washington University in Bellingham, where she helped take care of lions and tigers owned by a family there. The six-month internship at Cat Haven was her big break -- her ticket, she hoped, to getting a full-time job at a zoo. Paul Hanson said that his daughter was impressed with everything about what she considered "a very safe, well-run place" where the animals got far more room to roam than at most zoos. "She was just really impressed with the way it was laid out and organized," he said. "There was never any question of safety in her mind or any mismanagement." Cat Haven's founder, Dale Anderson, said the facility has been "incident-free" since it opened in 1998. And Dianna Hanson quickly became part of the "family," lightening the load and brightening the mood wherever she went, recalled the non-profit's president, Wendy Debbas. She gave the animals songs -- for a jaguar named Samba it was "La Samba," to the tune of "La Bamba," while another named Rose had "Kissed by a Rose." "She made instant friendships with everybody up here," Debbas said. "Everybody loved her." They don't -- at least now, at least publicly -- have an explanation as to what happened to her. The Fresno County Sheriff's Office said that when the lion attacked, another employee at the sanctuary tried to distract him away from Hanson and move him into another enclosure. "But all attempts failed," the office said. A sheriff's deputy shot and killed the animal to reach Hanson and give her medical assistance. However, it was too late. "Our whole staff is ... it's just, it's devastating," Anderson said Thursday, choking back tears. 'They are wild animals, end of story' The autopsy finding on Hanson will be reviewed by a veterinarian at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, which is conducting the necropsy on the lion. "Fish and Wildlife has trained our officers in California to recognize a lion kill due to our abundance of mountain lions," Hadden said, noting that the coordination between the two camps follows a protocol set up in case of a mountain lion attack. "We never in our wildest imagination thought it would be an African lion." Fatal lion maulings are rare in the United States, though not unprecedented. Twenty people, including five children, have been killed by big cats in the United States in the past 21 years, according to figures kept by Big Cat Rescue, a nonprofit cat sanctuary in Tampa, Florida. Another 246 people were mauled in the United States during that same time period, 1990 to 2011, the group said. Leopard killed after mauling six in India . The attacking lion, Cous Cous, was one of Dianna Hanson's favorites, according to her father. The lion was also a celebrity of sorts, having appeared on Ellen DeGeneres' television show when he was about 3 months old. That said, noted animal expert Jack Hanna said any big cat can be unpredictable in the way it reacts to what it sees or hears. "They are wild animals, end of story," he said. "No matter what anyone says, they are wild animals." CNN's Ted Rowlands reported from California, Cristy Lenz reported from Atlanta, and Greg Botelho wrote the story. CNN's Steve Almasy contributed to this report.

NEW: Victim's father says he had "premonition ... I would get a call like this," just not so soon . NEW: "Everybody loved" Dianna Hanson at the big cat sanctuary, an official there says . The lion opened a gate and got into a main enclosure, killing the woman, the coroner says . The intern killed by the lion died of a "broken neck" and "did not suffer," he adds .

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By . Sophie Borland Health Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:20 EST, 28 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:55 EST, 28 August 2013 . Exposed: Some doctors have been encouraged to refer most of their patients to private firms for treatments and scans . Hospital consultants and GPs are being bribed by private healthcare firms to send patients for expensive treatment, according to a report. Doctors have been offered bonuses of up to £50,000 if they promise to refer most of their patients for scans and treatment at private clinics. Officials have also uncovered evidence that doctors are encouraging patients to pay for procedures they do not need to pocket the cash. Firms are also offering doctors . incentives including free receptionists and consulting rooms – saving . them thousands of pounds – in return for referring patients to their . hospital. A report by the . Competition Commission watchdog has called for such schemes to be . banned, warning that they are leading to patients paying millions in . excess charges. It says patients routinely pay twice as much as they . should for private scans and tests because the industry is monopolised . by a handful of firms that set prices too high. These . include BMI, which has 65 private hospitals in the UK; Spire, which has . 38; and HCA, which has six hospitals and four medical centres. The report points out that this in turn raises patients’ premiums for private health insurance. Good service: Doctors have been offered up to £50,000 bonuses and incentives such as free receptionists to encourage them to refer their patients to private clinics . Health insurers have no choice but to pay the high costs for private scans, operations and consultants for their customers and as a result raise their premiums. The watchdog calculates patients have collectively been paying out up to £193million over the odds every year in health insurance premiums and direct payments for treatment. Its chairman, Roger Witcomb, said: ‘The lack of competition in the healthcare market at a local level means that most private patients are paying more than they should either for private medical insurance or for self-funded treatment. ‘We’ve also seen the existence of a range of incentives which encourage medical professionals to choose facilities on grounds other than price and quality. We struggle to believe these can be in the interests of patients.’ Private: Spire, which runs 38 hospitals including this one in Bristol, is one of the firms reported to have been offering the incentives . While the watchdog opposes such incentives, they are not illegal. It did not state how many consultants were involved in such schemes nor how much they had been paid. But the Mail is aware of one orthopaedic consultant who was offered £50,000 by BMI in exchange for referring three quarters of his patients for treatment at their private Bath Clinic hospital, which he refused. The watchdog also uncovered a scheme in which GPs were being paid an unknown amount by BMI to refer patients to its Bath Clinic. Previous reports suggest that 15 per cent of the 40,000 consultants in England have been offered incentives by private firms. Many consultants work both for the NHS and privately. Stephen Collier, chief executive of BMI Healthcare, said he ‘rejected absolutely’ that the firm made profits at the expense of patients and insisted all money made was ploughed back into better care. Rob Roger, chief executive of Spire Healthcare, said he ‘strongly disagreed’ with the report, adding: ‘We believe these findings are based on an unrealistic assessment of the markets in which we operate and the level of investment necessary to operate a high-quality hospital.’ HCA said it ‘welcomed transparency’ in consultant incentives but added that it was disappointed that the report had ignored the benefits of the firm’s healthcare.

Private firms offering doctors incentives such as bonuses and free receptionists in return for referrals . Competition Commission says patients collectively been paying out up to £193million over the odds annually . in health insurance premiums and direct payments . Other reports suggest 15 per cent of UK consultants offered cash for referrals .

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Liverpool and Manchester City have it all to do in their final group matches if they are to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League. The two Premier League sides know they need to pick up positive results to reach the last 16, although games elsewhere can affect their progression. With that in mind, Sportsmail explains what City and Liverpool must do to make it through and the positions of the two other English sides in the Champions League, Chelsea and Arsenal, who have both already sealed their places in the knockout rounds. Manchester City's players celebrate Sergio Aguero (bottom) scoring a late winner against Bayern Munich . LIVERPOOL (vs Basle at Anfield, Tuesday December 9) Only a win against Basle on Tuesday will do. Brendan Rodgers' side are currently on four points but another three at Anfield will move them above their Swiss opponents, who have six at present. Ludogorets can also get to seven points with an unlikely win away at group winners Real Madrid, but Liverpool would still go through by virtue of the head-to-head rule after beating the Bulgarian side on home soil and drawing away last month. Raheem Sterling (right) runs past Derlis Gonzalez during Liverpool's defeat against Basle in October . MANCHESTER CITY (vs Roma at Stadio Olimpico, Wednesday December 10) If CSKA Moscow draw away to Bayern Munich, City will qualify by beating Roma in the Italian capital. Or, if Moscow lose to Bayern, a score draw will do for Manuel Pellegrini's men. If the Russian side somehow manage to win in Munich, City are out no matter what their result. Roma defender Ashley Cole (left) slides in on Frank Lampard during his side's draw against Manchester City . ARSENAL (vs Galatasaray at Turk Telekom Arena, Tuesday December 9) Arsenal guaranteed their place in the round of 16 with a win against group leaders Borussia Dortmund last time out. They will finish second in Group D unless they beat Galatasaray and Dortmund lose to Anderlecht (or, more unlikely, the German side draw — and Arsenal win by seven). Danny Welbeck (centre) scored a hat-trick as Arsenal beat Galatasaray 4-1 at the Emirates in October . CHELSEA (vs Sporting Lisbon at Stamford Bridge, Wednesday December 10) Chelsea sealed top spot in Group G with a 5-0 win away at Schalke in their last group game. The Portuguese side know a point in London will guarantee qualification, although they will definitely go through if Schalke fail to beat Maribor. Diego Costa (left) could be rested in Chelsea's return fixture with Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon .

Liverpool must beat Basle at Anfield to progress in the Champions League . Manchester City may only need a point at Roma but could also get knocked out if they win in Italy . Arsenal have already guaranteed progression and could finish top . Chelsea sealed top spot in Group G by beating Schalke last time .

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He may be one sixth of showbiz's most famous family and the star of Burberry's Christmas campaign, but Romeo Beckham proved he's just the average excitable 12-year-old at heart last night. The young model was at Burberry's Regent Street flagship store to preview his new campaign film and the proud youngster turned it into a family affair. Clearly chuffed with his starring role for the iconic British brand, Romeo invited his mother Victoria, father David, both sets of grandparents and his school friend along to watch. FEMAIL went along to watch the youngster make his second campaign appearance for the brand and it was hard not to notice what a proud and down-to-earth family the Beckhams are - despite the immense fame and fortune that's come their way over the years. Scroll down for video . Having a blast: Romeo Beckham made headline news when he was unveiled as Burberry's Christmas campaign star and as these behind the scenes shots prove, he had a brilliant time in his starring role . After making his solo red carpet appearance, Romeo and his entourage, waited patiently in a side entrance where Burberry boss Christopher Bailey greeted them. Obviously happy to see his new campaign star, Christopher showered Romeo with a warm welcome and knelt down to give him a quick pep talk before Romeo made his way through the crowd. Proud: Chuffed Romeo brought his parents along to the launch of his new campaign and was treated to a quick pep chat from Christopher Bailey, pictured, before he made his appearance . Delightful: Christopher Bailey said that Romeo was an 'utter joy' to work with on his new campaign and brought along some serious style and charm . Clearly unphased by the 500 guests waiting for the man of the night, Romeo strode confidently ahead of his entire entourage and smiled broadly as he walked through the room. He and his family made their way up to a VIP balcony where they enjoyed a musical performance by British songwriter Ed Harcourt, who wrote the score for the From London with Love film. Romeo was seen giggling proudly as his campaign film was revealed and watched the entire thing in the arms of his mother, who tenderly whispered into her young son's ear throughout. Unlike a lot of celebrities, who often show up to an event just for the photocall and quickly dash off, the Beckhams stayed for the entire evening. Stealing the show: Clearly unphased by the 500 guests waiting for the man of the night, Romeo, pictured behind the scenes on his new campaign, strode confidently ahead of his entire entourage and smiled broadly as he walked through the room at last night's launch . Budding model: Following his mother into the fashion world, the youngster was hand-picked by the British label's Chief Creative Officer, Christopher Bailey, for the second time . Romeo confidently mingled with VIP guests and was seen having a photo taken with his equally dapper young school friend, who was enjoying a mocktail. David's mother Sandra proved to be the proud grandmother and was seen taking snaps of her grandson on her mobile phone, whilst Victoria engaged in an intimate - and probably fashion-related - chat with Christopher Bailey. Another star of the evening was Hannah Dodds, the blonde model and dancer who features alongside Romeo in the campaign. She was congratulated on her role by fellow guests, who included Benjamin Clementine, George Ezra, Sophie Ellis Bextor and some of the Made In Chelsea cast. Just another day in the office: Romeo may only be 12 but he's already following in his successful parents' fashionable footsteps . Romeo, who is the second eldest son of David and Victoria, steals the spotlight in the Burberry Festive campaign and judging by these behind the scene pictures, he had a blast doing it. Following his mother into the fashion world, the youngster was hand-picked by the British label's Chief Creative Officer, Christopher Bailey, for the second time. Speaking about the campaign and working with the young Beckham, Christopher Bailey said: 'This festive campaign is a celebration of everything we love at Burberry; the trench coat, the cashmere scarf, incredible music, our British weather, and working with great and talented people. 'It continues to be an utter joy working with Romeo - he has charm, style and great energy! I’m delighted that he’s the lead role in our festive campaign.' Time for bed: Romeo left the event at 8pm - no doubt to get an early night before school today . He's a pro! Romeo proved he knows how to work the camera as he made his appearance with his family last night .

FEMAIL went to Romeo's Burberry campaign preview . He brought along his parents and both sets of grandparents . Confidently strode through the crowds followed by family . David's mother was seen taking snaps of him with his young friend . Victoria proudly cuddled him throughout the screening . Behind the scenes images show him enjoying his time on snowy set .

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By . Mike Dawes . Published: . 17:37 EST, 18 July 2014 . | . Updated: . 17:38 EST, 18 July 2014 . The British Open will use a two-tee start for the first time in the tournament’s 154-year history for Saturday’s third round due to predicted heavy rain and thunderstorms. Tournament official David Rickman said play is scheduled to begin at 9am (0800 GMT) Saturday off the first and 10th tees. That compressed schedule would allow for up to five hours of delays and enable the round to be completed. Looking forward: McIlroy wouldn't let the Friday curse stop him and now he wants to continue that good form . The British Open has always used a one-tee start, but Rickman says the decision to use a second for the 70-plus players would allow the tournament: 'to stay on track so we are in a better place on Sunday.' The forecast calls for deteriorating weather to begin overnight Friday, with an expected break of up to four hours late Saturday morning. Beautiful day: McIlroy watches his tee shot on the tenth on an afternoon of fine weather at Royal Liverpool . Starting at hole one . 0900 Jason Dufner (USA), Keegan Bradley (USA), Phil Mickelson (USA) 0911 Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Gary Woodland (USA), D.A. Points (USA) 0922 Kristoffer Broberg (Swe), David Hearn (Can), Graeme McDowell . 0933 Branden Grace (Rsa), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Byeong-Hun An (Kor) 0944 Shane Lowry, Stephen Gallacher, Matteo Manassero (Ita) 0955 David Howell, Justin Rose, Bill Haas (USA) 1006 Edoardo Molinari (Ita), Thomas Bjorn (Den), Marc Leishman (Aus) 1017 Adam Scott (Aus), Victor Dubuisson (Fra), Jimmy Walker (USA) 1028 Robert Karlsson (Swe), Marc Warren, Jim Furyk (USA) 1039 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), George Coetzee (Rsa), Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 1050 Sergio Garcia (Spa), Rickie Fowler (USA), Ryan Moore (USA) 1101 Dustin Johnson (USA), Francesco Molinari (Ita), Rory McIlroy . Starting at hole 10 . 0900 Chris Rodgers, Gregory Bourdy (Fra), Ben Martin (USA) 0911 Darren Clarke, Matt Kuchar (USA), Hunter Mahan (USA) 0922 Kevin Stadler (USA), Chris Kirk (USA), Martin Kaymer (Ger) 0933 Billy Hurley III (USA), John Senden (Aus), Chris Wood . 0944 Matthew Jones (Aus), Brooks Koepka (USA), Paul Casey . 0955 Henrik Stenson (Swe), Angel Cabrera (Arg), Ryan Palmer (USA) 1006 James Mcleary, Brian Harman (USA), Charley Hoffman (USA) 1017 Kevin Streelman (USA), Brendon Todd (USA), Brandt Snedeker (USA) 1028 Zach Johnson (USA), Jason Day (Aus), Kevin Na (USA) 1039 Koumei Oda (Jpn), Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Stewart Cink (USA) 1050 Tom Watson (USA), Luke Donald, Matthew Every (USA) 1101 Tiger Woods (USA), Jordan Spieth (USA), Rhein Gibson (Aus) More... Rory McIlroy puts pheasant drama behind him with six birdies moving him four shots clear on 12-under-par to take control of the leaderboard at The Open . Hoylake awards: The best and worst moments from day two at The Open . Haunted Ernie Els misses the cut but Bubba Watson sees the funny side of early exit . THE OPEN TEE ROOM: Blaster Brooks Koepka overtakes Rory McIlroy in distance stakes at Royal Liverpool . Rory McIlroy makes birdie despite pheasant running across the putting surface during second round of The Open 2014 at Hoylake . Tiger Woods has horror second round of 77 as he scrapes into weekend at The Open Championship in his first major of year .

Leader McIlroy begins his second round at 12:01pm at hole one . Second placed Dustin Johnson with McIlroy at the first . Tiger Wood goes off at the same time but from hole 10 . Two-tee start chosen due to dreadful weather forecast .

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By . Associated Press . A rapidly spreading wildfire in Northern California forced the evacuation of about 700 homes Saturday as it raced through Sierra Nevada foothills turned tinder-dry by drought. Evacuation orders were expanded in and around the River Pines Estates community in Amador County. Previous orders had covered about 250 homes about 40 miles east of Sacramento. Since Friday, the so-called Sand Fire has destroyed five homes and seven outbuildings. Many vineyards are in the area but the flames were moving away from them, said Lynn Tolmachoff, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Wildfire: Marin County firefighter Brett Grayson watches out for hotspots in a vineyard, as the fast-moving wildfire called Sand Fire burns near Plymouth, California on July 26 . Dry conditions: Members of the CAL Fire Vina Helitack crew battle the fire, which started Friday . The fire broke out around 5 p.m. Friday and crossed the Cosumnes River into more rugged terrain, quickly spreading to dry, thick brush and woodland terrain near vineyards in the Shenandoah Valley. 'The drought is very severe here. All the plants are catching fire and spreading very easily,' Tolmachoff said. The wildfire burned within 200 yards of the Story Winery in Plymouth on Friday. It was closed Saturday but hoped to reopen Sunday. 'We're good,' owner Rob Campbell told the Sacramento Bee. 'The road's closed coming in, so we're just hanging out making sure there's no hot spots.' 'We've got CalFire guys using our tasting room as a lookout point,' he said. All but two or three of the 40 wineries represented by the Amador Vintners Association were open Saturday, and those were affected by road closures, said Shan Trail, an association official in Plymouth. Evacuations: About 700 homes have been evacuated in the area which has burned through five houses and 3,000 acres . Semi-contained: Firefighters hike in to battle the Sand Fire near Plymouth. Cooler conditions and dying winds are helping them bring the blaze under control . The two-square-mile blaze was only 20 per cent contained and was throwing off embers that created small spot fires in its path. Pushed by 20 mph wind gusts, it flashed through waist-high grass and torched oaks and pines, Tolmachoff said. Hundreds of firefighters worked in triple-digit heat, aided by aircraft, including a giant DC-10 tanker. Investigators are trying to determine whether a burned car found by the riverbed ignited the fire, which has sent up huge plumes of smoke and worsened air quality in the Sacramento area. Blazes also burned in other Western states. The nation's largest wildfire, the 618-square-mile Buzzard Complex in eastern Oregon, was 95 per cent contained Saturday as crews also battled other fires in the state. All hands on deck: A DC-10 Air Tanker makes a drop on the Sand Fire at the middle fork of the Cosumnes River in Northern California as firefighters standby to protect a home on Saturday . Raging nearby: Firefighters protect an evacuated home while the Sand Fire terrifyingly close . There was also progress on Washington's largest wildfire, the 390-square-mile Carlton Complex in north-central part of the state, which was almost 60 per cent contained. Cooler weather and rain helped firefighters get a handle on the lightning-caused fire, but heat and wind picked up Saturday. Officials increased their estimate of burned homes from 150 to 300 Friday. In Utah, evacuation orders for 200 homes in Summit County and 10 homes in Utah County were lifted. No homes burned and there were no injuries. One of the fires started early Saturday when two teenagers playing with fireworks ignited dry grass and brush, police said. Other wildfires burned in Utah, Colorado and other states in the West.

Around 700 homes and 1,200 people have been evacuated from homes in Northern California . A wildfire, the so-called Sand Fire, that began Friday is still burning in the wine region . An initial order evacuated 250 homes east of Sacramento . More were forced to flee as the fire burned through the Sierra Nevada foothills . Five homes have been destroyed and 3,000 acres . Local officials say the fire is 20 per cent contained . Cooler temperatures and dying winds are helping firefighters gain control .

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By . Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 15:39 EST, 14 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:58 EST, 14 December 2013 . A casino owner-turned-commercial developer is asking $7.85million to sell a Las Vegas home - and he's willing to accept the controversial online currency Bitcoin as payment. Jack Sommer said he got the idea to seek Bitcoin for his 25,000-square-foot mansion from two of his sons, who've been involved in making and trading the currency. ‘The advantage is that we're expanding our market and adding some notoriety,’ Sommer said. New money: Jack Sommer, right, and his real estate agent Craig Tann stand in the library of Sommers' home in the Spanish Trail neighborhood of Las Vegas, which he is hoping to sell for $7.85million in Bitcoins . Fit for a king: From left, Tann, Laura and Jack Sommer stand in front of the Sommers' palatial home trimmed in marble and cherry wood . Bitcoin peer-to-peer trading began in 2009. Value is purchased through an exchange website with a mainstream paper currency, such as dollars or euros, though trading isn't government-regulated. Using the currency can streamline international business deals, said Julian Tosh, a consultant and owner of the marketplace website Bitcoinsinvegas.com. ‘There are a bunch of people who have Bitcoins, and they're dying for a place to spend it,’ Tosh told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. He said Sommer's willingness to accept Bitcoin could open the home to a global audience. ‘If you increase awareness of potential buyers, you could tap into new markets,’ Tosh said. Sommer has put a lot of work into the home in the posh Spanish Trail Country Club. It features marble from China, Iceland and Brazil, a full basement, staff quarters with Jacuzzis, and a secret garden. It also has 39 air-conditioning zones fed from a 120-ton cooling tower. Refined luxury: Sommer said he and his wife are downsizing now that their seven children have grown and moved out . The extravagant mansion comes with a guest house, complete with a four-poster bed . Pristine condition: An upstairs hallway leading to the children's rooms in Jack and Laura Sommer's Spanish Trail neighborhood home . Library shelves are stainless steel clad in American cherry wood, and the view from the owner's suite is of golf course fairways. Sommer once owned the Aladdin resort, which is now the Planet Hollywood Resort on the Las Vegas Strip. He said he and his wife, Laura, considered the additions they've made to the home ‘an exercise in how many cool details we could put in.’ He said they were downsizing now that their seven children have grown and moved out. Sommer's sales agent, Craig Tann, of Prudential American Group's Estates of Las Vegas team, said the home may be the first in southern Nevada to be marketed formally around Bitcoin. A range of businesses accept the currency. A California Lamborghini dealership sold a $103,000 Tesla to a Florida man for 91.4 Bitcoin, the Review-Journal reported, and a Canadian man listed his Alberta home for the Bitcoin equivalent of $405,000. How it works: Bitcoin peer-to-peer trading began in 2009, and value is purchased through an exchange website with a mainstream paper currency . The currency hit a watermark when Bank of America Merrill Lynch said this month that one Bitcoin could have a maximum value of $1,300, or more than the price of an ounce of gold. A Bitcoin on Friday was valued at about $870, up from $10 in January. Tosh acknowledged the volatility in value could make a $7.85 million Bitcoin trade risky. ‘Locking in a price for such a large transaction is going to be kind of difficult,’ he said. ‘If the value is changing 30 per cent a day, how do you quantify that in a contract and expect each side to hold on for 30 to 90 days while escrow clears?’

Jack Sommer, one-time owner of Aladdin resort, is looking to sell his 25,000-square-foot home in Spanish Trail  Country Club . Got the idea to seek Bitcoins from his sons who are trading in the currency .

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Discovery: Eva Braun who married Adolf Hitler just days before they committed suicide . As the Red Army smashed into the suburbs of Berlin in April 1945, the mood of Hitler’s bride-to-be Eva Braun turned from fragile hope to black despair. Letters she is said to have written from the bunker hideout she shared with the Fuhrer and his henchmen reveal her growing sense of doom. In one, dated April 19, she writes that, despite the thud of artillery and falling bombs, she is ‘happy to be close’ to Hitler and remains ‘convinced that everything will turn out all right’. But three days later, as Soviet troops overwhelm the German capital’s exhausted defence force – many of them old men and boys – her mood has changed. She says: ‘We are fighting here until the last but I’m afraid the end is threatening closer and closer.’ She also writes of preparing to die and her bewilderment at how God could let such things happen. Eight days later, 33-year-old Braun was dead, killing herself alongside her husband of only a few hours, Adolf Hitler. The letters are published this week in a book called The Women of the Nazis, by Third Reich expert Anna Maria Sigmund. The writer, whose books have been translated into more than 30 languages, insists the letters are genuine and were written by Braun to her friend Herta Schneider. ‘I have no doubt that the letters are genuine and Eva Braun has typed them, correcting her faults by hand,’ she said. She claims the descendants of Schneider, who died nearly 20 years ago, showed her the letters. She said she copied them down before they were sold on to a collector. In the second letter Braun says: ‘Greetings to all my friends, I’m dying how I’ve lived. It’s not difficult for me. You know that.’ Claims: A book published in Germany this week claims to have discovered the farewell letters of Hitler's bride Eva Braun which she wrote to her friend days before committing suicide . Final days: The bunker where Hitler spent his final days with his new wife Eva Braun . Demise: Eva Braun's sentiments change from positive to morbid in the letters . Anna Maria Sigmund explained: ‘Eva . Braun reflects the change of mood in the Fuhrerbunker over four days – . the vague hope on the 19th and the despair of April 22.’ Thirty . years ago the news magazine Stern in Germany became a laughing stock . when it published diaries which it claimed were Hitler’s. They were exposed within days as the work of a master forger. Mrs . Sigmund said she is, however, convinced of the authenticity of the . letters – and of the ‘normality’ of the relationship between Hitler and . Eva. ‘I think they had a pretty normal love and sex life,’ she added. Enlarge . Adolf Hitler with guests at his birthday party at his residence, the Berghof, on April 20, 1943. On the far left is Eva Braun. Behind her is her close friend Herta Schneider . Revealing: Adolf Hitler asleep, next to Eva Braun - this photo was banned during Hitlers lifetime . Denied: Hitler kept Eva's existence secret from the German people during his rule, believing that the myth that he was 'married' to the nation would serve him better . Braun . married Hitler just 40 hours before the pair died by taking cyanide. Hitler also shot himself in the head. She had been his partner for . several years despite him being more than 20 years older than her. They . met when Braun was just 17. Hitler . kept Eva’s existence secret from the German people during his rule, . believing that the myth that he was ‘married to the nation’ would serve . him better. She was introduced only to his inner circle at his Alpine retreat in Berchtesgaden and in his Berlin apartment. Losing hope: Anna Maria Sigmund explained: 'Eva Braun reflects the change of mood in the Führerbunker over four days - the vague hope on the 19th and the despair of April 22.' Last day: Adolf Hitler and his wife Eva Braun pose with their pets. The dictator is holding his favourite dog Blondi on a leash. He was to have her poisoned with cyanide . He . met her when she worked as an assistant to Heinrich Hoffmann, the . Munich photographer who went on to become the Fuhrer’s personal . cameraman. A diary of Hitler’s close confidant and ideologue, Alfred Rosenberg, has been recovered. The . log could offer an insight into meetings Rosenberg had with the Nazi . leader and his henchmen, including Heinrich Himmler and Herman Goering. His . diary was held by US prosecutors at the Nuremberg war crime trials of . late 1945 and has now been recovered by the US government. He was convicted at Nuremberg of crimes against humanity and hanged in 1946. Traces of the dictator: War correspondents examining the arm of sofa stained with blood while one of them uses a candle to search the floor for evidence of suicide in Adolf Hitler's underground shelter . Abandoned furniture and debris: Photographer William Vandivert was the first Western photographer to gain access to Hitler's Führerbunker after the fall of Berlin .

Third Reich expert Anna Maria Sigmund believes the letters are genuine . Insists they were written as Red Army of Soviet Russia closed in on the city . Eva is thought to have typed the letters for her friend Herta Schneider . Author claims heirs of Herta Schneider showed her the letters .

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(CNN) -- As horrified travelers watched, a Greyhound Canada bus passenger repeatedly stabbed and then decapitated a young man who was sitting and sleeping beside him, a witness said Thursday. Police investigate the scene near Portage la Prairie, Canada, on Thursday. "There was a bloodcurdling scream. I was just reading my book, and all of a sudden, I heard it," Garnet Caton, who was sitting in front of the two men, said of the Wednesday night incident west of Portage la Prairie in Manitoba. "It was like something between a dog howling and a baby crying, I guess you could say," Caton said. "I don't think it will leave me for a while." Passengers exited the bus, and a trucker who stopped provided wrenches and crowbars to several of them so they could keep the suspect on the bus until police came, witnesses told Canadian TV. The suspect was seized with the help of negotiators, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sgt. Steve Colwell said. Watch Colwell discuss the case » . He said no formal charges had been filed, and he declined to identify either the man in custody or the victim, who were among 34 passengers. There was no immediate indication of what prompted the attack, Colwell said. He said he didn't know how many times the victim was stabbed. Witnesses described the weapon as a large butcher-type knife. Caton told The Associated Press that the victim appeared to be about 19 years old and had gotten on the bus in Edmonton. Colwell praised the "extraordinary" level-headedness and bravery of the bus driver and passengers. "What you saw and what you experienced would shake the most seasoned police officer. And yet I'm told that each of you acted swiftly, calmly and bravely," Colwell said. "As a result, no one else was injured." The police received a call reporting the attack at 8:30 p.m. By the time they arrived at the scene, everyone except the knife-wielder and his victim had left the bus, Colwell said. The incident ended about 1:30 a.m. The bus was traveling along the Trans-Canada Highway from Edmonton, Alberta, to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and was about 45 minutes from its destination when the attack occurred, Greyhound spokeswoman Abby Wambaugh said in Dallas, Texas. Caton said the victim was sleeping with his head leaning against the window when the attack happened. Caton said he shouted at the other passengers, many of whom also were sleeping, to leave. Watch Caton describe what he saw » . "Everybody got off the bus. Me and a trucker that stopped and the Greyhound driver ran up to the door to maybe see if the guy was still alive or we could help or something like that," Caton said. "And when we all got up, we saw that the guy was cutting off the guy's head. ... When he saw us, he came back to the front of the bus, told the driver to shut the door. He pressed the button and the door shut, but it didn't shut in time, and the guy was able to get his knife out and take a swipe at us," Caton said. Caton told the AP that the attacker didn't sit near the victim when he first got on the bus, about an hour before the attack. "He sat in the front at first; everything was normal," Caton said. "We went to the next stop, and he got off and had a smoke with another young lady there. When he got on the bus again, he came to the back near where I was sitting. He put his bags in the overhead compartment. He didn't say a word to anybody. He seemed totally normal." Half an hour later, the attack began, Caton told the AP. "There was no rage or anything. He was like a robot, stabbing the guy." The incident occurred on the first of two Greyhound Canada buses that were traveling together, Wambaugh said. The bus was carrying 37 passengers. As many passengers as possible among those not directly involved in the incident were transferred to the second bus, she said. Others were taken to a hotel in Brandon, where they were met by Greyhound managers and police, Wambaugh said. Once they are released, Greyhound will take them by bus to Winnipeg, and "we will do whatever is required to help them, and that includes counseling," she added. Wambaugh declined to comment further. "I don't want to compromise the investigation," she said. Copyright 2008 CNN. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press contributed to this report.

NEW: Police say suspect is in custody, no charges have been filed . AP: Witness says attacker seemed normal before slaying, appeared to be about 19 . Man repeatedly stabbed and then decapitated sleeping seat mate, witness says . Trucker helped passengers trap knife-wielding man on bus, witnesses say .

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By . Daily Mail Reporter . One of Atlanta's most eligible bachelors, Mayor Kasim Reed, has today announced he is set to wed former beauty queen Sarah-Elizabeth Langford - and the couple is expecting their first baby. 'I could not feel more blessed that she agreed to marry me, and we look forward to building a family together in the greatest city in America,' Reed, 44, said in a statement. 'I am honored to have our friends and family share this special moment with us and I ask that our privacy is respected as we celebrate this personal occasion.' The news comes after years of . speculation that the couple - who've stayed out of the media spotlight despite attending numerous public events together - were headed for the altar. Loved up: Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed and former beauty queen Sarah-Elizabeth Langford have revealed they're engaged, just three months after making a splash at the 30th Annual UNCF Mayor's Masked Ball at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta in December (pictured) The Bahamas Press broke the story over the weekend, after spies spotted the beaming couple dining  at the Ocean Club’s Dune restaurant and noticed the impressive rock on 33-year-old Langford’s finger. 'BP almost choked on our steak ’cause we are certain we saw a glittering diamond ring on the Queen’s finger,' the publication wrote. 'News only Bahamas Press can confirm suggests the couple are in the Bahamas and are staying at the beautiful, luxurious Ocean Club on a mini-vacation.' Although Reed has not commented publicly on the union, Reed's long-time barber told Atlanta Magazine his client sprang the news on him yesterday, after returning from his vacation. 'He sprang it on me as he got up out of my chair,' Rick . Walker said. 'He pulled up the pictures to show . me. He looked very happy. I cut his hair just before he . left last week and had no idea he was going to propose. I just made sure . he was looking good for his trip.' Beauty queen: Langford participated in several pageants, and won the Miss District of Columbia USA in 2005 (pictured) Smart and beautiful: Langford (center) is a former beauty queen with degrees from the University of Michigan and Howard University School of Law, Reed¿s alma mater . Meanwhile, observers have noted the union could be the beginning of a political dynasty, as . Langford's father, the late Arthur Langford Jr, was an Atlanta . councilman and Georgia state senator. Langford's mother, Susan Pease Langford, is a former Atlanta City Attorney. Langford is a developer and graduate of the University of Michigan and Howard University . School of Law, Reed’s alma mater. But she made a name for herself as a beauty queen contestant, including winning the Miss District of Columbia title in 2005. Getting hitched: Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed (left) has confirmed he is engaged to Sarah-Elizabeth Langford (center). It is not known when the pair first got together, but they are pictured here with singer Usher at the launch of the U-Cast Podcast series in Atlanta on July 25, 2008 . The news brings a rare focus on the mayor’s . private life, which until now has been mainly limited to speculation in gossip blogs. It's not clear when Reed and Langford first got together, but Straight From the A reported in 2012 that it appeared the pair had 'been on for most of 2011'. They were also photographed together at an event with Usher in Atlanta in 2008. The good-looking couple set tongues wagging in 2011 after attending the 28th Annual UNCF Mayor’s Masked Ball together. It's not known when the couple plans to wed or when their baby is due. Scene: The Bahamas Press reported Reed proposed to Langford over the weekend, after spies spotted them dining at the Ocean Club's Dune restaurant in the Bahamas (pictured) and Langford wearing a giant rock on her ring finger .

Kasim Reed, 44, today announced he's engaged to former beauty queen Sarah-Elizabeth Langford . His office confirmed Langford is expecting . Reed reportedly proposed over the weekend in the Bahamas . Reed was considered one of Atlanta's most eligible bachelors .

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Nearly one quarter have been late due to indecision over what to wear . One in five have returned home to change after leaving the house . UK workers spend an average of 15 minutes extra getting ready for work on a Friday morning . 13% of those polled have enlisted the services of a professional stylist over what to wear to work . By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 05:18 EST, 19 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:59 EST, 19 October 2012 . Many companies enforce a 'dress down Friday' policy as an incentive for office workers to let their hair down at the end of the week. But according to new research, for many the opposite effect is achieved as people get stressed about what to wear on their day 'off' from the office uniform. Deadlines and budgets aside, one in ten . workers cite dress down Friday as the most stressful time of the week . and 15 per cent become so stressed by what to wear they even call in . sick. Although dress down Friday seems like a welcome break from the suited attire of every other day, Brits find it the most stressful day of the week and many are dressing ready for a night out on the town . Nearly a quarter have even been late due to indecision and one in five have returned home to change after leaving the house. Careful planning is essential with one third of us beginning to plan our Friday outfit on Thursday lunchtime with one percent beginning the decision-making process as early as Monday evening. And it seems that 'dressing down' requires a lot more effort than meets the eye with a staggering 43 per cent spending more time on hair, makeup and grooming on a Friday compared to any other day of the working week, with 24 per cent choosing the day to experiment with their look. This experimentation, which adds an average of fifteen minutes to an individual’s morning routine, has also had an effect on our pockets as 50 per cent claim to spend more on their Friday fashion than they do for the remainder of the week. Mini-skirts have become a norm on dress down Friday as many people gear up for the night ahead and hit the town straight after work . And it seems that the office is increasingly becoming a catwalk with high heels over four inches, party dresses and mini skirts all seen as acceptable Friday attire, especially for the 50 per cent of those surveyed who claim to go straight out from work every week. With 15 per cent of men claiming to have pulled a colleague aside to tell them about a Friday fashion faux pas, and one in five women admitting to whispering at the water cooler behind a colleague’s back, it’s not surprising that more than one in ten of us have enlisted the advice of a professional stylist over what to wear to work. 'It's a dilemma that can be easily solved with a few individual items that can be mixed and matched to create that killer, day-to-night combo' says Very.co.uk ambassador Fearne Cotton . The study, carried out by leading online fashion retailer Very.co.uk, found that regionally, those in Birmingham and the West Midlands are the least confident in choosing their outfits alone, with 53 per cent of respondents asking partners, 38 per cent asking family members and nearly a quarter asking complete strangers for style advice. Brand ambassador for Very.co.uk Fearne Cotton said: 'We’ve all been there, rummaging through drawers and trying to find the outfit that makes you look fabulous without looking like you’ve tried too hard. 'It’s a dilemma that millions of us face every week that can be easily solved with a few individual items that can be mixed and matched to create that killer, day-to-night combo.' Julie Donnelly, head of womenswear buying at Very.co.uk added: 'The pressure to look good in the office has never been more intense, and with 51 per cent of people claiming to go straight out from work on a Friday, day-to-night fashion like our latest range of party dresses, is proving increasingly popular.'

Nearly one quarter have been late due to indecision over what to wear . One in five have returned home to change after leaving the house . UK workers spend an average of 15 minutes extra getting ready for work on a Friday morning . 13% of those polled have enlisted the services of a professional stylist over what to wear to work .

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By . Amanda Williams . PUBLISHED: . 11:09 EST, 17 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:14 EST, 18 September 2013 . Property tycoon Donald Trump has said he will not name a successor but instead will divide his real estate empire between his three children. The outspoken billionaire has said in an interview he intends for Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric to inherit different areas of the Trump Organisation. He told the Wall Street Journal: 'My kids are treated very equally.' Outspoken billionaire Donald Trump has said in an interview he intends for Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric to inherit different areas of the Trump Organisation . Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump attend an awards ceremony. Daughter Ivanka has reportedly taken the lead negotiating role on some of the company's biggest deals . 'I think, and I hope, for their own sake, that they’ll be able to get along... It’s not a deal where there’s going to be one person succeeding me.' Daughter Ivanka has reportedly taken the lead negotiating role on some of the company's biggest deals, Business Insider reports. It includes a $150 million acquisition of the Doral golf resort in Miami. She also took the lead on the $48 million buy at the 92-story Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago. Heavily pregnant Ivanka, has not let her condition stop her from being the successful businesswoman that she's known to be. Last Tuesday, the blonde  - who is said to be 35 weeks pregnant - boarded a private jet with her billionaire father. The working pair paid a visit to the old post office in Washington, to view the space that will become the next Trump International Hotel. Eric prefers dealing with the construction side of the business where as Donald Jr - the eldest - prefers leasing. Ivanka and her father paid a visit to the old post office in Washington, to view the space that will become the next Trump International Hotel . The decision to name more than one heir is unusual in the real estate industry - which normally picks just one child as successor. William Zabel,  founding partner of the law firm Schulte Roth & Zabel, told Wall Street Journal: 'You have to give one of them the mantle and hope that it works.' Trump himself is said to be aware other such scenarios end in disaster, blaming it on 'jealousy, or something else.' Earlier this week it was reported that Trump could be setting his sights on acquiring the FBI's colossal headquarters in Washington adding an enormous concrete block to his growing empire. Trump, who already owns several million square feet of prime Manhattan real estate, as well as buildings across the US, hinted that he's interested in the vast building on Pennsylvania Avenue. The billionaire has just completed drawing up a long-term lease for the city's Old Post Office Pavilion, a block west of the FBI HQ, to transform it into a $200 million luxury hotel. They add to a growing empire of buildings for the real estate family, that includes the Trump National Golf Club, in Loudoun, purchased  2009, the Kluge Winery and estate in Charlottesville, The Trump Tower, in Tampa, The Trump International Hotel and Tower, in Toronto, and many more.

He said his children will be treated equally and share his business . Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric to inherit different parts of Trump Organisation .

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(CNN) -- Sudden seismic activity caused a "mega-mudslide" in the Bolivian capital of La Paz Sunday, the country's state news agency reported. The mudslide left at least 800 families homeless, according to the ABI news agency's report, which did not mention any fatalities or injuries. A fault stretching 80 to 100 hectares (200 to 250 acres) triggered the disaster, ABI said. Bolivia's president called an emergency meeting of government ministers late Sunday to evaluate the damage left behind by the mudslide and declared the area an emergency zone. During a visit at a school that served as a shelter Sunday night, Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera pledged that the government would help victims rebuild. "Many of you have lost the homes that you spent so much time and effort building, and I want to tell you that we are not going to abandon you," he said, according to ABI.

State media says the mudslide left at least 800 families homeless . A fault stretching at least 200 acres triggered the disaster, state media reports . Bolivia's government pledges to help victims .

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By . Ryan Gorman . PUBLISHED: . 18:27 EST, 25 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:27 EST, 25 September 2013 . Scientists believe it will be decades before the Gulf of Mexico sea floor, damaged across almost 60-square-miles, recovers from the 2010 BP oil spill, according to a recently published study. The most severe damage from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster stretches almost two miles in all directions from the toxic spill, with moderate damage stretching 10.6 miles to the southwest and 5.3 miles to the northeast – a total of 57-square-miles. The study was conducted by a team of scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency, BP and multiple scholars. The findings were published last month in PLOS One, a scientific journal. A total disaster: Dispersant clotted oil and fresh crude floating May 6, 2010, on the surface nine miles from the Deepwater Horizon oil well spill in the Gulf of Mexico . Based on 68 sediment samples collected between one-third of a mile and 78 miles from the spill site in two surveys from September to October, 2010, the study is the first to attempt to quantify the extent of damage resulting from the blown-out Macondo well. ‘Recovery rates in the deep sea are likely to be slow, on the order of decades or longer,’ the study said. As part of the research, bottom-dwelling organisms referred to as benthos were sifted from the collected sediment and tested for pollution. The sediment itself was also tested for toxins. Chemicals including barium, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and total petroleum hydrocarbons were found to have permeated the sea floor, the study said. Barium is key component in the slurry often referred to as heavy mud, which is used to drill the well. The other chemical compounds are also known to be in the spilled oil, the study said. Firestarter: A Briggs employee places an igniter package in oil contained by fire boom in the Gulf of Mexico to start a controlled burn . Blown out: Dark clouds of smoke billowed over the Gulf of Mexico while controlled fires were used to burn off oil on the surface . Mapping the concentrations of these chemicals found in the sediment enabled scientists to determine the oil spill’s foot print, as well as outline the severity of damage across the spill zone – while at the same time delineating damage caused by natural seepage. This data, in addition to the known differences in biodiversity found across different locations in the Gulf of Mexico, revealed a startling discovery – the more contaminated areas were far less diverse than non-polluted areas. ‘It is apparent that the Deepwater . Horizon blow out and subsequent oil spill did adversely affect deep-sea . soft-sediment benthos,’ said the study. ‘The tremendous biodiversity of meiofauna in the deep-sea area of the Gulf of Mexico we studied has been reduced dramatically,’ researcher Jeff Baguley, of the University of Nevada-Reno, told the New Orleans Times-Picayune. The floor-dwelling organisms scientists were studying are less than one-hundredth of an inch long. Toxic spill: Ribbons of oil in Gulf waters look like tiger stripes from high above the Gulf of Mexico near the source of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill . A wide swath: Almost 60-square-miles of sea floor was damaged by the oil spill, it may take decades to recover . Additional damage is also believed to have impacted marine life not living on the Gulf of Mexico’s floor, likely caused by underwater oil plumes that took time to sink. ‘There were likely mid-water impacts to plankton and a variety of mid-water species,’ the study said. The oil and heavy mud mixture will have to fully degrade in order for the deep sea animals to fully recover. Without exposure to light, oxygen and other elements essential to degradation, the study says, the recovery may take a significant amount of time. ‘Recovery of soft-bottom benthos after previous shallow-water oil spills has been documented to take years to decades,’ the study said. Despite the study being peer-reviewed . and deemed to be accurate, according to the Times-Picayune, BP refuted . the claims made by researchers. Land and sea: Workers remove oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig spill from parts of Gulf Shores beach, Alabama . ‘The . paper provides no data to support a claim that it could take decades . for these deep sea species to recover’ Jason Ryan, press officer for BP . America, said in a statement. ‘In fact, the researchers acknowledge that . little is known about recovery rates of these communities following an . event such as this.’ Mr . Ryan did not dispute the damage caused to the area by the spill, rather . he further blasted the study by saying it was already revealed by a . different team of scientists almost two years ago. The team of scientists said they have further sediment samples from 2011 they are studying, and expect results within the next year. Any further conclusions will be based on those findings. 'We are now in the process of analyzing data collected from a subsequent cruise in the spring of 2011,' NOAA's Cynthia Cooksey told the Times-Picayune. 'Those data will not be available for another year, but will also inform how we look at conditions over time.'

Damage from the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico extends almost 60-square-miles from the blown-out well . The extent of damage was determined by taking sediment samples over a two month span in the months after the spill . BP disputes the scientists' claims, but does not dispute the extent of the damage caused by the disaster .

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(CNN) -- High up in the Heritage Foundation's headquarters, a conservative "who's who" gathered last week to screen a movie. Conservative media critic Brent Bozell III, who once called much of Hollywood's work "clearly out of bounds, offensive and dangerous," heaped praise on the production and its producer. The producer was famously liberal, award-winning movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who has produced some of Hollywood's most controversial films. The film is "The Giver" -- based on the 1993 Newberry Medal-winning novel by Lois Lowry -- which hit big screens Friday. The dystopian story is based on a script shepherded into production by actor Jeff Bridges, a Hollywood liberal icon who some are floating as a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Montana. (Bridges has ruled out a run.) "The Giver," which stars Bridges and liberal donor and actress Meryl Streep, tells the story of Jonas, a boy living in a seeming utopia without hunger, pain or war who breaks free of the stifling, colorless "sameness" when he learns the true horror of how this idyllic state is achieved -- through coercion and memory suppression. Box office report: 'The Giver' rounds out top 5 . Conservatives like Bozell and Heritage Foundation president and former Sen. Jim DeMint see a not-so-subtle message against overreaching government power. "The Giver" demonstrates how even well-intended government can wind up crushing individual freedoms, turning utopian dreams into dystopian reality. "It's refreshing to see Hollywood produce a cautionary tale that demonstrates the danger and sadness inherent in relying on government to protect us from all unpleasantness," DeMint told CNN. Review: 'The Giver' based on cerebral gobbledygook . Weinstein disputes the political message that conservatives like DeMint see at the movie's core. He told CNN the movie was made "without a political agenda. Lois Lowry's iconic novel was written to make us all think about the importance of things like free choice, emotions and family, and the movie stays very true to that." The film is being co-produced by Weinstein and Walden Media, a company owned by billionaire Phil Anschutz that has previously backed family-values fare like the C.S. Lewis-derived series "Chronicles of Narnia" and pushes "life-affirming" messages in its films. In addition to numerous business interests, Anschutz owns the conservative Weekly Standard magazine. In contrast to Anschutz's tame productions, Weinstein has previously backed content like the "Kill Bill" franchise that has pushed boundaries for its ubiquitous violence. Bozell, who as recently as January feuded with Weinstein over his films' content, offered praise for "The Giver" and Weinstein's production. Trailer Park: 'The Giver' "The movie is the complete package -- a good story, well told. ... I tip my hat to (Weinstein). It's really laudable that he would do this," Bozell told CNN. Other prominent cultural conservatives are lining up to praise the film's message. Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia Charles Chaput dedicated part of his weekly column to the film, saying, "This is a wonderful film. Nothing in the movie version of The Giver will offend a family." University of Southern California professor and expert on Hollywood politics Steven Ross chalks up the strange bedfellows behind "The Giver" to money. "Politics is politics, business is business," he said. "Hollywood is first and foremost a profit-making industry." 'The Giver': Jeff Bridges' 18-year dream comes true . Ross thinks the partnership results in Weinstein's group hoping to tap a huge opportunity in the Christian and family values market, while conservative activists "are thrilled to get their message out into the mainstream." Bozell agrees that conservatives need to embrace Hollywood's quality while staying true to their values; that family values and conservative-themed films need to be "more professional" to be effective. For his part, Weinstein is "thrilled that the movie is getting fans from both conservatives and liberals. It shows how universal ideals apply to both sides of the political aisle alike, and maybe Washington and the world's leaders can learn something from 'The Giver.' " Calls for comment by CNN to Walden Media and Anschutz were not immediately returned.

"The Giver" is based on Lois Lowry's 1993 Newberry Medal-winning novel . The film, which opened over the weekend, partners conservatives and liberals . Conservatives like the message of the consequences of government overreach . Liberal producer Harvey Weinstein says the film was made "without a political agenda"

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Actor Alec Baldwin was 'extremely rude to the crew' and called them 'inappropriate names' on a flight out of Los Angeles yesterday - and it led to him being kicked off the plane. American Airlines said in a statement issued on its Facebook page today that it would provide the facts of the matter after 'an extremely vocal customer' publicly identified himself. Pictured: 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin at LAX airport, moments after being thrown off American Airlines flight for 'playing iPhone game' Game boy? Baldwin said he was playing Words With Friends on Twitter but later claimed he was dealing with important messages in his blog . The 53-year-old refused to to turn . off his phone at the appropriate time, then stood up, took his phone . into the toilet and slammed the door, according to the airline. He was pictured at LAX looking agitated after being removed from the plane. The statement reads: 'He slammed the . lavatory door so hard, the cockpit crew heard it and became alarmed, . even with the cockpit door closed and locked. 'They immediately contacted the cabin . crew to check on the situation. 'The passenger was extremely rude to the . crew, calling them inappropriate names and using offensive language. Given the facts above, the passenger was removed from the flight and . denied boarding.' Re-issued: Baldwin is seen at an American Airlines counter getting another flight . Success! Baldwin leaves the counter with a new ticket firmly in his hands . Not happy: Baldwin's demeanour could only be described as annoyed . American Airlines said phones must be turned off for taxiing and takeoff. The 30 Rock star's Twitter account . has been deactivated today, but in earlier tweets he criticised the . airline and vowed never to fly with them again. 'Flight attendant on American reamed me out 4 playing WORDS W FRIENDS while we sat at the gate, not moving,' he wrote along with the hashtag, '#nowonderamericaairisbankrupt' Baldwin then updated his flight status, writing: 'Now on the 3 o'clock American flight. The flight attendants already look.....smarter.' He later tweeted that he was finally on his way, with a dash of satirical humour. Finally home: The actor was later seen arriving at JFK airport after the ordeal . On his way: Baldwin tweeted to his fans that he was finally on his way, with a dash of satirical humour . Flight status: Earlier Baldwin updated his flight . status informing that he had been re-booked on another flight . '#theresalwaysunited Last flight w . American. Where retired Catholic school gym teachers from the 1950's . find jobs as flight attendants,' he wrote. The actor was finally arrived at JFK in the evening, after what had this time appeared to be a drama-free trip home. Whispers of Baldwin's America Airlines began yesterday when Michael J. Wolf, Founder and Managing Director at www.activate.com, tweeted:'On an AA flight at LAX. Alec Baldwin removed from the plane We had to go back to the gate. Terrible that everyone had to wait' His side of the story: Alec tweeted his response after the incident exploded on the Twitterverse . Reamed: Alec was 'reamed' off a flight today, but made a 3pm departure with the same airline . Another Twitter user wrote: 'Alec Baldwin should never be allowed to fly quite frankly. His . liberal politics represent a clear and present danger to the U.S.' Before . another added: 'I was on the plane and yes Alec Baldwin was kicked off . for grabbing 2 bags of peanuts and that is clearly an FAA violation. He . may do time.' Baldwin has allowed his temper get the better of him in the past. In 2007, he horrendously left a voice mail for his young daughter calling her a 'rude, thoughtless little pig.' He later apologised and wrote a book inspired by the incident. Career high: Baldwin is riding high with his career thanks to his starring role in 30 Rock . Crosswords: Alec, here on the set of 30 Rock in New York last week, is also an avid fan of crosswords .

The 53-year-old deactivates Twitter account after drama .

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(CNN) -- Investigators searching for clues in the Abigail Hernandez kidnapping case reportedly have a new focus: a storage unit on the suspect's property. That's where the teenager was held captive, sources told New England Cable News. The rust-colored storage container, which some neighbors referred to as an above-ground bunker, was surrounded by crime scene tape on the day of suspect Nathaniel E. Kibby's arrest, CNN affiliate WMUR reported. The New Hampshire Attorney General's office declined to comment on those reports to CNN. Assistant Attorney General Jane Hall said arrest and search warrants in the case will remain sealed for now. A probable cause hearing is scheduled for August 12, when evidence might be presented detailing how the teenager was found. "It's remarkable how well she's doing," Hall said. "Just to be able to endure what she did ... under any set of circumstances." Hernandez, 15, sat just steps away from her alleged kidnapper at an arraignment hearing on Tuesday. Kibby, 34, was arrested Monday and charged with one count of felony kidnapping for allegedly confining Hernandez on October 9 "with a purpose to commit an offense against her," according to prosecutors. He was ordered held on $1 million bail. His lawyer, Jesse Friedman, did not enter a plea at Tuesday's arraignment hearing, arguing that the charge against Kibby is unclear because prosecutors have sealed the arrest warrant. "I have no idea what they're alluding to," Friedman said in court. The judge denied Friedman's motion to unseal the warrant. Hernandez returned to her home last week, more than nine months after she went missing on the way home from school. Hernandez's case drew national attention when the then 14-year-old girl went missing last fall. But the mystery surrounding her disappearance only deepened when authorities and her family revealed few details upon her return last Sunday. Investigators said Hernandez provided police with details of her kidnapping that were "sufficient" to warrant Kibby's arrest Monday. In a statement Friday, her family said they were cooperating with law enforcement and "trying to focus on the peace and joy of the moment of Abby's return." "Right now, Abby is resting, extremely tired and in deteriorated health, and has lost a lot of weight. She is working to build her strength back and we hope soon she will be back on solid foods," her family said. "We appreciate people's vigilance as they share the sketch photo that law enforcement has distributed and we hope that very soon this long, long ordeal can come to some closure." On Monday, Hernandez thanked those who searched for her while she was missing. "I wish that I could personally thank everyone who looked for me. My gratitude is beyond words," she said in a statement. "It's an incredible feeling to be home and I believe in my heart that your hopes and prayers played a major role in my release. Thank you all for the welcome home." CNN's Catherine E. Shoichet and Marina Carver contributed to this report.

Report: Abigail Hernandez's kidnapper held her in a storage unit . Nathaniel E. Kibby, 34, was arraigned on a felony kidnapping charge . Hernandez vanished as she headed home from school on October 9, 2013 . She returned home last week; investigators have revealed few details about what happened .

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Atlanta (CNN) -- Soldiers who just returned from Iraq are among several thousand being ordered to Afghanistan in six months as part of a mission designed to beef up Afghan forces ahead of a planned 2014 U.S. military withdrawal, officials said. News of the pending Afghanistan deployments came as families at bases across the country were celebrating the return in recent days of troops who turned off the lights at a number of U.S. bases ahead of an end-of-the-year deadline to leave Iraq. U.S. general brings Baghdad standard home . "We are glad that we have brought all soldiers back home in time for Christmas to spend with loved ones. We do have to put information out about an upcoming mission, though," the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, said Tuesday on its Facebook Page. In the posting, the brigade said it was one of four selected to "support a Security Force Assistance Mission to Afghanistan in early summer." "We just received initial planning orders so lots of details are unknown," it said. "...The mission is part of the transition from combat operations to advisory mission as we did in Iraq and is a sign of progress." Analysts: Questions remain as U.S. troops leave Iraq . Maj. Carla Thomas, a brigade spokeswoman, confirmed the validity of the Facebook announcement. The new mission is part of an overall U.S. military exit strategy from Afghanistan that moves troops from a combat role to advise-and-assist positions that commanders and analysts say will significantly scale back operations ahead of President Barack Obama's self-imposed deadline to leave the country. Earlier this year, the United States outlined its plan to withdraw its troops, beginning by pulling 33,000 "surge" troops deployed to help quell the violence by the end of 2012. The remaining 68,000 troops would be withdrawn by the end of 2014. News of the deployments comes as the Obama administration pushes to accelerate the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, a plan that many military commanders have said is unreasonable in a country still trying to gain its security footing. "I don't think we are going to turn around guys who spent time in Iraq and put them on planes to Afghanistan ... without there being a clear indication that the Obama administration wants to continue the acceleration of the withdrawal," said Bill Roggio, Editor of The Long War Journal & Senior Fellow at The Foundation for Defense of Democracies. "U.S. commanders want to stop with the withdrawal of the 33,000 (surge troops.) They want to halt it." Marine Corps Gen. John Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force, has said he would like to keep a U.S. "military presence" in Afghanistan beyond 2014 when NATO is scheduled to withdraw its forces. Allen suggested the presence could last as long as 2016 when the Afghan Air Force is completed. Allen told reporters last week there is "no daylight" between him and the White House on this idea. Allen said he wants to shift the U.S. presence to an advisory capacity in the coming months and then continue to do that mission after 2014. Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has asked Allen to review the counterinsurgency strategy and determine what changes are needed. Allen said he has to complete the review before he can decide on the rate of drawdown of current U.S. force levels. The new mission in Afghanistan somewhat mirrors the U.S. exit strategy in Iraq, which used advise and assist teams to improve counterterrorism operations and train security forces. Just like in Iraq, small teams of American troops will work and live among security forces, and will help coordinate military operations, according to comments Allen made to reporters last week. In its Facebook posting, the 4th Brigade Combat Team said those who would be deployed in advise-and-assist roles would be senior enlisted personnel, ranging from master sergeants to colonels. The deployment was expected to last nine months, though it was unclear how many members of the brigade will deploy. Also being deployed are troops from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division from Fort Stewart, Georgia; the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division from Fort Carson, Colorado; and the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The brigade deployments were first reported this week by Stars and Stripes, a newspaper that caters to military personnel. Under an Army policy, troops are given one month of dwell time for every month they are deployed. In the case of 1st Armored Division's brigade, which returned in December after less than six months in Iraq, its soldiers could be sent to Afghanistan as early as May. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a CNN request for comment. Messages left early Wednesday by CNN at public affairs offices at the 3rd Infantry Division, the 4th Infantry Division and the 101st Airborne Division were not immediately returned. Reactions at Fort Bliss were mixed with some soldiers and families telling CNN by telephone that they were resigned to the specter of an Afghanistan deployment, while others said they were surprised elements of the brigade would be deployed so soon after returning from Iraq. None of the soldiers or their family members were willing to be quoted, citing possible repercussions over speaking to the media without prior approval. Responses to the brigade's Facebook post, though, revealed the feelings of spouses and family members. "All we can do is enjoy the time we have with them," one person wrote. Another wrote: "Not even home a week. How sad." Questions remain about the stability of Afghan forces, with some questioning whether an Iraq-style exit strategy can work in Afghanistan. "Given that we are 10 years into this, my confidence level is pretty low that we can turn the Afghan forces around," Roggio said. Taliban must have clear representative for peace talks, Karzai says . The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan began October 7, 2001, with an air campaign that was followed within weeks by a ground invasion. President Barack Obama has called it "the longest-running war in the nation's history". As the United States turned its attention toward Iraq, insurgent violence in Afghanistan flared against Afghan civilians and security forces as well as the U.S. and its coalition partners. In 2009, President Obama authorized a surge of 33,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan to combat the violence. Earlier this year, the president announced a plan to withdraw its troops. The move was followed by withdrawal announcements by most of the NATO nations. CNN's Barbara Starr contributed to this report.

Some soldiers just back from Iraq are heading to Afghanistan, the military says . The deployments are part of an overall U.S. exit strategy from Afghanistan . Lots of details are unknown, one brigade tells its soldiers . Family members of those soldiers just back from Iraq have mixed feelings .

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(CNN) -- Former New Jersey Nets star Jayson Williams was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday for the fatal shooting of his limo driver in 2002. Williams tearfully apologized to the family of Costas "Gus" Christofi during his sentencing hearing Tuesday morning. "There's not a day I wake up and I don't feel sorry for what I did to Mr. Christofi," Williams said. He pleaded guilty last month to aggravated assault in the 2002 shooting death of Christofi, a limo driver he had hired. Under the plea deal, Williams could have been sentenced to anywhere from 18 months without the possibility of parole to five years in prison. Williams, who turned 42 on Monday, appeared before Somerset County Superior Court Judge Edward Coleman. After sentencing, he will be taken to the Central Reception and Assignment Facility in Trenton, New Jersey, said Corrections Department spokeswoman Deirdre Fedkenheuer. There, over the course of several weeks, he will be photographed, DNA samples will be taken, and he will be given medical, dental, psychological and educational evaluations, she said. Only afterward will a decision be made about where to send him, she said. Williams waived his right to appeal. In return, the state changed the indictment from a charge of reckless manslaughter to a charge of aggravated assault by recklessly causing bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon. Prosecutors said in January they would recommend Williams be sentenced to five years in prison on four charges of attempting to cover up the fatal shooting. A jury convicted him of those charges in 2004. Though he was acquitted of more serious counts -- tampering with a witness, tampering with evidence, fabricating evidence and hindering apprehension or prosecution -- the jury was unable to reach a decision on the second count of reckless manslaughter. Coleman declared a mistrial on that count, and the state had decided to move forward with a retrial on that charge when the plea deal was struck. Williams will serve his sentence concurrently with the 18-month sentence for aggravated assault. Last year, the state attorney general took the case from the Hunterdon County, New Jersey, prosecutor. A spokesman for the attorney general cited a gag order in declining to discuss the case. Williams has been free on $250,000 bail with the condition that he not consume alcohol and that he check in daily with probation officers. The condition that he refrain from alcohol was imposed soon after Williams was charged with drunken driving in early January after crashing his SUV in Manhattan. A New York judge ordered him to wear an electronic bracelet that monitors perspiration to detect whether alcohol has been consumed. The fatal shooting occurred February 14, 2002, in the bedroom of Williams' New Jersey estate. The 55-year-old driver had been hired to drive the former athlete and several of his friends to dinner following a sporting event in Pennsylvania. Afterward, the group, including four members of the Harlem Globetrotters, went back to Williams' home. The prosecution contended that Williams was recklessly handling a 12-gauge shotgun when it discharged and that he and two others tried to make it look as if Christofi had shot himself. In January 2003, Williams paid Christofi's family $2.75 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit. Williams, who retired in 1999 because of a leg injury, played nine seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets.

Judge gives Williams maximum for aggravated assault in shooting death . Ex-Net accidentally shot limo driver in 2002, was accused of cover-up attempt . Former player offers tearful apology to victim's family . Williams also faces a drunken driving charge from car accident last month .

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By . Jack Doyle . PUBLISHED: . 13:37 EST, 18 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:45 EST, 23 December 2013 . Britain's borders are ‘like a sieve’, a senior judge declared yesterday as he warned Romanian criminals not to come to Britain on January 1. The Recorder of Lincoln, Judge Sean Morris, raised the prospect that the courts could face a surge of foreign offenders when controls on Romania and Bulgaria are abandoned 13 days from now. He expressed frustration at delays of six months and longer to obtain criminal records from the Romanian authorities and called on ministers to do something about it. His comments came as he delayed sentencing of a Romanian woman who was part of a gang which targeted elderly men using cash machines. He delayed sentencing Romanian thief Nicoleta Bala - who was part of a gang targeting elderly men - at Lincoln Crown Court (pictured) until he had received her criminal record from her native country . He said he would not sentence Nicoleta Bala – who now has a child born in Britain – until he received her criminal history from her home country. He said any Romanian criminals would ‘languish’ in prison awaiting sentence until he knew what their criminal past was. ‘You can get in and out of this country. The borders are like a sieve,’ he told Lincoln Crown Court. ‘I do not deal with foreign criminals without knowing whether  they have been in trouble in their own country. ‘If the fact is that people come over here from Romania to commit crime they cannot complain. ‘The message can go out that I will not deal with these people until I have full knowledge about their background. The lesson is – don’t come here and commit crime.’ On the delays in obtaining records he added: ‘It really is in the political sphere. Something has to be done. ‘I don’t know if we are going to have a lot of new customers. This is  something that the police at a senior level, the Home Office and the  Ministry of Justice are going to have to take up.’ Bala, 28, who lives in Leicester, was in a gang which stole PINs and bank cards from elderly men using cash machines in the Midlands. She admitted two distraction thefts . in Grantham and Stoke on Trent in November 2008, only months after . entering Britain using a Romanian ID card. After committing the crimes . she left the country but was arrested on her return at Folkestone. Police . requested her past convictions in September but do not expect a . response until the New Year, the court heard. Both of Bala’s theft . victims have since died, prosecutor Andrew Scott said. He . told the court: ‘Unlike the East European Baltic states, Romania is not . one of the most efficient member states in relation to bilateral . co-operation.’ Judge said British borders were like a 'sieve' and said something has to be done at a 'senior level' (file picture) This week . it emerged that British police travelled to Romania to discourage young . men from coming to this country to commit crime. Even those who arrive intending to work can find themselves drawn in to petty crimes such as begging and pick-pocketing. Last . week it emerged that Romanians are seven times more likely to be . arrested in London in Britons. They account for more than 11 per cent of . all foreign offenders, despite making up just a tiny proportion of . residents. Last year, Romanians accounted for 49 per cent of all arrests . for begging and for 34 per cent of arrests for pickpocketing in the . capital. The Recorder of Lincoln, His Honour . Judge Sean Morris, was widely applauded in 2011 after handing a violent . burglar a 15-year sentence. He . tore up the normal sentencing guidelines for professional criminal and . heroin addict Leonard Johnston for three serious break-ins and assaults . on two of his victims. One of the victims died two months later. The . judge told Johnston that short prison and community sentences had . failed and he would be ‘out of circulation for a long, long time in . order to protect people’. Elderly people should, he said, be able to live in ‘safety and dignity’. The judge who is 55, was born in Bingley, West Yorkshire. He attended Benton Park Grammar School and Leeds Polytechnic then specialised as a criminal barrister. He has been a judge since 2003 and Recorder of Lincoln since 2011. In Who’s Who he lists his hobbies as ‘beer and curry’.

Judge Sean Morris warned 'don't come here and commit crime' Delayed sentencing Romanian thief Nicoleta Bala, who was part of a gang that targeted elderly men at cash points . Would not sentence Bala until authorities provided her criminal history . Said Romanian criminals would 'languish' in prison until he knew what their criminal past was .

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By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 14:12 EST, 30 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:11 EST, 31 May 2013 . Veteran: Malcolm Norris, 91, pictured on holiday two years ago, was admitted to hospital and died earlier this month. But his family didn't find out he was dead until two days later . The family of a war veteran say that they were denied the chance to say goodbye to him because his care home did not tell them that he was dying in hospital. Malcolm Norris, 91, died from bronchial pneumonia five days after he was admitted to Hull Royal Infirmary earlier this month. But his widow, 85-year-old Jean, daughter Andrea and her husband David Kerslake, were only informed that he had died when a bereavement worker at the hospital contacted Mrs Norris two days afterwards. Care home owners Bupa say that they tried to contact Mrs Norris, who was on holiday in Wales with her daughter and son-in-law when he was admitted, using two contact numbers but were unsuccessful. The family claim that the home also had contact details for Andrea and David Kerslake. Mr Kerslake said: 'I can’t bear to think of him lying on his own with nobody to hold his hand. 'I feel they’ve taken that right away from us, to say goodbye.' Mr Norris, a resident at the Bupa-run Saltshouse Haven care home in Hull, Yorkshire, was admitted to hospital on May 17. Despite his family returning from their holiday the following day, they were still unaware that Mr Norris, who served in the Army for 12 years and fought in Egypt in the Second World War, had been taken from the home when he died on May 22. His widow Jean found out the devastating news last Friday and when she checked her post later the same day had received two letters from Bupa. One offered condolences on Mr Norris's death while the other was a bill for £616.02 for his final weeks in the £800 a month care home. Daughter Andrea, 47, said: 'We took my mother with us to Abergavenny and we informed the care home we would be away. Devastated: Mr Norris's widow Jean only found out that her husband had died when she received a phone call from Hull Royal Infirmary two days later . Grieving: Widow Jean is pictured here with her husband on a family holiday seven years ago . 'If we’d known anything was seriously wrong we would have been there. “We live basically opposite the home - we could have been there in minutes and nobody contacted us at all.' The family claim that Bupa had mobile numbers and landlines for both Andrea and her husband. But Vivienne Birch, deputy regional director of Bupa Care Homes, said: 'The only two contact numbers we had for Mr Norris’s next of kin were for his wife. Tragic: Mr Norris's son-in-law David Kerslake, pictured with Mrs Norris, said that he 'can't bear' to think of the 91-year-old having died in hospital alone . 'When Mr Norris was admitted to hospital, we made a number of attempts to contact Mrs Norris. Unfortunately these calls were either unanswered or the number had been disconnected. 'We understand the hospital made similar attempts to contact Mrs Norris after her husband was admitted and, tragically, it appears these attempts were not successful until after Mr Norris’s death.' She added: 'I would welcome the opportunity to meet Mrs Norris to discuss what happened. 'We are very sorry for the obvious distress she has been caused and we will review our procedures to ensure this does not happen again.'

Malcolm Norris, 91, was admitted to hospital in Hull earlier this month . He died five days later suffering from bronchial pneumonia . His family were only informed he had been admitted two days after his death . Care home owner Bupa say they tried to contact Mr Norris's family .

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By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 10:18 EST, 9 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 11:02 EST, 9 March 2014 . Lollipop ladies are being fired by councils to pay for ’Stasi surveillance’ CCTV cameras, the government has claimed. Town halls are accused of buying ’spy cars’ as an excuse to generate fines from parents on the school run on an ’industrial scale’. Local government minister Brandon Lewis warned public trust in CCTV for crime fighting is being undermined by councils using it to generate cash. We're watching you: CCTV cars were legalised in 2004 and there are now more than 100 in use across Britain. Fines worth at least £30 million were handed out last year - but almost half the people who appealed won . Mr Lewis took particular issue with the claim from the Local Government Association the coalition’s move to ban CCTV parking cameras ’will put children at risk’. He said: ’This is a false and spurious claim. CCTV spy cars are a recent and modern innovation from legislation passed by the last Labour Government. ’They are just an excuse for councils to raise money from issuing parking fines on an industrial scale. ’They undermine natural justice, as car owners receive the fine weeks later in the post making it extremely hard to challenge on appeal.’ He insisted the changes would not stop a traffic warden or police officer issuing a penalty notice in the case of genuinely dangerous parking. With more than 100 specially adapted cars across Britain, 'mobile CCTV' has become the bane of many motorists' lives. The . technology was legalised under Labour in 2004, allowing councils to . break from the tradition of always using traffic wardens. Since then more councils have . brought in the technology every year - but while a traffic warden can . be reasoned with, said critics, a machine cannot. High-profile 'victims' included one driver who pulled over to vomit and another whose windscreen had smashed. Drivers . who feel they have been wronged can take their cases to a Traffic . Penalty Tribunal, a network of independent adjudicators, or a parallel . system for London. Adjudicators . often criticise councils and have questioned their definition of the . 'difficult or sensitive' circumstances in which CCTV fines should be . given out. Richmond . Council, south west London, faced having to repay thousands of fines in . 2011 after campaigner Nigel Wise discovered its four cars had not been . properly registered. But in response to a parliament question he added: ’It is hard-pressed parents who get hit with the fines from such Stasi surveillance. ’Public confidence is strengthened in CCTV if it is used to tackle serious crime, not to raise money for town halls by penalising parents dropping off kids on the school run. ’In their rush to bankroll CCTV spy cameras for parking enforcement, it would appear from recent media reports that parts of local government have had no qualms about sacking lollipop men and women. ’Crossing patrols do a sterling job in protecting children from danger—but, unfortunately, unlike spy cars, they do not raise money for council coffers.’ Official figures councils which use CCTV cameras to enforce parking rules raise £49.35 per household each year, compared with £5.69 per household in council areas which do not have them. The Local Government Association has heavily criticised government plans to ban the use of CCTV cameras, with parking wardens only allowed to film if vehicles break the rules, . Peter Box, chairman of the LGA's Economy and Transport Board, said: 'Camera cars have been instrumental in keeping children from being hurt or killed on the way to school, and CCTV also plays an important role elsewhere in monitoring traffic flow and keeping cars moving. 'It is impossible for councils to regulate parking outside thousands of schools by using wardens alone. 'Camera cars are deployed in response to pleas by parents and teachers about cars being parked illegally and recklessly outside the school gates. 'CCTV cars are a highly visible deterrent for those breaking the law and councils will often send warnings to drivers of the consequences of their actions before issuing them with parking fines. ;Banning councils from acting on these community concerns and using CCTV outside schools will put children at risk and leave them and their parents to run the gauntlet of the school run without any protection.'

Brandon Lewis launches outspoken attack on CCTV parking cameras . Accuses councils of using them to raise funds from struggling families . Local Government Association warns children could be put at risk .

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Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- The body of a missing sailor was recovered in the wreckage of a South Korean ship that went down in the Yellow Sea in March, Yonhap news agency reported Saturday. The ship sank mysteriously in an incident that heightened tensions between North and South Korea. South Korea is investigating what caused the ship to sink and has not ruled out a theory that North Korea was involved, but Seoul has avoided directly blaming North Korea, which denied allegations it was responsible. South Korea's Yonhap reported Saturday that authorities have lifted the remaining half of the vessel, which could help aid the investigation. The 1,200-ton patrol ship Cheonan sank near the western sea border with North Korea on March 26. Forty of Cheonan's 104 crewmembers have now been confirmed dead, and six more are also believed dead, though they are still listed as missing. Fifty-eight crewmembers were rescued before the vessel sank.

Crews recover body of missing sailor from sunken South Korea ship . Ship went down in Yellow Sea; cause not yet known . Death toll now stands at 40; six sailors listed as missing .

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New York is famous for its singular residents: Loudmouthed taxi drivers. Hirsute Brooklyn hipsters. Upper East Side patrons of the arts. Now, the city is welcoming an unlikely new breed of denizen: a newly discovered species of frog. A team of scientists has identified the unique critter, dubbed the Atlantic Coast leopard frog, in the marshes of Staten Island -- beside New York Harbor and not far from the Statue of Liberty. The frog's habitat stretches from Connecticut to North Carolina, but it's the discovery of an exotic animal species in one of the world's most densely populated urban areas that has scientists buzzing. "It is incredible and exciting that a new species of frog could be hiding in plain sight in New York City," said Joanna Burger, a biology professor at Rutgers University and a co-author of a research paper about the frog, published this week in the scientific journal PLOS One. The finding confirms research done more than 75 years ago by Carl Kauffeld, former director of the Staten Island Zoo, who wrote many books about amphibians and was considered an authority on the subject. Kauffeld published a paper in 1937 in which he claimed to have discovered the new frog species, but his research was dismissed for lack of evidence. Kauffeld died in 1974 at age 63. His cause was taken up six years ago by Rutgers doctoral candidate Jeremy Feinberg, lead author of the new paper. Feinberg and other researchers said they were able to employ modern technology to examine the genetics and mating calls of leopard frogs and determine that the amphibians in the wetlands of Staten Island were in fact distinct from two closely related other species inhabiting the northeast U.S. "We had the benefits of genetic testing and bioacoustic analysis that simply weren't available to Kauffeld to prove that even though this frog might look like the two other leopard frogs in the area, it was actually a third and completely separate species," Feinberg said. In giving the scientific name Rana kauffeldi to the new frog, Feinberg and a team of seven other researchers chose to honor Kauffeld and his work. "After some discussion, we agreed that it just seemed right to name the species after Carl Kauffeld," Feinberg said. "We wanted to acknowledge his work and give credit where we believe it was due, even though it was nearly 80 years after the fact." Despite its trademark urban canyons of steel, glass and concrete, New York actually is home to a wide variety of animal life. The 843 acres of Central Park, for example, contain raccoons and opossums, many types of migratory birds and a rare species of centipede. And, of course, lots and lots of pigeons. No word on whether the Staten Island frog ever swims across the harbor to Manhattan for a little sightseeing. But given the public fascination with the Bronx Zoo cobra that briefly escaped its enclosure in 2011, it may be only a matter of time before the new frog gets its own Twitter account.

A new frog species is discovered in New York, of all places . Researchers encountered the frogs living in the marshes of Staten Island . The finding confirms research done more than 75 years ago .

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