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(CNN) -- President Obama commended the progress of African-Americans in a speech on the 100th anniversary of the NAACP, but said there was still much work to be done. President Obama addresses the NAACP in New York Thursday night on the group's 100th anniversary. Speaking at the organization's annual convention in New York, the city where the organization was founded, Obama evoked symbols of the civil rights movement to describe the NAACP's influence on race relations in the United States. "What we celebrate tonight is not simply the journey the NAACP has traveled, but the journey that we, as Americans, have traveled over the past 100 years," Obama told a star-studded crowd that included music producer Sean "Diddy" Combs and poet Maya Angelou, to name a few. @highlight NEW: Energy reform, access to education will pave way to prosperity, Obama says @highlight NEW: Obama tells parents to urge children to aspire beyond "ballers and rappers" @highlight President Obama says journey of NAACP mirrors progress of America @highlight RNC Chair Michael Steele says NAACP needs to take another look at the GOP

The same willingness to do our part for ourselves and one another that has always defined @placeholder at its best."

America

The Netherlands is known as the liberal bastion of Europe - with relaxed attitudes to drugs and sex - but when it comes to Christmas, things are a little different. According to tradition, around mid-November St Nicholas, or Sinterklaas, is supposed to arrive in the country from Spain where he spreads Christmas cheer, with most towns holding parades. However, Sinterklaas also has a helper - Zwarte Pieten, or 'Black Pete' - who has attracted criticism in recent years over allegations the character is racist. Scroll down for video Racist? As part of Dutch Christmas tradition towns hold Sinterklaas parades, where a man playing St Nicholas marches through the streets along with his helper Zwarte Pieten, or 'Black Pete' @highlight As part of Dutch Christmas tradition towns hold St Nicholas parades @highlight Sinterklaas marches through the streets along with helper 'Black Pete' @highlight Character has drawn criticism in recent years over allegations it is racist @highlight According to tradition character kidnaps naughty children in sacks

Officials ruled the parades could be stopped if they risked law and order, but refused to say whether @placeholder was racist

Black Pete

The Netherlands is known as the liberal bastion of Europe - with relaxed attitudes to drugs and sex - but when it comes to Christmas, things are a little different. According to tradition, around mid-November St Nicholas, or Sinterklaas, is supposed to arrive in the country from Spain where he spreads Christmas cheer, with most towns holding parades. However, Sinterklaas also has a helper - Zwarte Pieten, or 'Black Pete' - who has attracted criticism in recent years over allegations the character is racist. Scroll down for video Racist? As part of Dutch Christmas tradition towns hold Sinterklaas parades, where a man playing St Nicholas marches through the streets along with his helper Zwarte Pieten, or 'Black Pete' @highlight As part of Dutch Christmas tradition towns hold St Nicholas parades @highlight Sinterklaas marches through the streets along with helper 'Black Pete' @highlight Character has drawn criticism in recent years over allegations it is racist @highlight According to tradition character kidnaps naughty children in sacks

However officials refused to say whether or not the character of @placeholder was racist.

Black Pete

Despite the pride of Manchester being at stake, no local players were to be found in the matchday squad for the derby on Sunday. The startling statistic is perhaps more common in modern football, and was based upon the 36 Manchester City and Manchester United players listed for the game at the Etihad Stadium. There were only eight Englishmen in total with zero Mancunians, and six Argentines selected. VIDEOS Scroll down to watch Sergio Aguero and Marcos Rojo were part of a five-strong Argentine contingent in the Manchester derby Wayne Rooney was the most 'local' man on show, having been born in Liverpool @highlight Wayne Rooney most 'local' of all players, having been born in Liverpool @highlight Angel di Maria and Sergio Aguero two of six Argentines in matchday squad @highlight Danny Welbeck is a Mancunian but left United in the summer for Arsenal @highlight Manchester City hold the advantage against Manchester United in derby

'Don't get me wrong, the foreign players know @placeholder as well but being a local lad gives you extra incentive to do well.'

Manchester United

Strictly Come Dancing beat The X Factor in the Saturday night ratings battle this week, as the launch show became the most-watched series premiere of all time. The BBC TV talent show attracted a significant 300,000 more viewers than The X Factor - with a peak audience of 9.4million compared to the ITV show's 9.1million. Saturday night's launch show of Strictly saw the celebrity contestants paired up with their professional dance partners, as well as musical entertainment from stars including Rod Stewart and Jessie J. Scroll down for video Victory: Strictly Come Dancing won the ratings battle against The X Factor on Saturday night @highlight Strictly attracted 300,000 more viewers at its peak than The X Factor @highlight Average audience of 8.4m is highest ever, with 2012's Strictly launch drawing just 8m viewers @highlight The X Factor managed to attract a further 500,000 viewers if ITV1+1 figures are taken into account

on Saturday night when she stunned the @placeholder judging panel with a

The X Factor

(CNN) -- The judge who will take over the case of a Florida man accused of shooting an unarmed teenager has high ratings from defense lawyers but isn't known as a "soft touch," one Florida attorney said Wednesday. Seminole County Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. will start by presiding over a bond hearing for George Zimmerman on Friday. Lester was assigned the intensely scrutinized case Wednesday afternoon after the recusal of Judge Jessica Recksiedler, who had been asked to step aside by Zimmerman's lawyer. Bond hearing set for Friday; Recksiedler steps aside "He's a great judge," Orlando lawyer Diana Tennis told CNN sister network HLN. "He's been on the bench a really long time. He's very no-nonsense. He's a real fast talker, very efficient, gets the cases in and out." @highlight NEW: "When both sides think the guy's fair, he's probably fair," one attorney says @highlight Kenneth Lester Jr. has been on the bench since 1996 @highlight Judge Jessica Recksiedler recused herself from the case earlier Wednesday

@placeholder has been a judge since 1996 and has previously handled juvenile, probate and mental health cases.

Kenneth Lester Jr.

(CNN) -- The judge who will take over the case of a Florida man accused of shooting an unarmed teenager has high ratings from defense lawyers but isn't known as a "soft touch," one Florida attorney said Wednesday. Seminole County Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. will start by presiding over a bond hearing for George Zimmerman on Friday. Lester was assigned the intensely scrutinized case Wednesday afternoon after the recusal of Judge Jessica Recksiedler, who had been asked to step aside by Zimmerman's lawyer. Bond hearing set for Friday; Recksiedler steps aside "He's a great judge," Orlando lawyer Diana Tennis told CNN sister network HLN. "He's been on the bench a really long time. He's very no-nonsense. He's a real fast talker, very efficient, gets the cases in and out." @highlight NEW: "When both sides think the guy's fair, he's probably fair," one attorney says @highlight Kenneth Lester Jr. has been on the bench since 1996 @highlight Judge Jessica Recksiedler recused herself from the case earlier Wednesday

NeJame said Wednesday that @placeholder was a law school classmate he has known "for 35 years, probably."

Kenneth Lester Jr.

(CNN) -- More then three years after a suspected cop killer died while in solitary confinement at a Maryland jail, a federal grand jury Thursday indicted a former jail guard in connection with the case. Anthony McIntosh, 48, a former corporal at the Prince George's County Detention Center outside of Washington, is charged with deprivation of civil rights and falsifying records in the June 29, 2008, death of Ronnie White. Prosecutors allege McIntosh failed to call for medical attention when he found White unresponsive in his cell. They also accuse him of attempting to cover up his involvement in the matter. @highlight Anthony McIntosh, 48, charged with depriving inmate of his civil rights, falsifying records @highlight McIntosh found Mayland jail inmate unresponsive and notified no one, indictment reads @highlight Ronnie White, 19, had asphyxiated and had broken bones in his neck, autopsy showed

That inaction deprived (@placeholder) of his constitutional rights, which includes an inmate's right "to be free from a correctional officer's deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs," the indictment said.

Ronnie White

Ronnie O'Sullivan gained the upper hand in the Coral UK Championship final but there was still hope for Judd Trump at York's Barbican Centre. Four-time UK champion O'Sullivan, who landed his first major title in this tournament 21 years ago when it was played in Preston, looked to be racing towards victory when he built a 5-1 lead. Trump by that stage looked to be hopelessly off his game, even writing on Twitter during the mid-session interval that his performance had been 'absolute poop', and adding that he would 'need to play 10x better to have a chance'. Ronnie O'Sullivan lines up a shot during the final of the UK Championship at the Barbican Centre in York @highlight Ronnie O'Sullivan is playing Judd Trump in the UK Championship final @highlight O'Sullivan is 5-3 up ahead of the evening session in York @highlight The four-time UK champion broke his ankle on the eve of the tournament @highlight The evening session begins at 7pm on Sunday eveningÂ

O'Sullivan reacts after @placeholder plays a shot (left) while Trump looks on disappointed with his performance (right)

Judd Trump

(CNN) -- As the U.S. continues limited, targeted airstrikes for the third day in Iraq, political divisions around the scope of U.S. involvement are emerging in Washington. Top-ranking Democrats who appeared on political talk shows Sunday advocated for a limited mission and insisted that the Iraqi government must respond to the growing threat of the extreme militant group ISIS, which calls itself the Islamic State but formerly was known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Republicans, meanwhile, are advocating a far more aggressive stance, insisting that ISIS poses a direct threat to the U.S. They urged President Barack Obama to do more than the limited airstrikes he announced Friday. @highlight Political divisions around the scope of U.S. involvement in Iraq are emerging in Washington. @highlight Top-ranking Democrats appear on political talk shows, advocate for a limited mission @highlight Republicans, meanwhile, are advocating a far more aggressive stance

They said it is ultimately up to @placeholder to address the crisis engulfing their country.

Iraq

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The Afghan government hopes to hold talks with Taliban representatives in Saudi Arabia in the coming weeks, according to a senior Afghan official, in a move that threatens to cloud already delicate and fragile steps to negotiate an end to the United States' longest war. The senior official, speaking anonymously as he was discussing sensitive diplomatic issues, said there were plans for a meeting between insurgents and Afghan officials in Saudi Arabia. Yet, he added, the plans were at such an early stage that it was not clear who -- including American officials -- would attend or when any talks would be held. @highlight Most details, such as who and when, remain up in the air @highlight U.S. has held discussions about opening a Taliban office in Qatar @highlight Move is "not in opposition to the Qatar process," Afghan official says @highlight U.S. official says move shows that Karzai is not on board with Qatar efforts

Importantly, while the @placeholder official was unable to say whether the Americans would attend any talks held in Saudi Arabia, he insisted, "The U.S. is supportive of the idea.

Afghan

With Monday night’s FA Cup tie between Preston North End and Manchester United live on the BBC, it might be best if the first challenge involving Kevin Davies and Marouane Fellaini takes place after the 9pm watershed. The reputation of both precedes them; Davies committing more fouls than any other player in Premier League history and ‘Elbows’ Fellaini leaving a trail of victims over the past seven years in England. At nearly 38, Davies has reached the age where he feels free to say what he thinks. In the case of Fellaini, that is not very much. Preston North End striker Kevin Davies is preparing to face Manchester United in the FA Cup on Monday @highlight Manchester United face Preston North End in the FA Cup fifth round @highlight Kevin Davies is looking forward to battling Marouane Fellaini again @highlight Former Bolton star blames injury against United for not establishing himself as an England player

Smarter and more sensitive than his battering-ram image would suggest, @placeholder is enjoying being centre-stage again.

Davies

It represents a unique and quite eye-opening twist on the old ‘show us your medals’ game so beloved in professional football. While Dundee United as a club have had five trophy triumphs to celebrate across 106 years, their current manager, Jackie McNamara, boasts 10 winners’ gongs from just a decade of service at Celtic. Those starkly contrasting totals serve to drive home to McNamara just how fleeting it is for teams outwith Rangers and Celtic to lift silverware. Jackie McNamara insists his Dundee side must make amends for last term's League Cup anguish And as he prepares his United side to face holders Aberdeen in today’s League Cup semi-final, it also serves to imbue the highly-decorated 41-year-old with fresh desire to avenge the crushing low of last season’s 2-0 Scottish Cup Final loss to St Johnstone. @highlight Jackie McNamara insists Dundee United must make amends for final flop @highlight McNamara boasts 10 winners’ gongs from just a decade of service at Celtic @highlight Dundee United side to face holders Aberdeen in the League Cup semi-final

McNamara does not wholly subscribe to the view that the fall of Rangers represents a limited window of opportunity for clubs like @placeholder.

Dundee

President Barack Obama is prescribing time and vigilance to tackle problems as entrenched in American society as racism and bias. He also is urging patience, saying progress usually comes in small steps. In an interview with BET, the president described his conversation with a group of young civil rights activists, including a leader of protests in Ferguson, Missouri, he hosted last week in the Oval Office. His comments come after New York Mayor Bill de Blasio suggested that the United States is confronting 'centuries of racism,' after a week of protests that shook major cities across the country. Speaking from experience he said he feared for his son's safety when dealing police officers, adding: 'It's different for a white child, it's just a reality in this country.' @highlight President is urging patience and says progress will be in small steps @highlight Comes following a week of demonstrations in cities across the country @highlight De Blasio said police must be retained to deal with different communities @highlight He added that he feared for his son's safety in dealing with the police @highlight 'It's different for a white child, it's just a reality in this country,' he said

@placeholder has made gains, he said, and that 'gives us hope' of making more progress.

American

Harassed? 90s Playgirl model Daniel Sawka is suing his former employer ADP after he says he suffered years of ridicule from employees because of his nude photos A company that helps businesses handle personnel issues denies it forced one if its employees out of his job after it was discovered he had posed nude in Playgirl magazine. Daniel Sawka filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in May 2013 against Roseland, New Jersey-based ADP Inc. alleging sexual harassment. The company responded in a court filing Monday. Sawka worked as a regional sales manager for ADP, which offers workforce management services, including payroll services and human resources management, for other companies and says it has more than 610,000 clients around the world. @highlight Daniel Sawka says he was subjected to constant jokes and ridicule at work after a woman at ADP discovered he had posed nude in the early 1990s @highlight Sawka, 49, said his co-workers continued to download the pictures at work even after he implored them not to and to 'leave me alone' @highlight He alleges the company failed to end the ongoing sexual harassment, which he claims forced him to quit the job

'The sexual harassment ... that included managers participating in the sexual harassment, condoning it, and failing to stop it caused (@placeholder) to be treated unequally when compared to similarly situated sales managers,' the lawsuit says.

Daniel Sawka

By Rob Waugh PUBLISHED: 06:35 EST, 26 April 2012 | UPDATED: 07:30 EST, 26 April 2012 Summer holidays are often the first casualties of belt-tightening in hard economic times - but Google now offers a way to 'tour' the world without leaving your PC. The search giant has created 15,000 free 'photo tours' of world landmarks, which create a '3D' scene from tourist photos from Google's Picasa photo-sharing service. Landmarks you can 'fly around' include Rome's Trevi Fountain, Half Dome in America's Yosemite and St Mark's Basilica in Venice. Berlin's Brandenburg gate - just one of the 15,000 'photo tours' now available via the search giant's Maps application @highlight Google Maps now includes 3D 'panoramas' of 15,000 landmarks @highlight Built from photos from Google's Picasa photo-sharing website @highlight 'Tours' allow users to fly round popular tourist landmarks

'They can be initiated from @placeholder in two ways,' says Google, 'First, when you search for a place, such as Trevi Fountain, the results in the left panel will indicate if there is a photo tour available: click either the thumbnail image or the link to start the tour.

Google Maps

By Helen Pow PUBLISHED: 01:36 EST, 11 December 2013 | UPDATED: 02:14 EST, 11 December 2013 A judge has let off a 16-year-old boy who killed four people while driving drunk after the teen's lawyers claimed his rich parents spoiled him and never taught him about consequences. Ethan Couch of Keller, Texas, had faced 20 years behind bars but walked away with 10 years of probation Tuesday, something that angered his victims' families. 'Money always seems to keep (Couch) out of trouble,' Eric Boyles, whose wife and daughter were killed in the June 15 crash, told the Star Telegram after sentencing. 'Ultimately today, I felt that money did prevail. If (he) had been any other youth, I feel like the circumstances would have been different.' @highlight Ethan Couch, 16, of Keller, Texas, had faced 20 years behind bars but walked away with 10 years probation Tuesday @highlight Youth pastor Brian Jennings; mother and daughter Hollie and Shelby Boyles; and 24-year-old Breanna Mitchell all died in the June 15 accident @highlight A psychologist called by the defense blamed the teen's behavior on his parents, claiming they gave him 'freedoms no young person should have' @highlight State District Judge Jean Boyd agreed and said she didn't think he could get adequate therapy in jail

However, the widow of one of the victims looked at the defendant in the courtroom and said, '@placeholder, we forgive you,' which caused Couch to swallowed hard and tear up a bit.

Couch

By James Slack PUBLISHED: 03:07 EST, 6 June 2013 | UPDATED: 05:33 EST, 6 June 2013 Warning: Home Secretary Theresa May says migrants are placing an 'unacceptable burden' on schools, hospitals and benefits system Migrants are travelling from across the EU to ‘beg and steal’ on the streets of Britain, Theresa May will warn Europe’s leaders. The Home Secretary will demand action to end abuse of the EU’s free movement directive by people who have no intention of finding work. At a meeting of European home affairs ministers in Luxembourg on Friday, she will highlight how gangs of beggars are setting up camps in London to launch raids on the unsuspecting public. @highlight Home Secretary warns of 'unacceptable burden' on schools and hospitals @highlight Uses speech to EU ministers to demand changes to border rules @highlight Highlights how EU nationals are fleecing the British taxpayer

‘We will not allow this country to be a soft touch but this isn't just a @placeholder problem - it will take the joint efforts of all our EU partners to tackle it.’

Britain

By Alex Greig and Associated Press PUBLISHED: 01:56 EST, 30 December 2013 | UPDATED: 12:31 EST, 30 December 2013 George Jacobs, who was Frank Sinatra's valet and confidant for 15 years, has died. Jacobs' son, Snake Jagger, says his father died of natural causes in Palm Springs Saturday night. He was 87. Jacobs was working for Hollywood dealmaker Irving 'Swifty' Lazar in 1953 when Sinatra hired and entrusted him with his personal affairs. Mr S: Jacobs (pictured with Sinatra) was the valet and confidant of Frank Sinatra between 1953 and 1968 Jacobs' 2003 book, 'Mr. S: My Life with Frank Sinatra,' gives an insider's look into the crooner's life, his women and his dealings with the Kennedys, the Rat Pack and the mob. @highlight George Jacobs, 87, died in Palm Springs Saturday night @highlight Between 1953 and 1968, he worked as Frank Sinatra's valet @highlight He lived with the star and traveled the world with him @highlight Sinatra fired Jacobs after a gossip columnist wrote that he was dancing with Sinatra's soon-to-be ex-wife Mia Farrow @highlight Jacobs wrote a memoir about those years called Mr S: My Life with Frank Sinatra @highlight He was married and divorced three times and had eight children

Last dance: @placeholder and Mia Farrow (seen here on their wedding day) were divorcing when George Jacobs danced with her and was fired by Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

British pop star Phil Collins has handed over his vast collection of artifacts related to the Battle of the Alamo and the Texas Revolution to the state of Texas. Collins was in San Antonio on Tuesday to donate what's considered the world's largest private collection of Alamo artifacts. It includes a fringed leather pouch and a gun used by Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie's legendary knife and letters from garrison commander William B. Travis. 'There's things in there that will make your mouth drop,' Collins said. Phil Collins handed over his vast collection of artifacts related to the Battle of the Alamo and the Texas Revolution to the state of Texas on Tuesday @highlight The singer has spent years amassing the what's considered the world's largest private collection of Alamo artifacts @highlight It includes a fringed leather pouch and gun used by Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie's legendary knife and letters from commander William B. Travis @highlight 'Texans are deeply indebted to Phil Collins,' said Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson @highlight Collins joked that he spent all the money he made from music on artifacts related to the 1836 battle

When I was 5 or 6 years old, this thing began,' Collins said of his fascination with the @placeholder.

Alamo

By Hugo Gye and Wills Robinson PUBLISHED: 11:15 EST, 17 October 2013 | UPDATED: 16:54 EST, 17 October 2013 Jailed: Jason Martin has been sentenced to seven years in prison for attacking his neighbour A toothless man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for biting his neighbour's penis during an argument over loud music. Jason Martin injured Richard Henderson after receiving a text from his former friend asking him to turn down the volume on his Xbox game console. The pair fought outside their block of flats in Dover, and Martin bit through Henderson's pyjamas 'like a sandwich', causing him to be taken to hospital for emergency surgery. @highlight Jason Martin bit Richard Henderson's genitals at a house in Dover, Kent @highlight Fight came after Henderson asked Martin to turn his Xbox music down @highlight Martin, 41, was given seven-year sentence after judge said he was 'determined to influct as much pain and injury as possible'

another year for dangerous driving, telling him that @placeholder, 39, had

Henderson

Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama spoke Thursday with the leaders of France, Italy and the United Kingdom on coordinating an international response to the crisis in Libya, the White House said. In separate phone conversations with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and British Prime Minister David Cameron, Obama "expressed his deep concern with the Libyan government's use of violence which violates international norms and every standard of human decency, and discussed appropriate and effective ways for the international community to immediately respond," the White House statement said. While some critics say the Obama administration has been slow to react to the deteriorating situation in Libya, the statement said Thursday's discussions were to "coordinate our urgent efforts to respond to developments and ensure that there is appropriate accountability." @highlight NEW: The White House says the leaders discussed a coordinated response @highlight The French Embassy says Obama discussed planned measures @highlight The White House spokesman says all options are under consideration @highlight U.S. goals are to protect Americans and halt attacks on Libyan people

A statement by the French Embassy said Obama discussed steps the @placeholder plans to take regarding Libya in his phone call with Sarkozy.

Americans

By Mark Duell Thief: Jayne Rand, 49, stole luxury leather handbags over her shoulder from department stores A mother of two was today ordered to pay back more than £117,000 she made on eBay after stealing 905 designer handbags in three years. Jayne Rand, 49, of Purton, Wiltshire, would sling the luxury leather items over her shoulder in department stores - pretending they were her own handbag - to fund her lavish lifestyle. Police believe the housewife is Britain’s biggest designer-label handbag thief - stealing almost one a day from 2009 to 2012 around the UK. She targeted brands such as Gucci, Radley and Ted Baker, to sell them on eBay. Rand started stealing after the property business she ran with her husband got into financial difficulty. @highlight Jayne Rand stole luxury leather handbags over her shoulder from stores @highlight Police believe mother of two is UK's biggest designer-label handbag thief @highlight She stole almost one handbag each day from 2009 to 2012 around Britain @highlight Targeted brands like Gucci, Radley and Ted Baker to sell them on eBay @highlight She may now have to sell her home to pay back proceeds of her crimes

Her home-run business made her £117,171 by selling them to eBay customers all over @placeholder.

Britain

COVINGTON, Louisiana (CNN) -- The suspect in the shooting of a woman killed during a Ku Klux Klan initiation has at least a seven-year history of Klan activity, according to an organization that tracks hate groups nationwide. Relatives describe Cynthia Lynch as having a deep need to feel wanted and eager to join groups. Raymond "Chuck" Foster, 44, was the founding Imperial Wizard, or national leader, of the Southern White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, a Klan faction formed January 1, 2001, in Watson, Louisiana, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. "During the next three years, the group developed chapters in three other states while maintaining a low profile," the Montgomery, Alabama-based center said on its Web site. @highlight NEW: Chuck Foster started Southern White Knights in 2001, group says @highlight Foster shot Cynthia Lynch after she became homesick, police say @highlight Louisiana Klan group called itself the Sons of Dixie @highlight Foster, 44, charged with second-degree murder; seven others jailed

After the shooting, "@placeholder, we believe, removed a knife from his pocket and rolled over the victim and began a process of trying to remove the bullet from her body ... because he was trying to destroy evidence where law enforcement would not be able to piece these things together," Strain said.

Foster

(CNN) -- Most horses at this month's World Equestrian Games could clear the water jumps. Not Norman. Plunging head-first into a water feature he hadn't even seen, Norman lost an entire hoof in the accident. Luckily, the eight-foot mascot -- Norman was named after Normandy, the French host province of the Games --had a spare hoof on hand. Norman's soaring popularity may have outstripped his jumping capabilities, with replica plush-toy versions almost impossible to find by the end of the two-week Games in Caen, but there were plenty of contenders ready to demonstrate how water should be handled. Driving is the sport to pick if you want to see horses navigate water. The sport, not seen at the Olympics, sees teams of four horses pull an old-fashioned carriage through a series of tests to determine a winner. @highlight The FEI Games took place in Normandy, France @highlight Around 570,000 people visited the Games @highlight Australian Boyd Exell wins third world title in a row @highlight Jeroen Dubbeldam wins two gold medals

"With it being from a @placeholder musical, for me it brings together the fact that I'm here in France, and I can be a bit emotional and bring together all of my vaulting," said Eccles.

France

(CNN) -- Most horses at this month's World Equestrian Games could clear the water jumps. Not Norman. Plunging head-first into a water feature he hadn't even seen, Norman lost an entire hoof in the accident. Luckily, the eight-foot mascot -- Norman was named after Normandy, the French host province of the Games --had a spare hoof on hand. Norman's soaring popularity may have outstripped his jumping capabilities, with replica plush-toy versions almost impossible to find by the end of the two-week Games in Caen, but there were plenty of contenders ready to demonstrate how water should be handled. Driving is the sport to pick if you want to see horses navigate water. The sport, not seen at the Olympics, sees teams of four horses pull an old-fashioned carriage through a series of tests to determine a winner. @highlight The FEI Games took place in Normandy, France @highlight Around 570,000 people visited the Games @highlight Australian Boyd Exell wins third world title in a row @highlight Jeroen Dubbeldam wins two gold medals

The stage had been set for an emotional victory for the @placeholder, in front of a deafening crowd inside Caen's soccer stadium.

France

By Sam Peters English professional football has been warned it faces a ‘tsunami’ of damaging legal claims that will cripple some clubs if managers continue to over-rule doctors and allow concussed players to play on. In an exclusive interview with the Mail on Sunday, the Football Association’s senior doctor Ian Beasley this week said the NFL’s massive legal settlement with former American Footballers suffering from early on-set dementia linked to head injuries — now in excess of £870million — has set a precedent other sports would be foolish to ignore. The last Premier League season saw an alarming number of incidences where managers ignored team doctors and allowed concussed players to return to play while this summer’s World Cup in Brazil also saw players with head injuries, including Uruguay’s Alvaro Pereira and Germany’s Christoph Kramer, play on. @highlight Football Association's senior doctor Ian Beasley said massive NFL legal settlement linked with early on-set of dementia has set a precedent @highlight Last season a number of Premier League managers ignored team doctors and allowed players to return to the field of play during matches @highlight At the Brazil World Cup, Uruguay's Alvaro Pereira and Germany's Christoph Kramer were also permitted to play on @highlight Beasley has warned clubs of effects of letting players go back on to the pitch @highlight He says financial implications of settlements could break smaller clubs @highlight Last week FA announced head-injury guidelines which state all players who lose consciousness or suspected of doing so must be taken off immediately

‘My hope is it translates into meaningful initiatives beyond the first week of the season and that where the @placeholder lead, other associations in football and wider sport might follow.’

FA

Former Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has revealed his affection for Arsenal, claiming he'd love to manage the north London side one day. The Italian, who has returned to Serie A side Inter Milan for a second spell, was at the helm of Manchester City for four seasons before departing for Galatasaray, but is keen on a return to the Premier League. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has come under increased scrutiny after his side have slumped to their worst ever Premier league start, lying eighth in the table and fifteen points off current leaders Chelsea. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Roberto Mancini takes his first training session as Inter coach @highlight The 47-year-old has returned as manager of Inter Milan for a second spell @highlight Roberto Mancini managed Manchester City between 2009-13 @highlight Claims he wants to be manager of the Italian national team at 60

@placeholder manager Roberto Mancini, would relish the opportunity to manage Arsenal in the future

Inter

(CNN) -- A heavily publicized murder trial. A horrific school bombing. A parade of con artists, legendary athletes, industrialists and anarchists, radiant movie stars and wearisome politicians. And, soaring over all, Charles Lindbergh. They're all part of "One Summer: America, 1927," Bill Bryson's new book about a handful of months of a tumultuous year. "It was an extraordinarily crowded summer," Bryson says in a phone interview. "I think it was the most eventful summer any nation has ever had -- certainly in peacetime." Many of the year's events remain well known: Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic, Babe Ruth's 60 home runs, the debut of the first sound film, "The Jazz Singer." @highlight Bill Bryson's latest book, "One Summer," is about summer of 1927 @highlight It was the year of Charles Lindbergh's flight, Babe Ruth's home run record, horrific crimes @highlight What was originally going to be a narrow focus turned into much more, says Bryson @highlight Author known for books on Appalachian Trail, Australia, the sciences

And @placeholder was far and away the most enigmatic and most fascinating (character).

Charles Lindbergh

Washington (CNN) -- Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and former President Ronald Reagan were, in the words of one close aide, "political soulmates." Reagan, who was elected a year after Thatcher assumed office in 1979, found in her a fresh, conservative voice who he could align with on many international issues. And in nearly a decade of working together, she found in him a personal friend and an equal on the global stage. He offered her stronger support than any previous American president in dealing with terrorism in Northern Ireland, said biographer Geoffrey Smith, author of "Reagan and Thatcher." @highlight Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan were friends for decades @highlight They agreed on many issues, saw each other as "soulmates" in the conservative world @highlight Reagan initially disagreed with her on how she wanted to handle the Falklands War in 1982

"@placeholder and I knew her as a dear and trusted friend," Mrs. Reagan said on Monday in a statement.

Reagan

(CNN) -- Gov. David Paterson had no intention of appointing Caroline Kennedy to fill the Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton, a source close to the New York governor told CNN Thursday. Caroline Kennedy has withdrawn her name from consideration for Hillary Clinton's Senate seat. The source told CNN that Paterson did not think Kennedy was "ready for prime time," citing her efforts, at times awkward, to try to win the appointment. "She clearly has no policy experience and couldn't handle the pressure," said the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation. "Why would he pick her given how badly she handled herself in recent weeks?" @highlight NEW: Source says Gov. Paterson did not think Kennedy was "ready for prime time" @highlight NEW: Kennedy had potential issues involving her taxes and her nanny, source says @highlight NEW: Kennedy ally denies Kennedy knew Paterson was leaning away from her @highlight Kennedy cites "personal reasons" for pulling out of contention

But an aide to @placeholder indicated Sen. Kennedy's health was not the reason she decided to withdraw.

Caroline Kennedy

Less than a week after a tightly controlled trial, a Chinese court Tuesday found a prominent Uyghur scholar guilty of "separatism" and sentenced him to life in prison, his lawyer said. Ilham Tohti, an economics professor at Beijing's Minzu University, was tried for two days last week at the Intermediate People's Court in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang. The trial took place in China's restive western region where a spate of recent violent incidents have been blamed by the government on Muslim Uyghur separatists seeking to establish an independent state. The court also ordered the confiscation of all of Tohti's assets, said Liu Xiaoyuan, one of Tohti's lawyers, @highlight Chinese court has found a prominent Uyghur scholar guilty of "separatism" @highlight He has been sentenced to life in prison @highlight Lawyer told CNN he was prepared for guilty verdict and would appeal @highlight White House calls on China to release "respected professor"

The police statement also accused Tohti of teaching students about "violent Uyghur resistance" in his class and encouraging them to overthrow the @placeholder government.

China

CLICK HERE for your ultimate stats with our Match Zone from the Kuban Stadium, including a look at how Everton conceding the first goal Samuel Eto’o rolled back the years to spare the blushes of his Everton captain Phil Jagielka in Russia on Thursday night. Eto’o, a Champions League winner with Barcelona and Inter Milan and one of the greatest strikers of his generation, can’t run around like he used to but at 33 he still has the instinct and sense of timing of a genuine star. With eight minutes left and Everton lucky to be only one behind against lively Russian opponents, Leighton Baines fired in a cross from the right having stayed up from taking a corner. Until that moment, Krasnodar had dealt with Everton’s threat but this time Eto’o ghosted ahead of their back line and finished with a left-foot volley from close range that typified composure and class. @highlight Everton held to 1-1 draw against FC Krasnodar in Europa League Group H clash @highlight Ari scores opening goal for Krasnodar as home side take first half lead @highlight Samuel Eto'o scores 82nd minute equaliser to save Everton's blushes @highlight Eto'o scores during his first start as an Everton player

@placeholder (5) wheels away in celebration as the former Barcelona striker scores Everton's equalising goal against Krasnodar on Thursday night

Eto’o

By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 18:38 EST, 15 October 2013 | UPDATED: 18:49 EST, 15 October 2013 The blood-stained shirt that the governor of Texas was wearing while riding inside the car with President Kennedy on the day he was shot has now been put on display. Governor John Connally was seated in front of the President in the open-top convertible when the shooting occurred, and he was hit in the chest. Now the bloody shirt and suit that Connally wore on that day when he nearly died have been put on display as part of an exhibit being organized in coordination with the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's assassination. @highlight Texas Governor John Connally was sitting in front of President Kennedy on that fatal day in Dallas @highlight Connally was shot in the chest but survived while Kennedy died @highlight Now Connally's shirt and suit are on display as part of the 50th anniversary

Shot in the chest: The bullet could have killed @placeholder but he was saved at the hospital

Connally

By Baz Bamigboye and Hugo Gye PUBLISHED: 07:49 EST, 18 January 2013 | UPDATED: 08:50 EST, 18 January 2013 The image of James Bond's creator Ian Fleming is set to be shaken and stirred by a £4million TV drama exposing the dark side of the bestselling author's glamorous lifestyle. The Man Who Would Be Bond will show how the novelist turned his wartime experiences working for Naval Intelligence into one of the most lucrative literary franchises ever produced. But it will also reveal details of his X-rated sex life, which led to him being thrown out of the prestigious military academy Sandhurst after he contracted gonorrhea. @highlight New TV series set to show the dark side of best-selling spy novelist @highlight The Man Who Would Be Bond will reveal Fleming's torrid relationship with his wife Ann and X-rated letters about whipping they sent to each other

‘It tells the story of how Fleming desperately wanted to be someone he couldn’t be, so he created the person he wanted to be on the page and that person was @placeholder,’ said an executive involved with the production.

Bond

Ed Miliband’s leadership came under fire again last night after details of a row with outspoken Labour frontbencher Chris Bryant were revealed. Mr Bryant, as Labour welfare spokesman, protested at a decision to crack down on the benefits rights of EU immigrants. When Mr Miliband refused to back down, the fiercely pro-European Mr Bryant threatened to walk out of the Shadow Cabinet unless the party leader gave him another plum job. So Mr Miliband gave in and moved Mr Bryant to what friends claim is his ‘perfect job’ as arts spokesman. Scroll down for video Fierce: Labour MP Chris Bryant is strongly pro-Europe. Mr Bryant, as Labour welfare spokesman, protested at a decision to crack down on the benefits rights of EU immigrants @highlight Ed Miliband’s leadership came under fire again after details of a row with outspoken Labour frontbencher Chris Bryant were revealed @highlight Mr Bryant protested at decision to crack down on benefits rights of EU immigrants @highlight When Mr Miliband refused to back down, Mr Bryant threatened to walk out

However, the plans infuriated Mr @placeholder, a former Europe Minister under the last Labour government.

Bryant

(CNN) -- While the nation wrestled with the aftermath of a shooting in Colorado that left 12 people dead, a Twitter account for the National Rifle Association had this to say: "Good morning, shooters. Happy Friday! Weekend plans?" That tweet was posted at 9:20 a.m. ET on Friday by an account for "American Rifleman," the official NRA journal. The group, which advocates for gun owners, appeared to have been pulled down from the Internet as of about 12:30 p.m. ET Friday. Shooting turns movie into surreal horror "A single individual, unaware of events in Colorado, tweeted a comment that is being completely taken out of context," NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam said in a comment issued to CNN. @highlight National Rifle Association sends ill-timed tweet after Colorado shooting @highlight "Good morning, shooters. Happy Friday!" wrote one of the group's accounts @highlight Tweet was widely criticized as insensitive given the overnight shooting that killed 12

@placeholder will not have any further comment until all the facts are known."

NRA

(CNN) -- While the nation wrestled with the aftermath of a shooting in Colorado that left 12 people dead, a Twitter account for the National Rifle Association had this to say: "Good morning, shooters. Happy Friday! Weekend plans?" That tweet was posted at 9:20 a.m. ET on Friday by an account for "American Rifleman," the official NRA journal. The group, which advocates for gun owners, appeared to have been pulled down from the Internet as of about 12:30 p.m. ET Friday. Shooting turns movie into surreal horror "A single individual, unaware of events in Colorado, tweeted a comment that is being completely taken out of context," NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam said in a comment issued to CNN. @highlight National Rifle Association sends ill-timed tweet after Colorado shooting @highlight "Good morning, shooters. Happy Friday!" wrote one of the group's accounts @highlight Tweet was widely criticized as insensitive given the overnight shooting that killed 12

"This is a real tweet today from an official @placeholder account.

NRA

(CNN) -- A New Year's Day shooting in which a subway police officer fired a deadly shot into the back of an unarmed man has the San Francisco Bay Area demanding answers as authorities appeal for patience. Oscar Grant, 22, was killed January 1 in a shooting at a subway station in California's Bay Area. Bay Area Rapid Transit spokesman Linton Johnson told CNN affiliate KTVU-TV in Oakland, California, that the officer is presumed innocent and described him as devastated. Attorney John Burris called the shooting "unconscionable" and said he filed a $25 million claim with BART on Tuesday, alleging wrongful death and violation of civil rights by use of excessive force. BART has 45 days to respond, Burris said. @highlight Attorney files $25 million claim, calls shooting "unconscionable" @highlight Video shows officer shoot Oscar Grant in back as another officer kneels on him @highlight BART: Video inconclusive, vows to conduct "thorough, unbiased investigation" @highlight Witness tells KTVU: "We was already following directions ... and they shot him"

@placeholder obtained at least two videos of the incident and its prelude.

KTVU

(CNN) -- A New Year's Day shooting in which a subway police officer fired a deadly shot into the back of an unarmed man has the San Francisco Bay Area demanding answers as authorities appeal for patience. Oscar Grant, 22, was killed January 1 in a shooting at a subway station in California's Bay Area. Bay Area Rapid Transit spokesman Linton Johnson told CNN affiliate KTVU-TV in Oakland, California, that the officer is presumed innocent and described him as devastated. Attorney John Burris called the shooting "unconscionable" and said he filed a $25 million claim with BART on Tuesday, alleging wrongful death and violation of civil rights by use of excessive force. BART has 45 days to respond, Burris said. @highlight Attorney files $25 million claim, calls shooting "unconscionable" @highlight Video shows officer shoot Oscar Grant in back as another officer kneels on him @highlight BART: Video inconclusive, vows to conduct "thorough, unbiased investigation" @highlight Witness tells KTVU: "We was already following directions ... and they shot him"

@placeholder has not identified the officer, saying only that he has been on the force two years.

BART

(CNN) -- A New Year's Day shooting in which a subway police officer fired a deadly shot into the back of an unarmed man has the San Francisco Bay Area demanding answers as authorities appeal for patience. Oscar Grant, 22, was killed January 1 in a shooting at a subway station in California's Bay Area. Bay Area Rapid Transit spokesman Linton Johnson told CNN affiliate KTVU-TV in Oakland, California, that the officer is presumed innocent and described him as devastated. Attorney John Burris called the shooting "unconscionable" and said he filed a $25 million claim with BART on Tuesday, alleging wrongful death and violation of civil rights by use of excessive force. BART has 45 days to respond, Burris said. @highlight Attorney files $25 million claim, calls shooting "unconscionable" @highlight Video shows officer shoot Oscar Grant in back as another officer kneels on him @highlight BART: Video inconclusive, vows to conduct "thorough, unbiased investigation" @highlight Witness tells KTVU: "We was already following directions ... and they shot him"

@placeholder, however, said there is no excuse for the use of force on a man being restrained by police.

Burris

By James Nye and Ted Thornhill PUBLISHED: 15:06 EST, 2 March 2014 | UPDATED: 12:31 EST, 3 March 2014 Defiant: Piers Morgan declared that he is now looking forward to doing higher profile interviews with bigger names after his live show was axed by CNN Piers Morgan has claimed the imminent end of his much-vaunted nightly show on CNN will actually allow him to do the kind of interviews he always wanted to do on the cable network. Morgan, who confirmed the axing of his eponymous live show last week after three-years of inconsistent ratings, said that he will be staying on at CNN. @highlight Piers Morgan Live confirmed to be canceled last week after the presenter said his talk show has 'taken a bath in the ratings' @highlight CNN's audience tired of hearing a Brit debate American issues, he said @highlight He famously clashed with pro-gun campaigner Alex Jones @highlight Morgan made a promising start, reducing Oprah Winfrey to tears in 2011 @highlight His ratings have plummeted from two million to around 270,000 @highlight Morgan's frequent tweets about cricket didn't help, claimed one paper

@placeholder interviewed Jones about gun control shortly afterwards, but Jones spent the majority of the interview shouting at Morgan, often preventing him from expressing his views.

Morgan

By Associated Press A Pennsylvania police officer who made headlines when he won a $1 million Powerball drawing last month has been suspended because of the alleged actions of his wife. Rankin Officer Matthew Brown is named in a criminal complaint charging his wife with working as a scheduler for a prostitution business. Their defense attorney David Shrager insist officer Brown and his wife, Jennifer, have done nothing wrong. Charged: The police officer Michael Brown who bought a $1 million Powerball ticket is named in a police complaint against his wife, Jennifer Brown, who faces charges, including promoting prostitution Sordid site: Jennifer Brown allegedly was involved with 69 Entertainment and ran the daily operations as one of the schedulers of the agency. her police officer husband was a driver and worked as security @highlight Officer Matthew Brown won the lottery but his wife, Jennifer, is charged with being involved with a website that promotes prostitution @highlight Brown has now been suspended pending the outcome of the investigation

Suspended: Officer Brown applied last year for a job as a part-time police officer in @placeholder and joined the department in November

Brown

Nothing could be clearer. David Miliband, then Labour’s Foreign Secretary, laying claim to the moral high ground, proclaiming: ‘I abhor anything that constitutes torture. Water-boarding, it’s perfectly clear to me it is torture. ‘I never supported extraordinary rendition to torture, always said that Guantanamo should be closed. There is no clash of ideals and pragmatism there.’ His uncompromising comments came in an interview in the New Statesman magazine in 2009. Scroll down for video David Miliband tried to use the court system over a period of six months to block publication of the fact that MI5 had connived in the torture of one suspect, Binyam Mohamed @highlight David Miliband tried to use courts to keep truth of suspect's torture secret @highlight Binyam Mohamed detained on suspicion of attending Al Qaeda camp @highlight Court documents said Mohamed subjected to 'cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment by the U.S. authorities' @highlight British intelligence services complicit in this, according to the documents @highlight Mohamed was later awarded £1 million compensation @highlight Miliband's supporters insist he was not fully aware of US torture details @highlight He now earns £300,000 a year running international human rights charity

Next, @placeholder raised the political temperature by attacking ‘irresponsible judges’, claiming that if they authorised the release of the information, they would be giving ‘succour to the country’s enemies’.

David Miliband

Whether he's rocking a man bun or crucifix earrings, there's no denying that Ollie Proudlock is the trendiest resident of SW3. So iconic has the Made In Chelsea star's look become that he channelled his style expertise into a clothing line, Serge DeNimes. The 25-year-old has unveiled his AW14 range and modelled it in an exclusive photoshoot for MailOnline. Scroll down for video Style king: Ollie Proudlock from Made In Chelsea has unveiled his new AW14 collection and modelled it exclusively for FEMAIL Speaking about the range, the designer said: 'I am extremely proud and excited to launch this AW14 collection. I feel that the brand has gone from strength to strength over the last three years, and this collection is a reflection of all the hard work that my team and I have put into making this our strongest collection to date. @highlight Ollie Proudlock established Serge DeNimes and now it has 38 stores in UK @highlight Models AW14 exclusively for FEMAIL @highlight Worn by Jourdan Dunn and Rita Ora, now Ollie wants Pharrell to wear it @highlight Says a lot has changed with Lucy Watson since filming show @highlight Hopes to work in creative industry for many years to come

Despite the status of their romance, Ollie is a fan of @placeholder's style.

Lucy Watson

Hong Kong (CNN) -- Eight months ago, the international community stifled a snigger when North Korea's hyped rocket launch ended with a fizzle. At the time, Pyongyang surprised just about everyone by actually admitting its failure, a departure from previous efforts to project success at all costs. But this time, they've succeeded. No one is laughing now. Object seen in orbit after launch "The world is not falling apart, like some would say, but at the same time this is not a joke. There was a lot of pre-media coverage that said that North Korea was not good at missile technology and were sort of ridiculing them," said Philip Yun, executive director of the Ploughshare Fund and a former adviser to the U.S. government. @highlight Successful North Korean launch is cause for concern, analysts say @highlight The launch brings Pyongyang closer to the capability to launch a nuclear warhead @highlight There are fears the next step could be another nuclear test @highlight Urgent action is needed through the U.N. Security Council, analysts say

The bad news is that if we're not proactive, and if we don't figure out a way to curtail @placeholder's actions, they're going to continue to develop and learn more and over the long term we're going to have to deal with it in a much more difficult situation," he said.

North Korea

(CNN) -- They've sold millions of albums and DVDs and show no signs of slowing. Much more than an overnight sensation like "Tickle Me Elmo," "The Wiggles," have stayed a children's favorite for 16 years. Sybil Lane, right, and her family met the Wiggles after Sam Moran stepped into his role yellow Wiggle. The Wiggles, an Australian band, impart lessons through their songs and performances that some mothers happily admit have helped shape their little ones' views on life. Sybil Lane says that her 6-year-old son Brendan "has a very positive outlook on life, and I think the Wiggles helped him develop that." @highlight Australian children's band "The Wiggles" are an international sensation @highlight Band earned $45 million in 2004, beat AC/DC to be Australia's top-earning band @highlight CNN.com readers respond with their tales of Wiggles encounters @highlight I-Report: Tell us about important stories happening near you

Some would say that @placeholder mania has reached fever pitch.

The Wiggles

New York City officials tonight issued a desperate appeal for calm after revealing that a Harlem resident has been diagnosed with Ebola. Infected doctor Craig Spencer, 33, rode three subways, went for a jog, ate out, went bowling, and rode in an Uber cab the day before he tested positive for the deadly virus. However, Mayor Bill de Blasio addressed the city tonight to insist that the probability of any subway users becoming infected is 'close to nil'. 'Stay calm': Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo told the city there is no need to fear Ebola He revealed the CDC has been working with the city's health workers for weeks for fear of an outbreak, and a back-up strike team is now on its way to treat Dr Spencer. @highlight Mayor de Blasio insists it is 'extremely difficult' to catch Ebola on subway @highlight Infected doctor Craig Spencer took three subways, went bowling, ate out @highlight The panel of doctors and politicians praised Bellevue as 'the world's finest' @highlight CDC has been working with New York for two weeks for fear of outbreak @highlight A back-up 'strike team' is on its way to the city to treat Dr Spencer @highlight Obama has offered federal help to New York, spoke with de Blasio

'We want to state at the outset that @placeholder have no reason to be alarmed,' de Blasio said.

New York

New York City officials tonight issued a desperate appeal for calm after revealing that a Harlem resident has been diagnosed with Ebola. Infected doctor Craig Spencer, 33, rode three subways, went for a jog, ate out, went bowling, and rode in an Uber cab the day before he tested positive for the deadly virus. However, Mayor Bill de Blasio addressed the city tonight to insist that the probability of any subway users becoming infected is 'close to nil'. 'Stay calm': Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo told the city there is no need to fear Ebola He revealed the CDC has been working with the city's health workers for weeks for fear of an outbreak, and a back-up strike team is now on its way to treat Dr Spencer. @highlight Mayor de Blasio insists it is 'extremely difficult' to catch Ebola on subway @highlight Infected doctor Craig Spencer took three subways, went bowling, ate out @highlight The panel of doctors and politicians praised Bellevue as 'the world's finest' @highlight CDC has been working with New York for two weeks for fear of outbreak @highlight A back-up 'strike team' is on its way to the city to treat Dr Spencer @highlight Obama has offered federal help to New York, spoke with de Blasio

'@placeholder who have not been exposed are not at all at risk.'

New York

Michael Carrick has suffered another injury blow after being ruled out of England’s Euro 2016 qualifier against Slovenia with a groin problem. Carrick’s withdrawal from the squad after a scan confirmed the injury will also be a major disappointment for Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal. The midfielder, who was in line to play against Slovenia at Wembley on Saturday, faces an anxious wait to see whether he will recover in time for United’s game against Arsenal on November 22. Michael Carrick (pictured appearing in a fan's selfie at St George's Park) has been ruled out for England Carrick trained for 20 minutes at St George’s Park on Wednesday before limping off with the injury. He was sent for a scan in the afternoon which ruled him out of Saturday’s clash and the friendly against Scotland at Celtic Park on Tuesday. @highlight Manchester United's Michael Carrick has picked up a groin injury @highlight The 33-year-old underwent a scan to ascertain the extent of the damage @highlight Carrick has returned to Manchester United after being ruled out of England's games against Slovenia and Scotland @highlight News leaves Louis van Gaal with further defensive worries

@placeholder later tweeted: '2 steps forward 1 step back Gutted to miss the next 2 @england games, hopefully no more than that though.

Carrick

(CNN) -- His declaration grabbed the ear: I am the son of a mass murderer whose dark deeds and enigmatic identity spawned silver screen thrillers. I am the son of the Zodiac Killer. Gary Stewart of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, may be the latest person to claim lineage with the infamous psycho murderer who inspired the movies "Zodiac" and "Dirty Harry." But he's not the first to say he is descended from a man who police suspect killed five people in northern California in the late 1960s, then taunted the public with creepy letters to the media. Zodiac has never been caught. And he has, in all, 37 people's lives on his conscience, he has said in his cryptic claims of responsibility. @highlight Survivor says photo is "not inconsistent" with what he saw of killer @highlight Zodiac Killer, who has never been caught, claimed to have killed 37 people @highlight Each prospective child of Zodiac points to a different man as the killer @highlight Gary Stewart is the latest and has compiled his account into a new book

Only two people are believed to have survived @placeholder's attacks.

Zodiac

Sick: Leslie Cunliffe (in sunglasses) is being deported back to Britain from Australia A British rapist who carried out a horrific sex attack likened to The Silence of the Lambs will be deported from Australia to the UK, officials confirmed today. Leslie Neil Cunliffe, 63, will be sent back to Britain even though he has spent his entire adult life abroad and raised a family in Australia. Cunliffe posed as a policeman to kidnap a 21-year-old woman, then gagged, blindfolded and bound her. He then drove her to a sound-proofed dungeon where he strapped a fake bomb to her. Later he cut off her clothes and raped her. @highlight Leslie Cunliffe lost appeal against decision to deport him @highlight Dragged his victim into a 'shed of horrors', strapped bomb to her body and demanded she call her parents begging for money @highlight Had lived in Australia since 1967 but still British citizen @highlight If we had tried to deport him, human rights law would have stopped us @highlight Breaking parole in Melbourne final straw for Australian government

1967, but never took @placeholder citizenship after his arrival at the age

Australia

French Open champion Maria Sharapova brushed off early hiccups with her serve to ease past British hope Samantha Murray in straight sets. Fifth seed Sharapova indicated exactly why she sits 242 world ranking places ahead of 26-year-old Murray, coasting home 6-1 6-0 on Tuesday. Stockport's Murray produced several smart winners, but wasted three break points in the first set, and never recovered. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Sportsmail's Whitwell and Fraser Wimbledon day two update Easy day's work: Maria Sharapova beat Samantha Murray in the first round Sealed with a kiss: Sharapova salutes the crowd after an emphatic win on day two of Wimbledon @highlight Maria Sharapova eased past British hope Samantha Murray @highlight French Open champion looking for second Wimbledon title

the net next, en route to handing @placeholder the first service break.

Maria Sharapova

A leather coat belonging to Adolf Hitler's architect was bought for more than $10,000 - by the man's Jewish cousin. The coat, belonging to Albert Speer, was sold at an auction in Los Angeles last week alongside autographed copies of Hitler's hate-filled autobiography Mein Kampf. It was bought by Jason Speer, a successful businessman who lives near Chicago who was also Albert Speer's third cousin, he said he was 'proud' to keep the jacket in the family. A label inside the coat depicts the NSDAP eagle emblem denoting the Nazi elite. Also included is the original invoice for the coat with Speer's name printed on it @highlight Chicago businessman Jason Speer bought the coat at auction for more than $10,000 @highlight The third cousin of Albert Speer said he was 'proud' to keep it in the family @highlight Albert Speer’s architecture includes the Volkshalle in Berlin @highlight He was convicted at the Nuremberg trials and jailed for 20 years

Two rare copies of Mein Kampf signed by @placeholder were also auctioned last week in Los Angeles

Adolf Hitler

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (CNN) -- Sens. Hillary Clinton and John McCain received much-needed boosts from New Hampshire Tuesday. Clinton, coming off a disappointing third-place finish in Iowa, rebounded to overcome rival Sen. Barack Obama in the state's Democratic primary. Supporters at her headquarters chanted "comeback kid" as the results came in. Clinton trailed Obama by 9 points in recent polls. On the Republican side, McCain easily won his party's primary. The results mark a resurgence for the Arizona senator, whose campaign was all but written off this summer. What do the results mean? » Clinton and McCain embraced their comeback positions in addressing supporters Tuesday night. @highlight NEW: Clinton takes New Hampshire, despite recent polls putting Obama ahead @highlight NEW: McCain met by crowd shouting, "Mac is back" @highlight Women, older voters give Clinton boost, exit polls show @highlight McCain edges Huckabee among religious voters

@placeholder pinned his win on "one strategy" -- telling the people of New Hampshire what he believes.

John McCain

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (CNN) -- Sens. Hillary Clinton and John McCain received much-needed boosts from New Hampshire Tuesday. Clinton, coming off a disappointing third-place finish in Iowa, rebounded to overcome rival Sen. Barack Obama in the state's Democratic primary. Supporters at her headquarters chanted "comeback kid" as the results came in. Clinton trailed Obama by 9 points in recent polls. On the Republican side, McCain easily won his party's primary. The results mark a resurgence for the Arizona senator, whose campaign was all but written off this summer. What do the results mean? » Clinton and McCain embraced their comeback positions in addressing supporters Tuesday night. @highlight NEW: Clinton takes New Hampshire, despite recent polls putting Obama ahead @highlight NEW: McCain met by crowd shouting, "Mac is back" @highlight Women, older voters give Clinton boost, exit polls show @highlight McCain edges Huckabee among religious voters

While Huckabee won overwhelmingly among those voters in Iowa, in New Hampshire, 35 percent went to @placeholder while 31 percent went to Huckabee.

John McCain

(EW.com) -- Back in 2004, Edgar Wright's brilliantly subversive zombie comedy, "Shaun of the Dead," introduced American audiences to Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. On screen the British Mutt-and-Jeff duo (who teamed up again with Wright for 2007's "Hot Fuzz") had the spark-spraying chemistry of two best mates who wasted their youth finishing each other's sentences at the local pub. Now they've all reunited for their third — and best — collaboration, "The World's End." As in their previous comedies, Pegg and Frost play men who refuse to stop acting like boys. But these pint-swilling Peter Pans also know how to work the heart and the brain for belly laughs. @highlight Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have reunited for this film @highlight They play men who refuse to stop acting like boys @highlight The critic gave it grade of B+

@placeholder doesn't quite stick the landing: The finale is a little too shaggy and silly.

Edgar Wright

By Associated Press PUBLISHED: 18:22 EST, 8 November 2012 | UPDATED: 18:30 EST, 8 November 2012 To people who were caught in snarled traffic or had to shovel snow with leaves still on the trees, the storm pulling off the East Coast on Thursday was your basic nor'easter. To The Weather Channel, it was Athena. The network has taken to naming winter storms, much like is done for tropical systems. Scroll down for video New system: The Weather Channel has taken to giving winter storms names much as they do for tropical storms with a second storm in the Midwest, pictured off their site, now named Brutus @highlight Naming would help draw attention to both the storm and channel when their ratings usually soar @highlight Other news networks including the National Weather Service are refusing to copy @highlight NWS: 'please refrain from using the term "Athena" in any of our products'

All their own: So long as viewers tune into the @placeholder they can see storms named like Athena and Brutus, as seen here already reported on their website

The Weather Channel

Luis Suarez found his shooting boots in England and appears to have taken them back to Spain with him scoring in Barcelona’s win over Granada. The former Liverpool striker got his first brace for the Catalans against Manchester City and back in La Liga action he reached double figures for his new club with a second half strike on Saturday. He also played a part in Barca’s first and third goals as they moved back to within a point of Real Madrid who play on Sunday at home to Villarreal. Lionel Messi completed the scoring for Barcelona as he slid home from close range after unselfish play from Luis Suarez @highlight Barcelona beat Granada 3-1 in La Liga on Saturday to close the gap at the top of La Liga to just one point @highlight Ivan Rakitic gave the visitors the lead in the 26th minute after Croatia international pounces in the box @highlight Luis Suarez continued his fine form in front of goal as he doubled the lead just minutes after half time @highlight Fran Rica replied for the hosts five minutes later from the spot after Marc Bartra brought down Lass Bangoura @highlight Lionel Messi gave Luis Enrique's side a two-goal cushion once more with 20 minutes left to play

He has made his name at Barcelona as a goal-giver but for the second game running his goal had been decisive in a @placeholder victory.

Barca

(CNN) -- At first glance, it seems obvious -- of course Twitter and YouTube have the right to take down a video showing the American journalist, James Foley, being beheaded. The question is why taking it down is controversial at all. The answer, I think, shows how important services like Twitter have become, and how this has thrust unexpected responsibilities onto them. Twitter and YouTube both have rules telling users what they can and cannot post, even though the volume of material they deal with necessarily means they're inconsistent in the application of those rules. YouTube's community guidelines go beyond saying that you can't post "bad stuff" that's against the law, "like animal abuse, drug abuse, under-age drinking and smoking, or bomb making." The site also won't let you post legal content that depicts "graphic or gratuitous violence." @highlight Video of ISIS beheading U.S. journalist James Foley appears on social media @highlight David Weinberger: Twitter and YouTube can post anything they want @highlight He says private websites have no obligation to support free speech @highlight Weinberger: But since Twitter is a hub for debates, it has more duty to the public

Free speech in @placeholder means the government can't tell you what not to say in public.

American

New York (CNN) -- Brooke Astor's son got one to three years in prison Monday for scheming to bilk millions of dollars from the late philanthropist's estate. Anthony Marshall, 85, had been found guilty of 14 of the 15 counts against him. Marshall was convicted in October of the most serious charges -- first-degree grand larceny and scheming to defraud. He faced a minimum of one to three years, or as much as eight to 25 years in state prison. Marshall's wife, Charlene, sobbed after hearing the sentence as supporters hugged her. One of the most serious convictions involved Marshall giving himself a $1 million-a-year raise for handling his mother's affairs, said Assistant District Attorney Joel Seidemann. Marshall's former attorney, Francis Morrissey, was also convicted of five counts relating to the case, including forgery and scheming to defraud Astor. @highlight Anthony Marshall sentenced Monday to one to three years in prison @highlight Marshall was convicted of bilking mom Brooke Astor of money before her death @highlight He faced a minimum one to three years, or as much as eight to 25 years in state prison @highlight Whoopi Goldberg, Al Roker among those who asked for a compassionate sentence

In a brief statement to the court before the sentence was announced, @placeholder only said, "I have nothing to add to what my attorneys have said."

Anthony Marshall

New York (CNN) -- Brooke Astor's son got one to three years in prison Monday for scheming to bilk millions of dollars from the late philanthropist's estate. Anthony Marshall, 85, had been found guilty of 14 of the 15 counts against him. Marshall was convicted in October of the most serious charges -- first-degree grand larceny and scheming to defraud. He faced a minimum of one to three years, or as much as eight to 25 years in state prison. Marshall's wife, Charlene, sobbed after hearing the sentence as supporters hugged her. One of the most serious convictions involved Marshall giving himself a $1 million-a-year raise for handling his mother's affairs, said Assistant District Attorney Joel Seidemann. Marshall's former attorney, Francis Morrissey, was also convicted of five counts relating to the case, including forgery and scheming to defraud Astor. @highlight Anthony Marshall sentenced Monday to one to three years in prison @highlight Marshall was convicted of bilking mom Brooke Astor of money before her death @highlight He faced a minimum one to three years, or as much as eight to 25 years in state prison @highlight Whoopi Goldberg, Al Roker among those who asked for a compassionate sentence

Like @placeholder, Morrissey's sentence will not begin until January 19.

Anthony Marshall

New York (CNN) -- Brooke Astor's son got one to three years in prison Monday for scheming to bilk millions of dollars from the late philanthropist's estate. Anthony Marshall, 85, had been found guilty of 14 of the 15 counts against him. Marshall was convicted in October of the most serious charges -- first-degree grand larceny and scheming to defraud. He faced a minimum of one to three years, or as much as eight to 25 years in state prison. Marshall's wife, Charlene, sobbed after hearing the sentence as supporters hugged her. One of the most serious convictions involved Marshall giving himself a $1 million-a-year raise for handling his mother's affairs, said Assistant District Attorney Joel Seidemann. Marshall's former attorney, Francis Morrissey, was also convicted of five counts relating to the case, including forgery and scheming to defraud Astor. @highlight Anthony Marshall sentenced Monday to one to three years in prison @highlight Marshall was convicted of bilking mom Brooke Astor of money before her death @highlight He faced a minimum one to three years, or as much as eight to 25 years in state prison @highlight Whoopi Goldberg, Al Roker among those who asked for a compassionate sentence

"I am not comparing myself to Mrs. Astor, but I've seen how you can be dismissed as not being good enough, or hip enough, and seeing it happen to @placeholder made me make sure that it didn't happen to my own daughter."

Anthony Marshall

Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama said Wednesday he was unaware of any disclosure of classified information from the scandal engulfing former CIA Director David Petraeus and Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, that could damage national security. "I have no evidence at this point from what I've seen that classified information was disclosed that in any way would have had a negative impact on our national security," Obama said in his first post-election news conference. Obama, addressing the ongoing controversy for the first time publicly, said Petraeus tendered his resignation because his actions "did not meet the standards he felt were necessary as the director of the CIA." @highlight NEW: President Obama expects immigration bill to be introduced after inauguration @highlight Obama offered fierce defense of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice over Benghazi comments @highlight Obama said unaware of any disclosure from Petraeus scandal that could harm national security @highlight President opened door to compromise regarding the impending fiscal cliff

But critics, including some who are part of the very press corps @placeholder appeared to be ignoring, questioned whether the president was attempting to dodge more hard-edged questions.

Barack Obama

By Alasdair Glennie Tv Correspondent Under fire: The BBC's new economics correspondent Duncan Weldon has admitted he has flirted with the far Right His impartiality has already been questioned because of his Left-wing politics and links to the trade union movement. Now the BBC’s new economics correspondent – also under fire for a relative lack of journalistic experience – has admitted he has flirted with the far Right. Duncan Weldon, who starts work with flagship current affairs show Newsnight next month, has been accused of taking part in a racist leafleting campaign organised by the British National Party. After being confronted over the allegations, he wrote a blog post admitting he had a ‘misguided flirtation with the ideas of the far Right’ as a teenager. @highlight Duncan Weldon starts work with flagship show Newsnight next month @highlight He has been accused of taking part in a BNP leafleting campaign @highlight Economics correspondent admitted having been a fascist in an article he wrote for his student newspaper in Oxford @highlight Weldon says he embellished 'far Right adventure' to impress his peers

A BBC spokesman said: ‘Mr Weldon is a highly respected professional who has assured us he has not been a member of the @placeholder.’

BNP

One of the young Libyan rebels credited with capturing Moammar Gaddafi in a drainage ditch nearly a year ago has died of his injuries after being kidnapped, beaten and slashed by the late dictator's supporters. The death of Omran Shaaban, who had been hospitalised in France, raised the prospect of even more violence and score-settling in the north African country. The newly elected National Congress have already authorised police and the army to use force if necessary to apprehend those who abducted the 22-year-old and three companions in July near the town of Bani Walid. Scroll down for video The coffin of Omran Ben Shabaan is carried as thousands of Misrata residents pay their respects during his funeral at Misrata stadium @highlight Omran Shaaban, 22, was one of the fighters who pulled former Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi out of a ditch in his stronghold of Sirte @highlight Shaaban's death sparks fears of more violence and score-settling in the north African country

Libya's president released a statement on Tuesday vowing that those responsible for the violence against @placeholder would be punished.

Omran Shaaban

Maxi Lopez appeared to be sending a message to former team-mate Mauro Icardi and ex-wife Wanda Nara as pictures emerged of him on holiday in Miami with a new girlfriend. The couple were pictured sunbathing on Miami Beach enjoying the weather as Lopez was not selected in Argentina's World Cup squad. The Sampdoria striker looked after Icardi, now at Inter Milan, when his fellow Argentine first moved to Italy and the pair spent lots of time together and with Lopez's then wife Nara. Irrelevant: Lopez enjoys the sun with a new girl as he seeks to forget Icardi and Nara @highlight Sampdoria striker spotted after ex-wife left him for former team-mate @highlight Lopez and Mauro Icardi were friends before Wanda Nara left Lopz @highlight Icardi scored twice for Inter Milan against Sampdoria this season @highlight Both players were left out of Argentina's World Cup squad

Tan: @placeholder looked relaxed as he spent time by the beach during his summer holiday

Lopez

Maxi Lopez appeared to be sending a message to former team-mate Mauro Icardi and ex-wife Wanda Nara as pictures emerged of him on holiday in Miami with a new girlfriend. The couple were pictured sunbathing on Miami Beach enjoying the weather as Lopez was not selected in Argentina's World Cup squad. The Sampdoria striker looked after Icardi, now at Inter Milan, when his fellow Argentine first moved to Italy and the pair spent lots of time together and with Lopez's then wife Nara. Irrelevant: Lopez enjoys the sun with a new girl as he seeks to forget Icardi and Nara @highlight Sampdoria striker spotted after ex-wife left him for former team-mate @highlight Lopez and Mauro Icardi were friends before Wanda Nara left Lopz @highlight Icardi scored twice for Inter Milan against Sampdoria this season @highlight Both players were left out of Argentina's World Cup squad

Unfazed: Icardi hasn't let the attention of his relationship with @placeholder effect his performances

Nara

New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- Oil companies Shell and BP began evacuating nonessential personnel from their drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday as officials kept a wary eye on a tropical storm churning toward Mexico that could wreak havoc on oil spill cleanup efforts. As much as 2.5 million gallons of oil could flow into the Gulf for two weeks if Tropical Storm Alex forces a work stoppage at the ruptured BP well, the government's disaster response manager said. Adm. Thad Allen said gale-force winds near the well head would prompt an evacuation of the thousands of workers and vessels involved in the oil recovery and cleanup effort. @highlight NEW: Shell, BP evacuate nonessential personnel from Gulf of Mexico platforms @highlight If stopped, oil recovery could be suspended for two weeks @highlight Alex could push more oil ashore @highlight Alex moving toward Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula

While protesters lined the sand, Alex moved toward Mexico, no one knowing whether it would make a sudden turn north into the open @placeholder.

Gulf

Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- The midterm campaigns will soon be under way. President Barack Obama has a few more months in the hot days of summer to get legislation through Congress, but representatives and senators will soon be focused on their campaigns with little thought for anything else. The midterm elections will be extraordinarily important for the composition of Congress. If Republicans can expand their numbers in the House and Senate, they might develop enough muscle to stifle Obama from accomplishing anything else. It could also be enough to put pressure on moderate Democrats to further undercut the legislative gains of the first term by enacting spending cuts and weakening the regulatory apparatus of programs like Dodd-Frank. @highlight Julian Zelizer: Midterm elections could change the balance of power in Congress @highlight Zelizer: If Democrats win, they can force compromise; if GOP wins, it can torpedo Obama @highlight He says midterms will be a glimpse at challenges and promises parties will offer in 2016 @highlight Zelizer: Elections will also offer a huge stage for possible presidential candidates

Since 2010, @placeholder invested almost everything in the issue of deficit reduction and saying no to everything that came out of the White House.

GOP

(CNN) -- The militant fighters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have been engaged in a campaign of violence against the Turkish state for more than two decades with the goal of establishing an autonomous Kurdish homeland. PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, pictured in 1992. Ocalan is currently serving a life sentence in a Turkish prison. The PKK accuses Turkey of oppressing Kurdish culture and suppressing Kurdish nationhood. More than half of the world's Kurds (10 to 12 million) are estimated to live in Turkey, making up a majority in the country's south-eastern region. Iraq, Iran and Syria also have sizeable Kurdish minorities. @highlight PKK militants engaged in violent struggle against Turkish state since 1980s @highlight Group calls for establishment of an autonomous Kurdish homeland @highlight Estimated to have killed more than 30,000 in attacks on Turkish forces, civilians @highlight Turkey accuses PKK of attacking Turkish targets from bases in northern Iraq

In 1984 the PKK launched a guerrilla struggle in response to the wave of repression that followed Turkey's military coup in 1980 when the @placeholder language and Kurdish place names banned.

Kurdish

By Chris Pleasance A jealous boyfriend who stabbed his partner 83 times with four different knives after wrongly accusing her of having an affair has been jailed for life. Cornelius Brown, 23, tortured and killed 30-year-old Jade Riley-Ward in the kitchen of her house in Somercotes, Derbyshire, in September last year. Brown then called his mother and asked her to come to the house where, still covered in his girlfriend's blood, he begged her to kill him because he 'wasn't man enough to do it.' Cornelius Brown, 23, (left) has been sentenced to life in prison after stabbing his girlfriend Jade Riley-Ward 83 times with four different knives after she told him she 'wanted space' @highlight Cornelius Brown, 23, has been sentenced to life in prison for murder @highlight Stabbed girlfriend Jade Riley-Ward 83 times in September last year @highlight Wrongly accused Jade of having an affair before torturing her @highlight Brown then got his mother to come to the house where he asked her to kill him because he 'wasn't man enough to do it'

The court heard that during the attack a neighbour had heard a cutlery drawer rattling and the sound of @placeholder screaming, while a 16-year-old boy walking past had heard Brown shout 'don't make me do it'.

Jade

A 22-year-old mother and her 19-year-old boyfriend have been charged with child neglect after taking a video of her 12-month-old daughter playing with a handgun and shouting 'pow'. Toni Wilson, a former cashier at McDonald's, and her partner, Michael Barnes, were arrested after police discovered the cellphone footage while investigating Barnes for another alleged crime. In the disturbing video, Wilson's daughter - who we are not identifying - is seen playing with a .40 caliber handgun while sitting on a bed at the couple's home in Evansville, Indiana. As she waves the deadly weapon around, Barnes can allegedly be heard encouraging the toddler to shoot and say 'pow'. The child replies: 'pow', before holding out the gun and pretending to fire. @highlight Toni Wilson, 22, and Michael Barnes, 19, 'took shocking video on phone' @highlight Footage shows Wilson's one-year-old daughter playing with a handgun @highlight Child can be seen putting deadly weapon in mouth and shouting 'pow!' @highlight Also examines .40 caliber handgun with hands and pretends to shoot it @highlight Couple, from Evansville, Indiana, have been charged with child neglect

She is joined by two one-month-old twins, who were also living at the property at the time and of whom @placeholder is the father.

Barnes

By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 18:28 EST, 12 June 2012 | UPDATED: 18:31 EST, 12 June 2012 Rielle Hunter, the former mistress of disgraced senator John Edwards, is set to give an explosive interview where she will spill the details of their love affair which shattered his presidency dreams, ended his marriage and culminated in a political corruption trial. She will open up about the state of her relationship with the former North Carolina Senator and his relationship with the couple's four-year-old daughter Quinn. Dressed in a short, printed dress with bare legs and wedge heels, 48-year-old Ms Hunter was pictured for the first time being interviewed on ABC's 20/20. The show will air next Friday, June 22. @highlight Interviewed for first time since Edwards political corruption trial ended

Her book What Really Happened: @placeholder, Our Daughter, and Me hits the shelves four days later on June 26 when she will make further scheduled TV appearances on ABC.

Edwards

Granby, Colorado (CNN) -- In my American Quest I am visiting states firmly for President Barack Obama (Illinois), those strongly for Mitt Romney (Utah) and some, like my next train stop, which can't make up their minds. Colorado, is one of these "undecided" states, which have become crucially important. A look back shows Republicans won eight out of the last 10 presidential elections here, and in an interesting twist, Colorado also picked the election winner in eight of those 10 elections too. The exceptions of course were the Democrat victories of Bill Clinton in 1992 and Obama in 2008. In other words, Colorado stays Republican until it sees a Democrat it likes, and then that man wins the election. @highlight CNN's Richard Quest is in Colorado, a state that leans Republican but went for Obama in 2008 @highlight He is in the U.S. as part of American Quest, a series on the election airing from October 29 @highlight Quest talks to local pundits and get a sense of how the "undecided" will cast their votes @highlight Quest: Colorado will go with the man they feel speaks to their frontier spirit and values

And, of course, there are the traditional rural, ranching and agricultural communities that remain the stalwarts of the @placeholder backbone.

Republican

Diego Simeone and Carlo Ancelotti go head-to-head on Saturday as Madrid pair Real and Atletico meet in the Champions League final. Having both enjoyed success during distinguished playing careers the pair have seemingly always been on opposing sides. While Ancelotti played for Roma and AC Milan, Simeone starred for Lazio and Inter and the rivalry will continue in the Estadio da Luz dugouts as both manager's will hope to mastermind their club from the Spanish capital to victory. Moving the goalposts: Diego Simeone guided Atletico Madrid to the La Liga title this season Barking orders: Carlo Ancelotti will be looking to guide Real Madrid to the club's tenth European Cup victory @highlight Diego Simeone and Carlo Ancelotti g head-to-head in the Champions League final on Saturday night @highlight Real take on local rivals Atletico in Lisbon @highlight Simeone guided Atleti to La Liga title last weekend

So it’s one win to @placeholder, one to Diego, and one draw.

Ancelotti

Friends and colleagues of a stunning 23-year-old up-and-coming tennis player have expressed shock at the news she had dropped dead from heart failure. Russian Violetta Degtiareva was already ranked 1,084 in the world with her highest ranking at 947 despite her young age. Her most notable career moment was reaching the quarter-finals at the ITF-Turnier in Turkey. But her stunning good looks meant she was being hailed as the next Anna Kournikova. Russian Violetta Degtiareva was already ranked 1,084 in the world - at just 23 years of age Degtiareva was hailed as the next Anna Kournikova because of her stunning good looks @highlight Russian tennis player Violetta Degtiareva, ranked 1,084, died in training @highlight Friends and colleagues of the 23-year-old express their shock at her death @highlight A friend and fellow player posted news about her death on Facebook

@placeholder was a rising star in the tennis world - her career cut tragically short

Degtiareva

(CNN) -- New Zealand maxi Alfa Romeo took advantage of a break in light weather conditions to steal a march on its rivals in the annual Sydney-Hobart yacht race off the south-east coast of Australia on Sunday. Skipper Neville Crichton's 100-foot vessel has led since leaving Sydney Heads, and moved more than 10 nautical miles ahead at the halfway stage in the evening. Second-placed British entry ICAP Leopard and Australia's four-time line honors winner Wild Oats failed to catch an early breeze, giving Crichton the edge with more patchy weather predicted ahead in the 628 nautical mile event. Leopard skipper Mike Slade told the race's official Web site that Alfa Romeo made a break at around 9 a.m. near Gabo Island after hours of frustratingly light winds. @highlight New Zealand maxi Alfa Romeo extends lead in Sydney-Hobart yacht race on Sunday @highlight Skipper Neville Crichton takes advantage of a break in light weather conditions in morning @highlight Second-placed ICAP Leopard and Wild Oats XI fail to catch breeze in 628 nautical mile event @highlight Australian record-holder Wild Oats bidding for fifth straight line honors victory

However, with conditions uncertain there is still a chance that 2002 winner @placeholder could yet be denied a first victory in a yacht that was launched in 2005 and has 143 line honors triumphs to date.

Alfa Romeo

By Associated Press PUBLISHED: 23:15 EST, 26 May 2013 | UPDATED: 23:16 EST, 26 May 2013 Toronto Mayor Rob Ford said on Sunday that a purported video of him smoking crack cocaine does not exist and vowed to seek re-election next year, attacking the media again as a 'bunch of maggots'. The mayor of Canada's largest city, speaking on the weekly radio show he hosts with his brother Doug Ford, a city council member, reiterated that the allegations are ridiculous, but he still has not said whether he has ever used crack. The video has not been released publicly and its authenticity has not been verified. Reports on the gossip website Gawker and in the Toronto Star claimed it was taken by men who said they had sold the drug to Ford. @highlight Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has denied ever using crack cocaine after scandal over an alleged video of him smoking the drug @highlight Ford called the press a 'bunch of maggots' on Sunday radio show

@placeholder is also facing drug allegations after another leading Canadian newspaper published Saturday the results of what it called a lengthy investigation into the Ford family's past that revealed 'a portrait of a family once deeply immersed in the illegal drug scene'.

Doug Ford

(CNN) -- Long a pillar of Hosni Mubarak's three-decade rule over Egypt, Omar Suleiman now sits at the top of the pyramid as its de facto president. Under pressure from street demonstrations calling for his ouster, Mubarak named his veteran spymaster to the long-vacant vice presidency in late January. Suleiman quickly became the face of the government's reform pledges, announcing talks with opposition leaders and promising swift reforms. But Mubarak's February 1 announcement that he would step down when his term ends in September failed to satisfy the crowds in Cairo's Tahrir Square and other cities. Attacks on demonstrators by pro-government crowds in the following days failed to dislodge the demonstrators, whose ranks were bolstered when thousands of workers in several industries went on strike Thursday. @highlight Omar Suleiman, the former intelligence chief, now wields most power in Egypt @highlight An opposition leader dismisses him as Mubarak's "twin" @highlight Suleiman has had close ties with U.S. officials

"People have been here for 17 days, and they are not for @placeholder either.

Omar Suleiman

(CNN) -- Long a pillar of Hosni Mubarak's three-decade rule over Egypt, Omar Suleiman now sits at the top of the pyramid as its de facto president. Under pressure from street demonstrations calling for his ouster, Mubarak named his veteran spymaster to the long-vacant vice presidency in late January. Suleiman quickly became the face of the government's reform pledges, announcing talks with opposition leaders and promising swift reforms. But Mubarak's February 1 announcement that he would step down when his term ends in September failed to satisfy the crowds in Cairo's Tahrir Square and other cities. Attacks on demonstrators by pro-government crowds in the following days failed to dislodge the demonstrators, whose ranks were bolstered when thousands of workers in several industries went on strike Thursday. @highlight Omar Suleiman, the former intelligence chief, now wields most power in Egypt @highlight An opposition leader dismisses him as Mubarak's "twin" @highlight Suleiman has had close ties with U.S. officials

@placeholder has lost all legitimacy, and now him handing over the power to the vice president is as illegitimate as Mubarak being in power."

Hosni Mubarak

(CNN) -- Long a pillar of Hosni Mubarak's three-decade rule over Egypt, Omar Suleiman now sits at the top of the pyramid as its de facto president. Under pressure from street demonstrations calling for his ouster, Mubarak named his veteran spymaster to the long-vacant vice presidency in late January. Suleiman quickly became the face of the government's reform pledges, announcing talks with opposition leaders and promising swift reforms. But Mubarak's February 1 announcement that he would step down when his term ends in September failed to satisfy the crowds in Cairo's Tahrir Square and other cities. Attacks on demonstrators by pro-government crowds in the following days failed to dislodge the demonstrators, whose ranks were bolstered when thousands of workers in several industries went on strike Thursday. @highlight Omar Suleiman, the former intelligence chief, now wields most power in Egypt @highlight An opposition leader dismisses him as Mubarak's "twin" @highlight Suleiman has had close ties with U.S. officials

Mubarak has lost all legitimacy, and now him handing over the power to the vice president is as illegitimate as @placeholder being in power."

Hosni Mubarak

(CNN) -- Long a pillar of Hosni Mubarak's three-decade rule over Egypt, Omar Suleiman now sits at the top of the pyramid as its de facto president. Under pressure from street demonstrations calling for his ouster, Mubarak named his veteran spymaster to the long-vacant vice presidency in late January. Suleiman quickly became the face of the government's reform pledges, announcing talks with opposition leaders and promising swift reforms. But Mubarak's February 1 announcement that he would step down when his term ends in September failed to satisfy the crowds in Cairo's Tahrir Square and other cities. Attacks on demonstrators by pro-government crowds in the following days failed to dislodge the demonstrators, whose ranks were bolstered when thousands of workers in several industries went on strike Thursday. @highlight Omar Suleiman, the former intelligence chief, now wields most power in Egypt @highlight An opposition leader dismisses him as Mubarak's "twin" @highlight Suleiman has had close ties with U.S. officials

A 2007 U.S. cable called his loyalty to Mubarak "rock solid," and some analysts viewed his vice presidential appointment as a way for @placeholder to make a graceful exit.

Hosni Mubarak

(CNN) -- In Syria, the Christians are angry. For eleven months, many of their leaders have stood firmly behind the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. However, Syria's new constitution explicitly says in Article 3 that the president of the country has to be a Muslim, thereby barring Christians from the right to run for the top post. On Sunday, pro-government Syrians went to the polls to approve the new constitution. In protest of Article 3, Christians voted with a "no," while the opposition movement boycotted the election altogether, saying that it was inconceivable for it to take place while the country is up in flames. Nevertheless, the new constitution passed. @highlight In Syria, a newly approved constitution says that only Muslims can be president @highlight Sami Moubayed: Despite their support for the regime, Christians can't run for president @highlight He says while the government is pressured to stipulate this rule, it's bad politics @highlight Moubayed: Many Syrians want a constitution that treat Muslims and Christians fairly

@placeholder's government still feels that it can keep a presidential term at 7 years, renewable only once, although oppositions have demanded that the term be set at five years, renewable only once.

Syria

(CNN) -- In Syria, the Christians are angry. For eleven months, many of their leaders have stood firmly behind the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. However, Syria's new constitution explicitly says in Article 3 that the president of the country has to be a Muslim, thereby barring Christians from the right to run for the top post. On Sunday, pro-government Syrians went to the polls to approve the new constitution. In protest of Article 3, Christians voted with a "no," while the opposition movement boycotted the election altogether, saying that it was inconceivable for it to take place while the country is up in flames. Nevertheless, the new constitution passed. @highlight In Syria, a newly approved constitution says that only Muslims can be president @highlight Sami Moubayed: Despite their support for the regime, Christians can't run for president @highlight He says while the government is pressured to stipulate this rule, it's bad politics @highlight Moubayed: Many Syrians want a constitution that treat Muslims and Christians fairly

Eleven months into the uprisings, @placeholder are weary and tired.

Syria

By Lizzie Parry Every day teenager Shannon Blastland topples over as her body gives way and her bones slip out of place. In the last five years the 15-year-old has dislocated her spine, both shoulders, ankles, her neck, fingers and both wrists. The 15-year-old from Grimsby in Lincolnshire, suffers Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a condition which affects the collagen in her body - the connective tissues in the body. The rare illness causes Shannon's bones to slip out of place, causing her to tumble to the floor. Shannon Blastland, 15, suffers the rare condition Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, which causes her bones to slip out of place and dislocate without any warning. Her father Shane Fielding, pictured, is on hand to help his daughter pop her joints back into place, but when her neck or spine dislocates, she has to be taken into hospital @highlight Shannon Blastland suffers the rare condition Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome @highlight It affects the collagen in her body causing her bones to slip out of place @highlight In the last five years the 15-year-old has dislocated her spine, neck, both shoulders, wrists, ankles as well as her fingers @highlight Most days at least one bone will dislocate causing her to fall to the floor @highlight She said: 'I am just like Jenga - when one bit of me goes I just topple over'

Shannon was healthy until the age of 10, when @placeholder started to take control of her body.

EDS

Beheira Province, Egypt (CNN) -- Amre Moussa sweeps through chaotic crowds in Egypt's Beheira province, hailed in the pandemonium by his supporters as "ar-rayis," the president. In the nation's first democratic presidential election, Moussa is one of a few candidates who can boast of any practical government experience. He served as foreign minister under Hosni Mubarak and headed the Arab League. Now, he's one of the top contenders in the voting to be held Wednesday and Thursday. Experience, however, can be a thorn in a nation where 18 days of fervent, anti-government uprising last year toppled Mubarak's decades-long dictatorship. Moussa, 75, is intent on turning that liability into gain. @highlight Amre Moussa has had a long diplomatic career @highlight He gained popularity by criticizing Israel when he was Hosni Mubarak's foreign minister @highlight He appeals to a wide spectrum of Egyptian voters @highlight He says Egypt needs a leader with experience but some see him as a regime holdover

He was even the subject of a popular song in 2000 with these lyrics: "I hate Israel but I love @placeholder."

Amre Moussa

Beheira Province, Egypt (CNN) -- Amre Moussa sweeps through chaotic crowds in Egypt's Beheira province, hailed in the pandemonium by his supporters as "ar-rayis," the president. In the nation's first democratic presidential election, Moussa is one of a few candidates who can boast of any practical government experience. He served as foreign minister under Hosni Mubarak and headed the Arab League. Now, he's one of the top contenders in the voting to be held Wednesday and Thursday. Experience, however, can be a thorn in a nation where 18 days of fervent, anti-government uprising last year toppled Mubarak's decades-long dictatorship. Moussa, 75, is intent on turning that liability into gain. @highlight Amre Moussa has had a long diplomatic career @highlight He gained popularity by criticizing Israel when he was Hosni Mubarak's foreign minister @highlight He appeals to a wide spectrum of Egyptian voters @highlight He says Egypt needs a leader with experience but some see him as a regime holdover

He has visited each of @placeholder's 27 governorates during his presidential campaign.

Egypt

Phil Taylor survived a scare to reach the quarter-finals of the 2015 World Darts Championship on Tuesday night despite the antics of Kim Huybrechts at the Alexandra Palace. The 16-time record world champion was visibly annoyed whenever Huybrechts celebrated, and punished the Belgian by coming from behind three times to win 4-3. The Power warned the 29-year-old on Sunday he was looking forward to a ‘good scrap’ and that there would ‘be trouble’ if Huybrechts jumped around on stage as he normally does. 16-time world champion Phil 'The Power' Taylor celebrates his narrow victory on Tuesday evening Taylor’s threats did little to deter Huybrechts from getting up to his usual tricks but the psychological ploy did not get the better of The Power. @highlight 16-time world champion visibly annoyed by his opponents celebrations @highlight Kim Huybrechts led Taylor 3-2, missing a 141 finish to win the match @highlight Taylor recovered to win the match 4-3 with double 18 @highlight Raymond van Barneveld also won 4-3 against Adrian Lewis @highlight Two-time champion Lewis out despite throwing a nine-darter

The @placeholder made it 1-1 then had to come from behind again after losing the third, where he was being wound up by his opponent’s flaunting celebration.

Power

Phil Taylor survived a scare to reach the quarter-finals of the 2015 World Darts Championship on Tuesday night despite the antics of Kim Huybrechts at the Alexandra Palace. The 16-time record world champion was visibly annoyed whenever Huybrechts celebrated, and punished the Belgian by coming from behind three times to win 4-3. The Power warned the 29-year-old on Sunday he was looking forward to a ‘good scrap’ and that there would ‘be trouble’ if Huybrechts jumped around on stage as he normally does. 16-time world champion Phil 'The Power' Taylor celebrates his narrow victory on Tuesday evening Taylor’s threats did little to deter Huybrechts from getting up to his usual tricks but the psychological ploy did not get the better of The Power. @highlight 16-time world champion visibly annoyed by his opponents celebrations @highlight Kim Huybrechts led Taylor 3-2, missing a 141 finish to win the match @highlight Taylor recovered to win the match 4-3 with double 18 @highlight Raymond van Barneveld also won 4-3 against Adrian Lewis @highlight Two-time champion Lewis out despite throwing a nine-darter

@placeholder went ahead again, making it 3-2, putting him one set away from a major upset.

Huybrechts

(CNN) -- "The political reality is ... that the Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here." -- Senator Chuck Hagel, 2006 As a result of those words and his voting record, former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel's nomination has turned a decades-long, bipartisan confirmation process for secretary of defense into an acrimonious one. While some leading figures such as the Anti-Defamation League's Abe Foxman and the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Rabbi Abraham Cooper say Hagel's words are borderline anti-Semitism, I'm less worried about anti-Semitism and more worried about the judgment of a potential defense secretary who thinks Israel has won support because of "intimidation," not merit. @highlight In 2006, Hagel said 'the Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here' @highlight Ari Fleischer: The support for Israel isn't because of 'intimidation,' but merit @highlight Polls show most Americans view Israel favorably, but don't support Iran or Palestinians @highlight Fleischer: Israel is a steady friend of the U.S. and a tolerant democracy

Contrary to Hagel's logic, Israel doesn't enjoy widespread @placeholder support because anyone -- from any faith -- intimidated someone else; Israel earned the support of the American people because of its people's values.

Americans

(CNN) -- "The political reality is ... that the Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here." -- Senator Chuck Hagel, 2006 As a result of those words and his voting record, former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel's nomination has turned a decades-long, bipartisan confirmation process for secretary of defense into an acrimonious one. While some leading figures such as the Anti-Defamation League's Abe Foxman and the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Rabbi Abraham Cooper say Hagel's words are borderline anti-Semitism, I'm less worried about anti-Semitism and more worried about the judgment of a potential defense secretary who thinks Israel has won support because of "intimidation," not merit. @highlight In 2006, Hagel said 'the Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here' @highlight Ari Fleischer: The support for Israel isn't because of 'intimidation,' but merit @highlight Polls show most Americans view Israel favorably, but don't support Iran or Palestinians @highlight Fleischer: Israel is a steady friend of the U.S. and a tolerant democracy

Contrary to Hagel's logic, Israel doesn't enjoy widespread American support because anyone -- from any faith -- intimidated someone else; Israel earned the support of the @placeholder people because of its people's values.

Americans

By Jaya Narain Created 1:31 PM on 27th January 2012 UPDATED: 20:41 EST, 27 January 2012 When Olukayode Olusanya got married, he had no trouble recognising the assembled guests. Sitting in the pews behind him was his girlfriend and their young daughter – one of four children they had together. Although the wedding appeared real, it was a complete sham designed to allow him to stay in Britain. Sham marriage: Olukayode Olusanya (left) and Zucina Sabina (right) sign the register, minutes before she left her 'husband' to return to her native Holland Tying the knot: Olukayode Olusanya with Zunica Sabina in her wedding dress @highlight Illegal immigrant Esther Ogunrinde watched her failed asylum seeker lover marry an EU national @highlight Moments after the ceremony Dutch woman, who had been paid £3,000, returned to her native Holland @highlight Ogunrinde used bride's ID card so that she and 'husband' could stay

But he said he could not ignore ‘humanitarian considerations’ in @placeholder’s case and jail her, since she had four children, ‘even if her continued reproduction’ had been in part an attempt to ‘cynically’ improve her hand with the authorities.

Esther Ogunrinde

(CNN) -- A former police officer convicted of murdering his girlfriend and their unborn child tearfully apologized to her family Monday in front of the jury that will decide whether he lives or dies. Bobby Cutts Jr. weeps openly as his mother describes his childhood during a sentencing hearing. "It was a nightmare that will continue to haunt me for the rest of my days," said Bobby Cutts, Jr., 30, reading from a prepared statement at the penalty phase of his murder trial. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking you to spare my life." Cutts was convicted on February 15 of the murder of girlfriend Jessie Marie Davis and the aggravated murder of the unborn girl Davis had planned to name Chloe. @highlight NEW: Ex-cop apologizes, asks jury to spare him @highlight Bobby Cutts Jr. faces the death penalty for murders of girlfriend, unborn child @highlight Cutts also could receive life sentence, with or without parole @highlight Same jury that found Cutts guilty is hearing penalty phase of trial

"To imagine that I was responsible for the death of @placeholder, the mother of my children and my unborn daughter, is beyond any words that I can express," Cutts said.

Bobby Cutts

I wonder if Rio Ferdinand was true to his word at 10.30 on Saturday night? In the trailer announcing the arrival of the fiftieth anniversary season of Match Of The Day, QPR’s new centre half says that as soon as he hears the show’s iconic theme tune, he drops everything and heads for the telly. Or perhaps this weekend, after his debut for his new team that siren song actually sounded more like the theme from Jaws? And saw Peckham’s finest getting out of earshot, and sharpish! Because prior to the inaugural weekend of the new Premier League season, we had been promised by the BBC that their old dog would show us a few new tricks. And that the pundits would be encouraged to let fly with their opinions. @highlight Match of the Day kicked off show's 50th anniversary on Saturday @highlight Broadcast was first without TV pundit Alan Hansen, since his retirement @highlight Alan Shearer let rip into QPR's Rio Ferdinand defending @highlight Shearer and fellow pundit Ruud Gullit disagreed over Tottenham's Kyle Naughton dismissal against West Ham @highlight Gary Lineker showcased why he is one of Britain's best sport presenters

Gullit stood his ground by stating ‘it’s the rules’, but @placeholder chipped away stating the ref ‘should show common sense’.

Alan Shearer

Uncapped Hull defender Brian Lenihan has been called up by the Republic of Ireland for the Euro 2016 qualifiers against Gibraltar and Germany, with injuries having taken their toll on Martin O'Neill's squad. The 20-year-old full-back will meet up with the Ireland party at their base in Portmarnock on Tuesday evening and train with his team-mates on Wednesday morning, with Seamus Coleman having joined Everton colleague James McCarthy and Aston Villa keeper Shay Given on the injured list. Coleman has been nursing a hamstring problem for several weeks, while club boss Roberto Martinez has indicated that midfielder McCarthy needs rest and recuperation as he battles a thigh injury. @highlight Lenihan has not played for Hull since joining from Cork City this summer @highlight Manager Martin O'Neill said he needed to call up a natural right-back @highlight James McCarthy and Shay Given also out injured for Republic of Ireland @highlight Given needs treatment on a hip injury, and may go out on loan later this season

@placeholder has pulled out of the squad after failing to recover from a hamstring injury in time

Coleman

Washington (CNN) -- The United States has lifted its ban on U.S. carriers flying to and from Tel Aviv, Israel. The Federal Aviation Administration's move came Wednesday night, a day and a half after it imposed the prohibition over security concerns amid renewed Mideast violence. Airlines moved quickly to restore service. Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and US Airways said Thursday they are resuming flights to Israel's busiest airport, Ben Gurion International. The European Aviation Safety Agency also has reversed its recommendation that airlines avoid flying to Ben Gurion. Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, lobbied Washington to reverse the extraordinary order the FAA put in place after a Hamas rocket struck close to the airport Tuesday. @highlight NEW: A U.S. official tells CNN the ban could be reinstated @highlight NEW: Official also says Israel shared new information about defense capabilities @highlight Israel had been lobbying Washington to reverse FAA decision

The FAA said it had worked with other @placeholder government agencies and officials to assess security in Israel and "carefully reviewed" new information and measures Israel was taking to "mitigate potential risks to civil aviation."

U.S.

Washington (CNN) -- The United States has lifted its ban on U.S. carriers flying to and from Tel Aviv, Israel. The Federal Aviation Administration's move came Wednesday night, a day and a half after it imposed the prohibition over security concerns amid renewed Mideast violence. Airlines moved quickly to restore service. Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and US Airways said Thursday they are resuming flights to Israel's busiest airport, Ben Gurion International. The European Aviation Safety Agency also has reversed its recommendation that airlines avoid flying to Ben Gurion. Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, lobbied Washington to reverse the extraordinary order the FAA put in place after a Hamas rocket struck close to the airport Tuesday. @highlight NEW: A U.S. official tells CNN the ban could be reinstated @highlight NEW: Official also says Israel shared new information about defense capabilities @highlight Israel had been lobbying Washington to reverse FAA decision

Two @placeholder officials said Thursday the facts on the ground in Tel Aviv are the same as they were before the FAA freeze was put into place, but Israel has shared more information about airport defenses.

U.S.

Washington (CNN) -- The United States has lifted its ban on U.S. carriers flying to and from Tel Aviv, Israel. The Federal Aviation Administration's move came Wednesday night, a day and a half after it imposed the prohibition over security concerns amid renewed Mideast violence. Airlines moved quickly to restore service. Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and US Airways said Thursday they are resuming flights to Israel's busiest airport, Ben Gurion International. The European Aviation Safety Agency also has reversed its recommendation that airlines avoid flying to Ben Gurion. Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, lobbied Washington to reverse the extraordinary order the FAA put in place after a Hamas rocket struck close to the airport Tuesday. @highlight NEW: A U.S. official tells CNN the ban could be reinstated @highlight NEW: Official also says Israel shared new information about defense capabilities @highlight Israel had been lobbying Washington to reverse FAA decision

Two U.S. officials said Thursday the facts on the ground in Tel Aviv are the same as they were before the @placeholder freeze was put into place, but Israel has shared more information about airport defenses.

FAA

Washington (CNN) -- The United States has lifted its ban on U.S. carriers flying to and from Tel Aviv, Israel. The Federal Aviation Administration's move came Wednesday night, a day and a half after it imposed the prohibition over security concerns amid renewed Mideast violence. Airlines moved quickly to restore service. Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and US Airways said Thursday they are resuming flights to Israel's busiest airport, Ben Gurion International. The European Aviation Safety Agency also has reversed its recommendation that airlines avoid flying to Ben Gurion. Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, lobbied Washington to reverse the extraordinary order the FAA put in place after a Hamas rocket struck close to the airport Tuesday. @highlight NEW: A U.S. official tells CNN the ban could be reinstated @highlight NEW: Official also says Israel shared new information about defense capabilities @highlight Israel had been lobbying Washington to reverse FAA decision

The Israelis improved certain protocols and procedures after the ban and were able to share new information with Washington about their defense capabilities that convinced the @placeholder to resume air service into Israel, the official said.

U.S.