Under the hood: Astonishing glimpse into secretive rituals and mundane family life of Ku Klux Klan members across America

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NEW American photojournalist Anthony Karen is a man used to exploring the margins of American culture. He has chronicled far-right extremists, the New Black Panthers and even members of the widely-reviled Westboro Baptist Church. Now the ex-Marine has created an astonishing visual record of the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist organisation that advocates racial purity and is known for its white robes with conical hoods. He gained the trust of KKK members and was able to capture them in candid, unguarded situations that give a unique insight into the world they inhabit.

Tech executive was attacked by SIX bikers who brutally stomped on his HEAD as he tried to crawl away: Lawyers reveal blow-by blow account of New York City biker attack

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The NYPD have arrested two men and are seeking the identity of a third, but new cell phone video reveals there are even more suspects from the attack. Suspects were seen on video stomping on the defenseless Alexian Lien's head, as well as punching and kicking him, prosecutors say. Mr Lien suffered two black eyes, as well as cuts on his face requiring stitches, according to a criminal complaint.

'Pirate Joe' businessman wins right to keep buying Trader Joe's goods in U.S. and selling them at a profit in Canada

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Michael Hallatt has won a legal fight against U.S. retail giant Trader Joe's which tried to shut down his 'Pirate Joe's' shop in Canada.

'The Taliban have never come for a small girl': What brave Pakistani schoolgirl Malala told friend before she was shot in the head

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Malala Yousafzai, 16, was gunned down last year on her school bus after angering the Taliban with her courageous and outspoken pleas for girls to be educated.

'He was screaming'. Chilling new details of moment when Australian student Chris Lane, 22, was shot in thrill killing

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Details have emerged of the thrill killing of Chris Lane who was out jogging in Oklahoma in August. Accused teenager says the victim was 'screaming' as he was shot.

Boehner says he has no idea when government shutdown will end... and says he will NOT raise the debt ceiling without talks with Obama

Blame game: House Speaker John Boehner, appearing on ABC's This Week, said that it is Obama's responsibility to end the government shutdown

The House Speaker said President Barack Obama must negotiate with Republicans before he will allow any bill ending the crisis to come to a vote.

Elizabeth Smart's uncle came within YARDS of tent where she was held: She describes moment she heard relatives' voice and how a cop almost saved her two months into ordeal

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In a horror new memoir, 'Elizabeth Smart: My Story,' Smart, 25, recounts her 2002 kidnap and her nine month captivity at the hands of Brian David Mitchell and his wife Wanda.

ESPN analyst sparks backlash after saying Condi Rice shouldn't be on College football board because she's a woman

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David Pollock warned the audience he was about to say something unpopular during ESPN's 'College GameDay' on Saturday and then launched into the sexist remark.

'The pieces of the jigsaw are now fitting together': Missing British toddler Maddie's parents 'greatly encouraged' by new mobile phone evidence

Hopeful: Kate McCann is encouraged by Scotland Yard's findings

Kate McCann (left) is hopeful that new evidence uncovered by Scotland Yard could shed light on the whereabouts of her child Madeleine (right).

Is it the Palace of Versailles or a Canadian couple's $17.8m copy? Mansion built by husband and wife for 18th century-themed wedding... and sold three months later

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NEW The 24,000 square foot Château de Versailles in Vaughan has six-bedrooms 12 bathrooms and an extended driveway that fits 30 cars and a foyer big enough to fit a shopping mall inside. Its owners, two GTA entrepreneurs, had fallen in love with France's Palace of Versailles during regular visits over the past eight years and wanted to bring some of that splendor home.

Police who shot unarmed mother dead on DC Mall after she rammed White House gate face investigation

Police in Washington will investigate the fatal use of force against a Connecticut woman who tried to ram her car through a barrier at the White House Thursday

Police in Washington will review officers' use of force fatally shooting 34-year-old Miriam Carey, who tried to ram her car through a White House barrier Thursday.

Man who died from horrific burns on National Mall saluted Capitol before setting himself alight

Response: Emergency crews were on the scene in minutes

A man who set himself on fire in the shadow of the Capitol on Friday saluted the building before dousing himself in gasoline.

Fox News' Megyn Kelly back at work two months after birth of third child to host new prime time show

Megyn Kelly cut her maternity leave short after giving birth to son Thatcher, her third child, in July so her new show 'The Kelly File' could start on Monday, the 17th anniversary of the Fox News launch

Megyn Kelly cut her maternity leave short after giving birth to son Thatcher, her third child, in July so her new show 'The Kelly File' could start on Monday, the 17th anniversary of the Fox News launch.

Upmarket Michigan suburb wants to move zip-codes so they can avoid sharing with Flint - the most dangerous city in America

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Grand Blanc Township, MI. officials are disputing the U.S. Postal Service's decision not to allow parts of the 48507 zip code to be 'Grand Blanc' instead of Flint.

The REAL story of the GI brides: How British wartime girls married dashing US soldiers to start new life in America... only to find their men were drunks, womanisers and thieves

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When Margaret Boyle (right), a typist for the US army, took American Lawrence Rambo (top centre) for her husband, she joined 70,000 other British women on an uncertain journey. Within three years she was fleeing back to Britain with two children in tow (left), and would eventually erase Rambo from her life. But as she grew older, her granddaughter Nuala Calvi (bottom centre) unearthed the reality she and many others faced as GI Brides.

Anger in trendy Portland neighborhood where city wants to put homeless camp in a parking lot under a bridge

Neighbors and developers in Portland¿s trendy Pearl District don't like the idea of a tent city moving into their neighborhood

Residents and developers in Portland’s Pearl District don't like the idea of a tent city moving into their neighborhood.

'Nothing will be the same, but I have a new joy for life': Inspirational courage of the British model who lost her leg to a New York road-rage taxi driver

Inspirational: Sian Green lost her leg from the knee down when she was hit by a taxi in New York

Sian Green (left) had just started the holiday of a lifetime in New York when the model from Leicester was hit by a taxi driver who had an attack of road rage.

Twin boys, 9, found drowning in St Louis hotel pool - one is declared dead, the other critical

Hotel horror: Twin boys were found unresponsive in the pool at this St Louis hotel

Nine-year-old twins were found unresponsive in a hotel pool in St, Louis, MO., Saturday morning, one died and one was rushed to a hospital.

Homeless woman charged with disorderly conduct after twerking in front of schoolchildren on a Florida bus

Arrest: Valerie Dixon has been charged with disorderly conduct after twerking

A 27-year-old woman has been charged with disorderly conducted after her 'vulgar' display of twerking in front of children on a school bus.

SEAL Team Six in daring raid after mall massacre: Troops attack Somali terror stronghold as Delta Force commandos simultaneously capture mastermind of 1998 US Embassy bombing in Libya

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Navy SEAL Team Six - responsible for killing terror leader Osama bin Laden - carried out a daring pre-dawn raid on Saturday in the coastal town of Baraawe (inset), known to be home to the terror group's leader Ahmed Adbi Godane (inset top right). They stormed the town in retaliation for the Kenyan mall massacre which killed more than 60 civilians. It is not yet known whether forces killed their high profile target - leader of the al-Shabaab terror group that claimed responsibility for the bloody attack in Nairobi (pictured left). Hours later, in a separate special forces operation, Delta Force commandos captured al-Qaeda terrorist Anas al-Libi (inset bottom right) - wanted for a series of bombings on American interests - off the streets of Tripoli, Libya. Today U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has warned terrorists they 'can run but they can't hide' as he spoke out about U.S. operations in northern Africa against terrorists factions.

Captured in Libya: Anas al-Libi, the Al-Qaeda mastermind behind the twin 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies that killed more than 200 people and injured 1,000

Catured: U.S. officials have not confirmed the capture of Anas al-Libi, but his family has said he was captured from in front of his home by armed commandos

Kidnapped Saturday in Tripoli, Libya, the capture of terrorist said to have planned the twin bombings of United States Embassies was the culmination of an international manhunt spanning three decades.

'Three cars filled with armed commandos encircled him': Two U.S. raids with VERY different tactics as undercover extraction in Libya comes hours after heavy firefight in Somalia

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Though they seeked to achieve two very similar objectives, the killing or capture of high-ranking terrorists, the different approaches taken in the two Saturday raids illustrate the versatility of Special Operations commandos.

Police hunt for 15-strong gang of axe-wielding raiders after $1.5million jewellery robbery in Paris

Getaway: In this video still, a group of hooded men can be seen running across the street in central Paris

French police believe a highly organised Roma gypsy gang, pictured running away, was behind the heist at the Vacheron Constantin store near Place Vendome, Paris, on Friday.

Argentina's president Christina Fernandez ordered to stop work for a month due to 'blood on the brain'

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner waves to people from the Government palace

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, 60, has been told by doctors to take a month off because of blood on her brain.

Miley's latest scandal...Former teen queen dresses up as Michele Bachmann on SNL and twerks up against a half-naked 'Boehner' as they 'celebrate the shutdown'

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The show featured the 20-year-old pop singer dancing around in skimpy clothing in a music video portraying the politician, singing 'we can do what we want'. Earlier in the show Cyrus says: 'I got a lot of letters from angry mothers, turned on fathers', referring to her scandalous VMA performance in August.

Sandy Hook accepts $50million grant to build new school at the site of last year's massacre

The healing process: Students of Sandy Hook will be relocated to Chalk Hill School in Monroe where all the furniture will be replaced to turn it into an exact replica

Newtown, CT. voters have accepted a $50 million grant on Saturday from the state of Connecticut to build a new Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Three Americans killed as plane on a counter drug mission crashes in northern Columbia

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A small plane on a U.S. counter-drug mission crashed on Saturday in the jungle region of northern Colombia killing four.

Horrific moment a monster truck driver lost control and plowed into Mexican air show crowd killing 13 and injuring more than 70

Out of bounds: At the 'Extreme Aeroshow' in Chihuahua, Mexico yesterday, a monster truck driver lost control of his vehicle and drove into a crowd of spectators

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Thirteen people were killed and another 70 injured when a monster truck drove into a crowd of people at an air show in Chihuahua, Mexico yesterday. Witnesses say they saw the driver hit his head inside his vehicle before driving into the audience - sending the crowd running for their lives. Six died at the scene, three died while receiving medical treatment and another four bodies were found underneath the truck's tires. The air show has been cancelled.

America's oldest Medal of Honor recipient dies in hospital aged 96

Nicholas Oresko, a World War ll Medal of Honor recipient, has died in hospital aged 96

Nicholas Oresko, a World War II veteran and America's oldest living Medal of Honor recipient, has died in a New Jersey hospital aged 96.

Getting in the mood for love? How colder weather makes singletons look for a serious relationship

Scientists say that colder weather can affect our brains and therefore influence the way people date. Researchers at Florida University looked at how voles behaved.

Scientists say that colder weather can affect our brains and therefore influence the way people date. Researchers at Florida University looked at how voles behaved.

Cressida 'to wed Prince Harry next year after she overcomes fears of marrying into Royal family' as dashing prince is besieged by adoring crowds on visit to Australia

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Dance student Cressida Bonas, 24, has 'got used to the idea' of marriage and children with Prince Harry, 30 - and a wedding is expected to take place in 2014, according to friends of the couple. It comes as tens of thousands of screaming fans turned out to catch a glimpse of Prince Harry in Sydney as he attended the International Fleet Review (top). Harry has been dating Miss Bonas (pictured together in the West End last week) since July 2012.

President Obama says he would 'think about' changing the name of the Washington Redskins to avoid offending Native Americans

President Obama said yesterday he thinks the Washington Redskins should change their name so as not to offend Native Americans

Speaking with the Associated Press yesterday, President Obama said that if he owned the Washington Redskin, he would change the name to make it less offensive.

Pentagon orders most of its 400,000 furloughed staff back to work as Congress deadlock continues

Solution: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered most of the Pentagon's staff to return to the office

About 400,000 civilian staff furloughed from the Pentagon have been ordered back to work.

'Every day could be a day that a child could be dying': Dozens of Americans with fatal diseases have life-saving research put on hold by government shutdown

Justin Clark from Bellaire who is suffering from a rare incurable disease cannot get access to new research that could potentially save him because of the shutdown.

Justin Clark from Bellaire who is suffering from a rare incurable disease cannot get access to new research that could potentially save him because of the shutdown.

House approves back pay for furloughed federal workers - but they will only get money AFTER government shutdown is over

Bipartisan move: Democrats and Republicans in the House voted 407-0 to make sure federal workers are reimbursed for lost pay during the shutdown

The 407-0 vote in the House was uniquely bipartisan, and both the Senate and the White House have rallied behind the measure.

The Civil War in COLOR: Painstakingly remastered images of a divided America that recreate era in amazing detail

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Two colorists have combined their skills with photographs and fascination for the American Civil War to create a remarkable series of color photographs from the era. Brit Jordan Lloyd met fellow colorist Mads Madsen on Reddit when the two started posting their own colorized images. Since then the they have teamed up to create a series of colorized images from the Civil War. With amazing attention to detail, the two have skillfully rendered in color photographs that paint a picture of the era and its characters, heroes and villains.

China employs TWO MILLION workers to keep an eye on internet use by its citizens

as employed two million people to keep an eye on its citizens' internet use, according to state media (file pic)

The workers are paid by the government and private businesses to monitor the tens of millions of online posts made by Chinese users every day, it is claimed.

The NEW Lawrence of Arabia: Captain who lived among the Afghans and led his warriors to victory over the Taliban wins medal second only to the VC

Captain Owen Davis of the Royal Marines immersed himself in Afghan culture, growing a beard, wearing a neck-scarf and learning to speak Pashto

Captain Owen Davies embedded himself with local Afghan forces and was so successful in gaining trust he was given 'artistic licence' to operate as he wanted.

'Young, scared, and they didn't know what to do': New book alleges that River Phoenix would still be alive today if his celebrity friends called for help sooner

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A new book called 'Last Night at the Viper Room' recounts River Phoenix's final hours before succumbing to a drug overdose in LA on Halloween 1993. The troubled 23-year-old actor spending the night out with his girlfriend, brother Joaquin and sister Rain when he took a speedball cocktail containing cocaine and heroin which caused River to overdose on the streets outside a club owned by Johnny Depp. By the time emergency responders arrived on the scene, it was too late to save River's life.

Actress admits disturbing subway 'prank' where she acts out physical fight with 'boyfriend' who she accuses of giving her AIDS then posts video of people's horrified reaction to YouTube

Subway horror: A bewigged Waters gets into a fight with her 'boyfriend', accusing him of giving her AIDs

A disturbing YouTube video in which a woman accuses a man of giving her AIDS while traveling on the subway has been revealed as a 'prank' posted by a New York City 'actress'.

School forced to ban students quoting Geico 'Hump Day' advert

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A commercial starring a talking camel has received over 15 million hits on YouTube but has been labeled as disruptive by teachers in a Connecticut school. Teachers at the school would prefer to put the chatty camel in detention.

Students heartbroken over death of high school cheerleader, 15, killed as she drove home from football meet with her friend

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Cheerleader Taylor Darveau, 15, died when a car driven by her friend Samantha Goode, 16, veered off the road and crashed into a tree on Thursday. The girls were returning home from a school dinner for football players and cheerleaders in Bucksport, Maine, about 6.20pm when the 1999 Subaru station wagon crashed.

Iraq war veteran who lost both legs in bomb attack misses out on $2,000 cash prize after missing football game so he could look after his elderly grandmother

Injured: The mechanical engineering student lost both legs when he served in Iraq

An Iraq war veteran who lost both his legs in an IED attack missed out on a $2,000 prize at his university's football game.

The end of the world is nigh, says Bob Geldof as he predicts climate change could wipe out humans in the next two decades

Warning: Bob Geldof speaks at the One Young World summit at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa

Bob Geldof, 61, told a conference in South Africa that there will be 'a mass extinction event' and admitted his generation had let down today’s youth.

'It's been trying at times but it's also been a learning experience for me': Brave TV producer who was nearly killed in random gang attack speaks out for the first time

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Ray Widstrand (main picture), 27, who sustained serious brain injuries after being viciously attacked as he walked home in Minneapolis in August, is slowly making a recovery. Widstrand, who must wear a helmet to protect his head, gave his first interview from his wheelchair at a fundraiser held today to help the Widstrand family to pay for his treatments. Isaac Maiden (inset), 19, is one of five arrested for the attack on Widstrand, during which he was beaten, robbed, stripped half-naked and had his head stomped on. The other four are under-age, and two are just 15.

Off-duty undercover detective who WATCHED while biker gang beat SUV driver is suspended as man who dragged victim from wheel in front of terrified wife hands himself in

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Reginald Chance (pictured), 38, who police say is the biker seen in a video smashing his helmet against Alexian Lien's SUV, came forward Friday night along with Robert Sims.

Small-town robbers who stole $100,000 from elderly widow caught after spending her old-fashioned cash 'like crazy' all over town

Two maintenance workers have been charged with grand larceny after allegedly stealing $100,000 in old bills from a widow before blowing most of it in a spending spree

Two maintenance workers have been charged with grand larceny after allegedly stealing $100,000 in old bills from a widow before blowing most of it in a spending spree.

Saved by the girls! Bloodied juvenile lion suffers two-hour savaging from older male that only ends when two females step in to protect him

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These dramatic images show a young lion fighting for his life during a two-hour battle with an older male in Cheetah Plains, South Africa. The lion, who suffered blow after blow at the hands of his opponent, looked exhausted and was covered in blood moments before two female lions from his pride arrived to protect him. After a dramatic showdown, the older lion backed away, taking a drink in a nearby watering hole.

Apple accused of kowtowing to China after it pulls iPhone app that lets users view banned websites

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The Open Door App allowed users in China to access censored content by scrambling their IP addresses so they could 'skip' the firewall.

Free iPads for students scheme under fire after children decoded security settings and used them to play games

A plan to give 30,000 Los Angeles students' iPads has has it a snag. Students bypassed the security code to access unauthorized apps, such as Facebook and YouTube.

A plan to give 30,000 Los Angeles students' iPads has has it a snag. Students bypassed the security code to access unauthorized apps, such as Facebook and YouTube.

Starving and covered in fleas, the dog rescued after being chained to a tree for FOUR YEARS as his owner is fined just $25

Jeremy Temple of Ohio, is facing animal cruelty charges after police rescued his dog, who was weighing only 60lbs and had his teeth knocked out.

Jeremy Temple of Ohio, is facing animal cruelty charges after police rescued his abused and emaciated dog, who was weighing only 60lbs and had his teeth knocked out. When confronted by police about the pet's horrific living conditions, Mr Temple allegedly responded, 'the dog is not a human.'

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The prison guards suspended for holding 'retard olympics': Inmates say they were forced to fight each other and get sprayed with pepper foam in exchange for food'

Three corrections officers at the York County Prison in Pennsylvania have been put on unpaid leave following allegations they abused inmates

Three prison guards at the York County Prison have been put on leave following allegations that they forced inmates to fight each other for food and coffee. Pennsylvania State Police are investigating corrections officers David Whitcomb, Mark Haynes and Daniel Graff for 'official oppression' they believe took place between January and July. An inmate says the three men punched him, had him wrestle other inmates and take on food challenges like drinking a gallon of water in an hour, in exchange for food and coffee.

Moroccan teenage couple who posted a kissing picture on Facebook are arrested (...but police crackdown sparks a wave of copycats)

Arrest: The young couple are being held at a juvenile detention centre and will appear in court next week (library image)

The couple, aged 14 and 15, had their picture taken by a friend in the town of Nador - to the north east of the country.

Teenage son of Russian businessman shot dead 'looking for drugs' in Rio

Sergei Danshin was shot dead in an 'execution' style killing after apparently going looking for cannabis

Sergey Petrovich Danshin, 17, was shot three times while on a school trip to the carnival city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil with his teacher.

'I'm afraid it will be treated as some brat ran away story': Brother's plea after teenager, 18, goes missing and leaves goodbye note

Police are searching for Karen Douglas, 18, who was last seen by her mother at her Newton home around 1pm on Thursday

Police are searching for Karen Douglas, 18, from Newton, Massachusetts, who has not been seen or heard from since Thursday.

Bartender gets incredible $17,500 tip in the form of winning lottery ticket from generous patron

Good tip: Customer Jerry Arnett, left, congratulates Aurora Kephart, a bartender in Springfield, Oregon, after learning that she indirectly received a $17,500 tip when one of her patrons happened to give her a winning lottery ticket

When Oregon barkeep Aurora Kephart, 25, checked the ticket and found out that it was worth a small fortune, she tried to return it to the customer, but he refused.

Vladimir Putin lights Olympic flame in Red Square ceremony... but it goes out forcing security guard to fire it up again using his cigarette lighter

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The glitch occurred when a torchbearer ran through a long passageway leading into the Kremlin which apparently created a wind tunnel, extinguishing the flame. The torchbearer, Shavarsh Karapetyan, 60, (left) was a champion swimmer for the Soviet Union who once saved 20 passengers from a bus that had fallen into a reservoir.

Sleeping for between six and eight hours a night 'reduces risk of heart problems and strokes'

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Sleeping for more than eight hours a night was associated with more than double the risk of angina and a 19 per cent higher likelihood of coronary artery disease.

Chicken nuggets are only HALF meat... and the rest is fat, bone and nerve endings

What's in a nugget? Researchers in Mississippi examined two fast-food chains' chicken nuggets and found that half or less than half of the nuggets were made of meat. The rest was made of high-fat chicken parts

Researchers in Mississippi examined chicken nuggets from two different fast food chains and found that only about half of the nugget was muscle meat.

A-listers outraged: Jude Law, Damon Albarn and host of celebrities protest outside London's Russian Embassy over 'ludicrous' decision to charge Greenpeace activists with piracy

The two celebrities were joined by Clash guitarist Paul Simonon who said there were no ground for the protesters to be labelled as pirates

Actor Jude Law, Blur frontman Damon Albarn, and Downton star Jim Carter have joined 800 protesters outside the London embassy.

'Please Pay Us': Government weathermen going without pay during shutdown leave coded message in forecast

A worker at the Anchorage, Alaska, office of the National Weather Service embedded a secret plea in a forecast: 'PLEASE PAY US'

The Anchorage National Weather Service office - whose employees are working for free during the ongoing federal shutdown - encoded a secret message in an early morning forecast: 'Please pay us'.

Embarrassment for Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny as government suffers defeat in referendum to abolish upper house of Parliament

Enda Kenny, Ireland's Prime Minister, lead the campaign to abolish the upper house of Parliament and defeat in the referendum today will be seen as a personal embarrassment

Despite a campaign spearheaded by the Irish Prime Minster (pictured) and early polls showing a lead for the Yes camp, 51.7 per cent of voters said No.

Hunt for the Amazonian Olympian: Brazil talent scouts search jungle tribes for the archers and kayakers who could win gold at Rio 2016

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The indigenous Indian youngsters, aged 14 to 19, can already hunt and kill birds flying 100 metres high in the air and can spear fish in the local river with just one hit.

'A kid got shot, but the bad guy was sorted': How Soldier N broke rules by revealing sensitive details in crass emails

Tour of duty: Ninety images of Special Forces soldiers were found on Soldier N's home computer

In emails written during a tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2009 Soldier N describes - sometimes gleefully - how insurgents are killed.

Glitch-riddled ObamaCare website shut down for repairs over weekend after chaos on its launch

Beset by technology glitches that frustrated millions of consumers, the Obama administration has down its health insurance website, healthcare.gov, for repairs this weekend

Beset by technology glitches that frustrated millions of consumers, the Obama administration has down its health insurance website, healthcare.gov, for repairs this weekend.

Brave model speaks out about terrifying attack when she fought off three would-be kidnappers who dragged her into car in broad daylight

Target: Rivera seems to have been targeted by three men who brazenly tried to force her into their car in Mid-Wilshire

A model is recovering from a violent street attack yesterday in West Hollywood that appears to have been an attempted kidnapping. Beauty pageant winner Nydia Rivera was set upon by three men as she made her way to her car on a street in the Mid-Wilshire area. The men stole her phone and attempted to force her into their car in broad daylight before pushing her out of the car and driving off.

Some things never change! Photographs of a century of college life show how parties, drinking and university sports have always taken centre stage

The revealing photographs, taken from the archives of Wisconsin-Madison University

The photographs were unearthed from the archives of Wisconsin-Madison University and show how undergraduates lived from 1898 (top left). Although it may look prim and proper, among the frills proudly hangs the university's insignia. Just ten years later, a group of students show off their sports medals and tankards (top right). More than 50 years separates these pictures of friends (bottom left and right). However, it shows hanging out with friends as always been a priority.

'These things have taken on a life of their own': Eating disorder experts slam social media for fueling dangerous 'thigh gap' trend in teenage girls

A young woman carrying a pizza walks down Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California, on September 17, 2013

Some exceptionally thin models have the gap, which is upheld as a beauty achievement on countless Tumblr pages, blogs and other social media sites.

The high roller: Rolls-Royce bosses reveal they are drawing up plans for their first ever 4X4 - and here's how it might look

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It has been rumoured for years - and now bosses of the car giant have confirmed detailed design plans have been discussed for its debut off-roader.

How a lie-in could raise your risk of dementia: Lounging in bed too often 'can speed up memory loss'

Spending an extra hour or two lounging around in bed could speed up memory loss ¿ and possibly increase the risk of dementia

A team of researchers carried out a three-year study of 2,700 people aged in their sixties and seventies.

Driver 'shot man dead because he told him to slow down because of children playing in the area'

Driver shoots man dead in Detroit for telling him to slow down because of children playing in the area

Thyrone Evans, 32, shot Cleveland Dunklin, 23, around 50 minutes after Dunklin yelled at him for speeding in an area where there were children playing

Woman zoo worker has her arm ripped off by tiger... but controversial animal park owner says that injury was HER fault

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A tiger at an Oklahoma zoo bit a female employee's arm on Saturday after she 'broke protocol' by sticking her hand inside the animal's cage, said the park's owner, Joe Schreibvogel, pictured. Doctors managed to save her arm according to the wildlife park owner. This is not the first time the park has been at the center of controversy, but the owner insists the park is safe.

Guantanamo Bay prisoner to be released after 11 years due to 'severe mental illness'

Schizophrenic: Ibrahim Idris, from Sudan, suffers from severe mental illness and does not pose a security threat, according to his lawyers

A US federal judge issued a release order on Friday for Ibrahim Idris, of Sudan, who has been held since 2002 as an al qaeda enemy combatant.

Lost Leonardo da Vinci painting of a noblewoman with same smile as the Mona Lisa discovered in Swiss vault

Priceless: Almost 500 years after he painted it, this Leonardo da Vinci portrait of noblewoman Isabella d'Este has been unearthed in a Swiss bank vault

Almost 500 years after he painted it, da Vinci's painting of Italian noblewoman Isabella d'Este has been unearthed in a Swiss bank vault.

More Late nights for Letterman! Talk show favourite David Letterman's contract with CBS is extended until 2015

CBS extends David Letterman's Late Show contract through 2015

Two more years for the 66-year-old broadcasting lynchpin

Photojournalist who captured iconic images of Bobby Kennedy - including one moments after he was shot - dies aged 75

One of those images, published in Life magazine, showed Kennedy lying on the floor in a pool of his blood, a hotel employee kneeling next to him.

Eppridge, who was at the scene when Kennedy was shot in the kitchen of a Los Angeles hotel, died on Thursday at a Danbury hospital after a brief illness.

New twist in Diana British Special Forces mystery: Why are detectives examining this image discovered on the elusive Soldier N's laptop... of snipers from his unit aiming at cars from a bridge in the UK?

The photograph of the marksmen found on Soldier N's computer

PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: It makes for a startling image - all the more so since the picture was taken not in a conflict zone or even a training camp but a public area in the Welsh countryside. What makes it more arresting is that the photograph was found on a computer belonging to the Special Forces marksman known as Soldier N, who is said to have told his wife that members of the SAS 'arranged' the death of Princess Diana.

'Honk if you hate bullies!' Father makes son hold sign for bullying student

A young boy learned his lesson the hard way after his father, Jose Lagares, made him hold up a sign on a busy Texas highway admitting he was a school bully.

A young boy learned his lesson the hard way after his father, Jose Lagares, made him hold up a sign on a busy Texas highway admitting he was a school bully.

A-Rod sues MLB for Biogenesis 'witch hunt' as he faces historic 211 game suspension for doping

Alex Rodriguez is suing Major League Baseball, accusing the league of interfering with his contracts and business relationships. Rodriguez is appealing a 211-game suspension.

Alex Rodriguez is suing Major League Baseball, accusing the league of interfering with his contracts and business relationships. Rodriguez is appealing a 211-game suspension.

Ninjas are quieter but SEALs are better at blowing things up: Head of elite force settles argument for six-year-old boy who sent him adorable letter

From the top: Admiral McRaven says ninjas are probably quieter but adds that SEALs are better

A six-year-old boy finally has the answer to a question that has plagued little boys for decades - are Navy SEALs quieter than ninjas?

The woman who re-floored her ENTIRE house for just $213 after bungling Home Depot put the wrong price on panels...and she made them stick to it

Sheila Laird has managed to re-floor her 1500 square foot condo with 72 boxes of hardwood from Home Depot at just $2.97 per case thanks to a website error

Sheila Laird has managed to re-floor her 1500 square foot condo with 72 boxes of hardwood from Home Depot at just $2.97 per case thanks to a website error.

Arizona cop banned from wearing his uniform at daughter's school after parents complained about his gun

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Parents complained that the Coolidge police officer, Scott Urkov, pictured with his children had brought his child to Entz Elementary School in Mesa wearing his uniform and carrying a gun. Urkov posted on his Facebook wall that he was shocked about the decision which has since sparked local outrage.

Human bones discovered in storage unit after the owner's death could be remains of his WIFE missing since 1997

Cold case: Police suspect they may have found the remains of Doris Anne Wood, 42, who went missing in July 1997 in Delaware

The dirt-covered remains believed to be those of Doris Wood were found by two men who bought the contents of the locker in Corbin, Kentucky, at auction.

American widow accused of murdering her multi-millionaire husband in lavish jungle hideaway faces retrial: Woman faces claims she shot spouse in Costa Rica mansion

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Ann Bender, 42, was cleared of her husband John's 2010 murder last year, but a judicial panel overturned the verdict on appeal citing inconsistencies.

It's mine! The incredible micro-home in the middle of the Arizona desert made from tiny miners' shelter abandoned decades ago

Take a look inside the micro-home an architecture student built in the middle of the desert, with just enough room for a bed

A student at the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture constructed a micro-home in the middle of the Arizona desert with just enough room for a bed.

Woman launches claim against San Diego after freak accident where tree branch dropped onto her as she walked and left her paralysed

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A woman is suing the city of San Diego after being severely injured by a tree that fell on her in a park.

Three die as Great Plains are battered by winter storms AND tornadoes: Nebraska and South Dakota pick up the pieces

Road block: 20-year-old Zack Ruhl attempts to move a crab apple tree off of his car in Rapid City, South Dakota

A storm system that buried parts of Wyoming and South Dakota in heavy, wet snow on Friday also brought powerful thunderstorms packing tornadoes to the Great Plains. A storm dumped at least 33 inches of snow in a part of South Dakota's scenic Black Hills. Later in the day, thunderstorms rolled across the Plains, and witnesses reported seeing tornadoes in Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota. There were no reports of deaths from any of the tornadoes. Three people died as a result of traffic accidents in the dense snow.

It IS safe to use phones on planes: Committee rules hand-held devices do not interfere with the electronics on most aircraft

Candid portrait of young female looking at smartphone on aeroplane

A leaked report by the Federal Aviation Administration advisory committee suggests all devices connected to onboard Wi-Fi can be used on most U.S. airliners.

'Instead of tea I got a mouth of bacon!': TGI Friday's staff 'tricked devout Muslim woman into tasting PORK after cramming bits of it in her drink straw'

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Nicole Queen, a Texas photographer and Muslim activist, wrote on Facebook that the stunt was payback for her request to leave bacon bits off a Cobb salad.

Don Draper's 88 and Lady Mary is 122: How old would your favorite TV characters be today?

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In a nostalgic nod to our most cherished shows, The Huffington Post has estimated how old some of our favourite TV characters would be today.

Former student takes in beloved choir teacher after tracking her down after 35 years and discovering she has dementia

Reunited: Carolyn James (standing) and her husband Daryl (left) have been looking after her former choir teacher Marty Hayes (seated right) after tracking her down and learning she had dementia

Carolyn Denson James sought out Marty Hayes so she could thank her for her lessons at high school in Dallas, Texas - but something was wrong with her former teacher.

'I'm no hero': Good Samaritan who stopped to save a woman from car wreck ended up losing a leg as man helping him was killed

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Minnesota man Keith Barnes, 39, who heroically stopped to help the victim of a car accident two years ago has finally returned to work, inset, after a long road of rehabilitation following the loss of his leg, pictured at the time of the accident. He has had sporadic contact with Alicia Kaufenberg, a 23-year-old college student who also lost her leg after Barnes and another man, Marcus Andary, attempted to carry her to safety and were struck by a drunk driver. Both Barnes and Kaufenberg suffered serious injuries and required leg amputations; Andary, 21, died as a result of his injuries.

Mother, 27, posted nude photos of her daughter, 11, online and let men have sex with her

This Missouri woman has been charged for allegedly selling her daughter for sex and posting nude pictures of the 11-year-old online

The mother, who's name is being withheld to protect the identity of her daughter, was arrested Thursday and charged with endangering the welfare of a child and promoting a sexual performance by a child.

Broke financier found GUILTY of clubbing ex-wife to death after a 'tortured' five-year investigation

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Steven C. DeMocker, 59, who was acused of horrifically bludgeoning his ex-wife to death in order to escape alimony payments and claim her $750,000 life insurance policy,

The new establishment: Vanity Fair names the people who REALLY run America with Jay Z and Beyoncé at number one

Jay Z and Beyonce come out on top of Vanity Fair's annual New Establishment list

America's wheelers and dealers are profiled in Vanity Fair's most recent issue, featuring moguls like Jay Z on the same list as activists like Laurene Powell Jobs.

The sole survivor of the horrific late-night car crash which killed five young adults, burning them to death, attends first funeral for victims

Lucky: Savannah Underwood so0mehow managed to crawl away from the wreckage, avoiding the fire that burned her friends alive

The sole survivor of a horrific car accident which killed five young friends last weekend after their car careened off a road in Burbank, California, attended the Friday funeral for one of her friends.

Is this the NFL's most adorable fan? Kalee, 3, can recite all the names and numbers of her favorite team the Seattle Seahawks

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Kalee Buetow of Maple Valley, Washington, pictured, may be the Seattle Seahawks most adorable football fan.The 3-year-old can recite the player's names in her favorite time, inset above. All Kaylee likes to talk about before bed with her dad Evan Buetow, inset below, are the Seahawks and Jesus. And the pair have made an adorable video showing off her skills which now looks set to go viral.

'Once you give me that money, that man is dead': The moment a woman was caught on video ordering hit on her husband

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Undercover footage allegedly shows a woman trying to hire a hit man to kill her ex-husband and his new wife, according to recordings due to be used at her trial.

Twitter unseals documents for upcoming IPO - and reveal one of the co-founders could miss OUT on billion dollar payday

Men behind the machine: Biz Stone (left) and Evan Williams (right) helped Dorsey launch the company

The major stakeholders identified in Twitter's filing with the SEC exclude one key player - Twitter co-founder Biz Stone (left).

The 'Yale Poopertrator' strikes again: College students wake up to feces-smeared T-shirts hung up over campus

Dirty laundry: Ivy League it may be, but someone at Yale is causing a stink

Berkley students were woken in the early hours of this morning to find a laundry line of soiled T-shirts, pants and towels hung across campus.

School bus attendant 'broke autistic boy's arm because he was banging on a window'

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Richard Mason, 39, was chaperoning a bus-load of children in Commack, New York, when he allegedly twisted Connor Shirangi's arm behind his back, causing the bone to fracture.

Baseball loving mom gets her son excused from school on game day citing 'Red Sox Fever' adding 'he needs to visit Fenway for the cure'

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Brian Thompson-McKinnon, got a lucky teacher's note on Friday in Nahant, MA. excusing him from school for 'Red Sox fever.' The letter was meant to cheer up Brian's teacher Jude Shannon, who will be having knee surgery soon.

Adobe says cyber attack exposed credit-card details of 2.9MILLION customers

Attack: The hacker was able to remove customer names, encrypted credit and debit card numbers, expiration dates and other information (stock image)

The maker of Photoshop and other software said on Thursday that the attacker accessed Adobe customer IDs and passwords on its systems.

IVF babies 'are a third more likely to develop childhood cancer'

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IVF babies 65 per cent more likely to develop leukaemia and 88 per cent more likely to develop cancers of the brain and central nervous system.

Could HTC be heading for the same fate as BlackBerry? Tech giant posts first loss as rival Samsung heads for record profit

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The Taiwanese technology group has reported its first ever loss of $100m (£62m) in the three months to September.

Stephen Colbert has a couple marry on his show after their Washington wedding was imperiled by the government shutdown

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Colbert officiated the wedding between Mike Cassesso, 29, and MaiLien Le, 30, against the digital backdrop of the memorial where they had planned to wed Saturday.

We've been framed! Art lovers pose for photographs with their doppelgangers immortalised in paintings, murals and masks at famous museums

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When these art lovers unexpectedly bumped into their immortalised doppelgangers, they couldn't just let the chance meeting pass them by. The eagle-eyed visitors posed with their art doubles - immortalised in paintings, murals and even masks. They travelled miles to galleries and museums across the world to track down their lookalikes - before posting photos of their discovery online. One even got into the true spirit of the find by dressing up in a Henry VIII costume similar to the worn by his Tudor counterpart. The man donned an intricate cloak, black hat and poured a glass of wine, before posing in front of a painting of the monarch.

iPhone 5S motion sensors branded 'embarrassing' as tests show they don't work properly on all devices

Website Gizmodo said their tests showed the sensor apps on the iPhone 5s (front) were 'embarrassing'

Tests carried out on the iPhone 5S running on iOS 7 also found that the spirit level app is degrees out and there are problems with the device's compass.

Dubai is building the world's largest man-made lagoon stretching across 40 hectares

Dubai plans to build the world's largest man-made lagoon, stretching across 40 hectares and dwarfing the 12 hectare site in Egypt which currently holds the record.

Developer Crystal Lagoons expects to finish the project in 2020 as part of the larger US$7 billion Mohammed bin Rashid City project.

The violent Vikings? Research reveals warriors were friendlier than previously thought - but flared up over small disputes

Most people think of the Vikings as bloodthirsty warriors

Mathematicians from Coventry University have uncovered complex social networks within age-old Icelandic sagas using a quantitative approach.

'Grandma's home': Family ecstatic after urn featuring dead matriarch's remains is returned two days after it was stolen

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A family who had the ashes of their beloved grandmother, Lois Larocca, stolen in Glendale, California on Tuesday are celebrating after they were returned two days later.

Black Hawk Down! Newly-released footage from the Battle of Mogadishu shows the moment helicopter was shot down stranding US troops in enemy territory

Newly-released footage of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu shows the moment a black hawk helicopter is shot down, stranding U.S. soldiers in dangerous enemy territory overnight

60 Minutes obtained never-before-seen footage of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu which shows the moment a black hawk helicopter is shot down in the Somali city.

Mother trying to save daughter, 3, from jaws of crazed family pit bull is bitten 50 TIMES and left with horrific injuries that landed her in a coma

Survivor: Crystal Trenkamp (left) was left with horrific injuries to her arms and legs while trying to protect her daughter, Emma (right) from their 6-year-old pit bull

In July, Crystal Trenkamp's daughter was playing in the backyard of their Arizona home when suddenly the pet dog they had raised from a puppy turned on the girl.

Fast food restaurant menus are NOT getting any healthier, study finds

A new study has evaluated 213 chain restaurants across America (McDonalds pictured) and discovered that there was not as much change in their nutritional facts as there should have been

A new report shows that the calorie and sodium levels at American chains stayed the same between 2010 and 2011 even though there was speculation that those numbers would go down.

Could electric shock therapy reduce CRIME? Scientists claim procedure makes people less likely to offend

Electric shock therapy could reduce crime, new research suggest. This is because scientists have pinpointed an area of the brain that makes people obey the social norm

Researchers at the University of Zurich found that sending a weak, painless electric current into the brains of repeat offenders could prevent them re-offending.

Archaeologists unearth Sweden's own Pompeii: Hundreds died in 'brutal massacre' at island fort 1,500 years ago

Bodies of victims slaughtered in the violent attack on the island of Öland, just off the Swedish coast, have remained 'frozen in time' since the fifth century

Bodies of victims slaughtered in the violent attack on the island of Öland (left), just off the Swedish coast, have remained 'frozen in time' since the fifth century. Why the fort has been left untouched for 1,500 years remains a mystery. One theory is that the location became taboo after the massacre, with people simply too terrified to go there. A team of archeologists has painstakingly scrapped back the soil (bottom right) to reveal the remains of human skeletons (top right).

Outraged father suing store after discovering new phone he bought for his son is filled with PORN videos

The Sprint mobile phone shop in Lake Avenue, Pasadena, where Mr Garibyan claims he bought a mobile phone for his son which contained pornographic images and videos

Arsen Garibyan has filed a lawsuit against service provider Sprint and Nextel of California after finding the pictures on a phone he bought at their Lake Avenue Pasadena store.

Devoted grand-daughter 'caught burglar who stole from grandparents at knife-point after putting out Facebook description answered by one of his disgusted relatives'

Anti-social: Michael Lank was caught by police after Beki Akins posted about his violent break-in at her grandparents' home on Facebook

Police have arrested 30-year-old Oklahoma man Michael Lank for breaking into an elderly couple's home and robbing them after the couple's granddaughter made a Facebook posting that led to a tip-off.

To have and to hold: Unseen pictures provide a behind-the-scenes look at JFK's wedding to young Jacqueline Bouvier 60 years ago

Jacqueline Kennedy on her wedding day: Some observers may find it striking how the young Jackie had yet to perfect her look. Still, the beginnings of what made her an international style icon for the next three decades are clearly evident.

Jacqueline Bouvier married Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy at a ceremony in Rhode Island in 1953. Pictures capture one of the 20th century's most high profile weddings.

Devastated community rallies to buy tombstone for baby beaten to death by his mother's boyfriend

Killed: Leelan Crain was unresponsive in his crib after he was beaten and died just hours later

Residents in the small community in Salem, Indiana have raised hundreds of dollars so that Leelan Crain, who was allegedly beaten on September 7, can be remembered.

   

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Meet the real-life Carrie from Homeland: CIA drama - back on our screens tonight - reads like Valerie Plame's amazing life story. But does she think the plots are fact or fiction?

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CONTAINS SPOILERS: Former CIA agent Valerie Palme lifts the lid on interrogation techniques, going undercover, and whether or not a bomb really could go off at CIA headquarters.

Enough to make you go postal! Lazy mail worker drives across homeowner's lawn to deliver letters to door

Discarded: She nonchalantly tosses the packages down on the porch in a lackluster attempt at her job

An astonishing video has captured the moment that a lazy USPS worker drove across a homeowner's garden so they could deliver a small package right to the door.

iPhone survives 1,400-foot drop from plane

Phone a friend: Angela Dalton shows off the iPhone she accidentally dropped out of an airplane which then landed in the front yard of Eric Hall (pictured left)

Apparently some phones are made of sterner stuff - especially Alabama woman Angela Dalton's iPhone, which survived a drop from a small airplane on Friday and was returned unscathed to its owner.

Inside the world of personal stylists and their wealthy clients: Million Dollar Shoppers reveals the $18,000 budgets, mental breakdowns and overflowing closets

Million Dollar Shoppers, a six-episode hour-long series set in the exclusive world of personal shopping, will premiere on October 10, immediately following Project Runway to catch those already transfixed by fashion

The six-episode series, set in the exclusive world of personal shopping, will premiere on October 10, immediately following Project Runway.

Who needs a speedboat?! Canadian kayaking daredevil rockets down drainage chute to make a splash landing at 35mph

A kayaking daredevil is making waves after he took a wild ride down a 175-metre concrete slide in British Columbia. The kayak reached 35mph during the stunt.

A kayaking daredevil is making waves after he took a wild ride down a 175-metre concrete slide in British Columbia. The kayak reached 35mph during the stunt.

Bad blood among the Twitter billionaires: Two of sites co-founders 'barely speak' while a third early partner says HE should get the credit for site's success

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As Twitter builds up to its stock exchange debut details of a rift between the founders has been revealed. It was founded by four friends in 2006 but as the microblogging site gets ready for the public market, it has emerged that three of the site's pioneers no longer work at Twitter and two barely speak to each other. While Jack Dorsey is the only one remaining at Twitter, he is said to rarely speak to fellow co-founder Evan Williams, who replaced him as chief executive officer early on. Noah Glass, bottom left, worked for Twitter's predecessor company and says he has not received enough credit for the site's success.

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Investigation: Italian prosecutors are trying to establish whether Silvio Berlusconi (left) rewarded Sabina Began (right) for keeping quite about prostitutes attending his parties        

Me and my shadow: Dog relieves himself on one of Banksy's new NYC murals

Dogs and humans are like are defacing work by the mysterious British graffiti artist Banksy who is attempting to stage a month-long 'residency' in New York City.

Dogs and humans are like are defacing work by the mysterious British graffiti artist Banksy who is attempting to stage a month-long 'residency' in New York City. His first two works have both already been vandalized within hours of being created and even dogs are now relieving themselves on his newly created pieces.

Melting snow reveals remarkably well-preserved 5,400-year-old bow and arrows used to hunt reindeer in Norway

A neolithic bow and arrows that could have been used to hunt reindeer

Archaeologists from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology believe the discovery demonstrates the worrying effects of climate change.

Africa as you've never seen it before: Clever comparison shows it's really as big as China, India, the United States AND most of Europe put together

This picture graphic shows the shear enormity of the African continent by showing how many other countries fit inside it

This picture graphic shows the shear enormity of the African continent by showing how many other countries can fit inside it.

'Just kidding we're out of milk': Mom 'quits her job' in hilarious parody of 'I Quit' video made by video editor which went viral

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When disgruntled employee Marine Shifrin quit her job in an all-singing, all-dancing YouTube video last week, it was bound to inspire a slew of imitators - and a New England woman's effort might just take the cake.

On the moo-ve! Bavarian herdsmen bring cows down from the mountains before winter in traditional annual cattle drive

A little girl and another cattle herdswoman lead the cattle home

Boys and girls with their parents dress up in costumes to move the animals onto a boat across Koenigssee Lake, Germany to bring the cattle from their remote summer pastures back to their homesteads in the valleys.