Are these the world's toughest women? Incredible photos shed light on Ethiopia's Hamar tribe and how females are beaten and scarred with thorns to prove their strength

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The beatings take place during their brothers' initiation ceremonies which for them involve jumping over a line of 15 cattle. The women volunteer for the beatings which they say show how much they have suffered for their brothers and will remind them to help them when times are tough for the tribe.

NFL star's two-year- old son 'in critical condition after being brutally beat by his mother's new boyfriend'

Family matter: It appears Adrian Peterson's two-Year old son has been severely beaten by his mother's boyfriend

Minnesota Vikings' running back Adrian Peterson's 2-year-old son is in critical condition at a South Dakota hospital after he was allegedly severely beaten by a man dating the mother of his child. A 27-year-old man is currently being held without bail at the Minnehaha County Jail for aggravated assault and aggravated battery of an infant.

Now ANYONE can find you on Facebook: Outrage as site removes privacy option for users to hide their profile in search results

Facebook began removing the 'Who can look up your timeline by name?' feature on accounts which weren't using it last year, but is now retiring it completely.

Facebook began removing the 'Who can look up your timeline by name?' feature on accounts which weren't using it last year, but is now retiring it completely.

Violent Canadian pedophile escapes authorities and is now on the run in the US - but he can't be arrested

Pedophile: Michael Sean Stanley is a violent, high-risk sex offender who has been missing for more than a week and is on the run in the U.S. but cannot be arrested because he is not wanted here

U.S. border officials were warned that Michael Sean Stanley might try to cross into the country, but he still managed to make it through at Blaine, Washington, on Monday.

'I know my f****** shit. Don't f*** with that': Teacher recorded cussing out classroom after student heckles her over the term 'African-American'

A Los Angeles-area high school teacher is on paid leave after a student recorded her cussing at students in class this past week

A teacher at the Humanities and Art Academy in Harbor City, California says a student heckler caused her to yell profanity in class last Wednesday.

'We can't wake mommy': Dying mother recovering from C-section rolls over in bed and smothers her newborn baby

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The bodies of Marjorie Lyons, 34, and her 11-day-old son were found in a bedroom at her Brooklyn home by her twin six-year-old girls.

Prince George to spend his first Christmas with BOTH sets of grandparents as the Queen 'invites Middletons to Sandringham'

Special event: For Prince George's first Christmas, the Queen has asked Kate's parents to Sandringham so he can be spoiled by both sets of grandparents

In a break from tradition, the Duchess of Cambridge's parents have been asked to Her Majesty's Norfolk estate over the festive period.

Massachusetts couple on luxury cruise help rescue three American men stranded at sea after being woken by desperate screams in middle of night

Saved: Roy and Karen Nagy (far right) saved the lives of three men (far left, center bottom and blue shirt) by calling the ship's staff after hearing them cry for help

A Massachusetts couple aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise last month wanted to fall asleep to sounds of the ocean - instead, they were woken by desperate cries for help.

Obama meets with GOP senators to hear moderate, conciliatory plan, raising hopes of an end to the shutdown and debt fights

Dealmaker: House Speaker John Boehner is ready to strike a bargain with the White House, but only through Thanksgiving. If the left and the right can't compromise, America could be faced with a second debt crisis

Obama met Friday with GOP senators who have come up with a weaker plan to end the standoff, after talks with House Speaker John Boehner broke up with no agreement last night.

Is wearing make-up a 'betrayal'? One woman's dramatic transformation sparks online backlash

Before' And 'After' Makeup Photos

The stark difference between the images has sparked a debate, with some commenters labeling make-up in general a 'betrayal' because it hides a woman's true self. Reddit user plokoonismyfave initiated the war of words when he wrote: 'The left is uglier than the right, but beauty is subjective. The right is her wearing a (figurative and literal) mask.'

REVEALED: Parents of nine-year-old boy who sneaked onto plane NEVER called the police to report him missing and father gave up looking for him to go to work

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The parents only learned where their son was on October 4, when officers from the Minneapolis Police Department came to their door at around 5.30pm to tell them their son was 1,600 miles away in Nevada.

'Krokodil is not a threat': DEA refuses to recognise flesh-rotting homemade heroin as a problem for U.S. despite reports of multiple cases across the country

Banner's Poison Control Center says the two first cases of people using a drug that can rot flesh have been reported in Arizona.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Fear that the drug could head to the United States have been rife since 2011, when a Drug Enforcement Administration official said the agency was aware of its use overseas.

Kentucky pastor 'murdered husband and wife then attended their funerals and offered his sympathies to grieving family'

Kenneth Allen Keith, pastor of Main Street Baptist Church in Burnside, Kentucky, was arrested on Wednesday over three killings at a pawn shop

Kenneth Allen Keith (pictured), pastor of Main Street Baptist Church in Burnside, Kentucky was arrested on Wednesday and charged with murder and robbery.

Will life on Earth end on March 16 2880? Scientists predict giant asteroid will collide with our planet at 38,000 miles per hour

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The asteroid has a 0.3 per cent chance of slamming into the Earth in 867 years. This represents a risk 50% greater than an impact from all other asteroids.

Coach, 24, at elite boarding school jumps to his death from George Washington Bridge as police 'investigated him for underage sex with a student'

Suicide: Donovan Dickson, pictured with some of his students, has jumped to his death. It occurred the same day police went to the school to investigate reports of sex between a student and teacher

Donovan Dickson, 24, (pictured with his students) an apparently popular teacher at Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey, plunged to his death from the New York side of the George Washington Bridge last Friday morning. On the same day, investigators arrived on campus to look into allegations of sex between a teacher and teenage student. Authorities have refused to say whether he was the target of the investigation by police.

Former Viacom chief Tom Freston's author ex-wife accused of having a lesbian affair after their marriage broke up

Denial: The best-selling author Kathy Freston has denied is having a lesbian affair after splitting up with her husband Viacom chief Tom Freston

Best-selling author Kathy Freston has flatly denied she is having a lesbian affair following her separation from husband Viacom chief Tom Freston.

Billionaire scam artist on 11pm curfew after swindling $22m from clients asks to stay out later so he can go to the opera

Illegal libretto: Alberto Vilar, pictured in 2007, stole $22million from his clients to fund his lavish life style and pay for donations to his favourite opera houses

Alberto Vilar, 73, used some of the $22million he stole from his clients to fund his favourite philanthropies, including the Metropolitan Opera.

Red Lobster waitress who was racially abused on customer receipt receives tip of $10,000 from benevolent Facebook group

A waitress working at a Tennessee seafood restaurant was subjected to a racist jibe as a couple wrote the words 'none ni**er' in the tip section of their bill.

Toni Christina Jenkins, 19, collected the check for $10,759 after a pair of diners at the seafood restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee, wrote 'none' in the tip section of the receipt and 'n*****' where the total should have been.

Johnny Carson's wife WAS having an affair with ex-NFL star Frank Gifford claims New York PI who broke into her secret apartment with the Tonight Show star 43-years ago

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Johnny Carson's wife Joanne was having an affair with former NFL star Frank Gifford revealed legendary New York private eye Joe Mullen on Thursday.

Tragedy as female Formula 1 test driver who lost an eye in horror crash last year is found dead in Spanish hotel room

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Tributes have been paid to the former Formula One test driver Maria de Villota (pictured), who has been found dead in her hotel room. The Spanish racer was involved in a life-changing crash during a test run last year, which included the loss of her right eye. Her book Life is a Gift was due to be released on Monday.

Obama signs bill to pay military death benefits during government shutdown

Pentagon promises: President Barack Obama signed a bill securing payments to families of fallen troops during the government shutdown

Families of fallen troops will be assured of receiving death benefits during the government shutdown under legislation President Obama signed today.

Out of money, out of time: 200-year-old clock stops ticking at U.S. Capitol due to government shutdown

The 200-year-old Ohio Clock outside the Senate Chamber of the U.S. Capitol Building stopped ticking on Wednesday. Above, a picture of the frozen clock yesterday

The historic Ohio Clock inside the U.S. Capitol Building has stopped ticking since the team of curators that kept it wound were furloughed.

EXCLUSIVE: Just 51,000 people completed Obamacare applications in its first week out of millions of Americans across 36 states

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The figures, provided exclusively to MailOnline, show that the Obama administration is, so far, only attracting 29 per cent as many applications as it needs to keep the Obamacare system afloat.

Well at least there's SOME money left in government: Activists are arrested for showering U.S. Senate building with $2,000

'Government is shut down, but you still have Monsanto lobbyists engaging with congressmembers!': Protestors from the group Occupy Monsanto showered the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill with a sack of 2,000 $1 bills

Three were arrested on Capitol Hill today during a protest against agriculture firm Monsanto that saw thousands of dollars thrown around Senate offices.

Man who was 'captured by UFOs with grey leathery skin and crab claws' 40 years ago reveals how it changed his life

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Calvin Parker Jr. (left and right), who became famous after reporting the sighting off the Pascagoula River in Mississippi along with his co-worker Charles Hinkson (center), says the encounter on October 11, 1973. Parker was unnerved by initial crush of unwelcome attention, with newsmen and UFO enthusiasts overrunning Walker Shipyard, where he and and is fellow abductee Charles Hickson worked.

Internal Affairs cop responsible for investigating role of undercover detective charged in vicious biker gang attack 'admits HE was on road rage ride as well'

Admission:

Matthew Rodriguez, 28, is assigned to the Internal Affairs Bureau and only admitted being part of the ride a few days ago, according to a DNAinfo report.

EXCLUSIVE - Fake arrests and the moment he was confronted with being a rat: Inside the double life of bike gang cop who went undercover with Occupy protesters

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The way in which Wojciech Braszczok inveigled his way into protesters' hearts and won their trust reads like the plot of countless movies.

Nobel peace prize awarded to global chemical weapons watchdog, weeks after sarin attack slaughtered 1,400 people in Syria

In August over 1,400 people were gassed to death in the suburbs of Damascus  and now the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the watchdog tasked with destroying chemical weapons

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has won the $1.25million prize ahead of Malala Yousafzai, a schoolgirl shot by the Taliban.

Peter Higgs discovered he had won Nobel Prize after being stopped in the street by an ex-neighbour

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences couldn't contact Peter Higgs

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences could not raise Professor Higgs on the phone before making the Nobel announcement and said he had gone ‘into hiding’.

Scientists create equation that works out how well you sleep and tells you how to improve it

The researchers hope the formula will help people work out what they need to do get to sleep quicker, and to stay asleep for longer

Scientists at the University of Manchester came up with the formula that claims sleep quality = [(T x Bt) + C ] / [ Ha + S + L + (H x D)]

Woman taken into care as a child is reunited with long- lost brother after 12-year search as Facebook campaign reveals he was living only 30 MILES away

Fulfilment: Julia Mauer (pictured) said she 'almost passed out' when she realized she had found her long-lost brother on Facebook.

Julia Mauer (pictured) of Lochbuie, Colorado, posted a Facebook plea for help in finding the brother she hasn't seen since they were children. By Wednesday night, the post had been shared more than 2,000 times and she has tracked him down - just 30 miles away in Aurora, Colorado. Miss Mauer, 24, had been searching for five years but didn't realize she had the wrong year of birth until a Facebook campaign revealed the truth.

South Dakota devastated by apocalyptic scenes of up to 20,000 dead cows killed by freezing blizzards

Dead where they stood: As many as 20,000 cattle are thought to have died where they stood last weekend as blizzards swept the South Dakota countryside leaving many ranchers' livelihoods in ruins

Some ranchers saw up to half of their herds wiped out last weekend as blizzards swept the South Dakota countryside leaving their livelihoods in ruins. And today their black and bloated corpses still scarred the picturesque flatlands to the west of the Roughrider State as the cleanup began.

How $30,000 went missing during rescue of Captain Phillips: Navy SEALS that saved him were forced to take lie detector test

Thousands of dollars in cash went missing at the time Navy snipers took out pirates and rescued Captain Richard Phillips aboard the cargo ship, Maersk Alabama.

Thousands of dollars in cash went missing at the time Navy snipers took out pirates and rescued Captain Richard Phillips aboard the cargo ship, Maersk Alabama.

'I never wanted to do it': American Miss Universe said she thought controversial high heels photo shoot at Taj Mahal was 'inappropriate'

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Olivia Culpo, who is from Cranston, Rhode Island, sparked outrage by posing in a pair of high-heeled shoes while photographers snapped away with the iconic monument behind her on Sunday.

Eighth-grade girls discovered high on 'new form of METH' at Texas middle school

High in class: Six junior high school girls in Texas City were caught Monday with what officials are calling a new form of liquid methamphetamine

A new form of methamphetamine has been found in a Texas City middle school after a group of eighth-grade girls began behaving strangely and were caught with the drug.

Man 'angry at the world' repeatedly bought kittens from Craigslist, named them and then stomped them to death in his 'kill room'

Horrific: Ronald Fraser Golden told police he had been killing kittens since July

A man has admitted having a 'cat kill room' in his Alabama home where he would throw kittens bought off Craigslist against the wall until their necks broke.

Is this the best or worst wedding proposal ever? Boyfriend makes 27-minute video to pop the question with music, dance, flash mobs and lots and lots of schmaltz

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Actor and director Justin Baldoni, from Los Angeles, wanted to show his girlfriend Emily Foxler how much she meant to him by going beyond the average proposal. On April 13, he told his girlfriend to go to the Blu Jam Cafe, where they had their first date, for a surprise and once she gets there, she is shown a video.

Proposal fail: Third of women are secretly disappointed with how their partner popped the question

Romantic moment: But a third of married women surveyed admitted their proposal was a disappointment

Grooms-to-be today are increasingly under pressure to make a proposal original and extravagant.

Woman who drowned her three children in the bathtub gives birth to fourth in psych ward after conceiving WHILE incarcerated

Mentally ill: Leatrice Brewer admitted she drowned the children in the bathtub of her apartment in New Cassel, on Long Island about 20 miles east of New York City, in February 2008

Leatrice Brewer, 33, was found not guilty because of mental disease or defect in the 2008 deaths of her children, and has been held ever since at the secure Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center in New Hampton.

Did neanderthals invent recycling? Human ancestors collected broken tools to make new ones 300,000 years ago

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From caves in Spain and North Africa to sites in Italy and Israel, archaeologists have been finding tools that they believe have been recycled by cavemen.

'God you're my savior, God you're my savior'!' Woman has 20 minute religious meltdown on flight to Tampa

Clearly distraught: The crazed woman asked passengers to pray for her recently deceased mother before launching into her repetitious rant

A woman had an epic meltdown this week on a Tampa, Florida-bound flight. The unidentified woman screamed 'God you're my savior' over and over at the top of her lungs.

Spanish electro band held hostage by Zetas drugs cartel after being kidnapped while playing at Mexican music festival

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GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Basque four-piece Delorean (left) were kidnapped after Los Zetas made a face evacuation call to their Mexico city hotel. The Barcelona-based group, comprising Ekhi Lopetegi, Guillermo Astrain, Unai Lazcano, and Igor Escudeo, were held for 30 hours for a £240,000 ransom before international police forces were able to rescue them.

Farmer finds oil spill the size of SEVEN football fields while harvesting his wheat crop

Vacuum trucks pictured cleaning up the oil in near Tioga, North Dakota - more than 20,000 barrels of crude oil have spewed out of a Tesoro Corp. oil pipeline in Steve Jensen's wheat field

North Dakota farmer Steve Jensen said that he smelled the crude for days before the incident. It was caused by a break in an underground pipeline.

How brainy elephants are nearly as clever as us: Animals may be only creature capable of realising that pointing at something means it is of interest

Over there: A study found that Elephants instinctively understand what pointing means

Researchers from St Andrews University in Scotland found that the jungle giants instinctively understand what pointing means.

Bride, 35, loses battle with lung cancer just weeks after generous donors paid for her dream wedding

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Jen Bulik-Lang, 35, passed away in her home in Mountain View, California at 8am on Thursday with her husband at her side. She had been told she had just four to six months to live when she learned she had stage IV lung cancer in January. She and long-term boyfriend Jeff Lang decided to marry - and a generous wedding planner heard of their story and rallied 30 local companies to provide the day for free.

How General Electric and Google have MORE cash than the U.S. government
as America has just $32bn in its operating accounts

Poorhouse: The U.S. government currently has less money than nine S&P 500 companies

It was just a few short years ago when the United States government was forced to bailout the auto industry, and now the tables have turned.

Cannibal father kills his three-year-old daughter by biting her neck and sucking out her blood like a vampire

Terror in paradise: The man wrenched his daughter out of her mother's arms when they visited him in Morobe Province, pictured, and ran off with the little girl (stock image)

The father, from Morobe Province in Papua New Guinea (pictured), bit his three-year-old daughter in the neck and sucked her blood until she was dead.

Wealthy Serbian looking for love posts hilarious photographs showing off his wealth (and fluffy pink dressing gown) in a bid to find a young bride

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Serbian bachelor Don Milisav Juan Gonzales Brzi, who claims to be 39, is looking for a 16-20-year-old wife to share his life of luxury with him in his mansion. In the candid photos the eligible man poses in everything from silk pyjamas to white suits and even thick furs. The images have gone viral in Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia, though it is sadly not known whether or not they proved a success.

One in ten older mums have premature babies: 50 per cent more likely to have their baby before due date than younger mothers

Older mothers are 50 per cent more likely to give birth too soon compared with younger women, a study has revealed

One in ten mothers aged 40 and over gives birth to a premature baby, according to official figures.

Pioneering astronaut Scott Carpenter, the second American to orbit Earth dies aged 88

Hero: Astronaut Scott Carpenter listens to a question from the media about his experience in space, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida in February 2012

Scott Carpenter, who in 1962 became the fourth U.S. astronaut in space and second American to orbit the Earth, died on Thursday in Colorado at age 88 of complications from a stroke, his wife Patty Carpenter said.

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Mark Zuckerberg buys FOUR houses next to his Silicon Valley home for $30million - but doesn't even plan on living in them

Mark Zuckerberg has bought the four houses surrounding his $7million dollar home in Los Altos, California but he doesn't plan on living in any of them.

Mark Zuckerberg has bought the four houses surrounding his $7million dollar home in Los Altos, California (above) but he doesn't plan on living in any of them. Instead he will be renting it out to the current residents as he reportedly bought the homes to avoid a developer doing the same thing.

NBA star Kendrick Perkins charged with assault after allegedly punching a WOMAN in the face at a Houston nightclub

'Big' trouble: OKC Thunder big man Kendrick Perkins is accused of punching a woman in the face at a night club

Oklahoma Thunder big man Kendrick Perkins is in some big trouble - according to authorities, he punched a woman in the face at a Houston nightclub earlier this year and he's now charged with misdemeanor assault.

Dead man walking: Ohio man legally declared deceased in 1994 after running out on his family loses bid to overturn his death status

Dead man walking: Donald Miller (not pictured) vanished because he owed child support payments and resurfaced in 2005 after learning from his parents of his 'death'

Calling it a 'strange situation,' a judge ruled that Donald Miller Jr, 61, will remain legally deceased, citing a three-year time limit for changing a death ruling.

Syrian rebels executed 190 civilians and took 200 hostages during a single military offensive, say Human Rights Watch

The besieged area of Homs is one the many areas of Syria to be destroyed by the bitter war between government forces and rebels

Syrian rebels have killed at least 190 civilians and taken 200 hostages during a violent attack on villages as the country's bitter civil war rages, Human Rights Watch claimed.

Former regulator sues NY Fed after she was 'fired for refusing to change results of Goldman Sachs conflict probe'

Fired regulator: Carmen Segarra, 41, filed a federal lawsuit against the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, saying she was sacked for refusing to change the results of her investigation into Goldman Sachs

Carmen Segarra, 41, claims in her complaint that in her seven months of examining Goldman, she found the bank lacked policies to prevent conflicts of interest.

Keith Richards' wealthy Connecticut neighbor arrested for stockpiling huge arsenal of weapons 'plotted to kill Rolling Stone by leaving a BOMB as a 'present''

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Joseph C. Callahan 69, left, from Connecticut, is accused of stockpiling an incredible arsenal of guns, ammunition and home-made bombs in his $1million mansion, below. He was arrested on Monday after police were called to his home after his ex-wife became worried at his lack of contact. According to a police report, he said he was making a bomb intended for Keith Richards, 69, right.

Metals risk in baby milk: Popular formulas can contain 100 times more aluminium than breast milk

Formula baby milk can contain 100 times more aluminium than breast milk, potentially causing health problems in later life, claim researchers

Formula baby milk can contain 100 times more aluminium than breast milk, potentially causing health problems in later life, claim researchers.

Father-in-law of missing Susan Powell gets a prison release date after serving time for voyeurism of young female neighbors

Steve Powell, 63, is expected to be released in early November in Tacoma, Washington. Powell has been serving time for secretly recording images of young girls.

Steve Powell, 63, is expected to be released in early November in Tacoma, Washington. Powell has been serving time for secretly recording images of young girls.

Owners of exploding fertilizer plant in Texas that killed 15 people face only $118,300 in fines for safety violations

Boom: More than 100 people were injured during the April explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. in West, Texas

The Texas company that operated a fertilizer plant where a thunderous explosion in April killed 15 people is facing $118,300 in federal fines for two dozen serious safety violations.

How lots of kissing helps a girl to find her Mr Right: Smooching allows women to assess potential partners through taste and smell

Long-term: Kissing not only help initiate intimacy but also keep established couples together by reinforcing affection

Oxford University scientists say kissing gives women the chance to subconsciously weigh up partners through sense, and so glean information about their compatibility and general health.

Who is going to explain the shutdown to this little boy? Americans all over the country storm the barricades around federal monument and parks in defiance of closure

As the shutdown settles uncomfortably into its second week, fed-up American's across the nation are ignoring the federal government's inability to get its house in order by defying barricades

As the shutdown settles uncomfortably into its second week, fed-up American's across the nation are ignoring the federal government's inability to get its house in order by defying barricades preventing them visiting national monuments, parks or malls (top right at Gettysburg and bottom right at the World War II Memorial). Civil disobedience is becoming more common and the sight of veterans pushing through gates to pay their respects at the World War II Memorial or even a little boy unable to go to the zoo (main picture) has left the Obama administration in an awkward position.

Will this app stop YOU binging on junk? TakeControl helps overeaters control urges by logging triggers

The app allows users to say whether they ate normally, skipped, or binged for each meal time

Developed at Drexel University, Philadelphia, it helps sufferers before they lose control, and puts them in touch with others in the same boat.

Mother high on Ritalin 'swung her baby around like a baseball bat'

Under arrest: Aurora Houghtaling, 39, was charged with risk of injury on Wednesday after swinging her one-year-old child by the feet like a baseball bat

Aurora Houghtaling, 39, has been arrested after allegedly swinging her one-year-old daughter by her feet like a baseball bat while high on Ritalin in a Connecticut street.

Police investigate quadruple homicide as four men are found shot dead in front room of a house in north-east Texas

Murder: Four men, aged 18-32, were found dead with gunshot wounds in the house in Paris on Wednesday night

Police in Paris, north-east Texas have ruled out murder-suicide after the four men were found dead in home in Paris, north-east Texas after a shooting.

Principal cancels class because of the weather saying 'it's just too nice for students and staff to be cooped up all day'

Len McWilliams of Calvary Christian School in Columbus says he's calling off classes for a good reason

Len McWilliams, of Calvary Christian School in Columbus, says he's calling off classes today because of a commitment he made to find a positive reason to cancel classes before he retires at the end of the year.

Inside the secret government bunker hidden under a luxury hotel stocked with 30 years of supplies to keep America's most influential alive in a nuclear fallout

Tears: A box of Pixie facial tissues is seen in the setup of the infirmary which is on display underneath Greenbrier Hotel

The bunker, a vast box protected by 5-foot-thick concrete walls and 18- to 25-ton blast doors, was built under the Greenbrier Hotel (top left) in West Virginia at the direction of President Eisenhower and completed in 1962, when the United States and the former Soviet Union were bracing for what appeared to be an inevitable nuclear war. The attacks never came, so the bunker was never used.

Eye contact is a 'turn-off': Speakers who try to look directly at you to change your mind are likely to have opposite effect

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Speakers who try to use direct eye contact to change people's minds are likely to have exactly the opposite effect, according to new findings.

Miss Arizona contestant fights for beauty queen title and her life after contracting rare and aggressive form of cancer

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An inspirational business student has refused to let being diagnosed with ovarian cancer put a stop to her ambition of taking part in the Miss Arizona pageant.

Ukrainian Bronze Age stone revealed to be oldest sundial ever found

The carved stone, pictured, was found in the Ukraine and is believed to date back to 13th century BC.

The carved stone was found in the Ukraine and is believed to date back to 13th century BC. It is thought to mark the location of a sacrificial grave.

France upholds ban on fracking over fears of environmental damage, despite country's huge shale gas reserves

Police officers escort a vehicle past anti fracking protestors at Balcombe in Sussex.

France today upheld its nationwide ban on fracking because of fears that it may cause long-term environmental damage.

'I'm in the money!': Philippine socialite faces tax evasion probe after posting picture of herself lying in a bath full of cash

Jeane Napoles, 23, is being investigated for tax fraud after images like this one posted online drew the attention of authorities who are already investigating her mother in one of the country's biggest-ever fraud cases

Jeane Napoles, whose mother is being investigated over one of the country's biggest ever frauds, posted photos of fast cars and jewel-encrusted shoes. The pictures drew the attention of Phillippine taxmen, however, and she is now being investigated for fraud. The 23-year-old fashion design student owns a $1.3million condo at the Ritz Carlton in LA but hasn't filed a single tax return since 2008, despite having liabilities totalling $744,000.

Mother of TEN and aspiring Atlanta rapper shot dead trying to break up a fight between two women 'feuding over a text message'

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Terri Williams has been charged with murder after police say she killed Charlese Brooks, 34, during an argument with another woman outside an Atlanta eatery.

Jeff Bezos' biological father was a star unicyclist and had no idea his son was the billionaire founder of Amazon

Jeff Bezos' early years were tumultuous as his mother was only a sophomore in high school when she became pregnant with him

Jeff Bezos, 49, was born to teenage parents in Albuquerque, New Mexico and his mother left his birth father after being married for two years.

Is this the future of dieting? The gadget that can tell you how many calories are in your dinner just by scanning it

For anyone watching their weight, Tellspec be a perfect gadget

The Canadian device called Tellspec contains a spectrometer to analyse the chemical compounds in food and can also list allergens, nutrients and ingredients.

Man saved after leaping off Staten Island ferry with his hands in the air 'like Superman'

Rescue: A man was saved after leaping off the Staten Island ferry with his arms held up in the air 'like Superman'

The man, who was in his forties, climbed over the boat railing and throw himself off the side of the Staten Island-bound Samuel I. Newhouse around 1:17 p.m yesterday.

Female LAPD cop charged with assault in death of woman who was repeatedly kicked in the groin and stomach during her arrest

Assault: Alesia Thomas was kicked seven times in the groin, abdomen and upper thigh during an arrest in which she ultimately died after going into cardiac arrest

Officer Mary O'Callaghan, an 18-year veteran, was charged by Los Angeles County prosecutors with felony assault under color of authority, lawyer Robert Rico said.

Tribunal of pro-gun cop fired over 'F**k all the Libtards' YouTube video is adjourned after supporter's loaded gun falls on court floor

'Libtards': Mark Kessler used vile language in Internet tirades about gun rights

Mark Kessler had already been suspended for 30 days for posting the profanity-laced pro-gun videos. Now Gilberton Borough Council, in Pennsylvania, has voted to sack him from his role in the community.

Obie the formerly obese dachshund shows off his astonishing weight loss on the beach after shedding 50lbs on a year-long diet

AMAZING BEFORE-AND-AFTER PICS OF OBIE THE ONCE-OBESE DACHSHUND

The pup, living in Portland, Oregon, with owner Nora Vanatta, had previously tipped the scales at whopping 77lbs (left). Now, he is down to a healthy weight of 27lbs (right). This week, Vanatta and the new and improved Obie celebrated his drastic makeover with a trip to the beach. Photos posted by Vanatta on the Facebook page Obie Dog Story dedicated to the pup's stunning weight loss show the 5-year-old dachshund looking healthy and trim.

Orthodox rabbis 'plotted to kidnap and torture Jewish men with cattle prods and karate so they would divorce their wives'

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Mendel Epstein and Martin Wolmark were arrested following a sting operation with an undercover agent posing as unhappily married woman in New Jersey.

Why 'treating them mean' is out of date: Playing it cool may make you LESS attractive to opposite sex

Just call: Singletons say waiting three days to call or message is an outdated notion

Being stand-offish with a potential partner is no longer enticing to the opposite sex, a study by dating site eHarmony.co.uk found.

Charles Darwin's 85-year-old great-granddaughter braves shark-infested waters to meet the Galapagos turtles behind his trailblazing theories

'My awe-struck mother waited 85 years for this': Great-great granddaughter of Charles Darwin visits the Galapagos with three generations of descendants

Sitting in a dinghy, six hundred miles off the coast of Ecuador, I found myself questioning the wisdom of our long-dreamed-of family trip writes RUTH PADEL.

Long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad, 64, finishes 48-hour marathon swim, raising more than $103,000 for Hurricane Sandy victims

Long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad finishes 48-hour marathon swim in New York City raising more than $103,000 for Hurricane Sandy relief

Long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad finished a 48-hour marathon swim Thursday morning in New York City, raising more than $103,000 for Hurricane Sandy relief.

Ready to splash out? $100 million triplex penthouse atop Manhattan skyscraper comes with an infinity pool

Luxury: An artist's rendering shows the triplex penthouse atop 50 UN Plaza, which is due to be completed by December 2014. The $100 million property comes with an outdoor infinity pool

The penthouse at the top of 50 UN Plaza will have 14 bedrooms, 13 full bathrooms, a fireplace and 1,500-square-feet of outdoor space, including the pool, when it is completed at the end of next year.

Boy, 15, kills himself after 'facing expulsion and being put on sex offender registry' for streaking prank at high school football game

Loss: Christian Adamek, 15, hanged himself last week after he faced possible expulsion and criminal charges for streaking across his high school's football field during a game the week earlier

Christian Adamek, from Huntsville, Alabama, hanged himself on October 2, a week after he was arrested for running naked across the Sparkman High football field during a game.

Is this really art? Artist photographs his MOTHER having sex with young men for controversial exhibition

New York-based photographer Leigh Ledare, 36, is showcasing his series of erotic images of mother Tina (pictured in bed with the artist) at the Photographers' Gallery in London.

New York-based photographer Leigh Ledare (inset), 36, is showcasing his series of erotic images of mother Tina (pictured in bed with the artist) at the Photographers' Gallery in London. In one, the middle-aged woman stares confidently into the camera as she removes her underwear, her legs spread wide in a pose that leaves little to the imagination. Meanwhile, others need little explanation beyond their titles, such as 'Mom Spread with Lamp' and 'Mom F***ing in Mirror'

Father killed by truck as he walked across America in memory of gay teenage son who took his own life after being bullied

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A grieving father has been run over and killed during an attempt to walk across America in a campaign against homophobic bullying after his gay son took his own life.

Shocking moment cops shoved a woman face-first into a concrete jail cell: 47-year- old landed so hard she needed facial reconstructive surgery

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Cassandra Feuerstein, 47, from Illinois, claims in a federal lawsuit that excessive force was used and she needed surgery to 'replace the bones that had been shattered'.

How going green became a status symbol: Study finds hybrid cars are more popular than eco-friendly detergents as they are 'more visible' to other people

Korean researchers found that older people might choose to spend a more money on a hybrid car

Korean researchers found that older people might choose to spend a more money on a hybrid car as it boosts their self esteem and image.

'They stick to their own neighbourhoods and don't like to travel': NYC cockroaches behave just like the locals, study reveals

The National Cockroach Project has shown that New York cockroaches can tell each other apart by where they were born and prefer to stick with other insects from their neighbourhood

Research by the National Cockroach Project has shown the insects can tell each other apart by place of birth and don't mix with those from other neighborhoods.

Mesmerised by a Wiki Freak: Benedict Cumberbatch's chillingly accurate portrayal of Wikileaks boss Julian Assange

The Fifth Estate with Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange, left, with Daniel Bruhl as Daniel Domscheit-Berg

As shockwaves continue to reverberate, here comes the story of WikiLeaks to start a whole new wave of tremors.

Boy, 13, snaps his SPINE and narrowly avoids paralysis in car crash after tucking seat belt under his arm to make it more comfortable

Road to recovery: Matthew Parks, 13, works on core strengthening physical therapy for his Chance spinal fracture at Select Physical Therapy in Slidell, Louisiana

In August, Matthew Parks, of Louisiana, was on his way to church when the vehicle he was in was involved in an accident that left him with a spine fracture.

Revealed: How Pentagon FAKED repatriation of fallen soldiers for years with phony ceremonies, planes that couldn't even fly and bodies that had spent months in labs

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For seven years, the Department of Defense has faked repatriations in which military personnel carry honored dead soldiers from planes when they return to the U.S., it has emerged. While the Pentagon insists most coffins do contain soldiers' remains, it has admitted that the Hawaii arrival ceremonies often attended by a tearful audience aren't actually arrivals at all. In fact, the coffins are toted out of planes that can no longer even fly, but must be towed onto the runway for the phony ceremonies and the remains have sometimes been back in the country for months. Now, the events will be known as 'honor ceremonies'.

Nazi war criminal who went from being a waiter at the Savoy to overseeing Italy's worst wartime massacre dies aged 100

Former SS officer, Erich Priebke (in white cap) is serving a life sentence under house arrest for taking part in the 1944 massacre of 335 Italian civilians, including about 75 Jews

The former Nazi SS officer (pictured), who was living under house arrest in Rome for wartime atrocities, was declared dead by his lawyer today.

'They only shot a body but they cannot shoot my dreams': Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban reveals she wants to be Prime Minister as she misses out on Nobel Peace Prize

Malala Yousafzai is among the favourites to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, with the winner due to be announced by the Nobel Committee in Oslo in Norway

Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for women's education, says she hopes to become her country's prime minister.

New York has the worst tax climate in America with New Jersey close behind

Taxation nation: The 2014 State Business Tax Climate Index ranked New York and New Jersey last and second-to-last

A report out Wednesday by a national tax watch group put New York in the cellar among states when comparing the complexity of tax codes and tax rates.

Birthdate of Italian city is revealed thanks to a 2000-year-old carving of two penises found on a Roman wall

Birth date of Italian city revealed by engraved PENISES

Archaeologists believe the phallic symbols could show a connection between Aosta, in the north of the country, and the Roman Emperor Augustus.

'You'll always be my little girl': Baby Veronica's biological father breaks down in tears as he announces he's ending his custody fight

Center of the battle: Baby Veronica was adopted four years ago by Matt and Melanie Copabianco, Mr Brown fought them for custody until today

Fighting back tears during a Thursday news conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Dusten Brown said he would not pursue any more appeals in the fight to gain custody of 'Baby Veronica.'

Sheryl Crow told investigators about Lance Armstrong's blood transfusion, new book claims

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'Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever' claims the singer traveled to Belgium with Armstrong for the 2004 procedure and told the feds years later.

The great woman behind the Kennedy men: Rose Kennedy's family album reveals rare pictures of America's celebrated dynasty

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The new book Rose Kennedy's Family Album features personal letters and some 300 images taken between 1878-1946, when John F. Kennedy won the Democratic nomination during his first run for Congress. The photo history of the Kennedy clan told from the perspective of the spirited matriarch, Rose Kennedy, covers everything from the family's first home to beach vacations, children's birthdays to first Communions. Caroline Kennedy, President Kennedy's daughter, wrote the forward for the book and helped cull the images and accompanying materials presented in the volume from the thousands in the archives of the Kennedy Library.

Mother of U.S citizen jailed in North Korean hard labour camp for 'trying to topple Kim Jong-Un' arrives in Pyongyang to visit ailing son

Happier times: Kenneth Bae, right, poses for a photo with his parents, Sung Seo Bae, left, and Myunghee Bae, centre

Myunghee Bae arrived in Pyongyang from Washington state on Thursday and is scheduled to meet with her son, Kenneth Bae, today.

Parents become first couple in US to both donate kidneys to strangers in selfless act of kindness after their children receive free surgeries for rare bone disorder

Alexis and Charles Wesley, from San Diego, became the first couple in the country to both donate kidneys to the National Kidney Registry.

Alexis and Charles Wesley, from San Diego, became the first couple in the country to both donate kidneys to the National Kidney Registry.

Rise of the DIY satellite: Company launches initiative allowing ANYONE to send a probe into space - but it'll cost you $18,000

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Glasgow-based start-up Alba Orbital has recently begun creating and selling the building blocks for tiny satellites named 'PocketQubes'

No bone boost from Vitamin D: Study finds supplements are waste of time for women trying to prevent osteoporosis

New research claims that vitamin D supplements have no effect if you are taking them to prevent against osteoporosis

Taking vitamin D supplements does not improve bone strength and is a waste of time for women trying to stave off osteoporosis, claim researchers.

Grandfather, 55, charged with manslaughter in death of 16-month-old girl he accidentally left in scorching hot truck for four hours while he had a nap

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Baltimore infant Sabriya Towles' mid-July death was initially ruled an accident but her grandfather, Anthony Jerome Towles, has now been charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Canadian author Alice Munro wins the Nobel Prize for literature

Canadian author Alice Munro has won  this year's Nobel Prize in literature, it was announced today, with the Swedish Academy declaring her a 'master of the contemporary short story'

Munro, 82, is the first Canadian writer to receive the prestigious $1.2 million award since Saul Bellow, who won in 1976.

Bus overturns after colliding with a tractor leaving 32 sorority girls injured as they traveled to a party

State police say the crash occurred just after 10pm last night at an intersection in Bear, south of Wilmington, when the tractor trailer failed to stop for a red light and hit the bus causing it to roll over.

Up to 32 sorority girls were injured last night when a tractor ploughed into their school bus as they travelled to a party in Delaware. State police say the crash occurred just after 10pm last night at an intersection in Bear, south of Wilmington, when the tractor trailer failed to stop for a red light and hit the bus causing it to roll over.

'Why did I eat so much?' The hilarious monologue of a three-year-old contemplating his diet in the bathroom

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In the video, he utters: 'I ate so much food that poo will overflow the toilet! I don't even know why I ate that much food. I will not eat that much food again.'

Scientists trace 19 living relatives of Ötzi the Iceman whose 5,300-year-old body was found frozen in the Alps

Descendants: Scientists have found 19 living relatives of Ötzi the Iceman who was found frozen in the Alps

Researchers from the Institute of Legal Medicine at Innsbruck Medical University took DNA samples from blood donors in Tyrol in the west of the country.

New cousin of Botox discovered - but it's so dangerous that scientists are keeping its details a secret

The first new type of botulinum toxin has been doscovered in more than 40 years - but scientists are so worried about its dangers they're keeping the details secret. Pictured is clostridium Botulinum Bacteria, which the botulism toxin is derived from

The researchers published their work online in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, but certain information was omitted to prevent it being used as a potent
new bioweapon.

Why a weekend lie-in ISN'T enough to undo the damage caused by lack of sleep during the working week

The long weekend lie-in may be a tempting prospect but it does not make up for all of the damage to health caused by sleep loss during the working week

Researchers at Penn State University College of Medicine found a lie-in does not restore a person's ability to concentrate.

Man hid phone under dog food to record up-skirt shots of women shopping at Target

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Police in Florida are looking for a man who filmed up a woman's skirt whilst she was shopping in Target. The pervert his a smart phone under a bag of dog food (circled). He then closely followed the shopper around the store and despite turning around to look at the man at one point, it is likely she didn't realize what his intentions were by trailing her around the Orlando Target.

Moisture extracted from walls of Churchill's War Rooms used to create the ultimate martini

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Cocktail created in honour of the great British Prime Minister's birthday on November 30 is infused with the essence of his wartime shelter.

Eight patients and two hospital workers dead after fire breaks out in the middle of the night while people were sleeping

Tragic: Fire crews pictured tackling a fire that broke out at an orthopaedic hospital in Japan. Ten people were killed

Officials said that eight of those who died at the hospital in the southern city of Fukuoka were patients and two were staff at the hospital.

Police search for girl, 14, who disappeared after walking home from school

Missing: Abigail Hernandez, 14, disappeared after school on Wednesday. A police search has turned up no clues about her whereabouts

Police have begun an extensive search for Abigail Hernandez, who vanished Wednesday afternoon after class got out at Kennett High School in New Hampshire.

Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sentenced to 28 years in prison for corruption

Kwame Kilpatrick is sketched in court between his attorneys Harold Gurewitz, left, and Margaret Raben before federal Judge Nancy Edmunds during his sentencing today

Kilpatrick, who served as mayor in Detroit from 2002 until fall 2008, fattened his bank account by tens of thousands of dollars during his political career (sketched in court today).

Former stripper says that nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot JFK's assassin 'because he was doing what a lot of people wanted to do'

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Tammi True, (left and inset) who worked as a stripper at one of Ruby's Dallas nightclubs at the time, has now told how she thinks Ruby was acting on his own accord. For the 50 years since JFK's assassination in Dallas on November 22, 1963, a range of wild stories have suggested that any number of masterminds behind the assassination and alleged cover up- from Kennedy's vice President Lyndon Johnson or his long time rival Richard Nixon or mob bosses and international gangsters.

'We have refreshments. This will be a rape-free event': Vanderbilt fraternity suspended for sending email to recruits making fun of campus rape case

The Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at Vanderbilt University has been suspended following an insensitive email sent to prospective new members one of the brothers

The Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at Vanderbilt University is on suspension following the disbursement of an email which made fun of the rape.

The Time Hoard: Missing episodes of Doctor Who from 1960s found gathering dust in a cupboard in Nigeria

Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who: Web of Fear, one of nine long-lost episodes of Doctor Who which have not been seen since the 1960s

The discovery will cause much excitement for devotees of the long-running series, for which there are dozens of missing episodes dating back to its early years.

The Iron Man suit could become a reality: Scientists are working on bullet-proof 'liquid' armour that gives soldiers super-human strength

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The 'Talos' suit commissioned by the U.S. military would build upon MIT's 'liquid armour' technology which could effectively make soldiers bullet-proof.

James Woods says he doesn't expect to find work in Hollywood again after criticizing President Obama

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After posting messages on Twitter calling Mr Obama 'a true abomination' James Woods was asked by followers if he thought his comments could cost him jobs.

Catholic High School won't let Brazilian Jujitsu champion, 16, join wrestling team because she is a GIRL

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Amanda Leve, 16, is not allowed to join Archbishop Ryan High School's wrestling team. The Catholic Newton High School in Philadelphia told her no because she's a girl.

Tech specialist jailed for 10 days after taping breast-pumping co-worker with a spy pen on her desk

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Oregon man, Russell Kent Gordon, 45, was found guilty in August of one count of second-degree burglary and one count of invasion of privacy. He was sentenced Tuesday.

Florida cops use 'femme fatale' informant to make $5.4MILLION selling cocaine legally

Femme fatale: The secret weapon in the Sunrise police department is a confidential information, buxom brunette, who has lured dozens of drug dealers into the sting

The narcotics squad in Sunrise, Florida, runs a sprawling 'reverse sting' operation in which officers pose as high-level drug suppliers to attract out-of-town buyers.

Hajj pilgrimage could cause deadly Mers virus outbreak as millions gather for Islamic event where camels are slaughtered… a possible cause of the disease

The Grand Mosque, the focal point of Islam, is already teeming with visitors wearing the simple white folds of cloth prescribed for Hajj

With so many people gathering at the Grand Mosque, it is claimed that it could become a breeding ground for the debilitating Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).

Joe Scarborough's secret split: MSNBC host separated from his second wife last September and quietly got divorced in January

Shared interests: Joe was a Republican congressman from Florida earlier in his career and Susan worked for Jeb Bush

Joe Scarborough and Susan Waren's divorce has been kept very quiet as the legal papers were filed in September 2012 but news of the spilt was not released until Thursday.

   

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Forget Lady and the Tramp! Photographer captures two snakes eating a mouse

Dinner time: The two snakes tussle over one mouse - ending up at either ends of the meal. The scene is much like the Disney film Lady and the Tramp

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Wildlife photographer Paul Murray captured the images while on a trip to the Cradle of Humankind - a World Heritage Site in South Africa. In a scene reminiscent of the famous Bella Notte moment in Disney's Lady and the Tramp, the two Diamondback Rattlesnakes began to swallow a mouse only to realise they were both scoffing the same meal. After a few moments of struggle the smaller snake gave up.

Indian train station lays claim to world's longest platform: It measures almost a mile long

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A suburban train station in northern India has laid claim to a railway platform measuring a staggering 4,482ft.

Queen gets a 'pay-rise' after being 'down to her last $1.6m'

Queen Elizabeth is set to get an inflation-busting pay rise of 22 per cent for 2014/2015

The monarch is said to be 'down to her last £1 million', leaving her vulnerable to 'unexpected costs', a report has said.

Heaven and L: Vatican releases medal to commemorate the first year of Pope Francis's reign but spells Jesus LESUS

An official medal celebrating the first anniversary of Pope Francis's reign has gone on sale with a spelling mistake in Jesus's name

The unbelievable mistake was quickly spotted and the medals were withdrawn from sale. But the Vatican said that four managed to change hands and may now become valuable rarities.

Enterprising Brooklyn men CHARGING people to see the new Banksy street art by hiding it behind cardboard

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Some men in the tough Brooklyn neighborhood of East New York decided to charge admission when a Banksy piece showed up on their block. Video and photos have emerged showing three men who've apparently taken over a corner where a Banksy piece was painted Thursday in East New York and they're charging $5 per viewing. With a just a flimsy piece of cardboard, the men have turned the activist street artists work into a peep show.

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Behind the scenes in America's most haunted prison: How actors are transformed into terrifying zombie inmates for the annual Halloween fright night spectacle

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Fantastic make up and incredible costumes turn the normal into the terrifying for the Eastern State Penitentiary's annual Terror Behind The Walls show. Guests to the prison will need nerves of steel to wander around the 11-acre site, which is filled with crazed inmates, ghouls, disturbed prisoner doctors and trapped guards.

'Their laughter is the soundtrack to my life': Headmistress breaks world record after inviting 57 of her pupils to be groomsmen at her wedding

Record breakers: Kaycie and Jim Blaylock tied the knot at at St. John Catholic Church in Panama City surrounded by the hoard of smiling boys, aged between five and 13

Kaycie and Jim Blaylock tied the knot at St. John Catholic Church in Panama City surrounded by the hoard of smiling boys, aged between five and 13.

Up in smoke: Police burn more than a ton of cocaine confiscated from Dominican Republic drug lords

Blaze: A firefighter walks away from the pile of Class A drugs police seized from drug lords in the Dominican Republic

Police burned more than a ton of cocaine seized from an international drug-smuggling gang in the Dominican Republic.

The lost Earth: Astronomers discover remains of rock and water planet destroyed when its star died

An artist's impression shows a rocky and water-rich asteroid being torn apart by the strong gravity of the white dwarf star GD 61.She shattered remains of the asteroid have been discovered 150 million light years from Earth

The discovery of the shattered remains of an asteroid which once contained huge amounts of water - crucial for life - has left scientists 'incredibly excited'.

How the world would look if countries were in proportion to their online population (and Canada has nearly disappeared)

A map of the world created at the Oxford Internet Institute shows how each country would look if it were as big as its amount of citizens with internet access

A map of the world published by the Oxford Internet Institute shows countries enlarged or minimized according to the amount of citizens with internet access. The map also shades each country according to what percentage their internet users make up of the population as a whole. In the map, Canada has become just a sliver of a land mass but is a deep shade of red because more than 80 per cent of the total population has access to the internet.