A portrait of a modern monarchy: Informal picture shows happy and relaxed Royal Family rubbing shoulders with the Middletons

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Despite the Queen’s presence and the rather Victorian familial grouping, there is a decidedly relaxed air to the pictures, a portrait of a Royal Family for the modern age. Kate’s family - her former air hostesses turned multi-millionaire entrepreneur mother, Carole, genial father Michael, and scene-stealing sister, Pippa - are positioned around Prince William. In contrast Kate, whose ancestors were Durham coal miners and men of the soil, is grouped with the rest of the Royal Family.

Ohio doctor admits killing pregnant woman, 23, with heroin overdose and 'doing inhumane things to her corpse'

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Pakistani-born Dr Ali Salim, from New Albany, Ohio, pictured left, is accused of murdering Deanna Ballman, inset, and her unborn baby last summer by injecting her with a lethal dose of heroin. Salim, 44, pleaded not guilty today to two counts of murder as well as rape, felonious assault, corrupting another with drugs, kidnapping, tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse.

White House admits it WAS behind rumor that GOP leader told Obama 'I cannot even stand to look at you' during tense shutdown meeting

'I looked into this and spoke with somebody who was in that meeting, and it did not happen,' Carney said Wednesday, but a day later he copped to the White House's involvement in the mini-scandal

The Obama administration now says it 'miscommunicated' with a top Democrat about the phony quote, creating a rumor that found its way onto a liberal senator's Facebook page

Three babysitters watched as boy, 3, died from cruel punishment called 'The Wrap' - where he suffocated after being tied up in SIX blankets

Horrifying: Michael McMullen died after being wrapped up in a blanket as a punishment

Manslaughter charges were filed against Donella Trainor, Douglas Garrigus, and Gale Watkins after Michael Lee McMullen died from being wrapped in six layers of blankets at his Florida home.

NSA monitored calls of THIRTY-FIVE world leaders after government official handed agency Rolodexes of numbers, claims Snowden leak

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called President Obama today to inquire about the claims (Merkel pictured in March)

The National Security Agency has monitored the phone conversations of at least 35 world leaders, according to a classified document leaked by whistle-blower Edward Snowden.

Merkel says US spying on allies has shattered trust in Obama as European leaders unite in anger at summit

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the allegations had shattered trust in President Obama's administration and undermined the trans-Atlantic relationship.

Time to improve your security detail? Robber sneaks into John Kerry's garage and breaks into his bodyguard's car

Security breach: John Kerry was at dinner in Rome with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the time of the Georgetown break in

John Kerry is never far from his security guards, which posed a problem for a burglar who tried to break into the Secretary of State's Georgetown Home last night.

Mother of girl who jumped to her death after being bullied for months may sue parents of her tormentors

Tragic death: Rebecca Sedwick committed suicide after a months-long bullying campaign against her

The mother of 12-year-old Florida girl Rebecca Sedwick who jumped to her death after being bullied for months has hired prominent law-firm and may sue the parents of her daughter's tormentors.

WATCH: The moment enraged husband 'bulldozes' his own house with his SUV after 'he caught wife cheating on him'

Man Catches Wife Cheating, Bulldozes Car Into His Own House

A video posted on YouTube shows someone, alleged to be a cuckolded husband, ramming his SUV into a house. The video, which has racked up more than 700,000 views, was posted after a man on his way home from work saw the man in the SUV driving erratically around the house's front lawn. The only context given for the video is by the YouTube user who posted the video. 'Word is the man caught his wife cheating on him and he decided to take things into his own hands bulldozing his own home!' But it is believed to be somewhere in the US.

How Ted Cruz's healthcare is paid for through his high-flying wife's private plan at Goldman Sachs

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Cruz of Texas has gained national notoriety with his crusade to deny funding to Obamacare. His wife Heidi Nelson Cruz, told The New York Times in an interview: 'Ted is on my healthcare plan.'

Germany summons U.S. ambassador to explain claims that American spies hacked Merkel's cell phone as trade agreement is under threat

Angela Merkel's government said it took allegations the US had been listening to her calls 'extremely seriously'

Angela Merkel's government said it took the allegations 'extremely seriously' after media reports said the National Security Agency had hacked into her mobile phone 'for years'.

‘We've kicked this can down the road for too long': Obama makes bipartisan appeal to sort out immigration reform after shutdown stand-off

President Obama gave a speech in the White House on Thursday pushing for a united vote following the shutdown over the budget battle

The President spoke about the need for Washington to move past the unpopular shutdown infighting and called upon politicians to unite behind substantive immigration reform.

'It's signed, sealed, and it's delivering – on time': How HHS bragged that Obamacare website would be ready 'on schedule' month after month

In a Web video published during the summer, the Dept. of Health and Human Services insisted it was delivering Obamacare, and its website, 'on schedule'

Eleven weeks after boasting the project was on track, Sebelius came under fire when its flagship website crashed, flubbed and gaffed its way into the historical annals of failed launches.

Police fear boy, 14, was 'infatuated with 24-year-old teacher and followed her into bathroom where he slashed her throat with box cutter after she rejected him'

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Investigators are looking into a theory that Philip Chism developed a crush on tragic Colleen Ritzer, 24, who was incredibly popular with students. They are trying to determine whether he killed the dedicated math teacher in Danvers High School because she spurned his inappropriate advances. Chism allegedly followed Colleen into the bathroom of the school then punched her in the face and slashed her throat with a box cutter before stuffing her lifeless body in a recycling bin, it was reported today.

Can a sex strike work? Women in small Colombian town launch 'Crossed Leg Movement' to demand dangerous road be repaved

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Women in the small town of Barbacaos, southwest Colombia, are refusing to have sex with their significant others until the town's single road is repaired.

Death row inmate, 44, who hanged himself days before his execution wrote suicide note explaining he was upset Ariel Castro only got life while he was sentenced to die

Billy Slagle, 44, hanged himself in his cell on death row at Chillicothe Correctional Institution in Ohio on August 4 - just three days before he was scheduled to die.

Billy Slagle, 44, hanged himself in his cell on death row at Chillicothe Correctional Institution in Ohio on August 4 - just three days before he was scheduled to die.

Anthony Weiner's sexting pal Sydney Leathers replaces Charlie Sheen's 'goddess' as the face of sugar daddy dating website

New look: Sydney Leathers will be the new spokeswoman of Arrangement Finder, a dating site that specializes in pairing sugar daddies with young women

Sydney Leathers' contract with Arrangement Finder is her latest attention-grabbing move since she revealed her online relationship with the married - former Congressman.

Mom 'nearly pulled off six-year-old son's genitals and then tried to repair them with superglue after he was naughty'

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Jennifer Marie Vargas, 34, a military wife living at a base in San Antonio, Texas, faces up to 10 years in prison after being arrested on Wednesday.

Maryland Attorney General caught supporting the WRONG party: Politician pictured alongside drunken minors at his son's graduation party

Doug Gansler, the state's top lawyer and a current gubernatorial candidate, is in hot water over the picture since he has been an outspoken activist against underage drinking.

Doug Gansler, the state's top lawyer and a current gubernatorial candidate, is in hot water over the picture since he has been an outspoken activist against underage drinking. His son Sam and a large group of friends were celebrating their high school graduation at a week-long beach house party in nearby Delaware.

Twitter overtakes Facebook as the most popular social network for teens, according to study

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Facebook is no longer cool with teens. The semi-annual Taking Stock with Teens study indicated that Twitter has overtaken Facebook as the most important social media network.

Tech start up branded 'sexist' after sparking online backlash over 'Hackers and Hookers' Halloween party

The event is unapologetically billed as a 'hackers and hookers' party

San Francisco tech start-up called the Hacker Hideout has caused some internet backlash after advertising a 'Hackers and Hookers' Halloween party.

Size 12 women are the happiest and most comfortable in their own skin, according to a new study

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Nigella Lawson was voted the curvy celebrity British women are most envious of, followed by Beyonce, Kim Kardashian, Christina Hendricks and Adele.

'I watched them bleed to death' Drone operator reveals how he is haunted after years of watching grisly aftermath of strikes

Horror: Bryant says he finds it hard to relate to others after years of watching grisly drone strkes

Montana drone operator Brandon Bryant has revealed the emotional toll years of remotely aiming missiles at people on the other side of the world has had on him.

From shoulder pads and knee-highs to midriff-baring spandex: A history of NFL cheerleader uniforms - and their hairstyles

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A series of photos demonstrates how cheerleading outfits have changed, from embellished leotards of the 1970s and 1980s to more scantily-clad versions today. While their moves and enthusiasm have remained largely the same, the cheerleaders' hairstyles, outfits and make-up are true relics of the era, showing just how much fashion has changed over the decades.

The man who drinks his own URINE - and says it’s helped him reach the grand age of 91 (but look 10 years younger)

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EXCLUSIVE: Mark Ambrose, who lives in the south of Spain, sips his way through a tumbler of the liquid every day. He also dabs it on wounds.

Seniors can sext too! How one in four 50 to 75-year-olds have sent 'intimate' messages and photos

Growing trend: Just under a quarter - 24per cent - of the 1,258 individuals aged 50 to 75 quizzed in a recent survey said they had used their cell phone to send 'intimate' messages to someone

Just under a quarter - 24per cent - of the 1,258 individuals aged 50 to 75 surveyed by McAfee said they had used their cell phone to send 'intimate' texts.

The rise of nuclear bombs: Amazing time-lapse map reveals 2,053 WMDs that have exploded in just 50 years

Every time a country has detonated a nuclear weapon in the past 50 years, a flashing dot appears.

The map, by Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto, begins with the 1945 Manhattan Project 'Trinity' test and ends with Pakistan's nuclear tests in May of 1998.

Transgender 'toxic tush doctor' jailed for a year after pleading guilty to injecting women with super glue and tire sealant in illegal cosmetic surgeries

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Oneal Ron Morris, 30, from Florida, today accepted the plea deal of 366 days in prison for one count of the illegal practice of healthcare. She pleaded guilty to illegally injecting a number of women in the derriere with superglue and tire sealant.

Eat chocolate to banish greys: How to munch your way to younger hair

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You can spend hundreds on conditioners and treatments — but healthy, beautiful hair is more about what you put into your body than what you slather on your head.

Want a boyfriend? Wear red (and avoid yellow) on your next date

More than a quarter (27 per cent) of men said they remembered their partner wore red on their date

According to a new poll, the safest colour to wear to bag a boyfriend is scarlet, while the ones to avoid are yellow and brown.

Fourth woman claims Ariel Castro's neighbor raped her as it is revealed his other three victims 'are family members'

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Four women have now come forward to say that Elias Acevedo, a neighbor of notorious Cleveland kidnapper Arial Castro, raped them in Ohio.

Always eating? You might have the newly-discovered HUNGRY gene that increases appetite and slows metabolism

Scientists have discovered a 'hungry gene' which they believe could explain the insatiable appetite and slow metabolism in some people

Cambridge reseachers found those with mutations of a gene called KSR2 were hungrier and burned less calories than people with a normal copy of the gene.

'You can keep my phone... as long as you go on a date with me': Lovestruck man's message to girl who stole his cell

PICTURED : The Unknown Girl That Has The Stolen Phone

Niklaus Knecht, 24, realised his phone had ended up in the hands of a pretty girl living in Morocco after she started using it as a camera, unaware that the phone's picture upload function was still switched on. The smartphone was stolen in April of this year when he was on a train heading to Zurich in Switzerland and had dozed off, waking up to find that someone had sliced open his jacket pocket.

Obamacare subscribers have 'no reasonable expectation of privacy', says hidden website text

'I will not yield to this monkey court or whatever this thing is!' yelled New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone during an exchange about data privacy on the Obamacare website

One company chief testified that 2,000 of his employees have access to Obamacare applicants' personal info, in what may be a violation of federal medical privacy laws

Obamacare deadline to be postponed as website glitches continue to plague health reforms

Glitch: Even some Democrats have been calling for a delay to the March 31 deadline because of problems surrounding the HealthCare.gov website (above) where consumers can shop and sign up for insurance

The White House confirmed that enrollment rules were being changed so that consumers could now register for health insurance right up to the March 31 deadline.

EXCLUSIVE: 'Our legal system is flawed - a lot of people shake their heads in dismay': Dateline star Keith Morrison on America's murkiest crime stories

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For decades, Keith Morrison has delved into some of America’s murkiest crimes – so it may come as no surprise that after all this time he finds the country’s legal system leaves people ‘shaking their heads in dismay’.

New chapter for Murder, She Wrote as NBC prepares to revive popular crime series with Octavia Spencer in the lead role

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One of TV's most popular crime series is to be revived with Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer cast as the star in a new take on Murder, She Wrote.

Bipolar mother 'tried to kill her three-month-old baby by stuffing a sock in his mouth and leaving him face down in a closet'

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Sasha Hunt, of Berne, Indiana, was arrested yesterday after allegedly using duct tape to keep the sock in place, while trying to kill him. The mother, who suffers from bipolar disorder, also bound the baby's arms to stop him from pulling out the gag in the hope he would suffocate to death. He was saved when his father came home.

Who needs plus-size models when you have Photoshop? Costume store Party City 'digitally altered slim legs to make them look bigger'

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The website for costume store Party City sells two versions of each pair of tights - regular and plus-size - with photos that show just the models' legs.

Say goodbye to double chins: New 'fat-eater' treatment promises to banish them without the need for surgery

A pioneering way to remove unsightly chin fat

A report published in the British Journal of Dermatology suggests that injecting an agent known as ATX-101 into the chin led to the production of cells that ‘gobbled up’ spare fat.

Cops 'fired six bullets into 13-year-old boy carrying toy rifle AFTER he was already on the floor'

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A witness has come forward to say that he saw cops in Santa Rosa, California fire another six bullets into teenager Andy Lopez's dying body on Tuesday afternoon.

Teacher's aide taped disabled student's mouth shut because he was making too much noise

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Augustine Reynoso, 16, had his mouth taped by Dolores Lopez who has been allowed to return to her job at Rio Grande High School in Albuquerque.

Life in the clouds: Incredible skyscrapers set to become the tallest in the world that will even make One World Trade look small

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Crane your neck at the eye-popping skyscrapers being built in the East that will dwarf even New York's biggest and best. Pictured is the Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia (left), which at 3,281 feet high will take the tallest skyscraper crown when it's completed; 'Sky City' in China (middle) which will take the number two slot and the Shanghai Tower (right), which will be the third tallest in the world when completed in 2014, towering 2,067 feet over the financial district of the city.

Saudi Air Force sergeant found guilty of raping 13-year-old boy at Vegas hotel on New Year's Eve

Mazen Alotaibi faces a minimum mandatory 35 years in state prison after a jury found him guilty (pictured yesterday in the Nevada court room)

Mazen Alotaibi (pictured), 24, faces a minimum mandatory 35 years in state prison after a jury found him guilty of raping the boy in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Dark Knight gunman had date of shooting marked on calendar and 'serial killer game' in his backpack

Insane? James Holmes' defense is claiming he was insane at the time of the trial and that his legal responsibility is limited

If James Holmes' defense team claims the initial search of Holmes' apartment in Aurora, Colorado, was illegal because police didn't get a warrant.

High School forces students to sign 'dance contract' to stop them from twerking or grinding at homecoming dance - or they can't attend

Rules: Annapolis High School is cracking down on twerking, grinding and other provocative moves at school dances

Officials at Annapolis High School, Baltimore, have told students they will not be allowed into their school dance unless they sign the form and get their parents to sign it.

University BANS students from wearing 'offensive' Halloween costumes including cowboys, Indians, and anything with a sombrero

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The University of Colorado Boulder has told its students to avoid all 'offensive' costumes for this year's Halloween celebrations, including cowboys, Indians and any costume with a sombrero.

Vodka girl who gained internet notoriety for tweeting about her .341 blood-alcohol content when she was arrested at football game now regrets it and reveals her struggles with depression

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University of Iowa student Samantha Lynne Goudie, 22, became known as 'Vodka Samm' and gained notoriety after she posted: 'Just went to jail #yolo' and 'blew a .341'. But she spoke out this week to reveal that her party girl persona was all a front for deeper problems and said the whole episode was 'devastating' and 'embarrassing'.

'You let them DIE': Hillary Clinton heckled over Benghazi attack during speech to Buffalo university students

'You let them die': Clinton is confronted by a heckler during a speech in Buffalo on Wednesday

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was relentlessly heckled over the Benghazi terrorist attack as she tried to deliver a speech at a New York university on Wednesday night.

'He WILL be freed': RFK Jr defends his convicted murderer cousin Michael Skakel and says family are thrilled judge granted retrial after he was jailed for killing girl, 15, with a golf club

Second chances? Seen here in 2001 on his way to his arraignment, Michael Skakel was later convicted of murdering his neighbor when they were 15 in 1976. He's was granted a new trial Wednesday

Speaking to the Today show, Robert F. Kennedy Jr said he knows his cousin is innocent and if he was guilty, he would have testified against him himself.

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Is this Maria's REAL family? Bulgarian mother of ten is quizzed by police after birth records suggest she gave away baby in Greece

Bulgarian woman could be the mother of little Maria

Documents show that Sasha Ruseva, pictured left holding one of her eight children, gave birth to a baby girl on Maria's birthday at a Greek hospital just an hour away from where the 'blonde angel' was discovered. She tried to register the baby but was unsuccessful after lying about her marital status. Some of Mrs Ruseva's other children, right, bear a striking resemblance to Maria, centre.

Syrians download new app that sends them a text... when they are about to be hit by a scud missile

The technology was designed by Dlshad Othman, who is originally from Syria

The technology was designed by Dlshad Othman, who is originally from Syria. The app tracks when a Scud missile is fired and by using a formula involving trajectory and speed, it can calculate where it is likely to land.

The terrible truth about Gaddafi's harem: How Libyan dictator kidnapped and raped dozens of women to fulfill his perverted desires

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The man was Muammar Gaddafi, the dictator of Libya who had seized power 35 years before. His people were forced to call him the Guide, but the rest of the world knew him simply as Colonel Gaddafi.

Well-wishers donate $11,000 to wishing-well woman who was caught stealing $3 from fountain because she couldn't afford to feed herself

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An Ohio woman caught stealing less than $3 from a fountain last week has had a change in fortune after well-wishers donated more than $11,000 to help her.

McDonald's tells mother on $8.25 an hour to sign up for FOOD STAMPS after she complains she can't afford to feed her two children

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Chicago McDonald's worker Nancy Salgado made a call to helpline 'McResource' recently complaining her full-time wage still left her poor but was directed towards government assistance.

'I hadn't washed my own hair for 20 YEARS': Meet the woman who spent over $14,000 a year on her salon blowout addiction

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Sandra Ballentine, a fashion writer who lives in New York, was spending $250 a week on blowouts at one point - which came to over $14,000 a year. In a bid to break her hair-raising habit she decided to go cold turkey for three months and write about it for W Magazine, but during the assignment she admitted that she would probably go back to her old ways.

Oh grandpa! Amazing transformation of grandfather, 64, who only started exercising at 56 when he couldn't walk without his cane

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A grandfather from Louisville, Kentucky is in the best shape he's ever been in his life - but just a few years ago he was overweight and couldn't walk without a cane. Fitness fanatics Barstarzz introduced Robert, 64, to the world on their YouTube channel. The buff pensioner says he only began exercising when he was 56 years old and was introduced to his latest fitness obsession, calisthenics, less than two years ago.

Two Americans kidnapped by pirates off the Nigerian coast after their oil supply vessel was attacked

The C-Retriever was attacked off the coast of Nigeria. Pictured is another ship owned by Edison Chouest Offshore

The U.S.-flagged C-Retriever (sister ship pictured), a 222-foot (67 meter) vessel owned by U.S. marine transport group Edison Chouest Offshore, was attacked early on Wednesday.

'So help me God': Air Force Academy may drop religion from oath after complaints

Considering a change: The US Air Force Academy is considering changing the end of its oath to appease religious freedom groups

The U.S. Air Force Academy may drop a religious reference from an oath cadets take to swear allegiance to the school's honor code after a religious freedom group said it's a litmus test for honesty.

Marines up in arms over plans for male soldiers to wear 'unisex' hats that will cost taxpayers $8million

Old design: The current hats are much wider - but the Marines wants uniforms to be unisex

Marines have branded the new hats, which are thinner and smaller than those in the current uniform, 'girly', 'too French' and a waste of money.

Former state trooper cleared after THIRD trial over the murders of his wife and two young children

Third round: David Camm, pictured in August, appeared in court today for the beginning of his third trial over the murders of his wife and children in 2000

A former Indiana state trooper who has maintained his innocence in the killing of his wife and two young children for 13 years has been cleared of their murder.

White House mole fired for sniping Twitter account 'also tweeted about soliciting prostitutes'

'@natsecwonk': Under an anonymous Twitter account Jofi Joseph bashed his bosses and other Washington elites

Jofi Joseph was fired on Tuesday after he was unmasked as the man behind the @NatSecWonk account that had captivated so much of D.C.

Heartbreak of grandmother who's lost her husband, three sons and a grandson to the same rare genetic disease

Heartbroken: Darlene Yasick has lost her husband, three sons and grandson to the same genetic disease

Darlene Yasick from Wyoming, Michigan has lost her husband, 48, three sons, aged 40, 42 and 49, and grandson, 25, to Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.

Navy recruiter 'shot two National Guardsmen near Tennessee base after being fired'

Hit: A man believed to be one of the National Guardsmen injured near the naval base in Millington, Tennessee on Thursday afternoon is taken away on a stretcher. A second man was also shot

The gunman allegedly shot a soldier in the foot and another in the leg near to the National Guard Armory in Millington on Thursday afternoon. The shooter, whose identity has not yet been released, was quickly taken into custody. Local reports said he had been relieved of duty today and returned to the site with a handgun.

At least two of the Benghazi attack suspects 'have links to al Qaeda's senior leadership'

A burnt car is seen after an attack on the U.S. Consulate by protesters angry over a film that ridiculed Islam's Prophet Muhammad in Benghazi, Libya, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012.

Sources told one news organisation that one of the participants in the attack was an al Qaeda courier, the other a bodyguard for the network called Faraj al Chalabi.

Mother charged for firing gun into the air to scare off boys who punched her teenage daughter

Lakisha Gaither was charged with reckless use of a weapon but said that she was just protecting her teenage daughter from a fight

Lakisha Gaither, 35, (pictured) released one round from the handgun she legally owns on Saturday after a boy punched her daughter in Woodbridge, Washington.

Secret tomb belonging to an Ancient Egyptian 'Priest of Magic' discovered 4,500 years after it was sealed off from the world

Archaeologists at Abusir Archaeological Cemetery at Giza have unearthed the final resting place of Shepseskaf 'ankh

Archaeologists at Abusir Archaeological Cemetery in Giza have found the final resting place of Shepseskaf 'ankh.

Wrestler suspended from school sports after tweet saying he would 'drill' his opponents is mistaken for a terrorist threat

Victory: Tyson Leon talks to KARE 11 News after a federal judge ruled that he should be reinstated into his school's sports teams

Tyson Leon, a keen football player and wrestler at Shakopee High School in Minnesota, wrote in August this year: 'Im boutta drill my "teammates" on Monday'.

Caught on camera: Moment cops arrive just in time to save life of boy choking on a chicken nugget

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New Jersey troopers Ruben Benavidez and James Hearne came across the frantic Estrada family on the roadside in Trenton on Sunday struggling to help their son, Julian, breathe after he started choking.

GIFs are moving off the screen and into your hands: 1940s technology is freeing the viral animations from their digital home

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Brooklyn-based designers Sha Hwang and Rachel Binx have created a company called Gifpop! that aims to print animated GIFs onto lenticular film.

It's the GRIN reaper! Hilarious video of prankster terrifying joggers with his remote-controlled flying skeleton

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The Flying Reaper was thought up by American comedian Tom Mabe, from Louisville, Kentucky, who has previously made a name for himself winding up telemarketers. This time, he has been scaring the life out of runners, dog walkers and children with his flying model of Death. A YouTube clip of his pranks has already been seen more than 150,000 times.

I'll have what he's having: How our friends make us FAT because we feel pressured to order what they do

Order envy? The researchers found that that we are significantly happier if we make similar choices to our fellow diners

A University of Illinois study found that when groups of people eat out, they tend to select items from the same menu categories - effectively a 'peer pressure' of ordering.

Three elementary school students injured after child pulls trigger on cop's AR-15 rifle during anti-drug presentation

Lingering questions: Police did not explain why a weapon that was brought onto school property for a demonstration was loaded

A student at Newman Elementary School., in Chino, California, fired a bullet from the rifle mounted on a police motorcycle, creating shrapnel that struck three children.

Mailman saves woman from blazing house by dousing flames with hose ... then continues on his route

Heroic: Detroit mailman Darrian Crutcher helped put out a fire

Detroit mailman Darrian Crutcher, pictured, is being hailed a hero after tackling a house fire he spotted while doing his regular delivery round.

Almost 80% of Americans say they weren't inconvenienced by government shutdown

Barely missed: Only 11 percent of Americans say they were majorly inconvenienced by government shutdown

The vast majority of ordinary citizens weren't even phased by the fed being closed for business, according to a new survey.

He's back! Banksy creates new work outside Hustler Club after taking day off due to 'police activity'

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Banksy cancelled Wednesday's work due to 'police activity' but he was back on the streets of New York Thursday, with a fresh piece on the side of a Hell's Kitchen strip club. The graffiti - a man in a tuxedo solemnly holding a bunch of drooping flowers as though he's just been stood up - was discovered early this morning on the roller door at the Hustler Club at 641 West 51st Street. Club owners quickly enlisted the help of their security guard Jesse Wright to protect the piece while they determine how best to preserve it.

Why I fear being King by Charles: Heir reveals his worry at becoming 'imprisoned' by burden of the job

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Despite being seen as itching to ascend the throne, the Prince is already feeling the weight of duty, according to an extraordinary profile published today.

EXCLUSIVE: Endless lies, smashed plates and abuse scrawled on the walls. Steve Jobs' roommate reveals truth behind Apple titan's explosive love affair with the mother of his daughter that he refused to accept

Steve Jobs long-denied his connection to his daughter Lisa (pictured together) and now her mother Chrisann Brennan is writing a memoir

Steve Jobs spent years denying that he had fathered the child of his on-and-off high school girlfriend Chrisann Brennan but now she is telling all in a new memoir.

Was Nevada schoolboy inspired to carry out lethal attack by anti-bulling video? Students shown film of girl taking a gun to school to threaten tormentors

Washoe County School Board President Barbara Clark walks today past a makeshift memorial in front of Sparks Middle School in Nevada,  where math teacher Michael Landsberry was killed and two students wounded

The 12-year-old killed a maths teacher and wounded two classmates before shooting himself dead at Sparks Middle School in Nevada.

Revealed: British White Widow terrorist gave birth to fourth child at upmarket South African hospital under a false name

Samantha Lewthwaite penned a 34-line poem to Osama bin Laden and promised to continue his fight

Samantha Lewthwaite booked into the luxury Genesis private clinic in Johannesburg with her terror suspect partner under false names.

Revealed: Newlyweds suing Carnival for 'deplorable and unsanitary conditions' on stranded ship WEREN'T even on board at the time

Luke Cash and Ami 'Summer' Gallagher filed a lawsuit through their attorney last week after allegedly suffering 'deplorable, unsafe and unsanitary conditions' during the February cruise.

Luke Cash and Ami 'Summer' Gallagher, from Houston, filed a lawsuit through their attorney after allegedly suffering 'deplorable, unsafe and unsanitary conditions'.

Murder trial witness says he heard 'deranged scream' and looked up to see man drop ballerina to her death from 15th floor balcony

His hand clamped over her mouth to stifle her 'bone-chilling' screams for help, a shirtless Simon Gittany wrestles fiancee Lisa Harnam - minutes before she plunged 15-storeys to her death.

Joshua Rathmell, a radio producer from Sydney told the court that he was walking to work when he looked up and saw a man drop what he thought was luggage.

Granddaughter finds wedding ring her army vet grandfather traded for a beer 60 years ago...and his wife is still fuming about it

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John Druken, then a young soldier in the Canadian Army, handed over the white gold band in exchange for a cold one during a three-day bender in Halifax, Nova Scotia in the 1950s. 'I am not proud of it, but I sold my ring for a quart of beer because, you know, at closing time that last beer looks better than all the rest,' Mr Druken, now in his 80s, said. He recently recounted the tale to his newlywed granddaughter, Natalie Aalders, who posted an ad on an online classified website looking for information. But Druken's wife Coralyn says the ring is 'cursed' and doesn't even want it back.

High school football player gets banned from playing and suspended from classes for writing a poem about his poor-performing team

Suspended: Nick Andre, pictured, wrote the poem as a school assignment, but the junior football star's criticism was not welcome

Nick Andre, 16, wrote a poem called 'stupid' about his teammates in the Ohio based Rittman Indians, who have only won once all year.

Boy, 15, will spend up to two years in juvenile facility after pleading guilty to beating man within inches of his life

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The Minnesota minor pleaded guilty to first-degree felony assault and agreed to testify against his alleged accomplices in the attack on 27-year-old Ray Widstrand, pictured.

Baby girls SWITCHED at birth in Argentina reunited with their real families three weeks later after their mothers accidentally meet at hospital check-up and realize the mistake

Reunited: Maria Lorena Gerbeno (left) and Veronica Tejada (right) were finally able to hold their own daughters three weeks after the kids had been switched at birth

Maria Lorena Gerbeno (left) and Veronica Tejada (right) both delivered girls September 30 in San Juan, Argentina, but due to an error they ended up swapping kids.

Turn your mobile into a 3D camera: App transforms phone snaps into images that seem to pop out of the screen

A new app claims to be able to turn an iPhone into a 3D camera

The Seene app, created by London-based Obvious Engineering, takes a series of pictures and maps them onto to a model to give the effect of 3D.

Who is the enigmatic Mona Lisa of healthcare? Hunt is on to find model who is face of shambolic Obamacare website

The enigmatic Mona Lisa of healthcare: Hunt is on to find model who is face of shambolic Obamacare website

Since it first first launched on October 1, the Obamacare website has been criticised for not working properly. But one feature on the homepage has always been there - the smiling stock photo of a mystery woman.

Now there's a bright idea! Man creates hilarious Halloween costume that make his 1-year-old daughter look like a stick man

After Royce Hutain, from Huntington Beach, California, uploaded a video of 22-month-old Zoey wearing the suit in a darkened room, it became an internet hit.

On Tuesday night, Royce Hutain, from Huntington Beach, uploaded a video of 22-month-old Zoey wearing the suit in a darkened room - and it immediately became an internet hit. The footage shows the little girl emerging from a room, with only the light stick figure visible. As she runs towards the camera, her parents giggle at what appears to be a bouncing stick man. Her father said he came up with the idea after making similar costumes for him and his snowboarding friends from LED lights and Velcro to wear on the slopes.

Japanese scientists successfully test asteroid-blasting cannon that could reveal the origins of the universe

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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the successful test has paved the way for a launch of the space cannon as early as next year.

Are robots better motorists than HUMANS? Self-driving cars could eliminate most traffic deaths and reduce congestion

self-driving cars and trucks hold the potential to transform driving

A study by Eno Centre for Transportation, in Washington DC, said if 10 per cent of cars were self-driving, traffic deaths would be reduced by 1,000 a year.

Instant family: Three sisters who say they have always been close give birth within four weeks of each other

Sisters Catherine Ahrens, Angela Grancio and Josephine Scalone all gave birth weeks apart, and now plan to raise their children together in Long Island

The sisters, all gave birth within four weeks of each other at Southside Hospital, in Bay Shore, Long Island.

Meet your furry godmother (and father): NYC kittens who brought subway to a standstill and sparked mayoral debate find a new home

Snuggled up: Kittens Arthur (left) and August are pictured recuperating at an Animal Care and Control shelter after their harrowing ordeal

Keith Lubeley, 33, and his wife Katherine, 30, were among the hundreds of people who wanted to adopt the now 11-week-old felines.

ANOTHER black Barneys shopper, 21, claims she was racially profiled when cops demanded to know how she could afford $2,500 designer handbag

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Kayla Phillips, 21, (right) said she experienced a similar situation to a 19-year-old black student, Trayon Christian (top left), who is suing the NYPD for handcuffing him after buying an expensive belt. She said she splashed out on a $2,500 designer handbag in February and was pounced on my four plainclothes police officers who demanded to know how she could afford the bag. She now plans to sue the NYPD for $5 million.

Hundreds gather to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1983 Beirut suicide bombing that killed 241 American troops

In addition to the 241 American deaths, 58 French soldiers also were killed in the blast

Hundreds gathered Wednesday at the memorial bordering Camp Lejeune. A granite wall with the words 'They Came in Peace' honors the 299 Beirut bombing victims of Oct. 23, 1983, which was the deadliest terrorist attack on Americans before Sept. 11, 2001

Disgraced campus cop who doused students with pepper spray during peaceful Occupy protest is awarded $38,000 settlement over 'psychiatric injuries'

Viral: Images of Pike pepper-spraying the peacefully seated students caused worldwide outrage and became a symbol of the Occupy movement

John Pike, the former University of California-Davis officer who sparked outrage when he pepper-sprayed students in 2011, said he suffered depression over death threats.

'Nail down the tongue': The 1,700-year-old lead tablet inscribed with a curse written by a magician and discovered in Jerusalem

A 1,700-year-old lead 'magical tablet'

An archaeologist from the University of Cologne said the curse, written in Greek, was a way of trying to settle a bitter legal battle between a man and a woman.

Three-year-old Mississippi baby born with HIV may be cured with revolutionary new treatment

A Cure? Dr. Deborah Persaud specializes in juvenile HIV and helped research the case

Doctors now have convincing evidence that they put HIV into remission in a Mississippi baby born with the AIDS virus - a medical first.

Let there be light! Town in Norwegian valley enjoys winter sunlight for the first time in its history... using three giant MIRRORS

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The industrial town of Rjukan is nestled deep in a valley floor in rugged Telemark county and gets no sunshine between September and March. Helicopters have hoisted three huge mirrors (top left) into position some 450 metres above the town at the top of the valley. Known as heliostats, they have been designed to trace the movement of the sun and reflect the light directly onto Rjukan's main square (bottom left and right). Martin Andersen drew up the plans and won funding of about 5million kroner (£522,700) for the project.

Today's teenagers are more likely to get genital herpes because they were 'sheltered' from cold sores as children

Teenagers are more at risk of genital herpes than they used to be because they are not being exposed to cold sores early in life

Research published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases suggests a growing number of young people lack antibodies that may help protect them later in life.

College students check their phones 11 times per LECTURE

More than half of students across five U.S states told researchers at Nebraska University they check texts and social networks in class because lessons are boring.

More than half of students across five U.S states told researchers at Nebraska University they check texts and social networks in class because lessons are boring.

Husband catches thief who had been stealing his wife’s underwear for a year after staying up all night and hiding in his shed to catch him

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The husband in question, became so annoyed that 70 pairs of his wife's underwear had been stolen that he decided to set a trap at his home in Naintré near Poitiers, France.

Hell in the airport: Hundreds forced to sleep on floors and cops called to break-up fights after Spirit Airlines grounds flights causing huge delays

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Broward County Sheriff's Department duty officer said all planes were going through mechanical checks, and the carrier didn't have enough mechanics to do them.

Doughnuts are a British invention according to historians who have unearthed they were invented by the English upper classes

Britain invented the doughnut

Until recently the earliest known doughnut recipe dated from 1847 when American Hanson Gregory claimed to have invented them aboard a lime-trading ship. But documents have been found showing Baroness Dimsdale, the wife of Baron Thomas Dimsdale (inset), a society doctor in Hertford, England, recorded her own 'dow-nut' recipe in 1800.

China spends millions on seven-storey offices for tiny village's EIGHT government workers

Extravagant: This sprawling seven-storey, £1.5 million, government building has been built in a village with just eight government workers

The building in Yungai village, on the outskirts of the city of Changsha in Hunan province boasts a plush auditorium and thousands of square feet of office space.

Peeling back the years: Lost da Vinci mural discovered beneath layers of paint in Italian castle

Restoration work on Leonardo da Vinci's work in the Sala delle Asse shows the mural beneath layers of paint

A lost Leonardo da Vinci artwork may finally see the light of day after restorers have discovered traces that have lain buried beneath paint in a Milan castle.

Lost your keys? Ask a woman as females ARE better at searching for missing items

Research suggests that females are better than males at multi-tasking ¿ and particularly at those tasks that include searching for lost items

Researchers from Glasgow, Leeds and Hertfordshire universities found that women are better at 'tasks requiring high-level cognitive control'.

Chinese tee! How the game of golf could stem from the Far East

Court Ladies in the Inner Palace, Du Jin, believed to be from the 2nd half 15th century, from the Shanghai Museum

A 500-year-old scroll showing three Chinese ladies and their caddies playing chuiwan - an activity very similar to golf - will be displayed at the V&A.;

Chinese boy, 10, has hand cut off with meat cleaver by mother's boyfriend... who then BOILED it so surgeons couldn't reattach it

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Xiao Jun was allegedly beaten with a stick by Cheng Sun who grabbed a meat cleaver and cut off his right hand in the attack in Shenyang, Liaoning province.

Is this the worst case of puppy neglect ever? Pit bull named Athena rescued after being brought to animal clinic weighing 25lbs and too weak to lift her head

Heart-rending sight: Athena, a 3-year-old pit bull, came to the Jefferson SPCA weighing only 25lbs, with all her bones clearly visible through her skin

The 3-year-old pup came to the Jefferson SPCA in Louisiana with severe anemia and dehydration, an infection in her uterus, as well as heartworms and hook worms.

Meet the ridiculously photogenic college football player who shot this smoldering gaze mid-tackle with his helmet knocked off (but sorry ladies, he's engaged)

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Cam McDaniel is a running back at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana whose helmet lifted clean off during a recent pile up of players to reveal a chiseled jaw and smoldering stare more suited to an aftershave campaign. But many of Mr McDaniel's fans will be disappointed to learn that the student football player is already engaged - to his gorgeous blonde fiancée Stephani Sterrett (right).

   

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Orangutan tied up and taunted by cruel mob which made her climb up a pole is finally rescued

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A female orangutan (pictured) is cruelly mocked by villagers who have captured her and turned her into an afternoon's entertainment. Alone with no water or food, she is surrounded by a circle of jeering humans. When she tries to break free, to run back to the jungle in western Borneo where she lives with other members of her endangered species, a cable around her waist holds her back.

Forget streetlights, use glow-in-the-dark paint! Slip and rain-resistant UV coating on pavements illuminates paths and roads

A spray-on coating that makes ordinary pathways glow in the dark could replace street lighting in the future, according to Surrey-based Pro-Teq Surfacing

Surrey-based Pro-Teq Surfacing has sprayed a path in Christ's Pieces in Cambridge with a coating known as 'Starpath' to keep pedestrians safe at night.

The drones controlled by MAKE-UP: Conductive eyeshadow and false eyelashes let wearers drive aircraft by blinking

Beauty Technology Nails

Sensors inside the eyeshadow, designed in Brazil, connect with false eyelashes coated in metal to complete a circuit that then powers the drone's motor.

Meet Freddie, the baby born thanks to Nirvana, Madonna and Metallica being played in his IVF lab

Little Freddy is the first British baby to be born thanks to a musical fertility treatment

Freddie, from Liverpool, was conceived after his parents visited the Marques Institute fertility clinic in Barcelona where it is believed music vibrations boost fertilisation chances.

'We lost our parents for you, Walmart, Bennetton, Carrefour': Six months after Bangladeshi factory collapse that claimed 1,135 lives, orphans and relatives stage protest demanding compensation

Furious: A wheelchair-bound factory worker who was injured in the collapse demands compensation

Activists gathered outside the ruins of the Rana Plaza complex in Dhaka including one worker demanding more money to treat his broken spinal cord.

The heart-stopping moment gunman fired at cop after he rammed fugitive's pick-up truck to save a colleague's life

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Pennsylvania Trooper Timothy Strohmeyer has been named International Police Officer of the Year after he rammed Jeffrey Lee Michael's pick-up truck on December 21, 2012 to stop a deadly rampage. Strohmeyer can be seen on his dash cam video approaching Michael's car, which the suspect had already rammed into another cop's cruiser. The brave policeman decided to ram his own cruiser into the back of Michael's truck, successfully diverting attention away from his colleague. He was shot multiple times but survived. Michael was killed on the scene.

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The intelligent manhole covers that charge electric cars while they're parked - and are coming to New York City next year

Charging an electric car could be as simple as finding a place to park it, as early as next year

HEVO Power is rolling out a pilot of its charging technology in New York City early next year as well as launching an app to help drivers find its clever manhole covers. The start-up based in the city, aims to make charging electric vehicles faster and easier with its wireless technology. The manhole power points use electromagnetic resonance to transfer electricity to the car's charging coil.

'Indescribably beautiful and magnificent': Atlanta zoo pandas named Mei Lun and Mei Huan after popular Chinese phrase

Awww-some: Giant panda twin cubs Mei Huan (left) and Mei Lun, the first pair of twin giant panda cubs to be born in the United States and survive

More than 51,000 people voted on ABC television's Good Morning America website to choose from five sets of names suggested for the pair.

The butterflies that rely on TURTLE TEARS to survive: Striking photos reveal how colourful creatures sip on salt-rich water

A stream of brightly-coloured butterflies

Travel photographer Jeff Cremer and biologist Phil Torres captured the sight in Tambopata, Peru and said they had never seen so many butterflies at once.

More than 20 elderly Buddhists die when coach taking them back from trip to temple rolls down a ravine

Thai police officers inspect the wreckage of a bus after it crashed, in Lampang Province, Northern Thailand

The bus driver lost control on a winding road in Northern Thailand and the vehicle fell 98 feet in the Wang Nuea district, in Lampang province.

The world's oddest hotel... where you can stay on a WWII bomber, a ship or even a Hobbit hole

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Woodlyn Park, in Waitomo, New Zealand was the brainchild of hotelier Barry Woods who got the idea after buying an old train carriage. He has gone on to create four unique lodgings, on the 35 hectare site. One of the most popular rooms is a Hobbit hole, inspired by the Lord of the Rings films which were shot in the country.