Underwater railway tracks and submerged forest revealed by draining operation on 100-year-old Washington reservoir

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UPDATED Lake Tapps, which was flooded in 1911 to power a hydro-electric dam, swallowed up four and a half square miles of countryside, including an old railway line and parts of a forest. But a recent draining operation has revealed that which was covered more than a century ago, including a raised wooden railway track (above) and things lost by people using the lake (bottom left).

'Oh God': Horrific
cell phone video that was recovered from Germanwings plane wreckage shows last desperate moments of screaming passengers who knew they were going to die

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Harrowing mobile phone footage taken on board the doomed Germanwings flight has recorded the devastating moment that screaming passengers knew they were going to die, it has been claimed. The video, reportedly found amid the wreckage of last week's crash, allegedly captures the sound of terrified passengers crying 'Oh God' as the plane plunged into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.

First picture emerges of one of three generations of family who were all killed in Germanwings crash

Emma Pardo Vidal (pictured), her 12-year-old daughter Emma Solera Pardo, and her mother Emma Vidal Bardan were among 50 Spanish passengers on board the doomed flight.

Pictured as a smiling schoolboy, killer co-pilot Andreas Lubitz - whose bosses knew suffered a 'serious depressive episode' SIX YEARS before French Alps disaster 

It has emerged that Lufthansa Airlines knew that Andrea Lubitz, co-pilot of the passenger plane which crashed in the French Alps last week, had suffered from a 'serious depressive episode'.

Friends of Germanwings crash pilot say he is being framed as part of a Lufthansa cover-up over mechanical failings... as Google Maps blur out his former home to stop people looking it up

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Supporters have set up a Facebook page titled 'Andreas Lubitz A320, we are against the hunt' where they have been sharing their theories about the cause of the Alps disaster.

Pilot warned that suicidal airmen would use 9/11 security changes to lock themselves in cockpit and crash passenger jets just weeks before Germanwings disaster 

Dutch Pilot Jan Cocheret, pictured, wrote that sucidal pilots could lock their colleagues out of the flight deck during toilet breaks using new safety systems implemented after the 9/11 attacks.

Three-month-old girl dies from head injuries 'inflicted by babysitter' just a day after her mom returned to work

Everly Dickard (left with her parents), from Boiling Springs, South Carolina, died in hospital on Monday - more than a week after she stopped breathing while in the care of her babysitter, Katie Harris (right), on March 20. Harris, 32, had been looking after Everly just a day after the child's mother, April, returned to work following her pregnancy, according to a gofundme page set up for the family. Everly's father, Matthew Dickard, had also started a new job that day. The baby girl was rushed to hospital and treated in the ICU but passed away on Monday. Harris has been charged with abuse inflicting great bodily injury upon a child but the charges could be upgraded following her autopsy.

Bees prefer the buzz of a town: Urban sites found to have more species than rural areas 

Bees are shunning the countryside in favour of towns and cities, according to scientists at Reading University. The insects are attracted to the variety of plants found in urban settings.

Jerry Springer producer's disabled sister never wanted to commit suicide and was murdered by her bankrupt sibling who owed her $122,000, detectives now believe

Jill Blackstone (left) claims she was carrying out her sister Wendy's wishes for a suicide pact when Wendy suffocated to death March 14 in the garage of their Los Angeles home earlier this month.

New study shows mutated 'Polio-like' virus may be responsible for paralyzing more than 100 children in the past year

Mystery of the virus paralysing children in the US: Rare bug related to polio may have caused more than 100 unexplained cases
Clusters of acute flaccid paralysis have been springing up around the USA
Scientists have found cases often occur after infections by enterovirus D68
Children infected by the virus were found to have damage to their nerves 
Enterovirus D68 was once a rare respiratory virus but cases soared in 2014
The virus is related to the eradicated polio virus that also caused paralysis 
There have been 107 cases in the US of mystery paralysis since September
Researchers are attempting to develop new treatments against the virus


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A new study published Monday has strengthened the connection between enterovirus D-68 and a series of illnesses affecting more than 1,000 children - mostly in California and Colorado.

EXCLUSIVE: Inside the town Scientology built - where Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Kirstie Alley rule with vast estates while Sea Org members live six-to-a-room and pay $100k to learn super powers

The Church of Scientology has completely taken over the city of Clearwater, owning half a billion's worth of real estate, and it's the biggest concentration of Scientologists in the world. \n\nPICTURE CREDIT MUST READ: www.thisischriswhite.com/Coleman Rayner

The beautiful resort town of Clearwater, Florida, has millions of tourists every single year - but few ever set foot in the downtown area. Exclusive photos show the extent of Scientology's grip on the city. The church owns 67 buildings over ten square miles, including motels, training centers, religious retreats and the Super Powers Building with its auditing rooms - all worth more than half a billion dollars. 'Sea Org' members earn $50 a week and work seven days starting at 7am and ending at midnight. They pay for the right to run around a pole in circles for hours until they realize the error of their ways. 'You never get to see your family. That's how it was for me. I was there from 1973 to 2007,' former executive director tells Daily Mail Online. Pictured center are; 1.The Oak Cove Scientology Center. Lower level services including 'auditing' and 'case cracking'. Real estate value: $4,483,100 2.The Fort Harrison Housing for visiting Scientology members with 220 rooms and suites, the Crystal Ballroom, Flag Auditorium and Convention Center. Real estate value: $13,137,700 3. The Sandcastle Home of the Flag Advanced Org. Real estate value: $5,896,600 4. The Osceola Inn Accommodation for visiting Scientologists with 76 rooms and suites. Real estate value: $6,000,000 5. The Coachman Five stories of Standard Tech course rooms and the largest Scientology library in the world. Real estate value: $3,700,000 6. Super Powers Building Scientology HQ and the home of advanced Church courses. Real estate value: Over $30,000,000 7. Former Clearwater Bank Building New Church administration offices and staff dining. Real estate value: $2,038,400 8. Station Square Exclusive 146-unit condominium with pool. Real estate value: $20,000,000 9. Parking area Three-level parking and bus garage for Scientology coaches. Real estate value: $3,500,000

Grandmother poisons herself, her husband, son and grandchildren after making them hot chocolate from a sachet that was 25 years past its sell-by date

Hot chocolate drink. Image shot 2009. Exact date unknown.

The woman, named as Mrs. Rosetta, 77, from the Vicenza, in northeastern Italy, is believed to have bought the sachets in the late 80s, before making them into chocolate earlier this month.

Paracetamol for back pain? It's no better than a placebo: Experts say treatment does nothing to improve recovery time, sleep or quality of life

Experts who examined the results of 13 research trials found that the drug did nothing to improve sufferers' pain levels, recovery time or quality of life and was no more effective than a placebo.

Did Ronald Reagan have Alzheimer's while in office? Early signs of dementia are revealed in former president's speech

Researchers at the University of Arizona made the discovery after comparing transcripts of 46 news conferences that Reagan held to the 101 sessions George H. W. Bush held in his term.

Why a weekly trip to the cinema could ward off dementia: Good plots that stimulate the brain could help prevent build-up of harmful deposits that lead to condition

In a bid to prove their thesis, academics from Southampton University are launching a study involving 40 elderly patients - half of whom will go to the cinema once or twice a week.

Elizabeth Warren insists 'I'm not going to run' for president but both liberals and conservatives hope it's a put-on 

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a populist figure among the Democratic faithful after taking on Wall Street and the banking industry, reaffirmed to Savannah Guthrie on TODAY Tuesday that she has no plans to run for president in 2016.
"No. I?m not running and I?m not going to run," she said. "I?m in Washington. I?ve got this really great job and a chance to try and make a difference on things that really matter."

Warren said her political interests remain firmly on issues she can help make an impact from her Senate perch ? like lowering interest rates on student loans, raising the minimum wage, and bolstering Social Security. 

"There's a lot to fight over right this minute," she said.

According to Warren, Hillary Clinton should be given space to lay out her political intentions, along with her vision for a White House under her administration.

?I think we need to give her a chance to decide if she?s going to run and to lay out what she wants to run on,? the Massachusetts senator said when a

The Democratic Party's liberal wing wants Warren to force Hillary Clinton to move to the left, especially on banking reform issues. But red-meat Republicans know she makes for great fundraising material.

Italian online fashion retailer Yoox buys rival Net-a-Porter for $775 million, creating world's biggest online luxury-goods retailer

File photo dated 02/12/13 of Natalie Massenet, the founder of upmarket fashion website Net-A-Porter, who is set for a reported £70 million payout after the firm she launched 15 years ago announced a merger with an Italian rival. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday March 31, 2015. The former fashion journalist, who founded the business from her London flat in 2000, will see Net-A-Porter merge with Italy's YOOX to create an enlarged firm with annual sales of 1.3 billion euros (£944 million) and adjusted earnings of 108 million euros (£78 million). See PA story CITY NetAPorter. Photo credit should read: Ian West/PA Wire

Italian online fashion retailer Yoox bought Net-a-Porter for $775 million on Tuesday to create the world's biggest online luxury-goods retailer.

Home to roost: Moment woman opens her door to find baby owl sat on the mat staring up at her 

These are the amazing scenes when a woman opens up her front door to discover a baby owl standing on her porch. The young bird is not afraid of the woman and looks up towards her. The owl gently rocks from side to side during the minute-long video in an undetermined location in the United States.

#WeAreHaileyStrong: Nation rallies for 19-year-old Air Force cadet after she suffers massive heart attack while working out

After Hailey Lane suffered a heart attack at a gym in Midlothian, Virginia, on March 23, people posted messages on social media with the hashtag, #WeAreHaileystrong in support of the woman.

Former Vogue editor Andre Talley Leon gets a Kim Kardashian make-over as a slimmed down cartoon character for her video game

Fans of Kim Kardashian's game will be delighted to hear another character has joined the game. This time, it's a former outspoken editor of Vogue, Andre Leon Talley who is immortalized in pixels.

How Google makes you feel smarter than you are: Researchers say we confuse our own knowledge with what is online

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The Google search engine webpage being reflected in an eye. (Photo by: Newscast/UIG via Getty Images)

Yale researchers say the increasing reliance on Google and other search engines to answers questions is affecting our own perception of what we know.

The computer smaller than a candy bar: Google's $100 Chromebit can turn any TV into a fully featured PC

This product image provided by Google shows the Google Chromebit by Asus. The device is a stick loaded with an entire operating system that can be plugged into any HDMI port, providing people a cheaper way to upgrade an old PC.  (AP Photo/Google)

Called the Chromebit, it uses Google's Chrome OS and contains a HDMI plug and a fully featured PC. Google also revealed two new $149 laptops aimed at schools.

Uber driver arrested after he 'dropped passenger off at airport and then went back to her home to try and break in'

Gerald Montgomery, 51, dropped the passenger off at Denver International Airport before allegedly trying to get in through her home's back door. Police said he fled after her roommate saw him.

Why nice guys DO come first: Scientists claim modest men make better lovers

The research, led by the University of North Texas, found that students were more committed to a relationship if they thought their partner was modest, despite catching them cheating.

EXCLUSIVE: A 53-acre estate, a Rolls Royce, $4m from Evander Holyfield and a plea to worshipers for new Gulfstream - how mega rich preacher was threatened with JAIL over his financial secrecy

Rev Creflo Dollar was criticized heavily for asking his followers to find $63m to buy him the most expensive Gulfstream on the market after his previous private crashed. But Daily Mail Online can disclose that he has previously been threatened with jail for refusing to disclose financial details to a judge and described as 'uncooperative' by the US Senate. He lives in a 53-acre estate near Atlanta, Georgia (right) and previously sold an apartment in the Time Warner Center in Manhattan for a profit of more than $1million. During boxer Evander Holyfield's divorce from his second wife it emerged the pastor's World Changers Church had received $4m from the sportsman but he refused to make a deposition, prompting the judge to attempt to jail him for contempt.

Intense exercise 'curbs fatty diet': Short bursts before a high-fat meal can help protect blood vessels from the effects

Scientists at the University of Exeter say the short burst approach may be more appealing to youngsters - few of whom achieve even the minimum of an hour of moderate exercise a day.

The video that reveals you've been flossing incorrectly your whole life - and how to do it easily in one MINUTE 

Dr. Carlos Meulener, a dentist from New Jersey, says flossing up and down, instead of back and forth in a sawing motion, can rid the teeth of bacteria and lead to good oral hygiene.

Tide of Grannies' Tears: When we wrote last week about the agony of being a long distance granny, your response was overwhelming - and utterly heartbreaking

Dawn May's article about the 'agony' of being a long-distance granny generated an avalanche of letters from readers who have experienced the pain of a distant grandchild's absence.

Husband bursts into busy pediatric clinic and shoots his estranged wife dead before killing himself in the waiting room

Police say Moua Neng, 43, walked into a busy medical office in Fresno, California (top left), armed with a shotgun and shot dead his 33-year-old wife before committing suicide. SWAT officers responded to the scene at Sang Pediatrics and ordered patients and office workers - sixteen in all - to evacuate.

Dave Chappelle in race attack after he was hit with a banana peel while performing in New Mexico stage

FILE - This Sunday, July 6, 2014 file photo Dave Chappelle performs at the Essence Festival in New Orleans. Santa Fe police say a man tossed a banana peel at Chappelle during a show, hitting in the comedian in the leg. Police Lt. Andrea Dobyns says 30-year-old Christian Englander of Santa Fe was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor disorderly conduct and battery after the fruit throw Monday, March 30, 2015 at the Lensic Performing Arts Center in the northern New Mexico city. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert,File)

A man tossed a banana peel at Dave Chappelle during a standup show, hitting in the comedian in the leg, police in this northern New Mexico city say.

'Stop this quest for death': Mother of Dark Knight cinema gunman begs for her son's life as she insists 'we were good parents'

Arlene Holmes, whose son James, 27, opened fire at a screening of Batman film The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado, made the plea in a book of prayers she published earlier this month.

Anonymous Gone Girl 'kidnappers' claim they are the heirs to Ocean's 11 and were just 'practicing' for a campaign of big name snatches

The individuals who claim they were behind the recent Gone Girl kidnapping of Denise Huskins say they are like Ocean's 11 and will strike again as they call on cops to apologize for calling abduction a hoax.

Robert Durst's wife 'has not spoken to him since explosive documentary aired and is living with his lawyer'

Debrah Lee Charatan, the wife of Robert Durst, is reportedly no longer supporting her husband as he faces a new murder charge, having not spoken to him in weeks and living with his lawyer.

Jenna Elfman 'persuaded Australian radio host to visit the Church of Scientology': He claims he found himself alone in pitch black basement

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Radio host Ryan 'Fitzy' Fitzgerald says he was tricked into an encounter with the Church Of Scientology, the secretive faith that counts Tom Cruise and John Travolta among its devotees.

Behind every successful woman is a nagging mom? Teenage girls more likely to succeed if they have pushy mothers

Teens who are told to live up to high expectations by their mothers are less likely become pregnant and to suffer the setbacks that go with having a baby early in life, an academic study has revealed.

Model, 22, who says Harvey Weintsein groped her in his NYC office also accused her wealthy 70-year-old former lover of rape in Italy four years ago

Ambra Battilana Gutierrez's police statement, made in December 2010, was published in an Italian newspaper, where she said she was 'forced against my will' into having sex with the 'businessman of substantial means' for money. Miss Battiliana, now 22, (pictured left) went to the NYPD to allege on Friday that Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, 63, (right) had groped her breasts during a 'business meeting' at his Tribeca offices in Manhattan, grabbed her thigh and tried to kiss her.

I LAUGHED when I saw Joe Biden's hands all over my wife, says Defense Secretary - and insists 'we're great friends'

'Oh, I laughed. I laughed,' a smiling Carter told Today's Savannah Gutherie. 'They know each other extremely well. We're great friends of the Bidens.'

Aaron Hernandez told me he was innocent, billionaire Patriots owner Robert Kraft tells murder trial

New England Patriots team owner Robert Kraft testified Tuesday that his former star tight end Aaron Hernandez told him he was innocent when asked if he was involved in a June 2013 killing.

Heartbreaking moment a four-year-old Syrian girl 'surrendered' when a photographer pointed his camera at her... and she assumed it was a gun

Taken at the Atmen refugee camp on Syria's border with Turkey, the image shows the young girl frozen in fear with her arms raised and her lips tightly pursed. Turkish media identified the child as Adi Hudea, whose father died in the 2012 Hama massacre and who has been living with her traumatised mother and three siblings at Camp Atmen ever since.

The women on Yemen's frontline: Haunting photos of the families who stand to lose everything as the country descends into chaos

The photos, which were taken in Yemeni capital Sa'naa (right), Shaharah (top and bottom left) and Taiz, show some of the women and girls currently facing Houthi militias and Saudi air strikes.

ISIS militants brutally massacre at least 30 civilians including two children in Syria by 'burning, beheading and firing on them', monitoring group says

The Sunni extremists carried out a savage attack on the village of Al-Mabujeh in the central Syrian province of Hama earlier this morning, according to a monitoring group.

Iraq reclaims Tikrit from ISIS: Terror group loses battle for region as government forces raise country's flag in centre of the city 

Iraqi government forces keep watch from a position on the southern outskirts of Tikrit, on March 30, 2015 ©Ahmad Al-Rubaye (AFP)

Iraq claims security and allied forces, backed by U.S.-led coalition aircraft retook the hometown of former president Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi tricolour was raised.

Let's hope they like their neighbours! The entire population of remote Alaskan town who live under ONE roof... complete with indoor police station, school and post office

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In the sleepy town of Whittier, Alaska, nearly all of the town's 218 residents live together under one roof: the 14-storey Begich Tower, which houses the entire neighbourhood, including a police department, a school, two convenience stores and the post office.

House Republicans want recorded interview with Hillary Clinton about her private email server by May 1 - and then public testimony under oath

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2011, file photo, then-U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hands off her mobile phone after arriving to meet with Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague, Netherlands. Clinton emailed her staff on an iPad as well as a BlackBerry while secretary of state, despite her explanation that she exclusively used a personal email address on a homebrew server so she could carry a single device, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool/File)

South Carolina GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy's deadline could complicate Clinton's plan to announce a presidential run. The White House is shrugging and putting responsibility at Hillary's feet.

Revealed: Hillary Clinton emailed staff on her IPAD as well as her cellphone, despite her claims that she only used personal address so that she could stick to one handset 

Hillary Clinton used her iPad as well as a BlackBerry to communicate with her staff using her own private server, which critics claimed allowed her to delete important emails.

Can you tell how fat a city is by its SEWAGE? Raw waste can predict obesity rates with 89% accuracy, claims study

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee collected sewage samples from 71 cities across the US to reveal the urban 'microbiome' of a population - a key indicator of health.

Michelle Obama's two-day hotel stay in Cambodia cost taxpayers $242,500 for two official events that took a total of 33 minutes 

US First Lady Michelle Obama waves goodbye as she departs from Siem Reap's international airport on March 22, 2015. Michelle Obama headed home from Cambodia after a five-day Asia trip highlighting the importance of girls' education.    AFP PHOTO / TANG CHHIN SOTHY        (Photo credit should read TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP/Getty Images)       

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The US first lady, her entourage and their security racked up $7,348 of lodging costs for every minute she spent with high school girls and a Peace Corps group. There were no competitive bids.

Keeping up with the Camerons: British Prime Minister claims he is Kim Kardashian's 13th cousin

The Prime Minister said he was the thirteenth cousin of the US celebrity. The pair are linked by their mutual ancestor, Sir William Spencer, who was born in Oxfordshire in 1555.

Press here to buy: Amazon reveals smart ordering buttons you can stick around your home (and they swear it's not an April Fool)

The Seattle firm has teamed up with Brita, Whirlpool and others to create smart appliances, and will also offer standalone wifi buttons to order common items. At launch, the eligible products for the Dash Button include things like toilet paper, cleaning products, juice, personal grooming products and dog food.

How an apple a day really does keep ailments at bay: Those who eat the fruit are 'less likely to use prescription medication'

Eating an apple a day does not keep the doctor away, but people who chomp on the fruit are less likely to smoke or use prescription medication, University of Michigan researchers found.

Facebook illegally tracks all visitors to its site even if they do not have accounts, are logged off or have opted out says new report 

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the F8 summit in San Francisco, California, on March 25, 2015. Zuckerberg introduced a new messenger platform at the event.   AFP PHOTO/JOSH EDELSONJosh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images

Academics in Belgium claim that the social network, founded by Mark Zuckerberg, is placing tracking cookies on computers without the user's consent to log their browsing data.

Who would play you in a movie? What color crayon would you be? How does the internet work? The strangest interview questions - and how to answer them

Top companies from Apple and Yahoo to Goldman Sachs have been known to ask questions strange enough to throw even the most prepared interviewee off track.

'My boss yelled at me for having the hiccups': Think your job is bad? Angry workers share their Please Fire Me horror stories in comical blog

Tumblr blog Please Fire Me has stories from disgruntled fast food workers, shop assistants and teachers. They include faeces in changing rooms, sexting teens, abusive parents and greedy kids.

Former swimsuit model accused of running Hollywood drug ring, cries in Australian court as she talks about her addiction to drugs

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Former Penthouse Pet Simone Farrow (pictured) has broken down in court while discussing her addiction to the drug 'ice'. The former swimsuit model told the court that her mother told her it was OK to be a prostitute and took her to a brothel when she was 17-years-old. The 39-year-old is accused of running and international drug ring in Hollywood and smuggling drugs into Australia in large bath products.

Lingerie-clad women use markers to highlight their physical flaws in a powerful new photo series that challenges society's views about female perfection 

Sarah Coffman from San Diego, California, enlisted three friends, whom she refers to as Tiffany Micheal, Rose Lee and Ashley A, for the provocative photoshoot, which was shot by photographer Terrance Smalls. The images from the aptly-named Lines Series show the women reading magazine featuring models and actresses while they sit in a doctor's office waiting room covered in marker.

Could 'petrol stations in the SKY' spell the end of stopover flights? Concept system lets planes refuel in mid-air

The Cruiser-Feeder concept (pictured), from Amsterdam's National Aerospace Laboratory, involves a refuelling jet, carrying kerosene for up to five planes, located along flight routes.

Nurse, 25, says 70-year-old civil rights attorney Sanford Rubenstein begged her to stage an orgy after he was cleared of rape allegations

Laura Abraham claims that when she tried to break up with the multimillionaire New York lawyer, he suggested that she should round up several male friends and have an orgy.

Polar bears are forced to raid seabird nests as Arctic sea ice melts - eating more than 200 eggs in two hours

Scientists at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands have observed polar bears in east Greenland and Svalbard raiding the nests of seabirds like barnacle geese and eiders for food.

Secret diaries of a 60s affair: NY gallery shows locks of hair, movie ticket stubs and hundreds of photos from journals found in an abandoned briefcase chronicling businessman's love for secretary

The extraordinary cache of memorabilia was discovered in a briefcase abandoned in a German apartment three decades after the affair took place, and later sold at auction. It is now on display in a New York art gallery. In a dangerous move for an adulterer, Cologne businessman Günter K, 39, kept a meticulous account of his relationship with a 24-year-old woman known as Margret S (left and centre) who was also married. The construction boss bought her dresses (top right) and kept locks of her hair (bottom right). The contents of the case, which are on display at the exhibition Margret: Chronicle of an Affair - May 1969 to December 1970, included hundreds of pictures of Margret in various places and poses: sitting at a typewriter at the office, travelling or in hotel rooms, undressing, changing, or getting dressed.

Now you can play Pac-Man on GOOGLE MAPS: Search engine transforms streets into a giant version of 1980s Atari game

The California-based search engine is allowing users to play the classic Pac-Man game through virtual streets anywhere in the world using their desktop site or mobile app.

Pet store owner charged with criminal negligence after his 100lb python strangled to death two young brothers during a sleepover

Noah and Connor Barthe, ages 4 and 6, died August 5, 2013, after a 14-foot python escaped its glass tank inside Jean-Claude Savoie's home in Canada and strangled the boys as they slept.

Are YOU old before your time? 3D scans can now reveal a person's biological age

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing have found patterns of ageing based on certain facial features that can be seen using a camera called the 3dMDface System.

Don't worry about how violent video games are - it's the amount of TIME spent playing them that's damaging, experts claim

Researchers at the University of Oxford found that children who play video games for more than three hours a day are more likely to be hyperactive, fight and not be interested in school.

'I don't know what fu**ing planet you're on': Moment plainclothes cop unleashed racist tirade on Uber driver while 'pounding on his car and throwing things at him' 

A plainclothes police officer (left) has been caught on camera as he screams at a New York Uber driver (right) while pounding on his car. After pulling the man over for a traffic violation, the cop yells at one point; 'I don't know where you're coming from, where you think you're appropriate in doing that; that's not the way it works. How long have you been in this country?' This after the driver reportedly beeped at the cop and went around him when he failed to signal that he was backing into a parking spot.

Olympic champion Gabby Douglas' family to get reality show as she defends her medal

Douglas became the first African-American to win the all-around title when she soared to victory at the 2012 London Games as part of the 'Fierce Five' that also won the team gold medal.

He must have been REALLY hungry! Man poses as police officer by using sirens and flashing lights on his truck to skip to the head of a Whataburger drive-thru line

Michael Chico of Odessa, Texas, has been charged with impersonating an officer by using sirens and flashing lights to skip to the head of the drive-thru line at a local Whataburger fast-food restaurant.

New study shows mutated 'Polio-like' virus may be responsible for paralyzing more than 100 children in the past year

Mystery of the virus paralysing children in the US: Rare bug related to polio may have caused more than 100 unexplained cases
Clusters of acute flaccid paralysis have been springing up around the USA
Scientists have found cases often occur after infections by enterovirus D68
Children infected by the virus were found to have damage to their nerves 
Enterovirus D68 was once a rare respiratory virus but cases soared in 2014
The virus is related to the eradicated polio virus that also caused paralysis 
There have been 107 cases in the US of mystery paralysis since September
Researchers are attempting to develop new treatments against the virus


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A new study published Monday has strengthened the connection between enterovirus D-68 and a series of illnesses affecting more than 1,000 children - mostly in California and Colorado.

Father of Washington school shooter is arrested for 'illegally' buying gun that his son used to kill four classmates then himself

Raymond Lee Fryberg Jr., 42, (right) bought the pistol even though a domestic violence arrested barred him from owning guns, according to prosecutors in Seattle. Jaylen Fryberg, 15, (left) a well-liked freshman who had recently been a Homecoming prince, inexplicably shot and killed four friends and wounded another last October after inviting them to lunch in the cafeteria at Marysville-Pilchuck High School north of Seattle.

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Facebook unveils its new Silicon Valley office with nine-acre PARK on the roof - where 2,800 people will work in one huge room

The new building in Menlo Park, California, measures 430,000 square feet and apparently has the 'largest open floor plan in the world'. It was unveiled by founder Mark Zuckerberg on Monday. The social network's newest location was revealed by founder Mark Zuckerberg, who posted an aerial view (left) on the building on his public page. The office features waterfront views (top right) from its landscaped roof garden, and a quirky design inside, as shown by this crooked staircase (bottom right).

Monkeys suffer from depression too: Primates shun eating and grooming to sit hunched on their own when 'mentally ill'

Researchers at Chongqing Medical University, China, and Wake Forest University in North Carolina, examined depression in cynomolgus macaque monkeys living in social colonies.

Is your iPhone passcode useless? Hack reveals how cybercriminals can bypass the four-digit code on your handset

The hack was devised by experts from London-based MDSec. It takes advantage of a flaw in iOS 8.1 that creates a tiny delay between the PIN code being entered and the phone unlocking.

Father, 35, found naked on Minnesota golf course died as a result of hypothermia

Andrew Jon Springer, 35, was discovered naked and dead as a result of hypothermia on a golf course in northwestern Minnesota on Monday afternoon.

Revealed: Father suspected in 10-year-old son's disappearance two weeks ago 'took out a $30,000 life insurance before fourth-grader vanished'

Steps away from where a 10-year-old boy from Crystal was last seen last week, his parents, Pierre and Yamah Collins, huddled together Monday evening as friends and community members pleaded for his safe return.

Police have released very little information about Barway Edwin Collins? disappearance. He was last seen walking away from the entrance to his apartment building in the 5400 block of Douglas Drive N. after school on Wednesday.

?We miss Barway,? Pierre Collins said Monday during a vigil at the apartment complex. ?Barway has been gone for a very long time now. We are begging and asking everyone to look out there.?

At the vigil, about 40 people, including Crystal police officers and Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) officers gathered, prayed and sang hymns at the apartment complex?s parking lot.

Members of the Liberian community, of which Barway?s family is a member, offered prayers and words of sympathy. ?He could be our next teacher & physicist & chemist & astronaut,? sa

Barway Collins' father, Pierre Collins, stopped talking to the media after he failed a lie-detector test and was named a suspect in his 10-year-old son's disappearance on March 18 in Minnesota.

Defense rests in Boston Marathon bombing trial after calling just FOUR witnesses as closing statements are scheduled for next Monday

FILE - In this March 5, 2015 file courtroom sketch, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, center, is depicted between defense attorneys Miriam Conrad, left, and Judy Clarke, right, during his federal death penalty trial in Boston.  Prosecutors rested their case against Tsarnaev on Monday, March 30, 2015, after jurors saw gruesome autopsy photos and heard a medical examiner describe the devastating injuries suffered by the three people who died in the 2013 terror attack. (AP Photo/Jane Flavell Collins, File)

Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzkokhar Tsarnaev rested their case in his federal death penalty trial Tuesday after presenting a brief case with just four witnesses.

Don't blame the moon! Belief that Earth's satellite can trigger periods of crime and illness is nonsense, study reveals

Dr Jean-Luc Margot, a professor of planetary astronomy at the University of California, Los Angeles, says theories the moon (shown) causes illnesses are rubbish.

Mobile phone battery life will one day be 10 YEARS thanks to super-efficient chip

San Jose-based Atmel has released its ultra-low power ARM-based 32-bit microcontroller that uses a third less power than rivals. This reduces the number of times batteries need to be charged.

Anger at 'sexist' billboard advertising kitchens which reads 'your wife wants me'

Grilling the company: Students at Siena College protested this billboard for Teakwood Builders last week and claimed that the ad was sexist against women 

Students at Siena College in Upstate New York protested a 'sexist' billboard for Tweakwood Builders advertising a kitchen along with the words, 'your wife wants me,' last Tuesday.

'We aren't barbies. These are all the same body ': Photo shared millions of times after fitness fan posts 'real' shots of her stomach to show women don't always look perfect

When unnamed blogger Somewhereunderthewater bravely posted photos of her stomach while posing and then relaxed, she didn't anticipate the chord she'd strike with people across the globe. Six days after the images appeared, more than a million people have viewed them, with many leaving positive comments. Accompanying the posed and 'real' images, taken in a bathroom setting, is a post explaining why the user chose not to just show her body in its more perfect form. Somewhereunderthewater said her aim was to convey that even physically fit women don't look perfect all the time. She wrote: 'We aren't barbies. We are made of flesh and blood. These are all the same body - my body.

Father, 35, found naked on Minnesota golf course died as a result of hypothermia

Andrew Jon Springer, 35, was discovered naked and dead as a result of hypothermia on a golf course in northwestern Minnesota on Monday afternoon.

Spacecraft carrying nuclear explosives to save Earth from asteroids could launch by the end of the decade

A team of Danish scientists that wants to develop a nuclear bomb-wielding spacecraft to blow up asteroids is preparing to seek funding this year, shown in the illustration.

Sweden continues its ban on dancing: Country votes to uphold law that stops activity taking place in public

Sweden has voted to keep a controversial law that bans unlicensed dancing in public - and even includes 'illegally moving your feet to music'.

Firefighter arrested by SWAT team after he took hostages at Philadelphia firehouse

Police SWAT team members converged on a Philadelphia-area firehouse after a report of hostages on Tuesday ended with the arrest of a firefighter.

Student, 11, was suspended for FIVE DAYS for 'illegally filming her teacher bullying a student' even though instructor was fired for her remarks

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Brianna Cooper, 11, was suspended for five days for filming her teacher bullying another child in her science class at Fort Pierce Elementary School in Florida last week.

Miami stripper arrested after leaving Canadian tourist, 22, comatose in alleged hit-and-run incident

Olivia Bennett, 26, apparently hit Alex Sanghwan of Ontario on Sunday around 5:30am near the King of Diamonds gentleman's club where she works.

Listen to the sounds of SPACE: Amazing audio clips reveal noises made by alien moons, comets and rocket launches

The European Space Agency's Soundcloud page reveals clips of space that you can listen to. They include the noises heard as a probe landed on Titan in 2005 and a Soyuz rocket launch (shown).

Chauffeur and wife face jail for blackmailing Qatari royals for $1m over 'private' photos on USB sticks that were left in car

Chauffeur Awad Abdulbagy, 48, pictured, found the images on cameras and USB sticks during a visit by the royal family to London in May 2013. He boasted he could sell them to TV stations.

And they lived happily ever after! Couple marries at the movies in surprise ceremony - after cancer delayed their dream wedding for six years

In a world where love conquers all, one deserving couple were surprised with the fairy tale wedding they had been putting off for years. Elaine Bran and Mario Lantigua met on a movie set and fell in love. Unexpected challenges in their lived forced them to put their dreams on hold. But they finally had their Hollywood ending through the help of their loved ones, and a little movie magic.

Brothers who let off firecrackers at their joint wedding face the death penalty under terrorism charges in Pakistan because their celebrations scared locals

Officers in Karachi said the grooms went 'too far' during the celebrations, and have charged the brothers and three other people under the explosive provisions of anti-terrorism legislation.

The smartphone parts at risk of running out: Study listing 'endangered' metals reveals why we need to recycle mobiles

Researchers from Yale University found that supplies of gallium, arsenic and selenium, in particular, are at risk. These compounds are needed for circuit boards, batteries and displays.

Supersized ego? Now there's a selfie stick for TABLETS so users can photograph themselves on a larger screen

The selfie stick for tablets (pictured) is on sale from a Los Angeles, California-based company and includes a strong rubber clamp to hold the tablet in place.

Ohio woman 'repeatedly stabs her boyfriend because he ate all the salsa'

Phyllis Jefferson, 50, of Akron, Ohio reportedly tried to smash his TV first but went for a knife when the boyfriend was able to catch it.

Pharmacists' group urges its members NOT to provide lethal execution drugs

FILE - This May 27, 2008 file photo shows the State of Texas execution chamber in Huntsville, Texas. A leading association for pharmacists on Monday has approved a proposal declaring that participation in lethal injection executions by compounding pharmacies would be a violation of core pharmacy values. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)

The American Pharmacists Association says providing drugs for use in lethal injections runs contrary to the role of pharmacists as health care providers.

Children who try wine by the age of 11 'four times more likely to become binge drinkers' by their mid-teens

The study was carried out in the US where, say researchers, some parents try to lessen the appeal of drinking by following the 'European model' of introducing kids to alcohol under supervision.

Girl, 10, who had been sexually assaulted dies in house fire with grandparents on the day 'rapist' was set to go on trial

Corrine Gump and her maternal grandparents, Judith Schmidt, 61, and William Schmidt, 63, lost their lives in the early-morning blaze in Youngstown, Ohio on Monday.

Moms who were brought together after one took to Facebook in search of the woman her children disrespected at a movie theater finally meet

Kyesha Smith Wood and Rebecca Boyd of Alabama met on Monday, this after Wood took to social media when she heard her daughters had been loudly talking during a showing of Cinderella.

Man who 'strangled Disney World employee and then had sex with her corpse' has trial delayed as he undergoes mental evaluation after smearing feces all over himself in court

The trial of Bryan Santana of Orlando, Florida, who is accused of murdering roommate Shelby Fazio, was pushed back a day as he is examined by doctors after he smeared feces all over himself in court.

Missing Missouri girl, 13, found in New Mexico 850 miles from home after she was  'kidnapped by 55-year-old man she met on Facebook'

Hannah Kennish sneaked out of her mother's house in Montrose, Missouri, Sunday morning and met Raymond Vallia who had driven up from Texas to pick her up, according to police.

Shocking video shows car bursting into flames and burning to death the 25-year-old inside after he is stopped by US border patrol and Tasered 

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Alex Martin, 25 (inset), was being pursued by Border Patrol in unmarked cars in California, but when officers Tasered him inside the car, the shot caused the car to go up in flames and explode (main). Horrific footage from the dashcam of the agents' car is now being used as evidence in a lawsuit filed by Martin's family against the US federal government. Shockingly, the video shows the agents fleeing the scene rather than try to save Martin. 'This was a senseless act in a senseless way for somebody who had violated no law and who lost their life needlessly,' said the family's attorney, Gene Iredale.

Google maps for the human BODY: Researchers unveil interactive images that let them zoom to cellular level 

?Google Maps? for the body: a biomedical revolution

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UNSW biomedical engineer Melissa Knothe Tate is using previously top-secret semiconductor technology to zoom through organs of the human body, down to the level of a single cell.

Using previously  top-secret technology, Australian researchers can to zoom through the human body down to the level of a single cell to spot osteoporosis (pictured) and other diseases.

DON'T measure kids' medicines with spoons, parents warned: Using cups or syringes 'could prevent tens of thousands of accidental overdoses'

Ideally, the drugs should be dispensed in syringes, which most accurately measure liquid, according to new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Did Versace COPY this design? LA indie artist accuses luxury fashion brand of ripping off her drawings

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Kesshia 'KESH' Kumari, a London-born, Los Angeles-based artist believes that Versace has ripped off her design for American Apparel.

Husband, 63, hacks his wife to death in Taiwan after she made fun of him not being able to get an erection

Chang Yi-hisn flew into a rage at the couple's family home in Yunlin, west Taiwan, after his wife Lin Yue-gui ridiculed his use of Viagra. He butchered his body before he tried to kill himself

The smartphone parts at risk of running out: Study listing 'endangered' metals reveals why we need to recycle mobiles

Researchers from Yale University found that supplies of gallium, arsenic and selenium, in particular, are at risk. These compounds are needed for circuit boards, batteries and displays.

Three-week-old baby found dead in his mother's lap as at least 16 people are killed by landslides which have buried several houses in Kashmir 

The baby was found in his mother's lap under several tons of mud, police said today, as the grim task of searching for bodies in Ladden village - 20 miles west of Kashmir's main city Srinagar - continued.

Children left screaming and in tears after priest at Polish religious camp carries out mass exorcism in bid to 'banish the dev

Some 1,000 pupils from Gryfice, Poland, attended the three-day event - which was billed as a way of helping 'young people explore God and devote themselves to spiritual renewal through prayer'.

Retired NYPD detective swept away in front of his horrified family after saving a 12-year-old boy from drowning in Puerto Rico

Jose Rosario, 47, was vacationing in Puerto Rico with his wife and children last week when his son's 12-year-old friend found himself in trouble while swimming in the ocean and had to be rescued.

Facebook launches scrapbook to let parents tag their babies in pictures - even if they don't have an account

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As a new dad who loves photography, I enjoy taking pictures of my son and sharing them with friends and family around the world. I believe these photos help us all feel closer and more connected.ver the past few months, I?ve noticed the more pictures I shared of my son on Facebook, the more scattered they became across my different photo albums?I needed a better way to organize them. And, I found myself tagging my wife in photos of my son so her friends could see them, too.

Our team ran a small survey for parents who share pictures of their children on Facebook and found that 65% of them tag their partner in these photos to share them with their partner?s friends. These same parents also told us they want to collect photos of their little ones in a place that will grow with them over the years.

With these insights in mind, we set out to help people who are already sharing and tagging pho

The San Francisco giant's new service is designed to let parents create photo albums of their offspring and easily tag and share them.

American 'body in a suitcase' teen weeps as she holds her baby in court and learns she'll be SPARED the death penalty in murder trial

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EXCLUSIVE: Heather Mack (left), 19, burst into tears when the prosecutor demanded she spend 15 years in a Bali prison - but spared her the death penalty. Mack and her 21-year-old boyfriend Tommy Schaefer (right) were in court accused of murdering Heather's mother, Sheila Von Wiese-Mack in the Bali 'body in the suitcase' murder. The Prosecution at Denpasar District Court also want Schaefer to be sentenced to 18 years in jail and tears rolled down his face when he heard the news through an interpreter. Mack had been keeping her baby, Stella, with her in the crowded cell in Bali's Kerobokan prison since the child was delivered in a caesarian operation.

Pennsylvania man 'used his mom's daycare center as a base to package up heroin and load syringes when children went home'

Ryan Varano (pictured) told authorities he and another man, Christian Kehler, would use Jesus' Lil Helpers Daycare to sell and use heroin on nights and weekends.

Michigan police officers buy hard-up family a car seat for their 10-month-old daughter instead of issuing them a ticket

Officers Jason Pavlige, 32, and James Hodges, 26, of Fruitport Township, pulled over a couple for failing to have their child secured in a proper seat - but quickly realized they could not afford one.

Mammoth remains unearthed by oil workers: 10,000-year-old tusks, teeth and bones from Ice Age giant dug up in Siberia

Palaeontologists estimate that the mammoth, which was found close to the town of Nyagan in the Khanty-Mansi region of Siberia, Russia, was a 30-40-year old female.

Drinker faces $1,000 fine and a year in jail after 'calling 911 a dozen times over an overcharged bar bill that was actually correct'

According to authorities, Phillip Poissonnier of Post Falls was given a ride home by police around 1am on Monday after being thrown out of Club Tequila when he was ten beers in.

Onions WITHOUT the tears! Japanese scientists reduce levels of enzymes that produce eye-watering fumes

Scientists in Japan say they have managed to disable the production of a powerful substance an onion releases as the knife slices into it, cutting down on the pungent fumes that bring tears to the eyes ©Jacques Demarthon (AFP/File)

Japanese scientists from House Foods Group used irradiating ions to disable the production of an enzyme called lachrymatory factor (LF) synthase enzyme that causes tears.

Retired priest who moved to new town couldn't understand why everyone waved and smiled to him - until he met his doppelganger!

Neil Richardson, 69 (right), was constantly mistaken for John Jemison, 74 (left), when he moved to Braintree, Essex, and had no idea why - until the pair met and realised they look almost identical. The pair had never met up until a few days ago, despite living just 150 yards from each other, leaving Mr Richardson confused as to why people constantly confused him with Mr Jemison. However, they now recognise their similarities and have even discovered they have lived similar lives - both having attended the same college, both training as RE teachers and both enjoying singing in choirs. They have now enjoyed several lunches together in recent weeks and have even introduced their wives to one another.

Michigan entrepreneur claiming idea for Heinz Dip & Squeeze

David Wawrzynski claims the 'Little Dipper' condiment package he patented in 1997 led H.J. Heinz Co. to develop its Dip & Squeeze ketchup packets, which it rolled out in February 2010.

McMuffins for dinner? McDonald to test serving breakfast menu all-day 

The fast-food chain will begin the test in April at select locations in San Diego. The menu will feature some breakfast sandwiches, hash browns and 'other favorites' all day.

Could mushrooms save the human race? Network of fungus could help fight climate change and pandemics, experts claim

A group of experts based in Los Angeles, California, are making a film about the wonders of mycelium - a vast underground network of fungus - that absorbs carbon dioxide and holds soil together.

A mobile home at 28,000 FEET: Solar Impulse pilots reveal the realities of life inside their cramped cockpit as they fly non-stop for five DAYS at a time

EXCLUSIVE: Imagine spending five days in a cockpit with barely enough room to stretch your arms. That's what two Swiss pilots (Piccard shown) are currently doing on board the Solar Impulse plane.

Bertha finally gets a lift: Massive crane arrives to raise 2,000-ton drill that got stuck for more than a year while boring under Seattle

Workmen have spent hours painstakingly removing the front end of the digger, called Bertha, which has been stuck 120 feet underground for more than a year after it broke down underneath Seattle.

Desperate husband puts advert on back of his truck appealing for a kidney donor for sick wife

Bob Stewart, of Henderson, Colorado, reportedly put the want ad for a kidney up on his truck approximately one month ago.

Ex-high school basketball coach, 30, gets probation for sex abuse of student, 16, despite her and her mother insisting there was NO crime

Robert Schuppert Jr, of Oregon, was sentenced to five years' probation and community service after being convicted in January of third-degree sex abuse and luring a minor.

Is this the most terrifying TV prank ever? Woman on empty subway carriage left in hysterics when she is suddenly attacked by zombie horde

The unwitting victim, aged in her 30s, was captured on film for Brazilian hidden camera show Silvio Santos Program as the train pulls into an empty station. But to her increasing concern, the train doors do not open and the lights on the train and the platform begin to flicker menacingly. Terrified, she tries to yank the doors open out of desperation only to be confronted by dozens of walking dead who press their faces to the glass and push their hands through the open windows. She is later pounced on by a zombie who crawls up behind and tries to grab her, forcing her to wail in blind panic. The video ends with her fleeing the train in floods of tears.

When ice and lava collide: Video reveals the bizarre shapes that form when 1,100°C molten rock is poured on to frozen water

Geologists at Syracuse University in New York poured lava heated to 1,100 degrees C onto a sheet of ice. The lava turns the ice straight into steam and becomes a seething mass of molten rock.

A cocky thief! Business owner launches appeal after 10ft-tall metal rooster goes missing from storefront

Bonnie Harris, who owns Lexington Vintage in Athens, Georgia, reported the crime to authorities on Saturday morning after she discovered the colorful animal sculpture had gone.

Mammoth remains unearthed by oil workers: 10,000-year-old tusks, teeth and bones from Ice Age giant dug up in Siberia

Palaeontologists estimate that the mammoth, which was found close to the town of Nyagan in the Khanty-Mansi region of Siberia, Russia, was a 30-40-year old female.

'In a cold space with information about STDs on the walls, people meet their loved ones': Inside the conjugal rooms where Romanian prisoners meet partners for sex

Romanian photographer Cosmin Bumbut has taken pictures of conjugal bedrooms in 35 prisons across Romania. The exhibition is shortlisted for the Sony World Photography Awards.

Wily coyote outwits New York's finest: Urban intruder gives cops the runaround for an hour on the roof of a bar - then vanishes into the city

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The coyote (left) spent an hour on top of a New York bar after it made its way through an abandoned building. A vet (bottom right), clambered up onto the roof before retreating after identifying the coyote. Police were (top right) filmed trying to retrieve it above the LIC bar in Long Island City, Queens, New York before it fled into an old paint factory.

   

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'Never let her see how frustrated you are!' Entertaining video shows men try - and fail - to unhook a variety of bra styles 

For half of the world's population, putting on and taking off a bra each day comes naturally. So spare a thought for the other half - the men who when faced with two metallic hooks - are thrown into chaos and confusion. Cosmopolitan magazine gave several guys the task of trying to unclasp a bra from a model, but for many it proved to be a fumbling failure.

Frozen in time: Haunting never-before-seen pictures of Captain Scott's doomed expedition team setting off on their South Pole mission revealed

The archive of 52 celluloid negatives, worth £50,000, show the great British adventurer and his men heading off in the snow-covered wilderness during the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition of 1912.

Real-life wedding crashers: Family spends years photobombing random people tying the knot on beaches in Hawaii (but say they never ruined an official shot)

Brandi and Randy Russell, and their two children, originally from Lenexa in Kansas, lived on the idyllic island for five years and decided to take their quirky photos at the Ko Olina beach lagoon.

A roaring success: Rare white lion undergoes six-hour dental operation to remove broken canine teeth after pain makes it impossible for him to eat

Aslan, the nine-year-old male lion from South Africa, was placed under anaesthetic for six hours and had four teeth worked on. After the operation he was reintroduced to his pride a happy lion.

Mud, sweat and tears: More than 10,000 adrenaline junkies take on Tough Mudder obstacle course in California as temperatures hit 90-degrees

Lucy Nicholson of Reuters snapped away at various points on the 12-mile Tough Mudder course in San Bernardino as contestants made their way through mud pits and fields of live wires.

It's a bug of war! Hungry ants each try to pull poor fly away from one another so they can have it for dinner 

The bright orange bugs were photographed in Tiruvalla, India as they battled with one another to take the stricken horse fly back to their nest (main image). Photographer Sreekumar Mahadevan Pillai said he took the photograph in his back garden, where a massive teak tree acts as a home for millions of half-inch long weaver ants (inset).

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Girl, 7, gets revolutionary new 3D printed prosthetic hand that cost only $50 to make

Faith Lennox(pictured), 7, of Alamitos, California who lost her arm as an infant due to a birth-defect gets new 3D printed prosthetic robohand (pictured) on Tuesday. The prosthetic was constructed overnight at the Build It Workspace studio. It represents a breakthrough in small, lightweight hands that are economical and easy for children to use.

Now THAT'S an all-you-can-eat buffet! Thousands enjoy giant noodle feast at Chinese temple to celebrate Dragon festival

Pic shows: Giant wok in China.

This giant wok of 'dragon beard' noodles, made for 2,000 people at the White Dragon Temple in Fucheng villag in Henan province in central China, took noodle making to the next level.

Bet he's feeling a bit sheepish! Jogger films moment he comes to the aid of wild sheep trapped to a tree by its own horns

Polish jogger Krystof Wlodarczyk came across the distressed sheep trapped to the tree in the woods near Konin and had to battle with the animal to set it free.

Last night was a real buzz! The shocking drinking game seeing a surge in Mexican bars - where party-goers are electrocuted until they scream

Toques - or 'touch, in Spanish - sees drinkers in the Mexican capital compete to see who can withstand the highest voltage before the excruciating pain means they have to beg to stop.

Is this the world's oldest PIGGYBACK? Tender moment of insect mother caring for its young frozen in time for 100 million years

A scale insect called Wathondra kotejai, preserved inside a piece of amber discovered in a mine in northern Myanmar, is thought to be the earliest example of parental care in insects yet discovered.

Synchronised swimming! Extraordinary moment two 40-tonne whales leap out of the water and breach in unison in Hawaii

Wildlife photographer Jon Cornforth, 43, was lucky enough to witness two of the majestic mammals exploding out of northern Pacific Ocean together, and come crashing down in unison. The rare event was documented off the coast of Hawaii and took place near the humpback whales' breeding grounds.

   

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