Mystery of Connecticut businessman and his wife who went missing after losing everything: One home was foreclosed on and another sold since husband fell millions of dollars in debt

Connecticut police seek missing Jeffrey and Jeanette Navin who vanished a week ago

Jeanette Navin, 55, a sanitation company owner from Connecticut, and his librarian wife, Jeanette, 55 (pictured together), were reported missing August 7 by family members who told police they have not been seen since August 4. Their pickup truck was later found abandoned and vandalized in a commuter lot. Last year, HSBC Bank foreclosed on he Navins' million-dollar home in Guilford for failure to make mortgage payments totaling $2.23million, and a utility company sued Mr Navin claiming $140,000 in unpaid electrical bills. Then in June, the couple sold their other luxury home (inset) for $900,000 and moved into a rental.

'Godzilla El Niño is heading towards California': Latest survey suggests mega-weather event could be biggest since records began and bring with it some epic rain (but not enough to end the drought)

US weather event WILL hit the West coast and it will be the biggest since records began

California will be hit by the biggest El Nino on record this winter, according to the latest forecast. Dubbed the 'Godzilla El Nino', the weather event looks set to bring more rain and tropical cyclones to the Pacific Southwest since records began in 1950. But analysts warn it still won't be enough to atone for four years of record-breaking droughts. In fact, the dry and cracked land will be hard-pushed to withstand the three-month storm, meaning there will likely be an onslaught of mudslides and floods. It's already brewing bigger, right, than 1997, left.

EXCLUSIVE: NFL murderer Aaron Hernandez's $1.3 million house and Hummer will be sold to pay compensation to mother of the friend he gunned down

The disgraced New England Patriots tight end has been told that his house and car in North Attleborough, MA, will be sold to help settle a civil suit brought by the family of the man he killed.

EXCLUSIVE: Tech company which maintained Hillary's secret server was sued for 'illegally accessing' database and 'stealing White House military advisers' phone numbers'

NEW Platte River Systems, of Denver, Colorado, maintained the 'homebrew' server at the center of the mounting scandal hitting the Clinton campaign. It was sued for illegal acts, DailyMail.com reveals.

Sesame Street fans will have to pay for new episodes - or wait nine months - as show moves to HBO

Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit group behind the children's television program, has struck a deal with HBO, that will bring the next five seasons of Sesame Street to HBO, starting this fall.

Now ISIS makes rape part of its religious doctrine claiming that Koran 'condones and encourages' attacking women if they are not Muslims

The chilling development came as a 12-year-old rape victim in Iraq told how her attacker insisted that what he was doing was not sinful - because she practised a religion other than Islam (file picture).

Stylish NY apartment made famous by Devil Wears Prada goes on the market with designer price-tag of $23,000 a month

Stylish Soho apartment made famous by Devil Wears Prada goes on the market

The stylish apartment, which featured in fashionista chick flick Devil Wears Prada, is on the market with the cool price-tag of $23,000 a month in Soho, New York. It features in the hit movie when Andy Sachs, played by Anne Hathaway, meets journalist Christian Thompson at an industry party and belongs to up and coming designer James Holt.

Your genes WON'T make you wealthy: Becoming rich is more about nurture than nature, study finds 

A study by Lund University in Sweden found that the wealth of an adopted child - before receiving an inheritance - is similar to that of their adoptive parents, rather than their biological ones.

The secret to a lasting marriage? Being happy for one another! Brain scans reveal how strong couples share each other's joy

Researchers in Canada found happily married women were more sensitive to their husband's unexpected positive emotions than to their negative ones.

That's one lecture they won't forget! Australian student is caught by his classmates watching PORN when he forgets to plug in his headphones (or is the joke on them?)

Sydney student caught watching PORN when he forgets to plug in headphones

Hilarious footage has emerged of the awkward moment a student is caught watching porn during a lecture after forgetting to plug his earphones in. The unnamed man (pictured) had been sitting in a lecture hall at a university, believed to be in Sydney, with his headphones in as he appeared to be engaging in the lesson while typing away at his laptop. But while the lecturer is explaining the PowerPoint slides in front of hundreds of students, the room is erupted with confronting erotic noises. Visibly stunned and embarrassed by his clumsy ordeal, the man quickly gets up and makes a run for the exit (inset).

Christian baker who refused to make a gay wedding cake cannot use his religious beliefs as a defense, court rules

FILE  - In this March 10, 2014 file photo, Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips decorates a cake inside his store, in Lakewood, Colo. Phillips a suburban Denver baker who wouldnít make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple cannot cite his religious beliefs in refusing them service because it would lead to discrimination, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Jack Philips, who owns Masterpiece Cakeshop near Denver, Colorado, had tried to claim that making gay wedding cakes violated his religious freedom, but his argument was rejected.

Father of PGA Tour player Billy Hurley III dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound

Willard Hurley, 61, the father of PGA Tour golfer Billy Hurley III who went missing for 12 days last month, has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, his family have said.

Democrats panic over Clinton email scandal: Hillary campaign issues 4,000-word explanation of why she's innocent after it emerges her private server held secret CIA intelligence and satellite info

Hillary Clinton's emails contained secret CIA intelligence and satellite info

At least two classified messages on Hillary Clinton's home email server contained top-secret intelligence including signal intercepts and information from keyhole satellite conducted by the CIA and the Pentagon's satellite-spying National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. U.S. Intelligence Community Inspector General Charles McCullough reported to Congress on Wednesday that the sensitive information dated from 2006 and 2008. The new revelation led the Clinton camp to post and distribute a 4,000-word statement defending the former secretary of state.

Fox News chief threatened Trump with all-out feud amid Megyn Kelly flap and warned him: 'Resolve this now, or we can go to war'

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 09:  President of FOX News Roger Ailes attends the "Kingsman: The Secret Service" New York premiere at SVA Theater on February 9, 2015 in New York City.  (Photo by Andrew Toth/FilmMagic)

New version has Fox chief Roger Ailes delivering an ultimatum and warning Trump that he was running out of time to reach detente following clash with Aug. 6 debate co-moderator Megyn Kelly.

'You're embarrassing the nation!' Sassy 13-year-old girl pens and performs caustic ballad slamming presidential candidate Donald Trump as a 'bully' and a 'chump' 

Molly Bergman performs ballad slamming presidential candidate Donald Trump

Molly Bergman (pictured), from Southern California, wrote a song entitled Dear Mr. Trump and posted it on her YouTube channel. In the clip, she plays the guitar and musically implores the Republican candidate to drop out of the race and apologize to women. She calls him a 'chump' and questions whether it would be 'shady' if Donald's wife, Melania, were to become First Lady.

Bill Clinton sends 'thoughts and prayers' to Jimmy Carter after he revealed his cancer diagnosis as Obama says he is 'rooting' for the former President

Bill Clinton has told former President Jimmy Carver he wished him a 'speedy recovery' after Barack Obama sent his own heartfelt message as Carter revealed he is battling cancer.

Clinton aide Huma Abedin STILL hasn't sworn under oath that she's turned over all her State Department emails

FILE - In this April 29, 2015, file photo, Huma Abedin, attends the David N. Dinkins Leadership and Public Policy Forum in New York. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon has given the State Department a few months to provide The Associated Press with thousands of documents it sought in a federal lawsuit. The Aug. 7, order means the documents, including schedules and calendars from former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will be released months ahead of the spring presidential primary elections. Leon ordered the department to produce within 30 days records related to Abedin, a former top Clinton aide, during her time as secretary of state. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Donald Trump believes Abedin may have exposed top secret information to her 'deviant' husband, the disgraced sexting former congressman Anthony Weiner.

Genetic test proves President Harding DID father a love child with mistress who he would have sex with in a West Wing closet

Genetic test proves President Harding DID have a love child with mistress

Relatives of Warren G Harding revealed on Wednesday that he did indeed father a daughter in 1919 with his longtime mistress Nan Britton. Britton first made the claim in an explosive tell-all book the affair, published in 1927, but her account was treated with heavy skepticism since Harding was widely believed to be sterile. The question of Harding's fidelity hung over the two families for years. Eventually, the presidents grand-nephew Dr Peter Harding, approached the grandson of Britton, James Baesing, and the two agreed to a DNA test. The results showed that they were second cousins.

Federal investigation launched into death of unarmed teen who was shot dead by police in South Carolina while on first date with girlfriend

An inter-agency federal investigation has been launched to probe the death of an unarmed teenager. Zachary Hammond, 19, was killed by an unnamed officer in South Carolina last month.

Smart people live longer: 95% of the link between intelligence and longevity 'is down to good genes' 

Scientists at the London School of Economics found by analysing twins that 95 per cent of the link between intelligence and lifespan is down to a person's genetics, not the choices they make in life.

What a pest! Armies of biting ants infest vacationers' cars parked at airport garage

The Charlotte Douglas airport in Charlotte, North Carolina has been plagued with reports of cars parked at their parking lot being infested with thousands of ants.

NYC mayor Bill de Blasio gave unadvertised $150k job to the girlfriend of one of his closest female aides 

Appointed as 'campaign director' for de Blasio's Office of Immigrant Affairs in May, Stephanie Yazgi's salary will initially be paid for by the taxpayers until it is covered by a delayed private grant.

Disgraced teacher, 29, stunned as she is handed 10-year prison sentence for repeatedly having sex with a 15-year-old student

Jennifer Caswell jailed for 10 years after having sex with 15-year-old student

Jennifer Caswell, 29, a former Oklahoma middle school teacher, was sentenced to 15 years, with five years suspended, after pleading guilty to second-degree rape and other related charges stemming from her affair with a student.

Obese woman, 26, who weighed 253lbs reveals how she overcame crippling depression and a binge-eating disorder to lose 107lbs in just one year 

Obese Texan, Caitlin Adams, who weighed 253lbs reveals how she lost 107lbs

Caitlin Adams, 26, from Texas, transformed her body, going from a size 22 (left) to a size 10 (right). At 5'9", she now weighs a healthy 146lbs, and her experience has inspired her to go back to school to study nutrition, so she can help other teens and young adults who are struggling with obesity.

Connecticut's highest court BANS death penalty in the state - sparing the lives of 11 men including the Petit family murderers

In a 4-3 ruling on Thursday, Connecticut Supreme Court declared that the death penalty was unconstitutional, sparing the lives of the 11 men currently on death row in the town of Somers.

Fraternity pledge, 19, who died after falling 20ft into a lake 'was forced to walk along a bridge safety railing as part of a hazing stunt before plunging to his death'

Clemson fraternity pledge Tucker Hipps died walking along a bridge safety railing

Tucker Hipps, 19 (left), died last year after plunging 20ft from a bridge in Clemson, South Carolina (right), and now a new witness says the sophomore fell after being forced to walk along the top of a safety railing. Two lawsuits filed by Hipps' parents say their son was ordered to participate in a pre-dawn run with the other pledges, and was told to bring breakfast for 30 of them, but arrived without it. The witness says Hipps was then forced to walk along the safety railing, slipped, tried to climb back on to the bridge as the other pledges looked on, but fell and hit his head on rocks below.

Worried Cuba will become Americanised? It already is! Despite 50 years of official hostility there's a national love of baseball, French fries and milkshakes

Cuba is a country whose language, music, literature and fashion are steeped in American influence despite the ban on tourists. Relations are set to thaw, especially with the opening of a US embassy.

'I make my money from my family's shrimp business': Man pretends to be Forrest Gump in hilarious Tinder exchange... but potential date fails to see the joke

Man pretends to be Forrest Gump in Tinder meesages exchange

Blake, 24, listed his hobbies and interests on the dating app to mirror those of Tom Hanks' character in the 1994 blockbuster Forrest Gump. One woman failed to spot the connection during their chat, even when Blake stuck to the script and sometimes quoted directly from the film. He posted the pictures of their conversation on his Imgur account (pictured).

'I'm so upset I'm a freak': Dr Brandt sent distraught text about Kimmy Schmidt caricature just weeks before his suicide

Lili Anolik, whose husband Rob worked with Dr Fredric Brandt, also said he was obsessed with reading cruel comments made online about his appearance and 'likeness' to Kimmy Schmidt doctor.

From UFOs to JFK: Conspiracy theories are so 'romanticised' that believers are willing to ignore factual errors to boost their argument

Researchers from Winchester University asked 802 American participants to read what they called a 'short mock news article about a fictitious political scandal in Canada'.

'Looks like the East Coast is in for a pounding!' Viewers' amusement after TV news crews unwittingly show weather forecast map resembling a giant penis

The map, created by AccuWeather.com and broadcast by TV news crews on Tuesday morning, features a green band of rain and storms that bears an unfortunate resemblance to a penis.

Japanese boxer, 24, bursts into lawyer's office, cuts off the 42-year-old man's penis with garden shears and flushes the organ down the toilet after discovering wife's affair

Officers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (pictured) said Ikki Kodukai may have been acting out of revenge over his wife's romantic involvement with the 42-year-old victim.

Revealed: Former Partridge Family child star Suzanne Crough died at age 52 of a rare heart condition

Partridge Family's Suzanne Crough died at age 52 of a rare heart condition

Crough, best known for her role as the Tracy Partridge on the hit 1970s sitcom, succumbed to arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia - a heart condition that affect 1 in 5,000 people.

Rising blood pressure, feeling TIRED and constipation: What really happens to your body 24 hours after drinking a can of Red Bull

A new graphic released by Personalise.co.uk looks at what happens to your body 24 hours after drinking an energy drink, from the moment it hits your lips through to the withdrawal symptoms.

Could you charge a phone with your BRAIN? Human body generates enough electricity to fuel an iPhone in 70 hours

The calculations were made by Philadelphia-based Gizmodo journalist Maddie Stone claims. Although she does stress there is no current way to harness this electricity.

Immigrant population in U.S. hits a record high of 42 MILLION amid a post-recession surge in Mexicans crossing the border

In the past year alone, 1.7million legal and illegal immigrants have entered the United States, a new analysis of Census Bureau data shows. Of these, 740,000 - more than 43 per cent - are Mexicans.

Paraguayan girl, 11, gives birth to her stepfather's child after being raped when she was ten, because of strict laws against abortion

The child was just ten when she was allegedly raped but the Paraguayan government refused her mother's request for an abortion because strict laws only allow it if the mother's life is in danger.

Forget glamping, try CRAMPING: The world's smallest caravan that has a double bed and fully-equipped kitchen... despite being just eight-feet long

Gidget is the world's smallest caravan that is fully-equipped at just eight-feet long

The Tardis-like creation has been taking campsites by storm this summer because it's so small that it can be easily towed like a trailer - but its nifty design also hides a secret compartment. The brainchild of two Australian camping enthusiasts, Glenn Wills and Christine Bree, The Gidget will set buyers back about £10,000 to own the retro-inspired pod.

California man, 67, fights off black bear and then drives himself to the hospital

A black bear roams near the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, June 24, 2011. Black bear are commonly sighted near the tree line.  REUTERS/Jim Urquhart (UNITED STATES) - RTR2O7OE

There has been an an uptick in bear encounters, as the California drought that's sends bears into populated areas to forage for food, officials said. Above, an image of black bear in Wyoming.

Watch Nasa fire engine that will power world's biggest rocket: Space Launch System test paves the way for sending humans to Mars, says agency

Nasa is conducting the penultimate hot fire test of an RS-25 engine. The test will take place in Mississippi at 5pm ET and will look at ill look at how the engine performs at different thrust levels.

'Please make it die a horrible, painful death': Transgender teen Jazz Jennings reveals the hurtful comments and violent death threats she receives from online trolls 

On the latest episode of the TLC reality show I am Jazz, the 14-year-old star reads comments left on her YouTube videos calling her 'it' instead of 'she' and claiming the devil is tricking her.

TLC's sex abuse documentary prompted by the Duggars gets an air date for this month - but will barely feature any Duggars

TLC has set an airdate for its new documentary to raise awareness about child sexual abuse. The film, 'Breaking the Silence,' will air at 10 p.m. EDT Aug. 30

Harvard student loses Facebook internship after building Harry Potter-inspired app that pointed out the site's privacy flaws

Facebook canceled a Harvard student's internship after he created a Google Chrome plugin that highlighted serious privacy flaws in the social network's messaging service, Boston.com reports.

In May, computer science and mathematics student Aran Khanna built Marauder's Map. It was a browser plugin that made use of the fact that people who use the Facebook Messenger share their location with everyone they message with by default.

Upon installing the plugin, users could use it to precisely track the movements of anyone they were in a conversation thread with. This included users who they were not friends with on Facebook ? and it was accurate to within a meter.

Aran Khanna's app - called Marauder's Map in tribute to the Harry Potter books - showed that users of Facebook Messenger could pinpoint the exact locations of people they were talking to.

Tiger Woods rues 'awful' putting after his opening round 75 at US PGA Championship 

SHEBOYGAN, WI - AUGUST 13:  Tiger Woods of the United States during the first round of the 2015 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits on August 13, 2015 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.  (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

Former world number one Tiger Woods blamed his putting after struggling to an opening round score of 75 in the US PGA Championship on Thursday at Whistling Straits.

'Oink, oink.. bang, bang': Dozens of heavily-armed New Black Panther activists threaten Texas police while protesting the death of Sandra Bland

New Black Panther activists threaten Texas police while protesting Sandra Bland's death

Armed with AR-15 assault rifles, shotguns and hunting rifles, the activists shouted death threats to police while leading a two-hour march to Waller County Jail in Texas. The march came exactly a month after activist Sandra Bland was found dead inside her cell at the jail following her arrest after an altercation during a traffic stop. Bland's death has caused a wave of protest among her family, friends and rights groups who have rubbished the official claim that she committed suicide by hanging herself with a trash bag.

Supermodel Natalia Vodianova blasts café owner after her disabled sister was told to leave and 'go and get cured' because she was scaring customers 

EXCLUSIVE: Natalia Vodianova hit out at a cafe in her hometown of Nizhy Novgorod, in Russia, after they demanded her sister Oksana (far right) leave or end up 'locked in a cellar'.

Man killed his wife in murder suicide on the day they were supposed to sign divorce papers in Maryland

Police are investigating the deaths of a woman and her estranged husband in what is thought to be a case of murder-suicide. Kelly Shortt-Hamilton was due to sign divorce papers with Daniel Shortt in Brunswick.

Florida dad arrested for 'taking daughter, 16, to Pink Pony strip club, giving her cocaine and allowing her to pole dance'

Jose Manuel Arguelles, 59, a divorced club promoter from Doral, has been charged with child neglect, giving drugs to child and eight counts of sexual performance by a child.

Hospitals braced for baby boom in upstate New York - nine months after snowed-in couples spent a week of storms making their own entertainment

Buffalo, New York, was the hardest hit by the so-called November Storm a week before Thanksgiving that saw seven feet of snow settle. This month local hospitals expect a 25 per cent spike in birth rates.

STILL the great diet debate rages: Low-carb 'is best for weight loss but forsaking fat is BETTER for your health', latest study reveals

Scientists from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney diseases, pitted a low-carb diet against a low-fat one and concluded cutting out fat is better for overall health.

Body found in Colorado chimney had probably been there YEARS - and owners had long wondered the cause of rancid smell

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Longtime Pikes Peak region builder Chuck Murphy got a call Friday from a member of his construction crew demolishing an old family cabin along Rampart Range Road in Woodland Park.

?They said they found a body stuffed in the chimney,? Murphy said. ?It was a real shock. I couldn?t believe it.?

In a news release, Woodland Park Police reported the discovery of human remains at 2:30 p.m. at a construction site. Police, the Teller County Coroner and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation were working to identify the remains. No other information was released.

The 79-year-old Murphy said the corpse was a red-haired man whose limbs had become dismembered while encased in the chimney.

?I feel so sorry for the guy who was in there because it had to be a few years,? Murphy said.

A work crew tearing down a ramshackle log cabin in Woodland Park, Colorado, came upon a human corpse partially stripped of flesh - but still wearing a sweater - lodged in the chimney.

Fidel Castro tells America it owes Cuba millions as he makes rare public appearance on 89th birthday

Fidel Castro pictured on his 89th birthday and tells Americans he's owed millions

One day before the historic reopening of the U.S. Embassy in Cuba, former President Fidel Castro asserted in a newspaper column that the U.S. owes the island country 'millions of dollars' as reparations for a decades-long embargo. According to Agence France-Presse, Castro, who is celebrating his 89th birthday today, wrote: "Cuba is owed compensation equivalent to damages, which total many millions of dollars, as our country has stated with irrefutable arguments and data in all of its speeches at the United Nations." The column did not mention U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's visit to Cuba for the embassy opening Friday.

'Stop the foreigners from reporting': Dramatic moment CNN reporter is attacked by families of victims injured in horrific Chinese warehouse explosions 

Standing outside the main hospital in decimated China port city of Tijuan, CNN reporter Will Ripley had just started speaking to the camera when the mob began to form around him.

Was badly stored cyanide to blame for the catastrophic Chinese warehouse blasts that killed 50? Panicked families flee 'toxic cloud'

At least 50 people have been killed and a further 700 injured after a huge explosion hit a shipment of explosives in the north-eastern city of Tianjin, China, at 11.30pm local time.

Single mother $188million Powerball winner has to fork out $9million to bail her 'drug trafficking' fiance out of jail -TWICE

Marie Holmes, 26, from Shallotte, North Carolina, who won $188million in a Powerball jackpot in February, reportedly has bailed her convict fiance out of jail twice since then to the tune of $9million.

Hollywood producer who 'spied on women as they went to the toilet' is sacked from set of sci-fi film Allegiant 

The PR for the film Insurgent, starring Shailene Woodley and Theo James (pictured), has confirmed voyeur Kevin Thomas Roy (not pictured) has been sacked from the film set.

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Horrifically abused and discarded pit bull with only HALF a face still wags her tail nonstop and 'loves all people' - now she's loving her new life

Pit bull with only HALF a face still wags her tail nonstop and 'loves all people'

Khalessi the two-year-old pit bull mix (pictured) was found abandoned on an Orlando, Florida lawn. She was missing her nose, nostrils, and sinus cavity - making her long front teeth hang out like the tusks of a walrus. Her hind legs don't work and she has injuries that indicate past abuse. However, she wags her tail all of the time and still loves people. She will have multiple surgeries and then be put up for adoption through Passion 4 Pits Rescue group.

So that's why dogs hate cats! Fossils reveal felines drove 40 species of canines to extinction after arriving in North America 

A team of scientists from Sweden, Brazil and Switzerland studied 2,000 fossils of ancient canids to reveal that the introduction of felids from Asia had a devastating impact on diversity in the dog family.

Cop 'attacks his fellow cop wife after accusing her of an affair with a firefighter' and then goes on the run after SWAT arrives at his door in Denver

A SWAT team surrounded a police officer's house om Denver and arrested him after he allegedly punched his wife in the eye and told her 'she'd be dead' if she informed the police.

Mother found guilty of smothering her newborn twins to death just a day after they were born claims she was forced to confess by police as she seeks a new trial

Convicted murderer Lindsey Lowe is seeking a new trial after claiming that important evidence from her police statement should not have been used in the trial against her.

Kentucky clerk defies federal judge's order and turns away TWO gay couples seeking marriage licenses 

A Kentucky clerks office turned away gay couples seeking marriage licenses on Thursday, defying a federal judge's order deeply held Christian beliefs don't excuse officials issuing them.

Embarrassed man has four curtain rings that were stuck around his penis removed by firefighters in Colombia 

The 50-year-old was taken to Carlos Holmes Trujillo Hospital, Colombia, when the metal rings got stuck on his manhood. But the medics didn't have the right equipment to release his member.

The DeLorean's dad! One-of-a-kind concept Maserati which inspired the car that went Back To The Future is set to sell for $5million 

The Maserati Boomerang, unveiled by the luxury Italian car manufacturer in 1971 as a vision of how cars might look in the future, is expected to sell at auction in Chantilly, France for £3million.

Treasure trove of warrior jewellery unearthed in Russia: Ancient grave belongs to woman who worshipped fire 2,000 years ago

The female fighter was a Sarmatian, a people who worshipped fire and whose prominent role in warfare was seen as an inspiration for the Amazons of Greek mythology.

458 glossy pages that prove fashion's lost the plot: It's rightly regarded as fashion's bible but the latest Vogue (weighing 3lb) is full of overpriced ugly clothes by designers who despise real women 

458 glossy pages that prove fashion's lost the plot: It's rightly regarded as fashion's

SARAH VINE: Vogue, which can produce intelligent journalism, too often dances to the tune of designers, and not the other way around. It's like the lunatics have taken over the asylum. Indeed, in her monthly editorial letter, even Alexandra Shulman, the magazine's brilliant and highly accomplished editor-in-chief, sounds a note of disbelief. You have to search hard to find it, buried as it is in the middle of a three-page Versace advert featuring a bird-poo yellow trouser suit and matching handbag, but it's there nonetheless: 'Personally, I'm not so sure all these shouty clothes will rush off the rails.'

The little boy with skin as fragile as butterfly wings: Four-year-old lives each day in agony, wrapped in bandages and unable to walk, stand or crawl

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Brody Curtis, four, of Charlestown, Indiana, suffers from epidermolysis bullosa. His body is covered with painful, blistering wounds that will never heal.

Thousands of firefighters battle blaze in north California spanning 16,500 acres as it spread across two counties and forces evacuation of at least 150 people

Around 2,000 firefighters are battling a wildfire, called the Jerusalem fire. in the wine region of north California, threatening dozens of homes after it spread through the Lake and Napa counties.

What really happens to your heart rate during SEX? Woman wears Fitbit for a nine-minute session... from putting on the condom to taking a breather after orgasm

Reddit user Jess, from the US, wore her Fitbit wristband during sex to monitor her heart rate creating a graph. She was curious about how it would change and decided to share the results.

Man, 20, is escorted off plane by police after 'sexually assaulting' 69-year-old woman seated next to him

Police said the woman was awake when she was assaulted by a stranger on a WestJet flight from Calgary to Halifax. The man was moved to a different seat and arrested when the plane landed.

NBA schedule 2015-16: Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers feature on opening night of the season 

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Stephen Curry's Golden State Warriors will tip off their NBA title defence at home to the New Orleans Pelicans on October 27. The schedule for 2015-16 was announced on Wednesday.

Share a bottle in Brazil, serve a neighbor in Japan and NEVER clink glasses in Hungary! Clever video reveals how to toast your drink in different countries around the world 

A video from beer YouTube channel Let's Grab a Beer shows viewers how to properly buy, drink and toast with beer in eight different countries around the world form Europe to Asia.

Former New Jersey mayor pleads guilty to raping child relative starting when she was six years old 

Former Marlboro mayor Matthew V. Scannapieco, 71, a Republican, admitted to detectives that he had sexual contact with a female child relative 50 to 60 times between 2006 and 2008.

'I listed crying as one of my hobbies on Tinder': Witty Millennials of New York parody page pokes fun at grumpy twenty-somethings living in the Big Apple 

Witty Millennials of New York parody page pokes fun at grumpy twenty-somethings

Inspired by Brandon Stanton's popular Humans of New York, which shares portraits alongside interesting stories from real New Yorkers, this satirical Facebook page also features people posing in the city that never sleeps. Unlike on the original page, however, these stories are made up to poke fun at 20-something living in the city. The sometimes unflattering quotes paint millennials as entitled, uninterested in current events, and obsessed with social media and trends. But they also include some hysterically funny - and incredibly accurate - observations.

Gold mine in Montana saved from immediate closure after armed militia Oath Keepers step in to 'keep the peace'

The White Hope Mine in Helena Forest, which has been in operation since the 1920s, is the subject of a dispute between the miners and the US Forest Service over who owns the land above it.

Chinese woman gets herself pregnant 14 TIMES in ten years to avoid jail sentence

A woman from Urumqi, northwest China, has avoided going to jail on corruption charges for the last ten years by getting pregnant on 14 separate occasions.

At least 60 dead and scores injured after suspected ISIS militants detonate a massive truck bomb in a packed Baghdad food market

The truck detonated in Jameela market in the Iraqi capital's crowded and predominantly Shiite Sadr City neighbourhood shortly after dawn, according to two local police officers.

Six Islamists are sentenced to death in Pakistan for deadly attack on Peshawar school which killed more than 150, including 132 children 

Pakistani military courts have sentenced seven Islamic militants to death over a series of attacks, including an assault on a school that killed more than 150 people in Peshawar last December

Italian woman who was made to give up a baby she had with a Nazi soldier is reunited with her long lost daughter after 71 years 

She was just 20-years-old when she was forced to hand over her baby to the Nazi authorities but now an Italian grandmother has been reunited with her daughter for the first time in 71 years.

Man digs through a mountain of recycling and miraculously finds white trash bag with priceless family photos accidentally thrown out by elderly father-in-law

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Rudy Durrwachter,84, of Albuquerque, New Mexico accidentally threw out a white trash bag containing important documents and pictures, but was able to recover it from a recycling facility.

Chilling moment man poses in the street after stabbing a woman with metre long sword in random attack outside popular Uniqlo store in China

Uniqlo sword attack in Beijing leaves woman stabbed to death

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT A man armed with a metre-long sword has stabbed a woman to death outside a Uniqlo store in Beijing's busy Sanlitun district. The attacker, known only as Gao, also slashed a French man who was trying to help the woman (pictured above), who later died in hospital. Sickening photos taken at the scene (inset) show the attacker casually sauntering around the square before he is apprehended by police.

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri pledges allegiance to the Taliban's new chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour in his first public announcement for almost a year

In a new audio recording, Zawahiri paid tribute to the late Taliban chief Mullah Omar, whose death from tuberculosis was confirmed by Afghan-based jihadis last month.

Say please and thank you, learn to cartwheel and never talk to strangers: Life lessons EVERY parent should teach their children revealed 

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A new poll of things every parent should teach their children reveals that respecting your elders was voted second (75 percent) while having good table manners came third (73 percent).

How times have changed! Photographer replicates his late grandfather's travel snaps by visiting same holiday spots 40 years later

Christian Carollo, from Philadelphia, has travelled nearly 20,000 miles and even met people who were photographed by his grandfather, Herb Connellan, while snapping the same images.

Long live the King! More than 170 Elvis artifacts to be auctioned at Graceland

On Thursday, Graceland is auctioning off a new batch of Elvis Presley memorabilia, primarily from private collections, Items include clothing, records and all manner of Presley ephemera -

Two men, ages 18 and 19, facing up to 20 years in prison after admitting smuggling 30lbs of heroin from Mexico by DRONE

Jonathan Elias, 18, and Brayan Valle, 19, both from El Centro, California, drove to a field in Calexico in April to collect packages filled with 28.6 pounds of heroin that had been flown into the U.S. by drone.

This looks good enough to eat! Miners unearth incredible 'meat stones' that date back 100 million years

Stunned iron ore miners in northwest China were flabbergasted when they accidentally dug up several spectacular 100 million year-old Jurassic stones that resemble pork loins this week.

Disgruntled man determined to 'inconvenience the council' told he can't pay his parking fine with rolls of pennies

A Pennsylvania borough is putting the brakes on a disgruntled handyman's attempt at paying his $25 parking fine with 50 rolls of pennies.

'I'm still alive, I still have my limbs': Female veteran who suffered severe PTSD when she returned from Iraq details her ongoing struggle to overcome her personal demons 

Tina Garnanez is a Navajo Native American from Shiprock, New Mexico, a former military medic and one of four women to tell their stories in Soledad O'Brien's new #GirlsCan video series for CoverGirl.

Mother of four dons camouflage and mask and 'chases her ex-husband with an ax after putting their 11-year-old son in a chokehold'

Prosecutors say a North Attleboro woman hid in her ex-husband?s minivan wearing camouflage clothing and a mask before chasing him into his dental office and attacking him with an ax in front of their 11-year-old son.
Julie A. Rabinowitz, 46, allegedly swung the ax twice at her 46-year-old ex-husband, Mark Schenkman, around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, but he deflected the blows, disarmed her and subdued her until police arrived.
The alleged plot to ambush her husband was foiled when the couple?s 11-year-old son decided to wait in the vehicle until his father, an oral surgeon, got out of work at 103 Commonwealth Ave., according to police

Julie Rabinowitz, 46, of Massachusetts, has pleaded not guilty to 11 charges, including armed assault with intent to murder, in connection to an ax attack on Mark Schenkman.

'Mindblowing and not in a good way': KFC China launches bizarre new ROSE chicken leg burgers made with pink buns... and fast food fans are not impressed

Diners have been left confused by KFC China's new limited edition rose cheese roasted chicken leg burger and its black diamond bacon spicy chicken leg burger with an ink-coloured bun.

Inside Sicily's ghost hotel: It was built 61 years ago, has had several 'grand openings'... but not one guest has ever checked in

The site for the hotel is perfect for observing all the beauty of the Italian island. Situated close to thermal baths it was supposed to be the perfect spot of relaxation for tourists.

Larking about with James Dean on set and laughing with Richard Burton: Rare photos of the late Elizabeth Taylor to go on display

Rare Elizabeth Taylor photos with James Dean and Richard Burton to go on display

The photographs, which include a series of captivating behind-the-scenes shots, will be displayed at the Getty Images Museum in east London from October before going on display in Los Angeles, New York, South Africa and France later this year. Highlights include a photo of Ms Taylor adjusting actor Montgomery Clift's tie at a LA premiere in November 1969 (left), a shot of the late actress peering at the Thames from Westminster Bridge in 1948 (right) and a studio portrait taken when she was 19 in 1951 (inset).

You're booked! Brooklyn cops find gun and ammunition concealed inside hollowed-out Holy Bible

Cops in Brooklyn opened a locked copy of the Holy Bible to find it was a hollowed-out gun store. A Glock 17, magazine and bullets were discovered inside the fake good book.

Carrier pigeon carrying cocaine and marijuana in a bag attached to its chest is caught in bizarre plot to smuggle drugs into a Costa Rican prison

Officers at La Reforma prison captured the pigeon (pictured) with 14g of cocaine and 14g of cannabis stuffed into a black pouch which camouflaged against its dark feathers.

Art dealer arrested in Italy on suspicion of murdering her frail 93-year-old mother with a rosary bead 

Francesca Martire, 61, is being questioned by officers in the southern city of Taranto who believe she used the beads to suffocate and choke frail Marria Luigia Magazzile.

'We still want to be treated like women': Five female athletes slam cruel body-shamers who claim they are 'too manly' - and insist they are proud of their muscular figures 

Olympic and UFC athletes slam cruel body-shamers who claim they are 'too manly'

Olympic track and field gold medalist Natasha Hastings (right), UFC fighter Jessice Eye (left), fitness instructor Massy Arias (center), and CrossFit competitor Christmas Abbott (inset) have all recently discussed how they feel about their bodies. Each has her own insecurities, and several were even bullied because of their athletic figures in school. But they've all come to love their bodies, and think other women should feel comfortable in their skin.

Now that's a backsplash! San Francisco fighting public urination with PAINT that sprays men back with their own pee

In this Thursday, July 30, 2015, photo, Mohammed Nuru, director of San Francisco Public Works, demonstrates how water bounces off a wall covered with repellant paint outside a Mission District transit station in San Francisco. San Francisco now has multiple public walls covered with a repellant paint that makes pee spray back on the person's shoes and pants. It's the city's latest attempt to clean up urine-soaked alleyways and walls. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

San Francisco's Public Works agency has painted nine walls with a pee-repellant super-hard coating that makes offenders' urine splash back on their pants and shoes.

There's more police than Parisians: High profile security presence at controversial 'Israel beach' on the banks of the Seine leaves the sand empty

epa04881985 A Palestinian flag held by a pro-Palestinian protester above the 'Tel-Aviv Plage' (Tel Aviv Beach) on the Seine river's bank next to the Paris City Hall, France, 13 August 2015. A polemic has risen from the declaration to hold a Paris Tel-Aviv Plage by the French capital mayor Anne Hidalgo. The event takes place a week after the death of several Palestinian burnt alive in the territories. The middle-east problematic is a very sensitive question in France as the country was shaken last year by several protests against the Israeli occupation and numerous clashes with the Jewish community.  EPA/ETIENNE LAURENT

Some 500 extra officers were drafted into the French capital, as pro-Palestinian groups gathered to protest against a section of the Seine being used to promote the city of Tel Aviv.

Not so supermassive after all! Smallest black hole ever found at the centre of a galaxy reveals clues about how they grow

Astronomers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, studied X-ray emissions to measure the mass of a supermassive black hole at the heart of a dwarf disk galaxy called RGG 118 (pictured).

Anti-radiation PANTS go on sale: Wireless Armour boxer shorts claim to protect your package from Wi-Fi signals

The cotton in Wireless Armour underwear (pictured), designed by London-based physician Joseph Perkins, is woven with a mesh of silver that shields wearers from electromagnetic radiation.

Is this the most disgusting prank ever? Victims try to force elevator doors open to flee after trickster pretends to suffer from explosive diarrhoea

Brazillian prankster Canal BOOM sprays pretend poo at people inside lift

A prankster pulled off a horrendous trick in which he feigned suffering from diarrhoea inside an elevator before spraying pretend poo on the people inside. A secret camera was set up in the corner of the lift by the Brazilian trickster, who posts videos to his YouTube account Canal BOOM, and caught the disgusting action. In the clip the prankster complains about stomach cramps (top left), bends over (bottom left) and sprays the walls with fake faeces after pretending to fart (right).

Maybe he should stick to making shoes! Christian Louboutin launches gimmicky photo app, which includes a filter that turns everything (you guessed it) RED

FEMAIL tried out the new Louboutinize app, which aims to 'impart the joyous spirit' of the luxury French shoe brand. The free app comes with three exclusive filters: Rouge, Legs and Crystallize.

Will YOU date them? Traffic police on highway to fame after their BOSSES posted ads on social media to help them find love 

Traffic police in eastern China's Weifang city shared professionally shot photographs of four single officers' online. They were released August 11 on Weibo, China's equivalent of Twitter.

Greek economy actually GROWS despite the financial chaos that has brought the country to a virtual standstill 

According to the new figures, the Greek economy posted zero growth in the first quarter of the year after having contracted 0.2 per cent in the last quarter of 2014.

Samsung launches Galaxy S6 Edge+ phablet with curved screen, 16MP camera and Samsung Pay

Samsung unveiled its larger Galaxy S6 Edge+ handset in London, which bears some resemblance to the iPhone 6 Plus, as well as another phablet - the Note 5.

Turn your entire BODY into a touchscreen: Flexible iSkin sensors let you control gadgets by poking and stroking your skin

A team of computer scientists from Germany built flexible stickers made of silicone that would act as input interfaces for mobile devices so users can answer calls using their skin.

Turn your TV into a giant touchscreen: 'Wave' clips onto your set and uses infrared sensors to detect hand movements

The Touchjet Wave, designed in San Francisco, clips onto the top of sets with a screen size of between 20 and 80 inches and uses infrared sensors to detect finger movements on the screen.

Shocking moment a bear cub is ripped to pieces by a dozen tigers in front of screaming tourists after wandering into their enclosure at Chinese zoo

Bear cub mauled to death by tigers in front of tourists at Chinese zoo

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Young black bear was mauled to death by tigers after getting into the wrong enclosure. It had apparently entered the tiger enclosure with visitors (top right). As many as 12 tigers soon swarmed the animal (bottom right) and started attacking it. Rescue attempts by zoo staff proved to be unsuccessful. The tigers dragged the bear away (left) and started tearing into the animal. Incident was captured by visitors to the zoo in Shanghai on August 10.

Is this the nicest person on Facebook? Woman's post about asking an elderly stranger to have lunch with her is liked TWO MILLION times

Brooke Ochoa, 30, from Louise, Texas, has been left overwhelmed by the response to her post about spotting Delores getting a table for one and asked her if she'd like to join her for lunch instead.

Is this the ghost of an 11th Century bishop? Visitor to historic cathedral spots shadowy figure wearing robes and a tall hat in photograph 

Kerry Launders, 29, photographed this faceless figure (circled) during day out with her partner Simon Tobb, 30, and her children to Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk, last month.

Helicopter flights, personal DJs, jacuzzi water-flumes and of course champagne: How a need for privacy in Brazil's cramped homes created bizarre market for $750-a-night luxury 'love motels'

Brazil's luxury 'love motels' offer sexual experiences for £500-a-night

Brazil's 'love motels' first emerged in the 1960s when low-income couples had no privacy in their cramped homes, as well as a discreet place where men could take their lovers and prostitutes. Some owners - including those who run Sao Paulo's Motel Lush (left) have since paid big money to transform them into high-end establishments. Rooms feature anything from a water slide dropping into a jacuzzi (top right) to a spinning bed underneath disco lights (bottom right) - as your personal DJ plays a set just for you. In Brazil's financial capital Sao Paulo, some high-end motels give guests to take a helicopter ride over the city or champagne-fuelled tours before they even reach the bedroom.

Nigerian man divorces his wife of 25 years because she took too long to cook him dinner

A court in Lagos (file photo) heard that Olufade Adekoya, 57, wanted to divorce his wife Olusola because she refused to serve him on time but she claims he wants to be with someone else.

   

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Beauty vlogger shows just how shallow Tinder can be by using a barefaced selfie and then watching her matches soar by 250% in just hours when she retouches it

Beauty vlogger shows just how shallow Tinder is with Photoshopped selfie

Alexa Mitchell, 22, who hails from New Mexico and vlogs by the name Maican Girl on YouTube, began by posting a completely make-up free selfie. She uploaded the au natural snap, left, to dating app Tinder and swiped right - meaning she approved of a man based on his photo and bio - one hundred times. She then waited five hours to see whether she had matched with any of the men she'd swiped right for - she'd received 16 matches and few messages from potential dates.She then used Relook app, which has just launched in the UK, to retouch the same picture - and saw her matches soar to 57, right.

Dog days are over: Russian photographer dresses Siberian Huskies in human clothes

Russian photographer dresses Siberian Huskies in human clothes

Russian photographer Erica Tcogoeva, 25, has been dressing huskies in human clothes, snapping the dog breed in everything from hoodies to baby grows. Her images include some very judgemental looking Siberian Huskies donning glasses (left), two very happy dogs wearing jumpers (top right), and an adorable puppy(bottom right).

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Passers-by stop tourist's car from crashing into the sea by SITTING on the bonnet as it perches perilously over the water's edge

Turkish man stop tourist's car from crashing into the sea by SITTING on it

It made for an amusing sight as the four men sat on the bonnet - checking their phones and smoking cigarettes (right) - as most of the car dangled over the edge of the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul (inset). They stopped the car just in time, saving it from a watery grave at the boundary between Europe and Asia.

He's getting into the swing of it... After just a few practice leaps, wild squirrel takes it easy after finding his food in a garden in Sweden

Pictured: The squirrel getting onto the swing.\nThis red squirrel is really getting in the swing of things.  The wild red squirrel jumped onto the wooden swing after grabbing a nut from a nearby picnic table.\nPhotographer Geert Weggen, 46, captured the moment it swung backwards and forwards.  Mr Weggen was delighted when he managed to photograph the animal in his back garden in Bispgarden, Sweden.  SEE OUR COPY FOR DETAILS.\nPlease byline: Geert Weggen/Solent News\n© Geert Weggen/Solent News & Photo Agency\nUK +44 (0) 2380 458800

The wild red squirrel was snapped as it jumped onto a wooden swing after grabbing a nut from a nearby picnic table, in a garden in in Bispgården in Jämtland, Sweden.

One would not be amused! Princes Philip, Charles, John Travolta and Elizabeth Taylor star in nativity scenes after bible museum buys cast-off waxworks

The famous wax models have been acquired by the Bible Walk museum in Mansfield in Ohio, ever since it was founded in August 1983. The models were rescued from closing museums.

My week in the the London Blingmobiles: SARAH RAINEY joins the Middle Eastern boy racers flying around in supercars for an eye-wateringly vulgar spin

SARAH RAINEY joins the Middle Eastern boy racers flying around London in supercars

Hands gripping the steering wheel, I am perched in the front seat of a garish white Mercedes so enormous it makes me feel like one of the Borrowers, writes SARAH RAINEY. My every move is being watched by an equally enormous man dressed head to toe in purple velour, who identifies himself only as 'The Wolf of Knightsbridge'. I am forbidden from touching the plush red-and-white leather interior; forbidden from pressing the astounding array of buttons and levers that dot the dashboard; and, above all else, forbidden from putting my foot anywhere near the accelerator. Parked outside the five-star Dorchester hotel in London (above) are, from left, a Ferrari, a Mercedes, a Rolls-Royce, a garishly customised gold Range Rover and, yes, yet another Ferrari. I am pictured (left) with a white Lamborghini , and (right) with 'The Wolf of Knightsbridge', right, and another man, known as 'Angelo'.

   

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