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Crystal Brooke Howell, 20, shot her father, Michael Howell, 50, in the head in Haywood County, North Carolina in 2014. On Monday, she pleaded guilty and was sentenced to at least 30 years. After she killed her father with one bullet to the head, authorities say she moved her pals into his eight-bedroom cabin for drug parties and even installed a stripper pole in the kitchen.

More gruesome photographs of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody crackdown on drugs have emerged, as the acid-tongued leader rides high in opinion polls and continues to dismiss international criticism. The photos show drug suspects packed inside police holding cells, a body dumped in a canal and a candle-lit vigil on a roadside in Manila, the country's capital. The drug war, Duterte's signature policy popular among Filipinos who elected him in May by a huge margin, has killed more than 3,600 people since June 30.

Haley Smith, 24, from Amarillo, Texas, tipped the scales at 277lbs - 19st 8lbs - (pictured, left) when her boyfriend Matt Smith popped the question last July. And despite the happy news, the psychology student 'cried her eyes out' when she saw her size in photos from the day (centre, inset) and refused to post them online. Determined to slim down for her wedding, the blonde beauty took up running and ditched her junk-food diet for fruit and vegetables and shed a whopping 110lbs (7st 8lbs). Now she exercises for two hours every day (pictured after, right) and has found that her poor health - such as excess sweating and joint pains - has improved. The psychology student admitted she had just hoped to look 'normal' as a bride - but felt beautiful in her dress on the day (inset, bottom right).

'It feels very surreal to be in it, I'm not quite sure I believe it yet,' said Arianne Zucker (left) in an interview with Today on Thursday morning. 'They are offensive comments for women. Period.' Billy Bush (bottom right with Trump and Zucker) could be heard on the video calling Zucker a 'hot piece of a***,' while Trump spoke about needing Tic Tacs in case the two started kissing. It was at that point that Trump told Bush: '[W]hen you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything. Whatever you want ... grab them by the p****.' Now, Zucker is hoping to teach her daughter (top right) a lesson as she goes through this ordeal.

The current most popular sport in America is Trump-hunting, and it's turned just as vicious as anything you might see in a jungle. Trump and his presidential campaign are in big, big trouble today. The tsunami of damning new allegations of sexual misconduct about him in the past 24 hours has sent the Trump Train steaming into the sidings of shame. And with just 25 days until Election Day, it may be impossible for him to get back on track in time.

NEW Brenden Bickerstaff-Clark (bottom right) has defended his decision to post a video of him breaking the news to his son that the boy's mother had died of an overdose. The Youngstown, Ohio resident says he wants the video to be a wake-up call to drug users on the impact their issues have on their family. In the video (grab on left), Brenden tells his eight-year-old son Cameron that his mother, 29-year-old Lacy Wood (top right), has just died of a heroin overdose. One social media critic said: 'To put a moment like this online is ridiculous'.

Saddam Hussein built a secret torture dungeon and execution chamber in the heart of New York City and even shipped the bodies of his victims out of the country using diplomatic immunity, insiders say. On taking control of Iraq in 1979, the dictator installed a 'detention room' in the basement of the country's Permanent Mission building in Manhattan's Upper East Side. There, sources told the NY Post, Iraqi civilians were held in detention, subjected to gruesome torture and even murdered - just across the road from Michael Bloomberg, who would later become the city's mayor.

This flamingo puzzle is the latest brainteaser challenging viewers' observation skills with a ballet dancer hidden among the flock of brightly-coloured birds - and the pink figure is deceptively hard to spot. Internet users are claiming to spend anything from 30 seconds to five minutes trying to locate the dancer, which is well hidden due to her bright pink dress and yellow tresses. The flamingo riddle is just the latest of a series of brainteasers sweeping the web.

They're famous for their flaunting selfies from private jets, swigging Champagne in the world's most exclusive clubs and holidaying in the most luxurious hotels. Now, the Rich Kids of Instagram have yet another platform to flaunt their wealth. For just £1,000-a-month, they are allowed to post photos to the Rich Kids app, which claims to weed out the fake accounts on Instagram. The handful to granted access to the app so far include (clockwise, from top left) 'gold trader' Joey Bissell (also bottom right), Ukrainian 'heiress' Julia Stakhiva, jet-setting Juliette Lourdes, Turkish real estate 'prince' Emir Bahadir (bottom, centre) and mysterious Californian student Roxie Conrad Gaut. Critics accuse them of lauding their riches over 'ordinary people' but, according to the app's co-founder: 'Being rich is boring when nobody sees you.'

Two Boston police officers are out of surgery this morning after being shot and critically injured in a stand-off with former US Army Reservist and bounty hunter Kirk Figueroa (left), 33, who was shot dead at the scene. scene. Commissioner Evans revealed that other police officers attending the scene used their hands to block their colleagues' bleeding en route to Massachusetts General Hospital.

A student acquired the 'puppy', called Neo, after spotting a sign on a house in Tuscon, Arizona, offering the animal free-of-charge. But his behavior proved to be uncharacteristically wild for a dog. When the owner's neighbors took the 'dog' to a sanctuary, there suspicions were confirmed after they informed them that he was in fact a wolf. He has since been re-housed to a wold sanctuary in California.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Sickening photos show victims being pelted with heavy rocks near the city of Abu Kamal in eastern Syria, close to the border with Iraq. Hundreds of people, including young children, watch in the town square as fanatics carry out the medieval-style executions. The terror group had reportedly accused the men of adultery and sentenced them to death. Pictures show extremists reading out the charges over a loud speaker before the men are led to their fate.

People have been sharing their worst haircut fails on social media including (bottom left to right) a man with a rat shaved into his head; dreadlock horns and a foot-long dip dye. Other crimes against hairdressing include (top left to right) tiered red hair with blonde highlights, a giant quiff, and a medieval monk's fringe.

A maths-based puzzle - which seems relatively simple at first glance - has been driving people up the wall. The equation asks people to solve the values of a particular shape - four straight lines which form a rectangle. Many have guessed the answer to the Playbuzz question to be 8 - however, this is not the correct answer.

Gwyneth Paltrow, 44, spends a mind-boggling $17,000 a month on her looks and swears by all sorts of strange tonics and obscure foods on her much-mocked lifestyle website, Goop.com. The actress laces her morning smoothie with 'sex dust' - a $30-a-pot concoction of obscure herbs and plants, including cacao and maca. Meanwhile her thick, lustrous locks are given volume and shine by deep sea water.

A man pulled a gun on a creepy clown in Chicago and yelled at him to 'Leave those kids alone!' as the clown fled down a side street. The creepy video is being shared on social media. An odd clown craze has taken over the country, even going international, with people dressing up as clowns, seemingly to scare passersby.

The 19-year-old bikini model from California has more than 6.6 million followers on Instagram for her scantily-clad glamour shots and world travels. She was scouted at 13, was modelling internationally at 14 and first began going viral at 15 years old. In a new interview, Alexis claims that her incredible 34-22-34 body is the result of constant workouts and plenty of focus on her diet.

People have captured photographs of complete strangers looking eerily alike as they happen to go about their day.The spooky pictures, posted to Imgur just a week ago, have already been viewed over 38,000 times and include: (clockwise from top left) women sitting on the bus in matching outfits, men in a restaurant wearing the same checked shirts, two ladies in identical striking blouses, women wearing leopard print trousers on the bus, four women wandering the streets in matching brown coats, and two ladies sitting on the tube in identical outfits.

The brutal efficiency of the EcoLog 590D harvester is captured in a dramatic video showing it relentlessly cutting its way through the forest. It would not look out of place as a villainous weapon in the latest science fiction flick, as its giant claw swings and breaks through whole trees as though they were twigs. It retails at over $160,000 dollars and sports a 240 kilowatt engine.

Sophi Green, from Utah, attempted the latest internet craze - where you throw a half-filled water bottle up half way in the air and have it land upright - and effortlessly nailed the challenge using just her feet (pictured right). Adopted by Christianne Green and her husband Jeremy at the age of two, Sophi was able to adapt to the fact she was born with no arms and easily does everyday tasks with her feet (pictured left).The bottle flip challenge went viral after a high school student was filmed performing it at a talent show earlier this year.

A new book has brought together a collection of stunning images from around the globe which show some of the ultimate quiet retreats and just how idyllic the outdoor lifestyle can be. One picture shows a tree house fort thirty-feet up in the air and a quirky geometric yurt. Other snaps show how you can transform existing objects into cool hideaways. The enchanting shots have been revealed in the new book, Cabin Porn: Inspiration For Your Quiet Place Somewhere by Vimeo co-founder, Zach Klein.

This is the heartbreaking moment a mother brown bear leaves her cubs to make their own way in the world by abandoning them in the Central Siberian Nature Reserve by the Yenisei River. The mother spends a last moment with her cubs before swimming off, without a backward glance, leaving the confused cubs to fend for themselves.

A video has caught the impressive moment a young Chinese man managed to extinguish 15 candles using air punches. The video was uploaded to Chinese video-sharing site Miaopai on October 12. Chen comes from China's Henan province which is the birthplace Shaolin martial arts. Later on in the footage, he can be seen breaking a stone weighing almost nine pounds.

The exploding smart phone batteries that forced Samsung to scrap its top-end Galaxy Note 7 were put together in a factory in rural Vietnam (main picture and left inset) overlooking buffalo fields and rice paddies, MailOnline can reveal. An investigation has been launched at the factory (top right) into what went wrong with the Note 7 after multiple cases of the phone catching fire (right inset) were reported. Nearly 50,000 workers from some of Vietnam's poorest towns and villages work up to 12 hours a day in the vast Samsung complex built amid farmland (bottom right) with one of Southeast Asia's cheapest labour markets.

We have all been there at least once in our lives, especially as a child, when we really want to go on the scariest ride at the fairground but then end up feeling a bit queasy. But for this child, they just couldn't hold it in, as they were sick whilst the ride was still spinning around upside down (pictured). The footage that some people will find disgusting, shows the ride in slow motion, as the child's sick flies around and hits other people in the face and lands on their clothes (inset).

Situated in the Playa Viva resort in Juluchuca, Mexico, the hollow beachfront treehouse is surrounded by lush palms (inset and left). It features an open-air sitting room, private ground-floor bathroom and upper sleeping area with a king-sized bed and two-person hammock perfect for star-gazing (top right and bottom right). The suite can sleep three guests and offers electricity and hot water provided by solar power. The resort itself sits on 200 acres and includes an estuary, an Aztec archaeological site, turtle sanctuary, and a coastal forest and mangrove ecosystem which supports an array of wildlife.

The massive reptile was captured on Wednesay at Champion Lake in the Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge in Liberty. Gary Saurage and his team at Gator Country were called on to help remove the animal. The alligator was one of several at the park who had lost their fear of humans and were starting to scare visitors. Saurage and his team baited the gator with rope lassos that they then tied to a truck to pull it out of the embankment. It has since been relocated to a 20-acre facility, where it will live with 450 other large alligators.

An adorable video shows the new best friends messing around in Seattle. Immediately the puppy takes to the baby goat, and the two swiftly become best buddies. The cute canine then loses his mind and goes completely crazy dancing about beside the young billy. This has led some commenters to claim the pup is too playful for the kid, and that the two should not have been introduced so soon. Sean Cadden posted the footage to YouTube earlier this year.

A crying ball boy (left, being hit by the ball, and inset, crying) had to be consoled by a tennis star after he was smashed in the stomach by a 204kph serve. The brave ball boy was unable to fight back the tears after he failed to dodge the piledriver from Canadian Vasek Pospisil at the Shanghai Masters. Bulgarian player Grigor Dimitrov (right) rushed over to comfort the youngster and gave him his sweatband to cheer him up.