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RoseMarie Terenzio, JFK Jr’s assistant, reveals she urged Carolyn Bessette to board that ill-fated flight
RoseMarie Terenzio, John F. Kennedy Jr.’s assistant, has revealed how she talked his wife Carolyn Bessette into taking the flight the couple perished on...
FIFA says beer MUST be sold at 2014 World Cup in Brazil
Football's world governing body, FIFA, has insisted beer must be sold at all venues hosting matches in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. FIFA General...
Australia: surfer wounded in a shark attack, the third incident this month
A 26-year-old Australian man has been seriously wounded in a shark attack while was swimming off Coral Bay beach, in the third such incident...
Shocking picture: embalmer David Amor laughing as he holds aloft a severed head
A disturbing picture found on a mobile phone showing an embalmer laughing as he holds aloft a severed head was today at the centre...
Lauren Scruggs, the model who lost her left hand and left eye in a propeller accident, appears in public
Lauren Scruggs, the model and fashion blogger who lost her left hand and left eye after she walked into a spinning plane propeller, has...
Costa Concordia: the bodies of two French victims have been identified by relatives
The Italian rescue teams have decided to resume their work aboard the wrecked cruise ship, Costa Concordia, off the coast of Tuscany. Operations were suspended...
Indian teacher Parijat Saha’s shock at his $9.8 billion bank balance
Parijat Saha, a teacher from India, got the shock of his life when he checked his bank account online and found 490 billion rupees...
Eight US lawmakers have withdrawn their support for anti-piracy laws
After yesterday "blackout" protests on thousands of internet sites, eight US lawmakers have announced they have withdrawn their support for anti-piracy laws. Two of the...
Francesco Schettino admits he turned the Costa Concordia cruise ship too late
Francesco Schettino, the captain of Costa Concordia cruise ship that capsized on Friday, killing at least 11 people, has admitted making a navigation mistake,...
Shocking video: woman attacked by zebra during Texas safari
Megan, a young tourist, was left in tears after she was attacked by a zebra that lurched into her car and bit her on...
NYPD is developing infrared body scanner to detect weapons in the street
US police is developing an infrared body scanner that can detect whether a suspect is carrying a weapon without needing to frisk him. Infrared rays...
Nuckin Futs won the right to use the name, despite outrage
Nuckin Futs, a nutty snack company from Australia, has won the right to use the name, despite an official ruling that it was offensive. A...
Jorelys Rivera’s killer, Ryan Brunn pleaded guilty to murder and child molestation charges
Janitor Ryan Brunn faces life in prison for beating and killing a 7-year-old Jorelys Rivera from Georgia, who disappeared from a playground at her...
The double life of Gemma Barker, 19, who disguised herself as a boy so she could date her girlfriends
Behind the innocent aspirations and her shy smile, the 19-year-old Gemma Barker from Staines, Middlesex, UK, led a double life that saw her pose...
Thousands of needless deaths from famine in East Africa in 2011
Two leading British aid organizations say that thousands of needless deaths occurred from famine in East Africa last year because the international community failed...
Ethiopia: 5 tourists killed and 4 kidnapped during an attack by unknown gunmen in Afar region
Five foreign tourists have been killed and other four have been kidnapped in Ethiopia during an attack by unknown gunmen, the government says. European nationals...
Costa Concordia: salvage work expected to begin on Wednesday
Salvage work on Costa Concordia cruise ship is expected to begin later on Wednesday, as hopes fade that any more survivors will be found...
Francesco Schettino has been released from jail and placed under house arrest
Francesco Schettino, the captain of Costa Concordia cruise ship who steered his vessel onto rocks on Friday, killing 11 people has been put under...
Black Box Transcript: audio recording of Captain Francesco Schettino and Port Authority conversation
Audio recording of the conversation between Captain Francesco Schettino and Port Authority officials after the doomed Italian luxury cruise liner Costa Concordia struck rocks...
Burger King launches home delivery service
Fast-food giant Burger King has announced plans to launch a home delivery service. Burger King, the US second largest burger chain, has been quietly testing...
Big Brother Brazil: housemate Monique Amin raped live on TV after alcohol-fueled party
A housemate on Brazil's Big Brother reality show has been raped live on TV, it has been alleged. Brazilian police today confirmed they had begun...
Cheeseburger was accidentally invented in Rite Spot diner in Pasadena
A restaurant in Pasadena, California, has claimed that it was in its kitchen that the cheeseburger, probably one of the most popular dishes of...
Infrared footage of Costa Concordia passengers clambering down to lifeboats in the dark on a single safety rope
An incredible infrared footage has emerged today showing survivors of Costa Concordia slipping down the belly of the stricken cruise ship one-by-one using a...
Costa Concordia: five more bodies found inside the stricken cruise ship
Rescue teams have found five more bodies inside the Italian Costa Concordia stricken cruise ship, raising the confirmed death toll to 11. According to officials,...
Francesco Schettino curiculum vitae. A short biography of Costa Concordia captain.
Francesco Schettino, the captain of doomed Costa Concordia cruise ship and the man who is now at the centre of one of Italy's worse...
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