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Lawrence Brewer’s 3,500 calories meal bans the last meal request privilege for death row intimates.
Lawrence Brewer’s over-the-top meal, who was executed on Wednesday night for the dragging death of James Byrd, meant the end of the death row...
GOP Presidential Debate: Rick Perry under fire in Florida
Texas governor Rick Perry engaged in persuasive dispute with his rivals at Thursday night's GOP presidential debate in Orlando. Social Security, immigration, border security...
Medusa: the world’s largest snake of 300 lbs (135 kg) and 25 ft (7.5 m).
Medusa, the world’s largest snake weighs more than 300 lbs (135 kg), is 25ft (7.5 meters) long and it takes 15 people to hold...
Sleepbox, the first temporary bedroom has been introduced into Moscow Airport.
Sleepbox is the first temporary bedroom which can be rented out for half-hour periods and was just introduced into Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow. Sleepbox...
Satellite strikes Earth tonight and could land between UK and South America.
A satellite, weighing six tons and currently out-of-control, will strike Earth at 18,000 mph and could land almost anywhere this evening – NASA warned...
Carla Bruni: “I can’t wait to have a smoke”. Why she is desperate to give birth.
Carla Bruni says she is desperate to give birth, but the French First Lady has confessed that her urgency is not driven simply by...
Kweku Adoboli is “sorry beyond words” for the $2.3 billion losses.
Kweku Adoboli, the suspected UBS rogue trader said today that he was “sorry beyond words” for the record $2.3 billion losses suffered by Swiss...
Troy Davis execution by eye-witness reporters who watched him die.
Rhonda Cook from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, JoAnn Merrigan of WSAV News in Savannah and Greg Bluestein of the Associated Press, who all have covered...
Cardiff After Dark portfolio, a squalid portrait of binge-drinking Britain by Maciej Dakowicz.
Cardiff After Dark portfolio presents the images of the British night life with young women and men vomiting and sleeping on the streets after...
Jesse Coombs: first person to kayak successfully down Abiqua Falls.
Jesse Coombs became the first person to kayak successfully down Abiqua Falls in Oregon, USA. Lucas Gilman, Jesse Coombs’ friend and extreme sports photographer captured...
Pope Benedict XVI makes his first official visit to native Germany.
Pope Benedict XVI has begun his first official visit to Germany, his native country. After arriving in Berlin, Pope Benedict XVI said he had come...
Anti-wrinkle pill: the revolutionary treatment that reduces crow’s feet by 30%.
A revolutionary anti-wrinkle pill, which goes on sale today in UK, claims to shrink crow’s feet by up to 30%. The three-times-a-day tablet is thought...
Listeria outbreak: death toll rises to 8.
The Colorado-grown cantaloupes death toll has risen to eight in an outbreak of Listeria, officials said Wednesday. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)...
Little boys compete in cage fighting contest in UK.
Two little boys as young as eight compete in cage fighting contests in front of a baying mob of adults enjoying a night’s entertainment...
Troy Davis’ last words: “I’m innocent. I didn’t kill your son.”
Just before his execution Troy Davis told the family of murdered policeman Mark MacPhail, “I'm innocent. I didn't kill your son.” Strapped to a gurney,...
Troy Davis’ request for lie detector test was denied. His last hours before execution.
Troy Davis's request for a polygraph test to try to prove his innocence ahead of tonight's planned execution has been denied by Georgia Department...
Sarah Palin: husband will file for divorce and advisers told her White House dream is over.
Sarah Palin is about to lose both her marriage and her political career after the recent release of her explosive biography. According to The National...
George Enescu Festival 2011: Orchestras, Opera and Ballet
The 20th edition of a great classical music event, George Enescu Festival 2011, has attracted thousands of visitors and artists from all over the...
Troy Davis story. Last day before execution.
Troy Davis’ execution will go ahead as planned. Troy Davis was convicted of the August 19, 1989, murder of Georgia police officer Mark MacPhail, who...
Troy Davis’ execution will go ahead as planned.
Troy Davis case story. Last day before execution. Troy Davis, the convicted murderer of a police officer, who is set to be executed by lethal...
Full Tilt Poker built a global Ponzi scheme.
Full Tilt Poker and its operators built a global Ponzi scheme that bilked online players out of at least $390 million, said federal prosecutors...
Typhoon Roke hits Japan and kills four people.
The powerful typhoon Roke has struck disaster-ravaged Japan, bringing heavy rains and floods that have killed four people. Typhoon Roke is in progress to hit...
Berlusconi attacks S&P decision to downgrade Italy’s rating.
Standard and Poor's dropped Italy's credit rating from A+ to A, with the ratings agency keeping the country's outlook on negative in a surprise move...
Ankara explosion updates. Suspected bomb killed 3 and wounded 15.
An explosion near a secondary school killed three people, injured at least other 15 and set several vehicles on fire in the Turkish capital,...
Dolores Hope, Bob Hope widow, dies at 102
Dolores Hope will be buried alongside her husband. Dolores Hope, the singer who was married for 69 years to comedian Bob Hope, died on September...
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