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The jackpot was the largest ever won in Connecticut and the 12th biggest in Powerball history

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Three wealthy bankers from Connecticut, who came forward to claim a $254 million record Powerball jackpot are facing claims that they were not in...
Hungry Hobos, a long-lost Disney cartoon that features Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (a character who was the prototype for Mickey Mouse), has been discovered in a British film archive

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Hungry Hobos, a long-lost Disney cartoon that features Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (a character who was the prototype for Mickey Mouse), has been discovered...
Lupita Gonzalez, a one-year-old girl from Florida, was found alive after being kidnapped and abandoned by Carlos Rivera, a man who was angry at being interrupted while having sex with her mother

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Lupita Gonzalez, a one-year-old girl from Florida, was found alive after being kidnapped and abandoned by Carlos Rivera, a man who was angry at...
Lindsey Vonn, the ski Olympic gold medalist and her husband have decided to divorce after four years of marriage

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Lindsey Vonn, the ski Olympic gold medalist and her husband have decided to divorce after four years of marriage. Lindsey Vonn, 27, confirmed on Sunday...
Juan Jose Padilla, a Spanish matador blinded in one eye after being gored during a bullfight announced today he will return to the ring as he made his first public appearance since the horrific incident

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Juan Jose Padilla, a Spanish matador blinded in one eye after being gored during a bullfight announced today he will return to the ring...
Katherine Goldberg, who groped a Virgin Atlantic steward and demanded sex while drunk on the plane, has avoided a jail sentence today

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Katherine Goldberg, a teacher from Ealing, west London, who groped a Virgin Atlantic steward and demanded sex while drunk on the plane, has avoided...
Bastien Champenois, whom neighbours described as blond and angelic, died of head injuries on Friday night

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Christophe Champenois, a 33-year-old man from Meaux, near Paris, has been charged with murder after allegedly killing his 3-year-old son, Bastien, by locking him...
Two renters answering to an ad on Craigslist made a chilling discover when they found the owner of a house in Bellevue, Washington, dead inside and his 4-year-old boy crying

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Two renters answering to an ad on Craigslist made a chilling discover when they found the owner of a house in Bellevue, Washington, dead...
As well as verbal abuse, Darrell Hammond says he was regularly stabbed, beaten and subjected to electric shocks as a young boy

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In his book, “God, If You're Not Up There, I'm F***ed”, Darrell Hammond, one of Saturday Night Live's most popular cast members, has revealed...
Dr. David Ludwig, a Harvard University pediatric obesity expert, says severe obesity in children can cause diabetes, cholesterol problems, sleep apnea and other conditions that could dramatically shorten the child's lifespan

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An eight-year-old boy, third grade student from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, has been removed from his home after he grew to 218 pounds, weighing nearly...
A woman gave birth to a healthy baby boy in a restroom at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Maryland just moments after getting off her flight

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A woman gave birth to a healthy baby boy in a restroom at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Maryland just moments after getting...
Bernie Fine, the Syracuse University basketball coach accused of sex abuse has been fired after damning new evidence suggested his wife watched him molest a boy who was staying at their house

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Bernie Fine, the Syracuse University basketball coach accused of sex abuse has been fired after damning new evidence suggested his wife watched him molest...
Gary Speed, 42, was found hanged by his wife, Louise, 40, just after 7.00 a.m. GMT in the garage of their $2.3 million mansion

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The death of Welsh national manager Gary Speed left the football world baffled and devastated yesterday. Gary Speed, 42, was found hanged by his wife,...
The woman, capture on a cell phone video by a pair of admirers, twisted, spun and grooved on the workout equipment, dancing to her own beat

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A video posted on YouTube shows a woman at Planet Fitness demonstrated her way to break up the monotony of running in place on...
Surveillance video captures the moment Mark Headstrong pulled out his weapon and fired, dropping 30-year-old Joseph Ryan Anderson to the floor with bullet wounds to his leg and his finger

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Mark Headstrong, a clerk at a convenience store in Wilmington, North Carolina, had never fired a gun before, but, when a robber pointed a...
Ocean Spray has decided to recall thousands of pounds of Craisins - sweetened dried cranberries - after some lots were possibly contaminated with small, hair-like metal fragments

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Ocean Spray has decided to recall thousands of pounds of Craisins - sweetened dried cranberries - after some lots were possibly contaminated with small,...
Ray Harris, a businessman from Marion, Indiana, and his two teenage daughters died in a plane crash yesterday afternoon after the parachute failed to slow the craft down

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Ray Harris, a businessman from Marion, Indiana, and his two teenage daughters died in a plane crash yesterday afternoon after the parachute failed to...
Wales manager Gary Speed was found hanged at his home in Cheshire

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Wales manager Gary Speed was found hanged at his home in Cheshire. Gary speed, the former Leeds United, Everton, Newcastle and Bolton star, who appeared...
Kyle Erwin Skinner, 23, faces charges of cruelty to children and contributing to the delinquency of minors

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Cindy Marie Cantu and Kyle Erwin Skinner from Marietta, Georgia, have been arrested after they kept a three-year-old boy imprisoned in a bedroom without...
A group of scientists from Erasmus Medical Centre in the Netherlands is pushing to publish research about how they created a man-made flu virus that could potentially wipe out civilization

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A group of scientists from Erasmus Medical Centre in the Netherlands is pushing to publish research about how they created a man-made flu virus...
Christopher Valdez (centre) was found dead in his Chicago home yesterday, shortly before his party, with cake and presents, was supposed to begin

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Christopher Valdez, a four-year-old toddler from Chicago, was beaten to death as his family prepared to celebrate his birthday. Christopher Valdez was found dead in...
Jennifer Lopez celebrated Thanksgiving on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, with her twins, other family members and her boyfriend Casper Smart

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Jennifer Lopez celebrated Thanksgiving on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, with her twins, other family members and her boyfriend Casper Smart. But today it was...
Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered that a drug based on foxglove (Digitalis), which produces distinctive tall spires of pink tubular bells in the summer, can dramatically slow the migration of malignant cells to other parts of the body

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One of the most common flowering plants, foxglove, could soon be used to stop the spread of breast cancer, say scientists at Johns Hopkins...
Health experts said the new swine flu strain would most likely respond to osteltamivir (Tamiflu)

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A new swine flu strain put U.S. health officials on alert for more cases after it was found in three children in Iowa this month. It...
Curiosity, the world's biggest extraterrestrial explorer has been launched today on a 354 million mile journey to Mars that hopes to discover whether the desolate planet was ever capable of supporting life

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Curiosity, the world's biggest extraterrestrial explorer has been launched today on a 354 million mile journey to Mars that hopes to discover whether the...