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Okvath family’s Extreme Makeover $1M mansion was sold at huge lost as they were ruined by crippling bills
Reality TV show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” became a nationwide success when it transformed the home of a cancer stricken girl and her struggling...
Miss Wisconsin Laura Kaeppeler was crowned Miss America 2012
Laura Kaeppeler, the beauty queen from Kenosha, Wisconsin, won the Miss America pageant on Saturday in Las Vegas after singing opera and strutting in...
Angela Zhang, a high school student, devised a cure for cancer
High school student Angela Zhang from Cupertino, California, has found a possible cure for cancer and she has been rewarded with a scholarship for $100,000. Angela...
Costa Concordia: three survivors have been found on the stricken cruise ship
More than 24 hours after Costa Concordia ran aground off the Italian coast, three survivors have been found on the stricken cruise ship. Rescuers are...
Walter, the 28-pound cat, has been adopted
Walter, the fattest cat at the shelter, was adopted by a Portland, Oregon couple who were moved by his story of. Walter is a seven-year-old...
Crow snowboarding on the roof
An adventurous crow clutches in its beak a mini-board - thought to be a paint-lid or frisby - while perching on the apex of...
Romania: more than 20 people injured during protests over healthcare reform bill and austerity measures in Bucharest
Thousands of Romanians in Bucharest and other cities staged a third straight day of protests on Saturday, as anger over a healthcare reform bill widened...
Francesco Schettino, the Italian captain of Costa Concordia cruise ship, has been arrested
Francesco Schettino, the Italian captain of Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground killing three person and injuring more than 20 more was arrested...
FBI files revealed The Wu Tang Clan was involved in murders, drug dealing and money laundering
Newly released FBI files have revealed that hip hop super-group The Wu Tang Clan was involved in carjackings, murders, drug dealing and money laundering. The...
Woman lost arm, shoulder and breast after injecting bath salts
Doctors have renewed their warnings over bath salts after a 34-year-old woman caught a flesh-eating infection following the substance's injection into her arm at a party. Injecting bath...
Failed Phobos-Grunt space probe is about to fall back to Earth on Sunday
Phobos-Grunt, the Russian's failed Mars probe, is about to fall back to Earth - quite probably on Sunday. Phobos-Grunt spacecraft has been losing altitude rapidly...
Texas high school removed bathrooms’ doors to prevent students having sex in the restrooms
McKinney North High School from Texas has decided to remove the doors to the bathroom entrances, invoking an outcry from both parents and students,...
Mother and two daughters rescued from their car which was teetering on a California freeway bridge
Kelli Lynne Groves and her two daughters have been rescued from their car, which was teetering perilously on a California freeway bridge after a...
Three people died after Costa Concordia cruise ship ran aground off near Giglio in Italy
At least three people died after Costa Concordia cruise ship carrying more than 4,000 people ran aground off Italy. The luxury Costa Concordia cruise ship...
German Catholic priest admits 280 counts of child sex abuse
Father Andreas, a German Catholic priest has admitted 280 counts of sexual abuse involving three boys in the past decade, saying he did not...
Apple stops iPhone models sales in China after iPhone 4S launch was disrupted by large crowds
Apple has decided to halt the sale of all iPhone models from its stores in China, after large crowds disrupted the launch of the...
Two of US Marines urinating on Taliban corpses have been identified
Two of four US Marines shown in a video appearing to urinate on Taliban corpses have been identified, a Marine Corps official said. The video,...
Alan Gilbert, the New York Philharmonica conductor, cut the orchestra after cell phone interruption
Alan Gilbert, the New York Philharmonic orchestra music director, stopped the orchestra in its tracks when a mobile phone went off during a performance. Alan...
Two passengers had a fight on a A380 after one reclined his seat as the man behind was about to eat
Two passengers almost came to blows at 40,000ft on board a 517-seat Airbus A380 being operated by Emirates from Dubai into Manchester Airport. The argument...
French TV reporter Gilles Jacquier is the first Western journalist killed in the Syrian unrest
A French TV reporter, who has been killed in the Syrian city of Homs among other eight today, is the first Western journalist to...
No new evidence in Natalie Wood’s death case, say authorities
Los Angeles authorities said yesterday that no new evidence has been uncovered in the death of Natalie Wood that would point to foul play. After...
Iran: another nuclear scientist has been killed in car explosion in Tehran
University lecturer and nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan has been killed in a car explosion in north Tehran. Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, an academic who also worked at...
Parents let their son to die of curable cancer because they couldn’t afford medical treatment, but they had money to treat their dog
Monica Hussing and William Robinson Sr. from Clevland, Ohio, who failed to seek medical care for their cancer-stricken son because they said they couldn't...
A Saudi father is trying to sell his son on Facebook for $20 million
Saud bin Nasser Al Shahry is a Saudi father who is trying to sell his son on Facebook for around $20 million. The father claims...
Indonesia: 7.3 earthquake triggers tsunami warning in Sumatra
Indonesia has issued a tsunami warning after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off Aceh province. The 7.3 magnitude quake struck 423 km (262 miles) south-west of...
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