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Mega Millions: Maryland, Illinois and Kansas ticket holders won the biggest jackpot in world history
Lottery officials has announced that three ticket holders have got all six numbers in the $640 million Mega Millions lottery draw - putting them...
Mega Millions $640 M jackpot, the biggest in world history, has at least one winner
The draw for the biggest lottery jackpot in world history took place Friday night place, as Americans bought 1.5 billion Mega Millions tickets in...
Burger King adds three new salads and an extended breakfast selection to its menu
Burger King has announced new additions to their menu, including three new salads and an extended breakfast selection. The Miami-based company’s move comes after Wendy’s...
Alaska Airlines plane forced to land mid-flight after two children refused to fasten seatbelts
An Alaska Airlines flight from Long Beach, California, to Vancouver, Canada, was forced to land in Portland, Oregon, when two children, aged three and...
Earl Scruggs, the pioneering banjo musician, has died at 88
Earl Scruggs, the pioneering banjo player who is credited with helping create modern country music, has died in Nashville aged 88. Earl Scruggs died of...
Nafissatou Diallo launches Dominique Strauss-Kahn civil case
A New York civil court has begun hearing the case against former IFM chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, brought by Nafissatou Diallo, the Sofitel hotel maid who...
US planned food aid to North Korea has been suspended after violation of a missile test moratorium agreement
The United States has confirmed the decision to put on hold planned food aid to North Korea. The decision comes after Pyongyang announced a new...
Richard Norris received a new face, jaw, teeth and tongue in the most extensive face transplant
US doctors at the University of Maryland gave Richard Norris a new face, including jaw, teeth and tongue, in an operation that is the...
Beyonce the dog could set the world’s record for smallest puppy
Beyonce the dog could set the world's record for tiniest puppy, as she was so small when she was born on March 8 that...
JetBlue flight from New York to Las Vegas made emergency landing in Texas
JetBlue domestic flight 191 from New York to Las Vegas has made an emergency landing amid a medical scare over the captain, the airline...
Dick Cheney accused of favoritism over heart transplant
Former US Vice-President Dick Cheney is accused of favoritism over his heart surgery, as he was too old to receive a heart transplant on...
How fake 9/11 victim Tania Head tormented a genuine survivor revealed in The Woman Who Wasn’t There
Tania Head became famous after she claimed she was a 9/11 survivor, one of only nineteen people to escape death above the point of...
A marriage guide for Muslim couples advises men to beat their wives by hand or stick
A marriage guide book for Muslim couples written by Maulavi Ashraf Ali Thanvi has sparked outrage by advising men on the best ways to...
Families of Afghan massacre victims have been paid compensation
Families of the Afghan people who lost their lives in the Kandahar massacre have been paid compensation. The US military gave $46,000 for each person...
Barack Obama visited the Demilitarized Zone separating North Korea from South Korea
President Barack Obama has visited the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating South Korea from North Korea, amid rising tensions over the North's planned rocket launch. Barack...
Dick Cheney gets heart transplant after waiting more than 20 months on the transplant list
Former US Vice President Dick Cheney has finally had a heart transplant on Saturday after waiting more than 20 months on the transplant list,...
Fishing vessel swept away by Japan tsunami spotted near Canada
A Japanese fishing vessel swept away by the March 2011 tsunami has been spotted bobbing in the seas near British Columbia in western Canada. The...
“Batman” was pulled over because his “Batmobile” had no tags
Batman was pulled over earlier this week after Montgomery police saw he had no tags on his black Lamborghini. Lenny B. Robinson, the man dressed...
US warning over North Korea rocket’s new trajectory
North Korean rocket due to be launched in April may affect an area between Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines, says US Assistant Secretary of...
Frank Langella launched his memoir “Dropped Names: Famous Men And Women As I Knew Them”
Actor Frank Langella has lifted the curtain on life among the biggest stars of stage and screen in a searingly frank and supremely bitchy...
Charla Nash’s progress two years after her face transplant following chimp attack
Charla Nash, the woman who lost her eyesight, lips, nose and hands in a vicious chimp attack, says she feels at home in her...
Sugar the cat survived 19-storey fall without a scratch in Boston
Sugar, a very lucky cat from Boston, may have used up more than one of her nine lives after she fell out of the...
Sgt. Robert Bales to be charged with 17 counts of murder over Afghan massacre
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales suspected of killing civilians in Afghanistan will be charged with 17 counts of murder, according to US officials. Robert Bales, 38,...
Whitney Houston toxicology results: cocaine, marijuana and other medication were found in her body
Whitney Houston died in accidental drowning, but drug abuse and heart disease were also factors, Los Angeles coroner has ruled today. Coroner's spokesman Craig Harvey...
There is no evidence in Afghan massacre suspect Sgt. Robert Bales case, says lawyer John Henry Browne
John Henry Browne, the lawyer representing Staff Sgt. Robert Bales accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in their homes has said there is little...
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