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Northern Irish man jailed for 14 years in Athens for drugs smuggling
A Northern Irish lorry driver is starting a 14-year prison sentence in a Greek jail for his part in a £1m herbal cannabis-smuggling operation. Andrew Doherty, from Sion Mills, County Tyrone, was arrested in November 2011 as part of a police operation involving the Police Service of Northern Ireland, the Garda...
guardian.co.uk (2 days ago)
Sir Michael Stoute continues fine form with treble at York
Sir Michael Stoute, whose string has started the new Flat season on turf with a 25% strike rate, continued his excellent form here on Friday with a 29-1 treble. All three of Stoute's winners – Sir John Hawkwood, Pavlosk and Rye House – were ridden by Ryan Moore, his stable jockey, and the stable has now sent out 10...
guardian.co.uk (2 days ago)
New Faces, New Places
Over the last several weeks, you may have noticed some changes at Gizmodo-and not just the layout. We've been sharpening our coverage of design, concepts, and the objects and ideas that are shaping our world, and growing our team to help us do it. Now it's time to meet the people who are leading that charge-starting...
gizmodo.com (2 days ago)
Doutzen Kroes sizzles as new face of H&M
Swedish company H&M continues rolling out its summer campaign with the newest images featuring world famous top model Doutzen Kroes. The top model presents H&M must-haves for the summer, following Beyoncé who has also appeared in the brand's summer campaign in a range of swimwear and beach looks.
nydailynews.com (2 days ago)
Sorry, Amanda Bynes! Drake Cozies Up to Mystery Gal Poolside
Hmmm… It looks like Amanda Bynes may have some competition on her hands. Her celeb crush Drake was spotted soaking up the sun in Miami with a mystery woman, who appeared to be...
eonline.com (2 days ago)
Chris Pine Talks Single Status and the "Nutty" Nickname His Fans Call Themselves on Ellen
Ladies, rejoice: Chris Pine is single. Funnylady Ellen DeGeneres cleared up the Star Trek star's relationship status when the hunky actor appeared on her talk show Wednesday,...
eonline.com (2 days ago)
Syria missile sale played down by Russia
Russia has defended its arms sales to Syria as being for purely defensive purposes after reports that Moscow had delivered advanced anti-ship missiles to the Damascus regime. While not directly confirming the reported arrival of Russian Yakhonts missiles, the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said Moscow's...
guardian.co.uk (2 days ago)
Suspect arrested in Limestone for NYC murder appears in Brooklyn court
LIMESTONE, Maine - The suspect arrested in northern Maine earlier this week in connection with the murder of a New York City teenager appeared Thursday in a Brooklyn courtroom. Christian Ferdinand, 20, a student at the Loring Job Corps Center, was charged with second degree murder in connection with the ...
bangordailynews.com (2 days ago)
Cavendish wins fourth 2013 stage
Both Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish flew home on Friday, one literally, the other metaphorically. As Wiggins returned to his adopted Lancashire to tend his cold and patch up his confidence, Cavendish soared in the finish straight here to score his fourth victory of the race, and arguably the hardest finish of...
guardian.co.uk (2 days ago)
Stream Khalil Nova's Anime-Inflected, '90s Baby Head Nodder 'Gunnin' 4 a Palace'
Towards the end of 2011, Georgia Khalil Nova - the anime-obsessed, lo-fi beatmaker/rapper from Stockbridge, Georgia - appeared with a bizarre, broken-down mixtape called 808s of Death. It capped off one of the more fruitful years for anything-goes hip-hop and was given an early cosign by Danny Brown...
spin.com (2 days ago)
Coronation Street's Michael Le Vell denies 19 sex offences against a child at court hearing
The 48-year-old appeared at Manchester Crown Court charged with 19 offences, including six counts of raping a child, six allegations of indecently assaulting a child and seven counts of sexual activity with a child.
dailymail.co.uk (2 days ago)
1 Pottstown murder suspect held for court, 1 has hearing continued
LOWER POTTSGROVE - The two suspects in a late night shooting outside a North Charlotte Street bar on March 22, were in court again on Friday morning and each of their cases moved closer to the county court level. Maurice Andrews Jr., 19, of Pottstown, and Michael Hinton, 26, of Norristown, are charged with murder in...
pottsmerc.com (2 days ago)
Syphilis, sex and fear | How the French disease conquered the world
History doesn't recount who gave Cesare Borgia syphilis, but we do know when and where he got it. In the summer of 1497, he was a 22-year-old cardinal, sent as papal legate by his father, Pope Alexander VI, to crown the king of Naples and broker a royal marriage for his sister, Lucrezia. Naples was a city rich in...
guardian.co.uk (2 days ago)
Acting IRS Commissioner Doesn't Know Who's Responsible, Objects to "Targeting" as "Pejorative" Term
Stephen Miller, the acting IRS chief who "resigned" this week despite being on his way out the door anyway, appeared before the House Ways and...
townhall.com (2 days ago)
Doutzen Kroes is new face of H&M summer
Swedish company H&M continues rolling out its summer campaign with the newest images featuring world famous top model Doutzen Kroes. The top model presents H&M must-haves for the summer, following Beyoncé who has also appeared in the brand's summer campaign in a range of swimwear and beach looks.
nydailynews.com (2 days ago)
Japan's 'secret' trip to North Korea disrupts united stance against Pyongyang
A small crack has appeared in the international show of unity against North Korea's development of nuclear weapons, following the "secret" visit to Pyongyang this week by a special adviser to Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe.
yahoo.com (2 days ago)
The graves beneath the park
On a May afternoon in 2001, a group of volunteers cleaning up trash in Walter C. Pierce Community Park in Adams Morgan found a bone that appeared to be a human femur. The Washington region was enthralled at the time by the search for missing former government intern Chandra Levy, and the bone’s discovery sent...
washingtonpost.com (2 days ago)
Economics and the perils of big data
The brouhaha over Carmen Reinhart's and Kenneth Rogoff's article "Growth in a Time of Debt" may be the most conspicuous and incendiary scholarly controversy since 1974, when two earlier economists, Robert Fogel and Stanley Engerman, published a notorious book, Time on the Cross, defending the efficiency of American...
guardian.co.uk (2 days ago)
Coronation Street star denies child sex offences
The Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell denied a series of child sex offences when he appeared in court today....
thetimes.co.uk (2 days ago)
Jamie Cudmore: 'I never thought in 1,000 years I'd be in a Heineken final'
Imagine you are a kid playing third division rugby on the west coast of Canada, shifting truck-loads of timber for a living having spent a year in a juvenile detention centre. What might be the height of your global sporting ambition? No wonder Jamie Cudmore will glance around the Clermont Auvergne dressing room on...
guardian.co.uk (2 days ago)
Arizona bid to block young immigrant driver's licences denied by judge
A US federal judge has refused to block Arizona's Republican governor from denying driver's licenses to young immigrants granted temporary legal status by the federal government. Civil rights groups had filed a lawsuit in US district court in Phoenix in November against Governor Jan Brewer and two state...
guardian.co.uk (2 days ago)
CW will be the first network to stream shows on Apple TV
While it may not be a full-fledged HDTV, the Apple TV set-top box continues to expand its portfolio. According to a story first reported by Deadline, the CW is bringing its video content to the Apple TV via a dedicated app. The CW offering would mimic what the network already has on Microsoft’s Xbox; the network...
macworld.com (2 days ago)
Suspect in assault on Brown basketball player arraigned in RI
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Bail was set Friday morning for a Connecticut man accused of punching and critically injuring a Brown University student last weekend. Tory R. Lussier, 24, of 57 Pinnacle Rd. in Vernon, appeared in District Court, Providence, Friday morning on a charge of felony assault. He entered no plea, as is...
providencejournal.com (2 days ago)
Coronation Street's Michael Le Vell pleads 'Not guilty' 19 times to series of child sex charges
Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell denied a series of child sex offences when he appeared in court today.
independent.co.uk (2 days ago)
Mark Bridger weeps as jury hears he has 'mental block' over April Jones's body
THE man accused of killing April Jones appeared to break down in tears in court today as the jury heard transcripts of his interviews with police.
dailyexpress.co.uk (2 days ago)
Syrian Electronic Army Hacks ANOTHER Newspaper's Twitter Feed
The Financial Times has become the latest media outlet to be hacked by the pro-Assad regime 'Syrian Electronic Army'. The group of hackers has claimed responsibility for attacks against the BBC, the Associated Press, The Guardian and others in recent weeks, usually targetting official Twitter accounts. The SEA were...
huffingtonpost.com (2 days ago)
Developer Andrew Brickman wants to change Fairview Park project into office building
Local real estate developer Andrew Brickman appeared before Fairview Park City Council's committee meeting May 13 and gave his reasons for changing from a luxury townhomes concept to a three- or four-story office building plan.
cleveland.com (2 days ago)
New Video of Syrian 'Cannibal'
The recent video of a Syrian rebel commander carving open the corpse of a fighter loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, removing several organs and biting into what appeared to be a lung shocked and revolted even the closest observers of Syria’s increasingly brutal civil war....
abcnews.com (2 days ago)
Political Storm Shifts To Congress
By John Whitesides WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives panel on Friday opens the first in a series of investigative hearings in Congress on the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny, as the political storm over the scandal shifts to Capitol...
huffingtonpost.com (2 days ago)
'Drew and Mike' wrap up final show on WRIF-FM; share with fans your thoughts, memories
DETROIT, MI - Friday morning marked the final "Drew and Mike" show on Detroit's WRIF-FM, and it has plenty of fans in a sentimental mood. Hosts Drew Lane and Mike Clark appears to have an uncertain radio future and will reportedly be replaced on the station by "Dave and Chuck 'The Freak.' A start date for "Dave and...
mlive.com (2 days ago)
