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How teens are shunning Facebook in favor of Twitter and Tumblr to avoid peers' oversharing and prying parents' profiles
Researchers found the number of Facebook accounts among teens has not risen in last year - but the number with Twitter accounts has doubledMore than ...
Lawyer tracks down his stolen iPad using special app after police refused to investigate
Dean Parnell, 45, traced the gadget to a house in a neighbouring countyPolice told the stunned solicitor no officer was free to helpWest Midlands Police ...
The bride who can never show her face: Hannah Batya Penet, 19, must stay veiled
Thousands attended the wedding of the grandson of the leader of the Hasidic dynasty Belz Rebbe yesterday18-year-old Shalom Rokeach will be the future leader of ...
Attractive women tend to be 'less stressed and more fertile'
Attractive women have less of the hormone cortisol, associated with stress Stress can also adversely effect fertility - so 'facial attractiveness signals reproductive potential,' say ...
Dale Cregan pleads guilty to murders of father and son in gun and grenade attacks
Dale Cregan, 29, admits killing David and Mark Short at the last minuteJury were due to consider the charges at Preston Crown CourtCregan had 'bizarrely' ...
Sweet controversy at Michael Jackson death trial
Katherine Jackson: Michael's mother, 82, was deposed for nine hours over three days by AEG Live lawyers. As the guardian of her son's three children, ...
'Shaolin' children: Martial arts practice makes teenagers in China the most well behaved in the world
Martial arts students taking part in Zen Shaolin Grand Ceremony at the foot of Songshan MountainOverlooked by the famous Shaolin Temple, home to Shaolin monks ...
Team set to solve Mount Everest's pollution problem for good
Up to 50 tons of rubbish left by climbing tourists every yearProblem had threatened to destroy fragile ecosystem of the HimalayasClean up team have spent ...
Tornado prediction is advancing and evolving, scientists say
A young girl stands among the rubble outside of Briarwood Elementary School on Tuesday, May 21, after an extremely powerful tornado tore through Moore, Oklahoma, ...
The day after, tornado survivors tell harrowing stories
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Mom waited for three hours for news that her boys were alive Kids and parents in parking lot search for each other National Guard rescuers ...
Families remember Oklahoma tornado victims
(CNN) -- Janae Hornsby was "a ball of energy, a ball of love," said her father, Joshua, who found out Tuesday morning his daughter had ...
Ledonna and Steve Cobb: Mother pictured in iconic photo of Oklahoma tornado devastation describes how she 'held on for dear life' to stop Briarwood students from flying away
Ledonna Cobb, who was inside a classroom when the EF-5 twister struck, said she was 'grabbing onto everything' in an attempt to stay grounded, and ...
Horrendous racist rant of middle-aged woman on bus caught on video
Middle-aged woman shouts at young black man opposite herShe calls him a 'black c***' and asks why he is 'in this country'Other passengers, including another ...
Women who drink organic milk in pregnancy could be harming their baby's IQ
Dairy products and fish are rich sources of iodine which is vital for an unborn baby's brain developmentOrganic milk contains less iodine than non-organic milk ...
OJ Simpson's ex-girlfriend says that he 'was obsessed with Nicole and her dye her hair bleach blonde to look like his dead wife'
By Meghan Keneally PUBLISHED: 17:31 EST, 21 May 2013 | UPDATED: 05:01 EST, 22 May 2013 OJ Simpson's ex-girlfriend is speaking out about the ways he would try to control ...
Cruel friends killed sheep with hammer then butchered it in field so they could have a free roast dinner
Matthew Davidson, 28, and Kevin Sherratt, 33, admit mutilating the animalThey were caught after sending pictures of the killing to a friendSherratt boasted to the ...
Nick Clegg pours petrol on Tory infighting: Get back to governing, he tells Coalition partners
Deputy Prime Minister says Tory infighting has been 'unwelcome distraction'In a speech he warned it is undermining public support for the GovernmentFormer Tory chairman Lord ...
Women who drink organic milk in pregnancy harm their baby's IQ
Dairy products and fish are rich sources of iodine which is vital for an unborn baby's brain developmentOrganic milk contains less iodine than non-organic milk ...
Why women struggle more than men with life after retirement: 80% feel they have no purpose in life after quitting work
Men enjoy starting new hobbies and are happy to relax at homeWomen are more likely to worry about lack of income and social lifeSurvey questioned ...
'Lamb sorted. Only Yorkshires needed now': Cruel friends killed sheep with hammer then butchered it in field so they could have a free roast dinner
Matthew Davidson, 28, and Kevin Sherratt, 33, admit mutilating the animalThey were caught after sending pictures of the killing to a friendSherratt boasted to the ...
'It's pronounced jif. End of story': Inventor of the GIF finally declares how the file format's name is pronounced
Steven Wilhite accepted a Life Time Achievement Webby Award on May 21 for giving the gift of the GIF to the world By Joshua Gardner PUBLISHED: 23:40 ...
David McGreavy can be named for murdering three children in 1973
By Richard Hartley-parkinson PUBLISHED: 04:10 EST, 22 May 2013 | UPDATED: 04:30 EST, 22 May 2013 Child killer David McGreavy murdered three children in Worcester in 1973 The High Court ...
Why ever more fathers are killing their children: Top criminologist reveals her research into this sickening trend
By Elizabeth Yardley PUBLISHED: 18:39 EST, 21 May 2013 | UPDATED: 04:29 EST, 22 May 2013 His neighbours said he was like any other loving dad. They'd often seen him ...
Sonali Mukherjee: Agony of acid attack victim forced to go on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire to pay for 27th operation
Sonali Mukherjee went on the quiz show to raise money for her treatment She has received no state funding since she suffered 95% burns to ...
Oklahoma tornado 2013: The heartbreaking faces of the dead and the missing
The latest victim to be named as one of at least 24 people killed by the EF-5 rated twister is Hermant Bhonde, 65, who became ...
Mills and Boon writer inspires German tourists to visit Devon and Cornwall where her romantic tales were set
Rosamunde Pilcher set her Mills and Boon novels in the South West of EnglandHer stories have been transformed into television series in Germany which attract ...
IT Services Company Sacks CEO Over Sexual Harassment Charges
US-based IT services company iGate Corp Tuesday said it has sacked Chief Executive Officer Phaneesh Murthy over charges of sexual harassment by a female employee. This ...
Cameron tries to soothe Tory divisions by insisting gay marriage opponents 'are not bigots' but vows not to change course on Europe
Prime Minister 'proud' of same-sex weddings and hopes young gay boys will 'stand taller today'But he promises not to repeat battle with Conservative grassrootsEurosceptics told ...
Husband jailed for LOOTING his own wedding venue... and his heavily pregnant bride is standing by him
Bridie Sparks, 24, married Christopher Richards, 25, last summerBut he later raided wedding reception venue with three friends They stole thousands of pounds worth of ...
Around half of takeaways and restaurants including Little Chef and La Tasca are failing to meet hygiene levels
Chicken Cottage, Dixy Chicken and even La Tasca and Little Chef are failing to meet standards Details were compiled Which? based on hygiene inspections by ...
High Court judge rules bipolar patient, 37, is capable of making the decision to have an abortion
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is 23 weeks pregnantMedics argued she lacks mental capacity to make the decision herselfShe told the ...
Microsoft unveils the new Xbox One - with improved voice controls, an exclusive Halo TV show, built-in Skype and a redesigned Kinect sensor
Microsoft's Xbox One will be available worldwide 'later this year'Xbox One has improved voice recognition, built-in Skype features and a Snap Mode that lets you ...
Air travel 'poses no risk to pregnant women and unborn babies' as long as they fly before the 37th week
Most serious risk for women at 35,000ft is premature labour, say expertsExpectant mothers shouldn't fear full-body security scanners, they adviseAlso shouldn't worry about DVT on ...
Chinese anti-abortion activist snubbed by Cameron accuses Prime Minister of being too scared to tackle Beijing over its strict one child policy
Chen Guangcheng is in UK to receive award for exposing 'gendercide'But request to meet with the Prime Minister has been snubbedHuman rights campaigner says David ...
Silver separation: Penelope Keith blames divorced middle-aged women for 'pushing up house prices'
Actress Penelope Keith attacked women who get divorced later in lifeNo sympathy for women who separate because they want ' their own space' By Jill ...
Russian fury over Eurovision ¿fix¿ after Azerbaijan refused to give it a SINGLE vote
Russia's Foreign Minister demanded answers from Azerbaijani counterpartAzerbaijani phone operators said Russia's act came second in local voteBut singer Dina Garipova awarded 'nul points' in ...
Jurors deliberate: Should Jodi Arias die?
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Jurors will continue deliberations on sentencing Wednesday Jurors are weighing whether Jodi Arias should receive the death penalty The prosecutor says the death penalty is "the ...
Oklahoma tornado was 600 TIMES more powerful than Hiroshima atomic bomb
Wind speed, air moisture, temperature and timing all came together to create the perfect storm, which left at least 24 dead, including nine children, and ...
How safe are the new contactless bank cards?
By Sam Dunn PUBLISHED: 19:05 EST, 21 May 2013 | UPDATED: 03:34 EST, 22 May 2013 An urgent investigation has been launched into the new generation of contactless bank cards ...
Search for survivors winds down as Oklahoma begins daunting recovery
An aerial view of the destruction caused by the massive tornado that struck areas south of Oklahoma City on Monday, May 20, shows the magnitude ...
Out-of-hours doctor 'put baby at risk' after working back-to-back shifts for 24 days straight
The hearing heard Dr Volker Bornmann failed to spot signs of pre-eclampsia in a woman 38 weeks pregnant She later contacted her doctor and was ...
