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First edition ‘Harry Potter’ – including author’s notes – up for auction
The rare first edition will be sold to raise funds for English PEN, a writer’s association.
Sunday 19 May, 2013
Student accidentally shot dead by police while aiming for burglar
The intruder was killed in New York.
Saturday 18 May, 2013
Houses in California are slowly sinking into the ground
Residents are questioning if the land is haunted and have considered asking local Native American tribes if the hilltop was an ancient graveyard.
He couldn’t, could he? Michael Phelps planning comeback for 2016 Olympics – reports
Is the so-callled greatest Olympian of all time set to return?
Friday 17 May, 2013
McIlroy to set up his own management group
The world No 2 is about to strike out on his own.
Imagine if someone was taking secret photos of you in your house?
That’s what one photographer in New York has been doing.
Thursday 16 May, 2013
OJ Simpson in a last-ditch effort to get new trial
Simpson is serving nine to 33 years in prison for his 2008 conviction in the armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room.
Boston Marathon invites stopped runners back
The invitation applies to more than 5,000 people who were stopped on the course when the race was shut down at 2:50 p.m.
NASA’s planet-hunting spacecraft is broken – but they’re determined to fix it
The planet-hunting telescope is 40 million miles from Earth and searches for Earth-like planets outside our solar system.
Wednesday 15 May, 2013
At least 32 dead in Iraq bombings
11 bombings struck Baghdad, as well as the cities of Kirkuk and Tarmiyah.
Man trying to dribble soccer ball 10,000 miles to Brazil dies after being hit by truck
Swanson had set out on the trek to promote the One World Futbol Project, based in Berkeley, California.
Rescuers use saws, wheelbarrows in dig to free trapped miners
The mine collapse took place at a gold and copper mine in Indonesia yesterday.
Tuesday 14 May, 2013
Seven convicted of operating paedophile sex ring in Oxford
Children as young as 11-years-old were abused by what prosecutors called “vicious sexual predators”.
A massive and unprecedented intrusion: AP slams US government’s snooping
The US Justice Department obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors working for the Associated Press, the news agency has confirmed.
Japanese mayor: Wartime sex slaves were ‘necessary’
The controversial mayor claimed that the forced prostitution of approximately 200,000 women during World War II was necessary to “maintain discipline” in the ranks.
Monday 13 May, 2013
Angela Merkel: ‘No, I was not an East German propaganda official’
A new book has revived suggestions that Merkel was an active trade union official – at a time when the state controlled the unions.
Tiger wins The Players as Garcia sinks under pressure
Sergio Garcia found the water three times on the final two holes as Tiger Woods won golf’s “fifth Major”.
Sunday 12 May, 2013
Woods, Garcia battle more than the elements at The Players Championship
It was handbags at dawn during a stormy third round on Saturday.
Hundreds of Vietnamese men, women and children flee to Australian shores
Almost 500 Vietnamese asylum seekers have arrived on Australian shores, that’s more than in the last five years combined.
Saturday 11 May, 2013
Thousands attend rally for Berlusconi – despite his conviction for tax fraud
The ‘Everyone for Silvio’ rally was held to support the former premier, after a court upheld a five-year ban from public office.
Updated: Explosions leave 40 dead and 100 injured in Turkey
One of the car bombs exploded outside the city hall while the other went off outside the post office in the town of Reyhanli, a main hub for Syrian refugees and rebel activity in Turkey’s Hatay province, just across the border.
PICTURES: The ruins of an Argentine town drowned by saltwater
The town was destroyed almost 28 years ago.
Friday 10 May, 2013
UCI appealing Spanish ruling to destroy blood bags
The judgement would prevent officials from identifying blood-doping clients.
Jimi Hendrix asked Paul McCartney to come out and play… via telegram
Can Macca come out for half an hour?
British sailor dies during America’s Cup practice
Olympic gold medalist Andrew Simpson died when a catamaran capsized and trapped him underwater for more than 10 minutes.
Woman shot in the mouth by harpoon – and survives
The woman’s husband was cleaning his spear gun when it accidentally went off.
Thursday 9 May, 2013
Ariel Castro in court, charged with rape and kidnapping
Court documents show how Castro lured three women into his vehicle about 10 years ago.
Tim Tebow is the ‘most influential’ athlete in the US, despite being unemployed
No sign of Robbie Keane then.
Wednesday 8 May, 2013
Fat cat sinks slowly and hilariously into a box
Does exactly what it says on the tin.
31 arrested as investigation into $50 million diamond heist continues
A Frenchman who is believed to have been one of the actual robbers was arrested in France, while some of the diamonds have been found in Switzerland.
Will you have to pay to watch YouTube videos soon?
The pay to channels are set to be launched in the coming months.
Tourists swim for their lives for 14 hours after boat sinks
The brother and sister thought they were going to drown or be eaten by a shark when the found themselves stranded at sea.
Singer arrested for ‘hiring hitman to kill wife’
Tim Lambesis of metal band As I Lay Dying allegedly asked an undercover detective to carry out the hit.
Neighbours ‘saw naked woman crawling’ in backyard of Ohio kidnap house
Charges have yet to be filed against the three brothers who were arrested in connection with the Cleveland kidnapping.
Tuesday 7 May, 2013
New Jersey governor Chris Christie reveals he had gastric band surgery
The Republican governor, tipped to run for the White House, insisted the measure was about ensuring he was there for his family in the future.
Microsoft to update Windows 8 in bid to address complaints and confusion
The changes, part of a software package given the codename “Blue”, won’t be released to consumers and businesses until later this year
How to win a gerbil beauty pageant
Call all gerbil enthusiasts.
Monday 6 May, 2013
Journalist reports existence of Iran ‘vote-rigging’ tape, gets arrested
A news website editor has been arrested after reporting on tapes where Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ‘discusses vote-rigging’.
Israeli PM visits China after Syria strikes
Benjamin Netanyahu’s signalling of a return to “business as usual” may indicate that Israel does not expect an immediate retaliation for this weekend’s airstrikes.
Sunday 5 May, 2013
US referee dies after attack by teenage player
Ricardo Portillo of Salt Lake City was assaulted during a soccer match and passed away in hospital.
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