Jimmy Kimmel makes kids cry again: Video captures devastated children after parents tell them they ate all their Halloween candy

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For the third year in a row Jimmy Kimmel has asked parents to pull the ultimate prank by telling their kids they ate all the candy - and then film their reactions. Kimmel said on last night's show: 'We got an avalanche of great responses. It took us the whole weekend to go through them, but we did and we pieced together our favorites.'

Newlywed father-to-be, 32, chooses to come off life support and die ONE DAY after he became paralyzed when he fell out of a tree

Tim with his sister Jenny Schultz who, as an intensive care nurse, meant she understood the severity of her brother's injuries

Longtime Indiana hunter Tim Bowers fell about 16 feet from a tree stand and suffered a severe spinal injury that said left him paralyzed from the shoulders down and dependent on a ventilator to breathe. His brain wasn't affected so his family let him decide for himself what he wanted to do. Bowers is pictured above with his sister, Jenny Shultz.

Ariel Castro lured Michelle Knight to his Cleveland house of horrors with by promising her a puppy... only to immediately string her up from a pipe and leave her hanging for 24 hours

Dr. Phil says an interview with Michelle Knight this will be broadcast next week is one of the most profound on-camera encounters his show began in 2002.

Michelle Knight told Dr. Phil in a taped interview that aired today that Ariel Castro used an orange extension cord to tie her neck, hands and feet and hang her 'like a fish' in the Cleveland house.

Famed chef Charlie Trotter found dead at home by his son just months after announcing he would close restaurant and spend more time with his family

Charlie Trotter, seen here in August 2012, died on Tuesday after collapsing in his Chicago home

Award-winning chef Charlie Trotter has died, a year after closing his eponymous Chicago restaurant in order to spend more time with his wife and young son Dylan.

What's so funny about being a porn star? Comedienne makes real-life sex-video with XXX-actor James Deen

Branching out: Jenn Tisdale, a stand-up comedian and writer from Washington DC, has told how she decided to make a sex tape with X-rated Lothario James Deen after he launched an 'open casting call' on his website

Jenn Tisdale, 33, a stand-up comedian and writer from Washington DC, filmed two scenes with Mr Deen last month in a New York hotel room.

EXCLUSIVE: Best friend of gym mat boy was sent Facebook threat 'that he too could end up in body bag' just hours after teen's mysterious death

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WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Soloman Arrington, 16, said the message has left him looking over his shoulder. Kendrick Johnson, 17, from Lowndes County, Georgia was found dead on January 11. His family claim it was 'foul play'.

It's election day! Americans head to the polls across the country to vote on everything from marijuana and beer to the fate of the Astrodome

The price of marijuana and the fate of the Astrodome hangs in the balance today as they are two of the various state-wide measures that are listed on local ballots.

In addition to gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia and the mayoral race in New York City, many states have regional issues that they are asking residents to vote on.

Working the land for 11 generations: New Hampshire farm that has been owned by the same family for almost 400-years is finally sold

Pick your own: The farm survived for decades as a pick-your-own fruit farm, but will now sell many new items

The oldest continuously operating farm in the United States - dating back almost 400 years - has been sold. In the Tuttle family since 1632, the 132-acre farm in Dover, New Hampshire, sold last month for just over $1million.

Inmate testifies how Mormon doctor told him in prison that no one could prove he killed his 'b****' wife

Martin MacNeill speaks to his attorney Randy Spencer, left, before proceedings at the Fourth District Court in Provo Tuesday

The prisoner said today that he and Martin MacNeill (pictured) talked while exercising together at a Texas prison where the ex-doctor was serving time for fraud.

'I felt like a criminal': Army veteran mother banned from disabled daughter's school after posting photo of her weapons permit on Facebook

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Tanya Mount, of Georgia, said she was threatened with a trespassing warning if she came to her daughter's school because the principal was scared of her.

Home invaders who dragged screaming teen from his bed and 'tortured him in attempted 'thrill kill' did it for pleasure'

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Vincent Sisounong, 21, and Blessing Gainey, 19, broke into a Seattle home Oct 12, pulled a teenager from his bed and stabbed and sliced his body while trying to slowly bleed him to death.

Oregon school football coach is fired after he planned party for 12-year-olds at HOOTERS and then refused to change venue insisting 'it's not a strip club'

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Corbett Middle School coach Randy Burbach organized the awards night at the Jantzen Beach Hooters near Portland, but the choice of venue sparked outrage among families.

Revealed: Shocking video of NFL lineman Richie Incognito emerges showing him using the N-word - as he is suspended from Dolphins for 'racially bullying a teammate'

CBS Sports reports that Incognito sent Martin, 24, a series of harassing and threatening text messages, including one that referred to him as a ¿half-n*****.¿ Martin is biracial.

The footage comes just says after Incognito (right and top left) was suspended by the Miami Dolphins over allegations made against him by Jonathan Martin (top right). Multiple reports indicate that Incognito will lose his job over the charges and never play for the Dolphins again. The video shows a shirtless Incognito bounding around a bar yelling excitedly.

Katy's 46million followers win her No 1 spot on Twitter: Singer overtakes Justin Bieber to have most subscribers

Katy Perry has become the most followed person on micro-blogging site Twitter after amassing 46,529,319 followers

Singer Katy Perry has become the most followed person on Twitter after amassing 46,529,319 followers. The Firework singer also has 58million fans on Facebook.

Look familiar? Burger King to bring back Big Mac copycat the Big King

Big Mac killer?: The Big King will be rolled out nationwide this week

What has two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions on a sesame bun? Burger King's latest sandwich.

Tropic Thunder star says US Airways flight attendant called him the N-word

That's racist: Movie star Brandon T. Jackson has accused a US Airways flight attendant of calling him the n-word

Movie star Brandon T. Jackson says a US Airways flight attendant called him the n-word during a Phoenix-bound Monday evening flight.

Home for Thanksgiving! Man convicted of murder has his sentence overturned after 10 years behind bars

Appeal: Ryan Ferguson has always denied that he was involved in the murder of Kent Heitholt

A young Missouri man who has spent almost a decade in prison for a crime he says he didn't commit had his 40-year sentence vacated by an appeals court today.

Inside the polar bear prison: Forget death row. The scariest inmates in the world are behind bars in the terrified town where they outnumber people

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The former aircraft storage hangar just outside the remote northern Canada town of Churchill, Manitoba, is the world's only prison for polar bears (left). Nature's most fearsome land predators flood the town at this time of the year because tiny Churchill sits slap bang in their winter migration route north up Hudson Bay. An uncomfortable spell in the prison is reserved for those animals who won't take the hint and keep coming back to the town. Bears generally stay in the jail for up to 30 days before they are helicoptered out (right).

'You're cancelled!' Twitter under fire for taking down photo feed of people who've lost health insurance since Obamacare

This woman got a policy termination letter from CareFirst, a BlueCross BlueShield affiliate operating in Maryland and DC

MyCancellation.com is a collection of Obamacare-related insurance cancellation letters but organizers say Twitter has frozen their account three times in a week.

Tesla now the most-registered new car in eight of the nation’s 25 wealthiest neighborhoods tracked by zip code

Very popular: A row of Tesla Motors Model S electric sedans are shown last week near San Francisco

The Elon Musk-designed electric car is now the most-registered car in eight of the 25 wealthiest US zip codes.

Distraught wife learns her husband, 61, is dead in car crash when she reads it ONLINE five days later - because police failed to tell her

Distraught: She is now demanding answers; she says he was even carrying a list of contact numbers

Jan VanBlarcom, from Albuquerque, New Mexico, sobbed as she recalled how she learned about the death of her husband Jay from a news story.

Hells Angels accuse rapper Young Jeezy's clothing line and Dillard's store of trademark infringement over winged head design

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The Hells Angels have claimed they are the victims of trademark infringement after a retailer released a clothing line using a logo similar to their Death Head.

Man arrested for murder of missing Mississippi family after three bodies are found shot to death in abandoned house near site of their crashed and burned SUV

Jaidon, Mrs Hughes-Smith and Mr Smith were last heard from Friday night when Mrs Hughes-Smith called family members to say she was leaving town for a few days.

Police in Mississippi arrested Timothy Lydell Burns, 42, after he led authorities to the remains of Jaidon Hill, 7, Atira Hughes-Smith, 30 and Laterry Smith, 34. All three were shot to death. However, police have not commented on the circumstances of their deaths or why Burns allegedly killed them.

'Yes I HAVE smoked crack cocaine': Toronto mayor Rob Ford FINALLY admits to drug taking but says it was in a 'drunken stupor' and he 'doesn't remember' being filmed

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Toronto mayor Rob Ford has finally admitted that he smoked crack 'probably a year ago' when he was in a 'drunken stupor.'

Miley's switch to raunchy is damaging for teenage girls: Private school headteacher's warning

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Jo Heywood, of Heathfield School in Ascot, Berkshire, said teenagers are confused by role models such as Miley Cyrus, pictured, who turn from clean-cut to raunchy.

Supreme Court to hear bizarre details of love triangle in jurisdiction battle after a woman poisoned her husband's pregnant mistress with chemical weapons

Carol Anne Bond put an arsenic-like substance on the door handle and mail box of her former best friend and neighbor who had an affair with Bond's husband

A love triangle that ended with Pennsylvania woman Carol Anne Bond on trial for chemical weapons charges after poisoning her husband's pregnant mistress is now going before the Supreme Court.

Would you pay to have a war criminal hunted? Canadian adventurer launches crowd-funding appeal to raise cash for trip to catch African warlord Joseph Kony

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Robert Young Pelton has launched a crowd-funding page in an attempt raise the funds to hire a small band of former soldiers and track down Joseph Kony.

Blundering hunter leaves deer wandering with an arrow through its head

'Shocked': Susan Darrah said she took this photo of a deer impaled by an arrow in her New Jersey back yard

This deer with an arrow shot cleanly through its head was spotted and photographed by New Jersey resident Susan Darrah. She was shocked to see the deer at her home in Boonton with a dart wedged through its muzzle.

Minnesota newlywed confesses to defacing Montana monument and says it was just misguided declaration of love

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Cole Randall, 23, said he carved the names into the national monument Pompeys Pilla after his wife's cancer scare left him wrecked with emotion.

Girl, 10, starved to death by her father and stepmother tried to run away before and showed up at school covered in welts

Grisly discovery: The body of a 10-year-old girl has been found inside this metal garbage can outside the Landmark at Coventry Pointe Apartments in an Atlanta suburb

A 10-year-old girl whose malnourished body was found stuffed in an Atlanta trash bin had tried to run away from home and showed up at school with bruises and welts.

Sunny steals the show as First Couple surprise White House visitors after tours were halted for seven months due to spending cuts

Tuesday's surprise appearance was the first time that Sunny has been in the White House for such an event as the public tours were stopped for the past six months over budget cuts

The White House puppy was not as taken to the stream of happy visitors as the Obamas would have liked, however.

'Women's love lives get better with age': Joy of Sex author says divorced middle-aged women can enjoy full and active sex lives that previous generations couldn't

Joy of Sex author Susan Quilliam says divorced middle-aged women are free to enjoy 'full and active sex lives' that were denied to previous generations

Divorced middle-aged women are free to enjoy 'full and active sex lives' that were denied to previous generations, Susan Quilliam claims.

Mystery as nurse, 42, shoots 79-year-old patient dead at nursing home before turning gun on herself

Bizarre: Aimee Larkin apparently shot dead a patient at a nursing home before committing suicide on Monday

Aimee Larkin, from Dunmore, Pennsylvania brought a handgun to her night shift at Abington Manor on Monday and shot Howard Kinney in the chest before shooting herself in the head. But investigators have said they are completely baffled by why Larkin would carry out the murder-suicide and said they may never know the motive.

Cancer sufferer who took on Obamacare slams White House official for 'snotty' tweet, and says Obama's family and staff should all sign up if they support it

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Edie Sundby, who suffers from Stage-4 gallbladder cancer, said government officials should 'sign up for their own insurance on the exchanges. That's the right thing to do. They legislated it. The American people have to use it.' White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer sparked outrage on Monday by tweeting a link to a liberal blog post that claimed Sundby - who set out how she suffers under the changes of the Affordable Care Act - only lost her health insurance because of corporate greed.

Revealed: The countries where women work so much harder than their men

Imbalance: Woman spend 18 per cent more of their time on activities including housework and childcare in comparison to men (file picture)

The report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation also found men were compensated more for their labour inside and outside the home.

Headmaster of $26,000-a-year private school 'tried to flee' after police found dozens of pornographic images of boys on his home and office computers

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Christopher Wheeler, pictured, head master of the exclusive Tower Hill school in Delaware, has been arrested on child pornography charges.

Teacher 'murdered by infatuated student' did nothing wrong: Prosecutors defend 24-year-old's reputation at secret evidence hearing

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Massachusetts prosecutors attempting to keep under wraps their case against the accused killer Phillip Chism, 14, of Danvers High School math teacher Colleen Ritzer have broken their silence.

Police chief blamed Kate and Gerry McCann for Madeleine's disappearance 'to ensure Portuguese detectives didn't abandon case'

Goncalo Amaral was a leading investigator on the disappearance of British child Madeleine McCann

Goncalo Amaral penned a book pointing the finger at Kate and Gerry McCann because he was against the shelving of the original probe, a court in Lisbon heard.

World's fattest man, 52, who lost 672 lbs, meets his American online lover for the first time

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Paul Mason, from Ipswich, who once weighed 70 stone after consuming 20,000 calories a day, met American Rebecca Mountain online and today they met for the first time. Speaking on This Morning, Miss Mountain said: 'I saw Paul's documentary years and years ago and just felt really connected right away. Then I happened to come across an update that he'd had surgery and lost the weight, but was left in limbo not getting the skin removed.'

How Google snoops on your email: Microsoft accuses rival internet giant of using private details to sell adverts without users' knowledge

Snoop: Microsoft has accused rival Google of using 'private information for profit' by snooping on people's emails

The software giant has launched an advertising campaign warning people that Google reads every email sent by users, scanning for key words to target advertising.

Police release heartbreaking 911 call by man attacked by stepson, 16, before teen 'brutally murdered his own mother because the couple confiscated his cellphone'

In a new development on the case of a 16-year-old boy charged with beating his mother to death, the dramatic 911 phone call the boy's stepfather placed to police has been released, with the man not knowing at the time his wife was already dead.

Michael Roy Helms, 16, is standing trial as an adult on murder charges after the body of his mother, Tina Helms Spencer, was found beaten to death at her home in Mesa, Arizona.

Was tainted Halloween candy to blame after two young boys are hospitalized in separate incidents for ingesting meth?

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Two young boys in Southern California have been hospitalized after ingesting the methamphetamine in separate incidents.

Why single women should ditch Facebook: Seeing friends' weddings and babies is bad for their health, says relationship expert

Author Zoe Strimpel says Facebook bombards single women with pictures of 'perfect' weddings and babies, which causes envy and voyeurism

Author Zoe Strimpel says the social media site bombards singletons with pictures of seemingly 'perfect' lives, which causes envy and voyeurism.

Grandmother, 86, dies ONE DAY after becoming the oldest woman to complete the New York City marathon after she fell and hit her head during the race but refused to stop

Joy Johnson, from San Jose, California, passed away in her sleep on Monday, a day after completing her 25th New York City Marathon.

Joy Johnson, from San Jose, California, passed away in her sleep on Monday, a day after completing her 25th New York City Marathon. While her family is mourning her passing, they agree it is an appropriate end for a woman who once declared in an interview: 'I want to die running. That's my goal.' Just hours before her death, Johnson appeared briefly on the Today show (left) where she told Al Roker the injury to her face 'looks much worse than it really is'. After the appearance, she returned to her hotel room for a nap but did not wake up.

FBI investigates possible ties between LAX shooter and 'New World Order' conspiracy theory

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The FBI has a warrant to search Paul Ciancia's phone for materials possibly reflecting the views that the government were trying to impose a totalitarian regime.

Google and Ford aim to replace dashboard controls with hand gesture commands

Thing of the past? The new technology could do away with the sometimes complicated dashboard controls found in most cars (file picture)

Both Google and car manufacturer Ford has applied to patent technology that will allow motorists and passengers to lower and raise the window with a swipe gesture.

Island of debris the size of TEXAS from 2011 Japanese tsunami is headed straight for the U.S.

Gigantic: A floating island of debris the size of Texas is floating toward California coast after washing into the Pacific in Japan's horrific 2011 tsunami

Part of the over one million tons of debris dispersed in the Pacific, the trash island is located northeast of the Hawaiian Islands.

Newlywed’s blog post in which he writes that marriage is NOT for him goes viral

My name is Seth Adam Smith.

A newlywed recently announced in a blog post that has since gone viral that he's come to a conclusion: marriage is not for him.

Pictured with the man who shot him dead moments later: RAF policeman grins alongside rogue Afghan policeman who opened fire on him and comrade

Corporal Brent McCarthy of McCarthy with a rogue Afghan policemen suspected of shooting dead him and L/Cpl Lee Davies, 1st Battalion Welsh Guards

Corporal Brent McCarthy, 25, is pictured with a member of the Afghan Uniformed Police just moments before he and colleague Lance Corporal Lee Davies (left) were shot dead in the Helmand province. A military inquest heard the pair - of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards - both died of 'unsurvivable injuries' after being shot by close range gunshots. Oxfordshire Coroners Court was told the men had been engaging in 'banter and general chit chat' with what they thought were two Afghan Uniformed Police officers.

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You get bloody toes - but there's something special about wearing a tutu: Documentary sheds light on the grit and glamour of life at the New York City Ballet

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Bleeding toes and sweaty clogged pores are very real foils to ballet's poised exterior of frothy tulle tutus, tiaras, and effortless pirouettes. But the obsession with ballet's beauty and femininity is a hard one for New York City ballet dancer Gretchen Smith to comprehend. In an interview to promote her company's new AOL web series City.Ballet, Smith peeled back ballet's velvet curtains to offer a small dose of reality.

Kubiak released from Houston hospital after 'ordeal' as Texans coach focuses on getting back to health

Released from hospital: Gary Kubiak is expected to make a full recovery after suffering a mini-stroke during the defeat to the Indianapolis Colts

Texans coach Gary Kubiak has been released from a Houston hospital after suffering what the team says was a mini-stroke during Sunday night's loss to Indianapolis.

Schoolgirl, 16, 'raped and beaten until her ear bled by two girls and three boys who recorded attack on cell phone'

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The girl was at a house in Hollywood when she was allegedly set upon by the gang who demanded she have sex with one of the accused, 19-year-old Jayvon Woolfork.

Supreme Court rejects appeal by former KKK leader, 88, who planned the killings of three civil rights workers in 'Mississippi Burning' case

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Attorneys for Edgar Ray Killen, who was convicted in Mississippi in 2005, had claimed there were violations of his constitutional rights during his trial.

Is this the end of Black Friday? Now Toys R Us, Sears and K-Mart join the stores opening their doors on Thanksgiving Day

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Toys R Us is pushing back its opening time for the fifth year in a row, opening doors at 5pm on Thanksgiving Day, three hours before its opening last year.

Will Detroit vote for 'The White Guy?': Frontrunner for Motor City mayor would be the first since 1974

'The White Guy': Mike Duggan, the leader of beleaguered Detroit's mayoral race, would become the city's first white mayor since 1974 if he's elected tomorrow

Over 80 percent black, Detroit has elected only black men to lead its city since Coleman Young's 20 years on the job began in the 1970s.

Snubbed! Legendary newsman Dan Rather WON'T be part of CBS's Kennedy coverage despite being their man in Dallas on day of the shooting

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Rather says he hasn't been asked to be part of the network's 50th anniversary coverage due to his messy exit from CBS seven years ago amid a lawsuit.

Who knew vacuum cleaners could be so much fun? Hilarious video shows babies taking Roomba for a spin around the house

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A compilation video by CrazyFunnyStuff shows babies going for entertaining rides along household floors, where parents can be heard giggling in the background. 'I'm sure this wasn't in the owner's manual,' one dad says, laughing.

YouTube pulls sexually explicit teaser for Shia LaBeouf's Nymphomaniac

Rude tube: The latest teaser trailer for Lars von Trier's controversial film Nymphomaniac was briefly removed from Youtube on Tuesday, after breaching the site's rules on nudity and sexual content

The latest teaser trailer for Lars von Trier's controversial film Nymphomaniac was removed from Youtube on Tuesday, after breaching the site's rules on nudity and sexual content.

Mystery disease turns starfish to goo as 95% of the sea creatures are wiped out off parts of the West Coast

Wasting disease: The star fish's arms disintegrate after white lesions have spread over their limbs

The condition has wiped out 95 per cent of the animals off parts of the West Coast and makes the sea creatures look like their limbs have been chopped off.

Bill de Blasio set to win New York City mayoral race in a landslide victory - with a little last-minute help from daughter Chiara who surprised him by flying home from college

New look: Ditching her trademark flower headband, Chiara opted for a more tribal print and a Bindi today

Even though experts predict that turnout will not be particularly high, Bill De Blasio's lead is so great that there is little to stop him from becoming Michael Bloomberg's successor.

Gearing up 2016? Chris Christie up by 20 points and headed for massive victory as voters go to the polls across America

Chris Christie is expected to win a second term as New Jersey governor when the state votes in their gubernatorial election today and he is leading by 20 points in the latest polls

Chris Christie is the likely victor in today's gubernatorial election and is expected to hold on to his job for another four years- or until he decides to run for President.

Oh deer! Hilarious video shows baby elk getting stuck on a trampoline

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A couple in Evergreen, Colorado, were sitting down to their morning coffee on Monday when they were shocked to see a young elk bouncing around on a trampoline in their backyard. Greg Chase caught the unusual sight on his cellphone and then posted it online. During the three and a half minute clip, the foolhardy animal attempts to figure out just how he is going to get himself out of his bizarre predicament. 'This has gotta be a first,' said his partner Shauna, before the elk escapes through the same hole as he had originally entered.

Girls are going through puberty earlier than ever - and OBESITY is to blame

Girls are going through puberty earlier and earlier, a new study has found. This is thought to be because of increasing rates of childhood obesity

Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Centre found that, on average, white American girls now start to develop breasts when they are nine and a half.

Aspiring country star who murdered seven fast food workers dies of natural causes after 14 years on death row

Death row inmate Paul Dennis Reid is shown in an undated booking photo provided by the Tennesse Department of Corrections

Paul Dennis Reid, 55, was pronounced dead at Nashville General Hospital at Meharry, the state Department of Corrections said.

Graduate from Google: Tech giant launches 'online university' that uses live video chat to teach everything from DIY to cookery

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California-based Google's Helpouts service launches today and has over 1,000 providers signed up, ranging from chefs to psychotherapists.

Does online dating reveal that we're racist? Ethnicity still matters to most users when choosing a love-interest

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A University of California, San Diego, study found the tendency to initiate contact with someone from a shared race, is strongest among Asians and Indians.

LG's G Flex really is flexible: Video reveals how smartphone BENDS under pressure

LG's G Flex phone, pictured, has an elastic coating capable of recovering from 'daily wear-and-tear scratches' as well as an 'unbreakable' 6-inch curved display.

South Korean company LG said the G Flex display is made from plastic substrates, rather than glass, giving it flexibility as well as reportedly making it unbreakable.

North Korea releases its own version of the iPad, complete with Angry Birds (internet access not included)

A North Korean version of the Apple iPad has been recently released - but it cannot connect to the internet

The slick seven-inch tablet (pictured) called the 'Samjiyon' has been hailed as impressive by tech experts but has no internet connectivity.

Baseball Wives star Anna Benson pleads guilty to attacking her Mets pitcher husband

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The Baseball Wives star Anna Benson was sentenced to 15 years probation and 90 days of psychiatric therapy after pleading guilty in a Georgia court today. The former model is prohibited from coming within 500 yards of Kris Benson and threatening him or their three children. She has been in prison since July 7.

MafiaLeaks website launched in Italy so victims can anonymously report corruption to police and journalists

Initiative: Italian computer experts have created a new website where anonymous informants and victims of organised crime can report Mafia activity

The new site will encourage shopkeepers or business owners forced to pay protection money as well as former criminals to come forward.

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos' wife leaves scathing review of husband's biography - on Amazon

Own write: MacKenzie Bezos (left) is a novelist and has been married to Jeff Bezos (right) for 20 years

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' wife has left a scathing one-star Amazon review for a new book about her husband.

Thousands of celebrities including Tom Hanks, LeBron James and Donald Trump left exposed after limo firm to the stars is hacked

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An Internet security firm says a limousine software company has been hacked, exposing credit card numbers and potentially embarrassing details about close to 1 million US customers.

Now Chinese smog a 'terror risk': Pollution is so bad security cameras at sensitive sites can no longer film through the haze

Smog in China is a well-known problem for health reasons, but it is now so bad it poses a security risk by blocking CCTV cameras

Experts have claimed that thick smog in China, which has now reached 'apocalyptic proportions', blocks CCTV footage 'almost as effectively as a brick wall'.

Wives really ARE the glue that hold marriages together: Those who calm down quickly after arguments have the best relationships

The secret to wedded bliss? When it comes to keeping the peace, it is more important for wives to calm down after a heated argument than husbands

A study from the University of California, Berkeley, has found that, when it comes to keeping the peace, it is more important for wives than for husbands to calm down after a heated argument.

How 29 is the age when women feel most beautiful - and it's all down to surging confidence and falling in love

29 is the most beautiful age according to a new survey

The poll, which was conducted by skincare brand St. Ives, also looked at how confidence rises and falls depending on the time of the week.

Teen cross country star refuses to run race after being given 'mark of the beast' 666 bib

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A Christian teenager refused to compete in a regional cross country trial on Saturday after being issued with a bib marked 666. Kentucky teen Codie Thacker had been training since June for the race but said seeing the bib with 'the mark of the beast' made her sick. Her Whitley County high school coach tried to get race organizers to issue her with a new number, but when they refused the teenager refused to run.

Court rejects claims of spousal abuse when sentencing woman to life for paying hit-man $400 to gun down her husband at gas station

A 53-year-old Baltimore County woman has been sentenced to life in prison plus 40 years for hiring a hit man to gun down her husband at a gas station, in an intricate murder plot that involved multiple members of her family.

Karla Porter, 53, of Baltimore County, has been sentenced to life plus 40 years in prison for hatching a murder scheme to have her husband killed at the gas station he owned and worked at.

A-Rod failed a drugs test in 2006: Positive sample given by Yankees star is revealed as dispute over 211-game ban gets even uglier

Alex Rodriguez arrives at an MLB hearing to overturn ban

The New York Yankees' third baseman Alex Rodriguez tested positive for a banned stimulant seven years ago, but his name remained undisclosed because of MLB regulations.

The battle of the smartphone batteries:
Test reveals Samsung's Galaxy S4 is top with 17.5 hours... while Apple's iPhone 5S trails in fourth place

Which? magazine compared the battery life of eight high-end smartphones including models by Samsung, Apple, HTC, Nokia and BlackBerry.

EXCLUSIVE: London-based Which? magazine compared the battery life of eight high-end smartphones. Samsung's Galaxy S4 came top, while Apple's iPhone 5S placed in seventh.

The Shanghai 'wedding market' where unmarried women's desperate relatives hand over hundreds of pounds in a bid to find a suitor (whether they like it or not)

Parents and relatives advertise their unmarried children at the People's Park in Shanghai, China (file picture)

There are three times as many unmarried women than men in Shanghai, meaning parents are especially keen to use the matchmaking service at the city's People's Park.

TSA hero reveals he was helping an elderly man escape gunfire when he was shot twice by LAX gunman

Courage: Tony Grigsby was shot twice in the right foot during Friday's attack at Los Angeles airport

Tony Grigsby, 36, who has been a Transportation Security Administration officer for nine years, was helping an elderly man to safety when the gunman shot at him twice.

Shocking moment passengers had to make an emergency escape down slide after luggage loader caught fire at Montreal

Slide of her life: A woman is seen sliding down the inflatable safety slide of the Boeing 767 as flames rage behind her

A dramatic video has emerged of hundreds of passengers and crew hurriedly evacuating a jet Monday on the tarmac of Montreal's Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport.

Female TOMAHAWK throwing champion chases off burglars who were dumb enough to try and rob her

Robin Irvine said it took all her willpower not to throw her ax and hit the burglar in the spine or the head as he fled her house

Robin Irvine said she was asleep at her trailer in Hemet, California, Saturday when one of the men tried to take a watch off her wrist. She said she could have killed them had she loosed her deadly weapons, but she could not bring herself to injure the fleeing burglars.

British ambassador hauled in by German government over 'secret listening post' on the roof of the Berlin embassy

Protest: German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle called in British ambassador Simon McDonald over reports the embassy is used as a listening post

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (pictured) called in British ambassador Simon McDonald over reports the embassy is used as a listening post.

Never-before-seen colour footage emerges of JFK giving the thumbs up moments before he was shot dead in his motorcade

Moments before death: JFK gives a thumbs up to cheering crowds as he rides down Main street in Dallas just a few minutes before he was shot dead

The short clip shows the President looking relaxed and happy as he waves to cheering crowds from the presidential car as it makes its way along Main Street in Dallas.

Missing Pussy Riot prisoner believed to have been transported to Siberian jail after family say they have not heard from her in two weeks

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After numerous appeals, an ombudsman has been told Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 23, is 'in transit' to a new institution where she will see out her two-year sentence.

'Does your name have a dollar sign too?': Teen forced to change her name from Keisha because she encountered so much bullying

A mixed-race Kansas City teenager called Keisha has changed her name to avoid what she believes are damaging racial stereotypes some people link with certain popular African-American names.

A mixed-race Kansas City teenager called Keisha has changed her name to avoid what she believes are damaging racial stereotypes some people link with certain popular African-American names.

Uruguayan goalkeeper loses FOUR fingers in horrific wood-cutting machine accident

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Uruguayan goalkeeper Juan Obelar has been forced to retire after losing four fingers in a horrific domestic accident.

Border Patrol chief says agents can continue using deadly force against rock-throwers

U.S. border patrol agents examine the area near where 14-year-old Mexican youth Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca was killed, allegedly shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent, in 2010

An internal review began last year after an unarmed Mexican died from stun gun wounds at San Diego's port of entry into the U.S.

Brigitte Bardot's former Parisian love nest - complete with it's very own disco room - goes on the market for $8million

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Brigitte Bardot's Art Nouveau apartment is back on the market once again for the hefty price of $8.2million. The house was the scene of her rather tempestuous third marriage to the playboy Gunter Sachs.

Woman named DAISY COWIT plows her car into herd of 50 cows 'while texting' - leaving three animals seriously injured

Perfectly awful: Daisy Cowit, 21, plowed her Jeep Liberty into a herd of 50 cows as they crossed a road in New York State on Wednesday. Witnesses claimed she was texting

The 21-year-old Wawayanda, New York woman was arrested after a crash last Monday that left three cows seriously injured.

Touching moment pregnant mother almost stabbed to death by intruder while talking to her soldier husband on FaceTime meets her baby girl for the first time

Touching: This is the moment when Rachel Poole is handed her daughter Isabella for the first time by her husband Justin - over 5 days after she was brutally stabbed in her own home while she spoke to her husband over FaceTime

Rachel Poole, the pregnant Texas military mom who was stabbed in her own home last week has held her newborn daughter for the first time.

Veteran firefighter, 39, 'raped 13-year-old girl for months and gave her secret phone to send him nude pictures of herself'

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Jason Lyle Wood was arrested Friday at the Oklahoma City Fire Department, where he's worked for 13 years. He is charged with rape, forcible sodomy and lewd acts.

Pizzeria worker, 20, who opened fire at New Jersey mall is found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wound at back of shopping center

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Richard Shoop was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound behind the Westfield Garden State Plaza Mall, in Paramus, N.J., in the early hours of this morning.

20% of teenage boys are 'extremely concerned' about their weight, with experts warning eating disorders are on the rise

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Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital found that boys who are concerned about their weight are more likely to use drugs and binge drink.

If you've got a cold, stick to acetaminophen: Study finds drug is superior to Ibuprofen in treating sore throats and runny noses

Bless you: New research suggests paracetamol is superior to ibuprofen, or a combination of paracetamol and ibuprofen when it comes to keeping on top of colds

Researchers at the University of Southampton found patients were more likely to come back with worsening symptoms if they were prescribed ibuprofen.

The emotional moment a 92-year-old man meets the little girl he saved by throwing himself in front of spooked racehorse before it crushed her

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A 92-year-old war veteran has finally met the child whose life he saved when he selflessly threw himself in the path of a runaway racehorse to protect a five-year-old girl. John Shear, pictured meeting Roxy Key, was seriously injured at Santa Anita Park in California three years ago, but he says he didn't give a second thought to his safety when he saw the little girl was about to get crushed, right. 'I'm 90-years-old. I have had a life. She hasn't had a life,' he said. 'You got to save that life.'

Revealed: How 15th century workers used ICY to haul 100-ton stones to build China's Forbidden City

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Engineers from two universities in Beijing and Princeton University, U.S. calculated the amount of friction different methods of moving the stones would produce.

Fiancé accused of throwing his Canadian girlfriend to her death from his balcony denies making her regularly kneel and 'submit' to him

Simon Gittany arrives at court with his new girlfriend to stand trial for murdering Lisa Harnum

Gittany, 40, stepped into the witness box for the first day of his defence in the Sydney court, where he has pleaded not guilty to murdering Lisa Harnum.

Triplet left identical sister paralysed when she pushed her out of second-floor window

Louise (left) and Gillian centre, had a series of bust-ups over the years before the incident

Gillian Velloza (pictured), 24, caused identical triplet Louise to fall 25ft after a row at a hostel in Anfield, Liverpool, following years of 'volatile' sibling rivalry.

'Life's a little bit richer when you look up from a screen': Randi Zuckerberg hits out at our obsession with social media (and insists little brother Mark doesn't mind)

Randi Zuckerberg attends the 17th Annual Webby Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on May 21, 2013 in New York City.

The eldest Zuckerberg sibling has published two books encouraging people to disconnect from social media, one for children, the other aimed at adults.

First pictures of Nazi art hoarder's $1.6billion collection as investigators reveal it includes previously unknown works by Chagall and Matisse

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The unknown works found in a Munich flat include a self-portrait of Otto Dix (pictured), a portrait of a woman by Matisse and an allegorical work by Chagall.

Woman and friend killed on her birthday after 'drunk driver' crashed through fence into a tree killing them both

Two women were killed and three others injured when their car veered off the road and hit a chain-link fence and a tree on the northbound 110 Freeway Sunday.

The driver of a car that crashed through a fence and into a tree on the 110 Freeway between Los Angeles and Pasadena, killing two passengers and injuring herself and two others, has been arrested on suspicion of DUI.

Excited woman literally wigs out on 'Price Is Right' as she whips off hair piece before winning $10,000

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After Sacramento-based Aliaya's close bid earns her a place on the 'Price Is Right' stage, she high-fives audience members before hilariously whipping off her wig, leaving everyone, including host Drew Carey doubled over laughing. Displaying her cropped locks proudly, the law enforcement worker shakes her wig enthusiastically as she rushes to the stage to greet Carey and ultimately walk away with $10,000. It's not known whether Aliaya is suffering or in remission from cancer.

Incredible moment jaguar snatches heron out of the air at Sao Paulo Zoo

A jaguar leaps to grab a heron out of the air after it flew too close to it's pen in Sao Paulo zoo

Amateur footage shows the incredible moment the jaguar leaps to snatch the heron out of midair as it swoops to low over the big cat's enclosure.

Truckdriver builds world's largest amateur telescope using 900 pound mirror originally meant for Cold War spy satellite

Enormous: Utah man Mike Clements stands proudly aloft his 35-feet tall telescope he built from the remnants of a Cold War satellite

A Utah man has created what may be the largest amateur telescope on record -- a device that enables users to view constellations visible only through the Hubble Space Telescope

Rise of the rock, paper, scissors machines: Japanese robot's reflexes are so fast it ca NEVER be beaten (... but is it cheating?)

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The one thing this robot, designed by researchers at the University of Toyko, has above humans - and which makes it unbeatable - is a high-speed vision system.

Hypocritical much? Obama salutes NHL champions the Blackhawks... despite saying Redskins should change their name

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The President did not shy away from using the team's Native-American-derived handle after hosting the Stanley Cup winners at the White House.

'You've just killed my mom': Tourists warned over cute holiday photo scams that endanger animals

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A hard-hitting campaign is warning tourists that 'selfie' photos taken with 'cute' animals in destinations like Thailand can cause real harm to the creatures involved.

Boy, 8, with inoperable brain tumor gives toys to 1,000 hospitalized children after launching fundraising campaign

Kindness: Eight-year-old Matthew Jacko, who has an inoperable brain tumor, has given more than a 1,000 stuffed monkey toys to sick children in hospital after raising money so that they would smile

Matthew Jacko, who is home on hospice care in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, has now hand-delivered some of the toys to Children's Hospital.

The city with LEGS: Amazing plans for eco-friendly walking towns that could go in search of better jobs and scenery

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Named the 'Very Large Structure', the nomadic design has been proposed by Madrid-based architectural student Manuel Dominguez. In his vision, the city would use caterpillar tracks - similar to the ones used for tanks - to move to areas were work for residents is easily available. The city would generate its own clean energy using wind turbines, solar panels and hydrogen energy plants. Mr Dominguez said that the fact that the city moves around could be a way to encourage reforestation rather than destroying the surrounding environment.

'I'm still more scared of spiders than skydiving': Daredevil who miraculously survived terrifying mid-air collision between two planes said it hasn't put her off

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Describing the terrifying moment the planes collided, the Wisconsin skydivers told Matt Lauer it was surreal and terrifying at the same time.

Tiger Woods hits first ever golf ball from Europe into Asia as he tees off along the Bosphorus Bridge

Bogey man: Wood's antics infuriated many Istanbul antics as one side of the bridge had to be closed to traffic at one of the busiest times of the day causing huge tailbacks

The world's number one golfer hit shots across the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul in a publicity stunt ahead of a £1.5million appearance at a Turkish Golf tournament this week.

First-time mothers are 'lost, lonely and bewildered' for a year after baby's birth

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Some 65% of the 2,000 women questioned say negative aspects of parenthood outweighed positive.

Hey Mom, It Fits! New clothing line for plus-size children aims to give overweight kids 'confidence in their personal style'

Using Kickstarter, Ruth Smoth is hoping to raise $12,000 by December for her plus-size kid's clothing line, Hey Mom, It Fits! - designed to 'give children confidence in their personal style'

Using Kickstarter, Ruth Smith from Illinois hopes to raise $12,000 by December for her plus-size kid's clothing line, Hey Mom, It Fits!.

Could a low-salt diet help stop you snoring? A new study suggests excessive salt intake contributes to obstructive sleep apnoea

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Switching to a low-salt diet could help tackle snoring, suggest Brazilian researchers. A clinical trial is underway to test the theory on patients.

Heavyweight boxer in a coma after losing brutal Madison Square Garden fight that broke his nose and hand

Abdusalamov was 18-0 with 18 knockouts before Saturday night's fight, which was broadcast on HBO Sports.

Russian Magomed Abdusalamov was taken to Roosevelt Hospital in New York City following his 10-round brawl with Mike Perez Saturday night.

'I have a moustache, I might as well raise some money with it!': WOMAN who has to shave beard every day ditches razor for Movember

Woman with polycystic ovaries who has to shave beard EVERY DAY ditches razor for Movember

Sarah O'Neill, 29, from Hull, suffers from polcystic ovary syndrome which causes excess facial hair - she plans to let it grow naturally this month. She was diagnosed with the condition in 2006, and wants to banish the myth that only men grow lots of hair on their faces. Sarah says: 'It used to embarrass me a lot, and my brother even called me Mac3, after the razor. But finally enough was enough and I had to accept that it was a medical condition that was just part of me. I now realise it's nothing to be ashamed of.'

Platypus 'Godzilla' discovered in Australia: Fossilised tooth suggests extinct creature was twice the size of its modern cousin

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A fossil discovered in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area of Queensland, indicates the ancient creature measured almost a metre long.

Outrage over Northwestern's bloody football jerseys honoring Wounded Warriors

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The grey jersey, which features accents of the American flag splattered with simulated blood on the helmet, gloves, pants and shoes, has been labeled an 'asymmetrical patriotic mishmash.' But others adore it.

Would YOU pay $3,500 for a masterpiece you couldn't hang on the wall? Animated website is auctioned off as a work of art

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The piece, a website called ifnoyes.com, was created by Dutch-Brazilian artist Rafaël Rozendaal and sold at the Philips auction house in New York.

Bald IS beautiful! Teenager suffering from alopecia crowned pageant queen after bravely ditching her wig

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Angelica Galindez, 19, from Salt Lake City, Utah, was initially accepted into the Miss Philippines Earth USA contest based on a photo of her wearing a wig.

'I swear like a truck driver': Tattooed female weightlifter who boozed and took drugs becomes rising star of the Lutheran church

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Reverend Bolz-Weber, who has experimented with Wicca, is the pastor of All Sinners and Saints - a Lutheran church in Denver, Colorado. While normal church events might end with the congregation blessing themselves on the way out, this church prefers to have a dance party featuring a chocolate fountain in the baptismal font.

Inside the world of child cage fighting: Boys who are trained to attack in America’s MMA arenas

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New York photographer Sebastian Montalvo traveled the nation to document the growing trend of children's MMA - witnessing children as young as five locked in a cage to fight.

Statuette considered one of the most important movie props ever from 1941's The Maltese Falcon set to fetch $1.5million at auction

Statuette considered one of the most important movie props ever from 1941's The Maltese Falcon starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor may fetch $1.5m at auction

The 50Ib falcon (pictured) will go under the hammer at New York City's Arader Galleries and comes complete with dents from when Bogart dropped it on set.

Two teens, 15, arrested after breaking into empty Denver middle school armed with 'rifles' and wearing rucksacks

A bomb squad has been sent to Noel Middle School in Denver (pictured)

Police arrested two suspected gunmen this morning after a standoff at Noel Middle School in north east Denver following a break in.

The Vatican sends questionnaire on gay sex and contraception to Catholics around the world

'Strict' Pope Francis said the Vatican needs to tone down its strict teachings on the family

A questionnaire has been sent from the Vatican polling lay parishioners as well as bishops and theologians.

   

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Lazy bear! Dozy brown cub takes a nap on the beach before striking a Usain Bolt pose... and then promptly falling back to sleep

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Professional photographer Olav Thokle from Volda, Norway, travelled to the Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, to take pictures of the bears. At one point, the giant bear strikes a Usain Bolt-like pose as she lies on her back while pointing her right arm in the air. She also stares into the camera lens when she was just 50ft away from the photographer.

Unearthed: The 2,500-year-old baby grave that still contains a toy rattle made of clay

During the late Bronze age, members of the Lusatian culture across Eastern Europe were cremated upon death, and buried in their thousands.

The tiny urn containing the child's ashes was just one of a thousand vessels found in a cemetery in the Polish village of Legowo, dating back to the late Bronze Age.

Did the River Colorado once flow EAST to Canada?

Eh! Sears' proposal would mean that two of America's most splendid natural wonders--the Colorado River and its surrounding Grand Canyon--have Canadian roots

New study proposes that the Colorado River once flowed northeast, meeting the 'Bell River,' which flowed through Canada and drained into the Labrador Sea.

Hanging out with the 'Bomb Squad': Breathtaking footage of daredevils hanging off helicopters, base jumping and skydiving for a living

Daredevils: The four members of the GoPro Bomb Squad dangle from the skids of a helicopter, hundreds of metres above the ground

Americans Marshall Miller, Neil Amonson, Jesse Hall and Jt Holmes are the GoPro Bomb Squad.

Too embarrassed to eat a burger? Japanese restaurant invents a mask to hide women's faces as they scoff - and sees sales triple

Preserving impeccable table manners: Called The Liberation Wrapper, it holds the burger and covers the mouth with a picture of a polite smile as you take a bite

In Japan, it is regarded as attractive to have what's known as 'Ochobo' - a small and modest mouth - whereas doing the opposite is frowned upon as rude. Now Freshness Burger has created The Liberation Wrapper, a paper 'napkin' which holds the burger and covers the mouth with a picture of a polite smile as you take a bite, freeing women from the 'spell of Ochobo'.

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Have they finally made a cool electric bike? Sports car manufacturer turns to two wheels

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The British firm, which is a favourite of Simon Cowell, has unveiled a motorbike named the Brutus 750 that can be operated as a street bike, off-roader and a snowmobile. Caterham also unveiled two electric bicycles. The Classic E-Bike has a retro look and a range of up to 45 miles, while the design of the Carbon E-Bike is inspired by Caterham's F1 technology.

Polar bear cub makes a splash at rescue center after she was spotted near an airport in Winnipeg

Bear necessities: The adorable female cub stretches out in her paddling pool

Staff from Assiniboine Park Zoo, in Manitoba, Canada, feared the adorable female cub, who has not yet been named, would have died if she had not been rescued.

Status: In a Mexican drug cartel . . . Pouting gangsters take to Facebook to show off their bling, molls and heavy firepower

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Scores of pictures posted to Facebook by cartel members show massive quantities of drugs, firearms and bizarre selfies promoting the cartel lifestyle.

The death of K-Mart? Pictures reveal half-empty shelves, overflowing trash cans and tired displays of merchandise at chain

The stores, at unknown locations across the U.S, were described as 'borderline unsafe' and 'dreadful to visit' by the photographer.

The stores, at unknown locations across the U.S, were described as 'borderline unsafe' and 'dreadful to visit' by the photographer.

The world through the eyes of Photoshop: Artist creates twisted version of reality where children swing from the clouds and animals do the impossible

Photo artist Caras Ionut lives in the world of Photoshop

Romania-based photographer and artist Caras Ionut has created the stunning images by twisting his own, ordinary photographs into bizarre and otherworldly creations. Often using a normal picture as a starting point, Ionut mixes the ordinary with the extraordinary to change simple scenes into mindboggling pictures.

   

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