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Texas residents pitch tents on their roof awaiting rescue

People stranded in their Houston homes during Hurricane Harvey pitched tents on their roofs as they waited to be rescued from floodwaters.Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody twe [...]

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Man billed nearly $60,000 for cost of putting out wildfire

A Florida man has been charged nearly $60,000 to cover the costs of putting out a 705-acre wildfire that he started in March. Brian Sparks, 55, was burning old paperback books and [...]

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Giant ‘anti-terror’ plant pots installed in Benidorm

Giant concrete planters have been installed at a tourist hotspot in Benidorm sparking claims police are trying to protect holidaymakers from potential terror attacks.The heavyweigh [...]

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Home Office admits mistake in English-born man’s case

A British-born joiner who received a 'terrifying' letter telling him to leave the country, has been told he can now stay, as the Home Office admits it bungled his application.Shane [...]

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Car scrappage schemes explained and compared

While the government continues to drag its heels with a consultation on a prospective diesel scrappage scheme, car manufacturers have taken the decision into their own hands by of [...]

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Kremlin confirms Trump’s lawyer reached out about deal

President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters in Moscow on Wednesday about Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's email Said Kremlin press office did not reply to the [...]

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Bolton mother vomits 60 times a day due to gastroparesis

A mother who suffers from a rare disease that makes her vomit up to 60 times a day claims people assume she is bulimic.Shimmi Munshi, 40, from Bolton, Lancashire, has even been dou [...]

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Woman poured urine on bus driver in Washington

Police are looking for a woman in Washington DC who poured urine on a bus driverThe female driver told the woman to 'have a nice day'The woman then threw a cup of fresh urine at th [...]

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Saturn’s rings are just 100 million years old

Saturn's rings could be as young as 100 million years old and formed when dinosaurs still roamed Earth. This contradicts the common view that they are 4.4 billion years old - the [...]

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Insurers refuse to pay to Leicester mother who was in coma

Kirsty Pollard, 42, spent 10 days on a life support machine after becoming seriously ill in MarchA mother who was hours from death after spending two weeks in an induced coma has h [...]

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UN human rights chief blasts Trump for ‘attack’ on press

U.S. President Donald Trump's criticism of journalists amounts to an attack on the freedom of the press and could provoke violence against reporters, the United Nations' human righ [...]

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Leah Remini says Scientologists asked her to convert celeb

Before leaving the 'abusive' Church of Scientology in 2013 after 34 years, Leah Remini was expected to recruit prominent people, including her King of Queens leading man, Kevin Jam [...]

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Trump says talking ‘is not the answer’ on North Korea

President Donald Trump tweeted that talking 'is not the answer' in his latest response to North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile over Japan.Trump dissed prior agreements meant [...]

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Andy Carroll watch robber found cowering under mattress

The biker accused of trying to steal footballer Andy Carroll's £22,000 watch in a traffic light heist used the same Suzuki in a string of burglaries and later hid from police unde [...]

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Images show waves rolling over Texas highway

The effects of Tropical Storm Harvey - which brought 19 trillion gallons of rain to the continental US - are made horrifyingly clear in these startling images.This before-and-after [...]

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Wiltshire grandad blasted by police for tackling thieves

Fred Winter sped after the thieves in his truck before mounting the pavementMr Winter, 69, then got one of the crooks in a headlock and waited for the policePolice in Mere, Wiltshi [...]

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Steve Smith says there’s no excuses for Bangladesh loss

Australian captain Steve Smith says there are no excuses after a disastrous 20-run defeat to minnows Bangladesh in a gripping first Test in Dhaka.Set an imposing 265 to win, the vi [...]

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UK weather: Temperatures halve in 24 hours with 2C today

Just hours ago Britain was bathing in beautiful sunshine following the hottest late August Bank Holiday on record.But the weather in the UK has taken quite a turn today with daytim [...]

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Georgia man ‘strangled mistress and burned body in park’

A former Georgia criminal-turned-motivational speaker is on trial for allegedly strangling his mistress and then disposing of her body by burning it in a public park in Gwinnett Co [...]

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1,000 complaints for high treason are made against Merkel

More than 1,000 criminal complaints for high treason have been filed against Angela Merkel since the height of the refugee crisis in 2015, it has been reported.Most of the complain [...]

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Patrick McKeown reveals secrets of good breathing

Not breathing correctly may be a key cause of why you are struggling to shed the pounds.Using your nose – instead of your mouth – is scientifically proven to increase your meta [...]

Business & Finance

Banks should stop raising credit card limits automatically

Nearly one in five people struggling with debt have had their credit card limit raised without request, according to research from charity Citizens Advice.It comes as the Bank of E [...]

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Woman branded with horseshoe and fork in West Virginia

Ervin Harold allegedly 'branded' a woman with a fork and horseshoeHarold has been charged with malicious wounding and domestic assaultHe is alleged to have held the horseshoe with [...]

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Former bailiff’s home transformed into Cornwall getaway

A drab former water bailiff's 1960s home has undergone a stunning transformation into a luxury secluded hideaway that costs almost £4,000-a-week to rent.A team of architects bough [...]

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Drink-drive businesswoman blames controlling boyfriend

Foziea Parveen (pictured) had a string of driving offences under her belt when she was found to be three times the drink drive limit after a drive through ManchesterA drink-drive b [...]

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Inside the $25 million wedding of Jeff Sutton’s daughter

Final preparations are being made for one of the most lavish and expensive weddings ever staged for the youngest daughter of New York's 'King of Retail'.Billionaire Jeff Sutton has [...]

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Thug swings punches and stamps on his foe in Doncaster

WARNING: UPSETTING CONTENT The awful incident was filmed in a park in Doncaster and uploaded to Facebook The aggressor launches at another teenage boy by flailing his fistsThe bo [...]

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Man shot by police inside home at Kelso in Bathurst

A man has been shot dead by police officers at a home in Kelso, NSW The shooting reportedly happened in the Bathurst town around 7pmPolice said the man confronted them when office [...]

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Derryn Hinch could be embroiled in citizenship scandal

Crossbencher is reportedly considering referring himself to the High Court Senator Hinch still holds social security card, making him eligible for a pensionHe said he has written [...]

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Princes William and Harry pay tribute to mother Diana

The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry have paid tribute to their late mother Diana, Princess of Wales with a poignant visit to her memorial garden at Kensington Palace on the eve [...]

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Trump heads to Missouri for details-free tax reform pitch

President Donald Trump is on the road again today, this time to build support for tax reform in Missouri, a state he won handily in the general election.Trump has made grand promis [...]

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The dangers of looking at pictures of skinny women

Looking at images of skinny women for just 15 minutes is all it takes to change a man's taste, researchers have found.The findings, based on the response from a group of remote vil [...]

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Is Lord Lucan working as a councillor in Bognor Regis?

The 43-year riddle of what happened to Lord Lucan has taken an unlikely twist after he was unveiled as a new parish councillor near Bognor Regis.The whereabouts of the elusive earl [...]

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Ivanka Trump looks gloomy as she steps out of D.C. home

Ivanka Trump has only been back at work for a matter of days, but it seems that the pressure of the White House may already taking its toll. The 35-year-old, who returned to the d [...]

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Women recreate their acne into art for Teen Vogue

Women are reinventing what it means to have acne, by turning their blemishes into beautiful art, from painted constellations to faux freckles.French illustrator Izumi Tutti made h [...]

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US conducts missile defense test off Hawaii coast

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency successfully conducted a missile defense test off the coast of Hawaii on WednesdayThe USS John Paul Jones fired off Standard Missile-6 guided miss [...]