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brand beckham

David Beckham confirms Miami as the base for his MLS team

5 Feb 2014

15.6k

Cigarettes

US pharmacy chain to stop selling tobacco products in €1.5bn move

5 Feb 2014

12.6k

Emergency

Gas explosion in Essex flattens houses and injures at least ten people

5 Feb 2014

7.3k

Chinatown

Four arrested in connection with Philip Seymour Hoffman drugs - report

5 Feb 2014

13.3k

hear me roar

Don't Mess With My Kids Pic of the Day

4 Feb 2014

14.4k

Hey Big Spender

Mystery woman leaves $15,000 tip for three waitresses

4 Feb 2014

23.3k

crisis

Ukraine MPs fail to strike deal to weaken president's powers

4 Feb 2014

3.2k

Zut alors

Criminal investigation launched into photo of Hollande's alleged lover

4 Feb 2014

8.5k

pig out

Police investigate reports of "screaming" from house, find pigs having sex

4 Feb 2014

26.2k

get the good china

Queen Elizabeth to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican

4 Feb 2014

6.9k

Smuggled

900 kilos of cocaine, €70k and luxury watches found in floating backpacks in the sea

4 Feb 2014

21.4k

Adrift

Castaway says dreams about his family (and food) sustained him

4 Feb 2014

16.9k

Investigation

Fifty bags of heroin found in Philip Seymour Hoffman's apartment

4 Feb 2014

22.7k

sinking feeling

Well hole-y god: Giant sinkhole swallows family car

3 Feb 2014

54.9k

back of the net

British pubs could stay open late for the World Cup

3 Feb 2014

16.6k

Underground to a halt

London commuters face chaos as unions call two-day tube strike

3 Feb 2014

10.2k

Sail Away

"I feel bad": Castaway arrives home after year adrift at sea

3 Feb 2014

38.2k

Abortion

US abortion rate at lowest since 1973

3 Feb 2014

6.8k

189

France

Man in court for throwing four-month-old kitten into the air

3 Feb 2014

34.6k

Madiba

Mandela's €3 million will revealed: Staff members, family and the ANC all benefit

3 Feb 2014

11.3k

beef lamb pork

1.5 billion people gained access to more Irish produce last year

3 Feb 2014

4.0k

Truther

9/11 conspiracy theorist arrested after interrupting Super Bowl conference

3 Feb 2014

32.2k

300

NFL

Open thread: Here’s where all the cool people who stayed up for the Super Bowl were hanging out

2 Feb 2014

49.1k

172

RIP

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead in New York apartment

2 Feb 2014

67.2k

149

Groundhog Day

Punxatawney Phil saw his shadow - that means six more weeks of winter

2 Feb 2014

15.4k

Property Porn

The people have spoken: These are the 14 best new buildings of the year

2 Feb 2014

24.2k

Open letter

Dylan Farrow describes alleged sexual abuse by Woody Allen

2 Feb 2014

27.9k

Eruption

Victims engulfed in ash as volcano kills at least 15

2 Feb 2014

13.8k

Powerful

22 of the most unforgettable war photos you will ever see

1 Feb 2014

43.0k

jumping the shark

Thousands protest shark culling policy aimed at preventing attacks

1 Feb 2014

10.3k

Lunar New Year

Hong Kong astrologers predict more trouble for Justin Bieber and Barack Obama

1 Feb 2014

11.5k

Guilty

Amanda Knox ex-boyfriend says he wasn't trying to flee Italy

1 Feb 2014

19.5k

At Sea

Castaway survived 16 months adrift at sea by eating turtles

1 Feb 2014

38.9k

Middle East

Al Qaeda has 'put down roots' in Lebanon - a gateway to strike at Israel

1 Feb 2014

6.6k

best and brightest

Venezuela's youth are abandoning their homeland, Ireland is their destination

1 Feb 2014

24.2k

137

no peace

Almost 2,000 people have died since the start of the Syria talks — NGO

31 Jan 2014

6.8k

holy ship!

Watch: A cruise ship being cut in half and extended by 30m (No, really!)

31 Jan 2014

29.5k

RIP

Anna Gordy Gaye, inspiration for Marvin Gaye hit 'Pride and Joy', dies aged 92

31 Jan 2014

9.1k

leuven

Update: College says house Irish students died in complied fire safety regulations

31 Jan 2014

49.9k

its grand

Calm down: Higher radiation levels at Sellafield were just 'background radon'

31 Jan 2014

7.1k

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