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  Wednesday 29 August 2012  

• 'I want to live to the fullest': Afghan vet, 23, who lost his leg in combat, now inspires as nimble ball person in U.S. Open (and even harbours dreams of the Paralympics)
• Suspect in horrific gang rape of girl, 13, VANISHES during break in the trial... moments after victim sobbed in court as she was shown video of ordeal filmed by her attackers
• Bonding over their love of reading? Russell Brand leaves Geri Halliwell's house carrying a bag of books and looking rather glum
• Former Times man held on suspicion of hacking anonymous police blog
• BLOGS OF DAY: King of pop's 54th birthday
• Having three or more abortions 'raises risk of premature birth and life-threatening problems in future pregnancies'
• Bring me Del Piero: Lennon pursues Italian legend as he savours finest hour in football
• Ask Me (Almost) Anything: President Obama dodges tough questions during his 30 minute Reddit session
• Looks like that foot is healed! Chilli Peppers' Anthony Kiedis Can't Stop as he races son Everly Bear through the park
• 'He's a dream': Giuliana Rancic gushes over baby boy Edward Duke after becoming a first-time mom
• Stand at ease! New Army boots will be issued for women soldiers
• Sunbathe and be damned: Her family fear for her health. To fashionable friends, she's suddenly beyond the pale. But this summer JANE GORDON returned to the sun lounger - and she's never felt better
• Make the white choice: White cars hold their value best (but green and maroon fall fastest)
• Triple boost for Fergie as Evans, Fletcher and Buttner come through Man United game
• Give boys lifesaving cervical cancer jab too: Expert says HPV virus is linked to other tumours
• Don't you know who I am! Lady Gaga looks annoyed as she fails to enter her hotel discreetly wearing a pink netted turban
• 'Apparently the Saudi Arabian Paralympic team is mainly thieves': Foul-mouthed comedian Frankie Boyle stokes yet more controversy at Opening Ceremony
• Charlie Sheen's hit FX show Anger management get another 90 episode order after surpassing ratings target
• It's a fair coop, guv: Chicken-thieving fox caught on camera with his mouth full
• Wynonna Judd resumes her tour after husband Cactus Moser loses a leg in motorcycle crash
• Ashes glory that defined Lord Brocket and makes Strauss among the very best
• Hollywood producer, who made documentary with Leonardo DiCaprio, found dead after leaving behind 'suicide note'
• BBC rebuked over £6,500 fees paid to Diane Abbott for appearances on late night political programme
• Real Madrid 2 Barcelona 1 (agg 4-4, Real win on away goals): Jose's men are Super kings
• 'I am so mortified': Trainer Tracy Anderson apologises for slamming mothers who 'use pregnancy as excuse to let their bodies go'
• Picture special: Highlights of the spectacular Paralympic Opening Ceremony that brought us all under the same umbrella
• Thousands of students being 'hoodwinked' into taking courses for jobs they will never get
• CBB's Rhian Sugden is left worried after her boyfriend refuses to come and greet her as she is the next housemate to be evicted
• Forget Harry Potter: Wayne Rooney's toddler son Kai becomes a little wizard in Liverpool
• Revolution games: Will we fall in love with the Paralympics... who knows?
• MSNBC host's fixer-upper home is found destroyed in Hurricane Isaac THREE days after taking viewers on its tour
• U.S. Open referee pleads not guilty to charges that she 'murdered her husband with a coffee mug and got manicure as she left him to die'
• The misery of having a competitive mother
• 'I'd probably stay in prison': John Lennon's killer Mark David Chapman said he wouldn't budge if granted parole (but had a minister in upstate New York willing to take him in)
• As many as 70,000 could have lost out in last-minute GCSE 'grade-fixing'
• Not your 'traditional' marriage proposal: Couple gets engaged on stage at the Republican National Convention
• CLARE BALDING: 'Trust me, these Paralympic Games will amaze and delight you'
• Girlfriend of slain Empire State shooting victim weeps at his funeral as his sister praises his warm heart
• Disrupting your body clock 'can make you obese': The cycle of sleeping, waking and digesting affects hormones controlling metabolism
• Chipotle caught STEALING pennies from hapless customers nationwide in deceptive receipt rounding scandal
• House prices down 20 per cent since credit crunch start - but London defies the trend
• British ace Robson sends Clijsters into retirement after brilliant US Open victory
• 'You can be part of the problem, or you can be part of the solution': Paul Ryan issues warning as he says U.S. is 'running out of time' over the economy
• Charles Sale: Keep your shirt on, Tevez is told
• 'Butcher of Brooklyn' given 40 years to life in prison for murdering and chopping up eight-year-old boy
• How to wear animal prints at any age: Discover how you can wear the trend, whatever your age and style...
• New-look healthy Kate Moss plays happy families on holiday in St Tropez with her husband, her daughter (AND her ex)
• All you need to know about the draw for the Champions League
• Stoke enter race to sign Liverpool's Adam after making £4m bid for midfielder
• Weak politicians are wrecking our hopes of recovery: Growth plans just hot air, says business chief
• Proud to bare their scars: In an image-obsessed world, these women carry stark reminders of their deepest traumas. But their haunting stories reveal why they are pleased to stand tall
• Nick Clegg must be sacked to avoid disaster at 2015 election, senior Lib Dem warns
• Paul Newman: Ask the Aussies if Cook is England's 'weak link'
• Kris Humphries sued by woman who claims he gave her Herpes
• In the pink! Elizabeth Olsen dons a candy floss bobbed wig and whimsical couture for edgy winter wonderland themed shoot
• Holly Madison announces she's pregnant... as it's revealed baby daddy Pasquale Rotella is facing prison on bribery charges
• Pardew urges for patience as Newcastle prepare for Euro return
• US economy grows more than expected but Europe sinks deeper into the mire
• Blooming fed up! Heavily pregnant Drew Barrymore looks exhausted as she awaits arrival of her first baby
• DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Clegg's risible display of student politics
• Fulham hijack race for Berbatov as Fiorentina blast Manchester United striker
• Hamburg will fight to re-sign Spurs midfielder Van der Vaart
• Grumpy receptionists and problems making an appointment fuel surge in patients' complaints about GPs
• No skydiving with James Bond this time... but the Queen still gets one of the biggest cheers as she opens the Games
• A university professor and the street of cars scratched with a better class of graffiti
• From village hall to an audience of a billion: The disabled radio actress who joined Sir Ian McKellen in uplifting Shakespeare tribute
• 'Nothing fake about 'em!' Katy Perry strategically places snack packets over her chest in cheeky new ad campaign
• European Commission to probe Ryanair's £549m bid for Aer Lingus
• The Island of the Dead: DNA advances help identify the remains of the sad residents of NYC potter's field
• EUROPA LEAGUE LIVE: Liverpool v Hearts and Newcastle v Atromitos - as it happened
• 'Nice, sell cars off the back of the national anthem': Viewers' anger at Channel 4 as coverage of Opening Ceremony is interrupted by repeated advert breaks
• Nasser Hussain: Strauss goes with pride, on his own terms
• Aggressive behaviour 'doubles risk of stroke': It's as big a danger as smoking, claim researchers
• Brooklyn Decker plays the model wife as she cheers on husband Andy Roddick at U.S. Open
• Barclays picks insider for top job as another scandal looms over Qatar fundraising that saved it from bailout
• EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Louise Mensch pokes her nose into US politics
• Dream of owning a paradise isle? I can't think of anything worse: Unbearable weather, vile cocktails and tax dodgers for company. No wonder the super-rich are selling off their ghastly private islands
• Celtic 2 Helsingborg 0 (agg 4-0): Bhoys are back in the big league
• Why I had to go: Captain classy Strauss bows out, saying he wasn't up to it any more
• Liverpool push Carroll towards West Ham in hope of landing Arsenal ace Walcott
• Tebow meet your match. Female football quarterback takes her place on the field at South Florida high school
• MARKET REPORT: Vatukoula Gold Mines wins out on bad day for blue chips
• Police dispute Jewish college student's claim that his mouth was stapled or that he was victim of anti-Semitic 'hate crime'
• Manchester City finally seal £8m deal for Swansea winger Sinclair
• Lucas will bounce back from injury, says Rodgers after star is sidelined for three months
• 'While others do, the UK dithers' - BCC boss calls for Government to get a grip on economy
• Aston Villa snap up highly-rated Chesterfield striker Bowery in £1m deal
• Everton 5 Leyton Orient 0: Mirallas at the double as five star Toffees run riot
• Spot the imposter! Natalie Cassidy is a dead ringer for Dora the Explorer as she takes her daughter to see kids' stage show
• Girl, 17, dies after speeding van crashed into house as she slept in her bed
• Virus sweeping through Anglesey devastates one of Britain's few remaining red squirrel populations
• Fulham move for West Ham midfielder Noble and Lyon striker Gomis
• We could be heroes: Great Britain's paralympians enter stadium to rapturous applause (and David Bowie classic)
• R Prasad on... a cry for wolf
• Bites from the Big Apple: Djokovic on course for hard court title No 4
• Powerful heir Abigail Johnson takes charge of £1 trillion US investment house Fidelity
• QPR follow Cesar coup by launching £9m raid for Real star Granero
• Been taking fashion tips from Doctor Zhivago? Chelsee Healey steps out wearing an odd red fur hat and matching scarf
• Dancing for death: The Amazon tribesmen putting on a colourful display in a memorial display stretching back centuries
• Paddy Power odds on for success as half-year profits rise
• ALEX BRUMMER: All change once again at Marks & Spencer amid takeover rumours
• EXCLUSIVE: 'Horrified' hotel bosses blame Lindsay Lohan's entourage for leaking details of row over $46,000 bill
• If only there was a tax on the frivolous, opportunistic drivel that tumbles from Cleggy's bonce
• Yes, statins work wonders. But I fear we're becoming a nation who'd rather pop pills than lead healthy lives
• Offensive? Racist? No, just funny - and oh so true!
• Going for gold: The Duchess of Cambridge glitters at the Paralympics Opening Ceremony alongside husband William (but where's Harry?)
• Now inspire the world, says Coe as Olympic Stadium plays host to stunning opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games
• Is this the secret to her slimmed down waist? New mother Jennifer Garner sips on green juice on pampering day out
• Ireland targets new deal after midfielder handed Villa lifeline by Lambert
• Kim Kardashian settles lawsuit with Old Navy after label used a lookalike in ad
• Starting with a Big Bang! Disabled genius Stephen Hawking is the star turn at the London 2012 Paralympics Opening Ceremony
• 'I love you daddy!' Michael Jackson's children celebrate his 54th birthday in his hometown of Gary, Indiana
• The A-Z of autumn's hottest trends: We've got the season covered from Anna Karenina to Zoology
• FEMAIL: With freelance options many women are relaunching their careers
• Rise of the designer vagina: Experts concerned as growing number of young women seek genital surgery
• First class Fido: Dogs get their OWN $1,750 seats so they can sit beside their owners on airliners
• Pussycat where HAVEN'T you been? Globe-trotting stray found in Surrey... after going to Dubai and France
• Shocking video 'shows LAPD officers bodyslamming woman onto pavement after she was pulled over for talking on her cell phone'
• Missing the paparazzi, Amanda? Seyfried 'takes photos of herself' with flower bouquets on New York City stroll
• Birmingham rookie Butland the new back-up for England boss Hodgson
• Joy for Judy as Konta crashes Fed Cup party: New Brit announces herself on the scene
• Usher returns to work on new music video after winning custody of his children in bitter battle with ex wife
• Arsenal ditch plan to sell Walcott after England forward has talks with Wenger
• Lady in lace! Gemma Collins looks lovely as she shows off her curves in a tight black dress from her own collection
• Schools are likely to throw out junk food for healthier options
• SC confirms that Ajmal Qasab Must be hanged but will he join the long line of convicts waiting on death row?
• Now you can have your fears licked with horror-movie-inspired 'ice screams'
• LORRAINE CANDY: Whenever I reach for the suncream, my kids move faster than Usain Bolt
• Ferrer overcomes dangerous Anderson in straight sets to ease into US Open second round
• Who needs cosmetics when you look that good? TV beauty Holly Willoughby goes make-up free in London
• Learning to drive before they can crawl: Motorized WeeBot scooter for babies lets them steer just be leaning
• Cesar impressed by QPR ambition after signing four-year deal with Loftus Road club
• Hollywood producer, who made documentary with Leonardo DiCaprio, feared dead after disappearing and 'leaving a suicide note'
• Indore BJP office faces wrath of RSS activists
• Kiss me Kate! Hudson puckers up to fiancé Matt Bellamy in a shimmering nude gown on the Venice Film Festival red carpet
• EXCLUSIVE: I dream of winning the Premier League title with QPR, says new boy Cesar
• CBI books arms dealer Verma under Official Secrets Act
• Yahoo DC bureau chief fired after he's heard on RNC livestream saying Romney is 'happy to have a party with black people drowning'
• I'm going nowhere, insists Rooney as crocked striker dismisses talk of leaving United
• Pakistan's Khar taunts India on hate sms goof-up
• Now we can all be like Cinderella as DSW launches the Glass Slipper Collection inspired by the Disney classic (Prince Charming not included)
• Are those my earrings? Lady Gaga takes a pop at pal Lindsay Lohan in wake of jewellery burglary drama
• 'My sister died. I lived. The price I paid was 30 years of guilt': How the canoe tragedy that took a girl's life but spared her sibling brought back terrible memories
• Real Housewives star LuAnn de Lesseps 'begged TV bosses to cut footage of her night with Johnny Depp lookalike'
• Animal charity worker rescues 30 KITTENS because shelter is so swamped with unwanted cats as hard-up Britons try to breed pets for cash
• The amazing video that shows 14 billion years of the universe's evolution in just 78 seconds
• Serious Fraud Office investigating Barclays over payments made to Qatari bank at height of financial crisis
• Student peeping tom, 22, spared jail after being caught with footage of young woman taking a shower
• Don't cry on my shoulder about your cheating man - I know you'll take him back!
• Five dead as truck turns turtle on Yamuna e-way
• Caught in a jam: It's time for that sinking feeling again
• Small town Texas mayor KILLED by his own donkey after 500lb beast turns on him in rare attack
• Rita Bahaguna Joshi blames central leaders for UP rout
• Starve one day, then pig out the next! Is this the perfect diet?
• All's well with light at the end of a power meeting
• Pictured: The 'besotted' gardener boyfriend accused of murdering British expat inside her idyllic French cottage
• Montana rancher shoots and kills peanut butter guzzling black bear that broke into home and raided pantry
• Gujarat: It took a long time in coming but with 32 convicted, justice has finally prevailed
• Take that Madonna! Lady Gaga flashes her bottom during her own concert as she makes a dig at the Queen of Pop
• No more pain for child stars: Entertainment industry gets the jitters after government nod to ban child labour
• World record-holding swimmer Arlen faces anxious wait over showdown with Brit Simmonds
• Rodgers hits back at Eriksson barb, saying Gerrard can win title at Liverpool
• Kapil Sibal gets even with Jaitley in Coalgate row
• A green goddess...or waste of £3million? Princess Royal opens controversial naked sculpture made from coalmine waste
• Amitabh says 'ties with Gandhi's are still intact'
• Exercise can help cancer sufferers beat the disease and stop it returning
• Amish preacher in Ohio details how three men cut his father's hair and beard during an attack that left him bloody and shaking as relatives screamed
• QUANTAM LEAP: Need to tackle the Superbug threat seriously
• Villa get their man as Bennett signs on four-year deal from Middlesbrough
• She's got the moves like Jagger: Georgia May gets to grips with her punk rocker boyfriend.... while big sister Lizzie looks on awkwardly
• Maoist maze through Prakash Jha's looking glass
• 'Kaitlyn is special to us': Honey Boo Boo's mother brushes off allegations she mocked five-week-old granddaughter born with extra thumb
• Revealed: Pippa Middleton's manual on how to celebrate in style... and guess whose face is all over the cover?
• The man who taught me even feminists like a touch of chivalry
• THE BIGGER PICTURE: A battle that the BJP can't win
• Beauty confidential: Frazzled by the beach? Try my holiday repair kit
• 'Don't get fat and lazy': Fitness fanatic Madonna's sage advice to fans as she strips on stage for opening night of U.S. tour
• Minnie, is that you? Disney Mouse gets a super-skinny size zero makeover courtesy of Barneys' latest campaign
• Bad hair day: LeAnn Rimes sports a scruffy half ponytail for yet ANOTHER 30th birthday celebration with husband Eddie Cibrian
• All the top tips and best bets for Thursday, August 30
• WHIPLASH: A conspiracy theory no one has explored
• 'The country needs a full-time Prime Minister and not a chambermaid for an irrelevant pressure group': Tory MP ridicules Cameron's leadership
• Barton's in the building! QPR watches Marseille as midfielder closes in on move
• Ann Romney channels Nancy Reagan in $1,990 red Oscar de la Renta dress
• Adkins promises to deal with Do Prado 'in-house' following drink-drive arrest
• Rivals O'Brien and Gosden consider their options with 16 entered for St Leger
• MAIL TODAY COMMENT: GoM move a bad omen for UPA’s land acquisition Bill
• LIVE: Champions League draw - find out who Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Celtic will face in group stage
• Exercise? Fat chance! Larger than life animals show human couch potatoes how lounging around is REALLY done
• Having a blast! British veteran's joy as he fires a howitzer for first time since WWII frontline duty
• Daddy's home! Father deployed almost a year surprises his two kids at their school assembly
• Girl, 13, 'gang-raped by 20 men when she was just 11' sobs in court as she's shown video of horrific ordeal filmed by her attackers
• London 2012 welcomes the Paralympics back home: Remarkable performers soar to new heights to set standard for golden Games
• Was the Moon formed by a 'hit and run' collision with Earth? Simulation could finally solve the 'lunar paradox' that has baffled scientists
• Hotel chains duping customers and ignoring government rules with online prices that exclude VAT
• Escaped prisoner who went on the run for four months was living with his mother - and claiming £71 per week in benefits
• Is there life on Planet Clegg? Yes, but it cannot add up
• Soccer lothario Mario Balotelli picks up so many women on a night out in Manchester - he has to hire a mini-van to ferry them home!
• Hamilton goes into Spa break in perfect mood and sets sights on gunning down Alonso
• 'Love is a complete mystery to me': Taylor Swift on the rollercoaster which inspired her new album Red
• As Victoria's Secret opens the doors of its London Bond Street store, a fashion blogger goes undie-cover to give us their verdict
• Another one gets away: City miss out on Martinez signing as defender heads to Munich
• Find out WHAT BOOK left author ROBERT GODDARD cold
• Yob who sparked armed police raid because he was carrying a 'gun' actually had SEX TOY stuffed down his trousers
• Former crime scenes officer at centre of 90 tainted cases revealed as civilian, 48, who spent 15 years at two forces
• Author JOHN CONNOLLY tells us WHAT BOOK first gave him the reading bug
• Rosie Huntington-Whiteley launches her vintage-inspired lingerie line at M&S (and models it herself, of course)
• British Bake Off's viewers keep on rising... thanks to the hunk in a tank top
• Froome pushed back into third in Vuelta standings but gap to leader Rodriguez down to 15 seconds
• 'She gets nothing if she cheats': Rosie O'Donnell's new wife Michelle Rounds signed 'tough prenup hours before wedding'
• 'I didn't take a reckless gamble': Driver accused of killing family by forcing vehicle off road insists he only tried to overtake two cars when it was safe
• Own a Warhol for just 75 cents: Campbell's soup to launch limited edition Andy Warhol-inspired cans at Target
• 'We’re so excited': Secret emails reveal how Obama backed bin Laden film to help win reelection
• Disgruntled auction house employee 'plows bulldozer into workplace causing $1.5million worth of damage'
• Captain Heath's hot horses: Who to look out for in the upcoming weeks
• Syrian president Assad says government is winning the fight against the rebels and the situation 'is better' in war-torn country
• MUST READS: Out Now In Paperback
• How Ann Romney's powerful speech did not seal the deal for husband Mitt on night of mixed messages
• Is this the ultimate TV? Sony reveals 84inch screen FOUR TIMES better than HD (the bad news is it will set you back £20,000)
• 'I had £7.5k swiped from my account in six transactions but NatWest won't help me': Beware the online banking fraudster threat
• Passing on the torch: Olympic gold medal heroes Jess Ennis and Greg Rutherford wish Paralympic athletes good luck
• 'Adele marries in secret', claims US magazine as she's pictured with gold band on her ring finger
• Chelsea v Atletico Madrid: Your ultimate guide to Friday night's Super Cup showpiece
• Halle Berry shows off her design skills - and perfect pins - in behind-the-scenes glimpse of shoot for new shoe collection
• Argentine ambassador accuses 'arrogant' Britain of violating international law over Assange
• RETRO READS
• '...But what happens when it rains?' Cloud computing may be the latest buzz-word, but half of us think it can be affected by bad weather
• Unusual long exposure photographs of fireworks look like giant flowers in the night sky
• Gay couple sues airline after 'baggage handlers took dildo out of their checked luggage and taped it to the top of their bag'
• Norwich bolster ranks with keeper Bunn on two-year deal from Blackburn
• A twist of nature: Stunning pictures show furious waterspout rising out of Chinese lake
• Exclusive: Football fan Robbie Williams celebrates the launch of his latest fashion collection with a very stylish kickabout
• Man, 50, told he has a 'croaky voice' by a stranger discovers he has a brain tumour
• They grow up so fast, don't they? Mother takes baby cheetahs out for a spot of exercise
• Where are those dangerous curves? Salma Hayek swamps her voluptuous figure in bulky dress
• In the market for a magical mystery mansion? Beverly Hills villa where the Beatles tripped on LSD available for $3.1m (and it doesn't appear to have changed decor since)
• DEBUT FICTION
• A Hollywood goddess: Zoe Saldana commands her status in Dolce & Gabbana for Harper's Bazaar Arabia
• Mother becomes first woman in Britain to give birth to two sets of twins all with the same birthday
• He's a knockout! British super heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua strips off on the beach
• Mother and son: Naomi Watts gets to grip with Princess Diana's maternal bond with William
• Gorging on junk food may not just make you fat, it could also give you dementia
• Fashion special: Geo whiz
• Dementia sufferer, 75, charged £2,400 to have a tree TRIMMED by conmen gardeners
• Ecuador judge rejects request to extradite Belarusian asylum seeker after fears that he would be killed
• Robber who stole man's mobile at knife-point caught after victim tracked his iPhone using special app
• CONTEMPORARY FICTION
• Mothers group demands Skittles ad showing woman kissing a walrus be pulled as it promotes BESTIALITY to children
• Fashion special: Coats: we’ve got it covered
• JK Rowling wins planning battle to build two Hogwarts-style treehouses in her garden at cost of £250,000
• Body of premature-born baby eaten by rats after it was left overnight in Indian hospital
• Hey big suspender! Katie Holmes splurges $10,000 on lingerie and $15,000 on designer high heels in post divorce spree
• Two Conservatories to be won - RRP £15,000 each!
• Spurs land Dembele as Villas-Boas kicks off late spending spree with £15m swoop on Fulham
• Zadie Smith: NW
• From China with love: How Mandarin message in a bottle wound up on a Scottish beach 5,000 miles away (when it was only written SIX DAYS AGO)
• Agony of pensioner, 97, who broke her neck in a BUPA care home and was sent to bed with two paracetamol tablets
• Hounds of love: Hilarious video of doggie wedding from 1956 is YouTube hit
• 'Serena says she wishes she were as brave as me': Tennis world rebel Bethanie Mattek-Sands on style, the Williams sisters and that crushing U.S. Open defeat
• Temper tantrums, sleepless nights, bullying and sibling rivalry: Mothers reveal the 50 most challenging aspects of parenthood
• Nicest guy in rock comes home to the Reading Festival as Foo Fighters end with a bang
• This damaging entitlement and dependency culture is the kiss of death to enterprise
• Rose Tremain: MERIVEL: A MAN OF HIS TIME
• 'You homewrecking w***e': Chanelle Hayes in online catfight with blonde Playboy model who was in THAT picture with ex Jack Tweed
• Meet the Superhumans: The gritty Channel 4 ad with the inspiring stories of pain and perseverance behind our Paralympians
• Hamburg vow to re-sign Van der Vaart while Spurs suffer setback in Willian chase
• Howard Jacobson: ZOO TIME
• MIDAS EXTRA SHARE TIPS: Innovative payment systems company should profit from branching out into new media
• Transfer deadline day: Which clubs are happy and which are panicking?
• Suited and booted: Kate Hudson is a class act in a sophisticated trouser suit as she promotes new movie at Venice Film Festival
• Samuel L. Jackson causes his own storm as he says it's 'Unfair' Hurricane Isaac avoided GOP Convention as Ellen Barkin calls for delegates to be swept 'right into the ocean'
• Pardon me, I have a frog in my throat! Amazing pictures of adder devouring supersized meal
• So do brunettes have more fun? Katie Price gets all tied up in a harness... as she shows off her newly coloured locks
• A few more pounds to Carrie: Star Wars' Princess Leia piles on the weight... just a year after dropping 50lbs
• Could this be the Premier League's hottest import? QPR fans cross their fingers and look forward to welcoming Julio Cesar and his glamorous WAG Susana Werner to Loftus Road
• Pregnant Craigslist hooker stabbed 18 times and had jaw broken in three places, autopsy reveals as husband faces murder trial over wife and unborn child
• Another reason for a restless night: Insomniacs 'are more likely to die from heart disease'
• The grandmother who escaped Alcatraz: Jacky, 62, braves freezing water and sharks to succeed where hundreds of hardened criminals could not
• Keeping it in the family: Researchers find 'secret handshake' passed down through generations of Chimpanzees
• A symphony for Strauss: The best moments from Andrew's tenure as England captain
• 'Women should be slim for their men but not Size Zero' says a founder of London Fashion Week
• Mother of dead five-year-old Isabella Tennant calls teen murder suspect 'a mooch' as coroner's report confirms she was choked to death by bare hands
• No relief for renters as landlords plan to raise prices again… even though they have already hit a record high
• Picture This: 2020 VISION
• Mama of all breaks: Feeling like Sophia Loren (with a pasta-loving tot) in Tuscany
• French government offers to pay salaries of tens of thousands of young people in bid to break 22% unemployment
• John Travolta's former pilot makes shock claims about 'six-year gay affair'
• Celtic midfielder Ledley out of Wales squad for qualifiers with thigh injury
• Nice way to ketchup with your mates: Revellers pelt each other with 120 tons of tomatoes in Spanish festival
• Rudisha plans assault on his own 800m world record set at London Olympics
• SHARE TIPS - ONE FOR THE GAMBLERS: Sustainable energy company benefitting from strategic investments
• Caught on camera, dementia patient's abuse by care staff: Family of 89-year-old hid CCTV device in her room
• Moby Sick! Rare whale vomit found by schoolboy on beach worth £40,000
• England to be without Swann for South Africa ODI series as spinner granted rest
• The riskiest (and worst paid) jobs in the world: WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS JOBS BY PAULA REID
• Councillors who hike their own pay should hang their heads in shame
• Fashion special: Highway girl
• A sex offender, an arsonist and a thief: The ex-partners of Honey Boo Boo's larger-than-life mom revealed
• The bizarre new species of fish where the males have their reproductive organs on their HEAD
• What the Street View van saw... The random and anonymous slices of life captured as Google documents the world from the road-side
• 'I'm going to be a mom!' Hugh Hefner's ex girlfriend Holly Madison reveals she is expecting her first baby
• My darling Margie, I long to be in your arms: Revealed, Betjeman's love letters to secret mistress
• What no Dior? Kate Moss's fashion-conscious daughter Lila Grace is delighted she can finally fit into Topshop clothes
• Heroin-related deaths drop by a quarter as street supplies dry up
• Australian supermarket in race row after internet advert for cleaning staff says ‘…no Indians or Asians please’
• Injury-plagued Lucas reveals heartache after being ruled out for three months
• Blonde bombshell! Newborn amazes parents with his fair highlights through a head of dark hair
• Young love! Little Mix’s Jesy Nelson and Diversity’s Jordan Banjo go on a date to Nandos
• First look at the new Victoria's Secret swimwear collection (if only we could look like Angels Candice and Doutzen in it too)
• Lesbian daughter of murdered lawmaker is found dead after she 'shoots dead her wife then herself'
• Strauss has left me huge boots to fill, admits new England Test captain Cook
• Microsoft confirms upgrading to Windows 8 will cost £24.99 in the UK
• Letting their extensions down! TOWIE's Lauren Pope and Jessica Wright show off their bikini bodies as they party in Ibiza
• End of the road for Webb as Leeds confirm knee injury's ruled him out for season
• The woman who lives with her shoes: Meet the footwear fan whose home is consumed by her $500,000 obsession
• You might struggle going to the loo in that! Rita Ora wears a floral jumpsuit... as she reveals she has a phobia of toilets
• Girl, 7, accidentally strangles herself with a jump rope while outside playing
• Liz Jones: In which we can't agree
• Dutch security forces surround aircraft in mistaken belief the passenger plane had been hijacked
• Penny Flame! Paralympic torch relay recreates famous Beatles album cover
• Queen of hops! Mary Portas' heavily pregnant partner Melanie Rickey bumps around on crutches after breaking her ankle
• Emotional ties with actress Helen McCrory
• Scandal as Dutch workers find unexploded World War II bomb under Holland’s busiest airport
• Historic 14th century cottage used as the birthplace of Harry Potter and Dumbledore in blockbuster films goes on sale for £950,000
• Ground control to Will.i.am: The Voice judge becomes first person to debut record on the red planet
• 725,000 without power and dozens plucked from rooftops of flooded homes: Isaac is downgraded to tropical storm... but another 24 inches of rain is still to fall
• Only Fools And Horses character Rodney Trotter used in bizarre Serbian election campaign to embarrass politician
• Couple plead guilty to horrific meth-fueled sex slayings of a mother-of-four and another woman in 2006
• Newcastle bid to bring back Carroll is dead in the water, admits Pardew
• Horoscopes
• A lion on the loose in Essex: Teddy the tubby cat, and the interesting science of phantom beasts
• School, shopping, sunbathing ... normal activities in an extraordinary world: Conjoined twins Abigail and Brittany Hensel offer a glimpse in to their lives in new reality TV series
• Health Notes
• Serco profits fall 17% as austerity measures bite… but spate of contract wins is set to reverse decline
• Bad news for the Scots as data reveals they will spend less time in good health than English neighbours
• Cannabis dealer who filled home with luxury goods is allowed to keep haul after claiming he bought them with £14,000 a year BENEFITS not money raised from drugs
• Fit to burst! Reese Witherspoon emerges for first time since pregnancy scare
• House prices up £1,100 as London market powers ahead - but rest of the country stagnates
• Interiors: Old School Cool
• 10 reasons why you should NEVER get married... Online presenter taking web by storm offers unique wisdom on the 'FOOLS' who wed
• SHARE TIPS - ONE TO DUMP: Defence and commercial aerospace equipment manufacturer faces uncertain future
• Seventh heaven for Wolves as Solbakken secures Sako from St Etienne
• THE INSIDER: City's tentative approach for Sterling slapped away as QPR consider Sterling
• Venom from world's deadliest spider could cure erectile dysfunction within 20 minutes
• Happy ever after? Get real!
• Couple discover 33ft deep medieval WELL beneath their living room after spotting bump in the floor
• Number of UK households where no one works falls - but total still at nearly fifth of all homes
• Violent images in movies, TV or computer games CAN act as triggers for aggression, says new report
• Housing bosses take boy’s bike left in a corridor because it was a health and safety risk and demand £50 to give it back
• Fashion special: The Bold bunch
• Brazil keeper Cesar hails QPR as he confirms sensational switch from Inter Milan
• Try not to melt... Real Housewives of Miami star Lisa Hochstein puts modelling skills to work as she tops up her tan
• Fashion special: Black with bite
• Four heads are better than one: Giraffes look like they're playing Twister in fight for dominance
• Stoke eye late moves for free agent Owen and Blackburn rebel Nzonzi
• 'Collecting takeaway was my only exercise': Morbidly obese man drops 10 stone in one year... and becomes PE teacher
• Save £15 off McAfee security protection for all your family
• Has the England cricket captain quit Lord's for Westminster? Andrew Strauss rumoured to stand for Tories in Corby by-election as replacement for Louise Mensch
• Daughter of leading investment banker, 29, 'who tripped on high heels' and bled to death from throat on NYC apartment stairwell 'was going to rehab'
• Sky advert promising 'instant movie rentals' banned because most don't have fast enough broadband
• Born This Way?! Lady Gaga greets Finnish fans with a bizarre feathered headpiece covering her face
• Life after breast cancer? Empowering!
• It's Blue Moon Friday! Rare calendar phenomenon occurs today ... so there's no excuse to keep putting things off
• 'She was our life': Columbia suicide student's father reveals his heartbreak as it emerges the only child called her parents hours before she leaped to her death
• Man posts himself to girlfriend as a prank – but almost dies when couriers lose delivery address for THREE HOURS
• The pocket-sized puppy: Britain’s smallest dog Mini born weighing just 1.3oz and is so tiny she can sit on top of an iPhone
• Blood test to spot hidden liver damage: Traffic light system could save lives
• Dior Dazzle V YSL Wow
• Ditching iPads and Xboxes: The youngsters being taught to climb trees (with the help of harnesses) as fewer children play outdoors
• Fashion special: Gothic garnet
• Here we go again! Sneak preview of the new-look Olympic Stadium as thousands of fans pour in ahead of Paralympic Opening Ceremony
• How to cash in on your home and downsize: Top tips for homeowners moving to a smaller property
• Light imitating art: Albanian artist shows he's switched on by creating miniature worlds inside lightbulbs
• Former Bond girl Olga Kurylenko goes make-up free as she flaunts her washboard abs poolside in Miami
• The supernova discovered by an amateur astronomer from a SHED in his Dublin back garden (and amazingly, it's the second one he has found)
• They look Supreme! Little Mix ditch their trainers and channel their Sixties pop heroines for sexy shoot
• 'Please remove your belongings from the suite': Stern letter sent to Lindsay Lohan as she is banned from the Chateau Marmont hotel over $46,000 unpaid bill
• Relief and delight for Sunderland's Fletcher as he admits to frustrating summer
• Patients missing appointments - maybe they never needed them?
• Caption Competition: 'Smile Boris!'
• YOU exclusive interview: Fia Tarrant 'We've forgiven Dad now'
• Tourists warned to 'shelter in place' as Hurricane Isaac bears down on New Orleans
• On top of the world: Australian photographer risks her life to capture stunning shots of death-defying daredevils
• Pearce resists Sterling temptation as Under 21 boss names Ince in latest squad
• Virtual soccer! Tottenham find unique way to launch their new third strip... in FIFA 13
• Workless Britain: Number of households where no one has EVER had a job falls by 20,000 but that's still 340,000 homes which have always been supported by taxpayers
• Beauty Buzz
• Fugitive paedophile left teenager with his intestines hanging from his body after random street knife attack
• Samsung's D-Day: Judge sets December date for hearing to see if top-selling smartphone range should be banned from sale in the U.S.
• Liverpool still hopeful of landing keeper De Vries despite Wolves playing hardball
• YOU cover story: VA-VA-Kara
• Going Viral: Ann Romney and Chris Christie on love
• Let me loose in the league! Maiga ready for his Hammers time after scoring against Crewe
• Stop giving me the runaround! Incredible pictures capture the moment a male hare gives chase to its chosen mate
• Savers hammered by providers chopping rates on easy-access accounts
• TOWIE on the razz! Tom Pearce and Diags show off their pulling skills on a night out as they're surrounded by girls
• Divers recover body of pilot five days after helicopter crash in Virginia lake
• Paddy Power's £62million boost as punters snap up Euro2012 offers
• Westlife saved my life: Girl, 15, fights off robber with concert PROGRAMME as she's stabbed in alleyway knife attack
• 'First I lost my memory, then I lost 11 stone': Morbidly obese woman reclaims her life after a deadly brain disease left her illiterate
• Couples who take the idea of a shotgun wedding seriously by getting hitched in a Las Vegas shooting range
• Strauss quits: KP saga proves final straw with Cook unveiled as successor
• Amy Adams unleashes her sultry side as she showcases curves in tight red dress
• Spending 63 years in the sky has finally landed flight attendant a place in the Guinness Book of Records
• Can my brother take his small pension as a lump sum or not?
• Grab your yoga mat, you've pulled! Geri Halliwell and Russell Brand share a 'spiritual connection' over bendy exercise
• Horrors of war relived as 550lb allied bomb is detonated in fiery explosion in Munich
• Crime of passion: Fifty Shades fans pinch shackles and chains at Blackpool Tower Dungeons
• Boy, 18, struck down by a devastating stroke that his schoolmates thought was a HANGOVER
• Queen’s beloved handbag label Launer launches Traviata collection in bold new hues (are they inspired by Her Majesty’s love of colour?)
• Fashion special: Autumn we salute you!
• 300 not out: Legendary veteran Schumacher set for landmark race at Spa
• Now THAT'S an extreme makeover! Toothless grandmother, 48, who called herself 'fat and ugly' is transformed into slim, beautiful blonde
• Small banks beat the familiar High Street names when it comes to best buy savings rates
• Ton-derful! Goalkeeper Schwarzer in line for 100th Aussie cap next month
• Team GB Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist has training bike stolen after burglars ransack his home
• No action over Henson injury after London Welsh accept no malice was involved
• Missing that X Factor: Simon Cowell slips down the rich list as he makes only £57m a year
• Terminal closed at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport after WWII bomb found by workers
• Brad and Angelina retreat to boathouse in the Lake District for family getaway
• Front row: To Di for, It's darling and fashion in five
• First look: Snooki leaves hospital with her baby boy Lorenzo... who has a lush head of hair just like his mom
• Jury shown dramatic video of father refusing to look at his children's photos hours after they were murdered
• The search for Richard III: Archaeologists digging under a council car park reveal they may have found part of the friary he was buried in after the Battle of Bosworth
• America's next MOTH model... Winged insects pose up on the tip of a finger for stunning close-ups
• Victims of claims conmen could win compensation of up to £30,000 for the first time
• Sports images of the day: Our picture editor's selection for Wednesday, August 29
• More 'evidence of life' as online users claim to spot an alien picking up a Dr Martens boot in Curiosity's latest images (or is this just another trick of the light played on us by Mars?)
• Sharon's little helper: Miss Stone arrives at airport dressed in matching monochrome outfit with mini-me son Laird
• Forget pretty football and focus on reclaiming the title, Vidic urges United
• Boris's dancing partner WILL take part in lavish £8m Paralympic Opening Ceremony despite breaking her PELVIS after falling out of wheelchair
• Man's fights to keep 'sexually explicit' license plate is a bid to protect the rights of everyone, he claims
• Thug handcuffed a trick-or-treat prankster to a washing line and stuck a lit firework between his buttocks
• Mia Love, the black female Republican making waves at the GOP conference, could make history in Congress
• Predatory Iraqi immigrant who claimed asylum begs to leave Britain and return home as he is jailed for string of sex attacks
• I'm sorry: Jailed Watford striker Deeney issues apology as he serves sentence for affray
• Rennes insist there's no pressure to sell M'Vila with Arsenal and Tottenham poised
• It's a bit soon for that isn't it? Kim Kardashian smoulders in a clingy bridal-style white gown
• Frequent fashion flyer: Paris Hilton makes a glamorous exit as she boards private jet from LAX to China
• 30 SECOND GUIDE: PORTUGUESE AUSTERITY
• Eats, flips, shoots and leaves: Scientists solve the mystery of why pandas like to do a handstand when they urinate (and say it is to mark their territory)
• Lampard reveals dreams of managing Chelsea (no other club is good enough!)
• What a hell hole! The moment worker falls through pub trap door and plunges 10ft after watching the TV instead of the floor
• Meet the woman who tamed the 'Essex lion': Owner of cat which sparked police hunt for roaring beast says her ginger tom is just a pussycat
• Blow for Pardew as Mourinho enters the race to sign French ace Debuchy
• You've pickled him! Kilmarnock boss Shiels slams Everton interest in Kennedy
• There's light at the end of our dismal summer for some! While it’ll stay grim up north forecasters say September is likely to bring sunshine to the south
• Defence firm Chemring sees shares plunge after delay in projects
• If I was your Boyfriend: Justin Bieber treats eager fans to cuddles as he poses for snaps
• Fresh fears for Euro as Draghi quits meeting and Catalonia asks Spanish leaders for bailout
• Family's horror as teenage girl is diagnosed with flesh-eating bacteria doctors think she got from SHAVING her legs
• Bootleg booze gangs costs the taxman £1.2billion A YEAR... so why are so few prosecuted?
• Carer took vulnerable boy, 15, to a brothel for sex with prostitutes three times... and he paid with his pocket money
• No problem! Olympic champ Williams easily downs Vandeweghe at Flushing Meadows
• Only 117 days until Christmas! Asda open a string of Santa's grottos in stores across the country FOUR MONTHS before the day
• California bans 'gay cure' therapy as lawmakers say they want to protect 'sissy boys'
• Race row brews after CNN claims black crew member 'had nuts thrown at her’ at GOP convention by man who said ‘This is how we feed animals’
• 'It's like a three-legged race but with hands': Blind sprinter Libby Clegg overjoyed that her guide is finally eligible for a medal too
• FTSE LIVE: Another opening dip as uncertainty over global economy prevails
• Pensioner homeowners have mortgage-free property worth £760billion
• From rags to riches: Dodig relishing chance to take on Murray at Flushing Meadows
• The British mothers flying to US doctors for banned procedure to choose sex of baby
• Mind the gap! The Saturdays' Vanessa White struggles to get out of car... as the girls step out in shorts
• Lennon latest Spurs star under threat as Villas-Boas plots wholesale changes
• Old Habits Die Hard: Sir Mick Jagger fuels speculation The Rolling Stones are set to record an album to mark their 50th year
• Thieves steal vial of late Pope John Paul II's blood from priest's backpack
• The newest member of his Entourage! Jeremy Piven soaks up the sun and sights of Ibiza with pretty mystery blonde
• Create your own space junk! Nasa offers chance for Google-powered smartphones to be launched as spacecraft
• WHAT THE BACK PAGES SAY: Rooney fears £40m United axe as Lampard eyes Chelsea job
• That's commitment! Nicole Scherzinger enjoys a 24-hour London pit-stop with Lewis Hamilton... while en route to Dubai
• Au Revoir, Joey! Barton arrives in France for Marseille move talks
• The perfect place for an ethereal outfit! Kyra Sedgwick is feeling all white in a floaty dress at premiere of her new horror film
• Can't afford the $650 ticket? Then at least treat yourself to this man's video of first class travel in an A380 super jumbo
• Not your usual A-list retreat: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie book a family holiday in the Lake District
• 'You should be Governor, Florida deserves one with hair': Jon Stewart lauds Marco Rubio's coif as they poke fun at Tampa's reputation as 'lap dance capital of the world'
• What a difference a stylist makes! Lisa Kudrow looks polished in her blue dress on Jay Leno after drab appearance on shopping trip
• Victory for sex attack victim, 17, threatened with jail time for tweeting the names of her sexual attacker as she is freed to talk about ordeal
• Bringing a whole new meaning to low cut! Madonna spills out of her basque onstage as she defends gun imagery in her concerts
• Men are more likely to fib than women, telling on average three lies a day
• Student, 20, tells how she survived attack by Alaska grizzly bear by playing dead as it dragged her for twenty feet
• Pringles pricier than Paris? How your eats could cost more than your seats when you fly with Ryanair
• Showing his age: Al Pacino, 72, looks leathery and wrinkled as he rehearses Broadway staging of Glengarry Glen Ross
• 'Osama Bin Laden was unarmed and ALREADY DEAD when Navy SEALs burst into bedroom': Shocking claim that threatens to debunk official story of raid
• A 68-year-old bank employee fired for 'stealing' TEN CENTS from a laundromat when he was a TEENAGER
• What sweethearts! Selena Gomez sports candy striper uniform on set... while Justin Bieber catches up with his fans
• Catholic church in Nigeria bans women from wearing traditional head wraps amid security fears
• New Yorkers beware: Having a baby could cost you a MILLION dollars as most expensive cities for child-rearing revealed
• 'So in love': Rosie O'Donnell poses for romantic Twitter snap with new wife Michelle Rounds... and reveals she is doing well after heart attack
• Woman forced to eat MAGGOTS while locked up in Thai prison for NINE YEARS after trying to smuggle heroin into the U.S.
• Out of sight: Liverpool drunks to be herded off street and into marquee
• Science Fiction legend Ray Bradbury was probed by FBI during '60s for alleged communist leanings
• Pink ladies: Jennifer Garner coordinates with Violet and Seraphina as she collects her daughters from gymnastics class
• Is Google next? Search engine giant denies that they will be Apple's legal target after its patent victory against Samsung
• Wife Swap star arrested for prostitution and admits having sex with 54-year-old twice a month for up to $700 a time
• Gossip Girl actress Kelly Rutherford devastated after judge rules her ex-husband can KEEP their young children in France
• Meteor explodes above Welsh town and wakes families with 'sonic boom'
• That tune is out of this world! Black Eyed Peas star Will.i.am debuts his new song... on Mars
• Hopelessly devoted! Anne Hathaway's fiancé whispers sweet nothings into her ear as they enjoy a romantic lunch date
• 'It is better to be respected than loved': Chris Christie urges Republicans to take the advice of his Sicilian mother
• Jessica Alba is racy in lace as she flashes her bra under billowing black dress
• Just don't mention 'crash': The secret Apple Genius handbook that bans employees from saying words that will alarm customers
• Quality time! Rod Stewart enjoys mass family day out with some of his large brood... including daughter Kimberly and son Sean
• Renewed fears for Bobby Brown as he checks out of rehab early after admission for alcohol treatment
• She really is in full bloom! Pregnant Tori Spelling enjoys some gardening with her brood
• 'No wonder your husband left you for a man': Donald Trump wages war on Arianna Huffington with furious tweets
• Jordana Brewster lends some sisterly support to Isabella over lunch after Russell Brand split
• Sitcom star under fire after 'saying she hopes Republicans are drowned by Hurricane Isaac'
• Tragic wife of Tetra Pak billionaire Hans Rausing 'claimed she knew killer of Swedish PM Olof Palme'
• Twist in 'Zanny-the-Nanny' civil suit: Casey Anthony must show profits from trust fund established in dead daughter's memory
• RICHARD KAY: Gerry Rafferty's fiancee fumes over 'hush money' offer from late star's estate
• Baby on the way! Amber Rose 'expecting her first child' with fiancé Wiz Khalifa
• Underground sado-masochistic sex club found beneath historic Louisville building
• Is your pet right or left handed? The DIY test that uses cheese, sofas and the backdoor to find out
• Hit the rich with an emergency tax to help the poor, says Clegg: Inequality threatens 'breakdown of society'
• The inspirational doctor who saved fellow Jews from Nazis before fleeing Germany to start Paralympic Games after WWII
• An English rose in LA: Kelly Brook shows off her unusually pale skin... while managing to sweet talk herself out of a parking ticket
• French courts launch murder inquiry into Yasser Arafat's death
• Playboy lifestyle of a president: Putin's perks include 'palaces, planes, yachts, white gold watches, and a £47,000 toilet'
• It's not such a dog's life for Miley Cyrus as she is left cuddling pet pooches while fiancé Liam Hemsworth films with Amber Heard
• The places where one in 10 will be aged over 85 in 20 years' time
• The public sector pay freeze that wasn't: Thousands of civil servants and NHS workers given rises despite Osborne's pledge
• Not so beautiful now! Samantha Brick is forced to give up her vanity and reveal warts and all during latest Celebrity Big Brother task
• Rocker mom Alanis Morissette squeezes in some family time with rapper husband and one-year-old son before New York City concert