Stronger car brakes, special toilets and even plus sized wheelchairs: The rising cost of America’s expanding waistline

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137340/Stronger-car-brakes-special-toilets-plus-sized-wheelchairs-The-rising-cost-Americas-expanding-waistline.html By Reuters Reporter PUBLISHED: 08:38 EST, 30 April 2012 | UPDATED: 09:51 EST, 30 April 2012 The nation’s rising rate of obesity has been well-chronicled, but now businesses, governments and individuals are coming to grips with the costs of those extra pounds. U.S. hospitals are ripping out wall-mounted toilets and replacing them with floor […]

Obama has held more re-election fundraisers than previous five Presidents combined as he visits key swing states on ‘permanent campaign’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2136851/Obama-held-fundraisers-previous-Presidents-combined-visits-key-swing-states-permanent-campaign.html By Toby Harnden PUBLISHED: 07:41 EST, 29 April 2012 | UPDATED: 14:16 EST, 29 April 2012 Barack Obama has already held more re-election fundraising events than every elected president since Richard Nixon combined, according to figures to be published in a new book. Obama is also the only president in the past 35 years […]

U.S. special forces close in on jungle hideout of Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137144/Kony-2012-U-S-special-forces-hunt-warlord-remote-Ugandan-village.html Wanted by International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 20:28 EST, 29 April 2012 | UPDATED: 21:05 EST, 29 April 2012 Three international armies have zeroed in on Joseph Kony, one of the world’s most wanted warlords, to a remote African village. Obo was the first place in the […]

A nation of renters? Less than two thirds of Americans own their homes as rates plummet to 10-year lows

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137113/Poll-shows-62-percent-Americans-homes-rates-plummet-10-year-lows.html By Michael Zennie PUBLISHED: 17:51 EST, 29 April 2012 | UPDATED: 18:54 EST, 29 April 2012 Less than two thirds of Americans say they own their own homes – the lowest rate of home ownership in more than a decade. A new Gallup poll shows just 62 per cent of Americans are homeowners, down […]

Your texts, emails and passwords stolen: Google Street View’s data harvesting was NO accident

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137145/Your-texts-emails-passwords-stolen-Google-Street-Views-data-harvesting-NO-accident.html By Emily Anne Epstein PUBLISHED: 20:14 EST, 29 April 2012 | UPDATED: 20:17 EST, 29 April 2012 Google’s collection of sensitive and personal information from unsecured WiFi networks around the world was a deliberate and repeated choice, a new report alleges. The Federal Communications Commission has found that the search engine giant knew that […]

Colombian ambassador demands apology from Obama after secret service sex scandal ‘ruined reputation of Cartagena’ (where prostitution is legal)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137116/Colombian-ambassador-Gabriel-Silva-demands-Obama-apology-Cartagena-sex-scandal.html Gabriel Silva wanted a ‘clear expression of remorse’ from White House By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 18:57 EST, 29 April 2012 | UPDATED: 19:13 EST, 29 April 2012 Colombia’s diplomat in the U.S. has demanded that President Obama say sorry for the secret service sex scandal  – which he claimed has damaged the reputation […]

British Red Cross doctor found beheaded by militants in Pakistan after being kidnapped

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2136919/Khalil-Rasjed-Dale-British-Red-Cross-doctor-dead-Pakistan.html Police discovered Khalil Dale’s head and body wrapped in plastic in the southwestern city of Quetta ICRC condemned death as a ‘barbaric act’ Pro-Taliban militants are active in the province where he was killed ‘I utterly condemn the kidnapping and killing of Mr Dale,’ said William Hague By Ted Thornhill PUBLISHED: 08:35 EST, 29 […]

Pastor Terry Jones ignores Pentagon to hold ANOTHER Koran-burning ceremony

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2136969/Pastor-Terry-Jones-ignores-Pentagon-hold-ANOTHER-Koran-burning-ceremony.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 12:04 EST, 29 April 2012 | UPDATED: 12:50 EST, 29 April 2012 A controversial Florida pastor has staged another Koran-burning ceremony to protest about the imprisonment of a Christian clergyman in Iran. Publicity-grabbing Terry Jones, who caused international outrage and violent protests when he filmed the burning of the […]

Two women save boy from father who was trying to CUT OFF HIS ARMS in ritual sacrifice

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2136945/Two-women-save-boy-father-trying-cut-arm-ritual-sacrifice.html By Paul Thompson PUBLISHED: 12:03 EST, 29 April 2012 | UPDATED: 12:42 EST, 29 April 2012 Two women saved an eight-year-old boy from being killed by his father who was attempting to cut off his arms as part of a human sacrifice in a cemetery. Jaymisha Pires and Corey Granberry grabbed the badly injured […]

One giant leap for civilian space travel: Scientists successfully test engine for Skylon craft that can fly anywhere on earth in just four hours

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2136611/Civilian-space-travel-just-got-step-closer-scientists-test-engine-spaceplane-fly-earth-just-hours.html By Suzannah Hills UPDATED:18:17 EST, 28 April 2012 Tests have begun on a new engine that could launch a plane into space and revolutionise the way we travel – making it possible to reach anywhere on Earth in just four hours. The 270ft Skylon spaceplane would take off and land from a conventional runway […]