from Daily Mail, October 28, 2013

A very modern milestone: 40% of babies use a mobile phone or tablet before they can even speak full sentences
38% of children under age of two have used gadgets like iPhones or tablets for playing games or watching films - in 2011 the figure was just 10%
Under-twos spend an average of 15 minutes a day using the devices
Children aged two to four spend an average of two hours a day watching TV

Terror in Tiananmen Square: Five killed and dozens injured as car ploughs into pedestrians at site of 1989 pro-democracy protests
The car drove into crowds at the famous square before bursting into flames
Two tourists have been killed and around 40 injured
Government officials are unsure if the incident was a terrorist attack
Hundreds of civilians were killed at the site in 1989 amid pro-democracy demonstrations

More human than human: Do we really bestow our emotions on animals, or are they better than us at showing the way they feel?
Joshua Arlington began project as an investigation into animals displaying human traits
The 22-year-old captured human-like facial expressions of primates at local zoo
The aspiring wildlife photographer hopes the collection will help conservation efforts

First picture of girl, 17, fatally crushed by tree in her caravan: St Jude storm death toll rises to four as two die in gas explosion
At least 500,000 homes in southern England were without electricity after trees and high-winds down power cables
PM David Cameron calls loss of life 'hugely regrettable' and pays tribute to work of the emergency services
Met Office: Storm struck almost exactly as predicted and last comparable winds were 11 years ago in October 2002
Flash floods in Cornwall, Dorset, Hampshire and Sussex - and Environment Agency has 82 flood alerts in place
Also disruption on East Coast, c2c, First Great Western, Southern, Gatwick Express and South West Trains
Ferries from Poole and Weymouth to Guernsey & Jersey cancelled and hovercrafts to Isle of Wight suspended
130 flights cancelled at London Heathrow Airport today but Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and Bristol running as normal

Top turn-ons? Clean sheets and weight loss: Survey finds what really is most effective at getting your partner into bed
Losing weight is top turn-on for the female sex, a new study has found
Winning money and fresh bed sheets also likely to get women 'in the mood'
Men are most likely to be in the mood for passion after a night out


Futuristic Halo-style helmet being tested by US Army that 'turns war into a video game'
Developed by ballistic eyewear company Revision
HEaDS-UP system is composed of a standard Army helmet with expanded features that protect the head, neck and face
Add-ons include a see-through ballistic visor and a mandible face mask
Digital display projected on the inside of the visor similar to Google Glass


Turkish immigrant who 'invented' the doner kebab at his market stall in West Berlin over 40 years ago dies aged 80
Kadir Nurman was widely credited as 'inventor' of the fast food snack
Doner kebab has since become one of Britain's most reviled food creations
Mr Nurman passed away in Berlin at the age of 80


The Florida citrus grove where African elephants roam free
The National Elephant Center opened on a former citrus grove earlier this year
Its residents so far are a family of four elephants
The center aims to provide a home for misplaced and aging elephants from zoos around the country


Obama 'personally informed the U.S. was monitoring German Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone since 2002'
He was allegedly briefed by National Security Agency chief in 2010
Obama let the operation continue
Earlier this week, Obama said he didn't know about phone tapping
German intelligence officials will visit Washington, Foreign Ministry spokesman says
Merkel says allegations have shattered trust in Obama administration
Top German government official to hold crunch talks with U.S. counterparts


Beloved veteran, 87, known in the local community for his hot tamales killed by four teens during violent mugging
Terrance Morgan and Edward Johnson, both 19, and Leslie Litt and Geblonski Murray, both 18, have been arrested for the violent death of Lawrence E. 'Shine' Thornton of Greenville, Mississippi on October 18.


School makes students (and their parents) sign an 'anti-twerking contract' before homecoming dance
A Maryland high school has launched a fight back against the twerking craze by making both students and their parents sign an agreement that bans suggestive dancing at homecoming.
Annapolis High School refused to let students attend the dance on Saturday unless they had a completed copy of the 'anti-twerking contract.'
The document outlawed grinding, intimate touching or, one for Miley Cyrus, dancing with your buttocks touching or in the air.


Rock legend Lou Reed dead at 71: Music fans in mourning after The Velvet Underground founder and American icon passes away
The cause of death hasn't been revealed, but the rock legend underwent a liver transplant in May


Don't blame poor parenting for tearaway kids - bad behaviour could be down to a child's GENES
Some children display poor self-control and anger problems in a preschool setting because they have inherited the traits from their parents
The findings mean parents don't need to worry that all children will develop behavioural problems if they are sent to preschool

Scientists find germs in your GUMS can reveal your ethnicity in the same way fingerprints can
Researchers at Ohio State University found 'no two mouths were the same'
Previously dentists thought everyone shared the same 'healthy bacteria'
Breakthrough could transform dental care and improve disease treatments

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