Sunday, November 3, 2013

from Daily Mail, Sunday, November 3, 2013


Pussy Riot singer 'vanishes' in jail: Band member's father claims she has disappeared inside Russia's prison system
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was jailed for two years in 2012 after a protest
Her worried family have not heard from the musician in 13 days
The 23-year-old's husband believes she is being punished by the service


More than 1,500 paintings found including pieces by Picasso and Matisse
Collector Hildebrandt Gurlitt ordered for them to be destroyed in 1945
But in a routine search on a train from Switzerland to Germany, his son was caught with 9,000 euros cash earned from an illicit art deal
Officials searched his small rented apartment in Munich and found the art
Experts claim most were acquired from Jews in exchange for escape


Adorable photos capture the 'essence' of cats, including their wilder, more mischievous side
Include felines yawning, hiding and waiting eagerly for an owner to return
Submitted by owners as part of international competition to highlight feline welfare


Among dozens of sick souvenirs on offer last week was a striped uniform thought to have belonged to a Polish baker who died in Auschwitz.


Students who perform poorly are forced to spend the first half of their lunch period in tutoring sessions
One father of a special needs student calls the policy a 'civil rights violation
Since the policy has been in place, the school's graduation percentage has gone from 77 percent to about 90 percent


The Egyptian boy pharaoh 'burst into flame after chemical reaction'
His body caught fire inside sarcophagus thanks to embalming fluid
Scientists also believe a chariot crash was the cause of his death


A families spread world-wide, demand has grown for webcam services
Mourner cans log-on and watch proceedings from anywhere online
Undertakers say it is 'increasingly important' to mourning families.


30 pieces by the Paris-based jeweler have gone on public display for the first time at Sotheby's auction house in New York
The exhibition will run from November 1 to 13 before moving on to London, Doha and Beijing in 2014




Tests 92 men aged between 40 and 60 found that those with a bigger neck circumference were more likely to have erectile problems
Erectile dysfunction is the most common male sexual problem worldwide and affects nearly half of men between 40 and 70


Early horses shrunk by 19% during warm period 53 million years ago
The same horse lineage showed a body-size decrease of about 30% during a warmer period in the Earth's history 55 million years ago


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