If you've ever wanted a way to make sure you don't unwittingly date one of your family members then a new app has been released just for you.The piece of software was developed in Iceland to make sure you and your potential partner are not from the same family tree.The Islendingabók app allows you to test how closely you're related to your date by simply bumping your phones together.The Android p

The second of two brothers accused of orchestrating the Boston Marathon bombing massacre is now in custody.Dzhokhar Tsarnaev - whose older brother Tamerlan was killed by cops early this morning - was confronted by police who detonated "flash-bang" devices to stun him as he brazenly sat upright in the boat.At approximately 8:45 pm EST, cops cuffed him.He was reportedly rushed away moments later in

The uncle of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects urged one of his nephews to turn himself in Friday, saying he had brought shame to the family and the entire Chechen ethnicity."Yes, we're ashamed. They're the children of my brother," Ruslan Tsarni told a throng of reporters outside his home in Montgomery Village, Md.The suspects were identified by law enforcement officials and family members as

A rainstorm pummelling the Chicago area has ripped open a sinkhole large enough to swallow three cars.One driver was badly injured and was taken to hospital but his injuries are not life-threatening.Chicago Police Department spokesman Mike Sullivan said the gaping hole opened up in a street on the city's South Side, near Lake Michigan.He said the injured man was driving when the road buckled and c

A 61-year-old self-confessed racist teacher accused of molesting a first-grade girl has denied the allegation saying she doesn't like to touch black people even if only on the hand.Court documents allege Irene Esther Stokes told all her children, apart from one, to leave her classroom - and then touched her inappropriately.The girl asked her to stop - and Stokes ordered her to leave the room.She

ONE of two suspects in the shooting of a campus police officer is dead and a massive manhunt is under way for another, who is tied to the Boston Marathon bombing, police said today.Shortly after the Massachusetts Institute of Technology officer was shot late last night, police got a report of a carjacking in Cambridge, just outside Boston.Police said of the at-large suspect, "We believe this to b

A driver was dramatically rescued from his Porsche 911 by two quick-thinking eye-witnesses as his car sank in a river.The stunned man, who has not been named, was dragged out of the sports car after he ended up in the water in Coltishall, Norfolk, UK.The freak accident happened at about 1.30pm on Tuesday when the motorist reversed into a moored-up boat off the River Bure and fell into the water.Tw

A police officer has been killed following a shooting at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston.Local police have confirmed a campus officer was fatally shot this evening at the acclaimed university.Following that, a car-jacking sparked a police chase, in which explosions were heard and gunshots reportedly fired.In chaotic scenes, officers chased the car from the Cambridge area to Wat

Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was arrested on Friday in a case relating to the imposition of emergency rule in 2007 and was presented before a magistrate, becoming the first former army chief to face such action.Police officials arrested the 69-year-old former military strongman on Friday morning at his farmhouse and took him to the court of judicial magistrate Muhammad Abbas Shah.The

A more detailed higher-resolution photograph showing the man described by the FBI as suspect No 2, has been uploaded online.Shortly after finishing the Boston Marathon this week David Green, 49, was walking to meet friends when two bombs exploded in front of him as he faced east on the corner of Fairfield and Boylston Streets. Green snapped a photograph with his iPhone before rushing to help those

Johannesburg - Kirsty Theologo, who died after being set alight in an apparent satanic ritual, wanted to be sacrificed, the South Gauteng High Court sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court heard on Thursday.A magistrate testified on Thursday that one of the accused, Lindon Wagner, made a sworn statement to him admitting to setting Theologo and her friend, who was 14 at the time, alight in Oct

A 16-year-old prankster in America urinated into a coffee pot in his Missouri school's staff room, which was then drunk from by at least two teachers, police said.The teen allegedly snuck into the room at Central High School in St. Joseph and carried out the disgusting deed on March 15.He was caught by a hidden security camera and now faces charges of third-degree assault.Cops claim his sick joke

THE FBI have released footage and pictures of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.No claim of responsibility and no arrests have been made in connection with the twin bombings that are the worst attack in the United States since the September 11, 2001 atrocities."Authorities have clear video images of two separate suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings carrying black bags at each explosion site

A bungling driver typed one wrong letter into his sat nav – and took a coachload of children almost 80 miles in the wrong direction.Exhausted after a gruelling overnight journey from Paris lasting 13 hours, confused youngsters from TYWYN, on the west coast of Wales overlooking Cardigan Bay, UK, woke up and phoned parents to say they were at similarly-pronounced TOWYN, near Rhyl, on the north c

A Brisbane, Australia, barber shop says it is attracting customers from hundreds of miles away - after offering the quirky service.Barber Babes, based in the city's central business district, features half-dressed female barbers cutting hair wearing only hot pants or underwear.It claims that customers travel from as far as 850 miles away for a short back and sides.The scantily-clad barbers also o