PHOTOS: Birthday gift from the president... first lady Michelle Obama will remain in Hawaii to spend time with friends ahead of her upcoming 50th birthday

President Barack Obama returned to Washington Saturday after two weeks of vacationing with his family in Hawaii. He left with daughters Sasha and Malia. Michelle stayed behind.
'As part of her birthday gift from the president, the first lady will remain in Hawaii to spend time with friends ahead of her upcoming 50th birthday,' the White House explained in a statement.
The First Lady turns the big 5 - 0 on January 17.

Birthday girl: The White House has confirmed first lady Michelle Obama has remained in Hawaii to 'spend time friends' ahead of her 50th birthday later this month while her husband and daughters returned home to Washington on Sunday

Home from the holidays: President Barack Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha arrive at Andrews Air Force Base on Sunday January 5, 2014, as they return to the White House from their fifteen-day family vacation

And we're back: The Obamas, minus Michelle, alight Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base on Sunday

President Barack Obama hugs his daughter Sasha (middle) as they and Malia (left) walk across the snow-strewn south lawn of the White House following their fifteen-day family vacation in Hawaii

But who will cook dinner?: The Obama family arrive home to the White House without lady of the house Michelle

 

 

The White House did not say how much longer Michelle would stay in Hawaii or when she would rejoin her family in Washington.
Michelle's alone time follows a family Christmas vacation filled with golf outings and dinner out.

The four Obamas - including daughters Sasha, 12, and Malia, 15 - were seen around the northern end of the island of Oahu.
On Sunday morning, President Obama and his daughters landed in Washington following an overnight flight on Air Force One - ending 15 days of vacation.

Having some 'me' time: Michelle Obama is expected to celebrate her 50th birthday in Hawaii without her family

Earlier: President Obama and daughters Mailia (center) and Sasha (right) board Air Force One in Honolulu on Saturday for an overnight flight to Washington

See you soon: President Barack Obama walks through Honolulu Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu on Saturday as he prepares to travel back to Washington

On the president's his last day in Hawaii, Mr and Mrs Obama took a hike near their Kailua vacation home. 
The president played one last round of golf at Marine Corps Base Hawaii - one of several rounds he got in over his vacation.
Then, the family of four ate dinner at Buzz's Lanikai - a favorite steakhouse and seafood restaurant that the Obamas have visited on past vacations.
The Obama girls return to school at Sidwell Friends on Monday.

Family time: During their Hawaii stay, the Obama tribe - (from left) Malia, Sasha, Michelle and Barack - enjoyed a basketball game together at the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu

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Small plane makes emergency landing on highway

NEW YORK (AP) — A small plane that made an emergency landing on a New York City highway was returning to Connecticut after touring the Statue of Liberty.

According to New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, it was on its way back to Danbury, Conn., when it experienced engine problems.

 

He said all three people on board are being treated at a Bronx hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

Emergency workers were removing the plane’s fuel and there was no fire or gas leak.

He called the safe landing extraordinary and ‘‘a bit of a miracle,’’ that nobody was seriously hurt or killed.

 

The highway was closed and emergency personnel were on the scene.

 

Patricia Sapol, 29, of West Point, was driving south on the highway with her husband when they saw emergency vehicles surrounding the downed plane, about 15 minutes after the landing.

 

‘‘We couldn’t believe it! We thought, ‘Oh my God that’s a plane!’ It was pretty incredible,’’ she said. ‘‘The fact that there was no actual crash we thought was pretty surprising.’’

 

 

 

 

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How Your Sleeping Position Affects Your Health

Did you know that how you sleep can also impact your health? Let’s take a look at eight common sleeping positions and what they do to your body.

1. On Your Back, Arms at Sides

Sleeping on your back with your arms at your side is generally considered to be the best sleeping position for spine health and it’s good for your neck, too, as long as you don’t use too many pillows. That said, back sleepers tend to snore more than those in any other position and sleep apnea is strongly associated with sleeping on the back.

2. On Your Back, Arms Up

This so-called “starfish” position is also good for the back. Whether you have your arms up around your pillow or not, sleeping on your back may also help to prevent facial wrinkles and skin breakouts. However, like the arms-down back sleeping position, this one can also result in snoring and problems with acid reflux. Plus, having your arms up can put pressure on nerves in your shoulders, leading to pain.

3. Face Down

Sleeping on your stomach can improve digestion but unless you’ve developed a way to breathe through your pillow, it most likely leads to you tilting your face in one direction or the other. This can put a lot of strain on the neck. Sleeping face down can also cause back pain, as the curve of the spine is not supported.

4. Fetal Position

Sleeping all curled up into a ball with your knees drawn up and your chin tilted down might be comfortable but it can do a number on your back and neck.
The extreme curl of the fetal position can also restrict deep breathing. That considered, sleeping like a fetus can have you sleeping like a baby if you typically have problems with snoring or if you’re pregnant.

5. On Side, Arms at Sides

When you’re sleeping on your side with both arms down, the spine is best supported in its natural curve. This can definitely help reduce back and neck pain while also reducing sleep apnea. The downside? Sleeping on the side can contribute to skin aging due to gravity, meaning facial wrinkles and sagging breasts.

6. On Side, Arms Out

This position has many of the same benefits of sleeping on your side with your arms straight down. However, any side sleeping can cause shoulder and arm pain due to restricted blood flow and pressure on the nerves, which may be exacerbated by having your arms out in front of you.

7. On the Right Side

If you’re a side-sleeper, which side you sleep on also makes a difference. Sleeping on the right side can worsen heartburn while sleeping on the left side can put strain on internal organs like the liver, lungs, and stomach (while minimizing acid reflux). For pregnant sleepers, doctors typically advise sleeping on the left side, since this can improve circulation to the fetus.

8. Pillow-Supplemented

Regardless of which sleeping position you prefer, it’s highly likely that you can get a better night’s rest with less pain in the morning by supplementing your body with a pillow.
Back sleepers can put a small pillow under the arch of their spine, side sleepers can place a pillow between their knees, and stomach sleepers can place a pillow under their hips to support the joints and allow for full, pain-free relaxation.

Which sleeping position gives you the best night’s rest without pain?





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29 Year Old Nigerian Phishing Scammer Jailed for 3 Years

A 29-year-old Nigerian national was jailed on Friday 13 December 2013, for his part in a sophisticated phishing scam that targeted hundreds of UK students, using their compromised data to steal in excess of £1.5 million. He has been sentenced to three years imprisonment for conspiracy to defraud and nine months imprisonment for money laundering, to run consecutively.

Olajide Onikoyi, 29, living in Manchester, UK was among a number of cyber criminals who targeted students by sending them emails inviting them to update details on their student loan account via a link to a bogus website.

When the site was accessed by the unsuspecting victims, Onikoyi was able to gain unauthorised access to their bank accounts and extract large amounts of money. One victim had £19,000 taken from their account. Onikoyi laundered £393,000 from 238 victims in total.

The scam was identified following a successful operation by detectives from the now-disbanded MPS Police Central e-Crime Unit.

Detective Chief Inspector Jason Tunn, of the MPS Cyber Crime Unit, said: “My officers worked doggedly to secure Onikoyi’s conviction. They examined numerous leads to identify members of this phishing gang, of which Onikoyi was a key member.

“He played a significant role in the scam by systematically targeting British students and UK financial institutions in order to steal large amounts of money that were then dispersed across numerous bank accounts.”

On 8 December 2012, working with colleagues from Greater Manchester Police, detectives executed search warrants at addresses in London and Manchester. A number of computers and associated storage media were seized from the properties and their contents examined, leading the investigators to identify Onikoyi’s involvement.

He was subsequently arrested when a further series of warrants was executed with the Serious Organised Crime Agency in Manchester on 9 January this year.

Detectives seized his computer, from which they recovered chat logs from cyber crime forums. These revealed Onikoyi was conspiring with others from Russia, Lithuania and the UK in order to compromise computers and associated bank accounts.

He was charged the following day and subsequently pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud UK financial institutions of £393,000 and money laundering on 10 December.

On 9 December, Ruth Smith-Ajala, 44 (25.04.69), a Nigerian national of Redlands Way, SW2 was sentenced to five years imprisonment for conspiracy to defraud, at Southwark Crown Court. A further five individuals were arrested as part of the investigation. Of those, four were released with no further action.


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Woman posts advert hoping to reunite with mystery New Year's Eve kisser who URINATED on her then ran away

An American woman has posted a Craigslist advert searching for a reunion with the stranger who wet himself while standing next to her

Unlikely romance: A woman refused to let urine put a dampener on her New Year's celebrations (Getty)

A heartbroken woman has made a desperate online plea to be reunited with her mystery New Year's Eve kisser - despite the fact he urinated on her.
The unconventional love story took place place in Bloomington, Indiana, where the lucky lady was treated to a midnight kiss from the "scruffy" stranger.
The fateful kiss had apparently taken place shortly after she had burst into tears, but she was then confronted with some water works of her own when the man relieved himself on her and ran away.
Although this would be enough to make most people run for the hills, the intrigued woman posted an advert on Craigslist looking to be REUNITED with her weak-bladdered Casanova.
She confided that even after she "felt something warm" leak onto her leg, her enthusiasm wasn't dampened and she wished he had stayed.
However, despite being forgiving, the anonymous poster is determined not to be duped by any potential imposters - she has even provided specific instructions so that she could recognise legitimate replies.
"Please reply and when you do tell me why I started crying so I know it's you - if you remember".

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