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Firing coaches is getting costly for Rutgers University. The New Jersey university has suspended its head men's lacrosse coach due to allegations of verbal abuse while agreeing to give its fired basketball coach nearly half a million dollars to go away. Rutgers announced Brian Brecht’s suspension on Friday, saying that he too will continue to be paid. The school did not give details of allegations. Meanwhile, the university reached a deal last night to pay disgraced basketball coach Mike Rice $475,000, hours after Rutgers’ president faced tough questions about costly payouts to campus officials caught up in the basketball scandal. Rutgers, under the direction of President Robert Barchi and Interim Athletic Director Carl Kirschner, has been reviewing videos of practices in all sports since men's basketball coach Mike Rice was fired this month after a video was made public that showed him abusing players. The Rutgers lacrosse team competes in the Big East Conference, and is st

Shortly before authorities arrested Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Watertown Friday night, the FBI took into custody three others in connection with their investigation. Two women and one man, both of whom appeared to be college-aged, were apprehended from the Hidden Brook Apartments on Carriage Drive in New Bedford. The FBI said they were all questioned and later released and that they were never booked into jail. Two women and one man, both of whom appeared to be college-aged, were apprehended for questioning from the Hidden Brook Apartments on Carriage Drive in New Bedford The three were apprehended after the FBI conducted a search warrant on an apartment at the complex New Bedford Police Dept. Lt. Robert Richard said they were not under arrest, though pictures from the scene showed them being led away in handcuffs. The Massachusetts State Police Department has not responded to an inquiry on the arrests. The three were apprehended after the FBI condu

David Cameron has clashed with Tory chairman Grant Shapps over campaign plans for next month’s local elections amid fears the party is on course to lose 500 seats. A Cabinet source said the Prime Minister had been ‘distinctly unimpressed’ after Mr Shapps was asked to address a private meeting of Conservative ministers on preparations for the final fortnight of campaigning up to polls on 2 May. Mr Cameron demanded to know why, when he is doing at least half a dozen campaign visits a month, some members of the Government appeared to be planning to do none at all. Clash: Tory party chairman Grant Shapps, left, and Prime Minister David Cameron, right, have clashed over campaign plans for next month's local election ‘The Prime Minister had asked Grant for a detailed plan but he seemed to be busking it. 'There didn’t seem to be a convincing timetable of who would be where when and some Cabinet ministers were down to do absolutely nothing,’ the source said. More... '

Federal law enforcement officials are actively investigating the possibility that the Boston bombers were known to the government’s terror-trackers, MailOnline understands. Any inquiry into the marathon bombing will look into whether agents could have taken action – but didn’t – to prevent the Tsarnaev brothers from obtaining the explosives that killed 3 and wounded 173 others. CBS News reported Friday evening that two years ago, the FBI interviewed the elder brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, who was killed in Thursday night's dramatic shootout. The feds reportedly spoke to him at the request of an unspecified foreign government, but couldn't establish that he had ties to terrorist radicals. Tamerlan left the United States in January 2012 for Russia and returned in mid-July, according to records uncovered by NBC in New York. But an official inside the Department of Homeland Security with knowledge of federal law enforcement activities in Massachusetts has claimed to MailOnline th

A young woman who faced a life-threatening illness has finally succumbed to a fate she fought so hard against. Jessica Clark, a 22-year-old University of South Carolina student, has died in North Carolina from Primary Pulmonary Hypertension after battling chronic rejection from her second lung-transplant. According to WIS-TV Clark, who had planned her own funeral, had raised over $7,000 for the Lung Transplant Foundation before her death Thursday morning. Jessica Clark was optimistic after receiving her second lung transplant at 21-years-old Jessica's mother Katie Clark, who died when she was just ten-years-old after undergoing two lung transplants, was a source of inspiration for the University student At eight Clark was diagnosed with PPH and received her first lung transplant, which her body rejected. She received her second lung transplant at Duke Medical Center when she was 21-years-old. The day after the transplant she suffered a stroke. About that setback she wro

Caretakers of one of Georgia’s oldest cemeteries say the scene was heart-breaking: A toddler’s bones were spilled on the ground. The uniform buried with a soldier in another plot was strewn on the ground. Now, a reward of more than $2,000 is being offered for information on the desecration at the Old Church Cemetery, which dates to 1758 in the east Georgia countryside near Waynesboro. Clothing buried with a soldier was removed, leaving his bones exposed, Burke County sheriff’s Sgt. Sean Cochran said. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Desecrated: A small cast iron casket that contained the remains of a 14-month-old girl is seen after being dug up and its contents spilled on the ground at the Old Church Cemetery near Waynesboro, Georgia Vandalized: Caretakers at the Old Church Cemetery are offering a reward for information leading to the suspects who left bones exposed and the uniform of a buried soldier lying on the ground Among the soldiers desecrated were those dating back to the Revolutio

Four major supermarkets are cutting the price of petrol and diesel by up to 2p a litre from today - their lowest levels since January. Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons are slashing pump prices for the second time this week in response to lower wholesale fuel costs. Asda, which started a forecourt price war when it dropped prices on Tuesday, said customers would pay no more than 131.7p a litre for petrol and 135.7p a litre for diesel across the country. The AA said that Britain's drivers are victims of a 'postcode lottery' Supermarkets have slashed 2p off the price of petrol - their lowest levels since January Mark Todd of Morrisons said: ‘Wholesale prices are continuing to fall and that’s great news for customers because we’re able to keep passing these savings on to them.’ AA president Edmund King said the price reduction gave drivers ‘a breath of optimistic spring air’. Supermarket cuts had already helped push the average price of petrol down to 136.89p a lit

Us Brits may have a reputation for an unadventurous approach to food. But the national palate is pretty sophisticated these days thanks to major supermarkets bringing exotic food to shelves across the country. Marks & Spencer's archive reveals how the British public has been on a steep learning curve over the past century. It unveils shoppers' amusement and confusion as they grapple with new groceries. Marks & Spencer's archive has lifted the lid on hilarious accounts of shoppers trying new and exotic food Customers struggled with new groceries including avocado pears, left, and king prawns, right The debut in 1959 of the avocado pear from Israel sent customers into a spin, with some trying to eat the fruit with the skin on. Nathan Goldenberg, the retailer's first head of food technology, wrote: 'A lady came back one day to our Manchester store and complained about the poor quality. 'Because they were called 'avocado pears', she had

Lawyers for Rolf Harris have used intimidating and potentially misleading tactics to stop The Mail on Sunday from naming the Australian entertainer in the investigation in the wake of the Jimmy Savile abuse claims. In a series of threatening emails sent to this paper, London law firm Harbottle & Lewis warned of the ‘highly damaging personal consequences’ in identifying their client. They also brandished Lord Justice Leveson’s name to declare there was no public interest in reporting the arrest. It meant that for more than four months The Mail on Sunday decided not to publish Mr Harris’s name in connection with the Savile investigation. As recently as March 30, Har¬bottle’s senior media lawyer, Gerrard Tyrrell, who has acted for Prince William, Prince Harry and the Middletons, warned: ‘If you proceed then both you and the Editor of your newspaper are on notice of the consequences.’ In January, Harbottle’s was asked to confirm if Mr Harris had been interviewed by police. The firm re

This is the last picture of Rolf Harris out in public before it was revealed he had been arrested by detectives investigating the Jimmy Savile sex scandal. The 83-year-old entertainer was spotted in London's Soho last month before news emerged of his arrest under Operation Yewtree. Harris has not been seen in public since and has kept silent over the allegations. He was yesterday outed as the ‘mystery’ celebrity detained by detectives investigating the Jimmy Savile sex scandal – despite desperate efforts by his lawyers to suppress news of his arrest. Harris – a favourite of the Queen – had been the only high-profile Operation Yewtree suspect not to have been identified by the mainstream media. It emerged last night that in an attempt to stop details of his arrest becoming widely known, his lawyers at London law firm Harbottle & Lewis had sent threatening letters to newspapers. They cited Lord Justice Leveson’s controversial proposal that the public should be prevented from kno

A police officer who had been arrested has been found dead in woods, his force said today. West Yorkshire Police said the officer, 33, reported to be a father of two, was found in woodland in the village Lofthouse on Thursday lunchtime. He had been arrested the day before 'in relation to alleged criminal offences'. Investigation: The body of the West Yorkshire police officer, 33, was discovered in woods in Lofthouse (pictured) the day after he was arrested 'in relation to alleged criminal offences' The force said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the officer's death, and that an inquest would open soon. More... Call in the SWAT team: Police under attack for creating 'crazy compensation culture' as officer is paid almost £8,000 damages for flea bite 'Loving' teenager hanged himself after listening to 'death metal music with dark lyrics which glorified death' The matter has been referred to the Independent Police Compla

Bostonians took to the streets with joyful cries and cheering after police captured the alleged perpetrator behind the Boston Marathon bombing on Friday night. Residents in the Cradle of Liberty have endured a harrowing week after the horrific attack at the race on Monday and the subsequent manhunt for the suspects behind the blasts, that put the Boston on lockdown while one suspect remained on the loose. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was arrested shortly before 8pm on Friday and transported to a local hospital after a gun battle with police in the backyard of a home in Watertown, Mass., putting an end to a nearly 24-hour manhunt. Scroll down for video Jubilant: Crowds are full of smiles after a nearly 24-hour manhunt comes to an end on Friday night Peace: Crowds gathered to celebrate safety returning to the streets of Boston last night Grateful: A police officer is surrounded by cheering Bostonians after the capture of the surviving bombing suspect From Fear to Cheer: A crowd gat