Whoops: Lamborghini driver crashes £140,000 car after racing from lights - video

An impatient driver lost control of his £140,000 Lamborghini after he sped away from traffic lights and crashed in Chicago – and it was all captured on video.

Now the footage has become a hit on YouTube.


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World's most expensive Cognac - Napoleon's bottle goes to auction

A Cognac that travelled with Napoleon Bonaparte on his conquests around Europe - and the last of its kind - is to be auctioned. And, at a whopping £114,500, it could become the most expensive Cognac in the world.

Made in 1795, it is among about 5,000 unopened bottles of spirits, worth about £5 million, belonging to a Dutch collector, Bay Van der Bunt.

Mr van der Bunt bought the hand-blown six-litre Jeroboam bottle from a Chicago collector in 1990 for £20,000.

He said: 'It travelled with Napoleon's army. You can just see it there lying with the others in the hay cart. After the battle – and probably before – the officers would drink from it.'

Mr van der Bunt will apparently vet prospective buyers to make sure the Cognac goes to a collector and isn't drunk!

TELEGRAPH STORY


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Woman gives birth after marathon - Chicago USA runner

A 27-year-old marathon runner gave birth to a healthy girl a few minutes after finishing the Chicago marathon.

Amber Miller, who says she is "crazy about running", finished the course slower than her usual pace - which is hardly surprising.

She was nearly 39 weeks pregnant and gave birth to a healthy 7.7lb girl named June.

BBC

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F-16 jets scrambled as woman, 75, flies into restricted airspace with no radio

Two F-16 jet fighters were scrambled when Myrtle Rose, a 75-year-old pilot, flew her Kitfox Model 2 light aircraft into restricted airspace during president Barack Obama's visit to Chicago.

They were scrambled when air traffic controllers couldn't contact Myrtle, of South Barrington, Illinois, because she didn't have a radio!

She was reported to have been a bit "surprised".

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Pictures: F-16 fighter jet and a Kitfox Model 2 light aircraft





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Al Capone's gun for sale - auction in London - great video

A gun used by the American gangster Al Capone, who ruled Chicago in the 1920s, is to be auctioned in London.

GREAT BBC VIDEO STORY

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