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Former President Bill Clinton is now in step with the times, he opened a verified Twitter account on Wednesday night. The 42nd President decided to try the microblogging phenomenon after comedian Stephen Colbert helped the 66-year-old, whose full name is William Jefferson, launch a page with the Twitter handle @prezbillyjeff on his Comedy Central show earlier in April. Mr Clinton's new account, @billclinton, hits a more presidential tone and has already amassed more than 300,00 followers in its first few hours of life. Scroll down for video. Presidential posse: Bill Clinton tweeted this candid shot of all living U.S. presidents gathered in Texas for the opening of George W. Bush's presidential library in Dallas I approve this message: Former President Bill Clinton has opened an official Twitter account First words: Former President Bill Clinton gave a shout out to his daughter Chelsea and comedian Stephen Colbert in one of his first messages In one of his first messag

Authorities confirmed on Thursday that a body pulled from Providence River in Rhode Island this week is missing Brown University student Sunil Tripath. Tripathi, 22, has been missing since the middle of March and last week he was wrongly rumored to be a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, given some physical similarities with one of the suspects, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. His distraught family expressed their 'indescribable grief' at his death and urged the media to use caution in the future. Falsely accused: Sunil Tripathi, 22, was wrongly fingered as the Boston marathon bomber on Reddit 'As these days have shown us, the media is a powerful tool to be used carefully. We hope you continue to exercise caution and treat human lives with delicacy,' the Tripath family said in a statement after the 22-year-old's death was confirmed. 'This last month has changed our lives forever, and we hope it will change yours too. Take care of one another. Be gentle, be compassio

A mechanic who caused almost £100,000 worth of damage when he crashed a Lamborghini into a Ford Focus during an MoT brake test has been fined just £280. Andrew Mitchinson, 37, wrote off both the 6.2litre Murcielago worth £220,000 and the £7,500 Ford when he skidded and lost control on a wet road, South Lakeland Magistrates' Court heard. Prosecutor Peter Bardsley said witnesses had seen Mitchinson driving the 630 brake horsepower Lamborghini at ‘excessive speed’. 'Due to a combination of a wet road and skidding on a man hole cover, he lost control, left the carriageway for around 40 metres, came back onto it and hit the back of the parked car,' said Mr Bardsley. Mitchinson of Low Skelyghyll Farm, Windermere, admitted driving without due care and attention on November 6 last year while carrying out an MoT on behalf of Station Garage, Staveley, Cumbria, set up by his father, Alan. The court heard the prized Lamborghini, owned by millionaire hotel boss Stephen Leahy, was damag

A dog owner in Colorado is devastated that her adorable white terrier has died after she swallowed a penny. The tiny dog, Sierra, died in March from zinc poisoning. Pennies minted after 1982 contain are copper but with a zinc core, that is toxic to cats and dogs. Now the distraught pet lover is warning other owners to keep a careful watch on their furry companions to prevent the heartache she feels. Adorable: A dog owner in Colorado is devastated that her adorable white terrier has died after she swallowed a penny Touching: The adorable dog, Sierra, died in March from zinc poisoning. Pennies minted after 1982 are copper but with a zinc core Medical help: An X-ray showed that Sierra was ill because the dog had swallowed a quarter and a penny 'I used to call her my walking heart on four legs; just one of the nicest dogs,' Maryann Goldstein, the owner of the deceased pet told KCNC-TV. She said the little pooch always was attracted to shiny coins and had previously ing

The air on the New York City subway contains skin and rotting wood, a new study has shown. Though daily commuters of the city's transport system may be horrified to hear what they are breathing in every day - the results did have some positive findings. The microbe population in the air of the subway system is nearly identical to that of the air on the city streets, it also found, which was said to prove how effective it is to have a ventilation system on subways. The air on the New York City subway contains skin and rotting wood, a new study has shown The research, published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, sought to find out if there were any potentially dangerous microbes in the subway's air. Principal investigator Norman R. Pace of the University of Colorado, Boulder, said he was 'impressed by the similarity of [subway] and outdoor air' [which is a] strong testimony for the efficiency of the train pumping system for ventilation. More... Travelling o

A teacher who filmed young children as they undressed in shower cubicles and dormitories and spreading the images online has been jailed. Simon Knowles, 52, made hundreds of videos and possessed nearly 20,000 indecent images of children, some of which were as young as three. Knowles was jailed for four-and-a-half-years after admitted 13 counts of making and distributing images of children being abused, as well as 11 charges of voyeurism. Knowles, who gave his address as a caravan park in Leeds, used covert cameras to capture school children getting changed for swimming lessons, York Crown Court heard today. The charges against the teacher included making indecent images of children, possessing indecent images of children, distributing indecent images of children and recording a person doing a private act. Officers investigating the case found 19,541 indecent photographs of children on Knowles' computer along with 174 indecent videos. They also found evidence that he had distribute

A 'highly dangerous' man has been jailed indefinitely for raping a young girl and attacking three more in a single night. After his arrest, John Hinton wrote a series of disturbing diary entries, describing himself as 'the devil' and writing: 'I still feel like killing and eating somebody.' He detailed sick fantasies about how he would 'catch the prey and tie her up', saying he wanted to cut a girl up, send her body parts to her family and then drink her blood. The 23-year-old left the four women fearing for their lives after preying on them in a park in Peterborough in the early hours of June 5 last year. After he raped his final victim, a 15-year-old girl, he asked her to go out with him and bragged about attacking the other women earlier that night, Peterborough Crown Court heard today. Hinton's lawyer, John Lloyd-Jones, said his client had 'extremely dark and disturbing fantasies' as he read out the dozens of pages of diary entries he wr

When Henry Southall collected the keys to his new home he didn't expect to find an unexploded bomb from the Second World War in a kitchen cupboard. The 24-year-old was giving his parents the guided tour of the house in Borth y Gest, near Porhmadog, in north west Wales, when he found the 16lb artillery shell which was packed with high explosives. Mr Southall, the owner of Sea View Tea Rooms which is six doors away from his new property, said: 'I had only just got the keys to my house on Friday so thought I'd start some work on it. Henry Southall was giving his parents the guided tour of his new house when he found a 16lb bomb Explosive: Mr Southall found an empty 18lb shell (left) and a 16lb shell still packed with explosives (right) 'There was someone living in the address before the keys were handed to me. I'm not sure how long the device had been there, but I'm glad I found it when I did as I wouldn't have wanted it going off while I was in be

The governor of Massachusetts has signaled that the state will not release further information about welfare benefits paid out to Boston Marathon bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Gov. Deval Patrick's administration on Thursday flatly refused to answer any media inquiries about taxpayers money that funded the suspected bombers, citing the Tsarnaevs right to privacy. On Wednesday, state officials had confirmed that the deceased suspect, 26-year-old Tamerlan, received welfare benefits. They also said the brothers' family had relied on state benefits when they were children. Suspects: State officials will not comment on the taxpayer money that was shelled out in welfare benefits for bombing suspects Tamerlan Tsarnaev, left, and his brother Dzhokhar, right News that one of the alleged terrorist had received state money sparked outrage in the community, recovering after the blasts on April 15 that left 3 dead and more than 260 injured. On Wednesday, after persist