At a charity auction on Tuesday, a 800word "prequel" written by J.K. Rowling was sold for 49,000. The story was written before Harry Potter was born as it features Sirius Black and Harry's father, James. "An...
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" MONTERREY, Mexico -- Manuel Uribe, who once weighed a half ton but has slimmed down to about 700 pounds, celebrates his 43rd birthday on Wednesday with a simple wish for the coming year: to be able to stand on...
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A piece of Banksy's work was painted over by London council just a little while after it was first displayed, saying it was worth worthless graffiti. Some of Banksy's previous works have fetched up to a million...
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Labour have committed us to a level of debt that few can comprehend. The possibility that party officials and NEC members could also become personally liable for the debt are a real possibility..."Gordon Brown and...
Well most North Americans are at work on Wednesday afternoon, Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow will play host to the UEFA Champions League final. The Champions League is a compilation of the top teams from...
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Best Buy, the world's biggest electronics retailer, is set to take on Europe. They are paying $2.1 billion for half of Britain's Carphone Warehouse chain to break into the European consumer market."The deal...
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"El Paso, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working anti-terrorism operations at the Bridge of the Americas commercial cargo lot in El Paso discovered 3,343 pounds of marijuana in a sea container yesterday. The huge bales of pot were concealed in a false...
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Man Files Suit After Losing 100 Pounds in Jail, Not getting enough FoodThis guy might want to be spending time in the jails law library finding out how to defend himself on his murder charge rather than how to get...
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Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has admitted he 'ensnared' the Government into bidding for the 2012 Olympic Games."Last night in London, he told a mayoral hustings that the event was just a way of extracting...
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Very frightening to think what was averted in this case."An 18-year-old South Carolina student was in jail Sunday after he collected bomb-making supplies, including ammonium nitrate, in a plan to attack his high school, authorities said. Ryan Schallenberger was arrested...
Earth Day is coming up on April 22--hopefully this disturbing statistic will be on people's minds."WASHINGTON - The world's beaches and shores are anything but pristine. Volunteers scoured 33,000 miles of...
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As internet video gros in popularity and people anticipate it to be the main source for television viewing in a matter fo time, some are starting to question whether the internet, in its current form, can handle it."The internet could grind to a halt within two years under...
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Pay-per-view funerals will be launced across the UK today, allowing mouners to 'attend' funerals via the Internet when they cannot attend in person.The most famous funeral to be broadcast worldwide was Princess...
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An independent review of the laboratory at the source of last year's foot and mouth outbreak in the UK has concluded that the lab was 'shabby and dilapidated'. Also blamed for the outbreak of the disease is...
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"Are you at risk for creeping weight gain? Knowing is half the battle. 1. Diet. Regularly consuming too many calories, especially from high-fat foods and calorie-laden drinks.2. Physical inactivity. Inactive people are more likely to carry excess body fat.3. Genetics . If one...
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