Our papers are full of stories about how bad teenagers are. The truth is most of them don't do drugs, don't get pregnant, are not habitually drunk or binge drinking, don't smoke cigarettes never mind weed, yet still...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Pub lic ContributorSociety has certainly opened a can of worms when a 12 year old how doesn't like the house rules sues her Dad over not being allowed on a school trip. Why? Well she...
I visited Gibraltar when I was about 7. The only thing I remember from the visit is the apes. Gibraltar is famous for their apes. There is a theory that if the apes were to ever leave Gibraltar, then the territory...
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President George Bush did make a statement on the Iraq war today, but it was not the statement many wanted to hear.He will leave the Iraq war as his legacy to his successor when he does step down."President George W....
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"A nude portrait of the French first lady, Carla Bruni, is to go up for auction at Christie's next month.
The photograph was taken more than a decade ago when the now wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy was working as a model.
The gelatin silver print by photographer...
"British officials are set to question Facebook over its data retention methods after a user complained that personal information remained on its severs after he deactivated his account.
Facebook's current system still retains some data even after an account is deleted. So...
"A head teacher today defended a decision to hold a funeral in her school while children were in lessons.
A service at the Samworth Enterprise Academy on Friday is believed to be the first time a funeral in England has been held in a school.
Some parents said it was upsetting...
The ultimate in prison status, your own Aston Martin car. An 8X10 cell, three square meals a day, a TV, games and all expenses paid by the taxpayers."A Derbyshire politician has spoken out in Parliament against a...
"France calls for new Iraq prime minister
By Peter Allen in Paris
Last Updated: 1:16am BST 27/08/2007
France's foreign minister risked fracturing his country's new relationship with America yesterday, by calling for...
This is the best f*cked-up celebrity quote I've read in my life. From Amy, who's currently battling heroin and crack addiction:""Blake is the best man in the world. We would never ever harm each other... I was...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWell this story is certainly worthy of mention on the Health and the Australian Deli Food channel. National Post TORONTO - A fundamentalist Pakistani...
Andrew Bogut spoke out in a Sydney Morning Herald newspaper feature by David Sygall on his perception of the state of America and it black NBA mirror. I included Bogut’s words and my opinion of them in a Friday collection of sports briefs.
People got – angry. They went...
You can bring a book to a fine beach... or sip chicory coffee over a new chapter before work or school. "The number of visitors to the Cape Town Book Fair doubled in its second year, the fair organisers said at the...
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"New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and radio personality Jay Diamond are right to wonder why Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney got away with rewriting a key chapter of the Iraq War history without political reporters raising a peep.
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"With the 2008 US presidential election still more than 17 months away, and primaries not scheduled until next year, a “money primary” is well under way to separate the “serious” candidates—those with the most support from corporate America—from the rest.
Largely...