"A mother mistakenly branded a violent junkie must have her fingerprints checked against every unsolved crime in Britain to clear her name. Amanda Hodgson had a routine criminal record check for a job looking after youngsters during breaktimes at her children's school....
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"Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers has admitted that a laptop containing financial and personal details of thousands of staff, suppliers and contributors has been stolen. After months of criticising...
Back in the early 1970's I lived near the first world headquarters of Scientology, near East Grinstead, Sussex England, which is about 60 miles SW from London. The place is called Saint Hill, an English manor built...
"Viva Coldplay Published: 14 Jun 2008 CHRIS MARTIN compared the Coldplay live comeback to a pre-season friendly last night. The singer told the crowd of friends and family at London’s Wembley Arena that getting back on stage was like a trip to the...
"Staff at two "safari parks" a few hours from the capital Beijing offered to sell undercover investigators wine made from the crushed bones of tigers that died in captivity at the sanctuaries.The wine, which it is...
The RAF Nimrod fleet, originally built in the 70's by the British air force, was never flightworthy in the first place, says a new report by the coroner investigating the latest crash. The age of the aircraft,...
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Actor Dennis Farina apologized in a statement today for his arrest last Sunday at LA Intl Airport. He was arrested for carrying a concealed and unregistered weapon in his luggage.""I apologize to anyone and...
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The EU Parliament will call on European leaders to boycott the Olympics today. German chancellor Angela Merkel has already said she will not attend, and UK prime minister Gordon Brown announced today he will boycott...
If you consider yourself to be up to date with the latest gossip from Hollywood and not only, you must have heard of Perez Hilton and / or admire his work. Characterized by some as a blogging bitch-genius, his page is the one to check out for all sorts of embarrassing videos...
"I have been seeing this woman, and we've been getting along very well. But one night recently we happened to stumble into a karaoke bar. She's a good singer, but when she got on stage she totally choked. It was embarrassing, humiliating."
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCanada's Liberal Leader Stephane Dion "Going where every politician has gone before him" must be saying to himself " It's winter, Eastern Canada is a frozen...
And neo-conservatives and other right-wing adherents wonder aloud why they feel picked on by the left? Perhaps its because of stupid comments like this by one of their own. After Oprah of all people being...
US District Judge Ann Aiken ruled Wednesday against two provisions of the Patriot Act, striking another blow against the draconian post 911 legislation on Constitutional grounds. In her ruling admonishing the...
"Labour on Tuesday avoided an embarrassing row with unions after ministers agreed to use EU procurement rules to provide more public contracts for more than 2,000 disabled workers threatened by redundancy.
Peter Hain, work and pensions secretary, told conference that...
"Electronic tagging of children to stop them committing crimes has proved an expensive and largely ineffective tool, according to the first independent study of the controversial scheme.
The evaluation of the £12m pilot will prove embarrassing for former first minister Jack...