While not exactly breaking news, I ran into this story (word for word and un credited) as news in a local publication, and went looking for further information and substantiation on the internet. "In his first...
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As Andrew Motion comes to the end of his term as Poet Laureate it appears hotly tipped Manchester based Carol Anne Duffy will step into his shoes. " Carol Ann Duffy is to be named as the new Poet Laureate, the first woman to be appointed in the 341-year history of the post. ...
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While Internet is abuzz with year-end lists of the best movies of 2008 (check NP’s own here), movie theatres have to continue inventing new ways to enhance their customers’ movie-watching experience. A movie...
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President Elect Obama provided short Biographies of his economic team on his transition website today. "Chicago -- President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden officially announced key...
Who's who on Obama's new team Since winning the US presidential election, Barack Obama has wasted little time assembling a team to help him govern. The BBC News website has put together...
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Gangster wanna be's just love pitbulls and anything else that makes them look tough. But when pitbulls attack postal workers, expect not to drop the soap. Jail is a dog bite away! Cheack it out."October 18, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports by...
A former Mr. Gay UK who cooked and ate a lover has been sentenced today to life behind bars. The man had won the London contest in 1993. "A chef who stabbed his lover to death before cutting flesh off his thigh and cooking and eating it has been jailed. Anthony Morley, 36,...
"GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (CNN) -- Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin took questions with her running mate Wednesday night, offering at one point to play "stump the candidate" with a mostly friendly Michigan crowd. ...
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"McCain economic policy shaped by lobbyistSwiss bank paid McCain co-chair to push agenda on U.S. mortgage crisisTimothy A. Clary / AFP - Getty Images fileRepublican Presidential candidate U.S. Senator John McCain...
" Celebrity chef Antonio Carluccio, is now recovering after the incident Italian TV chef Antonio Carluccio was rushed to hospital after stabbing himself in the chest with a kitchen knife.Doctors feared the blade may have penetrated a lung and took him into intensive care on...
Opinion Barry Artiste Certainly this Canadian Fighter Pilot put his gunsights where his mouth is. If Canadian youth want to do something with their life, instead of directing their energy on negativity, dedicate...
Some UN staffer involved in Congo mission are reportedly missing after their small plane disappeared on the way to Congo."A small plane believed to be carrying United Nations staffers did not land as scheduled on Monday in the Democratic Republic of Congo and officials were...
French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner said today that the EU is considering sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Georgia. As Russia faces growing isolation from the West, Russian president Dmitri...
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"Approximately 180 men who were fleeing from the Hamas, some of whom had been armed, were allowed entry into Israel on Saturday night. The decision was made by the political echelon on the basis of humanitarian grounds. Twenty two of the men were injured and were...
It is a centuries-old tradition for Nepal to have a young girl serve as the Kumari, the virgin "living goddess", and the search for a candidate to replace the current Kumari has already begun. Religious...
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