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Times foreign editor Richard Beeston dies of cancer

Anne — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:07 +0000

Foreign correspondent and editor of 30 years standing witnessed events in earth’s troublespots from Chechnya to HalabjaRichard Beeston, foreign correspondent and later foreign editor of The Times, has died of cancer aged 50.Known as “Rick”, Beeston spent 30 years reporting from troublespots across the globe, beginning his foreign correspondent career aged 21 covering South Africa [...]

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‘Breaking Amish: Brave New World’ Cast Doesn’t Know Anything About Washington DC (VIDEO)

Anne — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:40:06 +0000

The gang revealed that they didn’t know a abundance about the nation they lived in on the latest episode of “Breaking Amish: Courageous Fresh Earth.” When they reached Washington DC on their road trip to Florida, they were unimpressed with most of what they saw.Sabrina compared the White House to a dollhouse. “Really? The President [...]

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Yahoo in rumoured $1.1bn bid to buy white-hot Tumblr

Anne — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:20:06 +0000

Reports claim board has approved go to acquire blogging platform site that could catapult Yahoo back into top flight web firmsMarissa Mayer, the former Google executive who is immediately in charge of Yahoo, is poised to constitute yet another nothing-to-riches tale in the web industry with the $1.1bn (£720m) acquisition of the blogging site Tumblr.Mayer [...]

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Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul Push For Hemp Legalization In Senate Fight

Anne — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:00:06 +0000

WASHINGTON — Kentucky’s two senators, Republicans Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell, have been working to comprehend a provision that would legalize industrial hemp into the farm bill, according to Senate and Kentucky sources, an effort that is likely to result in a floor ballot on the issue this week. Paul and McConnell had hoped to [...]

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Climate change: human disaster looms, claims new research

Anne — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:40:09 +0000

Forecast global temperature rise of 4C a calamity for large swaths of planet much if predicted extremes are not reachedSome of the most extreme predictions of global warming are unlikely to materialise, fresh scientific research has suggested, however the earth is still likely to be in for a temperature rise of double that regarded as [...]

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‘Mad Men’: Don Flashes Back To His Uncomfortable First Time (VIDEO)

Anne — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:20:09 +0000

This week’s episode of “Mad Men” took place over a extended — and yet moving quicker than Don realized — weekend. The gang was struggling to come up with a pitch that their huge shiny fresh client Chevrolet would like, and they all took some sort of vitamin-enhanced secret stimulant to keep them going. What [...]

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Pete Santilli, Radio Host: Hillary Clinton Needs To Be ‘Shot In The Vagina’

Anne — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:09 +0000

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Bacon Bacon On ‘SNL’: ‘Weekend Update’ Parodies San Francisco Controversy (VIDEO)

Anne — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:40:06 +0000

As you may recall, Cole Valley residents were part relieved, part enraged when the cult-followed Bacon Bacon restaurant was forced to shut down Friday after complaints about its potent smell.Turns outside it isn’t just fanatic locals who attention. The news made it all the path to SNL, with Amy Poehler making a crack about pork [...]

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Tory co-chairman Feldman to face meeting over ‘swivel-eyed loons’ claim

Anne — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:20:08 +0000

Party board’s involvement likely to dismay No 10, which has spent weekend rubbishing reports in Times and Daily TelegraphLord Feldman, the Conservative co-chairman, is to be challenged at a meeting of the party board on Monday over allegations that he made disparaging remarks about Tory grassroots activists.As the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, led a cabinet [...]

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Justin Bieber Booed At Billboard Music Awards, Claims He’s An Artist (VIDEO)

Anne — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:00:07 +0000

Justin Bieber was booed at the Billboard Music Awards, despite winning two awards and performing twice. The “Beauty and the Beat” singer was accepting the Milestone Award when the crowd seemed to erupt in boos. Looking a bit confused, Bieber went on to assert that he thinks only the “craft” and his music should be [...]

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