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michael jackson | death | thriller | tribute | jackson's
Michael Jackson: the man ...
Boris Johnson
“…and Gordon Brown will probably moonwalk into Prime Minister’s questions.”
To understand the cult and martyrdom of Michael Jackson, we need to go back to Thriller, the...
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iphone | biggest alarm | alarm clock | loizeau | 3gs
Weekly Gadgets Roundup – ...
Geeky Gadgets
It is the end of another week here at Geeky Gadgets, we have seen lots of cool new gadgets and gizmo’s, so it is time for our weekly roundup of the most popular posts.
My personal favourites this week were the DIY LED goggles and the new HTC Hero An...
mrs slocombe | mollie sugden | pussy | karl malden | being served
Mollie Sugden: her career...
The Guardian World News
Best known for her portrayal of Mrs Slocombe in Are You Being Served?, Mollie Sugden's comic talent lives on in these YouTube clipsThe death of Mollie Sugden at 86 after a long illness will sadden everyone of a certain age who remembers her 1970s bl...
swine flu | virus | flu parties | throwing swine | public health
Scottish man dies from sw...
The Guardian World News
73-year-old man from Glasgow, who had been in intensive care for 15 days, is second Briton to die from swine flu virusAn elderly man from the Glasgow area has become the second Briton to die from swine flu.The 73-year-old, who had other very serious...
transfer | manchester united | summer | eto'o | melo
Man City make £25.5m bid ...
The Guardian World News
• Samuel Eto'o has been offered a £180,000-a-week deal• City's summer transfer spending is set to hit £200mManchester City have made a formal £25.5m bid for the Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o and put together a "stratospheric offer" to make him the ...
east coast | national express | rail | public ownership | coast main
GREENS WELCOME PUBLIC OWN...
Rupert's Read
The Green Party is today welcoming the Government's move to bring back into public ownership the East Coast mainline, from National Express, but is repeating its call for the full re-nationalisation of the railways.Whilst the Government has today an...
climate change | fighting climate | carbon emissions | either heat | sweden pushes
Jury retires in Drax prot...
The Guardian World News
Final statement from the 22 defendants asked jury to 'look beyond the confines of this court' and 'make a judgment based not just on law, but on justice'The jury considering the case of the hijacking of a coal train by climate campaigners retired to...
andy murray | wimbledon | tennis | cdiscount | match
Murray insists he can han...
The Guardian World News
• Murray in peak condition for semi-final after quick win• Roddick stands in way of world No3's shot at historyAfter swatting aside "The Mosquito" in straight sets, Andy Murray predicted the speed of his victory over Juan Carlos Ferrero would give ...
june 2009 | mark reckons | top 30 | jennie rigg | wikio rankings
June Statporn
Iain Dale's Diary
June was the second best month for traffic with 131, 137 absolute unique visitors, compared with 142,079 in May. Page views have doubled since January with more than 1 million in June.Year on Year Absolute Unique Visitors +68%1 July 2008-30 June 200...
pirate bay | global gaming | gaming factory | swedish software | sharing
Pirate Bay To Become Lega...
BAD IDEA magazine
Copyright aggravators and internet underdogs The Pirate Bay announced yesterday that they’ll be selling the site to games and internet café owners Global Gaming Network for about £4.7million - given that it’s in the top 100 most visited ...
question time | missing cat | jackie ellery | tango | cat appears
Missing cat appears on BB...
Nothing To Do With Arbroa...
A cat owner only realised her ginger Tom was missing when a friend rang to say she had just seen him - live on television. Tango appeared on screen on BBC1's Question Time as David Dimbleby, politicians and pundits discussed topics as diverse as the...
post office | those blindfolds | office sell | search results | even rework
Clear evidence of UK Bran...
Search Engine War
It seems a while ago now when we were discussing 'brands' ranking higher in search results in US. The same has now being applied in the UK with a recent Google update effectively boosting the rankings of big brands in the UK search results. Google.c...
train robber | ronnie biggs | robber ronnie | parole | great train
Straw urged to review Big...
The Guardian World News
Son says 79-year-old 'represents no threat to society' after justice secretary vetoes parole board to keep great train robber in jailThe family of the great train robber Ronnie Biggs today urged the justice secretary, Jack Straw, to reconsider a dec...
20p coins | date | royal mint | thousands 20p | london mint
Royal Mint blunder makes ...
Odd News | newslite.tv
An error by the Royal Mint has left tens of thousands of 20p coins are actually worth over £50 each.The rare blunder has seen many coins produced this year which do not have the date stamped on them.Experts now say this makes them worth at least £50...
veg | shaped fruit | eu | rules | bendy cucumbers
Wonky fruit and veg back ...
BitterWallet
Ooh, crikey!
2009 is all going right for Esther Rantzen. First, she stepped up to volunteer herself as a sleaze-free independent prospective MP for Luton, railing against the expenses scandal in the House Of Commons. It led to a disturbing performan...
england | germany | stuart pearce | final | sweden u21
Stuart Pearce urges team ...
The Guardian World News
• England Under-21 players not celebrating semi-final victory• PFA chief bemoans youngsters' lack of first-team chancesThe England Under-21 coach, Stuart Pearce, is relishing his first international final and has urged his youngsters to show "guts" ...
quarterly decline | second quarter | ons | economy contracted | uk economy
House prices rise in June
The Guardian World News
Nationwide reports positive three-monthly trend in house prices for first time since December 2007 driven by a shortage of supplyHouse prices rose by 0.9% in June as demand for homes continued to outstrip the number coming on to the market, Nationwi...
bernard madoff | 150 years | fraud | wife ruth | prison
Madoff given 150 years in...
The Guardian World News
In a sign of the anger that the fraud has stirred, US marshals were positioned behind Madoff, who was dressed in a dark suit and white shirt, in court as a protective measureThe disgraced financier Bernie Madoff has been sentenced to the maximum 150...
white house | obama administration | according | obama’s press | liberal huffington
Obama stumbling? The hell...
The Guardian World News
On Iran, gay marriage and the economy, the president is taking flak. But critics ignore the profound changes he is deliveringIt's a handy rule of thumb in Washington: a president's fortunes can be divined by the way the White House press corps treat...
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Megan Fox Draws Jimmy
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parents unruly | unruly pupils | ed balls | policy announcement | under plans
Power to the parents and ...
Conor's Commentary
I'm enjoying the French sunshine this week, so readers will have been spared listening to me on Today or WATO (and for the benefit of BBC researchers, I'm still on holiday). But I thought I would share a few reflections on today's schools white pape...
personal tutors | mr balls | education system | question—why | known world—what
Gordon Brown + Ed Balls =...
The Devil's Kitchen
Seriously, is Gordon Brown living in some kind of fucking fantasy world?Gordon Brown is to reject warnings about the scale of the public debt and press on with high levels of spending through the recession, according to the Prime Minister's closest ...
parliamentary standards | standards bill | mps | parliament | rushed
Not content with bringing...
The Devil's Kitchen
So, the dust has settled on the expenses affair and our elected representatives have been found sorely lacking. MPs have raped and pillaged the expenses system, using our money not only to fund their lavish lifestyles but also to exempt themselves f...
scottish devolution | scottish parliament | anniversary scottish | holyrood parliament | 10th anniversary
Ten years of Scottish dev...
Scottish Unionist
Notwithstanding my light blogging, the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Scottish Parliament warrants acknowledgement, and these remarks strike me as particularly insightful and apposite:HM The Queen, addressing MSPs: “Over this last decade me...
lisbon treaty | treaty germany's | eu | german law | highest court
Where Catalonia leads ...
EU Referendum
An interesting piece and somewhat alarming piece in The Sunday Telegraph pulls together the rarely discussed issue of the EU regional policy, noting that various European separatist movements are set to welcome the expected ratification of the const...
taliban | welsh guards | helmand | soldier | troops
US begins major Afghan of...
The Guardian World News
Military aims to clear insurgents from Helmand River valley before Afghan presidential elections on 20 AugustThousands of US marines and hundreds of Afghan troops moved into Taliban-dominated villages in southern Afghanistan today in the first major...
charger | chargers | usb | mobile phones | mobile phone
Europe Gets 90% of Mobile...
GadgetyNews.com
The European Commission has announced that 10 mobile phone producers, which goes to represent some 90 percent of the mobile phone market in the EU, have signed an agreement to use standardised chargers for mobile phones using a micro-USB connec...
iranian | embassy staff | election iran's | leader mir | iran's powerful
Britain demands releaseof...
The Guardian World News
Foreign secretary calls detention of Tehran officials for alleged role in post-election unrest 'unacceptable harassment'David Miliband, the foreign secretary, has angrily refuted allegations that Iranian employees of the British embassy in Tehran pl...
honduran president | manuel zelaya | honduras | removal honduran | constitutional referendum
Honduras president arrest...
The Guardian World News
Manuel Zelaya sent into exile ahead of opposed constitutional referendum as protesters surround disarmed palaceMore than a dozen soldiers have arrested Manuel Zelaya, the Honduran president, and disarmed his security guards after surrounding his res...