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And who says public defenders don’t have a sense of humour? As part of a defence of a loud and obnoxious schoolkid, this guy submitted a history of “fuck” to the court, complete with...

Apparently the US Army in Iraq is now resorting to kidnapping civilians and using the implied threat of violence against them to capture Iraqi suspects. Is this flagrant violation of Iraqi civilians’ human rights...

So they are spinning off Joey from Friends. Good luck with that. I expect it to be as successful as Joanie Loves Chachi. Could Matt LeBlanc be the new Tony Danza?

THE final parallel with 1929 is a more general one; it has broadly to do with tax reduction and investment incentives. In the Coolidge years, as noted, Andrew Mellon reduced taxes on the affluent....

How have I missed this show? Spectator surgery! The before and after photos also detail the rather scary amount od dodgy cosmetic surgery inflicted on these people. Auditions in SF in two days!

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz warned foreigners Monday not to interfere in Iraq … “I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq,” said Wolfowitz, who is touring the...

I read this thread on Plastic, about how a secret memo shows that IBM are planning to move huge quantities of their best jobs out of the US and into India over the next...

Amnesty has collected a “tip of the iceberg” swathe of complaints concerning Pentagon troops’ human rights abuses in Iraq. The allegations include the shooting of a 12-year-old boy during house-to-house searches by US troops,...

A vegetarian diet high in soluble fibre and low in saturated fats can lower bad cholesterol as effectively as some commonly prescribed drugs, a new study found … a diet heavy in okra, eggplant,...

Saddam Hussein’s teenage grandson Mustapha may have been the last man standing after U.S. troops launched a missile barrage on a house where he had holed up with his father and uncle. Three adults...