…olice were alerted during the night when the alarm went off but that the thief, or thieves, had left the premises by the time police arrived. Dutch police said the robbery took place Tuesday at around 03:00 AM. Picasso’s Tete d’Arlequin Roland Ekkers from Rotterdam Police said: “The alarm system in the Kunsthal is supposed to be state of the art. We’ve got no reason to bel…
Oct 17 2012 | Posted in
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…ailed to quell a series of protests and attacks that killed at least 30 people and six US troops. The unnamed soldier, thought to be a staff sergeant, is reported to have walked off his base at around 03:00 a.m. local time, then made his way to the nearby villages of Alkozai and Najeeban. A local resident, Abdul Baqi, told the Associated Press news agency the soldier had apparently opened fire in…
As Whitney Houston’s drugs-ravaged body lay cold under a sheet in her suite at a Beverly Hills hotel, elsewhere in the building a Grammy Awards party was being thrown by her long-time mentor Clive Davis. Later, while guests including Britney Spears, Diana Ross, Jane Fonda and Sir Richard Branson were swanning out of the front entrance, Whitney Houston’s corpse was being hustled ignomi…
Dec 29 2012 | Posted in
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…ry) @RueDuCommerce Updates for 9/2: Rue Du Commerce is selling 1000 pieces (starting 9/7/2011 at 5AM UTC) As expected, we look forward to seeing you on September 7th on www.rueducommerce.fr at 07:00 (check out France Time here) On this occasion, we will sell this batch of tablets HP TouchPad on our site. Some practical information: – There will be 500 HP TouchPad 16 GB tablets for € 99 an…
President Barack Obama has unveiled a $3.77 trillion budget plan that includes new taxes on the wealthy along with cuts to benefit programmes. The White House is offering to cut pensions and healthcare costs, but only in return for $700 billion in new revenue. However, Barack Obama’s plan is viewed as having no chance of being fully enacted by the deadlocked Congress. Republican Senate leader Mit…
Bobby Brown was charged yesterday with three misdemeanors including DUI, two days after his afternoon arrest in suburban Los Angeles. Bobby Brown, 43, faces two DUI-related counts and another charge that he was driving on a suspended license, city attorney’s spokesman Frank Mateljan said. One of the counts alleges he had a blood alcohol level of more than 0.08%, which is the level at which…
Mar 29 2012 | Posted in
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Known and loved for its opulent and glamorous Christmas decor, Selfridges is once again basking in all its creative festive glory this winter as it has asked designers including Karl Lagerfeld and Henry Holland to create fashionable festive stockings. If you fancy adding some glamour to your fireplace this Christmas, there are also designs by Moschino Cheap & Chic, Maison Martin Margiela and…
Nov 22 2012 | Posted in
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The 85th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade took the streets of Manhattan in its spectacular style in front of 3 million spectators who watched the fourteen giant helium balloons, including Buzz Lightyear and SpongeBob SquarePants. The US biggest singing stars also came to Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2011 to entertain the crowds, including award-winning singers Cee Lo Green, Mar…
American transportation safety regulators want to ban the use of mobile devices while driving, going so far as to say they should never be used in cars unless in case of emergency. The National Transportation Board said Tuesday that states should ban all driver use of cell phones and other portable electronic devices, even including hands-free devices. NTSB made the radical recommendation followi…
Dec 13 2011 | Posted in
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Ohio police shot 48 exotic animals, including 18 rare Bengal tigers and 17 lions, on Wednesday after Terry Thompson, owner of Muskingum County Animal Farm in Zanesville threw their cages open and committed suicide. 48 animals were killed after an all-night hunt that extended into Wednesday afternoon. Six others – three leopards, a grizzly bear and two monkeys – were captured and taken…
Pikaia gracilens, a two-inch-long worm-like sea creature, is the earliest-known animal to have the beginnings of a backbone, according to Cambridge University scientists. This makes Pikaia gracilens, which evolved more than 500 million years ago, a precursor of modern vertebrates, including humans. The latest study resolves a debate about whether it is the first member of the chordate family. Cho…
Kylie Jenner continued to flaunt her privileged lifestyle by posting Instagram snaps of the two expensive-looking Céline luggage-mini purses she received under the Kardashian Christmas tree. The 15-year-old reality starlet was clearly enamored, tweeting two shots of the black purse and a smaller grey-and-brown handbag from the French luxury house, which retail upwards of $3,000. “So Mean Céline,”…
Dec 26 2012 | Posted in
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Reddit has issued a public apology for its coverage of the Boston bombings. Reddit’s Find Boston Bombers thread – known as a subreddit – named specific people standing near the scene as suspects. The social news site included innocent people such as 17-year-old Salah Barhoun and missing 22-year-old Sunil Tripathi. Reddit has admitted that it helped to fuel “online witch hunts…
Taylor Swift snagged not one but eight statues at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards stage in Las Vegas on Sunday night. The awards included Top Female Artist and Top Billboard 200 Artist. Additionally, Taylor Swift won Top Digital Songs Artist, Top Country Artist, Top Country Song for We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, and Top Country Album for Red. During one of her acceptance speeches, 23-y…
May 20 2013 | Posted in
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While many use the Black Friday sales as an opportunity to get big-ticket items at a bargain price, the style set knows that it is also the perfect chance to bag new season stock at a serious markdown. And fashion retailers are well aware, with some opening as early as 8:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day so that fans can make the most of the holiday discounts. This year, sartorially-inclined shoppers w…
Nov 21 2012 | Posted in
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Nineteen people have been wounded after three gunmen opened fire at New Orleans Mother’s Day parade, police says. The victims included two children, a 10-year-old girl and a boy, who were grazed by bullets. Ten men and seven women are among those wounded. Police say most injuries are not life-threatening, It is unclear what sparked the shooting in the city’s 7th Ward on Sunday afternoon. Po…
An extraordinary collection of items belonging to Greta Garbo is to go under the hammer at Julien’s Auctions in December. It is not only designer clothes and shoes worn by the classic film star who dazzled on screen between the 1920s and 1940s that are up for grabs. A multitude of more obscure items – including a huge inflatable brightly colored plastic snowman, a vintage waffle iron,…
Starbucks is set to unveil a new line of baked goods that will include yoghurt muffins, loaf cakes and even spinach croissants. The coffee giant is hoping to expand its range of food items, which are purchased by one in three customers and generates around $1.5 billion a year in revenue. Nine stores in San Francisco will trial the products with a view to rolling them out nationally, although ther…
Oct 8 2012 | Posted in
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An arsonist struck across Hollywood on Friday early in the morning, torching vehicles and setting homes ablaze in 19 separate fires over a four-hour period. Firemen in Los Angeles, California, were scrambling to put out the fires that lit up parked cars and then spread to nearby homes and flats. Dozens of Hollywood residents were forced out of their homes and power was disrupted in several neighb…
The town of Rocklin in California is proposing to ban smoking outside, even for residents lighting up on their own property. Smoking is already banned indoors in public places in most of the country, and in California it is illegal to smoke in parks and playgrounds too. The town of Rocklin, near Sacramento, could take the draconian regulations further by extending them to private property as well…
Feb 25 2012 | Posted in
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Jon Lord, the former keyboard player with heavy rock band Deep Purple, has died from pancreatic cancer at 71. Jon Lord co-founded Deep Purple in 1968 and co-wrote many of the group’s songs including Smoke On The Water. He also played with bands including Whitesnake. He had been receiving treatment for pancreatic cancer since last August. He died at the London Clinic on Monday, surrounded by…
Jul 16 2012 | Posted in
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Samsung announces it will appeal against the US court ruling that the firm stole designs from Apple to make smartphones and computer tablets. The jury in San Jose, California ordered Samsung to pay Apple $1.05 billion in damages. In response, Samsung accused Apple of using US patent laws to try to dominate the smartphone market. Analysts say the ruling is one of the most significant in a global b…
A US court has ruled that Samsung should pay Apple $1.05 billion in damages in an intellectual property lawsuit. It said several of Samsung’s devices had infringed iPhone-maker Apple’s software and design patents. The jury rejected Samsung’s claims that several of its patents had been breached and awarded it no damages. Apple may seek an import ban of some of its rival’s p…
Thousands of UK border staff (Home Office) will strike the day before London Olympics open, the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union has said. PCS members will strike for 24 hours next Thursday – when many thousands of visitors are due to arrive in the UK. Home Secretary Theresa May said the action was “shameful” as it threatens disruption to people travelling to London fo…
A new research reveals your long-lasting bright lipstick could contain a host of chemicals that may seriously harm your health. Concerns are growing about links to muscle problems, hormone disruption and poisoning by heavy metals, as well as raised risks of allergies and even a form of arthritis. Among the substances sparking alarm are chemicals such as parabens, methacrylate, lead and cadmium. T…
