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Taylor Swift dominates Billboard Music Awards
Taylor Swift is red hot. The singer, who is nominated for 11 Billboard Music Awards, was the show's early leader with six wins, including top country artist, country song for "We Are Never Getting Back Together" and country album for "Red." She topped it off with a colorful performance of her hit "22" - starting backstage and working her way to the main stage ...
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China asks North Korea to release fishing boat crew
Chinese fishing boat whose owner publicized the plight of its 16 crew in an online account saying they were seized by gun-wielding North Koreans earlier this month and held for ransom. Yu Xuejun, who wasn't aboard the boat, wrote on his microblog late Saturday that North Koreans seized his boat on May 5 in what he says were Chinese waters and that they demanded a 600,000 yuan ($100,000) ...
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An Emotional Swing for Wigan Athletic
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Britains benefits ghettos Report reveals growing number of estates where half those of working age are dependent on handouts
It would mean nearly one in five children are growing up in a workless household – the second highest in Europe after Macedonia where it is nearly one in ...
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The forgotten carers battling to cope alone Almost two million are missing out on vital support because they do not consider themselves carers
As many as 1.75million of the 6.5million Britons who have responsibilities for looking after loved ones do not consider themselves as carers, says a ...
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Ally Swinton I was thinking This is really it. I am going off a cliff. I am going to die Miracle survivor of 2000ft avalanche fall speaks of his terrifying experience
'I was thinking: This is really it. I am going off a cliff. I am going to die': Miracle survivor of 2,000ft avalanche fall reveals terrifying moment he was forced to SWIM to safety through ...
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UK weather No signs of summer as forecasters predict marble-sized hail and thunderstorms for this week
While the rest of the week is expected to be fairly dry, even the hardiest of souls would struggle to sunbathe, with temperatures set to dip to low double figures, cooler than the average for this time of ...
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Ground control to Major Tim... Army pilot will be the first British astronaut to go into space for 20 years
The married father of two, who was born in Chichester, West Sussex, will take part in spacewalks and complex scientific research and experiments in the Columbus laboratory module, which is attached to the front of the 400-ton space ...
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Man killed and four people injured after Newark house is set alight by gas explosion
A man was killed and four other people were injured last night in a gas explosion which destroyed a terraced house - with one person still missing in the early hours of this morning, police ...
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MELANIE PHILLIPS The more abuse Mr Gove gets from the teachers the more you know hes right
Sometimes, you can gauge someone’s quality from the enemies they make. By that standard, the embattled Education Secretary, Michael Gove, is a person of the highest ...
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Lord Feldman A chance encounter in the Blue Boar - and a torrent of threats from No. 10
With its soft lighting, sumptuous sofas and leather-seated booths offering discreet hospitality, the Blue Boar Smokehouse – a short stroll from Parliament – is popular with MPs and ...
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British businessman has his prostate removed over cancer risk from Jolie gene
Last week Angelina Jolie revealed that she had had a double mastectomy after discovering that the BRCA1 gene gave her an 87 per cent risk of developing breast ...
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Facebook study Lives of Mr and Mrs Average charted online show how women discuss TV at 44 and men lose interest in their careers at 30
While women tend to take exercise seriously from the age of 34, for example, the average man waits until his 45th birthday before working hard to get in ...
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Vitamin D helps beat symptoms of asthma Supplements could soon be used as treatment alongside other drugs
A new study found the ‘sunshine’ vitamin resulted in lower levels of a natural chemical in the body that aggravates symptoms in asthma patients and cuts the effectiveness of ...
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Meltdown on gay marriage Cameron faces humiliating Commons defeat as Tory MPs prepare to back amendment which could delay weddings until after the next election
At least 100 Tory MPs are expected to join forces with Labour and the Lib Dems to back an amendment allowing heterosexual couples to have civil partnerships ...
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How three in four pharmacies give poor drugs advice Patients health is being put at risk
Which? sent trained undercover mystery shoppers into 122 pharmacies across the UK and an expert panel of three experienced pharmacists rated the advice they ...
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The day I was almost killed by a rampaging herd of cows by DAVID BLUNKETT
The death last week of retired university professor Michael Porter while walking with two dogs through a field of cows is a terrible reminder of just how dangerous these placid-looking beasts can ...
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Police take DNA of 27 primary children a week
Frances Crook, the league’s chief executive, said most children were ‘just up to mischief’ and it was wrong to treat them like hardened ...
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Sir Mervyn King says George Osbornes plan to help housebuyers could cause another crash
The outgoing Bank of England governor said George Osborne’s Help to Buy scheme was ‘too close for comfort’ and could damage the mortgage market if allowed to continue for too ...
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The invisible beauty of flowers Images of petals leaves and pollen captured by electron microscope
Japanese artist Susumu Nishinaga uses a scanning electron microscope to delve into the fabric of petals, leaves and pollen, creating a stunning collection of plants from sunflowers to ...
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Divorced British father admits slitting throats of his son 10 and daughter 5 after being allowed to spend time with them for first time since bitter custody battle
A British father yesterday admitted cutting the throats of his two young children after being allowed to spend time alone with them for the first time since his bitter divorce from their French ...
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Definitely not a rubbish send-off Grandfather-of-four buried in skip-shaped coffin after lifetime of working on building sites
Grandfather-of-four Tony Bryan, 74, asked that the unusual casket be taken on a tour of his home town on the back of his work lorry before being buried in his back ...
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Customers charged twice for items because contactless cards were activated from their pockets
They say money was taken from their contactless payment cards – even when they did not try to use them – at stores including Marks & ...
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Over 55s smile the most People in that age group are happier than anyone else
Researchers found that those over 55 smile more than other age group, indicating that life gets better as we near retirement and start to put work stresses behind ...
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Tories expect UKIP to win first place in EU elections PM running scared says Howe
David Cameron expects the UK Independence Party to win next year’s European Parliament elections despite his pledge to hold an in/out referendum on ...
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Macau economy punches way above its weight
Macau’s economy is set for a continued period of rapid growth over the next decade as Asia tops the charts in terms of revenue gained through gaming industries, but there is more to our little city-state than just casinos and hotels.
Macau is the Monaco of Asia. Although legally part of the Peoples Republic of China, this small little territory, just 29 kilometers squared and one of the most densely populated in the world, exists under the ‘one country, two systems’ policy of the Chinese government and therefore has its own internal legal system and political makeup. It is this which has enabled Macau, a tiny city-state with no natural resources, to develop one of the highest GDPs per capita in Asia, after Singapore. Read more
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