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Barack Obama looks to Kennedy family
The Kennedy family is set to play a part in Barack Obama's White House administration. The Daily Telegraph claims the President-elect may enlist the services of not one but two members of
the clan. JFK's daughter Caroline Kennedy (pictured), it reports, is a contender for the post of US Ambassador... [continued]
Opinion: America is eager to stand tall once again 
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Rahm Emanuel joins Obama administration
Author Michael Crichton dies aged 66
Michael Crichton (pictured), the author responsible for the book Jurassic Park, has died in Los Angeles following a "courageous and private battle against cancer" aged 66. Crichton, who was born in Chicago in 1942, was also responsible for creating the long-running US hospital drama ER, which once starred George... [continued]
Does Palin want senate seat in advance of 2012 presidential race?
The world has not seen the last of Sarah Palin (pictured back in Alaska today). Many US commentators believe that the defeated Republican vice presidential candidate will
make a bid for the presidency in 2012, and to firm up this plan she will first try to upgrade herself from... [continued]
Opinion: America is eager to stand tall once again
Sarah Palin’s expensive tastes revealed
Larry Flynt’s ‘Palin’ porno film released
Tina Fey cashes in on Sarah Palin
The Queen baffled by financial crisis
The Queen, who is said to have had £25m wiped off her personal fortune by the current financial crisis, is clearly a worried woman. On Wednesday, while opening a new building at the London School of Economics, she decided to tap the experts and find out how the meltdown... [continued]
David Cameron portrait put on hold
Jonathan Yeo, the painter son of former Tory cabinet minister Tim Yeo, is having difficulty with his latest commission, an official portrait of the
Conservative leader David Cameron (pictured). The problem, according to the Daily Telegraph, is that Yeo can't quite capture the sitter's personality. Says a source
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Infamous Bullingdon Club photo resurfaces to haunt Tories
In brief: effigy of Ross and Brand to be burnt on bonfire
An effigy of the broadcasters Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand, 25ft high and made of papier mache, is to be burned on a bonfire in Edenbridge, Kent, on Saturday. The
effigy, which shows Ross in one of his trademark garish suits holding a dog with the head... [continued]
What BBC ban means to Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Ross spends £40,000 on a bath
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DG flips at Jack Straw comment
Having endured a barrage of heavy fire over the so-called "Manuelgate" affair, which saw the resignation of Russell Brand the suspension of Jonathan Ross, the nerves
of Mark Thompson (pictured), the BBC's director-general, are understandably a little frayed. So when he heard that Justice Secretary Jack Straw had
criticised him... [continued]
Peregine Worsthorne: Ross & Brand’s sadism isn’t public service broadcasting
