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OJ Simpson finally goes to jail
O.J Simpson was finally in jail last night, sentenced in Las Vegas to a term of nine to 33 years for armed robbery. The American Football star known as 'the Juice' was led away to the cells in
handcuffs 13 years after he was notoriously acquitted of double... [continued]
OJ Simpson: another problem with the law 
In pictures: OJ back in handcuffs
Judith Regan: if she did it
Terry Wogan stands down from Eurovision
Sir Terry Wogan (pictured), the veteran Irish broadcaster, has decided to end his 35-year reign as BBC commentator on the Eurovision Song Contest. The writing had been on
the wall. After this year's competition, held in Belgrade, Wogan accused the Easter European countries of bloc-voting against the British singer Andy... [continued]
People: Wogan fed up with Eurovision
Congresswoman hangs up on Obama
Not everyone is convinced by Barack Obama, it seems. The other day Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican congresswoman, received a call from the President-elect
(pictured) congratulating her on her re-election, but after listening to him rattle away for about a minute she cut him off, saying: "I'm sorry, but I think... [continued]
People: Barack Obama portraits a hit at the Basel Miami Beach art fair
People: Obama fights to keep his BlackBerry
Who is smearing Rupert Murdoch’s wife Wendi with claims of affair?
US gossip sites are awash with stories that Australian media tycoon Rupert Murdoch is being cuckolded by his 39-year old wife Wendi Deng Murdoch. The "other man" is
named as Chris DeWolfe, one of the founders of the social networking site MySpace which Murdoch's News Corp purchased for $580 million... [continued]
Gawker: Who’s behind the smear campaign?
People: Murdoch in a rage about new biography
Damian Green gets his computer back
Whatever the truth about the circumstances of the police raid on Tory frontbencher Damian Green’s private office last week – as The First Post’s Mole wrote yesterday, the
Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner Bob Quick has angrily contradicted the Speaker Michael Martin’s version of events – there is some good news... [continued]
The Mole: Police chief accuses Speaker
People: The Queen no friend of Michael Martin
Dixie Chicks embroiled in murder mystery
Natalie Maines (pictured), the lead singer of the Dixie Chicks, the all-girl country band who whipped up a furore in the US when they criticised George W Bush's decision to invade Iraq, is being sued for defamation. The legal suit, which has been filed in Arkansas, follows remarks... [continued]
In brief: Thierry Henry pays wife £10m divorce settlement
Thierry Henry, the former Arsenal striker and French international, is reported to have reached a $10m divorce settlement with his ex-wife, Claire Merry
(pictured with Henry). Their marriage ended when Merry, who is English, discovered a number of romantic text messages to another woman on the footballer's mobile phone……… The... [continued]
Ledger death: mystery of calls to Mary-Kate
A degree of happiness at glum Harvard
A sociology professor at Harvard University, Nicholas Christakis (pictured), has discovered that happiness is contagious. In a report published today by the British
Medical Journal, Christakis finds that happiness can spread like a virus through social networks, extending up to three degrees of separation: in other words, to the friends... [continued]
Dynamic spread of happiness - the BMJ report in full
Tony Blair gives big religion talk
Next week Tony Blair (pictured) will deliver a grandstanding lecture on "Faith and Globalisation" at Yale University – a further attempt by the former PM turned Middle East
peacekeeper to fulfill his messianic dream of uniting all religious faiths towards a common purpose. And he's certainly leaving nothing... [continued]
People: Cherie Blair compares Tony to Churchill
