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Frances Osborne goes to Press Commission
Amid continued Conservative fury that the Prime Minister Gordon Brown, while distancing himself from the Damian McBride smear scandal, has still not apologised
publicly for the offence caused, Frances Osborne, wife of the shadow chancellor George Osborne, has complained to the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) under the
accuracy code.... [continued]
The Mole: McBride's poisonous emails aren't such a shock 
McBride: ‘My days with Michelle Obama’
Now here's an unlikely pairing - the former Downing Street pitbull Damian McBride (pictured) and America's elegant First Lady, Michelle Obama. A little
birdie tells The First Post that just days before his downfall after being caught sending emails proposing a smear campaign against senior Tories, McBride was boasting of... [continued]
Rachel Sylvester’s Times article in full
People: Frances Osborne goes to Press Complaints Commission
The Mole: McBride's poisonous emails aren't such a shock
Phil Spector found guilty of murdering Lana Clarkson
The legendary American music producer Phil Spector has been found guilty of murder. After the first attempt to convict him ended in a mistrial because two of the jurors could not
agree that he had killed the nightclub hostess Lana Clarkson, a new five-month trial finally ended in Los Angeles... [continued]
People: Phil Spector on trial for murder (again)
Funny, entertaining and also chilling: my encounter with Phil Spector
Silvio Berlusconi chats up earthquake doctor
Only a few days after he suggested that the displaced victims of the Italian earthquake, forced to live in temporary tent cities, should treat their situation as a "camping weekend", Silvio
Berlusconi is at it again. This time he's been caught chatting up a doctor and a victim of the... [continued]
Berlusconi under fire for 'camping' quip to earthquake victims
In pictures: the Italian earthquake
The wit and wisdom of Silvio Berlusconi
Mel Gibson’s wife files for divorce
One of Hollywood's most enduring marriages has come unstuck: Robyn Gibson, wife of the actor and director Mel Gibson for 28 years, and the mother of his seven
children, has filed for divorce. Given Gibson's wealth - he made a fortune out of his controversial film The Passion of the... [continued]
People: Mel Gibson's star treatment from cops over rant
Amazon apologises for ‘gay censorship’ error
Amazon has apologised for an "embarrassing and hamfisted cataloguing error" that caused more than 57,000 books to disappear from its bestseller charts, including several titles by homosexual authors.
Over the weekend Gore Vidal, Annie Proulx, EM Forster and Jeanette Winterson (pictured) all appeared to fall foul of what... [continued]
The First Post book reviews
Picturebooks: portraits of an American generation
Amazon's Kindle – the 'iPod' for books
Madonna releases photo of Mercy to charm Malawi adoption judges
Madonna has stepped up her bid to adopt an orphaned toddler from Malawi with a PR campaign that the singer hopes will win over judges when she appeals the April 3 decision to block
the adoption. The 50-year-old singer's charm offensive includes a sepia-tinted photograph of... [continued]
Malawi court rules against Madonna adoption
Ronnie O’Sullivan talks about depression
The volatile and ambidextrous snooker genius Ronnie O'Sullivan (pictured) is hot favourite to win the 2009 world championships which begin this weekend at Sheffield’s
Crucible Theatre. But in an interview with the Guardian, O'Sullivan admitted that his constant battles with depression have not helped his preparation for... [continued]
The Guardian interview in full
Damien Hirst misses an art show to play snooker with Ronnie O’Sullivan
Heaney backs Hill for Poet Laureate job
The Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney (pictured) has backed fellow septuagenarian and rank outsider Geoffrey Hill to be the next Poet Laureate to take
over from Andrew Motion, whose 10-year appointment runs out next month. Seventy-six-year-old Hill, whose work has been variously described as... [continued]
Andrew Motion says 'no' to Oxford
Female poets recoil from laureate role
Sarah Palin’s pick for AG ‘supports rape’
Just a fortnight after announcing her pick for Alaska's new Attorney General, Governor Sarah Palin may have to withdraw her nomination following accusations that the man she chose -
Wayne Anthony Ross - supports marital rape. Leah Burton, a lobbyist on children's issues and domestic violence, told the Alaska State... [continued]
Max Blumenthal's Daily Beast article in full
In pictures: Comic hero Obama takes axe to Palin
People: Family trouble for Sarah Palin
Obama girls get First Puppy
Not since the Watergate scandal has the Washington Post had a scoop like this: Barack Obama and his family have finally chosen the First Puppy and, as widely predicted, it
is a Portuguese water dog. The breed was chosen for the President's daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, largely because... [continued]
In pictures: Historic First Dogs
Two breeds left in the four-legged White House race
Porn star Marilyn Chambers found dead
One of America's most famous porn stars, Marilyn Chambers, who came to prominence with the notorious 1972 film Behind the Green Door, was found dead on Sunday at her mobile home in Los Angeles. She was 56 and police are awaiting an autopsy to discover how she died. Chambers... [continued]
Whiter Shade of Pale is most played song
A year after Gary Brooker, lead singer of the Sixties band Procol Harum, won a famous High Court victory to regain full rights to the royalties from A Whiter Shade of Pale,
a chart compiled for BBC Radio 2 reveals that the massive worldwide hit single is the most played... [continued]
Johnny Dee on the court case
