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Tuesday March 11, 2008

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Hillary’s ‘3am girl’ is a Barack supporter

Hillary Clinton's campaign has has a rude awakening: the child asleep in the controversial '3am ad', which questioned whether Barack Obama is fit to run the country in an emergency, turns out to be a 17-year-old high school girl who is a fervent supporter of Obama and... [continued]

Friendless Spitzer expected to resign after call-girl scandal

Eliot Spitzer, the New York state governor and self-styled Mr Clean who has been caught by federal investigators using a high-class prostitution service called Emperors Club VIP, is expected to resign as early as today, according to a source close to the governor, speaking to the Wall Street Journal.... [continued]

Rose’s new job sees sparks fly at M&S

He may have put an ailing Marks & Spencer back on the map, but chief executive Sir Stuart Rose's new appointment as executive chairman has sparked a furious row among the chain's largest investors. The boardroom reshuffle will see the non-executive chairman Lord Burns step down on... [continued]

Ledger’s dad makes promise to Williams

Only weeks after the funeral of Heath Ledger, his family has turned on each other in a bitter row over the actor's will. The dispute erupted after it emerged that Ledger had written his will in 2003 - a year before he met former partner Michelle Williams... [continued]

Collector sells off supermodel shots

One of the world's most prolific collectors of 20th Century photography, the German-born Gert Elfering, is parting with 135 iconic prints from his collection, including many photographs of the world's most beautiful women. Irving Penn's nude portraits of model Gisele Bundchen (left) and Kate Moss (right)... [continued]

Karl Rove buries past to court John McCain

Karl Rove, the political mastermind behind George Bush’s two terms in power, has been cuddling up to presidential candidate John McCain, the man he helped Bush to defeat in a bitterly-disputed campaign for the 2000 Republican nomination. Rove has recently started working pro bono on the Vietnam... [continued]

In brief: Martina is a Czech once again

Former tennis world champion Martina Navratilova has regained her Czech nationality 33 years after she fled to the United States to escape the Cold War; the 51-year-old plans to maintain dual nationality... Sergeant Richard Fuller, head of security at the Duchess of Cornwall's country house in Wiltshire,... [continued]

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