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Spitzer resigns after call-girl scandal
As expected, Eliot Spitzer, the New York state governor discovered paying $4,300 to a high-class call-girl during a trip to Washington DC, resigned today. He told an audience at the
State House in Albany, New York, that the resignation would be effective as of March 17. His deputy, David... [continued]
Friendless Spitzer expected to resign after call-girl scandal 
Murdoch outfoxed over website name
Rupert Murdoch has finally been outfoxed. He has lost the internet domain name for the Fox Business Network to a Florida businessman called Derek Hodges. The World
Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has ruled that Hodges is the rightful owner of the name FoxBusinessNetwork.com, which he registered... [continued]
Foxy ladies target America's richest viewers
In Pictures: behind-the-scenes at Fox Business Network
Rahul Gandhi’s grand tour of India
With Jawaharlal Nehru his great-grandfather, Indira Gandhi his grandmother and Sonia and Rajiv Gandhi as his parents, the latest star of the dynasty that has dominated the last 60 years of Indian politics has some family to live up to. Young, charismatic and popular, Rahul Gandhi... [continued]
Dead police chief may have had ‘affairs’
The Chief Constable of Greater Manchester, who was found dead yesterday after apparently committing suicide by throwing himself off a cliff in Snowdonia, is believed to have been involved in a number of extra-marital affairs. Sources claimed today that it was an "open secret" that Mike... [continued]
Kaplinsky and co plummet in ratings
Why has Britain lost faith in its television news anchors? Huw Edwards, Sir Trevor Macdonald, Natasha Kaplinksy et al were wondering this week what they’d done wrong after a new Ipsos MORI survey on trust in professionals showed that respect for television newsreaders has plummeted.... [continued]
In brief: French artist to fill Tate
French artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, known for her work with light and sound (such as her 1996 work Une Chambre en Ville, pictured above), will be the ninth person to create a work for Tate Modern's popular Turbine Hall... Commentator and new TV critic for the Sun, Julie... [continued]
Mann names Calil and Thatcher in coup plot
Simon Mann, the former SAS officer who tried to overthrow the president of Equatorial Guinea in a coup, has made his first public admission of guilt in an exclusive TV interview broadcast on Tuesday night after being filmed two weeks ago in Equatorial Guinea's notorious... [continued]
Taking Hay where the sun shines
The Hay-on-Wye literary festival - the annual event described by Bill Clinton when he visited in 2001 as "the Woodstock of the mind" - is off on adventure to celebrate its 20th birthday. It has organised an extra four-day festival to take place not in the... [continued]
