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Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist and vocalist Bob Welch has been found dead after apparently committing suicide with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist and vocalist Bob Welch has been found dead after apparently committing suicide with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Bob Welch was 66. According...
The Duchess of Cambridge’s diamond and pearl earrings were among the most admired at St Paul’s Cathedral over the Bank Holiday

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The Duchess of Cambridge’s diamond and pearl earrings were among the most admired at St Paul’s Cathedral over the Bank Holiday. So it will come...
A team studying honeybees in Hawaii found that the Varroa mite helped spread a particularly nasty strain of a disease called deformed wing virus

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Parasitic Varroa mite has helped a virus wipe out billions of honeybees throughout the globe, say scientists. A team studying honeybees in Hawaii found that...
Neil O'Connell from the Centre for Research and Rehabilitation at Brunel University and colleagues say that cervical spine manipulation carries a low risk of stroke, resulting from damage to the major neck arteries

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Experts say a common chiropractic treatment for neck pain, which involves applying thrusts to the neck area of the spine, should be abandoned. Writing in...
Relatives of victims of General Augusto Pinochet's military rule in Chile have protested against plans to pay homage to the late dictator this weekend

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Relatives of victims of General Augusto Pinochet's military rule in Chile have protested against plans to pay homage to the late dictator this weekend. They...
The funeral of Bee Gees star Robin Gibb is to be held later in his home town in Oxfordshire

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The funeral of Bee Gees star Robin Gibb is to be held later in his home town in Oxfordshire. Robin Gibb, who lived in Thame,...
US researchers have used a blood sample from mother and saliva from father to sequence the genome of a foetus in the womb

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US researchers have used a blood sample from mother and saliva from father to sequence the genome of a foetus in the womb. At the...
Filmmaker Tyler Perry was so afraid Bobbi Kristina Brown couldn't act he only gave her a handful of lines for her appearance on his upcoming TV sitcom For Better Or Worse

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Filmmaker Tyler Perry was so afraid Bobbi Kristina Brown couldn't act he only gave her a handful of lines for her appearance on his...
Bobbi Kristina Brown will not face legal action for underage gambling in Las Vegas last month

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Bobbi Kristina Brown, Whitney Houston’s daughter, will not face legal action for underage gambling in Las Vegas last month, it has been reported. Bobbi Kristina...
Kate Middleton wore the same $296 pair of LK Bennett nude shoes at each event

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Kate Middleton wore the same pair of nude shoes to the Epsom Derby last June, to Prince Philip’s 90th birthday at Windsor, to attend...
Ed Klein claims Hillary Clinton does have the White House in her sights for 2016 but only if her health holds out

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Controversial author Ed Klein claims Hillary Clinton does have the White House in her sights for 2016 but only “if her health holds out”. Ed...
Republican candidate Mitt Romney raised almost $17 million more than President Barack Obama's re-election effort in May

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Republican candidate Mitt Romney raised almost $17 million more than President Barack Obama's re-election effort in May, according to new figures. Mitt Romney and the...
When Liana Kanelli of the Greek Communist party, the KKE, apparently threw a newspaper at him, Ilias Kasidiaris responded by slapping her around the face with three right-left blows

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Prosecutors in Greece have issued an arrest warrant for Ilias Kasidiaris, the spokesman of the far-right Golden Dawn party, after he slapped a left-wing...
The FBI is accused of "illegally" copying evidence used in a case against file-sharing site Megaupload

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The FBI is accused of "illegally" copying evidence used in a case against file-sharing site Megaupload. Megaupload was shut down in January and its operators...
In Difficult Mothers, Dr. Terri Apter, a Cambridge academic, examines the different types of problem mother and explains what can be done to turn her negative influence into a positive one

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A new book written by psychologist Dr. Terri Apter explains what happens when you are raised by a “difficult” mother. In Difficult Mothers, Dr. Terri...
David Smith revealed yesterday that he is once again morbidly obese, having re-gained over 250 of the 400 lbs he lost

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The 650lb Virgin David Smith's transformation to handsome personal trainer - with a doting girlfriend - made headlines in 2009. In a sad turn of...
Stanley Cup Finals 2012

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Championship series of the National Hockey League (NHL) 2011–12 season has reached its apogee with 2012 Stanley Cup Finals. This is the first playoff series...
The remains of Elizabethan theatre Curtain, where some of William Shakespeare's plays were first performed, have been discovered by archaeologists

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The remains of Elizabethan theatre Curtain, where some of William Shakespeare's plays were first performed, have been discovered by archaeologists. The remains of the Curtain Theatre,...
Charlotte Sarkozy, the ex-wife of Olivier Sarkozy, has spoken out about his relationship with Mary-Kate Olsen, branding the pair as “grotesque”.

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Charlotte Sarkozy, the ex-wife of Olivier Sarkozy, has spoken out about his relationship with Mary-Kate Olsen, branding the pair as “grotesque”. Speaking to the National...
A new study suggests that multiple CT scans in childhood can triple the risk of developing brain cancer or leukaemia

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A new study suggests that multiple CT scans in childhood can triple the risk of developing brain cancer or leukaemia. The Newcastle University-led team examined...
Asus has presented Transformer Book, its Windows 8-based laptop-tablet hybrid device, in Taipei

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Asus has presented Transformer Book, its Windows 8-based laptop-tablet hybrid device, in Taipei, Taiwan. Transformer Book features Windows 8 OS, the newest version of the...
Vodafone and 02-owner Telefonica have announced plans to create one shared grid in the UK

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Vodafone and 02-owner Telefonica have announced plans to create one shared grid in the UK. The move is designed to improve existing coverage and to...
A huge dock torn from a Japanese port by March 2011 tsunami has washed up in the US state of Oregon

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A huge dock torn from a Japanese port by March 2011 tsunami has washed up in the US state of Oregon - 8,050 km...
Facebook investors have been offered $40 million by the NASDAQ stock exchange for a computer hitch that stopped them trading on debut day

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Facebook investors have been offered $40 million by the NASDAQ stock exchange for a computer hitch that stopped them trading on debut day. Some shareholders...
In the early 6th Century BC, the people of Athens were burdened with debt, social division and inequality, with poor farmers prepared to sell themselves into slavery just to feed their families

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Armand D'Angour, a lecturer in classics at the University of Oxford and author of The Greeks and the New: Novelty in Ancient Greek Imagination...