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Madonna top-earning celebrity, trumping Spielberg, Winfrey: Forbes - Reuters 27 Aug 2013 | 08:01 pm
NEW YORK | Mon Aug 26, 2013 6:08pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - She's still the Material Girl. Pop diva Madonna 55, is the world's top-earning celebrity, according to a Forbes list released on Monday, r...
The Xbox One Will Ship With A White Console -- For Certain People - Forbes 27 Aug 2013 | 07:01 pm
I would like one of these. The Xbox One is a black, shiny box that is elegant at best or utilitarian at worst. It's not the flashiest console we've ever seen that title goes to the Coleco Telstar A...
Jamie Oliver queries 'modern-day poverty' - Belfast Telegraph 27 Aug 2013 | 06:01 pm
The star, 38, who has an estimated fortune of £150 million, said that he finds it "hard to talk about modern-day poverty". He cited a family he met while making one of his previous TV shows who ate u...
Zurich Begins Experiment With Drive-in 'Sex Boxes' - ABC News 27 Aug 2013 | 05:01 pm
No car, no sex. That's the rule for an experiment Zurich is launching Monday to make prostitution less of a public nuisance and safer for women. Switzerland has long been famous for its mountaineeri...
Paris Jackson 'In A Good Place' - Grandmother - Sky News 27 Aug 2013 | 04:01 pm
Michael Jackson's daughter Paris is "doing much better" after a suicide attempt in June, her grandmother has said. "She is in a good place, getting the help she needs," Katherine Jackson, the late po...
Business chiefs slam HS2 'folly' and call for high speed link to be scrapped - WalesOnline 27 Aug 2013 | 01:12 pm
The Institute of Directors (IoD) has joined those calling for high-speed rail project HS2 to be scrapped, branding the £50bn scheme "a grand folly". Robert Lloyd Griffiths, director of the Institute ...
Miley Cyrus sings about heartbreak in new single - USA TODAY 27 Aug 2013 | 10:01 am
Miley Cyrus released the cover of her upcoming Oct. 8 Bangerz album on Saturday. With its neon lights and palm trees, Rolling Stone and EW.com immediately said it's got a Miami Vice feel. But what's ...
Crocodile attack: Australian police recover swimmer's body - Los Angeles Times 27 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
Sean Cole, 26, from Darwin, was attending a birthday party Saturday night at the Mary River Wilderness Retreat when he and a friend decided to go for a swim, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported...
Killer Dale Cregan goes on hunger strike - The Independent 27 Aug 2013 | 08:01 am
The 30-year-old was jailed for life in June for the ruthless murders of two unarmed policewomen and a father and son. He is now refusing food at HMP Full Sutton, near York, reportedly in an attempt t...
Gareth Bale: Spurs 'consider rival bid to Real Madrid offer' - BBC Sport 27 Aug 2013 | 06:01 am
Tottenham have received a separate offer in addition to Real Madrid's world record £86m bid for Gareth Bale, say sources at the north London club. The Spanish giants remain in pole position to sign t...
