Kate Winslet accepts damages from UK newspaper

Lawyers for Kate Winslet say the actress has accepted 25,000 pounds (more than $40,000) in damages after the Daily Mail falsely reported in January she lied about her exercise regime.

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A car crash victim has spoken of the horror he endured for 23 years after he was misdiagnosed as being in a coma when he was conscious the whole time. Rom Houben, trapped in his paralysed body after a car crash, described his real-life nightmare as he screamed to doctors that he …

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The former boss of a Canadian financier said on Tuesday that emails he forwarded to Jordan Wimmer, referring to locking women in the trunk of his car and calling her a "dumb blonde," were meant in jest and weren't demeaning.

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A British mother had her son pretent to be gravely ill in order to collect welfare.

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The CNN poll about Obama going to Denmark is the subject of a topic on GretaWire. Here's a comment posted by another poster. Link My reply. bartholomewpratt, Keep spreading the word like you did here. He's a shame and disgrace.

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It's the most destructive crisis of our age - a generation of violent, illiterate, lawless young men living outside civilised society.

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A British man says he used pliers to pull 13 teeth from his own mouth because he couldn't find a dentist willing to take government-insured patients.

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Shopkeeper Tom Algie faced a dilemma over Christmas - how to give himself and his three staff time off but without letting down his customers. So he came up with a solution to suit everyone: leaving the hardware store open with an honesty box.

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Excerpt: The BBC has tonight (December 31st) denied pulling an interview in which Sir Paul McCartney apparently made "unsuitable" comments about Michael Jackson.

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At last, somebody at Associated Newspapers has taken their head out of their secretary's lap and made a brave business move. A bold, visionary decision that will make the owners of the Daily Mail ludicrously rich and the most vibrant, relevant media company in the UK.

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LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears may be back on top with a hit single, primetime spots on TV shows around the world and an album that may lead the U.S. charts next week, but her mother, Lynne, has admitted that during the dark times, she feared for Britney's life.

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The cold sore virus could be one of the main causes of Alzheimer's disease, reports The Daily Mail today. They also suggest that existing cold sore drugs "could be used to treat the most common form of dementia."

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A hapless Daily Mail hack's failure to understand Googlebombing has led to her becoming victim of her own twisted definition of the mischief-making practice.

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The Daily Mail reports: A wealthy businessman killed himself with a chainsaw while on holiday with his wife and children after being overwhelmed by a series of illnesses in the family.

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As the first lady of France, Carla Bruni no doubt dreaded the reaction when she confessed to a racy past.

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In an article for a new conservative magazine, Standpoint, which will compete with the Spectator, Daily Mail and Telegraph for Melanie Phillips-style-froth about how our country is going to the dogs and "dhimmitude" is everywhere, the bishop said that radical Islam was moving in  …

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Should we be scared of emo? The Daily Mail says so.

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Meet the pistol that fits in your pocket - and packs a hell of a punch. The SwissMiniGun is the size of a key fob but fires tiny 270mph bullets powerful enough to kill at close range.

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I want to tell you three interconnected stories. The first is some of the best news you will hear all year; the last two are some of the saddest.

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A Jobcentre has provoked outrage after it was found to be advertising for women to strip for web cams on Internet sex sites for £8 an hour. According to the advertisement, the role involves "explicit dialogue" and "performing for clients' or customers' fantasies".

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If you haven't heard by now, Victoria Beckham was photographed by several agencies as she arrived for a photo shoot. (Pictures here) These set of pictures from Splash agency shows Posh's legs tanned, toned, and pretty much on the normal end.

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Westminster taxpayers have been paying for the burdens of street litter caused by thousands of free newspapers distributed and ultimately discarded.

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With Americans seemingly developing a taste for news with a Fleet Street twist, British papers are stepping up their efforts to court American readers and advertisers.

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By mid morning, the newsstands made for a strange spectacle. Quoting the private equity king and Gordon Brown confidant Ronald Cohen, the Daily Mail's splash was "Wealth divide 'could lead to rioting'".

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Friday morning's UK newspapers continue to debate the wisdom of sending Prince Harry to Iraq, with one headline claiming the Prince has told friends he isn't afraid to die.

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Think of the time and cost of establishing a successful restaurant.

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