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Real drama or hoax? Balloon goes up on boy in the attic who sparked alert

16.10.09
Dramatic story of the six-year-old American boy who was feared trapped in a runaway homemade helium balloon may all have been a hoax... more

Skiing the lino slopes of Surbiton

18.09.09
It rarely sees a flake of snow and is better known as the backdrop for TV sitcom The Good Life than Ski Sunday but Surbiton is set to become London's first ski resort ... more

Boys cleared of Columbine massacre plot at their school

16.09.09
Police and prosecutors were strongly criticised for pursuing a case against two teenagers who were cleared of plotting a Columbine-style massacre at their own school... more

WORLD: US Senator Teddy Kennedy dies, aged 77

26.08.09
Edward Kennedy, head of America’s most famous political dynasty ever since the assassination of his two brothers, dies at the age of 77 after suffering a brain tumour... more

£7 million job with RBS — no worries

19.08.09
The recruitment by Royal Bank of Scotland of bond trader Antonio Polverino from Merrill Lynch has sent City eyebrows skywards — and not just because RBS, which is 70%-owned by the taxpayer, is rewarding him so handsomely ... more

Sound check: The Music revolution

10.07.09
The death of pop on the box has spurred a band of enterprising producers to fill the void with exhilarating made-for-the-net live shows.... more

Grow your own - contain your enthusiasms

09.07.09
Last year a survey into children and growing-your-own found that an astonishing 93 per cent of six-to nine-year-olds who grow veg go on to nag their mothers into changing what they eat... more

Give Bernard Madoff 150 years, say victims of fraud

16.06.09
More than 100 victims of convicted New York fraudster Bernard Madoff have called on a judge to sentence him harshly at the end of this month, with most seeking the maximum 150 years' imprisonment... more

Enron fraud laid bare at Royal Court

09.06.09
The scandal and financial collapse of US energy giant Enron is being dramatised in a new play... more

The pub where drinkers can barter for their beer

21.04.09
A London pub has abandoned cash in favour of a bartering system that allows customers to offer piano-tuning and paintings in return for beer... more

London architect designs symbol of the Obama era

15.04.09
A London architect has won the contract to design one of the world’s most high-profile new building projects... more

Obama holds fire on more troops to fight the Taliban

17.02.09
Barack Obama said he would "shortly" make a decision over whether to pour thousands more US troops into the Afghan conflict... more

Barack Obama vows to distribute bail-out cash responsibly

16.02.09
President Barack Obama has vowed "accountability, responsibility, and transparency" as he prepares to sign a $787billion stimulus package into law... more

Tribune's collapse rings alarm bells for newspaper industry

10.12.08
Media analysis: Sam Zell is hugely wealthy. Yet it proved beyond his fiscal talents to save US media conglomerate the Tribune Company from financial collapse... more

All power to Michelle in this Obama revolution

06.11.08
Can there be any more exciting news than America electing its first black president? Yes: America getting its first black First Lady, Michelle Obama... more

Democrats could miss their 'super-majority'

05.11.08
The Democrats made a series of gains in the Senate elections but seemed certain to fall short of the "super-majority" they were hoping for... more

Democrats looking forward to biggest majority in decades

04.11.08
Democrats were heading for one of their biggest majorities in the US Congress in decades, polls show... more

McCain hits 7 states in whirlwind bid for votes

03.11.08
John McCain squeezed extra dates into a frantic final dash for votes... more

Winner takes all: how the electoral colleges work

31.10.08
America's Founding Fathers designed a voting system that would stop small-fry states being bullied by their big neighbours... more

Cricket's new mogul is thriving on adversity

28.10.08
Cricket: In times of trouble, the Stanfords always come out on top. This Texan family have survived the Great Depression of the 1920s, the oil crisis of the 1980s and the current credit crunch... more

McCain is 'just a Bush clone ... it's like Robin getting mad at Batman'

27.10.08
Barack Obama launched his "closing arguments" in an attempt to make his lead over John McCain unbeatable... more

That's one way to avoid sweaty armpits: Now Jennifer Lopez plays it safe in a sleeveless frock

29.08.08
A day after she was caught out with unsightly sweaty armpits, Jennifer Lopez was taking no chances during her latest outing in Colorado.... more

Nice curves Jennifer Lopez... shame about the sweaty underarms

28.08.08
Jennifer Lopez has been training hard for a triathlon, and it certainly showed as she arrived at a charity event in Colorado last night. But it appears the singer forgot to spray deodorant before leaving the house, with unsightly underarm sweat patches proving a distraction from her otherwise immaculate ensemble.... more

Days of blubber: Quick-change Tom Cruise reveals his unsightly 'back fat' on hiking trip

05.07.08
As Katie Holmes attracts attention with her increasingly skinny frame, Tom Cruise appears to taking on his wife's extra weight.... more

A drippier Coldplay

13.05.08
Despite a few decent tunes, including the surging soft rocker Stop and Stare, One Republic were more earnest than innovative.... more

So, what exactly DID Oprah ask that brought an angry frown to Tom's face?

03.05.08
There was no jumping on the couch this time, and Tom Cruise certainly made sure he was on his best behaviour when talkshow queen Oprah Winfrey visited his Colorado home this week. But his usually upbeat demeanour turned a little sour when Winfrey quizzed the Hollywood star over rumours that daughter Suri wasn't his biological child... more

A hopeless mess

17.01.08
A C-list cast, a B-list set of special effects and a confusing plot adorn the hopeless Aliens vs Predator - Requiem.... more

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