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  • UK mum does house chores in her sleep

    A woman from Newport, South Wales, has developed a peculiar condition in which she cleans and tidies the house while she is still sleeping. Claire Bartlett, 50, has an odd habit of doing the dishes, dusting and even shining the windows in a deep slumber, the Sun reported. It started in October 2012, but since she does such a good job of cleaning up, neither she nor husband Crispin, want to ...

  • Humour emotion run high at PM forum

    Prime Minister Julia Gillard's one hour public forum in western Sydney went from hilarious to emotional and back again. But mostly it went smoothly.Hundreds of people packed the school hall at Regents Park Christian School on Wednesday night as rain poured heavily on activists outside protesting against live cattle exports."No ban, no vote" the protesters chanted as residents from ...

  • Photos 2013 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand a ratings hit with stars outrageous outfits

    Justin and Selena attended Cirque's "The Beatles' Love" at The Mirage. Taylor celebrated her eight awards with dinner at Nobu Caesars Palace. Singer and friend Kacey Musgraves accompanied her. Hayden Panettiere and rumored fiance boxer Wladmir Klitschko, DJ Afrojack, Jenny McCarthy and David Arquette were at the season opening of XS' nighttime swim party. Christina ...

  • Bernanke testimony follows charge he withheld information

    Ben Bernanke 's Capitol Hill testimony Wednesday follows lawmakers charging he purposely withheld strategic information from them. Bernanke is to appear before the House-Senate Joint Economic Committee at 10 a.m. This will be followed 4 hours later by the release of the minutes of the central bank's most recent policy meeting. The testimony and the minutes release could alter the ...

  • European olive oil rules are bizarre says prime minister

    Plans by the European Commission to stop restaurants placing refillable cruets of olive oil on tables are 'bizarre', says Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte. Brussels says the rules, which require olive oil bottles to be sealed and labelled, are necessary to ensure customers know exactly what they are eating and that the oil is of good quality. Rutte said the Netherlands had campaigned ...

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The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) [DVD]

The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) [DVD]

Ever since its publication in 1959, many thought Gnter Grasss fantastical novel The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel) was unfilmable. The story of a three-year-old boy who spites the idiocies of the world around him by refusing to grow up, making him into a sort of political Peter Pan ... ...

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  • Russia says Eurovision snub “outrageous”

    Dina Garipova of Russia performs the song "What If" during the final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Opera Hall in Malmo at the weekend. Photograph: Jessica Gow/Scanpix ...

  • ...Analyst If true Govt must resign

    Political analyst Dr Winford James said yesterday if the e-mails implicating the Prime Minister and two senior members of her Cabinet in criminal activities are true then "the Government would have no choice but to step down and call fresh ...

  • Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern serves up a special treat

    Chef and TV personality Andrew Zimmern and 13-year-old Isaac Xiong of Brooklyn Park discussed ways to cook squirrel on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Zimmern, host of "Bizarre Foods" on the Travel channel, was visiting patients at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis. Isaac, who has leukemia, hunts and eats squirrels with his father and has been a longtime fan of Zimmern's show. ...

  • John McCain Susan Collins Oppose Bizarre Rand Paul Ted Cruz Demand

    WASHINGTON -- Two prominent old-line Senate Republicans threw down the gauntlet to their more conversative colleagues on Tuesday, challenging them to stop obstructing the passage of a budget. Led by tea party Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), Republicans have been preventing the Senate from sending the budget it passed earlier this year to a conference committee ...

  • US pre-school bans superhero games

    But one pre-school has decided children's imaginations are getting too wild and has moved to ban superhero games.A school flyer has emerged online warning of the dangers of superhero antics.''The imaginations of our preschool children are becoming dangerously overactive causing injuries within our pre-k community,'' the flyer ...

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