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Police apologise after including actors on 'wanted' posters of football hooligans By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 2:52 PM on 31st October 2009 Comments (8) Add to My Stories Police 'wanted' pictures of suspected hooligans issued after rioting broke out at a match included images of actors from a hit film, it emerged today. Scotland Yard sent out 66 pictures of people supposedly caught on camera during violent clashes at a West Ham game with Millwall this summer. But they blundered by including stills of six actors from the recent hooligan-themed film The Firm. The error was described by Yard insiders as a 'bad day at the office' f…

Autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire draws spellbinding 18ft picture of New York from memory... after a 20-minute helicopter ride over city By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 11:39 PM on 29th October 2009 Comments (122) Add to My Stories This astonishing 18ft drawing of the world’s most famous skyline was created by autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire after he spent just 20 minutes in a helicopter gazing at the panorama. The unbelievably intricate picture was drawn at Brooklyn’s prestigious Pratt Institute from Stephen’s memory, with details of every building sketched in to scale. Landmarks including the Empire State Building and the Chrysl…

Thousands of nursery school children branded racist by teachers... before they know what the word means By Laura Clark Last updated at 12:47 AM on 30th October 2009 Comments (168) Add to My Stories As many as 40,000 youngsters a year are being wrongly branded racists as new rules force schools to investigate every playground spat, according to a new report. Children in nurseries and primary schools are being disciplined over racist insults even before they know what the terms mean, it claimed. A growing army of diversity 'missionaries' may be fuelling tensions instead of easing them, warned the report from the Manifesto Club civil liberties…

Jacqui Smith: I'm a disgrace and I shouldn't get a peerage By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 8:10 AM on 31st October 2009 Comments (403) Add to My Stories Jacqui Smith has admitted being 'disgraced' by her expenses claims - but refused to rule out taking a seat in the House of Lords. The former Home Secretary admitted that her 'judgment was wrong' in claiming thousands of pounds in expenses by designating her sister's London home, where she sometimes stayed, as her main residence. Miss Smith was forced to apologise to MPs after a sleaze investigation found she spent more nights at her family home in Worcestershire. 'Disgraced':…

Arise Sir Dracula! Hammer horror veteran Christopher Lee receives a knighthood By Lizzie Smith Last updated at 8:05 AM on 31st October 2009 Comments (75) Add to My Stories Previously, if anyone waved a sword at Christopher Lee it was to cut off his head before driving a stake through his heart. Yesterday, however, the blade was for purely ceremonial purposes as the Count Dracula actor was knighted by Prince Charles. Sir Christopher, 87, who has appeared in more than 250 film and TV productions, was honoured for services to drama and to charity. Scroll down to watch MailOnline's video report Arise, Sir Dracula: Actor Sir Christophe…

Ice-skating circus bear 'tears trainer to pieces' in front of horrified children By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 8:31 AM on 23rd October 2009 Comments (22) Add to My Stories A brown bear was shot dead by police after mauling its trainer (file photo) An ice-skating brown bear killed a circus trainer and seriously injured another man after mauling them during rehearsals. The performing bear dragged 25-year-old Dimitry Potapov across an ice rink by the neck and almost severed his legs. A witness said the bear 'tore his neck and legs to pieces'. The Russian trainer died from severe injuries after the attack in Bishkek, cap…

Hayden Panettiere's lesbian kiss set to provide timely boost for Heroes as ratings slump By Chris Johnson Last updated at 4:11 PM on 07th October 2009 Comments (16) Add to My Stories TV producers have ways and means of boosting ratings - and this is one of them. In our sneak preview, Hayden Panettiere, aka Claire Bennet, in seen in the throes of a lesbian kiss with co-star Madeline Zima, who plays her room-mate Gretchen. It will feature in the fourth season of the cult TV series, Heroes, which returned to U.S. screens last month. Passionate: Hayden Panettiere (Claire Bennet, left) enjoys a lesbian kiss with her co-star Madeline Zima, …

Half of Americans do not believe in global warming, new poll reveals By David Derbyshire Last updated at 4:31 PM on 23rd October 2009 Comments (104) Add to My Stories The drop has occurred as Congress and the Obama administration take steps to control greenhouse gases The number of Americans who believe in global warming has plummeted over the last few years, according to a new poll. Just 57 per cent think world temperatures are rising - a drop of 20 points compared to three years ago - while only one in three believes humans are causing climate change. The findings, based on a survey of 1,500 adults, come as the US Senate is p…

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http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/tax_refugees_staging_escape_from_qb4pItQ71UXIc0i6cd3UpK Raising taxes/high taxes lowers the total amount of money brought in by the government in many cases.

Christmas comes earlier than ever for MPs as they are given a three-week festive break By James Chapman Last updated at 8:11 AM on 23rd October 2009 Comments (92) Add to My Stories Harriet Harman faced a storm of protest after announcing MPs will break up for Christmas on December 16 - the earliest date since records began. The Conservatives attacked the Commons Leader's announcement of a three-week holiday as damning evidence that the Government has 'run out of steam'. Her Tory counterpart Sir George Young said ministers appeared devoid of ideas for new legislation and protested that most citizens would be working way beyond December 16. …

Anyone?? How about the EU shove this and their stupid treaty up their feckin arses.

Politics as Tribe Severely partisan-minded people do not, as a rule, engage in rational policy discussion. Instead, they immediately start calling names in an effort to choke off any discussion before it can really get started. What this shows is politics at its most tribal. It isn't about issues - it's about identity. [...] This is not new, of course, as politicians have been playing their electoral bases for suckers since at least the Roman Republic. But, despite all that, loyal Democrats are stepping up to defend their guy just as viciously as loyal Republicans went to bat for W. It is almost as if they are unable to recognize that they are backing pol…

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Nick Griffin advises BNP supporters to get ready for the 'big time' Many fear that the BNP leader's appearance on Question Time will boost his party's support. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National party, has told his supporters to prepare for a move into the political "big time" after he appears in front of as many as four million viewers tomorrow nighton the BBC's Question Time. The far-right leader told his party that his appearance was "history in the making", adding: "Never before have we had the chance to…

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Video: The Truth About The Tyranny of Political Correctness Dead White men laid the philosophical foundation for the United States of America. If capitalism had triumphed where Marxism had failed, the only way left to bring down this edifice of success and prosperity was to go to the root morality that it was based upon and attack it from all sides. http://www.pjtv.com/v/2343 http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/2009/10/23/video-the-truth-about-the-tyranny-of-political-correctness/

Pop stars challenge U.S. government: Tell us if our music was used for torture at Guantanamo By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 11:21 AM on 23rd October 2009 Comments (0) Add to My Stories REM, Pearl Jam and Billy Bragg are among a coalition of musicians demanding that the U.S. government tell them if their music was used for torture at Guantanamo Bay. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request has been lodged on behalf of the artists in a bid to force authorities to reveal the truth about the use of loud music to interrogate inmates at the infamous U.S. prison. Former detainees at the centre have claimed that songs from the likes of AC…