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Prince Albert Reportedly Banned By New Bride From Contact with Nicole Coste and Other Former Lovers

• August 15, 2011 • 1 Comment

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Sandra Bullock Adopts a Black Son and Files for Divorce from Jesse James

• April 28, 2010 • 3 Comments

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Tags: "People Magazine", Adoption, Angelina Jolie, Billy Bob Thornton, Brad Pitt, Celebrity Adoptions, Divorce, Jesse James, Louis Armstrong, Louis Bardo Bullock, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, Mia Farrow, New Orleans, Post-Racial, Sandra Bullock, Satchmo, Woody Allen

Madonna Has Mercy

• June 12, 2009 • 2 Comments

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Supreme Court Lets Kentucky Abortion Ultrasound Law Take Effect December 9, 2019
The law requires doctors to show and describe ultrasounds to women seeking abortions. Challengers said it violated the First Amendment.
Despite Warnings, Trump Moves to Expand Migrant Family Detention December 9, 2019
Tiny prison uniforms were replaced with T-shirts. Healthcare and schooling improved. Experts say there is still no safe way to incarcerate families.
Pensacola Attack Probed for Terrorism Link. Saudi Suspect Clashed With Instructor. December 9, 2019
The F.B.I. said it was conducting a terrorism investigation into the shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola, as new information emerged about the gunman’s training at the facility.
Pensacola Victims: Three Hopeful Men at the Dawn of Naval Careers December 9, 2019
The sailors who were fatally shot on Friday at Naval Air Station Pensacola had only recently arrived to train in naval aviation, grieving relatives said.
5-Year-Old Carries Baby in Subzero Cold After They Are Abandoned, Police Say December 8, 2019
A power outage scared the older child, who, wearing socks and light clothing, carried the baby about half a mile to another house in Alaska.
Donald B. Marron, Financier, Art Collector and Philanthropist, Dies at 85 December 9, 2019
Mr. Marron began his Wall Street career as a teenager before becoming a business leader and supporter of the arts.
Pensacola Shooting Updates: F.B.I. Presumes It Was Terrorism December 9, 2019
Officials said on Sunday that federal investigators were working on the presumption that the attack in Pensacola on Friday was an act of terrorism. Sailors from Alabama, Florida and Georgia were killed, and eight others were injured.
Report on F.B.I. Russia Inquiry Finds Serious Errors But Debunks Anti-Trump Plot December 9, 2019
A long-awaited report by the Justice Department’s inspector general delivers scathing critique of F.B.I.’s handling of wiretap application but also punctures many conspiracy theories.

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Five people dead and eight missing after New Zealand volcanic eruption December 9, 2019
Questions arise as to why tourists were on White Island after scientists noted volcanic activityFive people have died and eight are still missing following an eruption on a volcanic island in New Zealand, the country’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has said.She said that New Zealanders and tourists from Australia, the US, Britain, China and Malaysia were a […]
Afghanistan papers reveal US public were misled about unwinnable war December 9, 2019
Interviews with key insiders reveal damning verdict on conflict that cost 2,300 US livesHundreds of confidential interviews with key figures involved in prosecuting the 18-year US war in Afghanistan have revealed that the US public has been consistently misled about an unwinnable conflict.Transcripts of the interviews, published by the Washington Post after […]
PM refuses to look at picture of boy forced to sleep on hospital floor December 9, 2019
Boris Johnson accused of not caring after refusing reporter’s requests several timesLatest election news – live updatesBoris Johnson has been accused of not caring after he repeatedly refused during a TV interview to look at a photo of a four-year-old boy forced to sleep on the floor at an overcrowded A&E unit, before pocketing the reporter’s phone on wh […]
1.9 billion people at risk from mountain water shortages, study shows December 9, 2019
Rising demand and climate crisis threaten entire mountain ecosystem, say scientistsA quarter of the world’s population are at risk of water supply problems as mountain glaciers, snow-packs and alpine lakes are run down by global heating and rising demand, according to an international study.The first inventory of high-altitude sources finds the Indus is the […]
Russia banned from Tokyo Olympics and football World Cup December 9, 2019
Wada hands Russia a four-year ban for doping offencesIndividual athletes can still compete under a neutral banner Russia has been handed a four-year ban from international sporting competition for a doping cover-up that means the country will not feature at the Tokyo Olympics next summer or the 2022 football World Cup in Qatar.An emergency meeting of the Wor […]
North Korea insults Trump as 'heedless and erratic old man' as tension rises December 9, 2019
Pyongyang responds to tweets on denuclearizationThe Guardian view on North Korea: a brewing nuclear crisisNorth Korea insulted Donald Trump again on Monday, calling him a “heedless and erratic old man” after he tweeted that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un would not want to abandon a special relationship between the two leaders and affect the US presidential […]
Swedish diplomat faces trial for trying to free China dissident December 9, 2019
Anna Lindstedt accused of brokering unauthorised meeting over fate of Gui MinhaiSweden’s former ambassador to Beijing is to go on trial for overstepping her duties by trying to negotiate the release of a Chinese-Swedish dissident held in China.Anna Lindstedt is accused of brokering an unauthorised meeting to try to get Gui Minhai freed, prosecutors said. Con […]
Coats for homeless removed from Dublin's Ha'penny Bridge December 9, 2019
Action by city authority for ‘public safety’ reasons provokes social media outcryThe idea was simple: ask Dubliners to hang warm coats on the Ha’penny footbridge for the city’s burgeoning homeless population.Shortly after #warmforwinter notices appeared on lampposts near the popular landmark last week, an array of anoraks, parkas and fleeces started to line […]

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New Zealand volcano: 'No sign of life' after White Island eruption December 9, 2019
Police believe there are no survivors on White Island, where tourists were caught in an eruption.
Russia banned from global sports for four years December 9, 2019
Russia is handed a four-year ban from all major sporting events - including the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics - by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Pensacola attack gunman reported to have filed complaint December 9, 2019
Mohammed Alshamrani alleged a naval instructor mocked his moustache in front of other students.
Finnish minister Sanna Marin, 34, to become world's youngest PM December 9, 2019
Social Democrat Sanna Marin will head a female-led governing coalition in the Nordic nation.
Ukraine conflict: Putin and Zelensky hold landmark talks in Paris December 9, 2019
The Russian and Ukrainian leaders go into face-to-face talks to end the eastern Ukraine conflict.
China Uighurs: Detainees 'free' after 'graduating', official says December 9, 2019
The unverified claims follow rising pressure over the internment of an estimated one million Muslims.
French far-left leader Mélenchon sentenced for intimidation December 9, 2019
Jean-Luc Mélenchon was filmed berating and pushing an official as his HQ was being searched.
José Filomeno dos Santos: Son of Angola's ex-leader in 'extraordinary' trial December 9, 2019
Jose Filomeno dos Santos is alleged to have stolen $0.5bn from Angola's Sovereign Wealth Fund.