Fashion & Lifestyle
Fashion that fits!
It’s time to feel the burn!
Fitness fashion is reviving the Jane Fonda look. It’s back to belted thong leotards and braided headbands! There’s nothing like bygones in the fashion orbit.
The flashdance look
The girls have got it right, they want to look like a sporty barbie. Leotards, the fashion fad of Jane Fonda days and disco...
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Movies – Music - Books
Indiana Jones tops hero poll
Actors Bruce Willis and Harrison Ford have been voted the greatest ever action heroes.
Around a quarter of the 3,000 people polled remembered Ford fondly as Han Solo in Star Wars and swashbuckling archaeologist Indiana Jones, a role he takes up again later on this year - for the fourth time.
Willis also set the standard in the 1980s, as...
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Beauty & Health
Sweden ranks world's best place for mothers
STOCKHOLM - Sweden has once again been rated as "the best place to be a mother in the world" by a U.S.-based charity in a report assessing the well-being for mothers around the world.
The report, released by the aid agency Save the Children Tuesday, illustrates where mothers fare best and where they face the greatest hardship.
Save the...
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Miscellaneous
Swiss government says Euro 2008 fans can have their chips
BERNE, Switzerland - The Swiss government has agreed to ease restrictions on the importation of potatoes following fears that Euro 2008 football fans could face a shortage of French fries next month.
A spokesman for the country's department of agriculture told national radio on Wednesday that the government would allow an additional 5,000...
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Sport & Fitness
Emotions high as Olympic torch scales Everest
EVEREST BASE CAMP, China - The Olympic flame reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday, an emotional moment for China and the crowning of the Beijing Olympics torch relay that was dogged by anti-Chinese protests on its world tour.
"Long live Tibet!" and "Long live Beijing!", the climbers, all wearing red, shouted joyously into a TV camera...
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Car & Traffic
Lotus to star at Sexy Green Show
Lotus will show off its Exige 270E Tri-Fuel sports car for the first time in the UK at this month's Sexy Green Car Show.
The Lotus has a top speed of 158mph and covers 0-60mph in just 3.9 seconds, yet it is cleaner than most small hatchback cars.
It uses an engine that can run on normal petrol, bio-ethanol or methanol.
The two biofuels...
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Internet
MySpace unveils new karaoke feature
NEW YORK - You're sitting at home online and suddenly you get an irresistible urge. You absolutely have to belt out R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly" and share it with the world.
You now have that ability, thanks to the new MySpace Karaoke, to be launched Tuesday by the social networking site.
MySpace Karaoke (ksolo.myspace.com) debuts...
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Movies – Music - Books
Winehouse to leave record label?
Amy Winehouse is reportedly planning on leaving her music label Island Records after the release of her next LP.
The Back To Black hitmaker is on a three-album deal with the firm, a subsidiary of Universal Music, and is said to be keen on quitting as soon as she completes her third disc.
And the star is reportedly planning on shunning...
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Travel
Travel myths and mysteries
Have you heard that New Yorkers are rude, London is rainy, and China is just a shovel away? Here, the truth behind travel rumors.
The Rumor: London is always gray and rainy, and the food is terrible.
The Truth: "In terms of rainfall, it's actually low on the list," says Nicole Mitchell, a Weather Channel meteorologist. (The statistics:...
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Miscellaneous
Deep sea monster could just be a tiddler
WELLINGTON - The biggest squid ever caught, at up to 10 metres long and boasting a fearsome beak and razor-sharp hooks, may be small compared to others still lurking in the depths, scientists said Tuesday.
The colossal squid has begun a two-day thaw at The Museum of New Zealand in Wellington before it is examined in more detail Wednesday by...
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