Spirit of Capone lives on in Mobtown, Illinois | World news
Posted on May 4, 2024
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World newsSpirit of Capone lives on in Mobtown, IllinoisMayor's $12m scam follows in footsteps of Scarface, Baldy and the Big TunaAl Capone marched into the Chicago suburb of Cicero on election day, seeking a safe refuge after Chicago itself had been taken over by a reformist zealot of a mayor.
In Cicero, Capone put up his own candidate, and his men canvassed voters at gunpoint to make sure there was no mistake.
[Read More]Why we fell for clean eating | Food
Posted on May 4, 2024
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Photograph: AlamyThe oh-so-Instagrammable food movement has been thoroughly debunked – but it shows no signs of going away. The real question is why we were so desperate to believe it. By Bee Wilson
by Bee WilsonIn the spring of 2014, Jordan Younger noticed that her hair was falling out in clumps. “Not cool” was her reaction. At the time, Younger, 23, believed herself to be eating the healthiest of all possible diets.
[Read More]Camp Cropper prison, Iraq | World news
Posted on May 3, 2024
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| Barrett Giampaolo
Camp Cropper prison, Iraq Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Originally set up as a small 'high-value' detention site - Saddam Hussein was kept there - the prison outside Baghdad now has 2,000 inmates. US forces have around 60,000 people detained in Iraq, compared with 27,000 a year ago Fri 21 Sep 2007 07.37 EDT First published on Fri 21 Sep 2007 07.
[Read More]Donald Trump wanted daughter Ivanka to be running mate in 2016, book says | Ivanka Trump
Posted on May 3, 2024
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Ivanka Trump This article is more than 3 years oldDonald Trump wanted daughter Ivanka to be running mate in 2016, book saysThis article is more than 3 years oldEx-campaign deputy Rick Gates quotes Trump as saying: ‘Ivanka should be vice-president’ in book out in October
US politics – live coverage Trump’s taxes: Ivanka named in New York Times report Donald Trump wanted to name his daughter, Ivanka Trump, as his running mate in 2016, according to a new book by former campaign deputy Rick Gates, reported by Bloomberg News.
[Read More]Parents of baby killed by their husky in Lincolnshire given suspended sentences | Dangerous dogs
Posted on May 3, 2024
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Vince King and Karen Alcock, pictured, whose dog mauled their three-month-old daughter to death, have been spared jail. Photograph: Phil Barnett/PAVince King and Karen Alcock, pictured, whose dog mauled their three-month-old daughter to death, have been spared jail. Photograph: Phil Barnett/PADangerous dogs This article is more than 5 months oldParents of baby killed by their husky in Lincolnshire given suspended sentencesThis article is more than 5 months oldVince King and Karen Alcock were racing 19 dogs near Woodhall Spa when one fatally mauled their three-month-old daughter
[Read More]Portrait of a Young Man, Bronzino (c1550-55) | Culture
Posted on May 3, 2024
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| Brenda Moya
Portrait of the weekCulturePortrait of a Young Man, Bronzino (c1550-55)· View the work online
Artist: Agnolo di Cosimo (1503-72), who renamed himself Bronzino, was a practitioner of the climactic Renaissance style mannerism, in which the technical discoveries of Italian painting were stretched and subverted.
Born in Florence and trained by the mannerist master Jacopo Pontormo, Bronzino was a poet as well as a painter and a member of the prestigious Florentine Academy.
[Read More]Revealed: many common omega-3 fish oil supplements are rancid | Fish oil
Posted on May 3, 2024
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Seascape: the state of our oceansFish oil This article is more than 2 years oldRevealed: many common omega-3 fish oil supplements are ‘rancid’This article is more than 2 years oldIndependent tests find that a number of products on the market use oxidised oils, with the rancidity often masked by flavourings
‘It’s mind-boggling’: the hidden cost of your obsession with fish oil pills
More than one in 10 fish oil supplements tested from among 60 large retail brands are rancid, while nearly half are just under the recommended maximum limit, according to independent tests.
[Read More]The Tampa affair, 20 years on: the ship that capsized Australias refugee policy
Posted on May 3, 2024
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Australian immigration and asylumWhen a Norwegian freighter rescued 433 asylum seekers from a sinking vessel en route to Christmas Island, it sparked a crisis that led to hardline border policies and indelibly shifted the response to boat arrivals
Even to Abbas Nazari’s disoriented seven-year-old mind, the faint “upside-down triangle” on the horizon represented one thing: salvation.
Weakened by dehydration and illness, battered by the terrifying storm that had incapacitated the small boat carrying him and hundreds of others, Nazari remembers staring over the sea at the ship that would rescue them.
[Read More]Characters in the best way: friends pay tribute to teenagers who died in Wales crash | Wales
Posted on May 2, 2024
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Wales This article is more than 1 month old‘Characters in the best way’: friends pay tribute to teenagers who died in Wales crashThis article is more than 1 month oldClassmates and colleagues spoke warmly of Wilf Fitchett, Jevon Hirst, Hugo Morris and Harvey Owen
Four lit candles, representing each of the teenagers killed in a car crash at the weekend, could be seen in the windows of many homes and businesses in their home town of Shrewsbury.
[Read More]Fears over availability of date rape drugs online | Drugs
Posted on May 2, 2024
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The ObserverDrugs This article is more than 2 years oldFears over availability of ‘date rape’ drugs online This article is more than 2 years oldCalls for restrictions around the substances to be tightened with five-year jail term or unlimited fines
Large quantities of the sedative GHB – enough for multiple harmful doses – can be bought online for as little as £10, the Observer has found.
The use of Rohypnol and GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyric) in high-profile cases of date rape has fuelled calls for restrictions around the substances to be tightened.
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