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Price's pardon is lost along with 'standard' procedures
In olden days, a politician knocking a judge was something shocking. Now, heaven knows, anything goes. In Northern Ireland, anyway.
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Life's a bed of roses for Mani
Bass player news and, following last week's expose of Duff McKagan's fight against the booze, this week features the financial mysteries of Mani.
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- There's fat chance of me dating Angelina
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There's fat chance of me dating Angelina
What has happened to Angelina Jolie's shoulders?
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Letting moobs hang out is chest not flattering to anyone, Simon
I wish to talk to you today about moobs. As I intend taking a typically scientific approach, first I shall define my terms. Moobs are male breasts, the word itself being a contraction of man boobs. Here's the rub: men aren't meant to have these.
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SDLP drowned out as it gets serious about benefits
While the UUP clowned around this week, the SDLP has struck a more serious note.
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It's no wonder honours are rejected after Fred
Sir Fred 'The Shred' Goodwin, the disgraced Royal Bank of Scotland boss, will find it hard to get a campaign going to have his knighthood reinstated.
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How our schools are seeing red
Bad news for the Smurf community ... a school in Essex is supplying pupils with a colour chart to advise them on which hair colours will be permitted in class.
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Time to stop rogue landlords ripping off tenants
You know the way nobody has ever actually met the Yeti? Other phenomena we've seen little hard proof of over the years ...
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Will hope and history finally rhyme in 2012?
One of the ways in which we have traditionally shielded ourselves from major disappointment in Northern Ireland has been by not getting too carried away in the first place.
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The final whistle has blown on Paisley’s brand of politics
Last Friday night, the Free Presbyterian faithful gathered from all over the country to bid farewell to the Rev Ian Paisley, marking the end of his 65-year ministry on Belfast’s Ravenhill Road.
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We need a chat show
Chances are you won't have seen it - your Saturday nights are more thrill-packed, you don't have an RTE aerial - but there was a great interview with Holly Sweeney on the Brendan O'Connor show at the weekend.
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Why Peter going to GAA final is a whole new ball game
You have to hand it to the First Minister.
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Easy money ... but who'd want to live on The Estate?
There's been outrage at the new BBC NI reality series The Estate, a fly-on-the-wall documentary whose main characters include a single mum of five living on benefits and an alcoholic.
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No need for a tartan army when Salmond is around
As Billy Connolly might crack, in his broad Glaswegian accent, "Isn't it amazen?" No Provisional, Real, Official, Continuity or even imaginary Scottish Republican Army.
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My MasterChef diet is going down a treat
Is it poor programme scheduling or intentional cruelty that has lead to so many cookery programmes being shown in the month when we’re all supposed to be stressing about our weight?
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Will Boyle be Olympic golden boy?
The excitement’s mounting! It’s only six months till the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games!
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Why it takes a real man like Brad to admit to his mistakes
You gotta feel sorry for the person behind the “human error” which saw an ITV documentary show footage it claimed had been shot by the IRA of its members trying to shoot down a British Army helicopter, in 1988.
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Mortgage offer makes me nostalgic
Got a leaflet through the door the other day from a local bank asking if I’d like to have a mortgage with them. Wow!
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In the good books
If, like me, you're always on the look-out for a new novel that will make your children think and feel - and is equally rewarding for you to read aloud - I must recommend Roddy Doyle's new book A Greyhound of a Girl.
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If you think the law is an ass, read on
What's the best way to encourage frightened victims of domestic violence to pursue charges against their attackers? How about locking them up for a week if they're too scared to give evidence against the man who nearly killed them - that should shake some sense into them!
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