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  • British economy in modest recovery central bank governor

    Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said in a television interview that Britain's economy had achieved "only a modest recovery". "We are seeing a recovery. It's only a modest recovery, and we certainly can't be satisfied with it," the outgoing central bank governor King said in an interview with the Sky News' Murnaghan programme Sunday. "We will need to do more to use up the spare capacity ...

  • Windies begin preparation for Champions Trophy

    The West Indies will kick off preparations for next month's Champions Trophy in England when they embark on a five-day camp at the High Performance Centre (HPC) at the 3Ws Oval starting here Monday. The sessions will be overseen by West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson with assistant coach Tony Radford and the HPC's Andre Coley, also involved in the squad's preparation. The players are expected ...

  • Fergie stunned Man U players staff with Dont call me boss again final order

    Sir Alex Ferguson had stunned Manchester United players after he reportedly told them not to call him 'Boss' again, as his final order. The Scot ended his 26-year Old Trafford reign with a thrilling 5-5 draw against West Bromich Albion and will be succeeded by outgoing Everton boss David Moyes, The Sun reports. Making the quip to players and backroom staff at Old Trafford, Ferguson joked that ...

  • Cook hails Broad-Anderson combined strikeforce boosts Englands assault on world domination

    England captain Alastair Cook has praised his bowlers Stuart Broad and James Anderson, saying that the duo's combined strikeforce is a major help to his assault on world domination. Former England skipper Nasser Hussain introduced Anderson to Test cricket while English icon Michael Vaughan put him and Broad together to open the bowling attack five years ago in New Zealand, the Mirror ...

  • Fergie leads Scholes Owen and others on retirement road following farewell draw with West Brom

    Sir Alex Ferguson had led the way to a day packed with goodbyes after he bid farewell to Manchester United with 1500 games in charge after a record breaking 5-5 draw with West Bromich Albion. Following the Scot, football icons Paul Scholes, Michael Owen, Jamie Carragher, Steve Harper and Stilyan Petrov also drew curtains on their illustrious careers, the Mirror reports. However, the report ...


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Norbit

Norbit

In Norbit, Eddie Murphy plays three different roles, including Rasputia, a gargantuan tub of vain, bitter female vindictiveness whose favored phrase is How you doin?, an all-purpose insult, exclamation point, and space filler that is clearly meant to be a hilarious catch phrase for t ... ...

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  • William-Kate gnome statues to raise money for kids

    Tiny gnome statues of Prince William and his pregnant wife Kate, the duchess of Cambridge, will be auctioned online to raise money for children to learn about gardening in schools. The gnome statues were displayed at the Chelsea Flower Show, the Daily Mirror reported. "Gnomes are often associated with good luck, I could not think of a more popular couple that the nation is wishing good luck ...

  • England to tour West Indies in February

    England and the West Indies will play three Twenty20 matches and three One-Day Internationals in the Caribbean early next year, the West Indies Cricket Board announced. The three One-Day Internationals will be played at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds in Antigua while Kensington Oval in Barbados will host the T20 games, the WICB said Saturday, reports CMC. The Twenty20 matches will be ...

  • Kirani James outpaces rivals to win in Shanghai

    World and Olympic champion Kirani James powered to victory against his main rivals from London 2012 Olympics in the 400 metres at Shanghai's Diamond League meet. The Grenadian quarter miler raced ahead on the final bend to edge 2008 Olympic champion, the USA's Lashawn Merritt, into second place Saturday, reports Xinhua. Luguelin Santos of the Dominican Republic, the silver medallist from last ...

  • Asteroid 9 times larger than Queen Elizabeth 2 ship to sail past Earth on May 31

    Asteroid 1998 QE2 will sail past Earth on May 31, getting no closer than about 3.6 million miles (5.8 million kilometers), or about 15 times the distance between Earth and the moon. While QE2 is not of much interest to those astronomers and scientists on the lookout for hazardous asteroids, it is of interest to those who dabble in radar astronomy and have a 230-foot (70-meter) - or larger-radar ...

  • Shopping centre to host charity bake off day

    By Bruce Thain Families are being invited to get baking during the half term to help charity bake sales taking place across the borough. The St Ann's Shopping Centre, in Harrow, will be hosting a Bake Off event for free to help raise money for charity. At the event on Saturday May 25, families are invited to decorate cakes and cookies, as well as a treasure hunt around the ...

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