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• Nine-year-old boy dies after choking on a MEATBALL in school because staff 'didn't know what to do'
• Multimillionaire real estate mogul sentenced to 30 years in prison after conviction for shooting his wife in the head
• Captain's Log: Street entertainer upstages Ferguson at Gimcrack Dinner
• Senior Lib Dem warns Clegg to 'stop obsessing' about Europe
• Judge to hear campaigner's plea for inquest into Dr Kelly's controversial death
• BEL MOONEY: His female 'best friend' is coming between us
• Newcastle move for Maiga in doubt after striker fails medical
• 'The killing crew': First picture of gang of five accused of killing veteran police officer during botched robbery
• Rows over infidelity, a 'suicide bid' and a violent end of a very passionate affair
• Flight attendant jailed for six years for setting fire to aircraft's bathroom so he could 'put it out and play the hero'
• Ospreys 13 Saracens 16: Farrell kicks Sarries to narrow win in Wales
• Baseball's home run king Bonds avoids jail after misleading grand jury
• She may be tiny but they go on forever! Kylie Minogue shows off a lot of leg in two-toned dress at the British Comedy Awards
• The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe: The Time Lord travels to war-torn Britain... and escapes to a Narnia-type world in this year's Christmas special
• Mississippi mayor reveals he is gay... after being caught putting trip to gay sex shop on city's expenses
• Happy Holidays, Scrooge: TLC's Extreme Cheapskates exposes the tightest money-savers in America
• Selling stars to Manchester City is painful, admits Arsenal boss Wenger
• Fiancée of 'gangster' whose death led to riots is let off drugs charge with caution
• Tai chi 'can help prevent falls' by improving balance' in the elderly
• Isolated? No. Now the whole world's our oyster
• 'Wat a trophy!' Snoop Dogg shows off massive music video stash of what looks like marijuana
• Fury of Russians at medal snub to our Arctic heroes
• City aim to draw a line under scrap by holding training behind closed doors
• Vegas, baby! Delighted Britney Spears and Jason Trawick arrive in Sin City to celebrate engagement
• War Horse superstar: The Mail tracks down the unsung star of Spielberg's blockbuster - and the Hollywood 'horse whisperer' with whom he has an almost telepathic bond
• Celtic vow to hit fans with lifetime bans for shaming club
• For sale, the house with the best view in Britain: Meet the family reluctantly giving up their idyllic life in the country's remotest home
• 'They’re multiplying like head lice': The Absolutely Fabulous ladies lay into the Kardashians during their Christmas special
• Families' anger over failure of dementia care after damning revelations about poor standards
• Keeper of the Royal cushion: How flunkie has to make sure Charles is comfortable at the theatre
• The sheer lunacy of women refusing to look their age
• Liverpool in fight with Rangers for Dundee United midfielder Allen
• 'Do the world a favor and go kill yourself': One of the 8,000 horrifying online death threats a judge has ruled 'free speech'
• French are felled by triple whammy: Now it's Sarkozy who's out on a limb as UK banks pull funds, Germans side with Cameron and CLEGG attacks their PM
• It feels just champion: It's not just Arsenal and Chelsea who grab glamour ties
• Drivers hit for £1.3bn in parking fees as councils rake in record takings
• Disgraced Rod Blagojevich 'addicted to alcohol and can't get to sleep without a drink'
• Its top secret! Everton keeper Tim Howard reveals all to Sportsmail
• Baby joy! How I Met Your Mother's Alyson Hannigan is pregnant with second child
• Miracle or total turkey? We put M&S's 45-minute bird to the test
• The Little Couple stars Bill Klein and Jennifer Arnold are smiling again after surrogate's devastating miscarriage
• Once more with passion! Nancy Dell'Olio and Alex Jones are back for group routine on tonight's Strictly Come Dancing final
• Tacky Christmas card from Mr and Mrs Speaker: Bercow's card dredges up Sally's appearance on Celebrity Big Brother
• Internet entrepreneur changes his name to Mark Zuckerberg to avoid a lawsuit from Facebook (but he might get one anyway)
• Walk three mph… or DIE! Study shows dawdlers don't outpace the Grim Reaper
• Don't call me spoilt! Tamara Ecclestone insists her £200,000 handbag collection and 200 pairs of designer shoes are just frightfully canny investments
• Tis the season to be grumpy: Jason Statham and Rosie Huntingdon-Whitely don't look very happy as they go Christmas shopping together
• Pricewaterhouse facing probe over BarCap audits
• Tears that turned me into Glory McIlroy: I blew it, I choked
• Daphne Guinness admits she's worn nail polish on her LIPS (so how on earth did she get it off?)
• Ratings agency Fitch confirms it could downgrade six eurozone countries
• Sopranos matriarch Edie Falco enjoys family time with her daughter Macy
• Trapped in their homes: Families cannot afford to take second step on housing ladder
• Just why do parents condone teen sex?
• Tesco bond sale raises £60m in just ten days
• SOPA cyber-piracy bill would create 'federal big brother' to govern the internet, fearful experts warn
• Van Persie next on Man City wishlist as Mancini hails 'fantastic' striker
• Er... it's not Boxing Day yet, lads! City pair Balotelli and Richards square up again
• Lewis creates a real buzz but win for darts champ is sting in the tale for Haydon
• America’s cocaine habit 'funding Middle East terror gangs and war against Israel'
• Blacks rival Sports Direct could still buy one of its brands
• Ex-con who found wallet filled with $1,000 and credit cards RETURNS it... because idea of stealing it never crossed his mind
• Merry Blingmas! Pots of cash but not much taste? Then treat your beloved to one of these
• Newcastle in a hurry with £10m bid to sign Crystal Palace's teen star Zaha
• MAIL COMMENT: Economic reality and a fit of Gallic pique
• MARKET REPORT: Barclays up after Fitch downgrade
• Nasri must do better! Man City boss Mancini fires up ex-Gunner
• Ex-Leeds stalwart Senior poised to relaunch career with Hull KR
• Notts new boy Taylor leads 16-man Lions squad to Bangladesh
• Saturday debate: Who is the greatest Dutchman to have played in England?
• Fare dodger's dad goes right off the rails
• Charles Sale: Welsh lead way in Team GB snub
• Marriage proposal rejected live on the Ellen Show turns out to be an elaborate hoax
• A new DAWN for Lenny: One year after his divorce, friends say he's 'very happy' with theatre producer Lisa
• The most daring action moment in videogame history? Player's stunt in Battlefield 3 game goes viral as 5 MILLION people watch his daring kill
• Yardy lifts the lid on his depression battle: I felt like I was in danger
• Back on daddy duty: Tom Cruise dotes over his darling Suri on bonding day out after Mission Impossible tour
• US firm Cameron International agrees to pay BP towards oil spill costs
• What the nanny saw: Housekeeper's stunning images of 1950s Chicago show working life in America in a new light
• Debt hangover for Punch but Spirit division soars
• Tragedy of young couple who hitched a ride across America on freight trains... but were buried alive under mountain of coal
• 'Hitler wasn't all bad': One in ten Austrian teens think Nazi leader did 'good things', shock survey reveals
• George Osborne to outline banks ring-fencing costs
• Wilkinson inspired me to be a perfect 10, admits England rival Flood
• The big reveal! Konnie Huq shows off her baby bump for the first time at the British Comedy Awards
• Disgraced baseball star Barry Bonds avoids jail - but gets probation, community service and is put under house arrest for lying to grand jury
• Des Kelly: Fernando Torres is for life, not just Christmas
• All the top tips and best bets for Saturday, December 17
• Pain of the pigs: Undercover filming shows animals having their teeth clipped off with metal pliers without anaesthetic
• Wellies maker Hunter to fall into the hands of a US private equity consortium
• On a knife-edge: Kean given two games to save his Blackburn job
• Sunflowers from spices: Photographer recreates Van Gogh's famous artworks from her kitchen cupboard
• That's one way to get a home loan! Couple make cheesy music video plea to bank in desperate effort to secure dream house
• Congressman begins 24-hour hunger strike in solidarity with Occupy DC protesters
• What a trooper! Boy, 11, writes thank-you cards to 180,000 U.S. soldiers (and it takes him 18 months)
• I'm the one-woman Turkey Liberation Front: Liz Jones rescues two birds from what would be an unspeakable fate. Daft...or could she have a point?
• The Captain's Log: Reveley revels on revitalised Zaynar who lands Totepool Novices' Chase
• He punches drunks, uses strip-club bouncers as minders, and got high on myrrh in church. The vicar who inspired TV's Rev confesses all
• Laura Ashley brings cheer to the High Street as sales rise
• 'I would have have worked out more': Battle of the bunnies as Playmate Hope Dworaczyk takes a swipe at Lindsay Lohan
• Ratings agency confirms it is could downgrade SIX eurozone countries... but France's AAA status is safe for now
• Censorship row after Universal Music Group claims it can make YouTube take down any video it doesn't like
• Hounding of a first-class hero: The banker who threw a foul-mouthed student off a train could end up in court
• After seven black nights Britain's No 1 prize-fighter Froch targets a red-letter day
• Paul Nicholls: Brampour could be the best of Ladbroke Hurdle trio
• The Sky falls in: 25 years after Cup glory, what's gone wrong at Coventry?
• ALEX BRUMMER: Lloyds visits the confessional
• How dithering leads to misery: Agonising over problems means you're never happy with your decision
• What's so funny? Barefoot Bandit smiles as he is jailed for seven years after crime spree in nine states that got him $1.3m film deal to repay victims
• Exploitation of the Jackson 3: How the singer's children are being cynically controlled by the man whose greed wrecked his childhood
• Betting box: Sam Turner's guide to the TV races on Saturday, December 17
• What a dope! TSA officer lets rapper KEEP bags of weed found in his luggage... but leaves him a note saying 'C'mon son'
• 'She's in pretty bad shape': Terminally ill Etta James hospitalised with breathing difficulties
• Premier League Boot Room: The stats, the facts, the tips and the teams
• SUNDERLAND ON SATURDAY: Why the crisis has skewered British savers
• 'We're party animals': The Loose Women get their glad rags on and raise a glass to the festivities as they talk all things Christmas
• Exclusive: Only the name is the same for the latest Bergkamp... at Rochdale
• Villa lead tributes to founding father of the Football League
• INVESTMENT EXTRA: Experts give fund tips for weathering the storm in 2012
• Dalglish tells Liverpool strikers to up their game in bid to crack top four
• An unknown at first, but Swansea have found... Vorm the penalty killer
• Fannie and Freddie top executives charged with misleading the public over mortgage risks
• It's definitely the silly season! Holly Willoughby and Phillip Scholfield don cheesy Christmas-themed jumpers on This Morning
• Redknapp off the hook from UEFA... but Defoe won't be so easy on him over selection
• Ex-Spurs man Dalmat wanted by Doncaster as Rennes say he's free
• Plucking up courage! Butcher's boy Narraway is chasing England glory
• Obama bans daughters from Facebook - because he doesn't want strangers prying into family affairs
• In safe hands: Stockdale is good enough for England, claims Jol
• Beattie given fitness ultimatum as Sheffield United threaten to axe him
• L.A. doctor who regarded female patients as 'prey' given 12-year jail sentence for string of sex attacks
• Why do Western and Asian foods taste different? Study reveals that it's all down to chemistry
• Fulham move for £4m West Ham man Noble as Jol eyes Murphy replacement
• We can see right through you! Former 'fat and frumpy' fitness guru Jennifer Nicole Lee courts more attention in a sheer dress
• Oops! Whoopi Goldberg stuns The View panel as she passes wind on live television
• Gotze worth £50m, warn Dortmund as Man United close in on Hummels
• Covergirl ad banned by U.S. watchdog in first major step to restrict 'misleading' use of Photoshop in beauty campaigns
• Dolly Draper's Victor Meldrew moment
• Snow patrol: Where to find the skiing conditions that will make your Christmas
• Destiny calling: Froch determined to be crowned the best in the world by beating Ward
• Redknapp: Spurs players should be giddy on success, not booze
• 'It's been an amazing year!' Cancer survivor Bernie Nolan is a picture of health and happiness as she prepares for a busy Christmas
• Saturday Interview: Petr Cech exclusive: Behind the mask of a man who's still No 1
• Going Viral: Happy Christmas from the Bercows
• Hotel review: An Inspector Calls at... The Stag On The River, Godalming, Surrey
• Blow for Rooney and Wilshere as FA ban Euro 2012 squad from Olympics
• Speak up for Christianity, Cameron tells Archbishop: PM calls on the Church to defend 'values and moral code' of the Bible
• The sheer absurdity of the French panicked attack on Britain
• Cattermole keeps captain's armband despite latest drunken spree
• Happening Hyderabad: The diamond city where hotels are palaces and glitz abounds
• The real Fantastic Voyage? Researchers create mini camera that can 'swim' in human body
• Fannie and Freddie CEOs charged with misleading the public over mortgage risks
• Goodbye Rosie Webster! Helen Flanagan goes out with a fashionable bang in Chanel hat filming her last Corrie scenes
• Father of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne jailed for glassing his brother
• Sink oar swim for Britain's rowers who begin Olympic process
• Edgy supermodel Agyness Deyn's secret gaudy taste revealed as $2.5m New York apartment goes up for sale
• 'Highly dangerous with fatal consequences': Family of boy, 12 who died playing 'cult-like' choking game warn of dangers of craze
• Killers escape death penalty for murdering Welsh couple honeymooning in Caribbean
• LIVE: Villa 0 Liverpool 2, Spurs 1 Sunderland 0, Manchester City 1 Arsenal 0 - as it happened
• Wildcats strike deal with Papua New Guinea hooker Aiton
• A berry nice spread: Be bold and transform your Christmas Day table with rich jewel shades of plum and purple
• Jolly holly days: The bright berries mean more than Christmas decoration
• On Santa's naughty list: Teen gets stuck in bedroom chimney trying to sneak in after curfew
• Victoria's Secret pledges to investigate claims that its lingerie was made from cotton picked by 'abused child slaves'
• PREMIER LEAGUE LIVE: Wigan v Chelsea - follow all the action from the DW Stadium as it happens
• First Class India: The country that takes on a new dimension when you travel by train
• Councils back Silverstone's ambitious 20-year redevelopment masterplan
• Smash it! Shamed pundits Andy Gray and Richard Keys cashing in on their infamy as £9,000 after-dinner speakers
• She's a domestic goddess too! Blake Lively the golden girl bakes up a batch cupcakes for charity
• Scaly nails: Get a snakeskin manicure... for £62 per finger
• Who wants black swans? Glorious 60ft ballerina takes shape in the ice at Snow Sculpture Festival
• PREMIER LEAGUE LIVE: Follow the action from around the grounds as it happens
• Veteran Weir still focused on playing for Rangers but will consider move
• Caption Competition: Looks like Ed's for the chop...
• Beat this: The electric T-shirt you can play like a drum machine
• Fe, fi, fo, fum I'm the tallest Englishman! Record-breaking Neil who stands at 7ft 5in plays giant in pantomime
• She must be completely nuts! Who would feed a wild squirrel mouth-to-mouth?
• 'I'm at my goal weight, but now I want big boobs like J-Woww!': Snooki plans to reward herself with plastic surgery
• Hundreds of new teachers allowed into the classroom despite failing basic numeracy and literacy tests up to THIRTY-NINE times
• Is it back on for Daisy and the Doctor? The model comforts Matt Smith after inspecting a dent in his car
• FREE* 20 Snowdrops single-flowering for every reader
• Gisele Bündchen shows off her supermodel body for lingerie campaign
• At last, a new Routemaster chugs into view: 21st century version of famous hop-on, hop-off bus unveiled by London Mayor Boris Johnson
• CITY DIARY: National Express and HMV update the market; Chancellor's deficit reduction plans tested
• Kevin Quigley: My favourite image of the week... Graeme Swann
• 'Fired for marrying a black man': Woman at all-white church claims she lost her job over interracial marriage
• What IS in your 100 per cent pure, natural OJ? How juices are held in tanks for up to a year and heavily processed
• Google patents 'landing strip' that guides driver-less cars into tight spaces (perfect for those who struggle to parallel park)
• We don't need a new striker at Chelsea, insists Villas-Boas
• A jumbo effort: Huge team of vets and zoo staff perform eye surgery on elephant in UK first
• Teenager fights for life after being hit by bus outside student drinking party at bar which opened at 10am to sell £1 drinks
• 'I Just Made Love' app lets you tell the world where and when - and thousands already have
• Get the Daily Mail newspaper iPad app, or the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday for Kindle - and save money!
• Co-pilot of RAF helicopter that crashed killing three during a 'jolly' is spared jail
• Is this the ultimate bad date? Man takes his girl to the cinema ... then slips out mid-film to steal her car
• Teen mom buries baby 'evil' sex slavers 'battered to death and entombed in cement'
• 'Doing films is like sex without the orgasm': Danielle Lineker on why she only gets the buzz she needs from her theatre work
• The Premier League is closing in on 20,000 goals... Sportsmail pick the best
• Joe Paterno 'delayed forwarding report of Sandusky sex abuse because he didn't want to ruin the weekend'
• 'Her mother was pushing for less nudity': How Playboy boss Hugh Hefner persuaded Lindsay Lohan to strip off in Marilyn Monroe tribute shoot
• Riddle as New York Times CEO suddenly quits without reason leaving firm without a chief OR digital boss
• Is nowhere safe? Five bodies - including those of three high school students - found buried at UNIVERSITY in Mexico
• Caught on camera: The shocking moment dancing Tube passenger minding his own business is violently shoved off train
• Who stole Rebecca Ferguson's designer heels? The mystery of the missing Louboutins
• 'Leave the cookies at home': Children banned from bringing sugary snacks to school at Christmas
• 'We hacked U.S. drone': Iran claims it electronically hijacked spy aircraft's GPS and tricked aircraft into landing on its soil
• We'll risk getting thrashed by Chelsea if it gives us a chance to win, claims Martinez
• EVERTON v Norwich: Rodwell, Osman and Drenthe to face fitness tests
• Redknapp in the clear after UEFA opt against charging Spurs boss over gesture to fans after trial jibes
• Finalists gear up for last Strictly Come Dancing... as Alesha Dixon says it's a 'two-horse race' between Chelsee and Harry
• Britain's most expensive cup of coffee goes on sale for £70 a cup thanks to beans extracted from cats' droppings
• Harvest time for Farmville: Creator Zynga to earn $1 billion in IPO - biggest since Google's
• Gingrich, Romney, Perry and Paul still fighting for Republican nomination to be US President
• Everton v NORWICH: Boss Lambert with no fresh concerns ahead of Toffees test
• Strictly secrets: We reveal the Suzanne Neville dress Tess will wear to the final
• Di Resta feels the Force as British star is finally confirmed for 2012
• 'So excited!': Britney Spears' delight after getting engaged to boyfriend Jason Trawick
• Wildlife and beach threatened by leaked fuel after cargo ship runs aground off French Atlantic coast
• SMALL CAP MOVERS: Early stage technology stocks among this week's winners
• Sir Paul and a chip off the old rocker: McCartney flies from arena show to tiny pub gig... to see his son James perform
• PETER HITCHENS: In Memoriam, my courageous brother Christopher, 1949-2011
• ‘Scrooge’ school bans children from Christmas party for having too many sick days
• Ten killed as 'police open fire' on rioting oil workers demanding higher wages in Kazakhstan
• The age of the 'mobile data tsunami': How teenage girls send or receive almost 4,000 text messages a month
• FULHAM v Bolton: Zamora provides doubts for boss Jol ahead of Trotters test
• Dispute between Port Authority and September 11 Memorial and Museum Foundation 'on the verge of litigation'
• Legal first as father wins right to be named on birth certificate of 12-year-old girls who don't know they are is his children
• Jail for football fan who stole ambulance: Police discovered it parked outside drunkard’s house
• The Midlander: How the Sky Blues have come crashing down since THAT magical FA Cup win in 1987
• Christmas getaway begins, with warnings about busy roads and unsettled weather
• BLACKBURN v West Brom: Givet highly likely to be ruled out with heart problem
• Beauty Bible beauty clinic
• Conjoined twin 'at risk of dying' after marathon operation to separate baby girls
• Look what you're missing Doctor Who! Daisy Lowe bares (almost) all dancing to Santa Baby in advent striptease
• Hodgson has kind words for Kean in tough times for Blackburn boss
• Almost half of women with early form breast cancer could be spared chemotherapy thanks to simple genetic test
• Prime Ministers at war: Queen may be forced to intervene in Papua New Guinea power struggle
• Mum died of blood clot after hospital refused to scan her because life-saving service was not available at weekends
• Linda Hogan and toyboy seek help for their failing relationship on new reality TV show Couples Therapy
• The battle for High Street sales: How shoppers are using mobile phones to pay the lowest prices
• Wolves v STOKE: Boss Pulis likely to choose same XI that defeated Tottenham
• Meet the 105-year-old stockbroker who started work a year before the Great Depression… and is STILL trading
• The idea that the BBC has succumbed to trickery and propaganda is baloney
• Missing the snood, lads? Premier League stars grit their teeth in the big freeze
• 'I'm NOT behind on my rent': Courtney Love to fight eviction from $27k-per-month New York home
• Amy De Vine's Christmas Wine Box
• Soldiers baton-charge Egyptian protesters in Tahrir Square after eight die and 300 are wounded in new clashes
• Facebook profits double to $1bn - and Mark Zuckerberg's share is now worth $24bn
• The fans have been good to me and I will pay them back, promises Bolton boss Coyle
• QPR v Manchester United: Boss Warnock without Ferdinand for champions test
• I wonder if he can see in the dark? Gardener discovers human-shaped carrot in his allotment
• Prostitute who bit off tip of client's penis when he refused to pay is spared jail
• Race to save Russian crew in lifeboats as fishing boat is holed by iceberg
• Japanese tsunami debris washes up on U.S. West Coast nine months after disaster (and there's 100 MILLION more tons on its way)
• Rise of the partypreneurs: Middletons spark 55 per cent increase in party planning businesses
• MANCHESTER CITY v Arsenal: Zabaleta to fill in at left-back as Richards returns
• UK Supreme Court grants permission for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to appeal against extradition to Sweden
• Venky's told me there's no financial crisis at Blackburn, insists Kean
• Golden girls: Downton Abbey stars Elizabeth McGovern, Michelle Dockery and Joanne Froggatt swap dowdy costumes for winter chic in their bid to conquer America
• Newcastle v SWANSEA: Allen set to replace Moore after returning from suspension
• Winter fashion? No sweat! How the style set is tackling urban jungle with moisture-wicking sportswear made for athletes
• So where's the stereo? Mind-boggling cockpit of space shuttle Atlantis revealed
• The great Christmas getaway starts early! As schools break up AA warns 18m cars will take to the roads over festive period
• Food notes: Last minute look book
• What have you got to hide Jude? Actor keeps style secrets firmly under his hat (which he has been wearing since October)
• Tottenham v SUNDERLAND: Cattermole back from suspension for trip to capital
• Police probe discovery of the bodies of a man and woman on farmland
• Blow for BlackBerry: Crucial new phones delayed until 'late 2012' as handset sales dry up
• Manchester City v ARSENAL: No fresh concerns for Wenger ahead of trip to the league leaders
• Blue Peter is sent into digital exile: Show is cut to one episode a week... and it won't even be screened on BBC1 first
• Let us keep Yaya a bit longer, Mancini urges Ivory Coast
• West Ham weigh up plans to put temporary seats over running track at Olympic Stadium
• O'Neill will speak to Gyan as Sunderland boss sets sights on recalling loan striker
• Is mother Russia leaving Syria to fend for herself?
• 'Hard done by' MPs want a union – pathetic
• Top event rider in a coma after she was crushed by her horse in fall
• Christopher Hitchens: The moral power of polemical fury
• Strictly final showing live in 3D in cinemas this Saturday night
• 'Tens of thousands' of children victims of child sexual abuse at the hands of paedophile priests in the Netherlands since 1945
• Toddlers banned from making their own gestures as they sing Twinkle Twinkle 'in case it offends deaf people'
• No New Year joy for fixed-rate bond savers – but instant access could get a boost
• Aston Villa v LIVERPOOL: Henderson set to retain his midfield role alongside Adam
• 'It's not fair': Four high school pupils in 'Tebowing' row after being suspended for joining copycat craze to honour NFL star
• Fresh-faced Dakota Fanning leaves the make-up at home as she goes for a natural look
• Police raid illicit drinking dens and distilleries as death toll from spiked bootleg alcohol rises to 170
• Confused about which wine to drink at Christmas? Sainsbury's unveil first ever bottle made for festive meal
• TOTTENHAM v Sunderland: Spurs boss Redknapp without banned Kaboul
• The price of impatience: Obama family jets off to Hawaii before the president... at a cost of $100,000 to the taxpayer
• The not-so-beautiful game! More people died playing football than SWORD-FIGHTING in Tudor times, historian discovers
• How vulgar! £1 million 24-carat gold Rolls-Royce is unveiled (but who on earth would want to buy it?)
• Fergie set to gamble on teen Pogba as United boss bids to cure injury crisis
• All I want for Christmas... is to be a kid again! Melanie Sykes recreates childhood with festive photo, complete with grubby knees
• Wife loses fight to bring over man who can't speak English
• Seven minutes and out! Injured Dyer will not play again for QPR this season
• Feeling a little fragile? Birthday girl Sam Faiers hides beneath furry hat and huge sunglasses the morning after her 21st party
• Italian police investigate discovery of bullets sent in the post to Mario Monti and Silvio Berlusconi by left wing terror group
• Rents dip as landlords avoid empty properties over Christmas but prices still up 3.5% this year
• Worker who lost three fingers in industrial accident has them replaced with two bionic digits and a toe
• Blackburn v WEST BROM: Top scorer Long is fit but Reid provides concerns
• A crocodile is for life...? Pet shop owner discovers 5ft reptile dumped in a plastic box outside his animal park
• Schoolboy born with half an ear gets a new one - sculpted from his ribs
• QPR v MANCHESTER UNITED: Berbatov back to boost Fergie's attacking options
• Teachers and civil servants WILL have to pay higher pension contributions next year, say ministers
• Student makes hoax bomb threat to get out of sitting exam
• All four parties are rebuffed in the by-election... but Miliband is the biggest loser
• Let me just check that again... Tailor gets up close and personal with Amber Heard as she gets measured up in lingerie
• TABLE: How the big world banks' credit ratings compare
• What a cutie! Sin City star Devon Aoki takes her baby Hunter on his first Christmas shopping trip
• Father wanted for abduction of daughters and murder of wife commits suicide in motel
• Thunderbirds are SLOW! Great-granddad transforms mobility scooter into Lady Penelope's Roller (and chauffeurs her around town)
• John Lewis defies High Street gloom with strong online sales
• Former SS hitman, 90, declared fit to serve time in jail for killing Dutch resistance fighters in cold blood in 1944
• 10 years older... Kylie Jenner, 14, looks a little TOO sophisticated in a sleek bandage dress
• Police failing to investigate thousands of complaints about their own officers as 6 in 10 appeals are upheld
• 112 arrested in online child porn swoops in 22 European countries after year-long investigation
• Barkley shuns big guns and signs new deal at Everton
• What goes up, must come down: Stricken Russian probe will plummet to Earth next month - and no one knows where it will strike
• TV turn-offs of 2011: How Clarkson and Cocozza made the protests pour in
• Blind golfer dies after stepping off platform in front of tram after Christmas party
• Japan turns corner on nuclear nightmare as plant officially reaches a 'cold shutdown'
• The dementia care report: Let's be discontented and not settle for the status quo
• The TOWIE effect: Sales of false nails soar 567% and fake eyelashes up by 298% as girls go for the Essex look this Christmas
• A generation of childless women: How a fifth of 45 year olds have not started a family
• 'Watching Manchester United nearly killed me,' says female fan suffering from rare medical stress disorder
• Mario and Micah were boxing... but they're good friends really, says Mancini as City boss plays down scrap
• Eighteen pieces of radioactive material seized from Iranian bound for Tehran at Moscow airport
• At least it won't drop its needles! Giant Christmas tree made entirely from wool
• It's great to be back... Swansea hot-shot Graham on life at the top and returning home to Newcastle
• Comparing design ideas? Gwyneth Paltrow receives bag of Topshop goodies from pal Sir Philip Green after cosy dinner
• Revealed: The 74 illegal immigrants who should have been sent home years ago and are costing the taxpayer millions
• World's biggest visible-light telescope captures 'starburst galaxy'
• Final flights bring U.S. troops back home as Iraq war's 'last casualty' (the 4,483rd American) is mourned
• Credit ratings agency Fitch downgrades Barclays, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs
• Gaddafi death 'may be a war crime', says chief prosecutor at The Hague
• Scientists discover why lemurs are dying out in their native Madagascar – they’re being eaten as bar snacks
• At least you didn't call him Louis! 2 Shoes singer Charley Bird names newborn son Beaux in honour of X Factor fame
• Serial bigamist who married three men is finally caught out after she leaves her second husband for his friend
• Premier League stars arrested after 'going on late night car-wrecking spree' close to arch-rivals' ground
• Boost for Ramsey and Wilshere as Wenger won't block London 2012 hopefuls
• Smoking hot Claudia Schiffer goes Brigitte Bardot on Italian photo shoot
• How did he get a gun in the courtroom? Former boxer 'shot three people including attorney he hated' after being convicted of sex offence
• Bolton stars forced to play for their futures as contract talks are blocked
• Sports images of the day: Our picture editor's selection
• Cameron International to pay BP $250m in Gulf of Mexico oil spill settlement
• Fury as Harvey Nichols sell tinned Reindeer meat as Christmas delicacy (but that's not stopped it selling out)
• An eBook reader under the Christmas tree? Bad news as publishers band together to make prices higher than paper books
• I'll only spend in January if I can get who I want, says Ferguson
• Sunderland pair Bendtner and Cattermole arrested over allegations of trashing cars in Newcastle
• Westwood waltzes 11 shots clear as Worksop wonder continues to dazzle in Thailand
• 'Simply unacceptable': Even Europhile Nick Clegg thinks France has gone too far with attacks on British economy
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