It's the mayor of London in one corner and Porsche, the maker of thoroughbred sports cars, in the other. In the green trunks, Mayor Ken Livingstone has decreed that a $50 daily tax shall be levied against all gas-guzzling, emission-spewing vehicles that drive through his city beginning in October. His logic says that it will fight global warming, and the money raised will help implement a Paris-style bicycle plan for the city. Re-election is aro
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People are not having enough sex. An epidemic of breakups prove the needs that lead to a great sex life are being overlooked. Dirty dishes, frumpy clothes, and a lack of authentic connections are killing the romance. A great sex life is a challenge and takes focus, determination, and planning. Some say it?s an unrealistic goal, but we [at Relevant Church] disagree. We believe you can have a great sex life, in fact we believe God wants you to have
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Actress Rachel Bilson was so terrified of filming a sex scene with Hayden Christensen, she drank shots of alcohol to calm herself down. The former The O.C. star was wracked with nerves before stripping off for new movie Jumper - insisting it goes against nature to simulate sex on a film set. The 26-year-old says, ?I remember Hayden and I were both like, ?Let?s drink a shot or something to calm our nerves.?

The Rolling Stones, the band for whom the term sex and drugs and rock'n'roll could have been invented, have called on their younger counterparts to live healthier lifestyles. In an astonishing case of "do as I say, not as I did" Keith Richards and Sir Mick Jagger, have warned younger pop stars not to take drugs because they are bad for them. The pair, both 64, singled out the troubled singer Amy Winehouse, telling her she should "get her act toge
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Summer in Greece is a sight we are familiar with. Crowded beaches filled with people wearing almost nothing. But winter 2008 in Greece is something different. They have snow now! click read more

Sewing artwork onto the tongue is the newest way to express your individuality, get tetanus.

Gene Simmons, the bass player from Kiss, is known for having slept with a ton of women and he?s always part of the trashiest events, so I am not surprised that he found himself a hot groupie slut to fuck. I am surprised that he let this leak onto the internet because he already has a boatload of money and this shit isn?t going to make any one think he?s any cooler. Not to mention most people would rather watch the news than a porn starring Simmo
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We know the Japanese are weird. And it's not likely to ever change. I mean, would you like your mother to dress like a schoolgirl in every day life? Probably not. But would you want her to enter Japan's hottest school girl mom contest?

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An anonymous reader suggests we visit the home of the watchdog group Global Integrity for a breakdown of online censorship: "Using data from the Global Integrity Index, we put a US court's recent order to block access to anti-corruption site Wikileaks.org into context. In summary: This is unheard of in the West, and has only been seen in a handful of the most repressive regimes. Good thing it doesn't work very well... The whole event seems to enc
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I just returned from New Zealand, where I spoke at Webstock. I am tired. I had a tremendous time. I was amazed at the quality of the organization of the conference. I loved the branding that was found on everything from the t-shirt to the speakers’ dinner menus. I saw many old friends and met new ones. I think my talk went over pretty well. I missed out on a lot of the talks due to being obsessive about my slides. I found out I̵
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PRISTINA (Reuters) - U.N. police pulled out of a Kosovan border post that was destroyed on Tuesday by Serbs who vow never to submit to the authority of Kosovo's Albanian government and its Western backers.

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has again denied running a clandestine program to enrich uranium for weapons, long suspected by the United States, a top U.S. nuclear envoy said on Wednesday.

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Space shuttle Atlantis headed for home on Wednesday with NASA pushing to get it back to Earth before the U.S. military tries to shoot a dead spy satellite out of the sky.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A top aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday the Palestinians should consider declaring an independent state unilaterally if peace talks with Israel continue to falter.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The party of assassinated former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto began stitching together a coalition on Wednesday that could spell the end for President Pervez Musharraf, after winning the most seats in a general election.