She may not have been the oldest Golden Girl in real life, but she’s the first to check out.

Estelle Getty, who played meddling mother Sophia on “The Golden Girls,” died Tuesday morning. She was 84.
Getty, who suffered from advanced dementia, died around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday at her Hollywood Boulevard home, said her son, Carl Gettleman [...]

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Oh, well – there go the ratings. And my lunch.
17-year-old Chloe Marshall is making history this weekend as she becomes the first ever size 16 girl to take part in the Miss England final. (more)
Some retards folk think that a move like this is progressive. Well, those people should all be invited to a [...]

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Legendary cynic and anti-establishment comic George Carlin died of heart failure on Sunday at the age of 71. Very sad. George was a funny guy. But this is less of an obituary and more of a celebration of his seminal routine: “7 words you can’t say on tv”. Enjoy.
Cheers, George.

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Senator Barack Obama this morning became the first black presidential nominee in American history, hours after his defeated rival Senator Hillary Clinton floated the proposal that she be his vice-presidential running mate. (more)
Great. Now we all can get back to ignoring US politics again.

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A few days ago I posted a story about a thirteen-year-old who maxed out his dad’s credit card on hookers, XBox and Oreos. Quite understandably, there was concern that the story wasn’t entirely accurate. Those concerns were well founded.
Warning: the following extract contains vomitous online technosperm.
Online marketer Lyndon Antcliff recently helped a client achieve over [...]

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A New Zealander has been convicted of common assault after chucking a hedgehog at a teenager. Luckily for the perp, the crime was downgraded from the more serious charge of assault with a deadly weapon.
Police said he threw the animal at the 15-year-old in the street, hitting him in the hip, leaving a welt and [...]

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Aaah. The fourth most popular story on the BBC News website this morning. You can’t buy advertising like this!
Twelve people have been killed in South Africa’s city of Johannesburg since Friday in a wave of attacks against immigrants, officials say.
Only twelve? Sheesh! Is Joburg on a go-slow or something?
For those of you in the [...]

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Sort of. I’m not sure how many of you realise this, but did you know that Tuesday, 29 April 2008 bore witness to what is being hailed as the launch of the most lucrative opening week in entertainment history – the arrival of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV for the PS3 and the XBox? Commentators [...]

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This has the potential to be awesome.

Monty Python legend John Cleese is to offer his services as a speechwriter to Barack Obama if he wins the Democratic nomination to become US president, he told a British newspaper out on Tuesday.
The British comedian, who lives in California, told the Western Daily Press regional paper that his [...]

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Alright, the heading may be slightly sensational, but it’s not far from the truth.
A 25-year-old woman has today pled not-guilty to the murder of her father and sister, who were active members of the Church of Scientology.
The woman today pled not-guilty to their murders at the New South Wales Supreme Court, following their stabbings [...]

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