2014年10月18日 星期六

2014-10-19 U.K. Spotlight


Roy Keane reveals touching Eric Cantona gesture  GiveMeSport
Roy Keane has released a second instalment of his autobiography, as you may well have noticed, and in this updated memoir the former Manchester United captain tears strips from some of the game's most high-profile figures. Sir Alex Ferguson, the Class of ...


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Ebola is turning US politics upside down  Financial Times
The Ebola virus has spread from Africa to the US, and that is producing noticeable changes in the American body politic. A national conversation that was weird already is growing even weirder. The shifts are significant because Americans will be voting next ...


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The Apprentice 2014 promises to be as brilliant and excruciating as ever  Daily Mail
You've got to love The Apprentice, especially the opening episode where the candidates ritually humiliate themselves for our benefit. It started with the traditional medley of absurdly self-aggrandising statements that the 20 businessmen and women intended ...


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  This is Money   
Savers to get 25% tax-free on multiple pension lump sums: The three big ...  This is Money
Pensioners will get a 25 per cent tax-free slice of multiple cash lump sums taken from their pension pots, under the latest sweeping change to retirement funding that was revealed today. Savers will no longer get just one chance to take a single tax-free lump ...


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Tesco Hudl 2 review: a lot of tablet for the money  The Guardian
Tesco's new Hudl 2 is a low-cost Android tablet that's ideal for a family. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs/The Guardian. Samuel Gibbs. Tuesday 14 October 2014 03.00 EDT. Share this article. Share via Email · Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share on ...


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  Telegraph.co.uk   
The great Lira revolt has begun in Italy  Telegraph.co.uk
The die is cast in Italy. Beppe Grillo's Five Star movement has launched a petition to drive for Italian withdrawal from Europe's monetary union and for the restoration of economic sovereignty. “We must leave the euro as soon as possible,” said Mr Grillo, ...


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What's Really In A McNugget? Cameras Allowed In McDonald's Factory For The ...  Huffington Post UK
McDonald's has long been accused of serving up mystery meat burgers and chicken nuggets made out of pink slime, but the fast food chain has finally decided to set the record straight. For the first time in its 59-year history the company has allowed cameras ...


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  Businessweek   
A Supersecret Spacecraft Comes Back to Earth After Two Years  Businessweek
The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle on the runway during post-landing operations on Dec. 3, 2010, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The U.S. Air Force has kept an unmanned space shuttle in orbit for the past two years, and it seems no one without ...


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  BBC News   
Tourist locked inside Waterstones bookshop uses Twitter to be freed  BBC News
An American tourist found himself locked inside a London Waterstones bookshop for two hours after it closed while he was still browsing. David Willis, from Texas, got trapped in the branch in Trafalgar Square, on Thursday night. Police were called after he let ...


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Fear and loathing in the land of the free  Financial Times
Nobody of sound mind can view the US midterm elections, now less than three weeks away, with anything approaching equanimity. Almost without exception, the campaigns have been dispiriting and the content absent, yet the mindless money continues to ...


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