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Nothing Says British Like A Robert Pattinson Cross-Stitch

1:24AM Brian Moylan | English newspaper the Guardian has come up with a way to “show your allegiance to the vampire world” this Halloween: a cross-stitch pattern of Twilight star Robert Pattison. You’re welcome. More »
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Smoothed Over…

6:34PM Andrew Belonsky | Britain banned an advertisement that suggests Nivea’s anti-aging cream has permanent results. More »
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It Pays To Be An Unemployed Teen In Britain

5:39PM Andrew Belonsky | American teenagers are facing distressingly high levels of unemployment. So, what should they do? Get a job? No way! They should move to the UK. More »
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Dow Jones Chief To Stiff British Parliament

6:03AM John Cook | Dow Jones CEO Les Hinton was asked last week by England’s House of Commons to testify about the rampant wiretapping that he allegedly oversaw when running Rupert Murdoch’s British newspapers. He’s not going to show. More »
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What Did Les Hinton Know About The News Corp. Wiretapping?

8:33AM John Cook | The wiretapping scandal rocking Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper holdings is getting bad enough that Rupert is ducking questions from his own Fox Business reporters. It could also reach across the pond to his beloved acquisition, the Wall Street Journal. More »
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The Sprawl Of Glastonbury

6:22AM Richard Lawson | While we toil away in the gloom that is the Australian winter, 140,000 music-loving foreigners have descended on England’s Glastonbury Music Festival, the biggest music fest in Europe. Hey, they have gloomy weather too! Here’s a Getty Images gallery. More »
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The Only Ones Who Really Understand Us Are The British

2:02AM Richard Lawson | Sparkly movies about gays. The British really like sad American TV shows, while Maria Bello likes to fire people. Plus, Elmore Leonard. More »