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Madonna issues Guy “Do’s and Don’t” list while with kids

MadonnaLondon, November 11 : Madonna’s kids may expect company in following their mum’s strict rules – that of their father, Guy Ritchie, who has allegedly been issued a Do’s and Don’t list while being with the kids.

The Brit director, who is said to be trying to gain the custody of their kids in a divorce battle with the singer, reportedly met sons Rocco, aged eight, and David, aged three, after they flew from US to meet their father.

The 40-year-old, however, had been provided with strict ‘instructions’ while spending weekend with the boys though he is said to have already strayed from one.

Brit man fined for overturned bin slams council for wasting taxpayer''s money

United kingdomLondon, Nov 11 : A Brit man, who was fined after his garbage bin overturned and the bags spilled into an alley, has fired back at the council for wasting thousands of pounds of taxpayers money.

Care worker Gary Rostron, 34, had been fined 60 pounds by council snoopers for dumping rubbish, even though he was at work when the incident took place.

Rostron protested his innocence and refused to pay. Council chiefs took him to court for breaching environmental laws, where magistrates found him not guilty following a trial costing up to 3,000 pounds.

Katherine Jenkins wears surgical mask while flying

Katherine JenkinsLondon, Nov 11 : Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins has revealed that she likes to wear surgical masks while flying.

Jenkins, 28, admitted that even though they made her look funny, she would not fly long distances without wearing the mask.

“You feel daft, but it stops me catching any bugs,” the Daily Star quoted her as saying.

Jenkins had recently confessed that she took cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis, and that she was ashamed of her drug past.

Boys’ grooming mags were also published in the 17th century!

Boys’ grooming mags were also published in the 17th century!London, Nov 11 : A book from the 17th century, which is quite similar to the present-day lad’s grooming magazine, has been discovered.

The book written in the age of Oliver Cromwell by Francis Osborne carries advices about better conduct for young men.

‘Advice to a Son; or Directions For your Better Conduct Through the various and most important Encounters of this Life’ was well received for its literary mix of pragmatism and cynicism, and was considered sound common sense by many of Osborne''s educated male readers.

One response for every 12.5m e-mails can turn spammers into millionaires

e-mailLondon, Nov 11 : A new study has found that just one response for every 12.5 million spam mails sent can turn spammers into millionaires.

Researchers from University of California, San Diego and Berkeley hijacked a working spam network and uncovered some of the economics of being a junk mailer.

The scientists broke into the Storm network that uses hijacked home computers as relays for junk mail.

Former UK PM Wilson ''may have quit because he had Alzheimer''s

harold-wilsonLondon, Nov. 11 : Former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson may have decided to quit office because he was suffering the early stages of Alzheimer''s disease, a new research has suggested.

At the time he said he was simply mentally and physically exhausted, prompting an array of conspiracy theories seeking the real reason for his departure days after his
60th birthday in 1976.

But according to The Independent, an analysis of his speech patterns has found that Wilson may have already been suffering the early stages of the disease which went on to destroy his prodigious memory and powers of concentration.

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