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Savour Scarface’s favourite spaghetti sauce 62 years after his death

London, Mar 4 : Italian-American gangster Al Capone's favourite spaghetti sauce recipe has been found 62 years after his death.

The Sun has reported that Capone's great-nephew Dominic Capone, 33, who played the "Scarface" gangster in a TV documentary, plans to market the mix.

He said: "It'll make Chicago famous for something more than tommy guns."

Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone, commonly nicknamed Scarface, was a gangster who led a crime syndicate dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging of liquor and other illegal activities during the Prohibition Era of the 1920s and 1930s.

Kevin Bacon ‘not interested’ in Broadway return via Footloose

Kevin Bacon ‘not interested’ in Broadway return via FootlooseLondon, Mar 4 : Kevin Bacon has told Broadway bosses not to offer him a role in the stage revival of his hit movie musical `Footloose', as he''s just "not interested".

The actor played Ren McCormack in the original 1984 film, which traced the story of a Chicago, Illinois-bred teenager who moves to a small town that has banned dancing and rock music.

Later, in 1998, the movie was turned into a musical, which opened in New York.

20pc Brit couples sleep apart due to partners’ annoying bedtime habits

London, Mar 4 : One in five British couples sleep apart due to partners' bedtime habits, a new survey has revealed.

NASA’s Kepler mission to search for Earth-sized planets

NASA’s Kepler mission to search for Earth-sized planetsLondon, March 4 : NASA's Kepler mission, which is all set to launch on March 6, will take a long look at the stars in the constellation Cygnus, searching for an Earth-sized planet elsewhere in the Galaxy.

According to a report in Nature News, the Kepler space telescope, which is the single instrument on board Kepler, will hunt for Earth-like `exoplanets' - planets beyond the Solar System.

Project scientists expect to find hundreds of such worlds, including perhaps the first exact Earth analogue.

We’re friendlier ''to people who resemble us''

London, Mar 4 : We're more helpful to those who look like us, finds a new study.

The research, published in Biology Letters, says this is so because in the past our early ancestors assumed that they were related.

According to researchers, the belief goes back to when mirrors were nowhere present and people could learn what their kin looked like only by inspecting the faces of household members.

The study also found that people are more naturally drawn to people who looked like them than our own relatives - if the resemblance was too strong, reports The Telegraph.

Pak must not capitulate to destructive extremism

London, Mar. 4 : The best international response to Tuesday's attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore is a firm message of support for the moderate forces in Pakistani society, says an analysis in The Independent.

According to the paper, it should reflect a determination to encourage the spread of democracy and law into every corner of Pakistan, adding that the forces of moderation in the country need international support

The paper further goes on to say that Tuesday's firing on cricketers could so easily have been the worst sporting atrocity since the 1972 Munich Olympics.

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