O.J. SIMPSON FAKES PAPARAZZI SHOT To Make Vegas Massacre Reaction Vid

staged a paparazzi run-in with a photog Wednesday night so he could make (and possibly sell) a video commenting on the Vegas massacre.  O.J Simpson was having dinner at a posh Vegas country club where our photog overheard him planning a TMZ-style video shoot. He was going over the shoot with the people at his table. When he got to the parking lot, it was lights,...

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Glee actor Mark Salling admits possessing child sex abuse images

Mark Salling (pictured in 2016) starred in the musical series Glee for six years Former Glee actor Mark Salling has pleaded guilty to possession of images of child sex abuse. Salling, 35, now faces between four and seven years in prison and has been ordered to pay about $50,000 (£38,000) to each victim. The actor was arrested in 2015 after a tip off he was in possession...

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Sir Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson lead all-star King Lear cast

Sir Anthony Hopkins will play King Lear, with Emma Thompson as daughter Goneril Sir Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson are reuniting on screen to star in Shakespeare's King Lear for the BBC. It will be adapted and directed by Richard Eyre and will also feature Emily Watson, Jim Broadbent, Christopher Eccleston and Jim Carter. Filming on the co-production with Amazon Studios...

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Drink-drive rules 'need updating for autonomous car era

Will occupants in self-drive cars be considered as drivers? Drivers under the influence of alcohol or drugs should be exempt from drink-drive laws if they are using autonomous cars, an Australian report has suggested. The National Transport Commission (NTC) has recommended the change, comparing it to someone getting into a taxi. Current laws could be a "barrier" to the...

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Instagram polls expose voters' 'embarrassing' choices

Instagram added a polling feature on 3 October Instagram has been criticised after adding a feature to its app that reveals which way people have voted. Users can add a poll when adding a picture to their Instagram "story", and can see what their followers choose. Many users said they did not realise their choice would be visible to the poll instigator, and some said...

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Japan to restore neglected gardens abroad

There are about 500 Japanese gardens around the world, such as this one at the World War Two-era Manzanar internment camp for Japanese-Americans in California Japan is to send gardening experts around the world to restore Japanese-style gardens that have fallen into a state of neglect, officials say. The gardens have unique features such as stone bridges, ponds, moss-covered...

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Pakistan Sufi shrine: At least 18 killed in Baluchistan

Devotees rushed to help the victims following the blast outside the shrine At least 18 people have been killed and 27 injured in a suicide attack on a Sufi Muslim shrine in Pakistan's south-western province of Baluchistan. Crowds of devotees had gathered for a three-day religious ceremony when the blast happened. The shrine is in Jhal Magsi, near the provincial capital...

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The Indian farmers falling prey to pesticide

Pravin Soyam, 23, died from inhaling a deadly cocktail of pesticide The government in the western state of Maharashtra has ordered a probe after suspected pesticide poisoning killed at least 50 farmers. Journalist Jaideep Hardikar reports from Yavatmal district, one of the worst affected areas. Pravin Soyam, 23, was in perfect health when he suddenly developed a chest...

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Catalan crisis: Spanish court bars MPs' independence move

Pro-independence demonstrations have continued, following Sunday's referendum Spain's Constitutional Court has suspended next Monday's session of the Catalan parliament, in a bid to pre-empt a possible push for independence. The court said such a move would be "a breach of the constitution". Earlier Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy warned Catalonia's regional government against...

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Letter from Africa: Can Nigeria avoid repeating past mistakes?

A secessionist group is campaigning for independence in south-eastern Nigeria In our series of letters from African journalists, novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani writes that many of the hopes Nigerians had at independence have been dashed. Of all the stories I have heard of the day when Nigeria gained independence from Britain on 1 October 1960, the most memorable...

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UK Sport: Champions League final in 2023 one of many 'hosting targets'

Cardiff was the host city for the 2017 Champions League Final as Real Madrid were crowned champions The Football Association could bid to host the Champions League final in 2023, according to confidential UK Sport documents obtained by the BBC. The game is one of a number of "hosting targets" and a "strategic priority". The staging of parts of the Tour de France in 2021...

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Las Vegas shooting: Paddock may have planned to escape

Photo credit: BBC The gunman behind Sunday night's mass shooting in Las Vegas planned to flee, and he may have had help with planning the massacre, officials suspect. Stephen Paddock was "living a secret life, much of which would never be fully understood", Sheriff Joe Lombardo told reporters. The gunman's girlfriend said she had no idea what he was plotting. Paddock's...

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