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Anne Kirkbride dead: Actress who played Deirdre Barlow in Coronation Street dies following short illness
Anne Kirkbride, the actress who played Deirdre Barlow in Coronation Street, has died aged 60.
She passed away peacefully in a Manchester hospital following a short illness, her husband confirmed tonight.
Kirkbride first appeared in the long-running ITV soap in 1972, and played her much-loved character for 43 years.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/anne-kirkbride-dead-coronation-street-actress-dies-following-short-illness-9989041.html
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A 78-year-old man who was registered as being blind has been arrested while driving in Athens.
The man was stopped on Saturday while driving his wife’s car. When police checked his details, they found that he had been receiving monthly benefits for being blind since 2005.
They also discovered that the pensioner had renewed his driving permit in 2006, 2009 and 2012. He had received a total of 36,234 euros in welfare since being registered as blind.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_19/01/2015_546325
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Ben Needham: Mum begs cops to visit Greek town where 8 witnesses say they saw him
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ben-needham-mum-begs-cops-5001627
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Watch: Stray cat 'saves' Russian baby's life
Stray cat in Russia is praised after saving the life of a baby boy who was abandoned in the hallway of an apartment block
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/11356266/Watch-Stray-cat-saves-Russian-babys-life.html
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A drink a night 'is better for your heart than none at all'
In what may prove to be badly timed news for those struggling to observe “dry January”, scientists have discovered that having up to seven drinks a week may give you a better chance of avoiding heart failure than people who abstain from alcohol completely.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/cheers-study-finds-that-seven-drinks-a-week-better-for-your-heart-than-none-at-all-9988940.html
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Find out what Facebook knows about you
Most Facebook users know that Facebook knows a lot about them but most do not know what this includes.
Some information are obvious; the things you post online or information that you have added to your profile.
Others, like interests, IP addresses, facial recognition data or photo metadata may not be as obvious or not accessible on the site at all.
If you want to find out what Facebook knows about you, you can request a copy of your data from Facebook to analyze it on your local computer.
While that does not include everything, it includes a lot that you may find interesting.
http://www.ghacks.net/2015/01/18/find-out-what-facebook-knows-about-you/
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Paliki police arrested a 39 y-o Iraqi national on Saturday on an outstanding drugs arrest warrant.
Edit: Typo
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Scary crash on the New Jersey turnpike:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7ApxVyskuI
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Strewth!!! The guy making the vid very nearly copped it big style!
Tony
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And...if his trousers weren't brown I'm sure they were by the time he'd finished filming!!
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A year after marijuana legalisation in Colorado, 'everything's fine' confirm police
It's been a year since Colorado became the first state in the US to legalise marijuana, and its impact on health, crime, employment and other factors can now be more empirically measured.
So, did it bring about an apocalypse leaving the streets strewn with out-of-work addicts as some Republicans feared?
"We found there hasn't been much of a change of anything," a Denver police officer told CBC this week.
Not only has the legalisation of cannabis not come with a rise in crime, it has also created thousands of jobs, as tourists flock to the city's 60+ marijuana outlets.
A local newspaper even appointed its first cannabis critic in April.
The state has collected $60 million in tax revenue from sales of the drug meanwhile, $4 million of which has been plugged back into the city through new programmes brought in by its mayor (who remains anti-legalisation).
Colorado's unprecedented move led to Washington, Alaska and Oregon voting for legalisation, and this week a bill was filed to legalise it in New York.
Cannabis remains a Class B drug in the UK, carrying a prison sentence for possession of up to five years.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/a-year-after-marijuana-legalisation-in-colorado-everythings-fine-confirm-police-9989723.html
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Couples in Denmark town agree to have more sex to save public services
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/couples-in-denmark-town-agree-to-have-more-babies-to-save-public-services-9990522.html