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. Jacqui Smith forced to apologise over expenses claim. Submitted form included rental of two adult filmsLabour was thrown into fresh embarrassment over MPs and their expenses yesterday when the husband of the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, was forced to apologise for trying to claim back the cost of the family's television package, which included rental of two pornographic movies. Richard Timney, who is employed by the home secretary in her constituency office, submitted a claim for a £67 Virgin Media bill last June for a television in the couple's family home in Redditch, Smith's constituency. The bill included two adult films, at a cost of £5 each, as well as two viewings of the heist movie Ocean's 13 and one of Surf's Up, a children's film about a rockhopper penguin.Smith, who was already in the spotlight over expenses, was understood to be furious with her husband. Last month she was revealed to have claimed taxpayer-funded allowances for her family home while living wi

Business News: WNYC opens entertainment venue -- A year after moving across town from City Hall into sparkling new Varick Street digs, public radio station WNYC is opening a live entertainment venue on the ground floor.

Conor Foley is living proof of the adage that the bookmaker always comes out ahead. The Irishman lost his “shirt, trousers, shoes, everything” in 1999 when France beat New Zealand in the...

April 1 is reportedly D-Day for the latest variant of the global worm, but is the hype living up to reality. Dire predictions for the wave of destruction coming with Conficker.Cs activation may be grossly exaggregated, but that doesnt mean solution providers shouldnt help their customers prepare for this and many other security threats. - In just three short days the world will learn how dangerous the latest variant of the Conficker worm is. Some reports say that more than 10 million PCs are already infected and the activation of the worm will cause massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.The concern is so great that t...

The first recipient of the award--to be announced in early April--will receive a $5,000 safety and health scholarship, an internship that includes salary and living expenses, and an opportunity to attend ASSE's annual PDC, being held this year in San Antonio at the end of June.

When the first stone was laid for Sellers Hall in 1682, there was no Upper Darby, Philadelphia was largely an imaginary place, and Samuel Sellers was living in a cave near what is now Garrett Road in Delaware County.

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You want to make living on the internet but what market do you want to be in? What area you would like to trade in? How do you decide? This second article in a series of five, looks at your choice of ...

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The president of Brazil's attack last week exposed the growing rift between the west and the world's emerging powerhouses over how to tackle the global crisis. This week in London's Docklands the G20 leaders will meet for a crucial summit. But what can it achieve? Gaby Hinsliff reportsThe small town of Jwaneng - which means 'place of small stones' - in the Kalahari desert has helped to make Botswana one of the most stable countries in southern Africa. It is the home of the world's richest diamond mine.But last month the diamond company De Beers shut down production at Jwaneng and at its three other mines in Botswana. Demand for precious stones - which made up 70% of the country's exports - has collapsed in the wake of the recession. Mines also lie mothballed in Namibia, while workers have been laid off in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is a stark illustration of how wealthy westerners tightening their belts can hurt the vulnerable who scrape a living producing their now unwanted