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BBC Books, £16.99I know. You saw the title and hoped you were going to learn how to turn your home into a skunk farm. Well, tough. If I'd called it 'How to Grow a Few Manky Plants That Will Take Months to Turn into Something That Will Probably Only Have a Placebo Effect', you wouldn't have bothered.But as I've got your attention, let me give you a quick summary. Plants are those funny little green things you find sticking out of the ground all over the world, and if you know what you are doing you can cure every disease known to man. But if you don't, you can die, as some plants are lethal. The best way to find out which is which is an allergy test, which is done by taking a small dose of the plant in question: if you only start hyperventilating and lapse into renal failure, you're doing fine.Good. You've bought the seeds and the flowerpots, the beeswax and glycerine oils you need to make the potions, tinctures and gels - you're a fully qualified alternative doctor. Remember, tho

Polls to get hotter as Bollywood comes callingTimes of India, IndiaCHANDIGARH: Even as the marriage between politics and Bollywood is as old as the two itself, political parties in the city are looking forward to that much-needed oomph factor in their campaigning. The triangular poll battle in Chandigarh is expected ...

An officer says Malaysian police rushed to a robbery scene only to find the suspects were fellow officers. Senior Kuala Lumpur Police Officer Khairi Ahrasa said Tuesday that three men of a special elite police unit were allegedly caught robbing five men at a...

There are 8 couples left of the original 13 Dancing With the Stars competitors. Three women and 5 men are left to compete for the coveted ABC's Dancing With the Stars trophy. Tonight those competitors will perform the Jive and the Rumba.Source: Tommie SandlinPublished: Apr 13, 2009

OSCAR winner and devout Catholic family man Mel Gibson is preparing to divorce his wife, Robyn, after 28 years of marriage.

And baby Jonah makes eight -- or, rather, 14. The Associated Press reports that the last remaining baby in "Octuplet Mom" Nadya Suleman's set of eight newborn children has been released from Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center in California tonight, according to a spokesperson from the hospital. Jonah made the journey to his new home nearly 2 1/2 months after being born premature, part of the world's longest surviving set of octuplets. Weighing just 1 pound, 8 ounces at birth, the little tyke now reportedly weighs 4 pounds, 10 ounces and is able to bottle feed. Jonah joins Suleman's six older children, aged 2 to 7, along with his seven newborn siblings.

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One day before Tori Spelling's new book Mommywood, hits store shelves, her mother Candy is making an emotional plea to connect via an open letter on her Web site, CandySpelling.com. The 63-year-old wife of late mega-producer Aaron Spelling ("Beverly Hills, 90210," "Charlie's Angels," etc.) has said that daughter Tori, 35, has cut her off from seeing her two children with husband Dean McDermott, Liam, 2, and Stella, 10 months. But Tori has said that although they have not spoken, they are not having a feud. Candy, who released her own book last month, Stories from Candyland, writes: "You haven't responded to my emails, phone calls and text messages. You say you look at my Web site, so I'm trying to reach you that way. I want to see you and your family -- in private, like the 'normal family' you say always wanted.

Legendary music producer Phil Spector has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the 2003 shooting death of an actress at his home in Alhambra, California. The six men and six women began their deliberations on March 26. They deliberated for about 30 hours.

Authorities say a 5-year-old boy slipped onto a New York City subway alone and rode for 34 stops from one end of Manhattan to the other before anyone intercepted him. Samuel Sosa has been reunited with his mother, unharmed, after his hourlong transit odyssey...