Hmmm ... It's was in the genes, perhaps ... The grandfather steals the skull of a great Indian leader ... The grandson steals an election (well, two elections) ... Both, it can be said, robbed the country. Geronimo’s Heirs Sue Secret Yale Society Over His Skull Geronimo died a prisoner of war at F...

One must love the “fair and balanced” journalism that Fox News so valiantly represents. An eye roll here, a name-call there — indeed Fox is the paradigm of responsible journalism and professional ettiquette. Recently, FN pundit Glenn Beck  interviewed Matt Prescott from PETA regar...

Alastair Campbell, the mastermind of Tony Blair's three election victories, is returning to the frontline with a web-based campaign attacking the Tories, amid growing concerns about Labour's readiness for an election. He will work with John Prescott, the former deputy prime minister, to bolster Labo...

Oprah hopes to refocus on healthy living in 2009 Oprah Winfrey’s up and down battle with her weight has been in the news for decades, and earlier this year she seemed to be on the right track again when she took part in a vegan detox diet that also eliminated gluten and alcohol. But now she says s...

Yesterday Journalism.co.uk posted part one of Maria McCarthy’s guide to getting a book deal. Freelancer Linda Jones has already done just that, and here she shares ten ‘blindingly obvious things’ she has learnt in her first year as an author. The post was originally posted on her b...

We are visiting David in Hull tomorrow, the first time since we dropped him off when he started university. He didn’t have a half term and, after seeing him via my webcam last weekend, I didn’t want to wait another two weeks for his first trip back home. We talked away on Skype while he ...

Dave Comroe stepped to the firing line, raised his 12-gauge Browning over and under shotgun, aimed and fired. Before him, a pigeon fell, moments after being released from a box less than 20 yards away. About 25 times that day Comroe fired, hitting about three-fourths of the birds. He was 16 at the t...

Hop on over to Simply Thrifty to meet the new writer Kadi Prescott. You may remember Kadi from her debut on SuperNanny as a frazzled mother of 7 children. She’s been writing SuperNanny Rules with Gayla McCord for a few months now. What may prove more amusing, and I say amusing with great empat...

A couple years ago, the real estate market was so crazy that many buyers were waiving their right to a home inspection just so the seller would accept their offer.  But those days are over and in the current buyer's market, the inspection period is once again being used as a time to negotiate p...

The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.We kept trying to track down this self-styled gentleman, who identified himself as hedge fund manager Prescott Hahn at the Fashion Meets Finance douche-dating event, because something just seemed off about him. When contacted, Philip...