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Our Lorde is more interesting than our Lord, according to trends that track what people are searching online, and from where. Pop royal Lorde, 17, otherwise known as Ella Maria Lani Yelich-O’Connor, was the most-searched New Zealander in 2013,
The 17-year old Royals singer seems optimistic about her chances at the Grammys today. Lorde this morning tweeted that she is “feeling so good” about tonight, and presumably her chances of taking home any or all of her four nominated awards.
Lorde’s chic vampish looks are setting global fashion trends in the lead up to the Grammys. Hundreds of internet pages are dedicated to recreating the Auckland teenager’s haunting look
REVIEW: Gangland monikers of Auckland’s mobsters were once like famed American writer Damon Runyan’s string of exotic names for fictional gangsters. From the Auckland name-calling: Trevor (“Too Fats” ) Smith, Barry (“Machine gun”) Shaw, “Spats Charlie”, “Pinky”, Claude (“Pooch”) Quintal, “Diamond Jim” Shepherd, believed the last Mr Asia survivor, Frank (“The Tank”) Zimmerman, “Fred the Head”, Leon (“Lucky”) White , “Big George” Curtis and “Knucklehead” Walker
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Wondering what Dolly Parton is going to be this Halloween? No one knows for sure, but she’s throwing around a few hints. NAUGHTY Dolly Parton is gonna be a NAUGHTY girl this Halloween … and she’s not afraid to admit it. Parton was having dinner at Matteo’s in L.A. last night … when she […]
One billion people will die from tobacco-related causes by the end of the century if current consumption trends continue, according to a global report released Thursday by the World Health Organization . At a press conference held in midtown Manhattan, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose charitable organization, Bloomberg Philanthropies, contributed $2 million to conduct the study, joined top WHO officials to present the findings
Swine flu vaccines are rolling out this month — finally.
Expect Delays: An Analysis of Air Travel Trends in the United States Adie Tomer and Robert Puentes, Metropolitan Policy Program Brookings Institution; 40 pages The Gist: We all know flying can be a miserable way to travel. Most of us have suffered airport gridlock, interminable flights in cramped seats or vanishing luggage — and those of us who haven’t have surely endured the horror stories second-hand
The death rate due to cancer has declined in the United States in recent years, largely due to better prevention and treatment. In fact, 650,000 lives were spared from cancer between 1990 to 2005, according to new statistics from the American Cancer Society. During the 15-year period, the cancer death rate among men dropped by 19.2 percent, mainly due to decreases in lung, prostate, and colon cancer deaths