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Prosecutors failed to act on Baby P warning

Three doctors warned that Baby P, the 17-month-old boy who died at the hands of his guardians in August last year, was the victim of apparent abuse yet the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to bring criminal charges against...

City can be as big as Real Madrid, says Robinho

Robinho insists Manchester City can become one of the best clubs in the world and has set his sights on winning silverware in his first season at Eastlands. The £32.5m Brazilian has settled well into life in the Premier League,...

Antofagasta helps dig FTSE into the black

Copper miner Antofagasta bucked the trend in the mining sector to help the FTSE 100 end the day in positive territory. "As of now, all our projects are on track - those under construction and those that are in feasibility," Mr...

Michael Billington on what TS Eliot's complex plays did for the theatre

Is there a dramatist currently less fashionable than TS Eliot? The verse-drama revival he so ardently championed bit the dust. His high Anglicanism is now a minority taste. Even the drawing-room settings he used as a spiritual...

Ginkgo herb is 'no help' against Alzheimer's disease

'Disappointing': Ginkgo biloba, seen here in a brand-name version, appears to have no effect on the progression of dementia A Chinese herb claimed to improve memory and mental sharpness does not prevent Alzheimer's disease,...

Best of Scotland by Robert Ritchie

Published Date: 19 November 2008 SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT: It's impossible to overstate the impact of this efflorescence of creativity – speculative, scientific, artistic – in our small nation. ABERDEEN: I spent holidays in...

"Twilight" Could Make A Box-Office Killing

If you haven't heard of "Twilight," you may be in the Twilight Zone. The movie, which is expected to open big this weekend, tells the story of a family of vampires that resists the urge to dine on humans, Sandra Hughes reports.

Rock the vote!

Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on the FSN Baseball Report and MLB on FOX. Updated: November 18, 2008, 5:38 PM EST 58 comments I voted for Justin Morneau...

Nichols waived by Bulls

As expected, the Bulls waived a player to drop their roster back down to 14 and, more importantly, below the league's luxury tax threshhold. When the Bulls signed veteran guard Lindsey Hunter last week to a one-year,...

Aussie up for $115,000 UK literary prize (AAP)

An Australian librarian has made the long list for a new STG50,000 ($A115,000) literary prize in Britain. John Hughes' collection of fictional essays, titled Someone Else, has been selected as one of the final 20 books...

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